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The Baltimore Bullet
''The Baltimore Bullet'' is a 1979 American comedy film based on the adventures of two pool hustlers in the United States. It was directed by Robert Ellis Miller and starred James Coburn, Omar Sharif, Bruce Boxleitner and Ronee Blakley. The screenplay was written by film and stage dancer John Brascia, from a story by Brascia and Robert Vincent O'Neil. Brascia also produced the film. Various real-life notable professional players made cameo appearances, including Lou Butera, Willie Mosconi, Steve Mizerak, Mike Sigel and Jimmy Mataya. As of January 2009, the film has been released on (now out-of-print) NTSC VHS video tape, and a Region-2 (European, PAL-format) DVD, but is not presently available in other DVD regions. Plot Nick Casey, whose nickname is the "Baltimore Bullet," is a legendary pool player whose best days are behind him. He decides to teach everything he knows to a young up-and-comer, Billie Joe Robbins, all leading up to a big winner-take-all match between Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ellis Miller
Robert Ellis Miller (July 18, 1927 – January 27, 2017) was an American film director. Filmography * '' Breaking Point'' (1963) - TV Series * '' Any Wednesday'' (1966) * '' Sweet November'' (1968) * '' The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' (1968) * '' The Buttercup Chain'' (1970) * '' Big Truck and Sister Clare'' (1972) * ''The Girl from Petrovka'' (1974) * '' Just an Old Sweet Song'' (1976) * '' Ishi: The Last of His Tribe'' (1978) * '' The Baltimore Bullet'' (1980) * '' Madame X'' (1981) * '' Reuben, Reuben'' (1983) * ''Her Life as a Man'' (1984) * '' The Other Lover'' (1985) * '' Intimate Strangers'' (1986) * '' Hawks'' (1988) * ''Brenda Starr ''Brenda Starr, Reporter'' (often referred to simply as ''Brenda Starr'') is a comic strip about a glamorous, adventurous reporter. It was created in 1940 by Dale Messick for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. History Although set in Chicago, ''B ...'' (1989) * '' Bed & Breakfast'' (1992) * '' Killer Rules'' (1995) * '' Pointman'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Mosconi
William Joseph Mosconi (; June 27, 1913 – September 17, 1993) was an American professional pool player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between the years of 1941 and 1956, he won the World Straight Pool Championship nineteen times. For most of the 20th century, his name was essentially synonymous with pool in North America – he was nicknamed "Mr. Pocket Billiards" – and he was among the first Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame inductees. Mosconi pioneered and regularly employed numerous trick shots, set many records, and helped to popularize pool as a national recreation activity. During the 1940s and 1950s, the pocket billiards game most often played in competition was called straight pool, or 14.1 continuous, a form of pool considered by most top players to be more difficult than today's fast tournament game nine-ball. Mosconi set the officially-recognized straight pool high world record of 526 consecutive balls in 1954. Early life Mosconi's famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Jason
Peter Edward Ostling (born July 22, 1944), also known as Peter Jason, is an American character actor. He has appeared in over eighty films and a hundred television series. He played Con Stapleton in the series ''Deadwood''. He was a frequent collaborator with Walter Hill and John Carpenter on their films, eight and six times respectively. He voiced Sergeant Dornan in the video game ''Fallout 2''. He starred in supporting roles for the films ''48 Hrs.'' and ''Arachnophobia''. Personal life Born in Hollywood, Jason grew up in Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach. He attended Newport Beach Elementary School, Horace Ensign Junior High and Newport Harbor High School. After graduating, he attended Orange Coast College and studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shay Duffin
Shay Duffin (26 February 1931 – 23 April 2010) was an Irish character actor of the stage and screen. He was in the 1993 film ''Leprechaun'' with Jennifer Aniston. He also had a role in the 1997 film ''Titanic''. He was best known for writing and acting the title role in the one-man play ''Brendan Behan: Confessions of An Irish Rebel.'' Obituary ''Boston Globe ''The Boston Globe'' is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The newspaper has won a total of 27 Pulitzer Prizes, and has a total circulation of close to 300,000 print and digital subscribers. ''The Boston Glob ...'', May 1, 2010. Discography *1972: ''Shay Duffin Is Brendan Behan'' (Potato Records / POT 3202) Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duffin, Shay 1931 births 2010 deaths Irish expatriate male actors in the United States Male actors from Dublin (city) 20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights Irish male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Wagner
Lou Wagner (born August 14, 1948) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his regular role as mechanic Harlan Arliss in the NBC television series ''CHiPs'' from 1978 to 1983. In 2015, along with other notable ''Chips'' stars, Wagner appeared in a few promos and interviews for MeTVs weekly ''Chips'' retro-runs. Filmography * ''Lost in Space'' (1967, TV Series) as J-5 Season 3 Episode, "The Haunted Lighthouse". * ''Planet of the Apes'' (1968) as Lucius * '' Mayberry R.F.D.'' (1968, TV Series) as Murphy * '' Dragnet 1967'' (1968-1969, TV Series) as Caretaker / Andy Raynor / John Dietz / Dennis J. Meldon * '' Hello Down There'' (1969) as Marvin Webster * ''Airport'' (1970) as Schuyler Schultz * ''Pufnstuf'' (1970) * '' The Virginian'' (1971, TV Series) as Mr. Hill * ''Alias Smith and Jones'' (1971, TV Series) as Butler * '' Nichols'' (1972, TV Series) as McKeever * ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'' (1972) as Busboy * '' Goodnight, My Love'' (1972, TV Movie) as S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockne Tarkington
William Rockne Tarkington, Jr. (May 14, 1932 – April 5, 2015) was an American stage, film and television actor. Career Born in Junction City, Kansas, Tarkington began his career as a stage actor, and made the transition to television with guest appearances in episodes of ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour'', ''Kraft Suspense Theatre'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''Ben Casey'', ''Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series), Mission: Impossible'', ''Bewitched'', and many others. Tarkington was also the first credited black actor to appear on ''The Andy Griffith Show'', and the only African Americans, African American on the show to ever have a speaking part. Tarkington made recurring appearances on ''Tarzan (1966 TV series), Tarzan'' (as Tao) and starred as Elihu Morgan on ''Danger Island (TV series), Danger Island'' on Hanna-Barbera's ''Banana Splits Adventure Hour''. He also played "Too Mean" Malone on the 1983–84 season of ''Matt Houston'' and made appearances in episodes of ''Bearc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lerner (actor)
Michael C. Lerner (born June 22, 1941) is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in '' Barton Fink'' (1991). Lerner has also played Arnold Rothstein in '' Eight Men Out'' (1988), Phil Gillman in '' Amos & Andrew'' (1993), The Warden in '' No Escape'' (1994), Mayor Ebert in Roland Emmerich's ''Godzilla'' (1998), Mr. Greenway in '' Elf'' (2003), and Senator Brickman in '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'' (2014). Life and career Lerner was born on June 22, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York City, of Romanian-Jewish descent, the son of Blanche and George Lerner, a fisherman and antiques dealer. He was raised in Red Hook, Brooklyn and in Solon, Ohio. His brother Ken and nephew Sam are also actors. Lerner began his acting career in the late 1960s at the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco. At the age of 24 he appeared as "Hieronymous the Miser" in a KPFA radio production of Michel de Ghelderode's Breugelesque play, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cisse Cameron
Cisse Cameron (born January 5, 1954) is an American television and film actress. Cameron made her film debut in ''Billy Jack'' (1971), and her career culminated with the lead role of Dr. Lea Jansen in the 1988 science fiction film '' Space Mutiny''. In 1974, she played the title role in a summer stock tour of ''Sugar'', starring Alan Sues. She also appeared in guest roles on television shows such as ''The Love Boat'', ''Alice'', ''Too Close for Comfort'', and ''Three's Company''. Cameron played Sally Hooper in ''BOOM BOOM ROOM'' at Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater for the 1973 New York Shakespeare Festival; she was credited as Cissy Colpitts. In 1978, she appeared on ''The Phil Donahue Show'' to promote '' The Ted Knight Show''. In 1980, she appeared on ''The Merv Griffin Show'' with husband Reb Brown Common meanings * Johnny Reb, personification of a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War * Reb (Yiddish), an honorific title for a teacher People * Reb Anderson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Lockhart
Calvin Lockhart (born Bert McClossy Cooper; October 18, 1934March 29, 2007) was a Bahamian–American stage and film actor. Lockhart was perhaps best known for his roles as Reverend Deke O'Malley in the 1970 film ''Cotton Comes to Harlem'' and Biggie Smalls in the 1975 Warner Bros. film '' Let's Do It Again''. Early life Lockhart was born Bert McClossy Cooper, the youngest of eight children in Nassau, Bahamas. ''The New York Times'', April 10, 2007. Lockhart's father was Eric Cooper (1912/1913–1976), a Bahamian tailor. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Halloran
Jack O'Halloran (born April 8, 1943) is an American actor and former boxer. O'Halloran fought in 57 professional boxing matches (including fights with future heavyweight champions George Foreman and Ken Norton), but he is best known for acting in such films as '' Superman'', ''Superman II'', ''Dagon: Troll World Chronicles'' and '' Dragnet''. Early life and boxing O'Halloran was born in Philadelphia, and was raised by his mother, Mary, and stepfather, Peter Paul Patrick O'Halloran; in his book ''Family Legacy'', he claimed to be the illegitimate son of mafia hitman Albert Anastasia. He lived in Runnemede, New Jersey. Fighting as "Irish" Jack O'Halloran from Boston, he was a heavyweight boxing contender active from 1966 to 1974. The 6'6" O'Halloran was undefeated in his first 16 professional fights. During his boxing career, O'Halloran defeated former title contenders Cleveland Williams and Manuel Ramos. He also defeated Danny McAlinden, who won a bronze medal in boxing at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DVD Region Code
DVD region codes are a digital rights management technique introduced in 1997. It is designed to allow rights holders to control the international distribution of a DVD release, including its content, release date, and price, all according to the appropriate region. This is achieved by way of region-locked DVD players, which will play back only DVDs encoded to their region (plus those without any region code). The American DVD Copy Control Association also requires that DVD player manufacturers incorporate the regional-playback control (RPC) system. However, region-free DVD players, which ignore region coding, are also commercially available, and many DVD players can be modified to be region-free, allowing playback of all discs. DVDs may use one code, multiple codes (multi-region), or all codes (region free). Region codes and countries Any combination of regions can be applied to a single disc. For example, a DVD designated Region 2/4 is suitable for playback in Europe, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTSC
The first American standard for analog television broadcast was developed by National Television System Committee (NTSC)National Television System Committee (1951–1953), Report and Reports of Panel No. 11, 11-A, 12–19, with Some supplementary references cited in the Reports, and the Petition for adoption of transmission standards for color television before the Federal Communications Commission, n.p., 1953], 17 v. illus., diagrs., tables. 28 cm. LC Control No.:5402138Library of Congress Online Catalog/ref> in 1941. In 1961, it was assigned the designation CCIR System M, System M. In 1953, a second NTSC standard was adopted, which allowed for color television broadcast compatible with the existing stock of black-and-white receivers. It is one of three major color formats for analog television, the others being PAL and SECAM. NTSC color is usually associated with the System M. The only other broadcast television system to use NTSC color was the System J. Since the intr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
