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William Redfield is a Actor American born on 25 january 1927 at New York City (USA)
William Redfield (January 26, 1927 – August 17, 1976) was an American actor and author who appeared in numerous theatrical, film, radio, and television roles.
Un de ses rôles les plus remarqués est celui de Dale Harding dans Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou. C'est durant le tournage de ce film que lui est diagnostiqué une leucémie. Il meurt en août 1976, moins d'un an après la sortie du film.
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 january 1927 at New York City (USA)
Death 16 august 1976 (at 49 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 25 january 1927 at New York City (USA)
Death 16 august 1976 (at 49 years) at New York City (USA)
William Redfield (January 26, 1927 – August 17, 1976) was an American actor and author who appeared in numerous theatrical, film, radio, and television roles.
Biography
Né à Manhattan, New York, William Redfield fait ses débuts à Broadway en 1938. Il fait partie du groupe fondateur de l'Actors Studio. Il joue dans les pièces A Man for All Seasons, Hamlet, You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running, et Dude. Par la suite il fait carrière au cinéma.Un de ses rôles les plus remarqués est celui de Dale Harding dans Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou. C'est durant le tournage de ce film que lui est diagnostiqué une leucémie. Il meurt en août 1976, moins d'un an après la sortie du film.
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Mr. Billion (1977)
, 1h32Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason, Slim Pickens, William Redfield, Chill Wills
Roles Leopold Lacy
Rating54%
Guido Falcone (Terence Hill), an easygoing Italian mechanic, is heir to a billion-dollar inheritance after his uncle dies in a freak accident. In order to claim his inheritance, he must reach San Francisco within twenty days to sign a document. His uncle's greedy assistant John Cutler (Jackie Gleason) wants the money for himself, and hires a female detective (Valerie Perrine) to prevent him from reaching his goal.
, 2h13Directed by Miloš Forman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Lobotomie
Actors Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield, Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, Peter Brocco
Roles Dale Harding
Rating84%
In 1963 Oregon, Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a recidivist anti-authoritarian criminal serving a short sentence on a prison farm for the statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl, is transferred to a mental institution for evaluation. Although he does not show any overt signs of mental illness, he hopes to avoid hard labor and serve the rest of his sentence in a more relaxed hospital environment.
Death Wish (1974)
, 1h33Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Auto-justice
Actors Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, William Redfield, Steven Keats, Jeff Goldblum
Roles Sam Kreutzer
Rating68%
Paul Kersey is an architect living in Manhattan with his wife Joanna and daughter Carol Toby. One day, Joanna and Carol are followed home from the store by a group of thugs who break into the apartment, fatally injure Joanna and sexually assault Carol.
For Pete's Sake (1974)
, 1h27Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Barbra Streisand, Michael Sarrazin, Estelle Parsons, William Redfield, Louis Zorich, Richard Ward
Roles Fred Robbins
Rating61%
Avec sa femme Henrietta (Henry), Pete Robbins vit le parfait amour, mais il souffre de n’avoir pas pu terminer ses études et de devoir gagner médiocrement sa vie comme chauffeur de taxi. Conseillé par un collègue boursicoteur, il pense faire fortune en spéculant sur les “boyaux de porc” (pork bellies). Comme les banques lui refusent un prêt, sa femme emprunte 3 000 dollars à un usurier mafieux. Pete investit dans les "pork bellies" cette somme qu'il croit prêtée par la famille de Henry. Mais les cours stagnent, et Henry, traquée par la pègre, doit recourir à des expédients de plus en plus compromettants dont chacun alourdit sa dette et la précipite dans des situations de plus en plus loufoques…
The Hot Rock (1972)
, 1h45Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, Paul Sand, Moses Gunn, Zero Mostel
Roles Lt. Hoover
Rating67%
After John Dortmunder (Redford) is released from his latest stint in prison, he is approached by his brother-in-law, Andy Kelp (Segal), about another job. Dr. Amusa (Gunn) seeks a valuable gem in the Brooklyn Museum that is of great significance to his people in his country in Africa, stolen during colonial times and then re-stolen by various African nations.
Such Good Friends (1971)
, 1h41Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Dyan Cannon, James Coco, Jennifer O'Neill, Ken Howard, Nina Foch, Laurence Luckinbill
Roles Barney
Rating59%
Manhattanite Julie Messinger, a complacent housewife and mother of two raucous young sons, is married to Richard, a chauvinistic and self-centered magazine art director and author of a best-selling children's book. When he falls into a coma during minor surgery to remove a nonmalignant mole on his neck, Julie learns from his doctor, Dr. Timmy Spector, that another surgeon nicked his artery, necessitating a blood transfusion to which he had a rare allergic reaction. The following day, Julie is told Richard has overcome the reaction, but his liver has sustained serious damage requiring immediate treatment. In quick succession, all his organs begin to fail.
A New Leaf (1971)
, 1h42Directed by Elaine May
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, Graham Jarvis
Roles Beckett
Rating72%
Henry Graham, a playboy from a wealthy patrician family, has run through his entire inheritance and is completely unequipped to provide for himself. His childhood guardian, Uncle Harry, refuses to give him a dime. Henry considers but is unwilling to exercise the only solution he can think of—suicide. At the suggestion of his valet Harold, Henry decides the only other viable option open to him: marrying into wealth. With a $50,000 loan from Uncle Harry to tide him over, Henry has just six weeks to find a rich bride and repay the money, otherwise he must forfeit all of his property to his uncle.
, 1h46Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Jordan Christopher, Jill O'Hara, Robert Walden, Kate Reid, William Redfield
Roles Jonathan's Father
Rating60%
Companions in Nightmare (1968)
, 1h40Directed by Norman Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Melvyn Douglas, Gig Young, Anne Baxter, Leslie Nielsen, Patrick O'Neal, Dana Wynter
Roles Richard Lyle
Rating72%
Dr. Lawrence Strelson (Melvyn Douglas) is a famous psychiatrist who conducts a group-therapy session with several high-priced professionals. It turns out that one of the patients is a murderer; the truth will come out, and it will be a shocker. Among the special guest suspects are Eric Nicholson (Gig Young), Carlotta Mauridge (Anne Baxter), Jeremy Siddack (Patrick O'Neal), Julie Klanton (Dana Wynter) and Dr. Neesden (Leslie Nielsen).
Duel at Diablo (1966)
, 1h43Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson, Dennis Weaver, Bill Travers, John Hubbard
Roles Sgt. Ferguson
Rating64%
While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (James Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Bibi Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Dennis Weaver). The couple have been on the move since two years before, when Ellen Grange had been kidnapped by Apaches and rescued. The townsfolk treated her as an outcast because, in captivity, she had a child by an Indian warrior.
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
, 1h40Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, John Arthur Kennedy, Arthur O'Connell
Roles Capt. Bill Owens
Rating67%
The United States and the Soviet Union have both developed technology that can miniaturize matter by shrinking individual atoms, but only for a limited amount of time, depending on how small the item is miniaturized.
Morituri (1965)
, 2h8Directed by Bernhard Wicki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, William Redfield, Martin Benrath
Roles Baldwin
Rating69%
Robert Crain (Marlon Brando) is a German pacifist living in India during the Second World War. He is blackmailed by the Allies into using his demolition expertise to cripple a Nazi ship carrying rubber from Japan. The Allies hope to recover the ship before it is scuttled by the captain because rubber was in short supply and essential for various uses in the war effort.
, 3h11Directed by John Gielgud
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Richard Burton, Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, Eileen Herlie, William Redfield, George Rose
Roles Guildenstern
Rating76%
The Connection (1961)
, 1h50Directed by Shirley Clarke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Warren Finnerty, William Redfield, Garry Goodrow, Carl Lee, James Anderson, Roscoe Lee Browne
Roles Jim Dunn
Rating69%
Conçu comme un "documentaire fictif", la caméra suit les pas d'un jeune réalisateur tournant un film avec des musiciens de jazz et des artistes toxicomanes qui attendent chacun leur dealer d'héroïne : celui-ci se trouve être une même et unique personne, formant donc le lien (the connection) entre tous les protagonistes.
I Married a Woman (1958)
, 1h25Directed by Hal Kanter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors George Gobel, Diana Dors, Adolphe Menjou, Jessie Royce Landis, Nita Talbot, William Redfield
Roles Eddie
Rating54%