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Woodrow Parfrey is a Actor American born on 5 october 1922 at New York City (USA)

Woodrow Parfrey

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Birth name Sydney Woodrow Parfrey
Nationality USA
Birth 5 october 1922 at New York City (USA)
Death 29 july 1984 (at 61 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Woodrow Parfrey (October 5, 1922 – July 29, 1984) was an American film and television actor from the 1950s to the early 1980s. He appeared on Broadway in Advise and Consent (1961).

Biography

Born Sydney Woodrow Parfrey on October 5, 1922, in New York City, he was orphaned as a teenager. He fought at the Battle of the Bulge during World War II and was wounded and captured by the Germans. He married Rosa Ellovich and trained under acting teacher Erwin Piscator at the New School for Social Research.

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Don Siegel
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Lalo Schifrin
(5 films)
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Dan Curtis
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Filmography of Woodrow Parfrey (35 films)

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Actor

The Sting II, 1h42
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Jackie Gleason, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed, Mac Davis, Larry Bishop
Roles Georgie
Rating49% 2.4523052.4523052.4523052.4523052.452305
The Great Depression is over. King of the con men Fargo Gondorff is released from prison and reassembles his cronies for another con, out to avenge the murder of his lifelong pal Kid Colors.
Frances
Frances (1983)
, 2h20
Directed by Graeme Clifford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about television, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Lobotomie
Actors Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard, Jonathan Banks, Jeffrey DeMunn, Allan Rich
Roles Dr. Doyle
Rating71% 3.5973953.5973953.5973953.5973953.597395
Born in Seattle, Washington, Frances Elena Farmer is a rebel from a young age, winning $100 in 1931 from The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for a high school essay called God Dies. In 1935, she becomes controversial again when she wins (and accepts) an all-expenses-paid trip to the USSR to visit the Moscow Art Theatre. Determined to become an actress, Frances is equally determined not to play the Hollywood game: she refuses to acquiesce to publicity stunts, and insists upon appearing on screen without makeup. She marries her first husband, Dwanye Steele, despite being advised not to, but cheats on him with alleged Communist Harry York on the night of her hometown's premiere of Come and Get It. Her defiance attracts the attention of Broadway playwright Clifford Odets, who convinces Frances that her future rests with the Group Theatre.
Jinxed!
Jinxed! (1982)
, 1h43
Directed by Don Siegel, Sam Peckinpah
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Val Avery, Jack Elam, Jacqueline Scott
Roles Insurance Agent
Rating47% 2.358672.358672.358672.358672.35867
Harold Benson (Rip Torn) and his lounge-singer wife Bonita Friml (Bette Midler) follow a young blackjack dealer Willie Brodax (Ken Wahl) around the country. Harold has a blackjack winning jinx on Willie, and seemingly can't lose to him.
The Seduction, 1h44
Directed by David Schmoeller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Morgan Fairchild, Michael Sarrazin, Andrew Stevens, Vince Edwards, Colleen Camp, Woodrow Parfrey
Roles Store Salesman
Rating49% 2.462492.462492.462492.462492.46249
Jamie Douglas is a beautiful TV newswoman with a successful career in Los Angeles and a stable relationship with her boyfriend, Brandon. Derek is a psychopathic photographer who stalks her.
Jinxed!
Jinxed! (1982)
, 1h43
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bette Midler, Ken Wahl, Rip Torn, Jack Elam, Val Avery, Jacqueline Scott
Roles Insurance Agent
Rating47% 2.358672.358672.358672.358672.35867
Harold est un joueur professionnel qui fréquente les casinos de Las Vegas accompagné de sa femme, la chanteuse Bonita. Harold sympathise avec le jeune Willie dont la présence lui porte chance aux tables de jeux Mais Willie et Bonita se rencontrent et tombent amoureux. Bonita complote alors pour récupérer l'assurance-vie d'Harold et refaire sa vie avec Willie.
Bronco Billy, 1h56
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Circus films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney, Sam Bottoms
Roles Dr. Canterbury
Rating61% 3.0517253.0517253.0517253.0517253.051725
"Bronco Billy's Wild West Show" is a rundown traveling circus, the star of which is Bronco Billy McCoy (Clint Eastwood), the "fastest gun in the West." For the show's finale, a blindfolded Bronco Billy shoots balloons around a female assistant on a revolving wooden disc, and for the last balloon, he throws a knife. However, the assistant's leg is nicked, so she quits. The show is not making any money, and nobody has been paid for months.
Used Cars
Used Cars (1980)
, 1h53
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae, Deborah Harmon, Joe Flaherty
Roles Mr. Ghertner
Rating66% 3.34773.34773.34773.34773.3477
Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell) is a young and cunning used car salesman in Phoenix with aspirations of running for senate. He works at the struggling New Deal used car lot owned by the elderly Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden), who agrees to help invest $10,000 in Rudy's campaign if he promises to keep the business alive. Meanwhile, across the street, Luke's younger brother Roy L. Fuchs (also played by Warden) is desperate to keep his used car lot from being demolished and replaced by a proposed freeway exit. Wanting to collect life insurance money and New Deal from Luke, Roy hires his mechanic, ex-demolition derby driver Mickey (Michael Talbott), to recklessly drive Luke's 1957 Chevrolet Two-Ten coupe around the block with Luke in the passenger's seat. After the Chevy crashes back into the lot, Luke dies of a heart attack, but leaves Rudy with evidence that Roy staged the "accident". In an attempt to prevent Roy from gaining any inheritance, Rudy has his superstitious co-worker Jeff (Gerrit Graham) and mechanic Jim (Frank McRae) help him bury Luke in the lot's backyard in an Edsel that was once New Deal's sign ornament. They explain to Roy that Luke went on a vacation to Miami.
Carny
Carny (1980)
, 1h47
Directed by Robert Kaylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Circus films
Actors Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, Robbie Robertson, Meg Foster, Kenneth McMillan, Fred Ward
Roles W. C. Hannon
Rating64% 3.2002953.2002953.2002953.2002953.200295
Frankie (Gary Busey) and Patch (Robbie Robertson) are friends who work for the Great American Carnival, a small-time carnival that tours the South. Frankie does an act as The Mighty Bozo, a character who sits in a dunk tank insulting the crowd, while Patch takes the money, points out the next mark to milk of his money to the Bozo, and distributes the balls outside. Patch is also the show's "adjuster," hence his carny name, working with the owner of the carnival, Heavy St. John (Kenneth McMillan) negotiating deals with local officials and representatives of the local underworld to keep the show open.
The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel, 2h25
Directed by Guy Green
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Lindsay Wagner, Jane Wyman, Andrew Duggan, Gloria Stuart, Gary Lockwood, Brock Peters
Roles Messerschmidt
Rating65% 3.283393.283393.283393.283393.28339
Set in the 1930s, a female doctor returns to her birth town in the Blue Ridge Mountains after she had spent a certain period in the big city. She now has the intention of helping the poor residents after she had learned modern medical techniques in the big city. She becomes the rival of the local medicine woman, who is not pleased with her arrival and does not trust the modern science. She also helps the local sin-eater.
The Seniors, 1h27
Directed by Rodney Amateau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jeffrey Byron, Dennis Quaid, Gary Imhoff, Priscilla Barnes, Lou Richards, Alan Reed
Roles 1st Attorney
Rating43% 2.178552.178552.178552.178552.17855
Ben (Gary Imhoff), Larry (Jeffrey Byron), Alan (Dennis Quaid), and Steve (Lou Richards) are college seniors who are terrified at the prospect of working for a living. They create a plan to support themselves as graduate research students by getting a foundation grant to study sexuality in college-age women.
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, 1h40
Directed by Dan Curtis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dean Jones, Andrew Duggan, Louise Sorel, Chris Petersen, Katy Kurtzman, Harris Yulin
Roles Dr. Alexander Moss
Rating72% 3.6042853.6042853.6042853.6042853.604285
It's the summer of 1937 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and 12-year-old Daniel Cooper (Chris Petersen) along with his 10-year-old sister Sarah (Katy Kurtzman) are looking forward to summer vacation, most particularly, the annual 4th of July festivities. Sarah soon befriends the town's gentle misfit, Albert Cavanaugh, known by the town's children as "Snowman" (Geoffrey Lewis), a highly decorated and now brain-damaged World War I veteran, after she defends him from the town's resident bully, "Red" Doyle (Eric Shea). When Snowman finds himself accused of a terrible murder, Sarah, believing him to be innocent, convinces her successful attorney father, Ed Cooper (Dean Jones) to defend him. Amid courtroom allegations of communism and insinuations of a potentially inappropriate relationship with Sarah, Ed Cooper and the town's children must try to prove Snowman's innocence, before he can be sentenced to jail for the murder.
The Outlaw Josey Wales, 2h15
Directed by Clint Eastwood, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, John Vernon, Bill McKinney, John Russell
Roles Carpetbagger
Rating77% 3.897143.897143.897143.897143.89714
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood), a Missouri farmer, is driven to revenge by the murder of his wife and young son by a band of pro-Union Jayhawker militants. The Union murderers were from Senator James H. Lane's Kansas Brigade, which included Captain Terrill.
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective, 1h14
Directed by Dean Hargrove
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films
Actors Larry Hagman, Jenny O'Hara, Nicholas Colasanto, Woodrow Parfrey, Ivor Francis, Ron Silver
Roles Himmel
Rating64% 3.2313153.2313153.2313153.2313153.231315
Sherman Holmes, un motard du LAPD a été blessé à la tête quand sa moto lui est tombé dessus alors qu'il était en train de lire les œuvres complètes de Sherlock Holmes. Lorsqu'il se réveille du coma, il se prend pour Sherlock Holmes au point de se vêtir comme lui, et il semble aussi avoir acquis un grand esprit de déduction. Le docteur Joan Watson, la psychiatre qui doit l'aider, va être entraînée par lui dans la résolution d'affaires criminelles impliquant un juge...
Stay Hungry, 1h42
Directed by Bob Rafelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, R.G. Armstrong, Scatman Crothers, Robert Englund
Roles Uncle Albert
Rating56% 2.8008952.8008952.8008952.8008952.800895
Craig Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a young Southern man born of a wealthy family, but left lonely and idle after his parents died in a plane crash. He is content to spend his time fishing, hunting and puttering around his large family mansion, inhabited only by himself and a butler (Scatman Crothers). Blake's "job" is a sinecure working at a shady investment firm run by a slick con artist named Jabo (Joe Spinell) and he does very little actual work. But since he has to have his name "on paper" somehow as an employee, he is asked to personally transact the purchasing of a small gym that the real estate firm is buying in order to clear space for an office high-rise.
Hearts of the West, 1h42
Directed by Howard Zieff
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Films about television
Actors Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Blythe Danner, Alan Arkin, Richard B. Shull
Roles Mr. Gates - Producer (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2448353.2448353.2448353.2448353.244835
Lewis Tater (Jeff Bridges), a 1930s-era aspiring novelist who harbors dreams of becoming the next Zane Grey, decides to leave his family home in Iowa to go to the University of Titan in Nevada so he can soak up the western atmosphere. He arrives to find that there is no university, only a mail order correspondence course scam run by two crooks out of the local hotel. He tries to spend the night at the hotel, and is attacked by one of the men. He escapes his attacker and steals their car, pulling over when it runs out of gas.