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Richard Stahl is a Actor American born on 4 january 1932 at Detroit (USA)
Richard Stahl (January 4, 1932 – June 18, 2006) was an American actor who mostly appeared in film and TV comedies.
Born in Detroit, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. In the 1950s, he was appearing in Off-Broadway productions, where he met his wife to be Kathryn Ish in 1959. In the 1960s, he relocated to San Francisco and became a member of an improvisational comedy group, The Committee.
Some of Stahl's best known film credits include Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Student Nurses (1970), Beware! The Blob (1972), Dirty Little Billy (1972), High Anxiety (1977), 9 to 5 (1980), Tin Man (1983), The Flamingo Kid (1984), The American President (1995) and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). He also appeared in many TV situation comedies such as All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple (nine episodes, never playing the same role twice), Married With Children, Empty Nest, Newhart, The Facts of Life, Columbo; Love American Style, Barney Miller, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Golden Girls, Soap and Night Court. In the 1980s he was also a regular on the sitcom It's a Living, and starred in his own short-lived comedy series Turnabout (1979).
Stahl died aged 74 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Health Center in Los Angeles, after a 10 year struggle against Parkinson's disease.
Stahl's wife, actress Kathryn Ish, died of cancer in Santa Barbara, California, on December 31, 2007.
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Richard Stahl
Nationality USA
Birth 4 january 1932 at Detroit (USA)
Death 18 june 2006 (at 74 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Birth 4 january 1932 at Detroit (USA)
Death 18 june 2006 (at 74 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Richard Stahl (January 4, 1932 – June 18, 2006) was an American actor who mostly appeared in film and TV comedies.
Born in Detroit, he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. In the 1950s, he was appearing in Off-Broadway productions, where he met his wife to be Kathryn Ish in 1959. In the 1960s, he relocated to San Francisco and became a member of an improvisational comedy group, The Committee.
Some of Stahl's best known film credits include Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Student Nurses (1970), Beware! The Blob (1972), Dirty Little Billy (1972), High Anxiety (1977), 9 to 5 (1980), Tin Man (1983), The Flamingo Kid (1984), The American President (1995) and Ghosts of Mississippi (1996). He also appeared in many TV situation comedies such as All in the Family, Laverne & Shirley, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple (nine episodes, never playing the same role twice), Married With Children, Empty Nest, Newhart, The Facts of Life, Columbo; Love American Style, Barney Miller, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Golden Girls, Soap and Night Court. In the 1980s he was also a regular on the sitcom It's a Living, and starred in his own short-lived comedy series Turnabout (1979).
Stahl died aged 74 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Health Center in Los Angeles, after a 10 year struggle against Parkinson's disease.
Stahl's wife, actress Kathryn Ish, died of cancer in Santa Barbara, California, on December 31, 2007.
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The Other Sister (1999)
, 2h9Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt, Poppy Montgomery, Joe Flanigan
Rating63%
After receiving a well-earned certification from a sheltered boarding school, Carla Tate (Juliette Lewis), an ambitious and mildly mentally challenged young woman, returns home to her over-protective and slightly snobby mother Elizabeth (Diane Keaton). Elizabeth seems to act as if she is embarrassed about her daughter's disability. During family discussions, Elizabeth adopts an uneasy attitude. Her father Radley (Tom Skerritt) is a dentist and recovering alcoholic. Carla's ambition is to seek more independence from her family by earning a diploma from a trade school. When Carla meets another mentally challenged student, Daniel McMann (Giovanni Ribisi), they become friends and soon fall in love. Envying Danny's freedom, Carla convinces her parents she is capable of living on her own and moves into her own apartment. After a time, Carla and Danny become sexually active together.
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
, 2h10Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism
Actors Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Virginia Madsen, Susanna Thompson, Craig T. Nelson
Roles Judge Hendrick
Rating66%
Medgar Evers was a black civil rights activist in Mississippi who was murdered by an assassin on June 12, 1963. It was suspected that Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist, was the murderer. He had been tried twice and both trials ended in hung juries. In 1989, Evers' widow Myrlie, who had been trying to bring De La Beckwith to justice for over 25 years, believed she had what it takes to bring him to trial again. Although most of the evidence from the old trial had disappeared, Bobby DeLaughter, an assistant District Attorney, decided to help her despite being warned that it might hurt his political aspirations and despite the strain that it caused in his marriage. DeLaughter becomes primarily involved with bringing De La Beckwith to trial for the third time 30 years later. In 1994, Byron De La Beckwith was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, giving justice to the family of Medgar Evers.
The American President (1995)
, 1h54Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss, Anna Deaver Smith
Roles Rumson Staffer
Rating67%
Popular Democratic President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is preparing to run for re-election. The President and his staff, led by Chief of Staff and best friend A.J. MacInerney (Martin Sheen), attempt to consolidate the administration's 63% approval rating by passing a moderate crime control bill. However, support for the bill in both parties is tepid: conservatives do not want it, and liberals think it is too weak. If it passes, however, Shepherd's re-election is presumed by his staff to be a shoo-in, and Shepherd resolves to announce the bill, and the Congressional support to pass it, by the State of the Union.
L.A. Story (1991)
, 1h35Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Victoria Tennant, Richard E. Grant, Marilu Henner, Sarah Jessica Parker, Steve Martin, Sam McMurray
Roles Bank Executive
Rating66%
Harris K. Telemacher (Steve Martin) is a TV meteorologist living in Los Angeles. He is in a dead-end relationship with his social-climbing girlfriend Trudi (Marilu Henner), and wants to find some meaning and magic in his life and also finds himself growing increasingly weary of what he sees as the rather shallow and superficial city of LA.
Overboard (1987)
, 1h52Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Michael G. Hagerty
Roles Elk Cove: Hospital Psychiatrist
Rating68%
Spoiled heiress Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is accustomed to the life of the idle rich with her husband, Grant Stayton III (Edward Herrmann). While waiting for their yacht to be repaired in the rural hamlet of Elk Cove, Oregon, she passes the time by hiring local carpenter, Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell), to remodel her closet.
The Flamingo Kid (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Matt Dillon, Héctor Elizondo, Janet Jones, Richard Crenna, Jessica Walter, Brian McNamara
Roles Charlie Cooper
Rating61%
In the summer of 1963, Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon) joins some friends for a day of Gin rummy at the El Flamingo Club, a private beach resort. There, he meets the girl of his dreams Carla Sampson (Janet Jones). After the Gin game and being told of the club's strict policy regarding guests, Jeffrey is upset, but not for long, since he immediately landed a job as a car valet and eventually, cabana steward. Jeffrey is a kid from a middle class Brooklyn family and his father (Elizondo) does not approve of him working at the private club.
Private School (1983)
, 1h28Directed by Noel Black
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about virginity
Actors Phoebe Cates, Betsy Russell, Matthew Modine, Sylvia Kristel, Fran Ryan, Michael Zorek
Roles Mr. Flugel
Rating52%
Christine "Chris" Ramsey (Phoebe Cates) lies in bed narrating a trashy romance novel to Betsy (Kathleen Wilhoite), her roommate at the Cherryvale Academy for Girls. Meanwhile, three students of the nearby Freemount Academy for Men, including Jim Green (Matthew Modine) and his overweight, slobbish friend Bubba (Michael Zorek), sneak into Cherryvale to peek on the girls. Jordan Leigh-Jenson (Betsy Russell), showering at the time, sees that the boys are peering at her and enlists Chris and Betsy's help to drive them away; the three boys fall off the side of the building. In response to being disturbed, the roommates light a bag of feces on fire and put it in front of Jordan's door.
Tin Man (1983)
, 1h29Directed by John G. Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Timothy Bottoms, John Phillip Law, Troy Donahue, Richard Stahl, Brian Avery
Rating60%
A deaf auto mechanic invents a computer so he can hear and speak. When he attempts to patent his invention he is taken advantage of by a self-serving salesman.
Under the Rainbow (1981)
, 1h37Directed by Steve Rash
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Eve Arden, Joseph Maher, Robert Donner, Billy Barty
Roles Lester Hudson
Rating53%
All Night Long (1981)
, 1h28Directed by Jean-Claude Tramont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Barbra Streisand, Gene Hackman, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson, Terry Kiser
Roles Pharmacist
Rating55%
George Dupler (Gene Hackman), a married man nearing middle age, is demoted after a temper tantrum at work (throwing a chair out of his boss's window) and reduced to working as the midnight-shift manager of an all-night pharmacy/convenience store.
Nine to Five (1980)
, 1h50Directed by Colin Higgins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Marian Mercer, Colin Higgins
Roles Meade
Rating68%
Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda) is forced to find work after her husband, Dick (Lawrence Pressman), runs off with his secretary. Judy finds employment as a secretary at Consolidated Companies. The senior office supervisor, Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), introduces Judy to the company and staff, including Mail Room Clerk Eddie , Alcoholic Margaret Foster and the sleazy Franklin Hart, Jr. (Dabney Coleman), and Roz Keith (Elizabeth Wilson), Hart's executive assistant. Violet reveals to Judy that Hart is supposedly involved with his buxom secretary, Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton). Hart exploits and mistreats his female subordinates, with backstabbing and sexist remarks. He cruelly yells at and threatens Judy on her first day after an equipment malfunction and sexually harasses Doralee, spreading rumors about an affair that never happened.
Cindy (1978)
, 1h38Directed by William A. Graham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Charlayne Woodard, Mae Mercer, Nell Carter, Alaina Reed Hall, Scoey Mitchell, Clifton Davis
Roles Recruiter
Rating71%
After World War II, Cindy (Woodard) has moved from the south to live in Harlem with her newly blended family. She finds herself constantly abused by her stepmother and stepsisters. Her father (Mitchell) provides some comfort but cannot prevent the abuse entirely. One night, she meets Captain Joe Prince (Davis) and is swept off her feet. Soon after, a romance ensues.
The Death of Richie (1977)
, 1h37Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Robby Benson, Ben Gazzara, Eileen Brennan, Lance Kerwin, Cindy Eilbacher, John Zaremba
Roles Arthur Edmunds
Rating66%
The film opens with a scene of a burial in a large suburban cemetery, with mourners, many of them young people, surrounding a casket while a eulogist talks. An older couple dressed in black is closest to the casket, suggesting that they are the deceased's parents. The grief-stricken father weeps openly as he is comforted by his wife.
High Anxiety (1977)
, 1h34Directed by Mel Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Ron Carey, Howard Morris
Roles Dr. Baxter
Rating65%
The story begins at Los Angeles International Airport, where Dr. Richard Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) has several odd encounters (such as a homosexual man disguised as a police officer). He leaves for the institute with his driver, Brophy (Ron Carey). Upon his arrival, he is greeted by the staff, Dr. Charles Montague (Harvey Korman), Dr. Philip Wentworth (Dick Van Patten) and Nurse Charlotte Diesel (Cloris Leachman). When he goes to his room, a large rock is thrown through the window, with a message of welcome from the violent ward.
Good Against Evil (1977)
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Actors Dack Rambo, Elyssa Davalos, Richard Lynch, Dan O'Herlihy, John Harkins, Jenny O'Hara
Roles Brown
Rating38%
San Francisco, années 1970. Andy Stuart, un jeune écrivain tombe amoureux de la belle Jessica Gordon. Mais cette dernière est née de l'union de Satan et d'une femme perdue. Recueillie par M. Rimmin, un adorateur du diable et de sa secte, l'enfant grandit sous la tutelle de ses adeptes. Mais lorsque Andy découvre la vraie nature de la jeune femme ainsi que ses pouvoirs, il fait appel au père Kemschler pour la délivrer. Jessica est enlevée par Rimmin et les deux hommes n'auront de cesse de la retrouver ...