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Death Wish (film Series)
The ''Death Wish'' franchise is an American vigilante action-thriller film series based on the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. The films follow the character Paul Kersey, portrayed by Charles Bronson in the original series, and Bruce Willis in the 2018 remake. While the first film received mixed reviews, the subsequent sequels, as well as the remake, were panned by critics. The series made $87 million against a combined production budget of $61 million. Charles Bronson was the only actor to have appeared in all five films. Background Paul Kersey Kersey was born in East Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921. Kersey's father was an English-American who originated from Northern England and his mother comes from Provo, Utah. Kersey's Norman English ancestor, Pierre Whítmoré Keèrsye, anglicized his surname to ''Kersey''. Paul was raised around guns and became a good shot as a child. After Paul's father was killed in a hunting accident, his mother prevented him from being aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Winner
Michael Robert Winner (30 October 1935 – 21 January 2013) was an English filmmaker, writer, and media personality. He is known for directing numerous action, thriller, and black comedy films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including several collaborations with actors Oliver Reed and Charles Bronson. Winner's best-known works include ''Death Wish'' (1974) and its first two sequels '' Death Wish II'' (1982) and '' Death Wish 3'' (1985), the World War II comedy '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969), the hitman thriller '' The Mechanic'' (1972), the supernatural horror film '' The Sentinel'' (1977), the neo-noir '' The Big Sleep'' (1978), the satirical comedy '' Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood'' (1976), and the Revisionist Westerns '' Lawman'' (1971) and '' Chato's Land'' (1972). Winner was known as a media personality in the United Kingdom, appearing regularly on television talk programmes and publishing a restaurant review column for ''The Sunday Times''. He was also a found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Raffin
Deborah Iona Raffin (March 13, 1953 – November 21, 2012) was an American actress, model and audiobook publisher. Early life Raffin was born in Los Angeles to actress Trudy Marshall and Phillip Jordan Raffin, a restaurateur and business executive. Her father was Jewish, and her mother was Christian. Career Like her mother, Raffin appeared as a model on numerous magazine covers including '' 'Teen'', '' Seventeen'' and ''Good Housekeeping'' in the 1970s and 1980s and acted in several 1970s Hollywood films. She co-starred with Joseph Bottoms in the Gregory Peck-produced film '' The Dove'' (1974). Her 1976 television movie, '' Nightmare in Badham County'', became a theatrical hit in mainland China, making Raffin a star there and leading to her later becoming the first Western actress ever to undertake a movie promotion tour in that country. She was nominated for both a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her performance in '' Touched by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Welsh
Kenneth Clifford Welsh, (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian actor, who made over 300 stage, film, and television appearances over a nearly 60-year career. Educated at the National Theatre School, he was a member of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival for six years, before to New York and appearing in many Off-Broadway and Broadway plays. Beginning in the late 1970s, he worked regularly in film and television, both in Canada and the United States. He was well-known to television audiences for his portrayal of the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle on ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–91), and for playing Dr. Watson in a series of CTV Sherlock Holmes telefilms. He was a four-time Genie Award nominee - winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance in ''Margaret's Museum'' (1996), with Best Actor nods for '' Reno and the Doc'' (1984) and '' Loyalties'' (1986). He also won four Gemini Awards, and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. In 2003, he was acclaimed to the Orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saul Rubinek
Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on '' Warehouse 13,'' Donny Douglas on '' Frasier'', Lon Cohen on '' A Nero Wolfe Mystery'', and Louis B. Mayer on '' The Last Tycoon.'' He also starred in the films '' Against All Odds'' (1984), '' Wall Street'' (1987), '' The Bonfire of the Vanities'' (1990), '' Unforgiven'' (1992), '' Nixon'' (1995), '' True Romance'' (1993), '' The Express'' (2008), '' Barney's Version'' (2010), and '' The Ballad of Buster Scruggs'' (2018). Rubinek is a five-time Genie Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor for '' Ticket to Heaven'' (1981), and a two-time Gemini Award nominee. His directorial film debut, '' Jerry and Tom'' (1998), was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. He was previously a stage actor and director, working with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Theatre Passe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Joy
Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as medical examiner Sid Hammerback on the police procedural series '' CSI: NY'', and his appearances in the films ''Atlantic City'' (1980), ''Ragtime'' (1981), ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985), '' Land of the Dead'' (2005), and '' The Hills Have Eyes'' (2006). He is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor; for ''Atlantic City'' and '' Whole New Thing''. Joy has also worked extensively on the stage, particularly in Shakespearean productions, in both Canada and the United States. Earlier in his career, he was closely affiliated with Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO. Early life Joy was born on August 17, 1951, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and grew up in St. John's, Newfoundland. He is the son of Flora Louise (née Pike) and Dr. Clifton Joseph Joy, a physician and politician. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Parks
Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017) was an American singer and actor who made numerous film and television appearances, notably starring in the 1969–1970 series '' Then Came Bronson.'' He was widely known for his work in his later years with filmmakers such as Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith. Career In 1961, Parks portrayed the nephew of the character George MacMichael on the ABC sitcom '' The Real McCoys''. In a '' Wagon Train'' episode airing April 10, 1963, Parks played Hamish Browne, in an episode titled "The Heather and Hamish Story". He appeared as Cal Leonard in the 1963 '' Perry Mason'' episode " The Case of Constant Doyle", in which Bette Davis played Constant Doyle. He gained recognition in the role of Adam in John Huston's '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'' (1966). Parks was the star of the series '' Then Came Bronson'' from 1969 to 1970, in which he rode an iconic red Harley-Davidson Sportster, as he dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley-Anne Down
Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is a British actress and singer. She made her motion picture debut in the 1969 drama film '' The Smashing Bird I Used to Know'' and later appeared in films ''Assault'' (1971), '' Countess Dracula'' (1971) and '' Pope Joan'' (1972). She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV period drama series, '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1973–75). Down received further recognition for her performances in the films '' The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' (1976), '' A Little Night Music'' (1977), '' The First Great Train Robbery'' (1978), '' Hanover Street'' (1979), ''Rough Cut'' (1980), ''Sphinx'' (1981) and ''Nomads'' (1986). On television, she played the leading roles in '' The One and Only Phyllis Dixey'' (1978), '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1982), ''Murder Is Easy'' (1982), and most notably starred as Madeline Fabray in one of the highest rated miniseries in TV history '' North and South'' (1985–86), for which she was nominated for a Golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dickerson
George Graf Dickerson, Jr. (July 25, 1933 – January 10, 2015) was an American actor, writer, and poet. Biography Dickerson was born July 25, 1933, in Topeka, Kansas, to George Graf Dickerson, a lawyer, and Elizabeth Dickerson (née Naumann),"George Dickerson." ''Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television''. Gale. 2008. Retrieved from ''Biography Research Center'' on September 24, 2008. parents he did not have a good relationship with. He had one brother, five years his junior. As a child, his family lived in Michigan, the South Side of Chicago, Queens, New York, and Virginia. From 1965, he lived in the same apartment in Manhattan, one once rented by critic James Agee, whom Dickerson claimed to have spiritual contact with.Cosmoetica, The Dan Schneider Interview 13: George Dickerson, July 9, 2008 Dickerson served in the U.S. Army from December 1953 to the fall of 1954. He graduated from Yale University in 1955, after studying with novelist and poet Robert Penn Warren and Clean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-tek Oh (, ''O Sun-taek'' – also spelled as Soon-taek Oh or Soon-taik Oh or Soon-teck Oh; June 29, 1932 – April 4, 2018) was a Korean–American actor. He was the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's ''Mulan'' and the direct-to-video sequel ''Mulan II'' and the sadistic Colonel Yin in '' Missing in Action 2: The Beginning''. He has starred in many films, and also acted in television series, including ''Stargate SG-1''; ''MacGyver''; ''M*A*S*H''; ''Charlie's Angels''; ''Airwolf'', '' Magnum, P.I.''; '' Hawaii Five-O''; '' Kung-Fu''; ''Zorro''; '' The Man with the Golden Gun''; '' Baa Baa Black Sheep''; '' Highlander: The Series'' and ''Touched by an Angel''. Early life Oh was born on June 29, 1932, in Mokpo during the period when Korea under Japanese rule, Korea was under Japanese rule. He attended high school at Gwangju, South Korea, and attended Yonsei University in Seoul. After the end of Japanese rule in August 1945 and before the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Trejo
Danny Trejo (, ; born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. Known for his Danny Trejo filmography, large body of work as a character actor, films in which he has appeared in have grossed over $3.7 billion worldwide. A native of Los Angeles, Trejo's film career began in 1985, when he landed a role in ''Runaway Train (film), Runaway Train'' (1985). The first film in which he was given a proper credited role was as Art Sanella in ''Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'' (1987). He went on to star in a multitude of other films, many of which were small parts as inmates, gangsters, or other criminals, appearing in ''Desperado (film), Desperado'', ''Heat (1995 film), Heat'' (both 1995), ''From Dusk till Dawn'' (1996), ''Con Air'' (1997), ''The Replacement Killers'' (1998), ''Reindeer Games'' (2000), and ''Once Upon a Time in Mexico'' (2003), among others. From 2001 to 2003, Trejo appeared in the Robert Rodriguez-directed ''Spy Kids (franchise), ''Spy Kids'' franchise'' as Isador "Machete" Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Lopez
Perry Lopez (born Julio César Lopez; July 22, 1929 – February 14, 2008) was an American film and television actor. His acting career spanned 40 years. Biography Lopez was born in New York City of Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Lopez began his acting career in theatre, based in New York. He was signed to a contract at Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Studios in 1954, his first credited appearance being Bogus Charlie in ''Drum Beat (film), Drum Beat''. Lopez appeared as Spanish Joe in ''Battle Cry (film), Battle Cry'' (1955), as Rodrigues in ''Mister Roberts (1955 film), Mister Roberts'' in 1955, then had the leading role in ''The Steel Jungle'' (1956) and appeared as Toro in ''Cry Tough (film), Cry Tough'' in 1959. He also played in a number of B-movies and Western (genre), Westerns early on in his career, including the ''Creature from the Black Lagoon'' (1954), ''The Young Guns (film), The Young Guns'' (1956) and ''The Lone Ranger (1956 film), The Lone Ranger''. Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John P
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
