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Betrayed (1988 Film)
''Betrayed'' is a 1988 American spy thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, written by Joe Eszterhas, and starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger. The plot is roughly based upon the terrorist activities of American neo-Nazi and white supremacist Robert Mathews and his group The Order. Plot Set in the American Midwest, the film begins with the murder of a Jewish radio host in Chicago. FBI undercover agent Catherine Weaver, alias Katie Phillips, sets out to infiltrate a farming community, suspected of harboring those responsible. After receiving a warm welcome from land-owner and farmer Gary Simmons, his two children and extended family, she begins to believe that the FBI lead is erroneous. Throwing caution to the wind, she falls in love with Simmons, a Vietnam War veteran who appears to command the respect of the local community. A short while later, her suspicions are aroused by talk of family secrets and as more chilling events unfold. One night Gary takes Katie hunting, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras
Konstantinos "Kostas" Gavras (; born 12 February 1933), known professionally as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for political films, such as the political thriller '' Z'' (1969), which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and '' Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French, but six have been in English, including '' Hanna K.''. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His father's Communist Party membership made it impossible for Costa-Gavras to attend university in Greece or to be granted a visa to the United States, so after high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Berg
Alan Harrison Berg (January 1934 – June 18, 1984) was an American talk radio show host in Denver, Colorado. Born to a Jewish family, he had outspoken atheistic and liberal views and a confrontational interview style. Berg was assassinated by members of the white supremacist group The Order, which believed in killing all Jews and sending all black people to Africa. Those involved in the killing were part of a group planning to kill prominent Jews such as Berg. Two of Berg's killers, David Lane and Bruce Pierce, were convicted on charges of federal civil rights violations for killing him. They were sentenced to 190 years and 252 years in prison, respectively. Early life Berg was a native of Chicago, Illinois. There are conflicting reports on his exact birthdate, typically being reported as January 1 or January 18, while Berg's birth record gives the date as January 9. He was the eldest of two children to Joseph Berg (1897–1983), an English-born dentist, and Ruth Kanter (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Swan (actor)
Robert Swan (October 20, 1944 – August 9, 2023) was an American actor. Early life Robert Swan was born and raised in Chicago, where he began acting on stage. Career Swan later began appearing on film and television. Swan is best known for his roles in '' Hoosiers'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Natural Born Killers'', and ''Backdraft''. He also worked as a voice actor for television commercials, and founded an opera company in Three Oaks, Michigan. Personal life and death Swan lived in Rolling Prairie, Indiana, with his wife, Barbara. He died from liver cancer Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary in which the cancer starts in the liver, or it can be liver metastasis, or secondar ... at his home on August 9, 2023, at the age of 78. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swan, Robert 1944 births 2023 deaths 20th-century American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Foody
Ralph Wesley Foody (November 13, 1928 – November 21, 1999) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Johnny in ''Home Alone'' (1990) and ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992). Early life Foody was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 13, 1928. Career Foody had several screen credits from the 1980s, including the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie ''Raw Deal (1986 film), Raw Deal'' and 1991's ''Dillinger (1991 film), Dillinger'', which featured fellow gangster actor Lawrence Tierney. Foody played 1940s mobster Johnny in the 1990 film ''Home Alone'' and ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' in 1992. As Johnny, Foody appears in two black-and-white gangster Story within a story, films-within-the-films ''Angels with Filthy Souls'' and its sequel ''Angels with Even Filthier Souls'' (both are a parody of the 1938 film ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' by Warner Bros.). His appearances are notable for the famous catchphrases 'Keep the change ya filthy animal' and 'Merry Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Hutton
Timothy Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees#Youngest winners 4, youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for ''Ordinary People'' (1980). Hutton has since appeared regularly in feature films and on television, with roles in the drama ''Taps (film), Taps'' (1981), the spy film ''The Falcon and the Snowman'' (1985), and the horror film ''The Dark Half (film), The Dark Half'' (1993), among others. Between 2000 and 2002, Hutton starred as Archie Goodwin (character), Archie Goodwin in the A&E drama series ''A Nero Wolfe Mystery''. Between 2008 and 2012, he starred as Nathan "Nate" Ford on the TNT (American TV network), TNT drama series ''Leverage (American TV series), Leverage''. He also had a role in the first season of the Amazon (company), Amazon streaming drama series ''Jack Ryan (TV series), Jack Ryan''. Early life Timothy Hutt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Libertini
Richard Joseph Libertini (May 21, 1933 – January 7, 2016) was an American stage, film and television actor. He was known for playing character roles and his ability to speak in numerous accents. His films include '' Catch-22'' (1970), '' The In-Laws'' (1979), '' Popeye'' (1980), '' Sharky's Machine'' (1981), '' All of Me'' (1984), '' Fletch'' (1985), '' Fletch Lives'' (1989), '' Awakenings'' (1990), '' Lethal Weapon 4'' (1998), and '' Dolphin Tale'' (2011), which was his final film role. Early life Libertini was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Emerson College in Boston. During his early years, Libertini worked in New York City and in Chicago. He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career during the 1960s. Career He was an original cast member of '' The Mad Show'', a 1966 Off-Broadway musical-comedy produced by '' Mad'' magazine. His first film appearances were in '' The Night They Raided Minsky's'' (1968), '' Don't Drink the Water'' (1969) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Clennon
David Clennon (born May 10, 1943) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Miles Drentell in the ABC series '' Thirtysomething'' and ''Once and Again'', as well as his role as Palmer in the John Carpenter film '' The Thing''. He has been frequently cast in films directed by Hal Ashby, Costa-Gavras and Jordan Walker-Pearlman. Life and career Born in Waukegan, Illinois, the son of Virginia, a homemaker, and Cecil Clennon, an accountant, Clennon attended the University of Notre Dame from 1962 to 1965. He studied at the Yale School of Drama for three years and became a member of their professional acting company. In 1996 he married Perry Adleman, a writer, camera assistant and photographer. They have two children. In 1980, Clennon provided the voice for Admiral Motti in NPR's ''Star Wars The Original Radio Drama''. He was a regular on the TV shows ''Barney Miller'', '' Almost Perfect'', '' The Agency,'' and '' Saved''. Clennon also played Carl Sessick (a.k.a. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hall (actor)
Albert W. Hall (born November 10, 1937) is an American retired actor. He portrayed Chief Phillips in the 1979 war film ''Apocalypse Now'' and Judge Seymore Walsh in ''Ally McBeal'' and ''The Practice''. He also played Brother Baines in the 1992 Spike Lee film ''Malcolm X (1992 film), Malcolm X''. His last screen role was a 2011 episode of the television series ''Men of a Certain Age''. Early life and education Hall was born and raised in Brighton, Alabama. He graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts. Career Early work After portraying Pointer in ''Willie Dynamite'' (1974), Hall had a part in the 1976 biopic ''Leadbelly (film), Leadbelly''. He played a co-pilot in the 1978 film ''The Bermuda Triangle (film), The Bermuda Triangle''. Hall had a small role in the 1979 miniseries ''Roots: The Next Generations''. ''Apocalypse Now'' Hall gained mainstream attention for his role as Chief Phillips in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 war classic ''Apocalypse Now'', in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey DeMunn
Jeffrey P. DeMunn (born April 25, 1947) is an American stage, film, and television actor known for playing Captain Esteridge in '' The Hitcher'' (1986), Sheriff Herb Geller in '' The Blob'' (1988), Andrei Chikatilo in '' Citizen X'' (1995), Harry Terwilliger in '' The Green Mile'' (1999), Ernie Cole in '' The Majestic'' (2001), Dan Miller in '' The Mist'' (2007), Dale Horvath in '' The Walking Dead'' (2010–2012), and Charles Rhoades Sr. in '' Billions'' (2016–2023). Early life DeMunn was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Violet (née Paulus) and James DeMunn, and a stepson of actress Betty Lutes DeMunn. He graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Career Theatre roles He moved to the United Kingdom in 1970, receiving theatrical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. When he returned to the United States in 1972, he performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company National Tour's production of ''King Lear'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. Afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Levine
Frank Theodore Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill) in the film '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series ''Monk'' (2002–2009). Levine's other notable roles are in the films '' Nowhere to Run'' (1993), ''Heat'' (1995), ''Bullet'' (1996), '' The Fast and the Furious'' (2001), '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), '' Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), '' American Gangster'' (2007), '' Shutter Island'' (2010), '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018), and '' The Report'' (2019). Early life Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, the son of Charlotte Virginia (Clark) and Milton Dmitri Levine, who were both doctors and members of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Levine's father was of Russian-Jewish descent and his mother had Welsh and Native American ancestry. He describes himself as a "hillbilly Jew". He grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. In 1975, he enrolled at Marl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betsy Blair
Betsy Blair (born Elizabeth Winifred Boger; December 11, 1923March 13, 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London. Blair pursued a career in entertainment from the age of eight, and as a child worked as an amateur dancer, performed on radio, and worked as a model, before joining the chorus of Billy Rose's ''Diamond Horseshoe'' in 1940. There she met Gene Kelly; they were married the following year, when she was age 17 and divorced sixteen years later in 1957. After work in the theatre, Blair began her film career playing supporting roles in films such as '' A Double Life'' (1947) and '' Another Part of the Forest'' (1948). Her interest in Marxism led to an investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee, and Blair was blacklisted for some time, but resumed her career with a critically acclaimed performance in '' Marty'' (1955), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She continued her career with regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
