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John Pleshette is a Actor American born on 27 july 1942 at New York City (USA)
John Pleshette (born July 27, 1942) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Pleshette also wrote several scripts for Knots Landing in the 1980s.
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John Pleshette (born July 27, 1942) is an American actor and screenwriter, best known for his role as Richard Avery on the television drama Knots Landing, and for portraying Lee Harvey Oswald in the TV movie The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald. Pleshette also wrote several scripts for Knots Landing in the 1980s.
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Pleshette is the cousin of the late actress Suzanne Pleshette. He is a 1964 graduate of Brown University.Usually with
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Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
, 1h29Directed by Jared Hess
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge, Sam Rockwell, Halley Feiffer, Héctor Jiménez
Roles Merve
Rating60%
Benjamin Purvis lives with his mother Judith, who designs tacky clothes and makes rock hard popcorn balls. Judith and Benjamin make ends meet by working at a women's retail clothing store. Benjamin spends his spare time writing science fiction stories, and he has recently completed a story called Yeast Lords, which centers on a hero named Bronco, modeled after his long-dead father.
Sex and Breakfast (2007)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Macaulay Culkin, Kuno Becker, Eliza Dushku, Alexis Dziena, Eric Lively, Jaime Ray Newman
Roles Older Man in Elevator
Rating48%
Young couples experiment with anonymous group sex as a way to revitalize their troubled relationships. Through the experience they are forced to rethink the rudiments of a successful relationship: sex, love, and communication.
Helter Skelter (2004)
, 2h17Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Serial killer films
Actors Jeremy Davies, Clea DuVall, Allison Smith, Eric Dane, Marguerite Moreau, Bruno Kirby
Roles Mr. Krenwinkle
Rating63%
Le déroulement de l'action se situe en 1969, à Los Angeles, et retrace le parcours macabre de la « famille Manson », secte dirigée par le gourou Charles Manson. Il relate notamment les évènements de la nuit du 9 août 1969, ou 4 membres de la famille Manson pénètre dans une villa de luxe près de Benedict Canyon et y assassinèrent toutes les personnes présentes, y compris Sharon Tate, actrice et femme de Roman Polanski.
The Failures (2003)
, 1h35Directed by Tim Hunter
Origin USA
Actors Ashley Johnson, Chad Lindberg, Jesse Plemons, Henry Czerny, Seth Adkins, Claudia Christian
Roles Principal Holbrock
Rating67%
James Dean (2001)
, 2hDirected by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors James Franco, Michael Moriarty, Valentina Cervi, Enrico Colantoni, David Proval, Joanne Linville
Roles Billy Rose
Rating70%
At eight years old, James Dean lives with his estranged father Winton and mother Mildred in 1939 Santa Monica, California. When Mildred dies of cancer in 1940, Winton sends James on a train to Fairmount, Indiana, along with the coffin containing her body. Winton does not show up at the funeral, leaving James to be raised by his aunt and uncle on a farm in Fairmount. Over the years, he becomes more curious about his father's decision to abandon him. He tries to impress him by sending him a package displaying his various athletic trophies in high school sports.
The Truman Show (1998)
, 1h43Directed by Peter Weir, David Cronenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Social science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about families, Films about television, Comedy science fiction films, La téléréalité, Dystopian films
Actors Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich, Natascha McElhone, Holland Taylor
Roles Network Executive
Rating81%
Truman Burbank is the unsuspecting star of The Truman Show, a reality television program in which his entire life, since before birth, is filmed by thousands of hidden cameras, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and is broadcast live around the world. The show's creator and executive producer Christof is able to capture Truman's real emotion and human behavior when put in certain situations. Truman's coastal hometown of Seahaven is a giant set built under a giant arcological dome in the Los Angeles area. Truman's family and friends are all played by actors, allowing Christof to control every aspect of Truman's life.
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Lance Henriksen, Rob Morrow, Donna Murphy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Wil Wheaton, Titus Welliver
Roles William Henry Seward
Rating69%
The film recreates the events leading up to and after the assassination of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, by the actor John Wilkes Booth, as well as a glimpse into the personal lives of both men.
Born to Be Wild (1995)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Wil Horneff, Helen Shaver, John C. McGinley, Peter Boyle, Gregory Itzin, Alan Ruck
Roles Donald Carr
Rating51%
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who continues to get himself into trouble. To keep him out of mischief, his mother, Margaret, puts him to work cleaning the cage of a female gorilla named Katie, Margaret is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla, Gus Charnley, takes her away to become a flea market freak, Rick decides to rescue Katie and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
, 2h7Directed by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Timothy Busfield, Lindsay Frost, John Karlen, Tobin Bell, Linda Blair, Peter Jurasik
Rating58%
C'est l'histoire vraie de Laurie Bembenek. Elle a été accusée d'avoir assassinée l'ex-femme de son mari.
Paramedics (1988)
, 1h30Directed by Stuart Margolin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors George Newbern, Christopher McDonald, Lydie Denier, John P. Ryan, James Noble, John Pleshette
Roles Doctor Lido
Rating41%
When this group of rowdy and raunchy, laid-back medics are transferred from their cushy uptown district to the rough south-end, they find plenty of trouble when they discover the tough guys are playing a "corpses-for-dollars" scam and they want to crack the case.
Directed by Lee Philips
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jaclyn Smith, Robert Wagner, Ian McKellen, Franco Nero, Michael Moriarty, Christopher Cazenove
Rating60%
, 1h35Directed by George Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Harold Gould, Bibi Besch, Denholm Elliott, Brenda Forbes, Charles Frank
Roles David Eilas
Rating66%
Margaret Delafield, a rich elderly lady and widow of Spaulding 'Spud' Delafield (an unseen character),is rushed to hospital. She is not expected to survive, and her two sons and daughter gathering at her bedside are more concerned with their expected inheritance. Her doctor, Dr Marvin Elias, encourages her to fight. Margaret makes a full recovery and returns home to a welcome party for family and friends.
Malice in Wonderland (1985)
, 1h34Directed by Gus Trikonis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Jane Alexander, Richard A. Dysart, Joyce Van Patten, Jon Cypher, Leslie Ackerman
Roles Tommy Gallep
Rating63%
Micki + Maude (1984)
, 1h58Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Amy Irving, Ann Reinking, Dudley Moore, Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, Wallace Shawn
Roles Hap Ludlow
Rating59%
Rob Salinger (Dudley Moore) is an overworked television reporter. He is happily married to Micki (Ann Reinking), a lawyer who is a candidate to become a judge. Rob wants a child badly, but Micki decides to postpone having children in order to better pursue her new career opportunity. On an assignment, Rob interviews a young musician, Maude Guillory (Amy Irving), and is smitten with her. They begin seeing one another and, when she becomes pregnant, Maude and her father, professional wrestler Barkhas Guillory (Hard Boiled Haggerty) begin to plan her wedding to Rob.
The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982)
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Gary Coleman, Robert Guillaume, June Allyson, Mason Adams, Ray Walston, John Pleshette
Roles Jeff McNulty
Rating56%