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John Furey
John Furey (born April 13, 1951) is an American actor who has starred in film and on television. His film credits include ''Friday the 13th Part 2'' (1981), '' Black Thunder'' (1998) and '' Land of the Free'' (1998). Outside of film, Furey has starred on several television series such as ''Queer as Folk'' (2001–05). Career In 1976, Furey made his acting debut on the television series '' The Blue Knight''. The following year, he had guest roles in the television series ''Eight Is Enough'' and '' Rafferty'', and starred in the television film ''Just a Little Inconvenience''. In 1978, Furey had guest starred on ''Emergency!'', ''Logan's Run'', and ''CHiPs''. In 1980, Furey portrayed Chuck in ''Island Claws'' and guest starred as Stewart in ''The Waltons''. In 1981, Furey portrayed Paul Holt in ''Friday the 13th Part 2''. In 1983, Furey guest starred on ''Cheers'' and ''Hotel''. The following year, Furey guest starred on ''Remington Steele''. In 1985, Furey portrayed Stewart on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friday The 13th Part 2
''Friday the 13th Part 2'' is a 1981 American slasher film produced and directed by Steve Miner in his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut, and written by Ron Kurz. It is the sequel to ''Friday the 13th (1980 film), Friday the 13th'' (1980), and the second installment in the Friday the 13th (franchise), franchise. Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, and Walt Gorney reprise their respective roles from the first film as Alice (Friday the 13th), Alice Hardy, Pamela Voorhees, and List of Friday the 13th characters#Crazy Ralph, Crazy Ralph. Amy Steel and John Furey also star. Taking place five years after the first film, ''Part 2'' follows a similar premise, with an unknown stalker killing a group of camp counselors at a training camp near Crystal Lake. The film marks the debut of Jason Voorhees (Warrington Gillette) as the series' main antagonist. Originally, ''Friday the 13th Part 2'' was intended to be an anthology film based on the Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th superstition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers (1984 TV Series)
''Brothers'' is an American sitcom that originally aired on the cable network Showtime (TV network), Showtime from July 13, 1984, to May 5, 1989, totaling 115 episodes. It was produced by Gary Nardino Productions, in association with two separate divisions of Paramount Pictures: first by Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Video (1984–86) and by Paramount Television Studios, Paramount Television (1987–89). The show focuses on the three Waters brothers. History Development David Lloyd (writer), David Lloyd, Greg Antonacci and Gary Nardino respectively created and developed ''Brothers'' in 1982, with the same format as what made it to the air. Lloyd, a veteran TV writer known for his work on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Taxi (TV series), Taxi'' and the then-new NBC sitcom ''Cheers'', had the premise for this series suggested to him by his employers, TV producers Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels. Wishing to develop a new screenplay with a revolutionary theme, Lloyd too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who's The Boss?
''Who's the Boss?'' is an American sitcom television series created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, that aired on ABC from September 20, 1984, to April 25, 1992, with a total of 196 half-hour episodes spanning eight seasons. It was produced by Hunter-Cohan Productions in association with Embassy Television (later Embassy Communications and ELP Communications) and Columbia Pictures Television and stars Tony Danza as Tony Micelli, a former Major League Baseball athlete who strives to raise his daughter, Samantha Micelli (Alyssa Milano), outside of the hectic nature of New York City and relocates her to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he works as a live-in housekeeper for a single advertising executive named Angela Bower ( Judith Light). The series' cast also includes Katherine Helmond as Angela's mother, Mona Robinson, and Danny Pintauro as Angela's young son, Jonathan Bower. The show became one of the most popular sitcoms of the 1980s. The series was nominated for more than ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooperman
''Hooperman'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on ABC from September 23, 1987, to July 19, 1989. The show centered on the professional and personal life of San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman, played by John Ritter. The series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, who were the team responsible for creating ''L.A. Law''. Though not the first comedy drama, ''Hooperman'' was considered the vanguard of a new television genre when it premiered, and critics coined the term "dramedy" to describe it. Synopsis Ritter plays San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman. In the first episode, Hooperman inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery. He also inherits her temperamental pet Jack Russell terrier named Bijoux. Due to the demands of his job as a police officer, he hires Susan Smith (played by Debrah Farentino) to be the building manager, and the pair become romantically invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Designing Women
''Designing Women'' is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS between September 29, 1986 and May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. It was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomason Mozark Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television for CBS. The series centers on the lives of four women and one man working together at an interior design firm in 1980s Atlanta, Georgia, called Sugarbaker & Associates. It originally starred Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker, president of the design firm; Delta Burke as Suzanne Sugarbaker, the design firm's silent partner and Julia's ex-beauty queen sister; Annie Potts as head designer Mary Jo Shively; and Jean Smart as office manager Charlene Frazier. In the third season, Meshach Taylor was given a starring role for his previously recurring character of delivery man and later partner Anthony Bouvier. Later in its run, the series gained notoriety for its well-publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Paper Chase (TV Series)
''The Paper Chase'' is a 1978 American drama (film and television), drama television series based on the 1971 The Paper Chase (Osborn novel), novel of the same title by John Jay Osborn Jr., and a The Paper Chase (film), 1973 film adaptation. It follows the lives of law student James T. Hart and his classmates at an unnamed law school, modeled on Harvard Law School. Plot overview Season 1 James T. Hart is a law student from rural Minnesota who enters the intensely competitive environment of a prestigious law school specifically to study with Professor Charles W. Kingsfield, the world's leading authority on contract law. Kingsfield inspires both awe and fear in his students in his unremitting determination to prepare them for the practice of law. To cope with the heavy workload, Hart joins a study group organized by Franklin Ford III. Ford is under immense pressure to succeed. His family has produced an unbroken string of outstanding lawyers going back generations, culminating i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay City Blues
''Bay City Blues'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on NBC from October 25 to November 15, 1983. The series stars Michael Nouri, Dennis Franz, and Pat Corley, and was created and produced by Steven Bochco. Eight episodes were produced, but only four were aired prior to its cancellation. Synopsis ''Bay City Blues'' centers on a Bay City, California minor league baseball team, the Bluebirds. Players varied from young hopefuls to once-great players who were sent to the minors before retirement. Storylines revolve around the players' lives, loves, and problems. ''Bay City Blues'' features an ensemble cast of regulars including a then-unknown Sharon Stone, Mykelti Williamson and Dennis Franz. The series from producer Steven Bochco utilized many actors who had appeared on ''Hill Street Blues'' including Franz, Jurasik, Corley and Rodriguez. After the series' cancellation, Ken Olin joined ''Hill Street Blues'' cast in the fall of 1984 and Mykelti Williamson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Renegades (TV Series)
''The Renegades'' is an American action crime drama television series about a street gang that becomes a special police undercover unit in order to avoid jail time. The show starred Patrick Swayze as "Bandit", the leader of the gang. Cast * Patrick Swayze as "Bandit" * Randy Brooks as "Eagle" * Paul Mones as J.T. * Tracy Scoggins as Tracy (TV movie pilot) * Robert Thaler as "Dancer" * Brian Tochi as "Dragon" * Angel Granados Jr. (2-hour pilot) and Fausto Bara (post-pilot) as Gaucho * James Luisi as Lieutenant Marciano * Kurtwood Smith as Captain Scanlon Episodes The two-hour television movie backdoor pilot for this series aired on August 11, 1982. Broadcast history After the success of the movie '' The Warriors'', Hollywood looked to take the youth gang concept and market it to TV. In 1981, Swayze did a TV show, ''Return of the Rebels'', about an aging motorcycle gang who get together to help a friend who owns a popular campground that is being threatened by a band of arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Grant (TV Series)
''Lou Grant'' is an American drama television series starring Ed Asner in the title role as a newspaper editor that aired on CBS from September 20, 1977, to September 13, 1982. The third spin-off (after '' Rhoda'' and '' Phyllis'') of the American sitcom ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Lou Grant'' was created by James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, and Gene Reynolds. ''Lou Grant'' won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series twice. Asner received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1978 and 1980. In doing so, he became the first person to win an Emmy Award for both Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for portraying the same character. ''Lou Grant'' also won two Golden Globe Awards, a Peabody Award, an Eddie Award, three awards from the Directors Guild of America, and two Humanitas Prizes. Summary and setting Lou Grant works as city editor of the fictional ''Los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Complete History Of Friday The 13th
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracker (Canadian TV Series)
''Tracker'' is a 2001 Canadian science fiction television series starring Adrian Paul and Amy Price-Francis, which aired on Space for a total of 22 episodes. The series is based on a short story by Gil Grant and Jeannine Renshaw. The pilot episode and two other episodes were edited into the film ''Alien Tracker''. Plot synopsis ''Tracker'' is the story of Daggon, an alien life form who lands on Earth from the planet Cirron on a mission to recapture 218 prisoners who had escaped from the planet SAR TOP in the Migar Solar System in the form of "life forces," which then took over various human identities. He has a device to capture the life forces and contain them in spheres, after which he is to return them to SAR TOP. He lands in an abandoned field in the outskirts of Chicago where he takes on the form of an underwear model and adopts the name "Cole" from an underwear ad he sees on a billboard. He later meets Mel Porter, a Chicago bar owner with an outgoing British bartender tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Galíndez File
''The Galíndez File'' () is a 2003 drama film directed by Gerardo Herrero and starring Saffron Burrows, Harvey Keitel, Eduard Fernández and Guillermo Toledo. It is based on Manuel Vázquez Montalbán's 1991 novel ''Galíndez''. Cast *Saffron Burrows as Muriel Colber *Harvey Keitel as Edward Robards *Eduard Fernández as Jesús Galíndez, Galíndez *Guillermo Toledo as Ricardo *Reynaldo Miravalles as Don Angelito *John Furey as Norman Radcliffe *Chete Lera as Diplomático *Enrique Almirante as Trujillo *Txema Blasco as Ricardo's Uncle Accolades , - , rowspan = "2" align = "center" , 2002 , , rowspan = "2" , 18th Goya Awards , , Goya Award for Best Production Supervision, Best Production Supervision , , Josean Gómez , , , , rowspan = "2" , , - , Goya Award for Best Cinematography, Best Cinematography , , Alfredo Mayo , , See also * List of Spanish films of 2003 References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Galindez File, The Films based on Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
