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William Tannen is a Actor, Director and Writer American born on 31 august 1942 at New York City (USA)

William Tannen

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Nationality USA
Birth 31 august 1942 (81 years) at New York City (USA)

William Tannen est un réalisateur, acteur, scénariste, producteur et directeur de production américain né à New York le 31 août 1942.

Biography

Élevé à New York, William est diplômé de l'Université de Boston et retourne à New York pour poursuivre une carrière dans la publicité. Il crée le fameux thème de campagne "Girl Watchers" pour Diet Pepsi, qui a remporté 4 CLIO Awards et le thème musical est devenu un tube record repris par plus de 100 artistes.

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William Tannen
William Tannen
(11 films)
Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
(2 films)
Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Tannen (16 films)

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Actor

Hero and the Terror, 1h30
Directed by William Tannen, William Tannen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran, Murphy Dunne, Billy Drago
Roles Civil Engineer
Rating52% 2.6033752.6033752.6033752.6033752.603375
Danny O'Brien (Chuck Norris) is a cop who likes to work alone that never waits for his back up. In L.A. he is trying to apprehend the notorious Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), also known as The Terror. Simon has been killing women by snapping their necks and taking them to his lair in an abandoned movie theater. O'Brien is attacked by Simon who almost kills him in the struggle. When the killer flees the scene and climbs up a ladder he slips and falls, knocking himself unconscious. When the backup arrives they think O'Brien caught The Terror and the people of L.A. call him "Hero". Simon is then arrested and taken to jail.
Sitting Bull, 1h45
Directed by Felix E. Feist, Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, John Litel, Iron Eyes Cody, John Hamilton
Rating56% 2.8475052.8475052.8475052.8475052.847505
Major Robert Parrish of the 7th Cavalry is considered by some to be his own worst enemy because he's not a "team player". Formerly one of the youngest Colonels in the Union Army during the American Civil War, he is now a company commander under Lt. Colonel (formerly Brevet Major General during the Civil War) George Armstrong Custer. His fiancée Kathy, daughter of Parrish's commanding general, breaks off their engagement because he has not risen in rank.
Man in the Dark, 1h10
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Nick Dennis, Horace McMahon, Ted de Corsia, William Tannen
Rating61% 3.095673.095673.095673.095673.09567
Steve Rawley is serving a 10-year prison sentence from a Christmas Eve factory robbery that netted $130,000. He is offered an immediate parole if willing to undergo an experimental procedure by Dr. Marsden, a brain surgeon.
Jet Job
Jet Job (1952)
, 1h3
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Stanley Clements, Elena Verdugo, John Litel, Robert Nichols, Tom Powers, Dorothy Adams
Roles Col. Jamison
Rating48% 2.432442.432442.432442.432442.43244
Test pilot Joe Kovak (Stanley Clements) work for Sam Bentley (John Litel), the former partner of Joe's deceased father. Because Joe's father was killed while flying, however, his mother (Dorothy Adams) is afraid for her son. Bentley is competing for an important government contact but Joe is putting the effort into jeopardy as his brash attitude and propensity in disobeying orders, is becoming troublesome.
Show Boat
Show Boat (1951)
, 1h47
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
Rating68% 3.4433953.4433953.4433953.4433953.443395
The basic plot remains the same as in the stage play and the 1936 film version. When the Cotton Blossom, Cap'n Andy Hawks's show boat, arrives in a Mississippi town to give a performance, a fistfight breaks out between leading man Steve Baker (Robert Sterling), and Pete (Leif Erickson), the boat's engineer who has been making passes at Steve's wife, leading lady Julie La Verne (Ava Gardner). But Cap'n Andy (Joe E. Brown) pretends to the assembled crowd that the two were really previewing a scene from one of the boat's melodramas. But Pete knows a dark secret about Julie, and he runs off to tell the local sheriff.
The Barkleys of Broadway, 1h49
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Betty Blythe, Gale Robbins
Rating69% 3.497633.497633.497633.497633.49763
Josh and Dinah Barkley (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) are a husband-and-wife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers. After finishing a new show, Dinah meets serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout (Jacques François), who suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting. Dinah tries to keep the suggestion a secret from Josh, but when he finally discovers Dinah hiding a script for Jacques' new show from him, the couple splits up.
Twice Blessed, 1h16
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Lee and Lyn Wilde, Jean Porter, Richard Gaines, Jimmy Lydon
Rating60% 3.0017553.0017553.0017553.0017553.001755
Stephanie (Lyn Wilde) and Terry (Lee Wilde) are two identical twins who have been split up since their parents divorced seven years before. Each envies the life style of the other so they decide, without telling Jeff (Preston Foster) or Mary (Gail Patrick), to switch families for a day or two.
For Me and My Gal, 1h44
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Marta Eggerth, Stephen McNally, Ben Blue
Rating69% 3.495023.495023.495023.495023.49502
In the heyday of vaudeville, on the verge of America's entrance into World War I, two talented performers, Jo Hayden (Judy Garland) and Harry Palmer (Gene Kelly), set their sights on playing the Palace Theatre on Broadway, the epitome of vaudeville success, and marrying immediately after.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1h53
Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, C. Aubrey Smith
Rating67% 3.396383.396383.396383.396383.39638
Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) believes good and evil exist in everyone. Experiments reveal his evil side, named Mr. Hyde. Experience teaches him how evil Hyde can be: he rapes Ivy Pearson (Ingrid Bergman), who earlier expressed interest in Jekyll. Meanwhile, Jekyll is preparing to marry Beatrix Emery (Lana Turner). Over the course of the film, Hyde abuses Ivy. Feeling remorse over the treatment inflicted on Ivy, Jekyll vows to never take the serum again, destroys the key to his lab, and sends money to Ivy anonymously. Ivy believes the money was sent by Hyde in order to trick her into believing she is now free. On the advice of a friend over her rattled nerves, she goes to Jekyll for comfort. Jekyll promises that Hyde will never hurt her again.
New Moon
New Moon (1940)
, 1h45
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Mary Boland, George Zucco, Ivan F. Simpson, H. B. Warner
Rating66% 3.343453.343453.343453.343453.34345
During the 18th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, a French nobleman in disguise as a bondsman, Charles (Nelson Eddy) leads his fellow bondsman in revolt against his ship's captain, commandeering the ship and heading out to sea.
6,000 Enemies, 1h2
Directed by George B. Seitz, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Prison films
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson, Paul Kelly, Nat Pendleton, Harold Huber, J. M. Kerrigan
Rating60% 3.0488553.0488553.0488553.0488553.048855
District attorney Steve Donegan (Walter Pidgeon) an all-too-efficient district attorney who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

Director

The Cutter
The Cutter (2005)
, 1h32
Directed by William Tannen, William Tannen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Joanna Pacuła, Daniel Bernhardt, Bernie Kopell, Marshall R. Teague, Tracy Scoggins, Chuck Norris
Rating48% 2.4092752.4092752.4092752.4092752.409275
A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
Hero and the Terror, 1h30
Directed by William Tannen, William Tannen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Chuck Norris, Brynn Thayer, Steve James, Jack O'Halloran, Murphy Dunne, Billy Drago
Rating52% 2.6033752.6033752.6033752.6033752.603375
Danny O'Brien (Chuck Norris) is a cop who likes to work alone that never waits for his back up. In L.A. he is trying to apprehend the notorious Simon Moon (Jack O'Halloran), also known as The Terror. Simon has been killing women by snapping their necks and taking them to his lair in an abandoned movie theater. O'Brien is attacked by Simon who almost kills him in the struggle. When the killer flees the scene and climbs up a ladder he slips and falls, knocking himself unconscious. When the backup arrives they think O'Brien caught The Terror and the people of L.A. call him "Hero". Simon is then arrested and taken to jail.
Deadly Illusion, 1h27
Directed by Larry Cohen, William Tannen, William Tannen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Billy Dee Williams, Vanity, Morgan Fairchild, John Beck, Joseph Cortese, Joe Spinell
Rating48% 2.4197352.4197352.4197352.4197352.419735
Homicide à Wall Street : Hamberger, un détective privé New-Yorkais notoirement connu pour les nombreuses victimes laissées au terme de ses missions, a été engagé par l'homme d'affaires Alex Burton, qui désire assassiner sa femme. En tentant de prévenir l'épouse du risque qu'elle encourt, il se retrouve nez à nez avec son cadavre. Il ne disposera que de quelques heures pour prouver son innocence...