James Darren

biography:
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James William Ercolani (June 8, 1936 - September 2, 2024), known by his stage name James Darren, was an American television and film actor, television director, and singer. He wanted to be an actor and studied in New York City with Stella Adler for a number of years. He would also occasionally sing although he later said "I wasn't really a singer. I was a kid in Philly whose dad would take him to bars and nightclubs and I would get up and sing two songs."

Darren was discovered by talent agent and casting director Joyce Selznick after he got some photographs taken by Maurice Seymour to show potential agents:  His secretary, a woman by the name of Yvonne Bouvier, "asked me if I was interested in getting into film. I said yeah, I was. She said I know someone you should meet. She set up a meeting between me and Joyce Selznick, who worked for Screen Gems. Joyce brought me over to Columbia Pictures about a week later and got me a contract there."  Columbia signed Darren to a long term contract in July 1956. A few weeks later, he was filming his first film, Rumble on the Docks.  His appearance was well received and he got a lot of fan mail - second at the studio only to Kim Novak. Darren guest starred on an episode of TV's The Web ("Kill and Run") then Columbia gave him a support role in an "A" picture, the comedy Operation Mad Ball, starring Jack Lemmon.

He had support roles in two films directed by Phil Karlson: The Brothers Rico and Gunman's Walk. In between he was in The Tijuana Story, although his role was relatively small. Darren was third billed in the surf film, Gidget. He also sang the title track. The film was a hit with teen audiences and so was the song. Darren wound up recording a string of pop hits for Colpix Records, the biggest of which was "Goodbye Cruel World". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. Another sizeable hit was "Her Royal Majesty". He is also featured in one of the Scopitone series of pop music video jukebox films ("Because You're Mine").

Darren was third billed in a series of films for Columbia: The Gene Krupa Story, All the Young Men,  and Let No Man Write My Epitaph. He had a cameo as himself in a teen film, Because They're Young, singing the title track. Darren had a supporting role in the World War II film The Guns of Navarone. Also popular was Gidget Goes Hawaiian, where Darren reprised his role as Moondoggie; he was given top billing.

Darren also acted in Diamond Head as well as a third time in Gidget Goes to Rome, which he sang the title track for, Under the Yum Yum Tree. In 1963, Darren signed a seven picture deal with Universal, starting with The Lively Set. He was the singing voice of Yogi Bear in the animated film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, on the song "Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a". He was the singing voice of his own character "Jimmy Darrock" on an episode of The Flintstones. However the character's dialogue was provided by voice actor Lennie Weinrib.  He subsequently launched a career as a director, notably of action-based series , including Hunter, The A-Team, Silk Stalkings, Renegade, and Nowhere Man, as well as dramas such as Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place.

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The Time Tunnel

overview: The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.

character: Tony Newman

original_name: The Time Tunnel

T. J. Hooker

overview: Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.

character: Officer Jim Corrigan

original_name: T. J. Hooker

Hawaii Five-O

overview: Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".

character: Johnny Munroe

original_name: Hawaii Five-O

The Flintstones

overview: The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

character: Jimmy Darrock (voice)

original_name: The Flintstones

Charlie's Angels

overview: Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.

character: David Barzak

original_name: Charlie's Angels

Melrose Place

overview: Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

original_name: Melrose Place

Battle of the Network Stars

overview:
Battle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC would compete in various sporting events. A total of nineteen of these competitions were held, all of which were aired by ABC.

In 2013, the show appeared in TV Guide's list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.

original_name: Battle of the Network Stars

Vega$

overview: Private detective Dan Tanna drives around the streets of Las Vegas in a red 1957 Ford Thunderbird solving crimes and making Las Vegas a better place for residents and tourists alike.

original_name: Vega$

Police Woman

overview: Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.

character: Rick Matteo

original_name: Police Woman

S.W.A.T.

overview:
S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And Tactics team operating in an unidentified California city. A spin-off of The Rookies, the series aired on ABC from February 1975 to April 1976.

Like The Rookies, S.W.A.T. was produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.

Diagnosis: Murder

overview: Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

character: Councilman Matthew Watson

original_name: Diagnosis: Murder

Malibu U

overview: Malibu U is an American variety show that aired in the summer of 1967 on ABC. The series stars Ricky Nelson.

character: Self

original_name: Malibu U

The Steve Allen Show

character: Self - Singer

original_name: The Steve Allen Show

The Barbara McNair Show

original_name: The Barbara McNair Show

The Oscars

overview: An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

original_name: The Oscars

The Dick Clark Show

overview: The Dick Clark Show is an American musical variety show broadcast weekly in the United States on the ABC television network 7:30-8 PM on Saturdays from February 15, 1958 through September 10, 1960, sponsored by Beechnut Gum.

original_name: The Dick Clark Show

The Shuttlepod Show

overview: Actors Connor Trinneer, Dominic Keating, and Erica LaRose explore all things Star Trek, life on Earth, and more. Join Star Trek Enterprise's Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III (Trinneer) and Lieutenant Malcom Reed (Keating) as they sit down with remarkable guests and have in depth conversations about Life, Star Trek, experiences behind the scenes and more.

original_name: The Shuttlepod Show

The Bob Hope Show

overview: The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.

original_name: The Bob Hope Show

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

overview: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

original_name: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

overview: The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

character: Self - Co-Host

original_name: The Mike Douglas Show

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

overview: At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

character: Vic Fontaine

original_name: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

T. J. Hooker

character: Dan Danko

The Love Boat

overview: Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.

character: Tony Streeter

original_name: The Love Boat

Baa Baa Black Sheep

overview: The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron.

character: Lt. Col. Rod Towers

original_name: Baa Baa Black Sheep

Dinah!

overview: Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.

original_name: Dinah!

Love, American Style

overview: An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.

character: Roger Barnes

original_name: Love, American Style

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

overview: Join the crew of the Seaview aboard their super high-tech submarine, where no mission is too dangerous and no threat is too deadly, be it enemy agents, mad scientists, deadly sea creatures, or impending nuclear disaster.

character: Omir

original_name: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

The Donna Reed Show

overview: Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

character: Buzz Berry

original_name: The Donna Reed Show

character: Kip Dennis / Jim Bryce

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

overview:
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night.

During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.

original_name: Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Renegade

overview: Framed for murder, Detective Reno Raines becomes a fugitive bounty hunter who fights crime while trying to clear his name. His troubles began after he testified about police corruption, leading Lt. Donald Dixon to set him up.

character: Lou Delgado

original_name: Renegade

The Merv Griffin Show

original_name: The Merv Griffin Show

Police Story

overview: Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.

character: Roger Lewis

original_name: Police Story

Hollywood Squares

overview: On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.

character: Self - Panelist

original_name: Hollywood Squares

Silk Stalkings

overview: Silk Stalkings is a crime drama television series.  The series portrays the daily lives of two detectives who solve sexually-based crimes of passion among the ultra-rich of Palm Beach, Florida.

Stingray

overview: Ray is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting crime and helping people in trouble. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those seeking his assistance must promise him a favor.

Walker, Texas Ranger

overview: Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.

Beverly Hills, 90210

overview: Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.

Werewolf

overview: Eric Cord, a college student transformed into a werewolf undergoes a quest to rid himself of his curse by killing the apparent originator of his 'bloodline'.

Nowhere Man

overview: Thomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased...

Raven

overview: Jonathon Raven is a ninja-trained former Special Forces agent, retired in Hawaii to search for his long-lost son. Avoiding assassins sent to kill him by his former associates in the Black Dragon Clan, he uses his skills to help those in need. He is assisted by his former military buddy turned eccentric private investigator, Herman Jablonski.

Savannah

overview:
Follows the lives of three best friends--Reese, Peyton, and Lane--who grew up together in Savannah, Georgia.

SAVANNAH was an American prime time television drama that ran from January 21, 1996 to February 24, 1997 on The WB. It was created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling.

Hunter

overview:
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators.

The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

The A-Team

overview: A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."

Something Is Out There

overview: A short-lived weekly series based on the miniseries of the same name.

Hardball

overview:
Battles is a 45-year-old hard-nosed veteran cop who is forced to take a desk job or retire. Battles is soon assigned a new partner, the 25-year old hotshot Kaczierowski who follows his own set of rules when dealing with criminals. The pair are soon at odds over their respective methods of law enforcement.

HARDBALL is an American crime drama television series that ran on NBC during the 1989-1990 television schedule.

Deutsch

biography:
James Darren, eigentlich James William Ercolani, war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Sänger sowie Regisseur von Fernsehserien.

Entdeckt wurde er von Joyce Selznick, der Nichte des Filmproduzenten David O. Selznick, die ihm im Jahr 1956 einen ersten Filmvertrag bei Columbia Pictures vermittelte. Es folgten erste Nebenrollen in Kinofilmen verschiedener Genres, die 1959 in seinen ersten größeren Erfolg mit der Teenagerkomödie April entdeckt die Männer (Originaltitel Gidget) mündeten, für die er auch das Titellied einsang. Anschließend spielte er in weiteren Film-Fortsetzungen von Gidget, was ihn zeitweise zu einem beliebten Star bei Teenagern machte, wenngleich er damit nicht den Respekt der meisten Kritiker erreichen konnte. Ab Anfang der 1960er-Jahre startete er eine Musikkarriere und veröffentlichte Lieder, von denen einige in den Charts landeten, wenn auch der Platz 50 selten unterschritten wurde. Seine Musik ähnelte im Stil der seines Freundes Frank Sinatra.

Ab 1966 erhielt Darren seine erste Fernseh-Hauptrolle in der Serie Time Tunnel, in der er den impulsiven Wissenschaftler und Abenteuerer Tony Newman verkörperte. Auch trat er in Die Seaview – In geheimer Mission als Gaststar in der Folge Der Android auf. Nach der Einstellung von Time Tunnel versandete Darrens Schauspielkarriere allerdings zusehends, in den 1970er-Jahren war er überwiegend mit Fernseh-Gastrollen und Auftritten in Nachtclubs unterwegs.

1982 hatte er an der Seite von William Shatner in der Fernsehserie T.J. Hooker ein kleines Comeback, als er in dieser in insgesamt 66 Folgen den Polizisten James Corrigan spielte. Danach arbeitete er eher hinter der Kamera und führte bei einigen Folgen von Beverly Hills 90210, Hunter oder auch Palm Beach-Duo die Regie. Zwischen 1998 und 1999 war er in der Rolle des holographischen Sängers Vic Fontaine in mehreren Folgen der Science-Fiction-Serie Star Trek: Deep Space Nine zu sehen. Nach längerer Inaktivität als Filmschauspieler trat Darren im Jahr 2017 in einer Nebenrolle in der Tragikomödie Lucky auf.

Català

biography: James William Ercolani (Filadèlfia, Pennsilvània, 8 de juny de 1936), conegut artísticament com James Darren, és un actor de cinema i televisió nord-americà.

普通话

詹姆斯·达伦

biography:
詹姆斯·威廉·埃尔科拉尼（James William Ercolani，1936年6月8日－2024年9月2日），艺名詹姆斯·达伦（James Darren），是一位美国电视和电影演员、电视导演及歌手。他曾立志成为演员，并在纽约市跟随斯特拉·阿德勒学习多年。他偶尔也会唱歌，尽管他后来说道：“我其实算不上真正的歌手。我只是费城一个孩子，我父亲会带我去酒吧和夜总会，我会上去唱两首歌。”

达伦在摄影师莫里斯·西摩为他拍摄了一些照片以展示给潜在的经纪人后被星探兼选角导演乔伊斯·塞尔兹尼克发掘：他的秘书，一位名叫伊冯·布维尔（Yvonne Bouvier）的女士，“问我对进入电影界是否感兴趣。我说是的。她说她知道我应该见一个人。她安排了我与乔伊斯·塞尔兹尼克的会面，乔伊斯当时为Screen Gems工作。大约一周后，乔伊斯带我去哥伦比亚影业，并让我在那里签了一份合同。”哥伦比亚于1956年7月与达伦签下了一份长期合同。几周后，他开始拍摄他的第一部电影《码头惊魂》（Rumble on the Docks, 1956）。他的出现受到了好评，并收到了大量影迷来信——在工作室中仅次于金·诺瓦克。达伦客串了电视节目《网》（The Web）的一集（“Kill and Run”），随后哥伦比亚给了他一部“A级”电影的配角——由杰克·莱蒙主演的喜剧《疯狂出击》（Operation Mad Ball, 1957）。

他在菲尔·卡尔森执导的两部电影中担任配角：《里科兄弟》（The Brothers Rico, 1957）和《枪手的步伐》（Gunman's Walk, 1958）。其间他还出演了《蒂华纳故事》（The Tijuana Story, 1957），不过他的角色相对较小。达伦在冲浪电影《Gidget》（Gidget, 1959）中位列第三位主演，并演唱了同名主题曲。这部电影在青少年观众中大受欢迎，歌曲也同样成功。达伦随后为Colpix唱片录制了一系列流行单曲，其中最著名的是《Goodbye Cruel World》。这首歌销量超过一百万张，并获得了金唱片奖。另一首大热单曲是《Her Royal Majesty》。他还出现在Scopitone系列流行音乐视频点唱机电影之一《Because You're Mine》中。

达伦在哥伦比亚的一系列电影中位列第三位主演：《吉恩·克鲁帕的故事》（The Gene Krupa Story, 1959）、《年轻的土地》（All the Young Men, 1960）和《不让任何人写我的墓志铭》（Let No Man Write My Epitaph, 1960）。他在青少年电影《因为年轻》（Because They're Young, 1960）中客串自己，演唱了同名主题曲。达伦在二战电影《纳瓦隆大炮》（The Guns of Navarone, 1961）中担任配角。同样受欢迎的还有《Gidget去夏威夷》（Gidget Goes Hawaiian, 1961），达伦在此片中再次饰演月亮狗（Moondoggie），并获得了主演排位。

达伦还出演了《钻石》（Diamond Head, 1962）以及第三次出演《Gidget去罗马》（Gidget Goes to Rome, 1963），并演唱了主题曲，此外还有《在Yum Yum树下》（Under the Yum Yum Tree, 1963）。1963年，达伦与环球影业签订了一份七部电影的合约，首部是《活泼的情侣》（The Lively Set, 1964）。他在动画电影《嘿，那是瑜伽熊！》（Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!, 1964）中为瑜伽熊演唱了歌曲“Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a”。他还在《摩登原始人》（The Flintstones, 1960–1966）的一集中为“吉米·达洛克”（Jimmy Darrock）这一角色担任演唱配音，不过该角色的对白由配音演员伦尼·温里布（Lennie Weinrib）提供。此后，他开启了自己的导演生涯，尤其以动作剧集著称，包括《猎手》（Hunter, 1984–1991）、《天龙特攻队》（The A-Team, 1983–1987）、《丝袜谋杀案》（Silk Stalkings, 1991–1999）、《叛逆者》（Renegade, 1992–1997）和《无处可去》（Nowhere Man, 1995–1996），以及《比佛利山庄，90210》（Beverly Hills, 90210, 1990–2000）和《飞越情海》（Melrose Place, 1992–1999）等剧情剧。

普通话

詹姆斯·達倫

biography: 詹姆斯·威廉·埃爾科拉尼，藝名詹姆斯·達倫，是美國電視和電影演員、電視導演和歌手。他想成為一名演員，並在紐約市跟隨斯特拉·阿德勒（Stella Adler）學習了多年。他偶爾也會唱歌，儘管他後來説：“我真的不是一個歌手。我是費城的一個孩子，他的父親會帶他去酒吧和夜總會，我會起牀唱兩首歌。

also_known_as:
James & Evy
James & Gloria
James William Ercolani

title: The Guns of Navarone

overview: A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.

title: Venus in Furs

overview: After a jazz musician finds a woman's corpse washed up on the beach and remembers that he witnessed her murder at a party the previous night, a woman who bears a strong resemblance to her begins to exact revenge on the murderers.

title: The Brothers Rico

overview: Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.

title: Gidget Goes to Rome

overview: Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome they get the beautiful guide Daniela, who's fascinating the guys and making especially Gidget jealous. She starts looking elsewhere herself.

title: Gunman's Walk

overview: A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.

title: Operation Mad Ball

overview: In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.

title: Gidget Goes Hawaiian

overview: Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be with her? So she sets out for Hawaii in the worst mood. On the plane she meets the sociable Abby, who gives her the advice to forget about Jeff - and regrets it shortly after, when Francis follows the advice and steals her boyfriend Eddie, a famous dancer. But then Jeff discovers he's missing Francis...

title: Gidget

overview: Due to an accident while swimming in the sea, Francis meets the surfer Moondoggie. She's fascinated with his sport and starts to hang out with his clique. Although they make fun of her at first, they teach her to surf and soon she's accepted and given the nickname "Gidget". But it's hard work to become more than a friend to Moondoggie.

title: The Gene Krupa Story

overview: The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.

title: City Beneath the Sea

overview: A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. Originally intended as a purely scientific installation, the U. S. government wants to stash all its gold reserves from Fort Knox there, along with a fantastic new radioactive element. The brother of Pacifica's returning former commander plans to steal the gold and on top of that, the city faces destruction by an asteroid from outer space!

title: Rumble on the Docks

overview: A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.

title: For Those Who Think Young

overview: A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.

title: Mooch Goes to Hollywood

overview: A dog tries to become a canine star with the help of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

title: Let No Man Write My Epitaph

overview: Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.

title: All the Young Men

overview: During the Korean War, the lieutenant in charge of a Marine rifle platoon is killed in battle. Before he dies, he places the platoon's sergeant, who's black, in charge. The sergeant figures on having trouble with two men in his platoon: a private who has much more combat experience than he does, and a racist Southerner who doesn't like blacks in the first place and has no intention of taking orders from one.

title: The Lively Set

overview: A college student drops out to build a race car and falls for his buddy's sister.

title: Diamond Head

overview: Rich Hawaiian pineapple grower and US Senatorial candidate Richard Howland tries to control everything and everyone around him, including his headstrong sister, Slone.

title: The Tijuana Story

overview: Courageous newspaper editor Manuel Acosta Mesa tries to take on the mob in Tijuana through his newspaper, reporting on the violence, prostitution and drug sales in the border town.

title: Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!

overview: Following a misunderstanding about Yogi Bear’s whereabouts, Cindy Bear ends up in captivity at a Missouri circus. It’s now up to Yogi and his friend, Boo-Boo, to save her.

character: Yogi Bear ('Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a') (singing voice)

title: Because They're Young

overview: Director Paul Wendkos' 1960 film adaptation of the controversial novel "Harrison High", about an idealistic young high-school teacher dealing with over-sexed and troubled teenagers, is notable for its casting of newcomer Dick Clark in the starring role. Others in the cast include Tuesday Weld, Michael Callan, Victoria Shaw, Roberta Shore, Warren Berlinger, Doug McClure, Linda Watkins, Rudy Bond, Philip Coolidge, Stephen Talbot, Kathryn Card, James Darren, Duane Eddy, The Rebels and Bess Flowers.

title: Scruples

overview: Sequel to the 1980 mini-series, taking up the plot where it -- and Judith Krantz's source novel -- left off. Billy Ikehorn (Shelley Smith) is the owner of a chic Beverly Hills boutique against which romantic, corporate and political power plays unfold in the classic soap opera tradition. It was the pilot to a prospective series.

title: Lucky

overview: Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.

title: The Boss' Son

overview: Bobby Rose has just returned home after graduating business school. He agrees to start working for his father, a successful carpet manufacturer. Bobby's dreams of a cushy junior exec position are quashed when he's told to report to the shipping department, where he's trained as a delivery driver. Learning the business from the ground up embitters Bobby, as well as his coworkers, some of whom, he discovers, are stealing from the company.

title: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

overview: A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a theoretical eighth season of the show could look like.

original_title: What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

title: Aliens From Another Planet

overview: A senator is sent to inspect a project that can send people into the future or past & decide if it is feasible to continue. One of the scientists working on it, decides to go through it anyway...  This is a compilation of three episodes of the 1960's TV series, "The Time Tunnel".

title: The Lives of Jenny Dolan

overview: A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.

title: Turnover Smith

overview: A criminology professor uses scientific methods, advanced computer technology, his expertise in chess, and the leg work of several of his students to track down a crazed killer in San Francisco.

title: New Dimensions

overview: Surf music came out of Orange County California in the late fifties and early sixties. It exploded the radio waves along the coast line to become one of the most iconic genres of musical history. From the West to the East, Surf Bands were popping up everywhere. One such band to emerge was a group of 12 to 14 year olds out of LA. These kids loved surfing, the beach, girls and most importantly... Surf Music. They were The New Dimensions and this is their story!

title: T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport

overview: Hooker and his team become the protection detail of a Senator, and an old friend of Hooker's, after Hooker saves his life during a routine prisoner transfer in Hawaii while the Senator pushes his anti-terrorist bill.

title: The Guns of Navarone

title: Venus in Furs

title: The Brothers Rico

title: Gidget Goes to Rome

title: Gunman's Walk

title: Operation Mad Ball

title: Gidget Goes Hawaiian

title: Gidget

title: The Gene Krupa Story

title: City Beneath the Sea

title: Rumble on the Docks

title: For Those Who Think Young

title: Mooch Goes to Hollywood

title: Let No Man Write My Epitaph

title: All the Young Men

title: The Lively Set

title: Diamond Head

title: The Tijuana Story

title: Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!

title: Because They're Young

title: Scruples

title: Lucky

title: The Boss' Son

title: Aliens From Another Planet

title: The Lives of Jenny Dolan

title: Turnover Smith

title: New Dimensions

title: T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport


Ted Strauss

biography: Movie critic and screenwriter.

English

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iso_3166_1: US

english_name: English

job: Writer

title: I Will Fight No More Forever

overview: Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 mile journey across the West and towards Canada. Based on the true story of the westward expansion of the United States and the military force used to displace Native Americans from their lands.

department: Writing

original_title: I Will Fight No More Forever

original_language: en

job: Novel

title: Moonrise

overview: Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s girlfriend, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

original_title: Moonrise

job: Screenplay

title: My Own True Love

overview: Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp.

original_title: My Own True Love

title: Four Days In November

overview: 1964 American documentary film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

original_title: Four Days In November

title: I Will Fight No More Forever

media_type: movie

title: Moonrise

title: My Own True Love

title: Four Days In November

known_for_department: Writing


Nicholas Worth

biography: Worth was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 4, 1937. He served for three years in the army as a paratrooper and studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and Pasadena Playhouse.

WKRP in Cincinnati

overview: When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les Nessman, eager beaver Bailey Quarters, sleazy salesman Herb Tarlek, blonde bombshell Jennifer Marlowe, who serves as the station's ultra-capable receptionist, and station manager Arthur Carlson, whose domineering mother owns WKRP, round out the eccentric bunch.

character: Major Edmond Hunter

original_name: WKRP in Cincinnati

Starsky & Hutch

overview: Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.

original_name: Starsky & Hutch

Fame

overview:
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City.

The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.

original_name: Fame

Simon & Simon

overview: A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.

original_name: Simon & Simon

The Greatest American Hero

overview: The chronicles of  teacher Ralph Hinkley's adventures after a group of aliens gives him a red suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately, Ralph, who hates wearing the suit, immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.

original_name: The Greatest American Hero

L.A. Heat

overview: Meet Chase McDonald and August Brooks. Two guys who will do anything to keep L.A. safe . . . even if it means blowing half of it up. An explosive crime drama that follows the action-packed cases of robbery/homicide detectives McDonald and Brooks, who are as different as night and day.  L.A. Heat is an American action series starring Wolf Larson and Steven Williams as Los Angeles police detectives, in the tradition of films like Lethal Weapon. The series aired on TNT from March 15, 1999.

original_name: L.A. Heat

Knight Rider

overview: Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.

character: Ryles

original_name: Knight Rider

Baretta

overview: Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.

original_name: Baretta

Charlie's Angels

overview: Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.

character: Reed

original_name: Charlie's Angels

MacGyver

overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.

Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

character: Jack Rogan

original_name: MacGyver

Laverne & Shirley

overview: Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.

original_name: Laverne & Shirley

The X-Files

overview: The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

character: Mr. Haas

original_name: The X-Files

Emergency!

overview: The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.

original_name: Emergency!

origin_country: US GB

Cannon

overview:
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones.

Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.

original_name: Cannon

Hunter

overview:
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators.

The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

character: Ramos

original_name: Hunter

Fish

overview: Fish is a spin-off television series of the sitcom Barney Miller. It starred Abe Vigoda as New York Police Department Detective Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his wife Bernice.

original_name: Fish

Star Trek: Voyager

overview: Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

character: Lonzak / Chaotica's Adjutant

original_name: Star Trek: Voyager

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

overview: Acapulco H.E.A.T. is a 1993 syndicated television series that followed the Hemisphere Emergency Action Team [H.E.A.T.], a group of top-secret agents based in Acapulco, Mexico and recruited by C-5, a secret government coalition, to fight terrorism and international crime. The team kept a low profile, by acting as models and photographers who represented a Beach Fashion enterprise.

character: Victor Albertino

original_name: Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Out of This World

overview:
Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in syndication from September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991.

During its first season, the series was originally part of NBC's Prime Time Begins at 7:30 campaign, in which the network's owned-and-operated stations would run first-run sitcoms in the 7:30-8 pm time slot to counterprogram competing stations' game shows, sitcom reruns and other offerings. Out of This World was rotated with the original series Marblehead Manor and She's the Sheriff, a syndicated revival of the 1983 sitcom We Got It Made, and a television adaptation of the play You Can't Take It With You. NBC ended the experiment after the 1987-88 season due to the low ratings put up by three of the series, with Out of This World being one of the two that was renewed. After its first season the series was largely moved to weekend time slots, where it remained until its cancellation following the fourth season.

character: Burglar

original_name: Out of This World

The Six Million Dollar Man

overview: Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.

character: Weight Lifter

original_name: The Six Million Dollar Man

Night Court

overview: An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

character: Sister Ralph

original_name: Night Court

Knight Rider

character: Hower

Street Hawk

overview:
Street Hawk is an American television series that aired for 13 episodes on ABC in 1985. The series is a Limekiln and Templar Production in association with Universal Television. Its central characters were created by Paul M. Belous and Robert "Bob" Wolterstorff, and its core format was developed by Bruce Lansbury, who had initially commissioned the program's creation. This series was originally planned for the fall of 1984, Mondays at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central. However, ABC executives changed their minds when the summer series Call to Glory did well, and Street Hawk was pushed to mid-season. Street Hawk made its debut on January 4, 1985 on ABC at 9:00PM Eastern/8:00PM Central and ran until May 16, 1985.

Reruns aired on the USA Network on Saturdays at 10:00AM from 1990-91.

character: Mr. Girard

original_name: Street Hawk

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

overview: At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

character: Lissepian Captain

Moonlighting

overview: After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.

character: Inmate

original_name: Moonlighting

Sliders

overview: In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see his new invention. But an increase in power and an early departure leave all three, plus a washed-up soul singer named Rembrandt "Crying Man" Brown, lost in a parallel world. Now they must "slide" from world to world, not only adapting to their changing surroundings, but also trying to get back to their world. Will they ever make it home?

character: Magistrate

original_name: Sliders

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

character: Sorm

Night Court

character: Bum

character: Mr. Birnbach

character: Giagni

Star Trek: Voyager

character: Lonzak, Chaotica's Adjutant

Starsky & Hutch

character: Barnes

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

overview: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe is an American detective/comedy series originally broadcast by the ABC network between January and June 1980. The series was created and executive produced by Stephen J. Cannell.

character: Dick Hemmet

original_name: Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Quincy, M.E.

overview: Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

character: Grinner

original_name: Quincy, M.E.

Kaz

overview: Kaz is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1978 to April 22, 1979.

original_name: Kaz

普通话

尼古拉斯·沃思

biography: 沃思于1937年9月4日出生于密苏里州圣路易斯。他曾在美国陆军服役三年，担任伞兵，并曾在卡内基理工学院和帕萨迪纳剧院学习。

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iso_3166_1: CN

title: Every Dog Has Its Day

overview: After getting fired from his teaching job and dumped by his girlfriend, Jack, a painter, embarks on a soul searching road trip with his dog, Scout. However, bad weather and bumps in the road quickly cause more problems than he can handle. An impulsive decision to take from a bag full of unknown pills leads him on a drug-fueled journey with no destination in sight, and he soon finds himself making both friends and foes along the way.

title: Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

overview: In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.

title: Slaves of Hollywood

overview: Slaves of Hollywood follows the lives of a group of recent college graduates at their first jobs in corporate Hollywood. Thomas, Pink, Fisher, Dean, and Roman have just moved out to Los Angeles and they aspire to become "players". But first they have to start at the bottom, working as personal assistants to a variety of maniacal producers, agents, and studio executives. The glamour of working in Hollywood quickly begins to fade after endless days of making coffee and babysitting the boss' children. As time moves on, our lead characters struggle to move up the corporate ladder while keeping their sanity and morals intact.

title: Hell Comes to Frogtown

overview: 'Hell' is the name of the hero of the story. He's a prisoner of the women who now run the USA after a nuclear/biological war. Results of the war are that mutants have evolved, and the human race is in danger of extinction due to infertility. Hell is given the task of helping in the rescue of a group of fertile women from the harem of the mutant leader (resembling a frog). Hell cannot escape since he has a bomb attached to his private parts which will detonate if he strays more than a few hundred yards from his guard.

title: The Rape of Richard Beck

overview: The tables turn for cynical police officer Richard Beck when he's viciously attacked by two homicidal crooks. Having never been empathetic toward the victims he's dealt with on a daily basis, Beck must now confront the tough system he was a part of. As he struggles to regain his status at work, he also must make sure those responsible for his attack are prosecuted.

title: Darkman

overview: Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.

title: Starforce

overview: A warrior and a beautiful ex-convict are left to fight the galaxy's most fearsome commandos in an alien wasteland.

title: Blood Dolls

overview: Virgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a "biological inventor." The "blood dolls," his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him.

title: The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

overview: Shortly after moving to Rittersburg to take over duties as the lone "Schattenjager", Gabriel Knight is called by the townsfolk to investigate the killing of a child believed to be caused by a werewolf. While Gabriel is away on the case, Grace Nakimura leaves New Orleans for Rittersburgh to conduct research and keep an eye on him. Grace soon learns that Gabriel's case goes back centuries and involves King Ludwig II. Meanwhile, Gabriel's investigation leads him to a small private hunting club, where he believes the culprit may be hiding. The two are pulled deeper into the horrific events, leading Grace out to stop the unrelenting nightmare and Gabriel in a fight for his very own soul.

original_title: The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery

title: Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

overview: Tarzan has a tough encounter with arms dealer Nikolai who then kidnaps Colette and wants to sell her in Africa. Tarzan gets captured, escapes and follows Nikolai who has teamed up with netherworld queen Mara and her flesh eaters. Serves as the pilot to the Tarzan: The Epic Adventures television series.

title: New Eden

overview: Prisoners are dumped on a sand planet dubbed Earth 21-523 where most are immediately killed by the sand people and the remainder struggle for existence. That is until a new prisoner arrives with ideas of providing irrigation of the desert. But he still must first fight the nomadic sand people.

title: City Heat

overview: Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.

title: Coma

overview: When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.

character: Patterson Institute Chief of Security (uncredited)

title: Fist of Honor

overview: As two rival Godfathers view to take control of the city, a hot-tempered family member kills two relatives of the opposing family, breaking the "Truce of Honor". Now the war begins! As a young boxer seeks revenge for his fiancée's death, the streets become a real-life battlefield... to settle the score!

title: The Young Landlords

overview: Four teen-age New York residents try to raise cash to improve a dilapidated building they brought for a dollar.

title: A Gift from Heaven

overview: Born from incest, Charlie is a mentally disabled young man living with his family in the rural South. When his Cousin Anna arrives. her presence changes the fragile dynamic of the household, leading to a series of emotional confrontations.

title: Tomb of Terror

overview: In this horror anthology edited from older Full Moon releases, three tales of terror are told. In "ASCENT FROM HELL" ('Dark Angel: The Ascent') an young demon female escapes Hell and comes to Earth where she becomes the punisher of sinners. "INFINITE EVIL" ('The Lurking Fear') a race of cannibalistic genetic creatures live below a cemetery and hunt humans for food. In EVIL NEVER DIES ('Talisman'), the Black Angel is summoned from his resting place to bring about the end of the world. Written by Wallace Entertainment

title: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

overview: When the bumbling Lieutenant Frank Drebin investigates events following the shooting of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

original_title: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

title: Dangerous Cargo

overview: A Russian gangster kidnaps a woman and her friend, an aging European deceived by a young lover.

title: No Way Out

overview: Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

title: Blood and Concrete

overview: A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new horizons.

title: Armed and Dangerous

overview: After policeman Frank Dooley is framed for theft and loses his job on the force, he joins a security guard agency and teams up with inept former defense lawyer Norman Kane. When the two botch a job guarding a local warehouse, they begin to uncover corruption within the company and their union.

title: Don't Answer the Phone!

overview: A Vietnam veteran that spends his days photographing pretty girls, and his nights strangling them, sets sights on the patients of a radio psychiatrist.

title: For Pete's Sake

overview: "For Pete's Sake" is the heartfelt and inspiring story of a man (Robert Sampson) struggling to come to terms with his wife's (Pippa Scott) untimely death, while raising their young son (Johnny Jenson). Sam Groom portrays the family's pastor and Terri Garr debuts as a wayward young woman in this entertaining and thought-provoking comedy-drama.

title: High School High

overview: Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.

title: Action Jackson

overview: Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.

title: Leather Jacket Love Story

overview: Kyle is 18, an aspiring poet hoping to find inspiration by moving to the arty Silver Lake neighborhood of LA, and maybe love too. On day one, he finds a funky coffee shop, where he hopes to do some writing, but instead meets an older hunk.

title: Rage!

overview: In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

title: Casebusters

overview: Jamie and Allie are amateur sleuths whose grandfather runs a small security business. One afternoon, while digging around on their own, they accidentally stumble onto a major case.

title: Best of the Best 2

overview: In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his partner, Tommy Lee, vow to avenge their friend's death by defeating Brakus and shutting down the fight club.

title: Invitation to Hell

overview: Family man Matt Winslow accepts a new job in Silicon Valley and quickly finds that his associates are obsessed with a mysterious local country club whose manager, Jessica Jones, holds sway over the community.

title: Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

overview: In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a vengeful promoter who lost a bundle on the title fight wants retribution.

title: Scream Blacula Scream

overview: After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's adopted apprentice is chosen as the leader. Willis seeks revenge by reviving the African prince Blacula — but soon finds that he cannot control him.

title: Original Sin

overview: When his son is kidnapped a man has to face his past demons in speaking to a Mafia don about it.

title: Swamp Thing

overview: Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing, a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue government agent Alice Cable and defeat his evil arch nemesis...even if it costs him his life.

title: Death Feud

overview: While in town on shore leave, Joe meets, falls in love with and proposes to Anne, a beautiful woman he rescues from an attacker. Anne, however, has a past: she's a prostitute and a former heroin addict on the run from her well-connected pimp, Harry. With the help of his friend, Chris, Joe must make sure Harry can never threaten Anne again.

title: Black Starlet

overview: Girl leaves Gary, Indiana, to become a star in Hollywood.

title: Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

overview: A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy.

title: Hologram Man

overview: Five years after the mad terrorist Slash Galagher was sentenced to holographic stasis, he is given a parole hearing. But an equipment failure engineered by his cronies transforms the criminal into a living hologram with god-like powers. Now, stopping him is up to Kurt Decoda, the man who as a police rookie was responsible for arresting Galagher.

title: Heartbreak Ridge

overview: A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.

title: The Ladies Club

overview: A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men who have committed repeated violations of women and gotten away with it through legal technicalities.

title: Dirty Laundry

overview: A young man and his girlfriend unwittingly come into possession of a bag containing one million dollars belonging to a drug-smuggling ring. The mobsters try to catch the couple and retrieve their money.

title: Barb Wire

overview: A sexy nightclub owner, Barb Wire moonlights as a mercenary in Steel Harbor, one of the last free zones in the now fascist United States. When scientist Cora Devonshire wanders into Barb's establishment, she gets roped into a top-secret government plot involving biological weapons. Soon Barb is reunited with her old flame Axel Hood, who is now Cora's husband and a guerrilla fighter, resulting in plenty of tense action.

title: Dark Angel: The Ascent

overview: A bored female demon ventures to the surface world to punish the wicked before they enter her hellish domain.

title: Doin' Time

overview: Duke Jarrett is sent to jail at the John Dillinger prison. However, the prison looks more like a zoo, more or less ruled by the prisoners themselves.

title: Dead Weekend

overview: In the midst of an evacuation effort, True World Forces agent Weed must secure an alien spacecraft suspected to have crashed somewhere in the city. But after Weed meets the ship's beautiful, shape-shifting pilot, he finds himself falling for her. As the two grow close, Weed struggles to determine where his true loyalties lie.

title: Timelock

overview: In the 23rd century, a penal colony in a distant galaxy falls into anarchy when an inmate loads a virus into the computer system. While cryonic suspension was used to control the most dangerous criminals there, with the computers down these deadly men are back in circulation and determined to cause mayhem. With a gang of brilliant but dangerous inmates in control, a petty thief and the driver of the prison shuttle must stand against these lawless men for their own survival.

title: Mule Feathers

overview: A drifter con artist, impersonating a parson, arrives in a small Wild West town with his mule and becomes embroiled in the lives of several townsfolk.

title: The Terminal Man

overview: As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.

title: The Glove

overview: In this actioner, a bounty hunter is assigned to bring back an enormous and angry ex-convict who wears a deadly glove made of leather and steel. Rock'em sock'em mayhem ensues.

title: The Raven Red Kiss-Off

overview: Sent to keep an eye on a studio head's girlfriend at a Northern California film shoot, hardboiled P.I. Dan Turner, is forced to go into hiding when someone shoots his best girl and a police buddy with his gun. Turner must figure out who shot his friends or take the rap.

title: Every Dog Has Its Day

title: Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II

title: Slaves of Hollywood

title: Hell Comes to Frogtown

title: The Rape of Richard Beck

title: Darkman

title: Starforce

title: Blood Dolls

title: Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

title: New Eden

title: City Heat

title: Coma

title: Fist of Honor

title: The Young Landlords

title: A Gift from Heaven

title: Tomb of Terror

title: Dangerous Cargo

title: No Way Out

title: Blood and Concrete

title: Armed and Dangerous

title: Don't Answer the Phone!

title: For Pete's Sake

title: High School High

title: Action Jackson

title: Leather Jacket Love Story

title: Rage!

title: Casebusters

title: Best of the Best 2

title: Invitation to Hell

title: Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood

title: Scream Blacula Scream

title: Original Sin

title: Swamp Thing

title: Death Feud

title: Black Starlet

title: Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

title: Hologram Man

title: Heartbreak Ridge

title: The Ladies Club

title: Dirty Laundry

title: Barb Wire

title: Dark Angel: The Ascent

title: Doin' Time

title: Dead Weekend

title: Timelock

title: Mule Feathers

title: The Terminal Man

title: The Glove

title: The Raven Red Kiss-Off


Rebecca Balding

biography:
Rebecca Balding (September 21, 1948 – July 18, 2022) was an American actress best known for her appearances on Soap and Charmed.  Balding was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She attended the University of Kansas. She had the role of Carol David, mother of Jodie Dallas' child, on Soap, appearing in 19 episodes from 1978 through 1980. Balding played Corky Crandall in 1979 in the sitcom Makin' It, as well as the original female reporter Carla Mardigian during the first three episodes of the inaugural 1977 season of the drama series Lou Grant, starring Ed Asner, before that character was written out for a different female reporter. That same year, she again appeared with Asner, playing his daughter Julie, in the classic Christmas TV film, The Gathering. Also in 1977, Balding played Amy Franklin in Deadly Game, a movie that starred Andy Griffith and James Cromwell. In 1980 she starred in the pilot of the sitcom Mr. and Mrs. and Mr., that was never progressed as a series. In 1996, she made a guest appearance on 7th Heaven as Ellen, the mother of Matt's new girlfriend Tia.

In 1998, Balding guest starred as Aunt Jackie in the season one episode "The Fourth Sister" of Charmed. She later returned to the show during its fourth season in 2002 under a different role. Balding played the recurring character Elise Rothman, a newspaper editor-in-chief and the boss of Phoebe Halliwell (played by Alyssa Milano). She played the role until the show's eighth and final season in 2006.

Balding was married to television producer James L. Conway, whom she met while auditioning for a part in the 1981 horror movie The Boogens, which Conway directed and in which Balding ultimately starred.

Balding died on July 18, 2022, in Park City, Utah, at the age of 73, after having suffered from ovarian cancer.

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Family Ties

overview: Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.

character: Karen Banks

original_name: Family Ties

Starsky & Hutch

overview: Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.

character: Mickie Marra

original_name: Starsky & Hutch

Home Improvement

overview: The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.

character: Leslie Morrison

original_name: Home Improvement

Beverly Hills, 90210

overview: Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.

character: Jill Abernathy

original_name: Beverly Hills, 90210

The Bionic Woman

overview: After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.

original_name: The Bionic Woman

Charmed

overview: Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

character: Elise Rothman

original_name: Charmed

Hotel

overview:
Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty.

Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.

character: Penny Domenico

original_name: Hotel

MacGyver

overview:
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.

Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

character: Susan Walker

original_name: MacGyver

Cagney & Lacey

overview: Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.

original_name: Cagney & Lacey

Melrose Place

overview: Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

original_name: Melrose Place

Soap

overview: The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

character: Carol David

original_name: Soap

7th Heaven

overview: Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.

character: Ellen Jackson

original_name: 7th Heaven

Free Spirit

overview: Free Spirit is an American fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1989–1990 television season. The series stars Corinne Bohrer as a witch who moves in with a recently divorced father to help care for his three children. Originally produced by ELP Communications, Free Spirit aired from September 22, 1989, to January 14, 1990.

original_name: Free Spirit

Makin' It

overview:
Makin' It is an American sitcom starring David Naughton as a disco dancer in the late 1970s. The series only lasted nine episodes, airing on Fridays at 8:00PM on ABC from February 1 through March 23, 1979 before being canceled. It also aired in the United Kingdom on ITV from April 25 through June 13, 1979.

In 2002, TV Guide ranked it number 40 on its TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list.

character: Corky Crandall

original_name: Makin' It

Matt Houston

overview: Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.

original_name: Matt Houston

Brothers

overview: Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.

original_name: Brothers

MacGruder and Loud

overview:
MacGruder and Loud is an American crime drama from Aaron Spelling Productions that aired on ABC in 1985.

The series stars John Getz and Kathryn Harrold as married police officers Malcolm MacGruder and Jenny Loud in a Los Angeles Police Department-styled police agency. They fought a battle every day to keep it a closely guarded secret from their boss, Sgt. Hanson.

Malcolm and Jenny lived in a duplex-type apartment complex where there was a secret door behind the grandfather clock in her apartment, where Malcolm could sneak in and enjoy her company.

This was one of the few failures from Aaron Spelling's production company in its history, since it was picked by ABC to debut right after the Super Bowl in 1985 and was heavily promoted during the game. The promotion resulted in high ratings at first, but following a quick decline, the series was cancelled three months into its run, after ranking 40th out of 104 programs that aired that season with an average 15.76 household rating, according to TVTango.com.

Because of the frequent commercials during the Super Bowl, the following night Johnny Carson ask rhetorically during his monologue on The Tonight Show: "Did you see that new show, 'Frequent and Loud'?"

character: Sandy

original_name: MacGruder and Loud

Bodies of Evidence

overview: Bodies of Evidence is a police drama that aired on CBS from June 1992 to May 1993. It stars Lee Horsley and George Clooney as Los Angeles homicide detectives.

original_name: Bodies of Evidence

ER

overview: ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

character: Ms. Garvey

original_name: ER

Charmed

character: Aunt Jackie

The French Atlantic Affair

overview: When the SS Festivale sets sail from New York to France, its 3,000 passengers include Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harold Columbine and 146 members of the Church of the Cosmic Path, led by Father Craig Dunleavy, their charismatic messiah. Seizing control of the ship, Dunleavy demands $70 million in gold, intending to kill everyone onboard once it's paid. Without knowing which passengers are cultists and warned that 12 will die for every hijacker harmed, Columbine and the captain search for a way to save 3,000 lives before Dunleavy makes good on his threat. Based on a novel by screenwriter Ernest Lehman, this mini-series was broadcast over three nights in November 1979.

character: Harriet Kleinfeld

original_name: The French Atlantic Affair

The Rockford Files

overview: Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.

character: Carol Lansing

original_name: The Rockford Files

Lou Grant

overview: The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

character: Carla Mardigian

original_name: Lou Grant

Melrose Place

character: Nora Larner

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

overview: Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.

character: Gwen Chandler (segment "Bon Voyage")

original_name: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Designing Women

overview: Julia Sugarbaker, Mary Jo Shively, Charlene Frazier-Stillfield and Suzanne Sugarbaker are associates at their design firm, Sugarbaker and Associates. Julia is the owner and is very outspoken and strong-willed. Mary Jo is a divorced single-parent whom is just as strong-willed as Julia, but isn't as self-confident. Charlene is the naive and trusting farm girl from Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Suzanne is the self-centered ex-beauty queen whom has a number of wealthy ex-husbands.

original_name: Designing Women

Supertrain

overview: In a similar vein to The Love Boat, a mix of adventure, comedy, and mystery with a new set of guest stars each week, onboard a futuristic, nuclear-powered luxury train traveling across America.

character: Ellen Bradford

original_name: Supertrain

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Rebecca Balding

biography:
Rebecca Balding (21. September 1948 – 18. Juli 2022) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, die vor allem durch ihre Auftritte in den Fernsehserien „Soap“ und „Charmed“ bekannt wurde. Sie wurde in Little Rock, Arkansas, geboren und besuchte die University of Kansas. In „Soap“ spielte sie die Rolle der Carol David, der Mutter von Jodie Dallas' Kind, und war von 1978 bis 1980 in 19 Folgen zu sehen. 1979 verkörperte Balding Corky Crandall in der Sitcom „Makin' It“ sowie die Reporterin Carla Mardigian in den ersten drei Folgen der ersten Staffel der Dramaserie „Lou Grant“ (1977) mit Ed Asner in der Hauptrolle, bevor die Figur durch eine andere Reporterin ersetzt wurde. Im selben Jahr spielte sie erneut an der Seite von Asner in dem Weihnachtsklassiker „The Gathering“ dessen Tochter Julie. Ebenfalls 1977 war Balding als Amy Franklin in dem Film „Deadly Game“ mit Andy Griffith und James Cromwell zu sehen. 1980 spielte sie die Hauptrolle in der Pilotfolge der Sitcom „Mr. and Mrs. and Mr.“, die jedoch nie als Serie fortgesetzt wurde. 1996 hatte sie einen Gastauftritt in „Eine himmlische Familie“ als Ellen, die Mutter von Matts neuer Freundin Tia.

1998 war Balding als Tante Jackie in der ersten Staffel von „Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen“ (Originaltitel: Charmed) zu sehen. 2002 kehrte sie in der vierten Staffel in einer anderen Rolle zurück. Sie verkörperte die wiederkehrende Figur Elise Rothman, Chefredakteurin einer Zeitung und Vorgesetzte von Phoebe Halliwell (gespielt von Alyssa Milano). Diese Rolle spielte sie bis zur achten und letzten Staffel der Serie im Jahr 2006.

Balding war mit dem Fernsehproduzenten James L. Conway verheiratet, den sie bei einem Vorsprechen für eine Rolle in dem Horrorfilm „The Boogens“ (1981) kennengelernt hatte. Conway führte Regie, und Balding übernahm schließlich die Hauptrolle.

Balding starb am 18. Juli 2022 in Park City, Utah, im Alter von 73 Jahren, nachdem sie an Eierstockkrebs erkrankt war.

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title: The Boogens

overview: Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootlegging tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.

character: Trish Michaels

original_title: The Boogens

title: Silent Scream

overview: Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. The policemen on the case begin uncovering the Engels family secret as the remaining students become endangered

character: Scotty Parker

original_title: Silent Scream

title: The Gathering, Part II

overview: Two Christmases have passed and widow Kate Thornton has taken over Thornton Industries and is wooed by a courtly financier.

character: Julie

original_title: The Gathering, Part II

title: The Gathering

overview: When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature and he hasn't spoken to his youngest son after having an argument with him which he was in the wrong but only realize after his son left and has not been heard from since. But he goes to her to help him find him. But when his doctor says that it won't be good for him to travel, she suggests that they invite them all for Christmas. While most of them come, Adam's attempt at reconciliation won't be easy.

original_title: The Gathering

title: Deadly Game

overview: A military convoy is transporting something apparently for disposal. They pass by Sheriff Abel Marsh's town and they are passing by property that's owned by Amy Franklin who is the girlfriend of Abel's deputy, Malcolm. Before they know it, everything around the property is uninhabitable. The army returns to clean things up and make restitution. But there is one nagging question, was this an accident or was it deliberate? That is something Abel is most interested in finding out.

character: Amy Franklin

original_title: Deadly Game

title: Kiss My Grits

overview: A man heads for Mexico with a mobster's girlfriend.

title: Yesterday's Dreams

overview: Yesterday's Dreams is the story about a lonely 40-year-old septic tank cleaner who lives with his abusive father, yet yearns to meet a woman to settle down with and raise a family.

title: The Boogens

title: Silent Scream

title: The Gathering, Part II

title: The Gathering

title: Deadly Game

title: Kiss My Grits

title: Yesterday's Dreams


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title: The Spicy Sisters Slumber Party

overview: Filmmaker/actress Amy Lynn Best assembles a group of B-movie actresses for a night of discussion of their careers in independent cinema.

character: Herself

original_title: The Spicy Sisters Slumber Party

title: Severe Injuries

overview: A bumbling and inept serial killer stalks the residents of a sorority house and finds himself up against a murderous competitor for the body count.

character: Jenny

original_title: Severe Injuries

title: Expendable

overview: David is a drug dealer who pays a final visit to his ex-wife Nicole before leaving town with his new girlfriend. Little does he know that Nicole is now a vampire, and he soon realizes that some things are better left in the past!

character: Nicole

original_title: Expendable

title: Hardly Beloved

overview: Frustrated by his promiscuous wife and haunted by memories of an abusive stepfather, Chad's self-esteem is at an all-time low. A psychiatrist attempts to help rid him of his feelings of inadequacy, but Chad soon realizes that only he himself can bring about a change for the better. Of course, nothing worthwhile is ever easy... To leave the past behind, take charge of his life and become a more dedicated husband and father, he'll need to face certain challenges and confrontations head on - ready or not!

character: Suzanne

original_title: Hardly Beloved

title: Sin by Murder

overview: On the night of their tenth anniversary, corporate lawyer Michael Barnes' wife is brutally murdered. Labelled the prime suspect by Detectives Jack Burns and Amy Cobb, Barnes must try to clear his name before it's too late... Along the way, Barnes' closest friends begin to show their true colors, and with no one left to trust, he finds himself with nothing to lose as he's faced with the toughest decision of his life.

character: Amy Cobb

original_title: Sin by Murder

title: Mister Dissolute

overview: When a criminal imprisoned by detectives Ron Fugate and Morris Brinson is released and puts a hit out on them, both their partnership and their very existence quickly begins to decay... Who will survive, and at what cost?

character: Mia

original_title: Mister Dissolute

title: Jack vs. Lanterns

overview: Genbetter has been growing gourds and the massive orange veggies are on the attack. Jack and his friends have to stop an invasion of pumpkin headed monsters.

character: Marti

original_title: Jack vs. Lanterns

title: Heaven Help Me, I'm In Love

overview: Micro-budget love story.

character: Angie

original_title: Heaven Help Me, I'm In Love

title: Runaway Terror

overview: A shady producer begins losing his actresses to a knife-wielding, masked killer. A detective teams up with the twin sister of the first victim to search for the culprit, as both the list of suspects and the body count grows...

character: Vanessa

original_title: Runaway Terror

title: Despair

overview: A married couple's final day, before each commits suicide. The man no longer wishes to live a life in which his artistic talents continue to go unrecognized and unappreciated...The woman has no desire to live without him, and her depression drives her to both insanity and self- destruction.

character: Yvette

original_title: Despair

job: Producer

title: Expendable

department: Production

job: Makeup Artist

title: Expendable

department: Costume & Make-Up

job: Set Decoration

title: Expendable

department: Art

title: The Spicy Sisters Slumber Party

title: Severe Injuries

title: Expendable

title: Hardly Beloved

title: Sin by Murder

title: Mister Dissolute

title: Jack vs. Lanterns

title: Heaven Help Me, I'm In Love

title: Runaway Terror

title: Despair

title: Expendable

title: Expendable

title: Expendable