Allan Rich

Born: 1926-02-08

Allan Rich (born Benjamin Norman Schultz; (February 8, 1926 – August 22, 2020) was an American character actor, author and activist. Allan Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklist. He mentored Rene Russo in the world of acting and also played a judge in Hill Street Blues. Rich was the co-founder of non-profit organization We Care About Kids, which produces educational short films for middle and high school youths. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Rich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Disclosure

as Ben Heller
Released: 1994-12-09

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated...

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The Entity

as Dr. Walcott
Released: 1982-09-30

Carla Moran, a hard-working single mother, is raped in her bedroom by someone — or something —...

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Quiz Show

as Robert Kintner
Released: 1994-08-25

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures...

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Serpico

as D. A. Tauber
Released: 1973-12-18

Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of...

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Jack

as Dr. Benfante
Released: 1996-08-09

Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the...

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Frances

as Mr. Bebe
Released: 1982-12-03

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her...

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Highlander II: The Quickening

as Allan Neyman
Released: 1991-01-13

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and...

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The Gambler

as Bernie
Released: 1974-10-02

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But...

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Guilty by Suspicion

as Leonard Marks
Released: 1991-03-15

Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is...

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Rise: Blood Hunter

as Harrison
Released: 2007-04-28

A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the...

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The Alibi

as Klump
Released: 2006-01-12

Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to...

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Out to Sea

as Sebastian
Released: 1997-07-02

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in...

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Voices

as Montrose Meier
Released: 1979-03-14

An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be...

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The Frisco Kid

as Mr. Bialik
Released: 1979-07-06

Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a...

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The Rich Man's Wife

as Bill Adolphe
Released: 1996-09-13

A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over...

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Eating Raoul

as Nazi
Released: 1982-03-24

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discover a bizarre, if not murderous way to get funding...

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Two Much

as Reverend Larrabee
Released: 1995-12-01

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con...

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Wish I Was Here

as Rabbi Twersky
Released: 2014-07-18

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a...

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The Last Laugh

as Self
Released: 2016-04-18

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to...

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Strike Force

as Police Commissioner
Released: 1975-04-12

A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.

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Amistad

as Judge Juttson
Released: 1997-12-10

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque...

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Hero at Large

as Marty Fields
Released: 1980-02-08

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a...

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The Last Word

as Francis
Released: 2008-04-20

An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be...

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Amore!

as Studio Executive #1
Released: 1993-11-01

Saul Schwartz, a married successful businessman, is bored with his life and decides he has had...

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The Seekers

as Gen. 'Mad Anthony' Wayne
Released: 1979-12-03

This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and...

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Gideon's Trumpet

as Tobias Simon
Released: 1980-04-30

True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This...

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Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence

as Judge Paul Pieter
Released: 1976-02-08

In this pilot film, Mallory is a prominent lawyer with a tarnished reputation who defends a...

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The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

as Paeter Yos
Released: 1981-04-12

A rugged warrior is on a quest to avenge his father's brutal slaying and in search of a...

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Chicago Story

as G.W. Rosen
Released: 1981-03-15

A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a...

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Checking Out

as Dr. Haskell
Released: 1989-04-21

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own...

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Miami Hustle

as Stein
Released: 1996-07-21

Marsha, a con artist with a conscience, has agreed to take on an unusual scheme in order to pay...

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Dead On: Relentless II

as Grazinsky
Released: 1992-02-26

Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer...

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Uncle Joe Shannon

as Dr. Clark
Released: 1978-01-01

A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a...

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Skippy

as Gordan Gates
Released: 2001-01-01

A half-wit falls in love with a beautiful movie star.

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Scott Free

as Max
Released: 1976-10-13

A professional gambler finds himself on the run from the mob, the federal government, and a band...

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Kidco

as Jim Clark
Released: 1984-04-13

A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by...

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The Happy Hooker

as Desk Sergeant
Released: 1975-05-08

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a...

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Another Chance

as J.R. Jacobs
Released: 1989-11-23

A womanizer tries to redeem himself to win over the girl of his dreams.

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A Killing Affair

as Capt. Bullis
Released: 1977-09-21

A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is...

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The Hostage Heart

as Dr. Motzkin
Released: 1977-09-09

When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim...

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Exposé

as uncredited
Released: 1998-02-23

Jason Davis is a reporter who gets an anonymous tip that turns him into an eyewitness to a...

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Terraces

as Mr. Vogel
Released: 1977-06-27

Story of the various joys and crises of neighbors who share terraces in a high-rise apartment...

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Bad Guys

as Luigi Constantine
Released: 1986-03-14

Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the...

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The Millionaire

as George Jelks
Released: 1978-12-19

Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars...

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Tail Gunner Joe

as Ray Jenkins
Released: 1977-02-06

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order...

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The Memory Thief

as Zvi
Released: 2007-04-14

A Los Angeles tollbooth clerk becomes obsessed with the Holocaust after meeting a survivor.

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Ragin Cajun

as Regetti
Released: 1991-01-01

After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance....

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A Gun in the House

as Roy Grutman
Released: 1981-02-11

A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home...

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J.O.E. and the Colonel

as Pop Roth
Released: 1985-09-11

Scientists create "the perfect soldier" in a lab experiment by recombining his molecules. He is...

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The Dogwalker

as Sam
Released: 2002-09-13

Jerry Cooper is The Dogwalker, a Tom Sawyer grown up for the nineties, who having fallen on hard...

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Father and Son

as uncredited
Released: 2010-03-12

A grown man's quest to find love and acceptance from his stepdad and win a magazine contest.

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Matters of the Heart

as Boston Official
Released: 1990-12-26

A noted concert pianist in her early forties, totally obsessed with her music, retreats to a...

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The Ordeal of Bill Carney

as Judge Stanley Mosk
Released: 1981-12-23

Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Gary Klausbach
First aired: 2000-10-06

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...

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The Nanny

as Pauly the Pawnbroker
First aired: 1993-11-03

Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the...

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The Nanny

as The Judge
First aired: 1993-11-03

Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the...

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House

as Sidney
First aired: 2004-11-16

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of...

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Solly
First aired: 2000-10-15

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe...

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Magnum, P.I.

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-12-11

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a...

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The Incredible Hulk

as Luther Mason
First aired: 1977-11-04

During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Lou Marvin
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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The Rockford Files

as Charles 'Pebbles' Runkin
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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Hill Street Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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Hill Street Blues

as Judge Maurice Schiller
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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Jake and the Fatman

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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The Golden Girls

as Alexi
First aired: 1985-09-14

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake....

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Little House on the Prairie

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-11

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael...

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All in the Family

as Gallery Manager
First aired: 1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-03

Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...

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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as M. Anthony Brinksman (segment "Last Rites")
First aired: 1998-11-04

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and...

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Hardcastle and McCormick

as Judge Gault
First aired: 1983-09-18

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell...

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Sledge Hammer!

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-09-23

Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran...

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The New Batman Adventures

as King Barlowe (voice)
First aired: 1997-09-13

The New Batman Adventures is a continuation of the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series....

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Chicago Hope

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-18

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...

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Happy Days

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-01-15

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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Judging Amy

as Jim Southam
First aired: 1999-09-19

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...

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Alice

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-08-31

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on...

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Night Court

as Dr. Bruce
First aired: 1984-01-04

Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to...

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Barney Miller

as Mr. Ramsen
First aired: 1975-01-23

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police...

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Barney Miller

as Leonard the Theatre Producer
First aired: 1975-01-23

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police...

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Barney Miller

as Edward Meyers
First aired: 1975-01-23

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police...

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Naked City

as Cab Driver
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Baretta

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-01-17

Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show...

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Brothers

as Dr. Spelner
First aired: 1984-07-13

Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him...

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Harry O

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-12

After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego...

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Life with Lucy

as Judge
First aired: 1986-09-20

Life With Lucy is an American sitcom starring Lucille Ball. The show ran on the ABC network in...

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Kojak

as Solly's Lawyer
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Kojak

as Judge Walter Miller
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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The San Pedro Beach Bums

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-19

Five friends since high school decide to share a houseboat in beautiful southern California....

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Tobias Simon
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Baby, I'm Back

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-01-30

Baby, I'm Back is an American sitcom that aired CBS from January to April 1978. The series stars...

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Kaz

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-10

Kaz is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 10, 1978 to April 22, 1979.

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Wheels

as Waggoner
First aired: 1978-05-07

Based on the 1971 novel by Arthur Hailey, Wheels is about the automobile industry and the...

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CHiPs

as Judge Towers
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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Makin' It

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-02-01

Makin' It is an American sitcom starring David Naughton as a disco dancer in the late 1970s. The...

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