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Underground Aces
''Underground Aces'' is a 1981 film directed by Robert Butler and starring Dirk Benedict and Melanie Griffith.http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/underground-aces-v51753 The plot revolves around a group of misfits who park cars in a hotel's underground parking lot, and get in plenty of trouble along the way. Cast Main * Dirk Benedict as Pete Huffman * Melanie Griffith as Lucy * Rick Podell as Joe * Randy Brooks as Ollie * T. K. Carter as Dee Jay * Kario Salem as Sheik * Don Hawthorne as Rick Supporting * Joshua Daniel as Wally * Ralph Seymour as Zig * Michael Winslow as Nate * Robert Hegyes as Tico * Fawne Harriman as Mitzi * Audrey Landers as Annie Wenders * Mimi Maynard as Madeline * Jerry Orbach as Herbert Penlittle * Frank Gorshin as Fred Kruger * Sid Haig as Faoud * William Mims * Phil Adams as Chef * Marlena Amey as Vamp * Jerry Anderson as Mr. Naughton * Selma Archerd as Sales Lady * James Bacon as Businessman #2 * Kathleen Bracken as Lily * Barbara Burroughs as C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Butler (director)
Robert Butler (born November 16, 1927) is an American film and Emmy Award-winning television director. He is best known for his work in television, where he directed the pilots for a number of series including ''Star Trek'', ''Hogan's Heroes, '' ''Batman'' and ''Hill Street Blues''. Career Butler graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he majored in English. He was first in an army band, before his career as a stage manager and an assistant before launching his directing career with an episode of ''Hennesey'' (starring Jackie Cooper and including a young Ron Howard)Susan King"Director Robert Butler put stamp on 'Batman,' other landmark series" ''Los Angeles Times'', February 15, 2014. and then went on to direct such shows as ''The Untouchables'', '' Dr. Kildare'', ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'', ''Batman'', '' The Fugitive'' and ''The Twilight Zone''. Butler shot pilots for many TV series including the original ''Star Trek'', ''Shane'', ''Hogan's Heroes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Maynard
Mimi Maynard is an American film and television actress (including voice acting) who is also a casting director and film producer. Career Since 1975, she has appeared in at least ten films and seventeen television productions, including voicing the character "I.Q's Mom" in the animated family- adventure film ''Fly Me to the Moon'' (2008). She has also worked extensively in voice casting and sound design Sound design is the art and practice of creating sound tracks for a variety of needs. It involves specifying, acquiring or creating auditory elements using audio production techniques and tools. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including .... Film References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maynard, Mimi American casting directors Women casting directors American film actresses American film producers Living people American sound designers American television actresses American voice actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie '' Heaven's Gate'', a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. * March 30 - The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt. * June 8 - Marvin Davis acquires 20th Century Fox for $720 million. * June 12 – '' Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is released by Paramount Pictures. It became Paramount's highest-grossing film of al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Katt
Nicky Katt (born May 11, 1971) is an American actor. Katt often plays unsympathetic characters, such as an irascible motorhead in ''Dazed and Confused,'' an ill-fated white supremacist child rapist in ''A Time to Kill'', and an embittered business rival in ''Boiler Room''. Career Katt known for his role as unorthodox teacher Harry Senate on David E. Kelley's Fox drama series '' Boston Public''. Katt's film roles include Clint Bruno in '' Dazed and Confused'' (1993), Billy Ray Cobb in '' A Time to Kill'' (1996), Tim in '' SubUrbia'' (1996), Stacy the hitman in '' The Limey'' (1999), Greg Weinstein in '' Boiler Room'' (2000), Adolf Hitler in '' Full Frontal'' (2002), Fred Duggar in ''Insomnia'' (2002), Stuka in '' Sin City'' (2005), and Nate Petite in '' Snow Angels'' (2008). Katt has co-starred in many movies and received critical praise for performances in '' The Limey'' and '' SubUrbia''. He was originally cast to star in the ABC spring 2006 replacement series '' The Evi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Hudson
Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. His roles include Winston Zeddemore in the '' Ghostbusters'' film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in '' The Crow'' (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's '' Oz'' (1997–2003). Hudson has also acted in the films ''Leviathan'' (1989), '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (1992), '' Airheads'' (1994), '' The Basketball Diaries'' (1995), '' Congo'' (1995), '' Miss Congeniality'' (2000), and as Principal Turner in '' The Ron Clark Story'' (2006). Hudson had appeared in the television shows ''St. Elsewhere'' (1984), '' The Last Precinct'' (1986), '' 10-8: Officers on Duty'' (2003–2004), ''Desperate Housewives'' (2006–2007), ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' (2008–2013), ''Law & Order'' (2009–2010), the voice of Agent Bill Fowler in '' Transformers: Prime'' (2010–2013), ''Franklin & Bash'' (2012–2014), ''Grace and Frankie'' (2015–2020), and '' L.A.'s Finest'' (2019–2020). He had a cameo as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Gallego
Georgina Maria Gallego (born October 30, 1955) is an American actress, known for her work in television. Her credits include: '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', '' Flamingo Road'' (as Alicia Sanchez), ''Remington Steele'', ''Airwolf'', ''Rituals'' (as Diandra Santiago Gallagher), ''Knight Rider'', ''Lust in the Dust'', '' Santa Barbara'' (as Santana Andrade), '' Seinfeld'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', '' ER'', '' NYPD Blue'', '' JAG'' and ''The O.C.'' She appeared in the 2009 horror film '' Murder World'' alongside Scout Taylor-Compton. In 2010, Gallego joined the cast of '' Days of Our Lives'' as recurring character, Warden Smith. She recurs on ''Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'' as the mostly mute Mrs. Hernandez. Early life and education Gallego was born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Maria, a homemaker, and George Gallego, a landscape designer. She is of Mexican descent. Gallego grew up in the Brentwood and West LA areas of Los Angeles. While attending University High School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Drew
Robert Lincoln Drew (February 15, 1924 – July 30, 2014) was an American documentary filmmaker known as one of the pioneers—and sometimes called father—of cinéma vérité, or direct cinema, in the United States. Two of his films, '' Primary'' and '' Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment'', have been named to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The moving image collection of Robert Drew is housed at the Academy Film Archive. The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of his films, including ''Faces of November'', ''Herself: Indira Gandhi'', and ''Bravo!/Kathy's Dance''. His many awards include an International Documentary Association Career Achievement Award. Biography Robert Drew was born in Toledo, Ohio. His father, Robert Woodsen Drew, was a film salesman and a pilot who ran a seaplane business. Drew grew up mostly in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He left high school to join the U.S. Army Air Corps as a cadet in 1942 and qualified for officer's traini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twink Caplan
Twink Caplan (born December 25, 1947) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is best known for her roles in the box office hits ''Clueless'' and the ''Look Who's Talking'' series. As a producer, her best-known projects were ''Clueless'' (associate producer) and its television spin-off (executive producer). Biography Caplan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is best known for her role as Miss Geist in the 1995 box office hit ''Clueless'', which starred Alicia Silverstone. She went on to executive-produce and reprise the role of Miss Geist in the ABC TV series ''Clueless''. At Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000, Caplan produced '' Loser'', starring Jason Biggs and Mena Suvari. She played Suvari's character's best friend, Gena, a strip bar worker. In 2007 she produced the romantic comedy '' I Could Never Be Your Woman'', also appearing in the film as Michelle Pfeiffer's costume designer, Sissy. It marked her 20-year acting reunion with Pfeiffer, who played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selma Archerd
Selma Archerd ( Fenning; February 26, 1925) is an American former actress, known for her roles in ''Die Hard'' (1988), ''Lethal Weapon'' (1987) and ''Lethal Weapon 3'' (1992). She has also appeared on ''The Brady Bunch'', '' A Very Brady Christmas'', and ''The Brady Bunch Movie''. Archerd married columnist Army Archerd after divorce ended her first marriage. Filmography *''Lethal Weapon'' (1987) - Policewoman *''Die Hard'' (1988) - Hostage #1 *''Lethal Weapon 3 ''Lethal Weapon 3'' is a 1992 American buddy cop action film directed by Richard Donner and written by Jeffrey Boam and Robert Mark Kamen. The sequel to '' Lethal Weapon 2'' (1989), it is the third installment in the ''Lethal Weapon'' film ser ...'' (1992) - Officer Selma References External links * 1925 births Living people 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Newark, New Jersey American film actresses {{US-film-actor-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Haig
Sidney Eddie Mosesian (July 14, 1939 – September 21, 2019), known professionally as Sid Haig, was an American actor, film producer, and musician. He was known for his roles in several of Jack Hill's blaxploitation films from the 1970s, as well as for his appearances in horror films, most notably his role as Captain Spaulding in the Rob Zombie films '' House of 1000 Corpses'', '' The Devil's Rejects'' and ''3 from Hell''. Haig's Captain Spaulding, and Haig himself, have been called icons of horror cinema. Haig had a leading role on the television series ''Jason of Star Command'' as the villain Dragos. He appeared in many television programs, including '' The Untouchables'', ''Batman'', '' Gunsmoke'', '' Mission: Impossible'', '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', ''Star Trek'', '' Get Smart'', '' The Rockford Files'', ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Fantasy Island'', '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', '' The Dukes of Hazzard'', '' The A-Team'', '' MacGyver'', and '' Emergency!''. Earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Gorshin
Frank John Gorshin Jr. (April 5, 1933 – May 17, 2005) was an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He made many guest appearances on '' The Ed Sullivan Show'' and '' Tonight Starring Steve Allen''. As an actor, he played the Riddler on the live-action television series '' Batman'' and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the performance. Early life Gorshin was born on April 5, 1933, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Catholic parents Frances, a seamstress, and Frank Gorshin Sr., a railroad worker. He was of Slovenian ancestry. His father, Frank Sr., was a second-generation Slovenian-American whose parents emigrated to America from Slovenia. His mother, Frances or Fanny, née Prešeren, came to the United States as a young girl from Regrča Vas, near Novo Mesto, the main city of Lower Carniola, in Slovenia. Both of his parents were active in Pittsburgh's Slovenian community. They sang in the Slovenian Singing Society Prešeren, named after the great Slovenian poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Orbach
Jerome Bernard Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer, described at the time of his death as "one of the last'' bona fide'' leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television" and a "versatile stage and film actor". Orbach's professional career began on the New York stage, both on and off-Broadway, where he created roles such as El Gallo in the original off-Broadway run of ''The Fantasticks'' (1960) and became the first performer to sing that show's standard "Try to Remember", Billy Flynn in the original '' Chicago'' (1975–1977), and Julian Marsh in '' 42nd Street'' (1980–1985). Nominated for multiple Tony Awards, Orbach won for his performance as Chuck Baxter in '' Promises, Promises'' (1968–1972). Later in his career, Orbach played supporting roles in films such as ''Prince of the City'' (1981), ''Dirty Dancing'' (1987), ''Crimes and Misdemeanors'' (1989), and, as a voice actor, Disney's ''Beauty and the Beas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
