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Ross Bagdasarian is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer Arménien born on 27 january 1919 at Fresno (USA)

Ross Bagdasarian

Ross Bagdasarian
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Birth name Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian
Nationality Arménie
Birth 27 january 1919 at Fresno (USA)
Death 16 january 1972 (at 52 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Creator of Bagdasarian Productions

Rostom Sipan "Ross" Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972) was an American pianist, musician, actor, and record producer of Armenian descent.
Otherwise known by his stage name David Seville, Bagdasarian was the creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks and the founder of Bagdasarian Productions.

Biography

Ross Bagdasarian est plus connu sous le nom de son personnage de David Seville dans Alvin et les Chipmunks, un groupe de musique fictif qu'il a créé en 1958. En 1954, il tient également un petit rôle dans le film Fenêtre sur cour de Alfred Hitchcock.

Sa chanson Witch Doctor, sous le pseudonyme de David Seville, a été le hit de l'été 1958. Pour la saison de Noël de la même année, il a créé la chanson The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) avec les trois tamias (chipmunks en anglais) virtuels, pour laquelle il a gagné deux Grammy Awards en 1959.

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Filmography of Ross Bagdasarian (14 films)

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Actor

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, 30minutes
Directed by Milton Gray
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about health care
Actors Jason Marsden, Lindsay Parker, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Townsend Coleman, Jeff Bergman, Joey Dedio
Roles Alvin / Simon (voice)
Rating59% 2.954722.954722.954722.954722.95472
In Corey's bedroom, an unseen person steals her piggy bank from her dresser. The theft is witnessed by Papa Smurf, who emerges from a Smurfs comic book with the other Smurfs and alerts the other cartoon characters in the room (Garfield as a lamp, ALF from a framed picture, Baby Kermit as an alarm clock, Winnie the Pooh as a doll, Alvin and the Chipmunks from a record sleeve, and Slimer who passes through a wall).
The Deep Six, 1h48
Directed by John Waters, Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Political films
Actors Alan Ladd, Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Efrem Zimbalist II
Roles Pvt. Aaron Slobodjian
Rating59% 2.999072.999072.999072.999072.99907
In September 1942, during World War II, Susan Cahill (Dianne Foster), art director for an ad agency on Madison Avenue run by her fiance, is jealous of his business flirtation with a client's daughter to secure a deal. She accepts an invitation to dinner on Long Island from agency artist Alexander "Alec" Austen (Alan Ladd). Susan is disturbed by Alec's obvious feelings for her, but accepts a lunch date the next day anyway. After she leaves, Alec receives a telegram to report for active duty in the U.S. Navy but decides not to tell Susan as their relationship grows. Just before reporting for duty, Alec takes Susan home to meet his mother, a Quaker, revealing to them his hope to marry Susan—and his call up. His mother is hurt that Alec did not disclose his military obligation and saddened that he has disregarded the pacifist tenets of his upbringing. Susan admits she loves Alec, but will not break her engagement.
The Devil's Hairpin
Directed by Cornel Wilde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Mary Astor, Arthur Franz, Morgan Jones, Larry Pennell
Roles Tani Ritter
Rating60% 3.0471353.0471353.0471353.0471353.047135
Nick Jargin retired from auto racing undefeated. He is continually goaded by Mike Houston, a sportswriter, to come out of retirement and challenge the top racer of the day, Tony Botari, particularly after egotistically saying in an interview that Botari has no real competition now that he's out of the sport.
Three Violent People, 1h40
Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Gilbert Roland, Forrest Tucker, Bruce Bennett, Elaine Stritch
Roles Asuncion Ortega
Rating62% 3.148793.148793.148793.148793.14879
Former Confederate cavalryman Capt. Colt Saunders comes home to Texas from the war. Carpetbaggers have taken control of his town, including a corrupt Yankee tax commissioner named Harrison and his deputy Cable. When he sees a Yankee insult a Southern belle named Lorna Hunter, the gallant Colt comes to her aid. He isn't aware of her past as a St. Louis dance-hall girl or her devious golddigging nature. Colt is knocked cold and Lorna takes him back to his room, where she steals $900 from him. Her former employer, saloon owner Ruby LaSalle, lets her know that Colt is a wealthy rancher, so Lorna hatches a scheme. She returns his missing $900 and impresses him with her "honesty." Colt falls in love and marries her.
The Proud and Profane, 1h51
Directed by George Seaton, Joseph L. McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter, Dewey Martin, William Redfield, Ross Bagdasarian
Roles Louie
Rating61% 3.0981753.0981753.0981753.0981753.098175
In Noumea, New Caledonia 1943, Lee Ashley (Kerr), the widow of a Paramarine Lieutenant killed on the Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal has joined the American Red Cross on the island to entertain American servicemen. Her leader at the service club, Kate Connors (Ritter) had initially been reluctant to have her assigned to New Caledonia lest she use her position as a pilgrimage to find out about her late husband. In addition to entertaining, serving the soldiers and giving French lessons, the Red Cross women are expected to help with the wounded — which Lee initially refuses to do.
Rear Window, 1h49
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Assassinat, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn
Roles Songwriter
Rating84% 4.2493654.2493654.2493654.2493654.249365
After breaking his leg photographing a racetrack accident, professional photographer L. B. "Jeff" Jefferies (James Stewart) is confined to his Greenwich Village apartment, using a wheelchair while he recuperates. His rear window looks out onto a small courtyard and several other apartments. During a summer heat wave, he passes the time by watching his neighbors, who keep their windows open to stay cool. The tenants he can see include a dancer he nicknames "Miss Torso", a lonely woman he nicknames "Miss Lonelyhearts", a composer-pianist, several married couples, a middle-aged sculptor, and Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr), a traveling jewelry salesman with a bedridden wife.
Alaska Seas, 1h18
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Robert Ryan, Brian Keith, Jan Sterling, Gene Barry, Ralph Dumke, Fay Roope
Roles Joe, Jim's crewman
Rating60% 3.0494953.0494953.0494953.0494953.049495
Matt Kelly (Robert Ryan) is released from jail and skips town in his boat without paying outstanding storage fees. Back in his home town he is hired by his old friend Jim Kimmerly (Brian Keith), the head of the local salmon fishermen who have formed a canning co-operative. The fishermen are battling against an organised gang who are robbing the fishing traps. Matt however, short on cash, joins the raiders, whilst Jim, unaware of his duplicity, keeps covering for him amongst the other fishermen. Furthermore Kelly has his eyes upon Jim’s fiancée, Nicki (Jan Sterling). Kelly's recklessness eventually causes the loss of Kimmerly's fishing boat in a glacier avalanche. He tries to make amends for his misdemeanours in an act of self-sacrifice.
Destination Gobi, 1h29
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Ross Bagdasarian, Murvyn Vye, Max Showalter, Darryl Hickman
Roles Paul Sabatello
Rating62% 3.145583.145583.145583.145583.14558
In November 1944, Chief Boatswain's Mate Sam McHale (Richard Widmark) is aghast to learn that he is being transferred from the USS Enterprise, his beloved aircraft carrier, to Argos 6, a Navy-operated weather station in Inner Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Capt. Gates (Willis Bouchey) explains to McHale that accurate weather forecasts are crucial to the Allies' success in the Pacific theater, and that his practical experience is required by meteorologist Commander Hobart Wyatt (Russell Collins) and his crew of technicians: Jenkins (Don Taylor), Walter Landers (Max Showalter), Wilbur "Coney" Cohen (Darryl Hickman), Elwood Halsey (Martin Milner), Frank Swenson (Earl Holliman) and Paul Sabatello (Ross Bagdasarian). Despite his longing for the ocean, McHale adjusts to life in the desert during the following six months, although Wyatt is bemused by McHale's dependence on the military's strict chain of command.
Stalag 17
Stalag 17 (1953)
, 2h
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Prison films, Théâtre, Political films, Évasion, Films based on plays
Actors William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Sig Ruman, Robert Strauss, Peter Graves
Rating79% 3.998243.998243.998243.998243.99824
Stalag 17 begins on "the longest night of the year" in 1944 in a Luftwaffe prisoner-of-war camp somewhere along the Danube River. The story is narrated by Clarence Harvey "Cookie" Cook (Gil Stratton). The camp holds Poles, Czechs, Russian females and, in the American compound, 640 sergeants from bomber crews, gunners, radiomen, and flight engineers.
The Greatest Show on Earth, 2h33
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about euthanasia, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame
Rating64% 3.248343.248343.248343.248343.24834
Brad Braden is the no-nonsense general manager of what was at the time the world's largest railroad circus. He has a number of problems on his hands for the upcoming season.

Scriptwriter

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, 1h27
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Mike Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Andy Buckley
Rating44% 2.2331452.2331452.2331452.2331452.233145
For a vacation, Dave (Jason Lee) and the Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore) (Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney) and Chipettes (Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor) (Christina Applegate, Anna Faris and Amy Poehler) go on a cruise ship. The Chipmunks and the Chipettes end up creating trouble. Dave notices that his old boss, Ian Hawke (David Cross) is working as the ship's safety monitor dressed as a pelican, and is out to inform the captain if the Chipmunks and Chipettes cause more problems. Alvin goes para-sailing on a kite but the kite flies away with him and the other Chipmunks. Dave goes on a hang-glider to find them but Ian stops him and they both end up in the Pacific Ocean.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, 1h28
Directed by Betty Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Wendie Malick
Roles Characters
Rating45% 2.277652.277652.277652.277652.27765
During a benefit concert in Paris, France, David Seville (Jason Lee) is injured. Having to recuperate there, Dave asks his aunt (Kathryn Joosten) to look after the Chipmunks, Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney). Arrangements are also made for them to go to school at West Eastman High School. After another accident, the Chipmunks are left in the care of Toby (Zachary Levi), Jackie's grandson. Meanwhile, Ian Hawke (David Cross) lives in the basement of JETT Records. Three singing female chipmunks, Brittany (Christina Applegate), Jeanette (Anna Faris) and Eleanor (Amy Poehler), also known as The Chipettes, emerge and Ian hires them as plot to get back at the Chipmunks and revive his career.
Alvin and the Chipmunks, 1h25
Directed by Tim Hill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardsons, Justin Long, Jane Lynch, Matthew Gray Gubler
Roles Characters
Rating52% 2.613132.613132.613132.613132.61313
A tree that the chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., the Chipmunks meet struggling songwriter and composer David Seville (Jason Lee) who had his latest song rejected by JETT Records executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), his old college roommate. Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson (Cameron Richardson).
The Chipmunk Adventure, 1h18
Directed by Janice Karman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dody Goodman, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Ken Sansom, Nancy Cartwright, Janice Karman, Candace Cameron Bure
Roles Characters
Rating71% 3.595273.595273.595273.595273.59527
When David Seville goes off to Europe on a business trip, the Chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore are left at home with their babysitter, Miss Miller - much to the dismay of Alvin. While the three are playing an arcade game of Around the World in Thirty Days with the Chipettes, Alvin and Brittany argue over which would win an actual race around the world. Diamond smugglers Claudia and Klaus Furschtein overhear the conversation and approach the children, telling them that they will provide them with the means for a real race around the world by hot air balloon, with the winner receiving $100,000.

Producer

Alvin and the Chipmunks, 1h25
Directed by Tim Hill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardsons, Justin Long, Jane Lynch, Matthew Gray Gubler
Roles Producer
Rating52% 2.613132.613132.613132.613132.61313
A tree that the chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., the Chipmunks meet struggling songwriter and composer David Seville (Jason Lee) who had his latest song rejected by JETT Records executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), his old college roommate. Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson (Cameron Richardson).