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Peter Gallagher
Born: 19th Aug 1955 New York City, New York, USA
Dept: Acting
Peter Killian Gallagher (born August 19, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), American Beauty (1999), and Palm Springs (2020).
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 138
Film: 91 (66%)
Television: 47 (34%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Animation, Action & Adventure, Action, Family, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy, News, History, Kids
Filmography
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A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way. ... view
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Self
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More than 15 years later, Kathryn Merteuil vies for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of Bash Casey, the son of her late brother, S ... view
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Edward Valmont (1 ep.)
2026
Through exclusive interviews, rare archival footage, and intimate behind-the-scenes access, TOVAH traces Tovah Feldshuh’s ascent from a daring young ... view
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Self
Mar 2025 (first aired)
John Mulaney conducts the first-ever celebrity sit-down talk show. Live every week. ... view
Character:
Future John Mulaney (1 ep.)
2024
In the wake of an environmental collapse that has forced humanity to shed 20% of its population, a family dinner erupts into chaos when a father's pla ... view
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Charles York
Sep 2022 (first aired)
When Hulu reboots an early 2000s family sitcom, its dysfunctional cast is forced back together and now must deal with their unresolved issues in today ... view
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Tyler (1 ep.)
2022
With a narrative running deeper than a catchy tune and cryptic verses, “American Pie” is a musical phenomenon woven deep into the history of Ameri ... view
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Self
2021
On her first holiday without her father, Zoey attempts to create a magical Christmas for her family just like the ones Mitch used to do. ... view
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Mitch Clarke
2021
Two music managers must put their history aside to oversee the televised reunion performance of their rock star fathers with a fractured past. ... view
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Mike
Jan 2021 (first aired)
A retired businessman runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove he's "still got it." Once he wins, he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the resp ... view
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Brett (uncredited) (1 ep.)
2020
Tina Fey is set to host One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, an unforgettable night of music celebrating the incredible and resilient Broadway commun ... view
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Self
2020
When carefree Nyles and reluctant maid of honor Sarah have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding, things get complicated when they find themsel ... view
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Howard
Mar 2020 (first aired)
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Jan 2020 (first aired)
An animated fantasy-comedy series that follows Luz, a self-assured teenage girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical world where she b ... view
Character:
Del Clawthorne (voice) (1 ep.)
Jan 2020 (first aired)
After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, though ... view
Character:
Mitch Clarke (15 ep.)
Dec 2019 (first aired)
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including her life—to pursue truth and justice. ... view
Character:
Andrew Finney (5 ep.)
Sep 2019 (first aired)
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conv ... view
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Self - Guest (1 ep.)
2019
Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa ... view
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Ken Scott
2019
Patricia goes to Wyatt’s house for dinner. They eat soggy spaghetti and she gets too drunk. She asks him for a personal favor, he deals her a person ... view
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Oct 2018 (first aired)
This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and ... view
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Brian Foster (1 ep.)
2018
Produced for the Criterion Collection in 2018, the documentary features actors Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell, and Laura San Giacomo discussing thei ... view
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Self
2018
A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented stude ... view
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Len
Oct 2017 (first aired)
A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostil ... view
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Benedict Ryan (5 ep.)
2017
Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mother ... view
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Hank Mitchell
2017
Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend h ... view
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Orson Schwartzman
2016
Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Ch ... view
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Jonathan Reeves
2016
Fifteen years after the death of her brother, villainous Kathryn Merteuil seeks to manipulate her nephew, Bash, and gain control of the family busines ... view
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Edward Valmont
2015
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker. ... view
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Willy Williams
May 2015 (first aired)
Elegant, proper Grace and freewheeling, eccentric Frankie are a pair of frenemies whose lives are turned upside down - and permanently intertwined - w ... view
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Nick Skolka (24 ep.)
2015
In a Relationship is a spirited yet achingly tender look at modern love. Shot mockumentary style, this short film follows two young couples in opposit ... view
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The Interviewer (voice)
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Josh Greenberg is a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish ... view
Character:
Joel Greenberg (1 ep.)
Jan 2015 (first aired)
Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive. ... view
Character:
Larry (9 ep.)
2015
A rock star decides to go back to college at the height of his career. ... view
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Professor Zaring
2012
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threat ... view
Character:
Bill Anderson
2012
Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents no ... view
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Paul Sveck
Sep 2011 (first aired)
They say marriage is the number one cause of divorce. For Alex and Whitney, it's one of many reasons they're determined not to take the plunge. Their ... view
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Vince (3 ep.)
Sep 2011 (first aired)
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and ... view
Character:
Gavin (4 ep.)
2010
Ali leaves behind a troubled life and follows her dreams to Los Angeles, where she lands a job as a cocktail waitress at the Burlesque Lounge, a once- ... view
Character:
Vince Scali
2010
When Betty Anne Waters' older brother Kenny is arrested for murder and sentenced to life in 1983, Betty Anne, a Massachusetts wife and mother of two, ... view
Character:
Barry Scheck
Jul 2010 (first aired)
A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted ... view
Character:
Arthur Campbell (75 ep.)
2010
Documentary film about the history of Oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. The film takes a wide, yet detailed examination of our dependenc ... view
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Narrator (voice)
Sep 2009 (first aired)
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corrup ... view
Character:
Ethan Carver (3 ep.)
2009
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth. ... view
Character:
Marty Buchwald
2009
Home from his freshman year of college, David is reunited with his childhood buddies Greg and George - the War Boys are together again. They used to s ... view
Character:
Slater
2008
All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditionin ... view
Character:
Jonathan Reeves
Oct 2007 (first aired)
The Gathering is a television mini series directed by Bill Eagles, starring Peter Fonda, Peter Gallagher, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler. This thriller was fir ... view
Character:
Dr. Michael Foster (6 ep.)
Aug 2007 (first aired)
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a buddi ... view
Character:
Dean Stacy Koons (8 ep.)
Sep 2006 (first aired)
Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in ... view
Character:
Frank Bell (1 ep.)
Sep 2006 (first aired)
Two-time Emmy Award-winner Megan Mullally, coming off eight seasons as wisecracking socialite Karen Walker on NBC's "Will & Grace," moves into the dri ... view
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Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Sep 2005 (first aired)
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mot ... view
Character:
Professor Vinick (1 ep.)
Mar 2005 (first aired)
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. ... view
Character:
David Hamilton (9 ep.)
Jan 2005 (first aired)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regul ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2004
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope ... view
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Sky Masterson (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Sep 2004 (first aired)
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television. ... view
Character:
Self (2 ep.)
Jan 2004 (first aired)
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004 through September 17, 2004. It was distribut ... view
Character:
Self - The O.C. (1 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Aug 2003 (first aired)
Celebrities and comedians belt out good-natured insult comedy jokes at the expense of a guest of honour. The event is hosted by a Roast Master who als ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2003
Caustic comic Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor, emceed by Jeff Garlin. Dishing ou ... view
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Self
2003
Voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and others, this film features Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, the tiny, famed fairy-tale favorites, who are to ... view
Character:
The Mole King (voice)
Aug 2003 (first aired)
Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the st ... view
Character:
Sandy Cohen (92 ep.)
2003
For teenager Halley, love seems like an alien concept. Her mother is divorcing her father, who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her siste ... view
Character:
Len Martin
2003
Bill Goodman is a celebrated psychiatrist who leads a double life: he has a wife and daughter in New York; at the same time, the bigamist has another ... view
Character:
Bill Goodman
2002
Documentary on Jack Lemmon featuring interviews with those who knew him and worked with him. ... view
Character:
Self
2002
Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts o ... view
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Host
Oct 2002 (first aired)
Page to Screen is an American documentary television series hosted by Peter Gallagher, and narrated by David Hibbard. The series premiered October 28, ... view
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Unknown/various (11 ep.)
2002
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different ki ... view
Character:
Chuck Cedar
2001
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught b ... view
Character:
Philippe Ferronaire
2001
A mobster moves to a new town as a protected witness and tries to start over, only to find he can't escape his old ways ... view
Character:
Ted
Sep 2001 (first aired)
Good Day Live was a nationwide talk show seen weekdays on FOX affiliates throughout the US. Each FOX owned and operated station airs a separate Good ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
2001
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York Ci ... view
Character:
Guido
2001
Live from Carnegie Hall and hosted by Julie Andrews, a host of glittering Broadway stars sing Broadway's best and most enduring love songs. This prod ... view
Character:
Self
2000
A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election only a week away, ... view
Character:
Tom Chapman
2000
A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. ... view
Character:
Self
2000
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar first exploded onto the West End stage in 1971 and it was clear that the musical world would ... view
Character:
First Priest
2000
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals wit ... view
Character:
Jonathan Reeves
2000
Cate has a small boutique where she sells vintage clothes. She is dating Phillip, a snob whose parents think that Cate isn't good enough, so when she ... view
Character:
Harry
2000
Phil and Anna are a young, married couple, who begin to suspect one other of an affair. When a shady private investigator gets involved in their relat ... view
Character:
Jordin
1999
Set against the backdrop of the true story of the largest cash robbery in the history of the USA. ... view
Character:
Bob Matthews
1999
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution. ... view
Character:
Donald W. Blackburn, M.D.
Sep 1999 (first aired)
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate ... view
Character:
William Dodds (19 ep.)
1999
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daug ... view
Character:
Buddy Kane
Jan 1999 (first aired)
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter a ... view
Character:
Jared (voice) (1 ep.)
Sep 1998 (first aired)
The lives of three divorced men, Michael, Phil and Andy, who have stuck together through most of their lives. They have been thrust back into the live ... view
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Unknown/various (13 ep.)
1998
In a futuristic totalitarian utopian society, babies are created through genetic engineering, everyone has a predestined place in society and their mi ... view
Character:
Bernard Marx
1998
If you were a brilliant young scientist diagnosed with only months to live, what choices would you make? To have faith that you were taken early for a ... view
Character:
Dr. Joe Messenger
1998
Johnny Scardino is working for blackmailers, photographing wealthy guys in seedy motels. One such assignment turns the wrong way and blackmailers die ... view
Character:
Johnny Scardino
1997
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot un ... view
Character:
James Ritchie
Aug 1997 (first aired)
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discu ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1997
New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting the city red. Night after night, he can be found ... view
Character:
Jack Kale
1997
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists. ... view
Character:
John Anticev
1997
David Brinkley hosts this shattering two-hour documentary about the trial of the man whose role in deporting the Jews of Europe for extermination made ... view
Character:
Gideon Hausner (voice)
Nov 1996 (first aired)
Titanic is a made-for-TV dramatization that premiered as a 2-part miniseries on CBS in 1996. Titanic follows several characters on board the RMS Titan ... view
Character:
Wynn Park (2 ep.)
1996
David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks w ... view
Character:
David Lewis
Sep 1996 (first aired)
Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from supercriminals. Superman hides his identity behind the glasses ... view
Character:
Kurt (voice) (1 ep.)
1996
Film producer Sy Lerner makes a bet with a fellow film executive that he can turn any nobody into a star at the Cannes Film Festival. A New York cab d ... view
Character:
Self
1996
Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenc ... view
Character:
John Hayes
1996
This documentary examines the Irish famine of 1845, caused by a blight that devastated the potato crop, the main source of food for the poor in rural ... view
Character:
narrator
1995
A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his e ... view
Character:
Michael Chambers
1995
A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he's mugged, but—while he's in a coma—his family mistakenly thinks she's Peter's fi ... view
Character:
Peter Callaghan
1994
Comedic documentary about trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking. ... view
Character:
Self
1994
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w ... view
Character:
Alan Campbell
1994
An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger. ... view
Character:
Jack Robbins
1994
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam. ... view
Character:
Vic Tenetta
1993
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fall ... view
Character:
Robert Madigan
1993
Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a bo ... view
Character:
Stormy Weathers
1993
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same af ... view
Character:
Atty. Dennis Riley
Sep 1993 (first aired)
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Alon ... view
Character:
Self - Guest (7 ep.)
Aug 1993 (first aired)
A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kenne ... view
Character:
Mitch Allison (1 ep.)
Dr. Yorgrau (1 ep.)
1993
A documentary insight behind the scenes of Roberts Altman's Short Cuts. ... view
Character:
Self
1993
Mike, Danny, and Rick are grown men who share a house in Chicago. They take on a fourth house mate, John, who is Mike's estranged first cousin. John's ... view
Character:
John
Jan 1993 (first aired)
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit. ... view
Character:
Chris Rawls (1 ep.)
1992
A behind-the-scenes look at the cast-album recording session of the 1992 Tony-winning Broadway revival of the Frank Loesser musical. Originally broad ... view
Character:
Himself / Sky Masterson
1992
Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by sing ... view
Character:
Dan Riley
1992
Republican Senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly face him in a televised debate. Drafted to play Kautsky ... view
Character:
Philip Kautsky
1992
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one? ... view
Character:
Larry Levy
1992
Behind-the-scenes documentary about a fundraiser which was staged for Robert Altman's film "The Player" (1992). ... view
Character:
Self
1991
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat who ... view
Character:
Matt
1991
Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police ar ... view
Character:
Bob Freeman
1991
Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to ... view
Character:
Pollak
May 1991 (first aired)
A rich man's mistress gets in the middle of a high-society murder in Beverly Hills. ... view
Character:
Philip Quennell (2 ep.)
1990
Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Juli ... view
Character:
Richard Quince
1990
Fact-based story of real-life detective Kim Paris who was assigned to work undercover to find the murderers of an elderly couple who were shot in thei ... view
Character:
David West
1989
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. W ... view
Character:
John Mullany
1988
The Bundy family try to have a good family Christmas, despite World War II. ... view
Character:
Aaron Copler
1988
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunte ... view
Character:
Brother Tony
Sep 1988 (first aired)
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spo ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1988
A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny". ... view
Character:
Lt. Cmdr. John Challee
Jan 1988 (first aired)
In early-twentieth-century Atlanta, the murder of a young girl prompts strong reactions from the community and ultimately leads to the arrest of a man ... view
Character:
Leo Frank (2 ep.)
1987
Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and then ... view
Character:
Edmund Tyrone
1986
A young girl agrees to work in a center for girls who can't stay with their parents. She gets wrapped up in the plights of several of the girls, and t ... view
Character:
Kai
1985
80-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honour of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice's close ... view
Character:
Jack Dolan
1984
A wheelchair-bound, former boxer deals with his long estranged granddaughter whom is seeking financial help for her writing career and helping her los ... view
Character:
Nick
1982
Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When ... view
Character:
Michael Pappas
1980
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian. ... view
Character:
Caesare
Jan 1980 (first aired)
Skag is a short-lived American drama series that aired on NBC and starred Karl Malden. Skag originated as a three-hour television movie that aired on ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (6 ep.)
1980
Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life ... view
Character:
John Skagska
Apr 1956 (first aired)
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards ... view
Character:
Self - Performer (1 ep.)
Dec 1951 (first aired)
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christo ... view
Character:
Harry (1 ep.)