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Gilbert Cates is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 6 june 1934 at New York City (USA)

Gilbert Cates

Gilbert Cates
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Birth name Gilbert Katz
Nationality USA
Birth 6 june 1934 at New York City (USA)
Death 31 october 2011 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

"Gil Cates" redirects here. For the article about Gilbert Cates' son who was born in 1969, see Gil Cates Jr.


Gilbert “Gil” Cates (June 6, 1934 – October 31, 2011), born Gilbert Katz, was an Award winning American film director and television producer, director of the Geffen Playhouse, and founding dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Between 1990 and 2008, he produced the Academy Awards telecast 14 times.

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Charles Fox
Charles Fox
(3 films)
Gerald Hirschfeld
Gerald Hirschfeld
(2 films)
Mark Irwin
Mark Irwin
(3 films)
James Karen
James Karen
(2 films)
Robert Woodruff Anderson
Robert Woodruff Anderson
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gilbert Cates (12 films)

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Actor

$pent
$pent (2000)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jason London, Phill Lewis, James Parks, Richmond Arquette, Barbara Barrie, Margaret Cho
Roles Mr. Walsh
Rating45% 2.295012.295012.295012.295012.29501
An unemployed actor uses his skills to con everyone he knows into lending or giving him money to pay off his debts.

Director

Backfire
Backfire (1988)
, 1h30
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Karen Allen, Keith Carradine, Jeff Fahey, Dean Paul Martin, Bernie Casey, Virginia Capers
Rating54% 2.705892.705892.705892.705892.70589
Mara is married to Vietnam veteran Donny, who has horrible visions and nightmares of his combat experiences. Mara is having an affair with Jake, and the lives of all are disrupted when she meets a mysterious stranger, Reed.
My First Love
My First Love (1988)
, 1h33
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Richard Kiley, Beatrice Arthur, Joan Van Ark, Barbara Barrie, Anne Francis, Richard Herd
Rating61% 3.0970153.0970153.0970153.0970153.097015
The story revolves around an older widowed woman reconnecting with her high school sweetheart after not seeing him for thirty-five years.
Oh, God! Book II
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
, 1h34
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne Sirota, Howard Duff, Conrad Janis
Rating53% 2.651542.651542.651542.651542.65154
In this sequel, God asks the help of 11-year-old Tracy Richards (Louanne Sirota) to help promote Himself. Tracy creates the slogan "Think God" and soon has her friends spreading the message by posters, graffiti and other ways. But Tracy's parents and psychiatrists think the young girl is just insane. God is the only one that can straighten out the situation. One of the memorable scenes showed God riding a motorcycle, with Tracy riding in the sidecar, where there were scenes that showed nobody on the motorcycle, which baffled the two policemen.
The Promise of Love
The Promise of Love (1980)
, 1h36
Directed by Don Taylor, Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Valerie Bertinelli, Shelley Long, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Craig T. Nelson, Stephen Collins, Jameson Parker
Rating59% 2.9522452.9522452.9522452.9522452.952245
Starting in 1967 Oceanside, Kathy Wakeman is a high school senior who, soon after graduation, marries her sweetheart, a Marine named Chuck Wakemore. Their lives as newlyweds is short-lived, as he is ordered to serve in Vietnam. During his absence, she spends her time at the local recreation center and befriends her neighbor Lorraine Simpson, a mother whose husband is also away to fight in the war. When Kathy is informed that her husband has been killed, she is devastated and loses all lust for life. Her parents notice that she is unable to deal with his death and she joins a war widow support program. Her parents want her to move back to their house, but she refuses to.
The Promise
The Promise (1979)
, 1h37
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Stephen Collins, Beatrice Straight, Laurence Luckinbill, William Prince, Bibi Besch
Rating63% 3.1974953.1974953.1974953.1974953.197495
In a rich-boy/poor-girl story (along the lines of "Love Story"), Boston college students Michael Hillyard (Collins) and Nancy McAllister (Quinlan) are in love. While visiting a park overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, they hide a costume jewelry necklace under a large rock, promising that they will love each other as long as it remains undisturbed (which they expect to be forever).
Dragonfly
Dragonfly (1976)
, 1h38
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, James Noble, Ann Wedgeworth, Linda Miller, Mildred Dunnock
Rating51% 2.571432.571432.571432.571432.57143
After being released from a mental hospital, Jesse (Bridges) sets out to find and rejoin his off-beat family. While doing so, he meets a pretty young woman named Chloe (Sarandon) who works in a movie theatre, and they fall in love, which resolves his psychological problems.
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973)
, 1h33
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam, Sylvia Sidney, Nancy Andrews
Rating63% 3.1947353.1947353.1947353.1947353.194735
This script must be run from the command line
I Never Sang for My Father
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
, 1h32
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Hackman, Melvyn Douglas, Dorothy Stickney, Estelle Parsons, Conrad Bain, Elizabeth Hubbard
Rating73% 3.6925253.6925253.6925253.6925253.692525
Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) is a widowed New York college professor who is in a long distance relationship with a woman in California. Gene wants to marry and move to California, where his girlfriend has her medical practice and is raising her children. His mother is sympathetic to Gene's dreams of moving, although aware of the toll it could take on his father (Douglas). Family tension exists as his father disowned Gene's sister (Parsons), for marrying a Jew. When his mother suddenly dies, Gene's plans are thrown into disarray. Gene has lived in the shadow of his towering father, who is expecting Gene to stay and watch over him. Gene must decide for himself if he'll stay to care for his father or finally move on with his life.

Producer

Oh, God! Book II
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
, 1h34
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne Sirota, Howard Duff, Conrad Janis
Roles Producer
Rating53% 2.651542.651542.651542.651542.65154
In this sequel, God asks the help of 11-year-old Tracy Richards (Louanne Sirota) to help promote Himself. Tracy creates the slogan "Think God" and soon has her friends spreading the message by posters, graffiti and other ways. But Tracy's parents and psychiatrists think the young girl is just insane. God is the only one that can straighten out the situation. One of the memorable scenes showed God riding a motorcycle, with Tracy riding in the sidecar, where there were scenes that showed nobody on the motorcycle, which baffled the two policemen.