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James Farentino is a Actor American born on 24 february 1938 at Brooklyn (USA)

James Farentino

James Farentino
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Birth name James farentino
Nationality USA
Birth 24 february 1938 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 24 january 2012 (at 73 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

James Farentino (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 100 television, film, and stage roles, among them The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty.

Biography

Farentino was married to:


Elizabeth Ashley (September 1, 1962 – 1965; divorced)
Michele Lee (February 20, 1966 – 1982; divorced); one child, David
Debrah Farentino (June 1985 – 1988; divorced)
Stella Farentino (August 3, 1994 – his death); Stella filed for divorce in 1998 due to "irreconcilable differences", but later withdrew her petition. Then, James himself filed for divorce in January 2001, also due to "irreconcilable differences"; however, the couple remained married until James Farentino's death.
Farentino was charged with stalking his former girlfriend, Tina Sinatra (youngest child of Frank Sinatra) in 1993. A restraining order was issued against him after he entered a plea of nolo contendere.

Farentino was arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia, on July 23, 1991, after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police intercepted a package containing 3.2 grams of cocaine being sent to his hotel room. Farentino was in town filming the TV movie Miles From Nowhere. He was charged with cocaine possession and released on bail.

In 2010, Farentino was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor battery after a citizen's arrest was made against the actor. Police were called to Farentino's Hollywood home. He was taken into custody and booked at the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood-area station. Farentino was released two days later after posting $20,000 bond. Police said the actor was trying to physically remove a man from his house. The man, who police said suffered visible bruising, made a citizen's arrest on Farentino for battery.

Best films

The Final Countdown (1980)
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Filmography of James Farentino (19 films)

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Actor

The Last Producer, 1h30
Directed by Burt Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger, Benjamin Bratt, Sean Astin, Ann-Margret, Lauren Holly
Roles Poker Player
Rating46% 2.3265552.3265552.3265552.3265552.326555
A washed-up, veteran producer tries to re-enter the movie business by producing a new film. He soon finds it is not as easy as it once was.
Bulletproof, 1h22
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan, Kristen Wilson, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Monica Potter
Roles Capt. Jensen
Rating57% 2.899242.899242.899242.899242.89924
Archie Moses (Adam Sandler) is a small time crook and a thief who lives in Los Angeles, and he is working for a local drug lord Frank Colton (James Caan). He is unaware that his best friend Rock Keats (Damon Wayans) is actually an LAPD undercover cop, with a real name being Jack Carter, who is seeking evidence against Colton, and he befriended Moses only to infiltrate Colton's gang.
Her Alibi
Her Alibi (1989)
, 1h30
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Paulina Porizkova, Tom Selleck, William Daniels, James Farentino, Victor Argo, Ronald Guttman
Roles Frank Polito
Rating57% 2.8974152.8974152.8974152.8974152.897415
Phil Blackwood (Selleck) is an American mystery novelist who comes across a dazzling Romanian murder suspect named Nina (Porizkova) when she is arraigned in the courtroom he is visiting. Instantly falling for her, Blackwood poses as a Roman Catholic priest in order to meet her while Nina is held pending her continued arraignment. With the help of his publisher and friend, Sam (Daniels), Blackwood invents an alibi for Nina to secure her release.
License to Kill, 1h36
Directed by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors James Farentino, Penny Fuller, Don Murray, Kristen Vigard, Millie Perkins, Donald Moffat
Roles John Peterson
Rating55% 2.758762.758762.758762.758762.75876
Une famille en deuil dont la fille a été tuée dans un accident de voiture par un conducteur ivre, est outrée et frustrée des retards bureaucratiques qu'elle rencontre pour porter l'affaire en justice. Une fois à l'audience, le père est d'abord inquiet de l'inefficacité du jeune procureur à surmonter les aspects techniques et les manœuvres utilisées par l'avocat du conducteur pour garder son client libre. Lorsque le juge est obligé de se prononcer à plusieurs reprises en faveur de la défense, les parents sont scandalisés que le conducteur puisse échapper à la justice et surtout de le voir continuer à circuler librement en voiture sous l'emprise de l'alcool...
Sins (TV miniseries), 5h20
Directed by Douglas Hickox
Origin USA
Actors Joan Collins, Timothy Dalton, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Marisa Berenson, Steven Berkoff, Joseph Bologna
Roles David Westfield
Rating70% 3.5364753.5364753.5364753.5364753.536475
Helene Junot is a successful businesswoman and a leading name in the world of fashion. In 1980s New York, she attends a reception for the launch of her new magazine, "Woman Of Today", which could make or break her publishing company. Meanwhile, several people from Helene's past are conspiring to destroy her.
Dead & Buried, 1h32
Directed by Gary Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson, Robert Englund, Lisa Blount, Michael Currie
Roles Sheriff Dan Gillis
Rating64% 3.2488953.2488953.2488953.2488953.248895
James Farentino stars as Dan Gillis, sheriff of the small New England coastal town of Potter's Bluff. In the film's opening scene, a mob of townspeople attempt to kill a visiting photographer. He is beaten, tied to a post then set on fire. He survives and is taken to a hospital, where he is murdered just out of sight of the sheriff and the doctor.
The Final Countdown, 1h43
Directed by Don Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Time travel films, Aviation films, Political films, Temporal paradox, Alternate history films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, Katharine Ross, James Farentino, Ron O'Neal, Charles Durning
Roles Wing Commander Richard T. Owens
Rating65% 3.299813.299813.299813.299813.29981
In 1980, the USS Nimitz takes on a civilian observer, systems analyst Warren Lasky (Martin Sheen), on the orders of his reclusive and mysterious employer, Mr. Tideman (who helped design much of the ship), just before it departs Pearl Harbor for a training mission in the Pacific Ocean. Out in the Pacific, the ship encounters a strange storm-like vortex which disappears after the ship passes through it. Initially unsure of what has happened, and having lost radio contact with Pacific Fleet Command, Captain Matthew Yelland (Kirk Douglas) launches reconnaissance aircraft which discover the intact U.S. Pacific battleship fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Medical-themed films, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors James Farentino, Kathryn Harrold, Stephen Elliott, Melissa Francis, Erica Yohn, Michael Adams
Roles Barry Kaufman
Rating71% 3.5633353.5633353.5633353.5633353.563335
Raun was born "like all, perfect" to Bears and Suzi Kaufman. Eventually his parents noticed that Raun could see only certain things and could sometimes hear. He had also lost a couple of words that he had been taught. He had 12 out of 13 symptoms of autism. Medical professionals were pessimistic about Raun's condition.
Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Olivia Hussey, Claudia Cardinale, Abdelmajid Lakhal
Roles Simon Petrus
Rating84% 4.2478554.2478554.2478554.2478554.247855
The storyline of Jesus of Nazareth is a kind of cinematic Diatessaron, or “Gospel harmony”, blending the narratives of all four New Testament accounts. It takes a fairly naturalistic approach, de-emphasizing special effects when miracles are depicted and presenting Jesus as more or less evenly divine and human. The familiar Christian episodes are presented chronologically: the betrothal, and later marriage, of Mary and Joseph; the Annunciation; the Visitation; the circumcision of John the Baptist; the Nativity of Jesus; the visit of the Magi; the circumcision of Jesus; the Census of Quirinius; the flight into Egypt and Slaughter of the Innocents; the Finding in the Temple; the Baptism of Jesus; the woman caught in adultery; Jesus helping Peter catch the fish; the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32); a dialogue between Jesus and Barabbas (non-biblical); Matthew's dinner party; the Sermon on the Mount; debating with Joseph of Arimathea; the curing of the blind man at the pool; the Raising of Lazarus (John 11:43); the Feeding of the Five Thousand; the Entry into Jerusalem; Jesus and the money changers; the Last Supper; the
The Possessed, 1h16
Directed by Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors James Farentino, Joan Hackett, Harrison Ford, Claudette Nevins, P. J. Soles, Diana Scarwid
Roles Kevin Leahy
Rating53% 2.6575552.6575552.6575552.6575552.657555
Kevin Leahy, an alcoholic Catholic priest who has strayed from his faith, crashes his car and is pronounced dead at the scene. As penance, he is sent back to Earth to fight evil as an exorcist, and returns to life. The Helen Page School, a Catholic all-girls college in Salem, Oregon is on the brink of graduation season, and are about to go coed the following semester. Ellen Sumner (Claudette Nevins), is a teacher at the school, where her daughter, Weezie, attends. One evening, the paper in Ellen's typewriter inexplicably bursts into flames.
Me, Natalie, 1h51
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Patty Duke, James Farentino, Deborah Winters, Martin Balsam, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Marchand
Roles David Harris
Rating63% 3.1947953.1947953.1947953.1947953.194795
From childhood, Brooklyn teenager Natalie Miller, with upper front teeth that are slightly bucked and a nose too large for her face, has considered herself homely and she never has subscribed to her mother's determined belief that she will grow up to be pretty. Her best friend Betty is a knockout gorgeous blonde with boyfriends, which further depresses her. Natalie's father, a druggist who doesn't share his wife's optimistic outlook, bribes myopic optometrist Morris to marry her, hoping his nearsightedness will prevent him from seeing she's no beauty.
Banning
Banning (1967)
, 1h42
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films, Golf films
Actors Robert Wagner, Anjanette Comer, Jill St John, Guy Stockwell, Sean Garrison, Susan Clark
Roles Chris Patton
Rating57% 2.860632.860632.860632.860632.86063
Mike McDermot is a rising golf star on the PGA Tour until he is accused of cheating. He supposedly has offered to split a winner's purse with a competitor, Jonathan Linus, if his opponent deliberately misses a final putt. In fact, the competitor is the one who approached him. McDermot refuses, so Jonathan Linus goes to another pro, Tommy Del Gaddo, whose glory days were behind him. Then they turn in McDermot, accusing him of their crime.
Rosie!
Rosie! (1967)
, 1h38
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Rosalind Russell, Sandra Dee, Brian Aherne, Audrey Meadows, James Farentino, Vanessa Brown
Roles David Wheelright
Rating66% 3.3396853.3396853.3396853.3396853.339685
Rosie Lord (Russell) is a widowed millionaire who, much to the dismay of her daughters Mildred (Meadows) and Edith (Brown), spends her money generously. When she announces to buy a $2.5 million closed theater in a run-down part of Los Angeles, because it's the location where her late husband proposed to her and it's now threatened to be turned into a parking lot, her daughters decide that they have had enough. Edith and her husband Cabot (Nielsen) complain that they are only granted $100.000 a year, and work together with cold-hearted and recently divorced Mildred to discourage Rosie from making the buy. They are unable to convince her and her legal advisor Oliver (Aherne) to let them take care of their money, and thus decide to try to declare her incompetent, thereby hoping to put her in an insane asylum. Edith and Cabot's young daughter Daphne (Dee) is appalled to overhear the scheme, and vows to help her grandmother.