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Ron Vawter is a Actor American born on 9 december 1948

Ron Vawter

Ron Vawter
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 december 1948
Death 16 april 1994 (at 45 years) at Zürich (Suisse)

Ron Vawter (December 9, 1948 – April 16, 1994) was an American actor and a founding member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group. Vawter performed in most of the group's works until his death from a heart attack in 1994 at the age of 45.

Biography

Ron Vawter naît à Latham dans la banlieue d'Albany dans l'état de New York. Il a été un des membres fondateurs de la compagnie théâtrale Wooster Group implantée à SoHo. Il s'est produit au cinéma, à la télévision et au théâtre. Atteint par le SIDA, il joue dans le film Philadelphia aux côtés de Tom Hanks.

Il meurt d'une attaque cardiaque dans un avion entre Zurich et New York, à l'âge de 45 ans.

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Filmography of Ron Vawter (14 films)

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Philadelphia, 2h5
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward
Roles Bob Seidman
Rating77% 3.850133.850133.850133.850133.85013
Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) is a Senior Associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia. Beckett hides his homosexuality and his status as an AIDS patient from the other members of the law firm. On the day Beckett is assigned the firm's newest and most important case, a partner in the firm notices a lesion on Beckett's forehead. Although Beckett attributes the lesion to a racquetball injury, it is actually due to Kaposi's Sarcoma, a form of cancer marked by multiple tumors on the lymph nodes and skin.
King of the Hill, 1h49
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about children
Actors Jesse Bradford, Jeroen Krabbé, Lisa Eichhorn, Karen Allen, Spalding Gray, Elizabeth McGovern
Roles Mr. Desot - Hotel Manager
Rating72% 3.6449053.6449053.6449053.6449053.644905
Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
The Silence of the Lambs, 1h58
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Medical-themed films, Prison films, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Évasion, Tiré d'une œuvre de Thomas Harris, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Charles Napier, Anthony Heald
Roles Paul Krendler
Rating83% 4.1829754.1829754.1829754.1829754.182975
Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is pulled from her training at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia by Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) of the Bureau's Behavioral Science Unit. He assigns her to interview Hannibal Lecter, a former psychiatrist and incarcerated cannibalistic serial killer, whose insight might prove useful in the pursuit of a serial killer nicknamed "Buffalo Bill", who skins his female victims' corpses.
Johnny Suede, 1h35
Directed by Tom DiCillo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Brad Pitt, Catherine Keener, Calvin Levels, Nick Cave, Alison Moir, Peter McRobbie
Roles Winston
Rating57% 2.8965552.8965552.8965552.8965552.896555
Johnny Suede is a young man with an attitude and an immense pompadour, who wants to be a rock n' roll star like his idol Ricky Nelson. He has all the stylistic accoutrements, except a pair of black suede shoes. One night, after leaving a nightclub, like manna from heaven, a pair of black suede shoes falls at his feet. Soon afterward, the recently completed Johnny meets Darlette, a sultry bohemian with whom he beds down for the night. In spite of Darlette's abusive gun-toting boyfriend, Johnny begins to see Darlette every day. But when Johnny is forced to pawn his guitar for rent money, Darlette mysteriously leaves him. Johnny's pal Deke fronts him the money to get his guitar out of hock, and the two form a band. Depressed about Darlette's desertion, he wanders aimlessly, and he meets Yvonne, a woman much wiser than Johnny who teaches him that there are things in life much more important than a pair of black suede shoes.
Internal Affairs, 1h50
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Richard Gere, Andy García, Laurie Metcalf, Nancy Travis, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin
Roles Jaegar
Rating64% 3.2482653.2482653.2482653.2482653.248265
Patrolmen Dennis Peck and Van Stretch arrest a drug pusher and his girlfriend. The girlfriend resists and Stretch viciously assaults both of them. Outside, patrolman Dorian Fletcher sees a man running towards him; he shoots him. Peck discovers that the man had no weapon; Dorian is shocked and repentant, but Peck proceeds to take a knife out of his boot, clean off his prints, and places it in the dead man's hand. Dorian tries to stop Peck, who insists that cops watch each other's back.
Fat Man and Little Boy, 2h7
Directed by Roland Joffé
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Ron Vawter, Laura Dern
Roles Jamie Latrobe
Rating64% 3.247533.247533.247533.247533.24753
In September 1942, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers General Leslie Groves (Paul Newman) who oversaw construction of the Pentagon is assigned to head the ultra-secret Manhattan Project, to beat the Germans in building an atomic bomb.
sex, lies, and videotape, 1h40
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Les fantasmes, Films about sexuality
Actors James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo, Ron Vawter, Steven Brill
Roles Therapist
Rating71% 3.5984253.5984253.5984253.5984253.598425
Ann Bishop Mullany lives in Baton Rouge. She is unhappily married to John, a successful lawyer, and has never experienced an orgasm. She is seeing a counselor for her problems. Graham Dalton is an old college friend of John. He is now a seeming drifter who, after nine years, returns to live in Baton Rouge. Graham arrives to find Ann, who has no idea that John has invited Graham to stay with them until he finds an apartment. When John arrives home, Graham's demeanor becomes remarkably more guarded, due in large part to John's overt disapproval of Graham's bohemian persona. They also discuss the fact that Graham's college girlfriend, Elizabeth, is also living in Baton Rouge.
Twister
Twister (1989)
, 1h33
Directed by Michael Almereyda
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Crispin Glover, Harry Dean Stanton, Dylan McDermott, Suzy Amis, Jenny Wright, Charlayne Woodard
Roles Man in Bar
Rating52% 2.6062852.6062852.6062852.6062852.606285
Based on Mary Robison's 1981 novel Oh!, the film relates the story of the eccentric Cleveland family during the event of a tornado's hitting their rural Kansas home. The head of the family is Eugene Cleveland (Stanton), who built soda pop and mini-golf empires and lives off the proceeds. His two adult children, Maureen (Amis), and Howdy (Glover), live with him in his mansion along with Maureen's daughter Violet, and Lola, the housekeeper. Maureen is plagued by unwanted visits from her ex, Chris (McDermott), who has recently returned from Canada with the intention of marrying Maureen and becoming a father to Violet. Howdy is enrolled in a local university and pursues rolling interests in painting, music, and theater, all with an Absurdist slant. He is also desperately trying to convince Stephanie, a young groundskeeper from the University, to marry him and go off to Europe. Eugene, exasperated with Howdy's high-brow attitude and Maureen's sullen listlessness, spends his time drinking and courting Virginia, a local host of a Christian children's TV program. The group continuously annoy each other, fight, and try to find themselves in an isolated little world where all of the necessities of life are provided, but purpose is lacking.
Born in Flames, 1h20
Directed by Lizzie Borden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Politic
Themes Feminist films, Films about anarchism, Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Political films, Dystopian films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kathryn Bigelow, Pat Murphy, Mark Boone Junior, Ron Vawter, Eric Bogosian, Hal Miller
Roles FBI Agent
Rating64% 3.2436953.2436953.2436953.2436953.243695
The plot concerns two feminist groups in New York City, each voicing their concerns to the public by pirate radio. One group, led by an outspoken white lesbian, Isabel (Adele Bertei), operates "Radio Ragazza". The other group, led by a soft-spoken African-American, Honey (Honey), operates "Phoenix Radio". The local community is stimulated into action after a world-traveling political activist, Adelaide Norris (Jean Satterfield), is arrested upon arriving at a New York City airport, and suspiciously dies while in police custody. Also, there is a Women's Army led by Hilary Hurst (Hilary Hurst) and advised by Zella (Flo Kennedy) that initially both Honey and Isabel refuse to join. This group, along with Norris and the radio stations, are under investigation by a callous FBI agent (Ron Vawter). Their progress is tracked by three editors(Becky Johnston, Pat Murphy, Kathryn Bigelow) for a socialist newspaper run by screenwriter Ed Bowes, who go so far they get fired.
Sudden Death, 1h29
Directed by Eddie Romero
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Robert Conrad, Don Stroud, John Ashley, Felton Perry, Vic Díaz, Bill Raymond
Roles Businessman (uncredited)
Rating55% 2.767572.767572.767572.767572.76757
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death.