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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A Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever | Doodle (voice) | 2025-11-10 |
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Monsters Funday Football | Sulley (Voice) | 2025-12-08 |
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Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special | Self (archive footage) | 2025-08-22 |
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Smurfs | Papa Smurf (voice) | 2025-07-05 |
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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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Captive State | William Mulligan | 2019-03-15 |
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Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | 2019-05-27 | |
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Black Baby | Walter Sobchak (archive footage) | 2018-08-26 |
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Real Life | Louis Fyne | 2018-11-27 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Hound (voice) | 2017-06-16 |
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Kong: Skull Island | Bill Randa | 2017-03-08 |
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Atomic Blonde | Emmett Kurzfeld | 2017-07-26 |
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Bunyan and Babe | Paul Bunyan (voice) | 2017-01-12 |
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New Orleans: The First 300 Years | Narrator | 2017-01-01 |
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Once Upon a Time in Venice | Dave Phillips | 2017-06-08 |
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | Igon Siruss (voice) | 2017-07-19 |
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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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Ratchet & Clank | Grimroth (voice) | 2016-04-13 |
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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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Live from New York! | Self | 2015-04-15 |
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead | Self - Actor | 2015-01-25 |
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Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Hal Houston (voice) | 2015-01-26 |
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All-Stars | Himself | 2014-10-15 |
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Inside 'Inside Llewyn Davis' | Self | 2014-03-11 |
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Transformers: Age of Extinction | Hound (voice) | 2014-06-25 |
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Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 |
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The Monuments Men | Sgt. Walter Garfield | 2014-01-24 |
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Party Central | Sullivan (voice) | 2014-02-20 |
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The Gambler | Frank | 2014-12-25 |
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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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The Hangover Part III | Marshall | 2013-05-23 |
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Inside Llewyn Davis | Roland Turner | 2013-10-18 |
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Milius | Self | 2013-03-09 |
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The Book of Manning | Narrator | 2013-09-24 |
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Wolfpack Only: The Hangover Retrospective | Self | 2013-12-03 |
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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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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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Flight | Harling Mays | 2012-02-22 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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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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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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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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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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In the Electric Mist | Julie 'Baby Feet' Balboni | 2009-04-15 |
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The Princess and the Frog | "Big Daddy" La Bouff (voice) | 2009-12-08 |
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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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Girls Gone Gangsta | Mortimer J Hamm | 2009-01-01 |
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Speed Racer | Pops Racer | 2008-05-07 |
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Fats Domino: Walkin' Back to New Orleans | Narrator (voice) | 2008-11-20 |
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Gigantic | Happy's Father | 2008-09-09 |
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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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Bee Movie | Layton T. Montgomery (voice) | 2007-10-28 |
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Evan Almighty | Congressman Long | 2007-06-09 |
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Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation | Self | 2007-05-06 |
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Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Steve Mills | 2006-01-12 |
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The Year Without a Santa Claus | Santa Claus | 2006-12-11 |
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Tales of the Rat Fink | Ed Roth (voice) | 2006-01-01 |
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Cars | Sullivan Truck (voice) | 2006-06-08 |
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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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Freshman Orientation | Rodney | 2004-01-18 |
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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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Masked and Anonymous | Uncle Sweetheart | 2003-07-25 |
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The Jungle Book 2 | Baloo (voice) | 2003-02-07 |
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Overnight | Self | 2003-06-12 |
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Dirty Deeds | Tony | 2002-07-18 |
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The Sweatbox | Self | 2002-09-13 |
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Mike's New Car | Sulley (voice) | 2002-05-24 |
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Monsters, Inc. | Sullivan (voice) | 2001-11-01 |
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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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Storytelling | Marty Livingston | 2001-11-08 |
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The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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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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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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Coyote Ugly | Bill | 2000-07-30 |
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The Emperor's New Groove | Pacha (voice) | 2000-12-15 |
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The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle | Oklahoma Cop | 2000-06-30 |
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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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Blues Brothers 2000 | Mighty Mack McTeer | 1998-02-06 |
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Dirty Work | Mayor Adrian Riggins (uncredited) | 1998-06-12 |
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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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Fallen | Jonesy | 1998-01-16 |
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The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' | Self | 1998-10-27 |
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The Real Macaw | Mac (voice) | 1998-09-24 |
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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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A Streetcar Named Desire | Harold 'Mitch' Mitchell | 1995-10-24 |
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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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The Flintstones | Fred Flintstone | 1994-05-27 |
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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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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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Born Yesterday | Harry Brock | 1993-03-26 |
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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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Stella | Ed Munn | 1990-02-02 |
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Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash | Self - Host | 1990-11-30 |
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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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Punchline | John Krytsick | 1988-10-07 |
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Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant | Cowboy singer ("Wild Wild Life") | 1988-04-13 |
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Everybody's All-American | Lawrence | 1988-11-04 |
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The Wrong Guys | Duke Earle | 1988-05-13 |
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Burglar | Detective Nyswander | 1987-03-20 |
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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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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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Maria's Lovers | Frank | 1984-07-15 |
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Revenge of the Nerds | Coach Harris | 1984-07-20 |
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C.H.U.D. | Cop in Diner | 1984-08-31 |
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The Face of Rage | Fred | 1983-03-20 |
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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 Robber Bridegroom | Townsperson | 1980-06-01 |
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The Mystery of the Morro Castle | Telegraph Operator | 1980-03-01 |
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