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Three Fugitives
''Three Fugitives'' is a 1989 American buddy crime-comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, starring Nick Nolte and Martin Short, with supporting roles by Sarah Doroff, James Earl Jones, Alan Ruck, and Kenneth McMillan in his final film appearance. It is a remake of '' Les Fugitifs'', a 1986 French comedy starring Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard also directed by Veber. The movie was popular at the box office, grossing more than $40.6 million against a budget of $15 million, despite receiving a general negative reception from critics. Plot Daniel Lucas has been in prison for armed robbery. On the day he is released, he gets taken hostage by Ned Perry, an incompetent, novice criminal who robs a bank (to get money for treatment for his ill daughter, Meg) at the moment Lucas just happens to be there. Detective Marvin Dugan assumes they must be in it together and sets about tracking them down. Several chases, an accidental shooting, treatment from a senile vet who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Veber
Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writer or director or both, have been remade as English-language Hollywood films: '' Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire'' (as '' The Man with One Red Shoe''), ''L'emmerdeur'' (as ''Buddy Buddy''), '' La Cage aux Folles'' (as '' The Birdcage''), '' Le Jouet'' (as '' The Toy''), '' Les Compères'' (as '' Fathers' Day''), ''La chèvre'' (as ''Pure Luck''), ''Les Fugitifs'' (as '' Three Fugitives''), ''Le dîner de cons'' (as '' Dinner for Schmucks'') and ''La Doublure'' (as '' The Valet''). He also wrote the screenplay for '' My Father the Hero'', the 1994 American remake of the French-language film ''Mon père, ce héros''. Some of his screenplays started as theater plays (for instance, ''Le dîner de cons''). This theatrical experience contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth McMillan (actor)
Kenneth McMillan (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 1989) was an American actor. McMillan was usually cast as gruff, hostile and unfriendly characters due to his rough image. However, he was sometimes cast in some lighter comic roles that highlighted his gentler side. He was perhaps best known as Jack Doyle in ''Rhoda'' (1977–1978), and as Baron Harkonnen in David Lynch's ''Dune''. Biography Personal life McMillan was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Margaret and Harry McMillan, a truck driver. He attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Prior to becoming an actor, McMillan was employed at Gimbels Department Store first as a salesman, then as a section manager, and then a floor superintendent managing three floors. At age 30, McMillan decided to pursue an acting career, and took acting lessons from Uta Hagen and Irene Dailey. He was married to Kathryn McDonald (20 June 1969 – 8 January 1989) (his death) with whom he had one child, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Perry (American Actor)
Jeffrey Perry (born August 16, 1955) is an American actor of stage, television, and film. He is known for his role as Richard Katimski on the teen drama '' My So-Called Life'', Thatcher Grey on the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', Cyrus Beene on the political drama series ''Scandal'', all for ABC, and as Inspector Harvey Leek on the CBS crime drama ''Nash Bridges''. Career Perry is a co-founder of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He and schoolmates Gary Sinise and Terry Kinney started the company in one end of the cafeteria at Highland Park High School and later moved it to a small space in the Immaculate Conception Church in Highland Park. It has since grown into a notable national theater company whose alumni include John Malkovich, John Mahoney, and Joan Allen. Perry remains an executive artistic director along with co-founders Kinney and Sinise. After spending nearly two decades with Steppenwolf, Perry moved to Los Angeles in 1987 to pursue film and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Miller (comedian)
Lawrence John Miller (born October 15, 1953) is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and columnist. He is primarily regarded as a character actor, with '' The A.V. Club'' noting that he "can be counted upon to improve every film or television show he appears in". His better-known roles include Lou Bonaparte in '' Mad About You'' (1993–1998), Pointy-haired Boss in ''Dilbert'' (1999–2000), Edwin Poole in '' Boston Legal'' (2004–2008), Mr. Hollister in '' Pretty Woman'' (1990), Dean Richmond in '' The Nutty Professor'' (1996) and '' Nutty Professor II: The Klumps'' (2000), Walter Stratford in '' 10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999) and Paolo Puttanesca in '' The Princess Diaries'' (2001) and '' The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement'' (2004). Miller has also served as one of the regular players in Christopher Guest's mockumentary films. Early life and education Miller was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Valley Stream, New York, on Long Island. He studied music at Amh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Kinney
Kathy Kinney (born November 3, 1954, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin) is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian. She gained considerable popularity in the late 1990s for playing Mimi Bobeck, the outrageously made-up, flamboyantly vulgar, and vindictive nemesis of Drew Carey on the sitcom '' The Drew Carey Show''. She had been involved in television, feature film, and stage work for years. Biography Early life Kinney was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the daughter of Irish American parents Harold Kinney, an automobile dealer, and Marian Kinney. Her father died when she was 15 years old. After high school, Kathy Kinney worked for the California Conservation Corps between 1972 and 1974. After completing a six-month Back Country season in Kings Canyon, she left the program with thousands of dollars in scholarships. She attended the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point in the seventies and officially received her degree in 2016. In 1976, she moved to New York Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McGee (actor)
Jack McGee (born February 2, 1949) is an American television and film character actor. He has appeared in over 100 films and television series. Known for his gravelly raspy voice, McGee tends to play gruff, blue-collar type characters. He is best known as Chief Jerry Reilly on the television series '' Rescue Me''. He was a regular cast member on the FX series for three seasons. In 2010, he co-starred as Hickey on the Spike TV comedy series ''Players''. Life and career McGee was born in the South Bronx, New York, the youngest of eight children. He attended Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, where he was class president and also played on the Football team, and appeared as a member of the background harmony in The Young Rascals. In 1977, he became a firefighter for the New York City Fire Department in order to pursue his acting career. As a firefighter, he served with FDNY Engine Company 38 and Ladder Company 51 in the Bronx. In the TV Series Rescue Me, he portrayed FD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Thompson
Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film ''The Terminator''. He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film '' Cobra''. His first named role was on ''Werewolf'', a horror series that ran during Fox's inaugural broadcasting year of 1987–1988. Thompson has played several characters in the ''Star Trek'' franchise—the most notable being the Klingon Lieutenant Klag in which he informed Riker that “Gagh is always best when served live”, the Alien Bounty Hunter on ''The X-Files'', and Eddie Fiori on '' Kindred: The Embraced''. In 2014, he produced, wrote and starred in the B movie parody ''The Extendables''. Early life Thompson was born in Ellensburg, Washington, and raised in Longview. He attended Central Washington University, where he studied business management, played football, and appeared in many school productions. He then moved to California and earned a Master of Fine Arts from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Hall
Roe Erister "Rick" Hall (January 31, 1932 – January 2, 2018) was an American record producer, songwriter, and musician who became known as the owner of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. As the "Father of Muscle Shoals Music", he was influential in recording and promoting both country and soul music, and in helping develop the careers of such musicians as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Duane Allman and Etta James. Hall was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1985 and also received the John Herbert Orr Pioneer Award. In 2014, he won the Grammy Trustees Award in recognition of his lengthy career. Hall remained active in the music industry with FAME Studios, FAME Records, and FAME Publishing. Early life Hall was born into a family of sharecroppers in Forest Grove, Tishomingo County, Mississippi to Herman Hall, a sawmill worker and sharecropper and his wife, Dollie Dimple Daily Hall; he had one sister. After his mother left home when young Hall was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sy Richardson
Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor. Also a two-time screenwriter, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film ''Posse''. Early life and education He was born in Cincinnati and grew up in Chicago. He attended Farragut Career Academy. He served two years in the United States Navy. He received an associate of arts in black history and music from Kennedy–King College in 1972 and received a Bachelor of Science in journalism, specializing in advertising, from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1975. Career Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy '' Cinderella''. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in '' Repo Man'', '' Sid and Nancy'', '' Straight to Hell'', '' Walker'', '' The Winner'' and ''Searchers 2.0''. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film ''Tripwire''. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series ''Pushing Daisies ''Pushing Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce McGill
Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. He worked with director Michael Mann in the movies '' The Insider'' (1999), '' Ali'' (2001), and ''Collateral'' (2004). McGill's other notable film roles include Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in John Landis's '' Animal House'', Sheriff Dean Farley in '' My Cousin Vinny'', Matuzak in '' Timecop'', Reverend Larson in '' Shallow Hal'', Gene Revell in '' The Sum of All Fears'', Edwin Stanton in Steven Spielberg’s '' Lincoln'', and Lt. Brooks in '' Ride Along'' and its sequel '' Ride Along 2''. Bruce McGill's television roles include Jack Dalton on '' MacGyver'' (1985–1992) and Det. Vince Korsak on '' Rizzoli & Isles'' (2010–2016). He also portrayed Captain Braxton in several episodes of '' Star Trek: Voyager'' (1999) and voiced Lloyd Waterman, the owner of Waterman Cable, on '' The Cleveland Show'' (2009-2013). He played Ralph Houk in Billy Crystal's made-for-television film '' 61*'' (2001). In 2021, he had a recurri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Garlington
Ann Leslie "Lee" Garlington (born July 20, 1953) is an American actress. Early life Garlington was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. She spent her teenage years in Wilmington, Delaware. Career She has guest starred in a number of notable television series, including ''The West Wing'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''8 Simple Rules'', '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Judging Amy'', ''Will & Grace'', '' Matlock'', '' L.A. Law'', ''The Practice'', ''Quantum Leap,'' ''Home Improvement'', ''Boston Legal'', '' Roseanne'', '' Get a Life'', ''Coach'', '' Profiler'', '' Medium'', '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Lie to Me'' and among other series. She also played the part of Kirsten, Rose Nylund's (Betty White) daughter in the final season of ''The Golden Girls'' and Ronni, the mistress of Joey Tribbiani's father on '' Friends''. From 2002 to 2005, she had a recurring role as Brenda Baxworth on ''Everwood''. She was one of the stars of the series '' Lenny''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Arnott
David Arnott (born 1963) is an American actor, screenwriter and musical composer living in Southern California. Among his credits, Arnott co-wrote ''Last Action Hero'', and starred in ''The Last Man'' with Jeri Ryan. David is a member of the legendary "Pad O' Guys" screenwriting group, including Shane Black and Fred Dekker, and is the son of banjo player Peter R. Arnott. He also provided additional voices in ''Happy Feet Two'' and ''Finding Dory''. Arnott also appeared as "Cal Evans" in the 1995 UPN sitcom ''Pig Sty''. He also appeared in a 1992 television remake of the classic film, "Christmas in Connecticut" directed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. This gives Arnott the probably unique distinction of both having written for, and having been directed by Schwarzenegger. David is also a board game enthusiast, and can be seen on GameNight!, a YouTube web series in which he and 2-4 other participants play different designer board games. Partial filmography *'' Amazing Stories'' (1986) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
