Andy Sidaris

Born: 1931-02-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Andrew W. "Andy" Sidaris (February 20, 1931 – March 7, 2007) was an American television and film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter. Sidaris was best known for his Bullets, Bombs, and Babes or Bullets, Bombs, and Boobs (BBB for short) series of B-movies produced between 1985 and 1998. These films featured a rotating "stock company" of actors mostly made up of Playboy Playmates and Penthouse "Pets", including Julie Strain, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Cynthia Brimhall, Roberta Vasquez, Julie K. Smith, Shae Marks, and Wendy Hamilton. Several of his films were done wholly or largely in Shreveport using many local actors or actors with local ties. Before the B-movies, Sidaris was a pioneer in sports television. He directed coverage of hundreds of football and basketball games, Olympic events, and special programs and won seven Emmy awards for his work in the field. His best known work was with ABC's Wide World of Sports; he was the show's first director, and continued in that post for 25 years. Sidaris pioneered what he called the "honey shot", close-ups of cheerleaders and pretty girls in the stands at sporting events. He won an Emmy Award in 1969 for directing the Summer Olympics. He expanded into dramatic television in the 1970s, directing episodes of programs like Gemini Man (1976), CBS's Kojak (mid-1970s), ABC's The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (late-1970s) and ABC's Monday Night Football. He expanded into film, specializing in action flicks featuring buxom gun-toting Playboy Playmates and Penthouse Pets with titles like Fit to Kill and Savage Beach. Most of Sidaris' "Triple B" series (later given the title L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies) focused on the adventures of a team of secret agents and were mostly filmed in Hawaii. Several entries in the series were merely produced by him and were written and directed by others. Although the series featured recurring characters, continuity between films was not a priority and it was common for an actress who played a villain (and was killed off) in one film to re-appear in a subsequent film as a hero. With his wife, Arlene T. Sidaris (born ca. 1942) as his production partner, Sidaris made twelve films. After Sidaris' death, she runs the official websites of his twelve films.


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Two-Minute Warning

as TV Director
Released: 1976-11-12

A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a...

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Hard Ticket to Hawaii

as Whitey the TV Director (uncredited)
Released: 1987-03-01

A Molokai-based civilian pilot and an undercover DEA agent intercept a delivery of diamonds...

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Malibu Express

as Campervan Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1985-03-01

In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and...

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Picasso Trigger

as Whitey (uncredited)
Released: 1988-02-01

Double agent Picasso Trigger is assassinated in Paris by double-crossing bad guy Miguel Ortiz....

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Do or Die

as Restaurant owner wearing apron (uncredited)
Released: 1991-06-28

Asian crime boss Kaneshiro captures two voluptuous undercover federal agents, Donna and Nicole....

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Savage Beach

as Honolulu CB radio operator (uncredited)
Released: 1989-10-01

Donna and Taryn are federal drug enforcement agents based in the Hawaiian isles. Upon the...

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The Bare Wench Project

as Dick Bigdickian
Released: 2000-05-16

Four sorority girls -- Nikki, Chloe, Lori, and Toni -- head out to the mountains to find out the...

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Popatopolis

as Andy Sidaris
Released: 2009-06-10

In 20 years, he's directed more films than Martin Scorsese, He's produced more profitable movies...

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The Bare Wench Project 3: Nymphs of Mystery Mountain

as Dick Bigdickian
Released: 2002-01-01

The third installment of the "adult" spoof of the Blair Witch Project.

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Some Nudity Required

as Himself
Released: 1998-10-16

A woman working in the B movie industry begins examining the industry and the damaged, desperate...

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The Bare Wench Project 2: Scared Topless

as Dick Bigdickian
Released: 2001-01-01

Four sorority sisters recently visited Bare Wench Mountain and disappeared, prompting five of...

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Julie Strain: Supergoddess

as Himself
Released: 2000-01-01

Featurette about "Heavy Metal 2000" star Julie Strain.

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