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Fast-Walking
''Fast-Walking'' is a 1982 American prison drama film directed, produced, and written by James B. Harris, based on Ernest Brawley's 1974 novel ''The Rap''. The film stars James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz, Robert Hooks, and M. Emmet Walsh. Plot Frank Miniver, aka Fast-Walking, is a corrupt but lovable Oregon state prison guard. Not the most obliging or honest of public servants, he smokes and peddles marijuana and complements his meager salary by running prostitutes for Mexican laborers out of his cousin Evie's convenience store. At work, he is in close contact with his other cousin Wasco, who is incarcerated. Wasco is involved in vice operations within the prison and outside of it. He peddles women, narcotics, and is looking to get into fraudulent banking operations. He bullies a competitor called Bullet into turning over his in-prison operations to Wasco. An accomplice to Wasco on the outside is an attractive young woman called Moke. She carries on his bidding, which mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim McIntire
Timothy John McIntire (July 19, 1944 – April 15, 1986) was an American character actor, probably best known for his starring roles as Alan Freed in the film ''American Hot Wax'' (1978), as singer George Jones in the television movie ''Stand by Your Man'' (1981), '' The Gumball Rally'' (1976) and '' Brubaker'' (1980). Career McIntire co-starred as Dickie, the son-in-law in the 1968 pilot '' Justice for All'', which eventually (1971) was picked up as the series ''All In The Family'', with Rob Reiner as the son-in-law. McIntire's film roles include appearances in '' Shenandoah'' (1965), ''The Thousand Plane Raid'' (1969), ''The Sterile Cuckoo'' (1969), '' Aloha, Bobby and Rose'' (1975), '' The Gumball Rally'' (1976), '' The Choirboys'' (1977), '' Brubaker'' (1980), '' Fast-Walking'' (1982) and '' Sacred Ground'' (1983). McIntire appeared in the 1965 episode "The Lawless Have Laws" as Lorenz Oatman in the television series ''Death Valley Days''. He also appeared in six episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K Callan
Katherine Elizabeth Callan (née Borman; January 9, 1936) is an American author and actress known for playing Clark Kent's mother Martha in the ABC television series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman''. Early years Callan was born in Dallas, Texas. When she was 5 years old, she felt that she wanted to act. She did so in school, and as a student at North Texas State University at Denton, she studied drama. She went on to teach drama at a Catholic girls' school, and she began a children's theater. Career Callan first appeared on television in an episode of '' Route 66'' that happened to be shooting in Dallas. She resumed her on-camera career in 1970, guest-starring in roles on '' One Day at a Time'', '' St. Elsewhere'', ''Carnivàle'', '' JAG'', ''Coach'' and ''King of the Hill''. She played a key role in the Emmy Award-winning episode " Cousin Liz" of ''All in the Family'' and portrayed the mother of April Stevens Ewing in several episodes of the penultimate season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982. Events * January 1 - Terry Semel becomes president of Warner Bros. * June 11 ** ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' is released; it became the highest-grossing film to date. ** Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in '' Grease 2'', the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978. * June 22 – The Coca-Cola Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Friedrich (actor)
John Friedrich (born March 15, 1958) is an American film actor. Career A character actor of the 1970s and early 1980s, John Friedrich is probably best known for his portrayal of Joey Capra in '' The Wanderers'' (1979), Philip Kaufman's film adaption of Richard Price's novel. A familiar face on television throughout the '70s, Friedrich made guest starring appearances on the police drama series, ''Baretta'', and ''The Streets of San Francisco''. He also had a strong supporting role in the John Travolta telefilm, ''The Boy in the Plastic Bubble''. In 1984 Friedrich played the lead role of Marshall Weatherly in '' The Paper Chase'' episode "Not Prince Hamlet". In 1978, he appeared in two films; the much-criticized disco film, ''Thank God It's Friday'', and the school comedy ''Almost Summer''. A year later he was cast as Joey in '' The Wanderers''. In 1982, he worked alongside James Woods in the prison drama, ''Fast-Walking'', in which he portrayed a gay convict called "Squeeze." A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance LeGault
William Lance LeGault (May 2, 1935 – September 10, 2012) was an American actor. He was best known as U.S. Army Colonel Roderick Decker in the 1980s American television series ''The A-Team''. Early and personal life LeGault was born May 2, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Mary Jean (née Kovachevich; died December 21, 1980) and Ernest Legault (1906–1941). LeGault's father, Ernest, was French-Canadian from Moose Creek, Ontario, Canada. LeGault's mother, Mary, was born in Illinois, the daughter of immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The family was poor. He lived in an orphanage for a time between his father's death in 1941 and when his mother remarried in 1943. He started working at 11, and was fired from the railroad at 13 when they discovered he was not 18 as he had claimed. He grew up in Chillicothe, Illinois and graduated from Chillicothe Township High School in 1955. He received a full football scholarship to the Municipal University of Wichita, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deer Lodge, Montana
Deer Lodge is a city in and the county seat of Powell County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,938 at the 2020 census. Description The city is perhaps best known as the home of the Montana State Prison, a major local employer. The Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs, and former state tuberculosis sanitarium in nearby Galen are the result of the power the western part of the state held over Montana at statehood due to the copper and mineral wealth in that area. Deer Lodge was also once an important railroad town, serving as a division headquarters for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("the Milwaukee Road") before the railroad's local abandonment in 1980. The current Montana State Prison occupies a campus west of town. The former prison site, at the south end of Deer Lodge's Main Street, is now the Old Prison Museum. In addition to a former cellblock building, the museum complex includes a theater, antique and automobile museums, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Ward
Sandy Brown (July 12, 1926 – March 6, 2005) was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing the recurring role of "Logger Pete" on 11 episodes of the American sitcom television series ''Malcolm in the Middle''. Life and career Ward was born in Alamosa, Colorado. He began his career in 1967, first appearing in the crime drama television series '' Ironside''. Later in his career, Ward guest-starred in television programs including '' JAG'', ''The Six Million Dollar Man'', '' The F.B.I.'', '' Hawkins'',''The Rockford Files'', ''Cagney & Lacey'', ''Hill Street Blues'', '' Trapper John, M.D.'', '' St. Elsewhere'', ''Jake and the Fatman'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Simon & Simon'', ''Hart to Hart'', ''The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Hardcastle and McCormick'', ''The A-Team'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Family Ties'', ''The Greatest American Hero'' and ''Night Court''. In his film career, Ward co-starred in the 1971 film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Carey
Timothy Agoglia Carey (March 11, 1929 – May 11, 1994) was an American film and television character actor. Carey was best known for portraying manic or violent characters who are driven to extremes. Career He made his screen debut with a minor role in Billy Wilder's 1951 movie ''Ace in the Hole'' (alternately titled ''The Big Carnival''). One of Carey's most recognized early roles is in the 1956 Stanley Kubrick film '' The Killing'', in which he portrays a gunman hired to shoot a racehorse as a diversion from a racetrack robbery. Kubrick then cast him in his next film, the World War I drama ''Paths of Glory'' (1957), as one of three soldiers accused of cowardice. During the filming of ''Paths of Glory'', Carey was reportedly disruptive and tried to draw more attention to his character. Due to this behavior, a scene in which Carey and the other actors were served a duck dinner as a final meal before execution took 57 takes to complete. Carey then faked his own kidnapping t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Tyrrell
Susan Tyrrell (born Susan Jillian Creamer; March 18, 1945 – June 16, 2012) was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was '' Shoot Out'' (1971). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Oma in John Huston's '' Fat City'' (1972). In 1978, Tyrrell received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in '' Andy Warhol's Bad'' (1977). Her ''New York Times'' obituary described her as "a whiskey-voiced character actress (with) talent for playing the downtrodden, outré, and grotesque." Early life Tyrrell was born in San Francisco, California, to a British mother, Gillian (née Tyrrell; 1913–2012), and an American father, John Belding Creamer. Her mother was a socialite and member of the diplomatic corps in China and the Philippines during the 1930s and 1940s. Her father John was an agent with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Weldon
Charles Weldon (June 1, 1940 – December 7, 2018) was an actor, director, educator, singer, and songwriter. He was the artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company for thirteen years. He was the co-founder of the Alumni of this company, and directed many of their productions. During his career he worked with Denzel Washington, James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, Alfre Woodard, Muhammad Ali, and Oscar Brown Jr. Early years Weldon's mother was Beatrice Jennings; his father was Roosevelt Weldon. The family moved from Wetumka, Oklahoma, to Bakersfield, California, when he was seven years old. As a young boy, he worked in the cotton fields of Bakersfield until the age of seventeen, when he joined a local doo-wop group. He graduated from Bakersfield High School in 1959. He was the brother of actress Ann Weldon, singer Maxine Weldon, and Mae Frances Weldon. As the lead singer of The Paradons, he co-wrote the hit record "Diamonds and Pearls" in 1960. The group appeared on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Lassick
Sydney Lassick (July 23, 1922 – April 12, 2003) was an American character actor perhaps best known for his role as Charlie Cheswick in the feature film '' One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest''. Lassick's first name was sometimes spelled ''Sidney''. Biography He was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Lassick, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and afterwards studied drama at DePaul University, began acting in both films and TV shows in the late 1950s. Lassick is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Charlie Cheswick, a whiny and childish manic depressive patient in the 1975 Academy Award-winning film ''One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''. Other memorable roles include a fey Fairy Godfather in the lowbrow ''Sinderella and the Golden Bra'';Mr. Fromm, the spitefully sarcastic English teacher in the 1976 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel '' Carrie''; the perverse and abusive innkeeper Ernest Keller in slasher horror '' The Unseen''; the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Page Camp
Helen Page Camp (December 27, 1930 – August 1, 1991) was an American actress. Early years Born to Austin and Helen (née Landes) Camp in Washington, D.C., Camp's career began onstage, most notably Off Broadway in New York City. Career Her first known or credited screen appearance in film or television came in 1968, when she was 37 years old, as "Lucy" on '' Here Come the Brides''. Film In 1971, she was in the movie '' Cold Turkey'' as Mrs. Watson. Television Later, she made guest appearances on popular shows such as ''The Wild Wild West'', '' Maude'' (six different roles; most notably with James Coco as the swinging married couple "Channing and Hortence McGrath"), '' All in the Family'', ''Cheers'', '' Gimme a Break!'', '' Thirtysomething'' and '' Newhart''. In early 1976, the characters of Laverne De Fazio ( Penny Marshall) and Shirley Feeney ( Cindy Williams) from '' Happy Days'' were spun off into an equally successful eponymous sitcom, ''Laverne & Shirley'', and Camp wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
