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Eric Shea is a Actor American born on 14 february 1960 at Los Angeles County (USA)
Eric Shea (born February 14, 1960), is an American actor. A professional child actor, active from age six through seventeen, he is best known for his roles in the blockbuster feature films Yours, Mine and Ours (1968) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972), as well as his numerous guest-starring appearances throughout the 1960s and 1970s on such popular television series as Batman, Gunsmoke, The Flying Nun, Nanny and the Professor, The Brady Bunch, and Little House on the Prairie, among others.
Shea's brothers Christopher and Stephen both voiced Linus van Pelt for the Peanuts TV animation specials in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.
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Shea's brothers Christopher and Stephen both voiced Linus van Pelt for the Peanuts TV animation specials in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.
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, 1h40Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dean Jones, Andrew Duggan, Louise Sorel, Chris Petersen, Katy Kurtzman, Harris Yulin
Roles Red Doyle
Rating72%
It's the summer of 1937 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and 12-year-old Daniel Cooper (Chris Petersen) along with his 10-year-old sister Sarah (Katy Kurtzman) are looking forward to summer vacation, most particularly, the annual 4th of July festivities. Sarah soon befriends the town's gentle misfit, Albert Cavanaugh, known by the town's children as "Snowman" (Geoffrey Lewis), a highly decorated and now brain-damaged World War I veteran, after she defends him from the town's resident bully, "Red" Doyle (Eric Shea). When Snowman finds himself accused of a terrible murder, Sarah, believing him to be innocent, convinces her successful attorney father, Ed Cooper (Dean Jones) to defend him. Amid courtroom allegations of communism and insinuations of a potentially inappropriate relationship with Sarah, Ed Cooper and the town's children must try to prove Snowman's innocence, before he can be sentenced to jail for the murder.
Smile (1975)
, 1h53Directed by Michael Ritchie
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Joan Prather, Denise Nickerson, Michael Kidd, Geoffrey Lewis
Roles Little Bob
Rating70%
The plot revolves around the contestants and people involved with California's Young American Miss Pageant held in Santa Rosa, California. Barbara Feldon starred as Brenda DiCarlo (the pageant's Executive Director), with Nicholas Pryor as Andy DiCarlo (Brenda's alcoholic husband), Bruce Dern as Big Bob Freelander (the head judge), Eric Shea as Little Bob, Big Bob's opportunistic son, Geoffrey Lewis as Wilson Shears (pageant producer), and as the contestants, Joan Prather as Robin Gibson, Annette O'Toole as Doria Hudson, Melanie Griffith as Karen Love, and a small role played by Michael Ritchie's sister, Elsie Ritchie. Choreographer Michael Kidd starred as Tommy French, the pageant's stage director. The movie was filmed on location in and around Santa Rosa, with the pageant held at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium.
The Castaway Cowboy (1974)
, 1h31Directed by Vincent McEveety, Christopher Hibler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, Robert Culp, Manu Tupou, Gregory Sierra
Roles Booton 'Little Maca' MacAvoy
Rating58%
Texas cowboy, Lincoln Costain (James Garner), gets "shanghaied" in San Francisco, then jumps ship and washes ashore on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, right into the arms of widow Henrietta MacAvoy (Vera Miles) and her son (Eric Shea) who are struggling to make a living as farmers. A lot of wild cattle often trample their crops, so Costain gets the idea to start cattle ranching instead. The Hawaiian farm hands don't readily take to the American cowboy culture, and Calvin Bryson (Robert Culp), is a banker with eyes to grab Henrietta's land and maybe Henrietta herself.
Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974)
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the Apollo program
Actors Robert Culp, Ed Nelson, Clu Gulager, Sandra Dee, Gary Collins, Eli Wallach
Roles Mikey 'Mike' Matthews
Rating59%
, 1h32Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Cliff Robertson, Pamela Franklin, Royal Dano, Eric Shea, Bernadette Peters, Rosemary Murphy
Roles Roger Walford
Rating47%
In the early 1920s in Kansas, Eli is a barnstorming stunt pilot, whose wife was killed in an airplane crash. He and his 11-year-old son, Rodger set off to fly around the country on a series of adventures. Wherever he lands Eli finds a new girlfriend, but likes one in particular, Shelby. He, however, does not form any permanent relationships. Rodger, who misses his deceased mother, continually helps out his father, even paying a prostitute (Allison). When Shelby leaves Eli, Rodger is saddened.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
, 1h57Directed by Irwin Allen, Ronald Neame
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Adam Baldwin, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall
Roles Robin Shelby
Rating70%
The SS Poseidon, an ocean liner slated for retirement and scrapping, makes her way across the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from New York City to Athens. Despite protests from Captain Harrison, who fears for the ship's safety, the representative of her new owners, Mr. Linarcos, insists that she make full speed towards her destination to save money, preventing her from taking on additional ballast.
Gaily, Gaily (1969)
, 1h47Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Beau Bridges, Melina Mercouri, Brian Keith, George Kennedy, Hume Cronyn, Margot Kidder
Roles Virgil Harvey
Rating53%
Set in 1910, the film's main character is Ben Harvey (patterned after Ben Hecht): serious about seeing the world, he leaves his home for Chicago, where he meets a woman named Lil, who in reality is the Madam of the bordello Ben mistakes for a boarding house. He also is friends with Adeline, one of the prostitutes. While he tries to find work, Ben encounters other people, including a man named Sullivan, who is involved in shady doings in city government. Suspecting corruption, Harvey and a hard drinking reporter decide to investigate.
Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
, 1h51Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Children's films
Actors Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson, Tim Matheson, Walter Brooke, Morgan Brittany
Roles Phillip North
Rating70%
In 1930, Frank Beardsley is a Navy warrant officer, recently detached from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and assigned as project officer for the Fresnel lens glide-slope indicator, or "meatball," that would eventually become standard equipment on all carriers. Helen North is a nurse working in the dispensary at the California U. S. Navy base to which Frank is assigned.