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). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Goodman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Judy | 2026-10-02 | |
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Smurfs | Papa Smurf (voice) | 2025-07-16 |
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Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Narrator (voice) | 2023-11-17 |
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Easy Does It | "Catfish" Crawford (voice) | 2020-06-05 |
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Birds of a Different Game: The '80s Cardinals | 2020-01-28 | |
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | 2019-05-27 | |
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Captive State | William Mulligan | 2019-03-15 |
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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) | 2017-07-20 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Hound (voice) | 2017-06-16 |
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Atomic Blonde | Emmett Kurzfeld | 2017-07-26 |
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New Orleans: The First 300 Years | Narrator | 2017-01-01 |
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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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10 Cloverfield Lane | Howard | 2016-03-10 |
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Ratchet & Clank | Grimroth (voice) | 2016-04-13 |
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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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Trumbo | Frank King | 2015-10-27 |
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Love the Coopers | Sam Cooper | 2015-11-12 |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Houston (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon | Self - Actor | 2015-01-25 |
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Party Central | Sullivan (voice) | 2014-02-20 |
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The Monuments Men | Sgt. Walter Garfield | 2014-01-24 |
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Transformers: Age of Extinction | Hound (voice) | 2014-06-25 |
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The Gambler | Frank | 2014-12-25 |
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Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' | Self | 2014-03-11 |
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Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 |
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All-Stars | Himself | 2014-10-15 |
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Inside Llewyn Davis | Roland Turner | 2013-10-18 |
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The Internship | Sammy Boscoe (uncredited) | 2013-06-07 |
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The Book of Manning | Narrator | 2013-09-24 |
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The Hangover Part III | Marshall | 2013-05-23 |
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Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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Monsters University | Sullivan (voice) | 2013-06-19 |
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Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
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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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ParaNorman | Mr. Prenderghast (voice) | 2012-08-03 |
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Trouble with the Curve | Pete Klein | 2012-09-21 |
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The Campaign | Congressman Scott Talley (uncredited) | 2012-08-09 |
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It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Santa Claus | 2012-12-06 |
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All Star Bowling Trick Shots | 2012-01-01 | |
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Flight | Harling Mays | 2012-11-02 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Drunkboat | Mr. Fletcher | 2012-07-13 |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Stan the Doorman | 2011-12-25 |
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Red State | Joseph Keenan | 2011-08-19 |
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The Artist | Al Zimmer | 2011-10-12 |
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Ole War Skule: The Story of Saturday Night | Narrator | 2011-10-11 |
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You Don't Know Jack | Neal Nicol | 2010-06-27 |
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In the Electric Mist | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | 2009-04-15 |
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Girls Gone Gangsta | Mortimer J Hamm | 2009-01-01 |
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Alabama Moon | Mr. Wellington | 2009-10-25 |
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Confessions of a Shopaholic | Graham Bloomwood | 2009-02-05 |
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Beyond All Boundaries | Capt. Edwin Simmons | 2009-11-09 |
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Die Päpstin | Pope Sergius II. | 2009-10-22 |
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The Princess and the Frog | "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
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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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The Pixar Story | James 'Sulley' Sullivan (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
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Death Sentence | Bones Darley | 2007-08-31 |
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Evan Almighty | Congressman Long | 2007-06-09 |
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Bee Movie | Layton T. Montgomery (voice) | 2007-10-28 |
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Tales of the Rat Fink | Ed Roth (voice) | 2006-01-01 |
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Steve Mills | 2006-01-12 |
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Cars | Sullivan Truck (voice) | 2006-06-08 |
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The Year Without a Santa Claus | Santa Claus | 2006-12-11 |
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Kronk's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2005-12-05 |
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A Concert for Hurricane Relief | Self - Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
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Clifford's Really Big Movie | George Wolfsbottom (voice) | 2004-02-20 |
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Beyond the Sea | Steve Blauner | 2004-11-16 |
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Freshman Orientation | Rodney | 2004-01-18 |
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The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo (voice) | 2003-02-07 |
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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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Mike's New Car | Sulley (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
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The Sweatbox | Himself | 2002-09-13 |
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Dirty Deeds | Tony | 2002-07-18 |
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One Night at McCool's | Detective Dehling | 2001-04-19 |
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Monsters, Inc. | Sullivan (voice) | 2001-11-01 |
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On the Edge | The Dean (segment "Happy Birthday") | 2001-06-28 |
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Storytelling | Marty Livingston | 2001-11-08 |
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My First Mister | Benjamin | 2001-10-12 |
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When Dinosaurs Roamed America | Narrator | 2001-07-15 |
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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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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Oklahoma Cop | 2000-06-30 |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Big Dan Teague | 2000-08-30 |
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The Emperor's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2000-12-15 |
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Dancing Outlaw II: Jesco Goes to Hollywood | Himself | 1999-01-01 |
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The Jack Bull | Judge Tolliver | 1999-04-17 |
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Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
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The Runner | Deepthroat | 1999-09-09 |
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Bringing Out the Dead | Larry Verber | 1999-10-22 |
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The Real Macaw | Mac (voice) | 1998-09-24 |
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The Big Lebowski | Walter Sobchak | 1998-03-06 |
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Fallen | Jonesy | 1998-01-16 |
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Dirty Work | Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited) | 1998-06-12 |
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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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The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' | Self | 1998-10-27 |
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The Borrowers | Ocious P. Potter | 1997-12-05 |
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Pie in the Sky | Alan Davenport | 1996-02-09 |
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Mother Night | Major Frank Wirtanen | 1996-11-01 |
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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 Flintstones | Fred Flintstone | 1994-05-26 |
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The Hudsucker Proxy | Newsreel Announcer (voice) | 1994-03-11 |
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Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | 1993-03-26 |
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Rex (voice) | 1993-11-24 |
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Matinee | Lawrence Woolsey | 1993-01-29 |
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Frosty Returns | Frosty the Snowman (voice) | 1992-12-01 |
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The Babe | Babe Ruth | 1992-04-17 |
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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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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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True Stories | Louis Fyne | 1986-10-10 |
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The Big Easy | Andre DeSoto | 1986-11-27 |
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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 | 1984-10-03 |
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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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Eddie Macon's Run | Mr. Hebert | 1983-03-23 |
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The Face of Rage | Fred | 1983-03-20 |
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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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