1952-06-20 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American actor. He rose to prominence in television before becoming an acclaimed and popular film actor. Goodman has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Vanity Fair has called Goodman "among our very finest actors." Goodman is known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, acting in films such as Raising Arizona (1987), Barton Fink (1991), The Big Lebowski (1998), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). He took on leading roles in King Ralph (1991), The Babe (1992), Matinee (1993), The Flintstones (1994), and 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016). Goodman also had supporting roles in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), True Stories (1986), Sea of Love (1989), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Storytelling (2001), Speed Racer (2008), The Artist (2011), Flight (2012), Argo (2012), The Hangover Part III (2013), and Atomic Blonde (2017). He has voiced roles in The Emperor's New Groove franchise (2000–2008), the Monsters, Inc. franchise (2001–present), The Jungle Book 2 (2003), and Bee Movie (2007). On television, Goodman gained recognition by playing the family patriarch Dan Conner in the comedy series Roseanne (1988–1997; 2018) and The Conners (2018–present). Goodman had regular roles in the HBO drama series Treme (2010–2011), the legal drama series Damages (2011), the political comedy series Alpha House (2013–2014), and the HBO comedy series The Righteous Gemstones (2019–present). He has been a frequent host of Saturday Night Live (1989–2013) and has guest starred in The West Wing (2003–2004), Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), and Community (2011–2012). Goodman started his career at The Public Theatre, acting in numerous productions, including Henry IV, Part 1 (1981), The Skin of Our Teeth (1998), and The Seagull (2001). He made his Broadway debut in Big River (1985), for which Goodman received a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical nomination. He returned to Broadway in revivals of the Samuel Becket play Waiting for Godot (2009) and the newspaper comedy The Front Page (2016). Goodman debuted his West End in a revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo (2015).
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Judy | 2026-10-01 | |
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Smurfs | Papa Smurf (voice) | 2025-07-05 |
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Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special | Self (archive footage) | 2025-08-22 |
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Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Narrator (voice) | 2023-11-17 |
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Birds of a Different Game: The '80s Cardinals | 2020-01-28 | |
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Easy Does It | "Catfish" Crawford (voice) | 2020-06-05 |
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Captive State | William Mulligan | 2019-03-15 |
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | 2019-05-27 | |
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Real Life | Louis Fyne | 2018-11-27 |
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Kong: Skull Island | Bill Randa | 2017-03-08 |
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Igon Siruss (voice) | 2017-07-19 |
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New Orleans: The First 300 Years | Narrator | 2017-01-01 |
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Atomic Blonde | Emmett Kurzfeld | 2017-07-26 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Hound (voice) | 2017-06-16 |
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Bunyan and Babe | Paul Bunyan (voice) | 2017-01-12 |
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Once Upon a Time in Venice | Dave Phillips | 2017-06-08 |
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Ratchet & Clank | Grimroth (voice) | 2016-04-13 |
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10 Cloverfield Lane | Howard | 2016-03-10 |
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Patriots Day | Commisioner Ed Davis | 2016-12-12 |
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Live from New York! | Self | 2015-04-15 |
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Love the Coopers | Sam Cooper | 2015-11-12 |
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Self - Actor | 2015-01-25 |
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Trumbo | Frank King | 2015-10-27 |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Hal Houston (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
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Party Central | Sullivan (voice) | 2014-02-20 |
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Transformers: Age of Extinction | Hound (voice) | 2014-06-25 |
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All-Stars | Himself | 2014-10-15 |
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The Monuments Men | Sgt. Walter Garfield | 2014-01-24 |
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Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 |
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Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' | Self | 2014-03-11 |
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The Gambler | Frank | 2014-12-25 |
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The Hangover Part III | Marshall | 2013-05-23 |
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The Book of Manning | Narrator | 2013-09-24 |
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Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
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The Internship | Sammy Boscoe (uncredited) | 2013-06-07 |
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Monsters University | Sullivan (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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Inside Llewyn Davis | Roland Turner | 2013-10-18 |
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ParaNorman | Mr. Prenderghast (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
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Drunkboat | Mr. Fletcher | 2012-07-13 |
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All Star Bowling Trick Shots | 2012-01-01 | |
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Trouble with the Curve | Pete Klein | 2012-09-21 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Flight | Harling Mays | 2012-02-22 |
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It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Santa Claus | 2012-09-19 |
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The Campaign | Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited) | 2012-08-09 |
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Argo | John Chambers | 2012-10-11 |
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The Artist: The Making of an American Romance | Self | 2012-06-26 |
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Red State | Joseph Keenan | 2011-08-19 |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Stan the Doorman | 2011-12-25 |
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Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night | Narrator | 2011-10-11 |
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The Artist | Al Zimmer | 2011-10-12 |
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You Don't Know Jack | Neal Nicol | 2010-06-27 |
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The Princess and the Frog | "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
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Confessions of a Shopaholic | Graham Bloomwood | 2009-02-05 |
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Alabama Moon | Mr. Wellington | 2009-10-25 |
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Die Päpstin | Pope Sergius II. | 2009-10-22 |
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Girls Gone Gangsta | Mortimer J Hamm | 2009-01-01 |
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In the Electric Mist | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | 2009-04-15 |
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Beyond All Boundaries | Capt. Edwin Simmons | 2009-11-09 |
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Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans | Himself - Narrator | 2008-11-20 |
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Gigantic | Happy's Father | 2008-09-09 |
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Speed Racer | Pops Racer | 2008-05-07 |
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Evan Almighty | Congressman Long | 2007-06-09 |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 | 2007-03-21 | |
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Bee Movie | Layton T. Montgomery (voice) | 2007-10-28 |
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Death Sentence | Bones Darley | 2007-08-31 |
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The Pixar Story | James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
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Cars | Sullivan Truck (voice) | 2006-06-08 |
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Steve Mills | 2006-01-12 |
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Tales of the Rat Fink | Ed Roth (voice) | 2006-01-01 |
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The Year Without a Santa Claus | Santa Claus | 2006-12-11 |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
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Kronk's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2005-12-05 |
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Beyond the Sea | Steve Blauner | 2004-11-16 |
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Clifford's Really Big Movie | George Wolfsbottom (voice) | 2004-02-20 |
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Freshman Orientation | Rodney | 2004-01-18 |
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Masked and Anonymous | Uncle Sweetheart | 2003-07-25 |
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Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
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The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo (voice) | 2003-02-07 |
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Mike's New Car | Sulley (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
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The Sweatbox | Self | 2002-09-13 |
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Dirty Deeds | Tony | 2002-07-18 |
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The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Monsters, Inc. | Sullivan (voice) | 2001-11-01 |
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My First Mister | Benjamin | 2001-10-12 |
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Storytelling | Marty Livingston | 2001-11-08 |
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One Night at McCool's | Detective Dehling | 2001-04-19 |
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On the Edge | The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2001-06-28 |
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When Dinosaurs Roamed America | Narrator | 2001-07-15 |
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Oklahoma Cop | 2000-06-30 |
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The Emperor's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2000-12-15 |
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Coyote Ugly | Bill | 2000-07-30 |
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What Planet Are You From? | Roland Jones | 2000-03-03 |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Big Dan Teague | 2000-08-30 |
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Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
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The Runner | Deepthroat | 1999-09-09 |
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
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Bringing Out the Dead | Larry Verber | 1999-10-22 |
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The Jack Bull | Judge Tolliver | 1999-04-17 |
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The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' | Self | 1998-10-27 |
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The Big Lebowski | Walter Sobchak | 1998-03-06 |
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie | Santa Claus (voice) | 1998-10-16 |
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Blues Brothers 2000 | Mighty Mack McTeer | 1998-02-05 |
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Dirty Work | Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited) | 1998-06-12 |
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The Real Macaw | Mac (voice) | 1998-09-24 |
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Fallen | Jonesy | 1998-01-16 |
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The Borrowers | Ocious P. Potter | 1997-12-05 |
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Mother Night | Major Frank Wirtanen | 1996-11-01 |
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Pie in the Sky | Alan Davenport | 1996-02-09 |
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self | 1995-06-05 |
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Huey P. Long, Jr. | 1995-03-18 |
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A Streetcar Named Desire | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell | 1995-10-24 |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Tough Guy Helpline Operator | 1994-05-18 |
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The Hudsucker Proxy | Newsreel Announcer (voice) | 1994-03-11 |
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The Flintstones | Fred Flintstone | 1994-05-27 |
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Matinee | Lawrence Woolsey | 1993-01-29 |
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Rex (voice) | 1993-11-24 |
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Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | 1993-03-26 |
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The Babe | Babe Ruth | 1992-04-17 |
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Frosty Returns | Frosty the Snowman (voice) | 1992-12-01 |
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King Ralph | Ralph Hampton Gainesworth Jones | 1991-02-15 |
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Barton Fink | Charlie Meadows | 1991-08-01 |
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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash | Self - Host | 1990-11-30 |
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Stella | Ed Munn | 1990-02-02 |
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Arachnophobia | Delbert McClintock | 1990-07-20 |
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Always | Al Yackey | 1989-12-22 |
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Sea of Love | Sherman | 1989-09-15 |
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Everybody's All-American | Lawrence | 1988-11-04 |
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Punchline | John Krytsick | 1988-10-07 |
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The Wrong Guys | Duke Earle | 1988-05-13 |
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Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant | Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life") | 1988-04-13 |
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Murder Ordained | Hugh Rayburn | 1987-05-03 |
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Raising Arizona | Gale | 1987-03-13 |
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Burglar | Detective Nyswander | 1987-03-20 |
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The Big Easy | Andre DeSoto | 1986-11-27 |
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True Stories | Louis Fyne | 1986-10-10 |
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Sweet Dreams | Otis | 1985-10-02 |
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Revenge of the Nerds | Coach Harris | 1984-07-20 |
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Maria's Lovers | Frank | 1984-09-11 |
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C.H.U.D. | Cop in Diner | 1984-08-31 |
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The Survivors | Commando | 1983-06-24 |
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Heart of Steel | Raymond Bohupinsky | 1983-12-04 |
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The Face of Rage | Fred | 1983-03-20 |
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Eddie Macon's Run | Mr. Hebert | 1983-03-23 |
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The Mystery of the Morro Castle | Telegraph Operator | 1980-03-01 |
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The Robber Bridegroom | Townsperson | 1980-06-01 |
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