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Harvey Vernon is a Actor American born on 30 june 1927
Harvey Vernon (June 30, 1927 – October 9, 1996) was an American actor from Flint, Michigan. His birth name was Chet Smith.
Perhaps his most famous role was Jasper DeWitt in the television series Carter Country. He also appeared in motion pictures as diverse as MacArthur, Teen Wolf and Someone to Watch Over Me.
Vernon's earliest guest starring roles include appearances in The Rockford Files, The Dukes of Hazzard, Cagney & Lacey and Touched by an Angel.
In the 1990s, he guest starred on Highway to Heaven, The Golden Girls, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Equilibrium") and in the The Larry Sanders Show.
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Perhaps his most famous role was Jasper DeWitt in the television series Carter Country. He also appeared in motion pictures as diverse as MacArthur, Teen Wolf and Someone to Watch Over Me.
Vernon's earliest guest starring roles include appearances in The Rockford Files, The Dukes of Hazzard, Cagney & Lacey and Touched by an Angel.
In the 1990s, he guest starred on Highway to Heaven, The Golden Girls, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in the episode "Equilibrium") and in the The Larry Sanders Show.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988)
, 1h36Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Political films
Actors Hal Holbrook, Eva Marie Saint, Nancy Travis, Peter Gallagher, David Moscow, Courteney Cox
Roles Pastor Marcus
Rating64%
Set in 1944 Rockport, Massachusetts during the final moments of World War II, I'll Be Home for Christmas focuses on the Bundy family. Head of the family Joseph (Hal Holbrook) and his wife Martha (Eva Marie Saint) await the return of their grown children, who include Mike (Whip Hubley), who has completed all of his combat missions in England and is due to come home for good. His pregnant wife Nora (Courteney Cox) has been living with the Bundys since his departure, and is now awaiting her husband's return while preparing to give birth to their first child, hoping it won't be born until Mike arrives. She eventually gives birth to a baby boy.
The Killing Time (1987)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Kiefer Sutherland, Beau Bridges, Michael Madsen, Wayne Rogers, Joe Don Baker, Harvey Vernon
Roles Dick
Rating52%
As the film opens, a stranger (Kiefer Sutherland) shoots a man named Brian Mars and buries him on the side of a road. Then he assumes his identity and moves to a small town in California to start a job as a deputy sheriff. His motives are unclear, but he has nightmares of being a child and finding his father's dead body hanging on a rope.
Teen Wolf (1985)
, 1h31Directed by Rod Daniel
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about animals, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Sports films, Basketball films, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Teen movie
Actors Michael J. Fox, Lorie Griffin, James Hampton, Susan Ursitti, Jerry Levine, Mark Arnold
Roles Old Man Clerk
Rating61%
Seventeen-year-old high school student Scott Howard (Michael J. Fox) is sick of being average and wishes he were special. His father, Harold (James Hampton), runs a local hardware store. Scott plays basketball for his high school's team, the Beavers, with a not-so-good win-loss record. The girl of his dreams, Pamela Wells (Lorie Griffin), is dating Mick McAllister (Mark Arnold), a jerk from an opposing high school team, the Dragons. After another of the team's losses, Scott begins to notice strange changes to his body. While at a party, Scott keeps undergoing changes and eventually he returns home, locks himself in the bathroom, and undergoes a complete change and becomes a werewolf, while his father demands that he open the door. He tries to refuse, only to finally give in and find his father has also transformed. Harold never told his son about the condition because "sometimes it skips a generation" and he was hoping it would not happen to Scott. Needing someone else to share his secret, Scott confides his best friend, Stiles Stilinski (Jerry Levine), who accepts Scott's werewolf status. However, Scott inadvertently reveals his transformation to the public at one of his basketball games. After shortly stunning the crowd with The Wolf, Scott goes on to amaze them with his newfound basketball skills.
All of Me (1984)
, 1h33Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini, Dana Elcar
Roles Judge
Rating66%
Dissatisfied 38-year-old attorney Roger Cobb (Martin) is dating his boss' daughter and is also an aspiring jazz guitarist. A difficult, eccentric millionairess named Edwina Cutwater (Tomlin) has been bedridden since childhood. Cutwater hires Roger to make some unusual final arrangements to her will.
They Call Me Bruce? (1982)
, 1h27Directed by Elliott Hong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Johnny Yune, Margaux Hemingway, Bill Capizzi, Harvey Vernon, Eric Emerson, John Fujioka
Roles Officer Hangten
Rating55%
The movie opens with a young boy running to meet his grandfather (played by Yune), who lies dying on his bed. The young boy sadly explains that he could not find the medicine required to cure his grandfather's ailment and wonders aloud who will take care of him after his grandfather dies. His dying grandfather attempts to reassure the young boy, and explains that he should go to America. He further explains that when he was younger and working as a merchant marine, he met "the most beautiful girl" in America, and tells the young boy that if he goes there, she will take very good care of him. As the young boy is asking how to find her, his grandfather dies and the movie fades to black.
Fire on the Mountain (1981)
, 2hOrigin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ron Howard, Buddy Ebsen, Harvey Vernon, Julie Carmen, Ross Harris, Michael Conrad
Roles Bartender
Rating62%
Au Nouveau-Mexique, le petit Billy Starr, 12 ans, passe l'été dans le ranch de son grand-père John Vogelin. Le gouvernement veut agrandir sa base militaire de tirs de missiles White Sands Missile Range qui jouxte le ranch en le réquisitionnant, mais John Vogelin refuse de vendre. Lee Mackie, jeune promoteur de retour au pays, que l'armée délègue auprès de John pour entamer des négociations, se rallie à sa cause. Sans être antipatriotique, John Vogelin ne veut pas changer d'existence et va montrer ce qu'un individu déterminé peut faire lorsqu'il se trouve confronté au pouvoir et à ses puissants militaires.
MacArthur (1977)
, 2h2Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Transport films, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Ed Flanders, Dan O'Herlihy, Ward Costello, Nicolas Coster, Addison Powell
Roles Admiral Sherman
Rating64%
The film portrays MacArthur's (Gregory Peck) life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman (Ed Flanders) for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point in 1962.