1961-07-23 Midland, Texas, USA
Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson (born July 23, 1961) is an American actor. He first became known for his role as bartender Woody Boyd on the NBC sitcom Cheers (1985–1993), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series from five nominations. Harrelson received three Academy Award nominations: Best Actor for The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Best Supporting Actor for The Messenger (2009) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). Other notable films include White Men Can't Jump(1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), The Thin Red Line (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007), Seven Pounds (2008), Zombieland (2009), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Now You See Me (2013), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), and Triangle of Sadness (2022). He also played Haymitch Abernathy in The Hunger Games film series (2012–2015). Harrelson received further Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his portrayal of Steve Schmidt in the HBO film Game Change (2012) and a detective in the HBO crime anthology series True Detective (2014). He also portrayed E. Howard Hunt in the HBO political limited series White House Plumbers (2023).
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Animal Farm | Boxer (voice) | 2026-04-30 |
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Groundswell | Narrator (voice) | 2026-05-13 |
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Full Phil | Philip Doom | 2026-05-16 |
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Now You See Me: Now You Don't | Merritt McKinney | 2025-11-12 |
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Last Breath | Duncan Allcock | 2025-02-24 |
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The Electric State | Mr. Peanut (voice) | 2025-03-07 |
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Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | 2025-01-27 |
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Ella McCay | Eddie McCay | 2025-12-11 |
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Kuleana | Narrator (voice) | 2025-10-23 |
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Suncoast | Paul | 2024-02-02 |
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Fly Me to the Moon | Moe Berkus | 2024-07-10 |
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Champions | Marcus | 2023-03-09 |
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Common Ground | Self | 2023-09-29 |
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Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short | Self | 2023-06-11 |
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Triangle of Sadness | The Captain | 2022-09-18 |
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Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon | Self | 2022-09-06 |
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The Man from Toronto | The Man from Toronto | 2022-12-23 |
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Cletus Kasady / Carnage | 2021-09-30 |
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Kate | Varrick | 2021-09-10 |
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Dear Rider: The Jake Burton Story | Narrator (voice) | 2021-11-09 |
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Kiss the Ground | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-22 |
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Roland Emmerich: Man on a Mission | Self | 2020-02-18 |
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The Men of Midway | Self | 2020-02-18 |
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Breakthrough | Narrator (voice) | 2019-03-09 |
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Zombieland: Double Tap | Tallahassee | 2019-10-09 |
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" | Archie Bunker | 2019-05-22 |
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Midway | Admiral Chester W. Nimitz | 2019-11-06 |
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The Highwaymen | Manny Gault | 2019-03-15 |
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | Archie Bunker | 2019-12-18 |
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The Origins of Ebbing | Self | 2018-06-25 |
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Solo: A Star Wars Story | Tobias Beckett | 2018-05-15 |
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Venom | Cletus Kasady / Carnage | 2018-09-28 |
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The Glass Castle | Rex Walls | 2017-08-11 |
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War for the Planet of the Apes | The Colonel | 2017-07-11 |
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Willoughby | 2017-12-01 |
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Lost in London | Woody Harrelson | 2017-01-19 |
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Shock and Awe | Jonathan Landay | 2017-12-09 |
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LBJ | Lyndon B. Johnson | 2017-11-03 |
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Wilson | Wilson | 2017-03-24 |
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Now You See Me 2 | Merritt McKinney / Chase McKinney | 2016-06-02 |
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Triple 9 | Sergeant Detective Jeffrey Allen | 2016-02-19 |
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Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
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The Edge of Seventeen | Mr. Bruner | 2016-11-18 |
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The Duel | Abraham Brant | 2016-06-24 |
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Pawns No More: The Making of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 | Self (Haymitch Abernathy) | 2016-03-22 |
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The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Self - Haymitch Abernathy | 2015-03-06 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | Haymitch Abernathy | 2015-11-18 |
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Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Self - Haymitch Abernathy | 2014-03-07 |
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Haymitch Abernathy | 2014-11-19 |
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David Blaine: Real or Magic | Self | 2013-11-19 |
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Free Birds | Jake (voice) | 2013-10-30 |
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Out of the Furnace | Harlan DeGroat | 2013-11-12 |
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Haymitch Abernathy | 2013-11-15 |
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Now You See Me | Merritt McKinney | 2013-05-29 |
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Who Bombed Judi Bari? | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2012-03-02 |
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How to Make Money Selling Drugs | Self | 2012-09-07 |
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The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games | Self - Haymitch Abernathy | 2012-08-18 |
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The Hunger Games | Haymitch Abernathy | 2012-03-12 |
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Seven Psychopaths | Charlie Costello | 2012-10-12 |
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Game Change | Steve Schmidt | 2012-02-28 |
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Ethos | Host | 2011-02-10 |
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Rampart | Dave Brown | 2011-11-23 |
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Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis | Self | 2011-12-17 |
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The (R)evolution of Immortal Technique | Self | 2011-07-01 |
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Friends with Benefits | Tommy Bollinger | 2011-07-21 |
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Bunraku | The Bartender | 2010-09-01 |
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2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective | Self | 2010-03-02 |
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2012 | Charlie Frost | 2009-10-10 |
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The Messenger | Tony Stone | 2009-11-13 |
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Defendor | Arthur Poppington / Defendor | 2009-09-12 |
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Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days | Self | 2009-02-01 |
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Miloš Forman: Co tě nezabije… | Self | 2009-10-08 |
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Management | Jango | 2009-02-08 |
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Zombieland | Tallahassee | 2009-10-02 |
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Semi-Pro | Monix | 2008-02-28 |
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No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin's Unauthorized Behind the Scenes | Self | 2008-03-11 |
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Burma: It Can't Wait | Divo | 2008-05-02 |
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The Hempire Strikes Back | Self | 2008-10-21 |
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Seven Pounds | Ezra Turner | 2008-12-18 |
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Surfer, Dude | Jack | 2008-09-05 |
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Hempsters: Plant the Seed | Himself | 2008-05-25 |
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Sleepwalking | Randall | 2008-03-14 |
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TransSiberian | Roy | 2008-01-18 |
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The Walker | Carter Page III | 2007-02-13 |
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No Country for Old Men | Carson Wells | 2007-11-09 |
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Battle in Seattle | Dale | 2007-09-07 |
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Raw for Life | Self | 2007-10-16 |
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The Grand | One Eyed Jack Faro | 2007-06-07 |
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Nanking | Bob Wilson | 2007-02-10 |
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A Prairie Home Companion | Dusty | 2006-06-01 |
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A Scanner Darkly | Ernie Luckman | 2006-07-07 |
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One Summer in Austin: The Story of Filming 'A Scanner Darkly' | Self / Luckman | 2006-12-19 |
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The Weight of the Line: Animation Tales | Self | 2006-12-19 |
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The Outsider | Self | 2005-12-04 |
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The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Kelly Ryan | 2005-09-28 |
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North Country | Bill White | 2005-02-12 |
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The Big White | Raymond Barnell | 2005-10-27 |
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She Hate Me | Leland Powell | 2004-07-30 |
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After the Sunset | Stan Lloyd | 2004-11-12 |
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Linklater: St. Richard of Austin | Self | 2004-12-13 |
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Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special | Self - Host | 2003-04-29 |
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Scorched | Jason 'Woods' Valley | 2003-05-17 |
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This So-Called Disaster | Taxi Driver | 2003-01-01 |
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Go Further | Self | 2003-03-07 |
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Anger Management | Galaxia / Security Guard Gary | 2003-04-11 |
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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Narrator (voice) | 2002-04-02 |
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American Saint | Self | 2001-10-18 |
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The Directors: Milos Forman | Self | 2000-08-01 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Woody Harrelson | 2000-10-27 |
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Grass | Narrator (voice) | 1999-09-15 |
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Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Woody Harrelson | 1999-06-08 |
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EDtv | Ray Pekurny | 1999-03-26 |
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Play It to the Bone | Vince Boudreau | 1999-12-25 |
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Palmetto | Harry Barber | 1998-02-20 |
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The Hi-Lo Country | Big Boy Matson | 1998-12-30 |
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The Thin Red Line | Sgt. William Keck | 1998-12-23 |
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Welcome to Sarajevo | Flynn | 1997-05-09 |
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Wag the Dog | Sergeant William Schumann | 1997-12-25 |
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Kingpin | Roy Munson | 1996-07-04 |
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The People vs. Larry Flynt | Larry Flynt | 1996-12-25 |
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The Sunchaser | Dr. Michael Reynolds | 1996-05-29 |
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Money Train | Charlie | 1995-11-21 |
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I'll Do Anything | Ground Zero Hero | 1994-02-04 |
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Natural Born Killers | Mickey Knox | 1994-08-26 |
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The Cowboy Way | Pepper Lewis | 1994-06-03 |
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Indecent Proposal | David Murphy | 1993-04-07 |
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For Our Children | Self | 1993-02-16 |
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White Men Can't Jump | Billy Hoyle | 1992-03-27 |
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Ted & Venus | Homeless Vietnam Veteran | 1991-08-08 |
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Doc Hollywood | Hank Gordon | 1991-08-02 |
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L.A. Story | Harris' Boss (uncredited) | 1991-02-08 |
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Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme | Lou the Lamb | 1990-05-19 |
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Cool Blue | Dustin | 1990-02-27 |
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Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 1990-07-01 |
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The American Film Institute Presents: TV or Not TV? | 1990-08-31 | |
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The Earth Day Special | Woody Boyd | 1990-04-22 |
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True Believer | Man in Dodd's office | 1989-02-17 |
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Mickey's 60th Birthday | Woody Boyd | 1988-11-13 |
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Killer Instinct | Charlie Long | 1988-11-22 |
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She's Having a Baby | Woody Harrelson (uncredited) | 1988-02-05 |
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Bay Coven | Slater | 1987-10-25 |
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Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim | Self | 1987-12-05 |
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Wildcats | Krushinski | 1986-02-14 |
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Harper Valley P.T.A. | Extra (uncredited) | 1978-08-02 |
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The Cackling of the Dodos | ||
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The Man with the Miraculous Hands | Felix Kersten | |
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Girl from the North Country | Nick Laine | |
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Lips Like Sugar | John Carr | |
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