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Ron Thompson is a Actor American born on 31 january 1941 at Louisville (USA)

Ron Thompson

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Nationality USA
Birth 31 january 1941 (83 years) at Louisville (USA)

Ron Thompson (born January 31, 1941) is an American film, television, theatre actor, singer and songwriter.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Thompson is perhaps best known for his dual lead roles in Ralph Bakshi's critically acclaimed rotoscope film American Pop and the 1970s TV series Baretta in the role of Detective Nopke.

Thompson had a brief career as a rock singer in the 1960s and wrote and recorded a number of singles as Ronnie Thompson under the guidance of his mentor and friend, rockabilly singer Ersel Hickey.

Thompson originated the role of Shanty Mulligan in the 1969 Pulitzer Prize winning play No Place to be Somebody by Charles Gordone and won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for his 1973 theatre lead performance in the play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?

Thompson did a dramatic portrayal of Henry David Thoreau on the 1976 NBC television series The Rebels.

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Filmography of Ron Thompson (13 films)

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, 2h
Directed by Stephen Sommers
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Jeu, Seafaring films, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Films about toys, Political films
Actors Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lee Byung-hun, Sienna Miller, Rachel Nichols
Roles Apache Helicopter Pilot
Rating57% 2.8507452.8507452.8507452.8507452.850745
In the near future, weapons master James McCullen (Christopher Eccleston) has created a nanotech-based weapon - nanomites designed to devour metal and other materials, capable of destroying anything from tanks to cities. The nanobots can only be stopped by activating the kill switch. His company M.A.R.S. (Military Armaments Research Syndicate) sells four warheads to NATO, and NATO troops led by American soldiers Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) are tasked with delivering the warheads. Their convoy is ambushed by the Baroness (Sienna Miller), whom Duke recognizes to be his ex-fiancee Ana Lewis. Duke and Ripcord are rescued by Scarlett (Rachel Nichols), Snake Eyes (Ray Park), Breaker (Saïd Taghmaoui) and Heavy Duty (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). They take the warheads to The Pit, G.I. Joe's command center in Egypt, and upon arriving rendezvous with the head of the G.I. Joe Team, General Hawk (Dennis Quaid). Hawk takes command of the warheads and excuses Duke and Ripcord, only to be convinced to let them join his group, after Duke reveals that he knows the Baroness.
Fallen Arches, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Richard Portnow, Karen Black, Ron Thompson, Peter Onorati, Tamara Braun, Carmine Giovinazzo
Rating64% 3.2316353.2316353.2316353.2316353.231635
A street smart young guy tries to save his younger brother when a mobster takes a hit out on him for stealing a truckload of designer shoes.
American Me, 2h5
Directed by Edward James Olmos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors William Forsythe, Edward James Olmos, Pepe Serna, Jacob Vargas, Eric Close, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Roles Junkie
Rating71% 3.5536553.5536553.5536553.5536553.553655
The film depicts 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles. It focuses on Montoya Santana, a teen who, with his friends, J.D. (Steve Wilcox) and Mundo (Richard Coca), form their own gang. They soon find themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time and are arrested.
Deep Cover
Deep Cover (1992)
, 1h47
Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Laurence Fishburne, Charles Martin Smith, Victoria Dillard, Gregory Sierra, Glynn Turman
Roles Store Owner
Rating69% 3.4974053.4974053.4974053.4974053.497405
In Cleveland, 1972, Russell Stevens Jr. is the son of a drug addicted, alcoholic man (Glynn Turman). His father tells his son never to be like him. Stevens then witnesses his father getting killed while robbing a liquor store. He swears that he will never end up the way he has.
Death Ring
Death Ring (1992)
, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Action
Actors Billy Drago, Chad McQueen, Elizabeth Sung, Don Swayze, Mike Norris, Ron Thompson
Rating45% 2.2839452.2839452.2839452.2839452.283945
Big-game hunter Danton Vachs lives on an island on the Mexican coastline. Vachs makes a living staging hunts of human victims. The latest prey is a tough as nails Vietnam veteran who decides to turn the tables on Vachs.
American Pop, 1h36
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ron Thompson, Lisa Jane Persky, Jeffrey Lippa, Richard Singer, Mews Small, Ben Frommer
Roles Tony Belinksy / Pete Belinksy (voice)
Rating70% 3.545373.545373.545373.545373.54537
Dans la Russie impériale de la fin des années 1890, le rabbin d'un village est assassiné par un groupe de cosaques : sa femme s'exile aux États-Unis avec son jeune fils, Zalmie. Peu après leur arrivée à New York, Zalmie est recruté par Louie, artiste dans un cabaret burlesque. Zalmie devenant adolescent, il passe davantage de temps avec Louie en coulisses lors des spectacles burlesques. Lorsque la mère de Zalmie meurt dans l'incendie d'un atelier de misère, il commence à travailler à plein temps avec Louie dans un petit théâtre. Et bien qu'il aspire à devenir chanteur, Zalmie entre dans la puberté, et la mue qu'opère sa voix devient un obstacle important. La Première Guerre mondiale éclate alors : Zalmie parcourt le globe, jouant pour les troupes la moitié arrière d'un cheval de pantomime , et est blessé à la gorge.
The White Buffalo, 1h37
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Western
Themes Films about animals
Actors Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Kim Novak, Slim Pickens, Clint Walker
Roles Frozen Dog Pimp
Rating60% 3.048033.048033.048033.048033.04803
Wild Bill Hickok is haunted by his dreams of a giant white buffalo. So much that he travels the West to find the beast. Along the way, Hickok meets Crazy Horse, who is also searching the plains for the giant white buffalo, who has killed Crazy Horse's daughter. Hickok and Crazy Horse team up to kill the elusive buffalo.
The Dream Makers
Directed by Boris Sagal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors James Franciscus, Diane Baker, John Astin, Ron Thompson, Kenny Rogers, Mickey Jones
Rating67% 3.368293.368293.368293.368293.36829
A university professor with big dreams launches a career in the music industry, eventually running his own record label. To ensure radio stations play run his recording artists' music he illegally pays off deejays and in doing so runs the risk of destroying everything he's built.
The Gun
The Gun (1974)
, 1h18
Directed by John Badham
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors David Huffman, Ron Thompson, Richard Bright, Pepe Serna, Lee de Broux, Stephen Elliott
Roles Tom
Rating67% 3.3607453.3607453.3607453.3607453.360745
A series of interweaving stories tell the journey of a handgun—specifically, a long-barreled revolver with a blue-steel finish, whose caliber is not specified—as it passes from one owner to another. Some of these owners are lawless; others are law-abiding and, indeed, law enforcers. But in all the time it passes between its various owners, it is never actually fired (aside from the one test-firing it underwent at the factory) and is never shown actually to discharge any ammunition.
The No Mercy Man, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Sid Haig, Rockne Tarkington, Carol Locatell, Ron Thompson, Steve Sandor, Mike Lane
Roles John Dunn
Rating45% 2.2655152.2655152.2655152.2655152.265515
Prophet and his friends are carnies and itinerant criminals in Arizona. After robbing a liquor store Prophet and a friend evade the local Sheriff and stop at the ranch of Mark Hand, a decorated war veteran. Feeling suspicious, Mark tells Prophet he can help himself to water at a pump behind the house but covers him with a rifle. Prophet's friend overpowers Mark from behind, ties him up and beats him prior to robbing Mark's house. Attracted by the mass amount of firearms in Mark's cabinet, they are distracted by Mark's daughter Mary who Prophet's friend attempts to rape. Mary wounds him with a knife and escapes in the desert coming across the car returning home driven by Mrs Hand and Mary's brother Olie who has returned from the Vietnam War with decorations and mental illnesses. Prophet and his friend make their escape with Mark puzzled that Olie doesn't want to hunt the criminals, preferring to let the sheriff handle the matter.
Brown Eye, Evil Eye, 1h20
Genres Drama
Actors Hugh Griffith, Rosemary Nicols, Ron Thompson, Viktor Starčić
Roles Freddy St. Claire

The story of the strange friendship between a seventy-year-old man and a six-year-old girl.