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David Rappaport is a Actor and Legal Services British born on 23 november 1951 at London (United-kingdom)

David Rappaport

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Birth name David Stephen Rappaport
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 november 1951 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 2 may 1990 (at 38 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

David Stephen Rappaport (23 November 1951 – 2 May 1990) was an English actor, one of the best known dwarf actors in television and film, known for his roles in the films Time Bandits and The Bride, and television series such as L.A. Law, The Wizard and Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He was reported standing 3' 11" (1.19 m), although he told newspapers different heights, ranging from 3' 6" (1.07 m) up to 4 feet (1.22 m).

Biography

Issu d'une famille juive de Londres, il s'est dirigé tôt vers la musique et le théâtre. Il joue notamment dans Bandits, bandits de Terry Gilliam le rôle de Randall, le chef des voleurs, ainsi que dans The Bride de Franc Roddam aux côtés de Sting.

Il est surtout connu en France comme Simon McKay, le personnage principal de la série Le Magicien. Il y était accompagné de Douglas Barr et Fran Ryan et interprétait un inventeur de génie à la philosophie généreuse. Un garde du corps devait empêcher qu'on l'enlève pour lui extorquer ses inventions.

Il apparaît aussi dans des séries télévisées telles que La Loi de Los Angeles, Jigsaw avec Sylvester McCoy et dans des émissions pour enfants.

Rappaport luttait contre la dépression à la fin de sa vie, et se suicida dans un parc de la Vallée de San Fernando avec un revolver acheté 15 jours plus tôt. Il avait été choisi pour interpréter le rôle de Kivas Fajo dans Star Trek : La Nouvelle Génération (Star Trek: The Next Generation), et les scènes de l'épisode furent retournées avec Saul Rubinek. Son corps fut rapatrié au Royaume-Uni où il est enterré au cimetière de Waltham Abbey dans l'Essex.

Usually with

Sean Connery
Sean Connery
(3 films)
Kanye West
Kanye West
(1 films)
Michael Palin
Michael Palin
(1 films)
Terry Gilliam
Terry Gilliam
(1 films)
Wendy Hughes
Wendy Hughes
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of David Rappaport (9 films)

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Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn (1989)
, 1h30
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Peter Strauss, Peter Jurasik, Jennifer Edwards, David Rappaport, Barbara Williams, Pearl Bailey
Roles Speck
Rating53% 2.6661452.6661452.6661452.6661452.666145
Le détective Peter Gunn (Peter Strauss) enquête sur la mort du frère d'un ami. Son enquête dérange à la fois la police et les truands locaux, ce qui lui attire plusieurs ennuis, sans lui donner envie de renoncer à découvrir la vérité.
The Bride
The Bride (1985)
, 1h54
Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, Geraldine Page, Anthony Higgins, David Rappaport
Roles Rinaldo
Rating54% 2.700922.700922.700922.700922.70092
The film begins with Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting), his monster (Clancy Brown), Dr. Zalhus (Quentin Crisp), and his assistant Paulus (Timothy Spall) creating a female mate named Eva (Jennifer Beals) for the monster. Eva is physically identical to a human and lacking the deformities of the monster. As such, she is revolted by the monster and rejects him. This causes the monster to fly into a rage and destroy Frankenstein's laboratory. Frankenstein, believing himself and Eva to be the only survivors, flees with her back to Castle Frankenstein. He tells everyone, including Eva, that she was an amnesiac he found in the woods. There he decides to take Eva for himself and pursues the goal of making her a perfect human mate.
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1h42
Directed by Stephen Weeks
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Clair, Trevor Howard, Leigh Lawson, Peter Cushing
Roles Sage
Rating44% 2.2134852.2134852.2134852.2134852.213485
The film begins with a feast in a great hall during winter. The king is ashamed of how comfortable they have all grown to live, and questions the bravery of all knights present. A knight on horseback storms through the door and the crowd falls silent as the knight, all in green and carrying a large axe, walks up to the throne. He asks if any man has enough courage to challenge him to a game. The king shames the knights around the hall for not volunteering, and in an act of showmanship announces he himself shall take the challenge given by the green knight. Finally, a young squire named Gawain speaks up and accepts the challenge in lieu of the king. The knight tells Gawain that he has one chance to behead him, but then the knight gets to return the favor. The king grants Gawain knighthood so that he can fulfill the requirements of the challenge. Gawain beheads the knight but then the knight's torso walks up and grabs the head and puts it back on his body. The crowd is stunned and the knight tells Gawain to kneel so he can make his blow. The knight then pauses and considers that Gawain is merely a boy who has not yet even grown a beard. The knight says he will return in one year, enough for the boy to grow a beard, to claim his side of the bargain. Gawain questions the knight "must I spend the year awaiting death at your hand?".
Time Bandits, 1h56
Directed by Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Sean Connery, Katherine Helmond, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Transport films, Time travel films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Craig Warnock, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond
Roles Randall
Rating68% 3.4479853.4479853.4479853.4479853.447985
Eleven-year-old Kevin has a vivid imagination and is fascinated by history, particularly Ancient Greece; his parents ignore his activities, having become more obsessed with buying the latest household gadgets to keep up with their neighbours. One night, as Kevin is sleeping, an armoured knight on a horse bursts out of his wardrobe. Kevin is scared and hides as the knight rides off into a forest setting where once his bedroom wall was; when Kevin looks back out, the room is back to normal and he finds one of his photos on the wall similar to the forest he saw. The next night he prepares a satchel with supplies and a Polaroid camera, but is surprised when six dwarves spill out of the wardrobe. Kevin quickly learns the group has stolen a large, worn map, and are looking for an exit from Kevin's room before they are discovered. They find that Kevin's bedroom wall can be pushed, revealing a long hallway. Kevin is hesitant to join until the visage of a menacing head – the Supreme Being – appears behind them, demanding the return of the map. Kevin and the dwarves fall into an empty void at the end of the hallway.
Cuba
Cuba (1979)
, 2h2
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Sean Connery, Brooke Adams, Chris Sarandon, Héctor Elizondo, Martin Balsam, Jack Weston
Roles Jesus
Rating56% 2.800242.800242.800242.800242.80024
The film's sense of historical accuracy is marred by the opening scene which shows an airliner landing in Havana with the wrong date ("1959") superimposed on the screen. It should read "1958", the last year of the revolution. Cuban President Batista fled the capital when Fidel Castro and his guerrillas entered Havana on New Year's Day 1959.
Black Jack
Black Jack (1979)
, 1h50
Directed by Ken Loach
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Actors Jean Franval, David Rappaport, William Moore, Doreen Mantle, Brian Glover, Paul Copley
Roles Tom Thumb's Army
Rating67% 3.394693.394693.394693.394693.39469
Deux enfants et un malfaiteur traversent le Yorkshire anglais de 1750, pour retrouver un oncle, capitaine au long cours.
Turkish Delight, 1h52
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Origin Pays-bas
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Rutger Hauer, Monique van de Ven, David Rappaport, Bert André, Joost Prinsen
Rating70% 3.54853.54853.54853.54853.5485
Eric, a sculptor, wakes up recalling a disturbing dream followed by frantically picking up random women from the streets and taking them back to his studio for sex. However, he is clearly distressed about something, and it turns out that this is the aftermath of his breakup with Olga. The movie then recounts his relationship with Olga.

Team

Runaway
Runaway (2010)
, 35minutes
Directed by Hype Williams, Kanye West
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kanye West
Roles Legal Services
Rating79% 3.989143.989143.989143.989143.98914
The film opens with Griffin (West) running down a road in a forest with his shirt unbuttoned, followed with a narration by Nicki Minaj in an English accent. Griffin is then shown driving his MTX Tatra V8 through the forest with "Dark Fantasy" playing in the background. A phoenix (Ebanks), appearing as half-woman and half-phoenix, crashes down to Earth as a meteorite and Griffin crashes his MTX Tatra V8 in the forest. This scene, according to GQ, echoes West's car accident that was the inspiration for "Through the Wire". While the car explodes in the background, Griffin carries the phoenix in his arms and brings her home. The phoenix comes into contact with objects from the human world, including a news display on a flat-screen television and a porcelain teacup. After she dances to a remix of "Power" that Griffin plays on an MPC2000XL, he takes her to see different sights, including a carnival with a papier-mâché bust of Michael Jackson, a marching band, and fireworks in the desert. "All of the Lights" is heard during this sequence. Griffin falls in love with the phoenix and they attend a formal dinner party, during which "Devil in a New Dress" is heard. The disgusted guests appear to exchange negative comments about the phoenix. The party-goers are dressed in white, with the exception of Griffin and the exotic Phoenix, who stands out as both worldly and other-worldly, by comparison to the other guests. Biblical imagery gives the setting a church-like quality. The first course is bread and a pink beverage served in wine glasses, suggesting Holy Communion. Later, "loaves and fishes" are on the menu.