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Bert Remsen is a Actor and Casting American born on 25 february 1925 at Glen Cove (USA)
Herbert Birchell "Bert" Remsen (February 25, 1925 – April 22, 1999) was an American actor.
He also appeared in various television guest-starring roles, including the role of Jim Ford in the episode "Pete Henke" of the 1958 NBC western series, Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards. He was a regular in the cast of the short-lived 1976 NBC dramatic television series Gibbsville.
After suffering an injury on the set of a television show, Remsen had moved away from acting. He was hired as the casting director on Brewster McCloud when Altman talked him into taking a role in the film.
He was briefly married to actress Katherine MacGregor, who played Mrs. Oleson in the NBC television series, Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon.
His daughter, with wife Barbara Joyce Dodd, a casting director, is actress Kerry Remsen.
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Bert Remsen
Birth name Herbert Birchell Remsen
Nationality USA
Birth 25 february 1925 at Glen Cove (USA)
Death 22 april 1999 (at 74 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 25 february 1925 at Glen Cove (USA)
Death 22 april 1999 (at 74 years) at Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles (USA)
Herbert Birchell "Bert" Remsen (February 25, 1925 – April 22, 1999) was an American actor.
Biography
Remsen was born in Glen Cove, New York, on Long Island, the son of Helen (née Birchell) and Winfred Herbert Remsen. He played character roles in numerous films directed by Robert Altman, including: Brewster McCloud (1970), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Thieves Like Us (1974), California Split (1974), Nashville (1975), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), A Wedding (1978), Commander Kates in Code of Silence, "Dallas" as Harrison 'Dandy' Dandridge (1987) and Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? (1990), and in "Baby Blue Marine" with Jan-Michael Vincent.He also appeared in various television guest-starring roles, including the role of Jim Ford in the episode "Pete Henke" of the 1958 NBC western series, Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards. He was a regular in the cast of the short-lived 1976 NBC dramatic television series Gibbsville.
After suffering an injury on the set of a television show, Remsen had moved away from acting. He was hired as the casting director on Brewster McCloud when Altman talked him into taking a role in the film.
He was briefly married to actress Katherine MacGregor, who played Mrs. Oleson in the NBC television series, Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon.
His daughter, with wife Barbara Joyce Dodd, a casting director, is actress Kerry Remsen.
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The Sky is Falling (2001)
, 1h42Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dedee Pfeiffer, Teri Garr, Howard Hesseman, Eric Close, Laura Leighton, Sean Astin
Roles Mr. Finch
Rating61%
28-year-old Emily Hall (Dedee Pfeiffer) is a bright and talented - but frustrated - novelist whose book constantly gets rejected by publishers. Her life goes into a tailspin when her boyfriend, Mike (Eric Close), breaks up with her; her best friend, Amber (Laura Leighton), suddenly packs up and moves to Mexico; and her psychic mother, Mona (Teri Garr), surprises her with the overwhelming news that her supposedly dead father is really an errant hippie photographer named Yogi (Howard Hesseman), who's just arrived in town and wants to meet her!
Forces of Nature (1999)
, 1h45Directed by Bronwen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ben Affleck, Sandra Bullock, Maura Lynn Tierney, Steve Zahn, Blythe Danner, Ronny Cox
Roles Ned
Rating54%
Ben Holmes (Affleck) is a "blurb" writer responsible for writing the short introductions on the sleeves of hardcover books. On his way from his home in New York City to Savannah, Georgia for his wedding with Bridget (Maura Tierney), he's already nervous about flying. His nerves aren't helped when he's seated next to Sarah (Bullock), a free-spirited person who seems to get on his nerves. On takeoff, a bird flies into one of the engines, causing a flameout. Now afraid to fly, he reluctantly agrees to travel with Sarah, who also needs to get to Savannah within a few days.
Hugo Pool (1997)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Downey Sr.
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Alyssa Milano, Patrick Dempsey, Malcolm McDowell, Robert Downey Jr., Sean Penn, Cathy Moriarty
Roles Sad Old Man
Rating50%
Hugo Dugay (Alyssa Milano) runs a small company, Hugo Pool, that cleans swimming pools in Los Angeles. The film covers one day in her life, during which she must clean many pools in the midst of a drought that interferes with her usual water supply. In addition to dealing with several eccentric customers, including mobster Chick Chicalini (Richard Lewis) and filmmaker Franz Mazur (Robert Downey, Jr.), Hugo must care for her needy parents Minerva (Cathy Moriarty) and Henry (Malcolm McDowell). Also, Hugo may be falling in love with Floyd Gaylen (Patrick Dempsey), a customer of hers who has ALS.
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
, 2h9Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about psychiatry, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Steve Kahan, Cylk Cozart, Alex McArthur
Roles Alice's Father
Rating66%
Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) is a lawyer working for the U.S. government at the Justice Department. Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson), a conspiracy-theory obsessed New York City taxi driver, continually expounds his ideas to her. Alice humors him because he once saved her from a mugging, but does not know he has been spying on her at home. Her own obsession is to solve the mystery of her father's murder.
Crime of the Century (1996)
Directed by Mark Rydell
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Stephen Rea, Isabella Rossellini, Allen Garfield, Michael Moriarty, J. T. Walsh, Barry Primus
Roles Dr. John Condon
Rating70%
En 1932, le monde apprend avec stupeur l'enlèvement et l'assassinat du fils de Charles Lindberg, alors âgé de quatorze mois. Deux ans plus tard, Bruno Richard Hauptmann est arrêté et condamné. Le film revient sur l'enquête, le procès et les étapes de cette affaire caractérisée par la corruption et la manipulation de la police de l'époque.
Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero (1995)
, 1h26Directed by Rick Jacobson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Don Wilson (kickboxeur), Catya Sassoon, Robin Curtis, Bert Remsen
Roles Old Man
Rating48%
Air Force courier Nick Corrigan is sent to deliver a message to a nuclear missile base in a remote corner of the Midwest. Unbeknownst to him, however, a gang of terrorists have taken over the base in the hopes of launching the missiles at all of the nation's largest cities. In a panic, they lock Nick in the base, thinking to keep him from interfering with their plans. Little do they know, however, that Sgt. Corrigan is a former Special Forces soldier who is more than capable of shutting them down single-handedly.
Maverick (1994)
, 2h7Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Poker
Actors Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Graham Greene, Alfred Molina, James Coburn
Roles Riverboat Poker Player
Rating69%
The story, set in the American Old West, is a first-person account by wisecracking gambler Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) of his misadventures on the way to a major five-card draw poker tournament. Besides wanting to win the tournament for the prize money, he also wants to prove, once and for all, that he is the best card player of his time.
Open Fire (1994)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jeff Wincott, Patrick Kilpatrick, Rupert Graves, Douglas Hodge, Lee de Broux, Kate Hardie
Roles Walter the Guard
Rating48%
Alec McNeil is an ex-FBI agent haunted by the death of his former partner. But when brutal criminal mastermind Stein Kruger and a group of mercenaries takes over a chemical plant and threatens to release a cloud of nerve gas over the city of Los Angeles, holding McNeil's father hostage in the process, McNeil considers enough is enough. Against the express orders of his former FBI superior, McNeil launches a single-handed effort to stop the nerve gas release and bring Kruger to his knees.
Joshua Tree (1993)
, 1h46Directed by Vic Armstrong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Dolph Lundgren, Kristian Alfonso, George Segal, Geoffrey Lewis, Beau Starr, Michelle Phillips
Roles Woody Engstrom
Rating57%
Wellman Anthony Santee (Dolph Lundgren) is a former racecar driver who has turned to a life of crime since the death of his mother. Santee and his friend Eddie Turner (Ken Foree) bend the law for profit by hauling exotic stolen cars.
There Was a Little Boy (1993)
, 1h45Directed by Mimi Leder
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Cybill Shepherd, John Heard, Scott Bairstow, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Bert Remsen, Gary Werntz
Roles Father McHenry
Rating61%
Julie est une mère dont le fils a été enlevé quinze ans plus tôt. Dans son travail d'enseignante, elle est confronté au comportement déroutant d'un élève qui a quinze ans également.
Jack the Bear (1993)
, 1h39Directed by Marshall Herskovitz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families
Actors Danny DeVito, Robert J. Steinmiller Jr., Miko Hugues, Gary Sinise, Art LaFleur, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Roles Mitchell
Rating64%
Jack Leary (Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.) and his younger brother Dylan (Miko Hughes) start over in Oakland, California in 1972 following the death of the boys' mother Elizabeth. The boys live with their father John (Danny DeVito), who entertains late-night horror film audiences as Midnight Shriek host-commentator "Al Gory." Though devoted to his two sons, John has a drinking problem that disrupts the smooth running of the household. Some parental duties fall to Jack, who takes Dylan to his first day of preschool. Elizabeth's parents make regular visits. One of the Learys' neighbors, a young man named Norman Strick (Gary Sinise) who walks with a cane due to a twisted leg he suffered from a car accident as a teen, is an anti-social neo-Nazi who feels the neighborhood is going downhill.
The Bodyguard (1992)
, 2h9Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, Michele Lamar Richards, Ralph Waite
Roles Rotary Club President
Rating64%
Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) is an Academy Award-nominated music superstar who is being stalked and sent death threats. Things get dangerously out of hand when a bomb disguised as a doll explodes in her dressing room. Rachel's manager, Bill Devaney (Bill Cobbs), seeks the services of a professional bodyguard, Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner), to protect her. He is a highly successful private bodyguard, mostly protecting corporate VIPs. Formerly he was a Secret Service agent who served as part of the presidential protection detail during two presidencies. Frank is reluctant to accept the offer to guard Rachel as he sees her as a spoiled diva who is oblivious to the threats against her life.
The Player (1992)
, 2h4Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about films, Musical films
Actors Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James
Roles Bert Ramsen
Rating74%
Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) is a Hollywood studio executive dating story editor Bonnie Sherow (Cynthia Stevenson). He hears story pitches from screenwriters and decides which have the potential to be made into films, green-lighting only 12 out of 50,000 submissions every year. His job is threatened when up-and-coming story executive Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher) begins working at the studio. Mill has also been receiving death threat postcards, assumed to be from a screenwriter whose pitch he rejected.
Maid for Each Other (1992)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Nell Carter, Joyce Van Patten, Garret Morris, Dinah Manoff, Timothy Stack, Robert Costanzo
Roles Minister
Rating61%
A recently widowed Beverly Hills socialite is left broke and homeless. Seeking refuge at her mothers and gaining a job as a maid for a flamboyant jazz singer the two form an unlikely bond and soon find themselves neck deep in mayhem and trouble.
Only the Lonely (1991)
, 1h44Directed by Chris Columbus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Quinn, Kevin Dunn, James Belushi
Roles Spats
Rating63%
Danny Muldoon (John Candy), a 38-year-old Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing Irish mother, Rose Muldoon (Maureen O'Hara). A lonely bachelor, Danny falls in love with Theresa Luna (Ally Sheedy), an introverted, lonely girl who works in her father's funeral home as a cosmetician. On their first date, he takes her to Comiskey Park (shortly before it was torn down) and has a picnic on the field. Their courtship eventually becomes very difficult because Rose begins to feel threatened that Theresa is trying to steal her son away; the fact that Theresa is not Irish (she is Sicilian and Polish) only exacerbates the situation.