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James Kirkwood Jr. is a Actor, Director, Créateur de nouvelle and Co-Producer American born on 22 august 1924

James Kirkwood Jr.

James Kirkwood Jr.
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Nationality USA
Birth 22 august 1924
Death 21 april 1989 (at 64 years)
Awards Pulitzer Prize for Drama

James Kirkwood Jr. (1924-1989) est un romancier, dramaturge et acteur américain.

Biography

Fils de James Kirkwood Sr. et de Lila Lee, il est né à Los Angeles le 22 août 1924 et mort à New York le 21 avril 1989.

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Filmography of James Kirkwood Jr. (7 films)

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Actor

The Supernaturals, 1h44
Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Political films
Actors Maxwell Caulfield, Nichelle Nichols, Talia Balsam, Bobby Di Cicco, LeVar Burton, Scott Jacoby
Roles Captain (as James Kirkwood)
Rating42% 2.116252.116252.116252.116252.11625
One hundred years ago, deep in the sullen backwoods of the Southern United States, a Confederate town is held captive, the soldiers forced to walk through a piece of woodland laced with mines. Because he is found wearing a Confederate States Army outfit, Jeremy (Chad Sheets), a young boy is also forced to make the crossing. If they make it across the minefield the Union Army 44th will set them free. Only Jeremy and his mother (Melanie) - who runs to save him - survive, despite the fact that the mother has stepped on a mine. Jeremy exhibits unearthly powers. Jump to circa 1985 and a platoon of soldiers are out on manouevres in the same backwoods. They too are the 44th, descendants of the Union platoon of years before, those who committed the atrocities. The main character here is Pvt. Ellis (Maxwell Caulfield), the only soldier to catch glimpses of the beautiful and mysterious Melanie; Ellis also has a romantic interest in Pvt. Lejune (Talia Balsam). The platoon decide to camp inside a circle of yellow grass seemingly caused by brush fire, a spot from which the wind only blows outward. Pvt. Ellis is reluctant to camp there, but Sgt. Hawkins does not like having her authority undermined. Whilst the platoon are setting up camp, Melanie reappears - this time witnessed by all in the platoon - and takes a strong interest in Pvt. Ellis who bears an uncanny resemblance to her husband, Evan.
Mommie Dearest, 2h9
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about television, Films about child abuse
Actors Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Mara Hobel, Rutanya Alda, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva
Roles Master of Ceremonies
Rating65% 3.2988653.2988653.2988653.2988653.298865
Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) is a driven actress and compulsively clean housekeeper who tries to control the lives of those around her as tightly as she controls herself. To prepare for a work day at MGM Studios, she rises at 4:00 a.m. and engages in a strict morning ritual: scrubbing her face and arms with soap and boiling hot water, then plunging her face into a bowl of rubbing alcohol and ice to close the pores. When Helga (Alice Nunn), a new maid, thinks she has Joan's living room in spotless condition, Joan finds one minor detail that she overlooked and loses her temper.

Director

Faith
Faith (1916)

Directed by James Kirkwood Sr., James Kirkwood Jr.
Origin USA
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Perry Banks, Clarence Burton, Lizette Thorne, Margaret Shelby, Gertrude Le Brandt

Faith is an orphan who befriends Mark Strong, an alcoholic lawyer. While Mark is trying to get sober again, Faith is falsely accused for theft and is arrested. Mark immediately comes to the rescue.

Scriptwriter

P.S. Your Cat Is Dead!, 1h32
Directed by Steve Guttenberg
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Cynthia Watros, Lombardo Boyar, Steve Guttenberg, Shirley Knight, Tom Wright
Roles Writer
Rating54% 2.7029852.7029852.7029852.7029852.702985
Abandoned by his girlfriend on New Year's Eve, and still unaware that his beloved cat Bobby Seale has died in an animal clinic, hopeless New York actor Jimmy Zoole is feeling depressed and unstable when he happens across a cat burglar, Vito, in his apartment. Furious, he beats the stranger unconscious and ties him to his kitchen sink. Jimmy begins to torment his terrified captive; however, the unlikely pair soon establish a certain bond. Vito once had a wife who left him after she discovered he was gay, and took their child with her. Jimmy questions his own orientation as his relationship to Vito takes on a homosexual dimension, and decides to use his prisoner to exact revenge on his former lover. In the end, Jimmy and Vito, now working as a team, are able to sell a stash of stolen drugs and run away together.
A Chorus Line, 1h53
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Douglas, Alyson Reed, Sharon Brown, Janet Jones, Audrey Landers, Gregg Burge
Roles Musical
Rating62% 3.1002153.1002153.1002153.1002153.100215
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, sixteen hopefuls remain. Arriving late is former lead dancer Cassie (Alyson Reed) who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach but left him to take a job in Hollywood. Now she hasn't worked in over a year, and is desperate enough for work to even just be part of the chorus line and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.
Some Kind of Hero, 1h37
Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Margot Kidder, Richard Pryor, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Paul Benjamin, Ray Sharkey
Roles Novel
Rating57% 2.899542.899542.899542.899542.89954
Eddie Keller is a U.S. Army conscript private who was captured while deficating. He held in a POW Camp for years and due to his resistance to signing a confession to committing war crimesends up being one of the last POWs to be brought home from Vietnam. Keller endures several years of torture and deprivation at the hands of the Vietnamese Army. He finally relents to signing a "confession" admitting to war crimes to save the life of his cell mate.
Faith
Faith (1916)

Directed by James Kirkwood Sr., James Kirkwood Jr.
Origin USA
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Perry Banks, Clarence Burton, Lizette Thorne, Margaret Shelby, Gertrude Le Brandt
Roles Writer

Faith is an orphan who befriends Mark Strong, an alcoholic lawyer. While Mark is trying to get sober again, Faith is falsely accused for theft and is arrested. Mark immediately comes to the rescue.

Producer

Some Kind of Hero, 1h37
Directed by Michael Pressman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films
Actors Margot Kidder, Richard Pryor, Ronny Cox, Lynne Moody, Paul Benjamin, Ray Sharkey
Roles Co-Producer
Rating57% 2.899542.899542.899542.899542.89954
Eddie Keller is a U.S. Army conscript private who was captured while deficating. He held in a POW Camp for years and due to his resistance to signing a confession to committing war crimesends up being one of the last POWs to be brought home from Vietnam. Keller endures several years of torture and deprivation at the hands of the Vietnamese Army. He finally relents to signing a "confession" admitting to war crimes to save the life of his cell mate.