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C.A.T. Squad
''C.A.T. Squad'' (also titled ''Stalking Danger'') is a 1986 television film starring Joseph Cortese, Jack Youngblood, Steve James, Bradley Whitford, and Barry Corbin. It is directed by William Friedkin and written by Gerald Petievich, who had collaborated on ''To Live and Die in L.A.'' the previous year. The original score was composed by Ennio Morricone. The film follows the titular squad, an elite black ops unit, investigating a terrorist plot to sabotage a NATO defense project. It aired on NBC on July 27, 1986. It was followed by a sequel, '' C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf'', in 1988. Plot After the murder of several scientists around the world who are working on Project Grass Valley, NATO's space-based laser weapon system, a special inter-governmental task force known as the Counter Assault Tactical (C.A.T.) Squad is assigned to protect the remaining scientists and ideally to neutralize the threat, whose origin is unknown. A team is composed of leader Richard "Doc" Burkho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Petievich
Gerald Petievich (b. 1944) is an American author of crime fiction, and a former agent of the United States Secret Service. Biography Petievich was born in Los Angeles County, California, to a family of Serbian descent. His father and brother were both members of the Los Angeles Police Department. Prior to his law enforcement career, Petievich served in the United States Army as a Counterintelligence officer in West Germany. Secret Service career Petievich joined the United States Secret Service as a Special Agent in 1970, a position he held until 1985. During that time, his assignments included Presidential protection detail, counterfeiting enforcement, and representative to the United States Organized Crime Strike Force in Los Angeles. Writing career Petievich published his first four novels while still employed by the Secret Service. He retired in 1985 to focus on writing full time. That same year, his novel ''To Live and Die in L.A.'' was adapted to film by director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Python Wolf
''C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf'' is a 1988 television film directed by William Friedkin and starring Joseph Cortese, Jack Youngblood, Steve James, and Deborah Van Valkenburgh. It is the sequel to ''C.A.T. Squad'' (1986) and aired May 23, 1988. Plot Bud Raines organizes the purchase of plutonium from a pair of smugglers who mention a large shipment of it moving that night. Bud has Sommers hold the money while he tests the plutonium on board a ship. During the process he is "made" as an agent and attacked by the smugglers. Burkholder, who has been listening to the wire, enters the boat and helps Bud arrest the smugglers. The C.A.T. Squad traces the smuggling to South African extremists. Special Agent Nikki Pappas is sent to contact Paul Kiley, one of the key people involved in the smuggling, to trade supposedly classified blueprints. She gains his trust and becomes his lover over a period of weeks. Her fiancé John Sommers is called in for Air Force Reserve duty and quickly marries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Novak (actor)
John Novak is a Venezuela-born Canadian voice, film and television actor who frequently does work for the Ocean Productions based in Vancouver, Canada. Biography He was born in Venezuela to Canadian parents who were visiting the countr He has also starred in the Wishmaster sequels '' Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell'', and '' Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled'', replacing Andrew Divoff as The Djinn. He appeared in ''Street Justice'', twice in the TV series '' Sliders'' as a shyster lawyer, Ross J. Kelly, and 3 times in '' Highlander: The Series''. He most recently starred as the Sheriff in '' Bloodrayne 2: Deliverance''. Novak is probably best known, in Canada at least, from Kokanee beer commercials, as he plays the Park Ranger who is constantly trying to prevent the Kokanee Sasquatch from stealing the beer. Filmography *'' Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales'' – Shuri Odawara, Yoshiaki Sakai *'' Barbie: The Pearl Princess'' – Caligo *''Black Lagoon'' – Cargo Ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrána (born 1950) is a Czech-Canadian actor of stage, film, and television. He has appeared in over 285 films, television, and theatre productions, including voice roles, narration, and advertisements. Early life Vrána was born in Norway to Czech parents, and moved to Canada at age four. Career He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's '' Shivers''. Other film appearances include '' The Blue Man'' (1985), '' The Kiss'' (1988), '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer'' (1994), '' Waking the Dead'' (2000), and '' Press Run'' (2000). Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in '' Secret Window'' (2004), and Booker (MPC) in '' The Day After Tomorrow'' (2004). He also appeared in '' Pachamama'' (2018). On television, Vrána has appeared in shows and films, including '' The New Avengers'' (1977), '' The Littlest Hobo'' (1980), '' The Hitchhiker'' (1985), '' Choices'' (1986), '' Spearfield's Daughter'' (1986), '' War of the Worlds'' (1990), '' After Amy'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hauff
Thomas Hauff is an Austrian-born Canadian actor. He is most noted for his performance in the 1979 film '' Summer's Children'', for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980."The Changeling boasts top nominees for Genies". ''Toronto Star'', March 15, 1980. Predominantly a stage actor, his noted theatre roles have included Jack MacNeill in Margaret Hollingsworth's ''War Babies'', Bram Shipley in James Nichol's stage adaptation of Margaret Laurence's '' The Stone Angel'', MacDonald in Anne Chislett's ''Glengarry School Days'', Matthew Cuthbert in Paul Ledoux's adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's ''Anne of Green Gables'', Lord Capulet in ''Romeo and Juliet'', and Angus in Michael Healey's '' The Drawer Boy''."Theatre veterans stage local showing of 'The Drawer Boy'". ''Waterloo Chronicle'', October 18, 2006. He also had roles in the films '' Brethren'', '' Who Has Seen the Wind'', '' Silence of the North'', '' The Climb'', '' Cowboys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford is an American actress, known for her performances in television comedies. Horsford is best known for her roles as Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom ''Amen'' (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom ''The Wayans Bros.'' (1995–99). She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama '' The Shield'' playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017. Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film ''Friday'' and its sequel '' Friday After Next'' (2002). Her other film credits include ''Times Square'' (1980), '' The Fan'' (1981), '' Presumed Innocent'' (1990), '' Set It Off'' (1996), '' Along Came a Spider'' (2001), '' Our Family Wedding'' (2010), and '' A Madea Christmas'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is the List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule city that is the county seat and the List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains (Colorado), Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below on the Western Slope of Colorado, Western Slope, west of the Continental Divide. Aspen is now a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and later named Aspen for the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomtown, boomed during the 1880s, its first decade. The boom ended when the Panic of 1893 led to a collapse of the silver market. For the next half-century, known as "the quiet years", the population steadily declined, reaching a nadir of few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of countries and dependencies by population, population and is the List of African countries by area, seventh-largest country in Africa. It is bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Angola has an Enclave and exclave, exclave province, the province of Cabinda Province, Cabinda, that borders the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda. Angola has been inhabited since the Paleolithic, Paleolithic Age. After the Bantu expansion reached the region, states were formed by the 13th century and organised into confederations. The Kingdom of Kongo ascended to achieve hegemony among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush Pilot
Bush flying refers to aircraft operations carried out in the bush. Bush flying involves operations in rough terrain where there are often no prepared landing strips or runways, frequently necessitating that bush planes be equipped with abnormally large tires, skis, skids or any other equipment necessary for unpaved runway operation. It is the only viable way of delivering people and supplies into more difficult to reach, remote locations. Etymology This term ''bush'' has been used since the 19th century to describe remote wilderness area beyond clearings and settlements hence ''bush flying'' denotes flight operations carried out in such remote regions. In Australia, in particular, bush refers to areas that might be called forest or wilderness in other countries. Purpose Bush flying is the primary and sometimes the only method of access across Northern Canada, Western Canada, Alaska, the Australian Outback and many other parts of the world. History In Canada, the first real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Velez
Edwin Velez (born June 4, 1958) is an American film, stage and television actor. He is best known for playing Frankie Santana in the final season of the American action and adventure television series ''The A-Team''. Early life and education Velez was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of Puerto Ricans. He graduated from the High School of Art and Design and attended the School of Visual Arts. Career Velez started his career as a stand-up comic. After serving in the Air Force, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he acted in plays and studied at the Estelle Harman's Actors Workshop. Velez appeared in various stage plays, including the first performance of the play ''Delirious'', for which the cast won the Drama-Logue Award in the category Best Ensemble Performance. Later in his career, Velez guest-starred in television programs including ''Hill Street Blues'', '' The Trials of Rosie O'Neill'' (three episodes), ''Just Shoot Me!'', ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' (two epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sinelnikoff
Michael G. Sinelnikoff (1 August 1928 – 1 July 2024) was a British-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and writer. He is known for his role as Professor Arthur Summerlee on the television series '' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World'', and has been seen in a variety of film roles such as ''300'' and ''The Greatest Game Ever Played''. Biography Sinelnikoff was born in London, England, and was of mixed Russian, French, and German descent. He graduated from Higher Schools Certificate in Modern Languages, with Distinction in French and German language and literature in 1950. Sinelnikoff later attended the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art in London; Italia Conti Stage School, London, UK; and Carleton College (University), Ottawa, Canada. Sinelnikoff's acting credits include portraying Professor Summerlee in two separate adaptations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel '' The Lost World''. In 1984, Sinelnikoff became the first Director of Quebec's International Cirque du Soleil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
