Henry Silva

Born: 1926-09-23

Henry Silva (September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022) was an American actor. A prolific character actor, Silva was a regular staple of international genre cinema, usually playing criminals or gangsters. His notable film appearances include ones in Ocean's 11 (1960), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Johnny Cool (1963), Sharky's Machine (1981), and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Silva, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Self
Released: 2001-12-07

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his...

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Above the Law

as Kurt Zagon
Released: 1988-04-08

Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and...

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The Manchurian Candidate

as Chunjin
Released: 1962-10-24

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and...

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as Slim
Released: 1984-06-29

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is...

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Ocean's Eleven

as Roger Corneal
Released: 1960-08-10

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

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Code of Silence

as Luis Comacho
Released: 1985-05-03

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he...

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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

as Agon
Released: 1986-12-17

After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a...

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The Silence of the Hams

as Police Chief
Released: 1994-03-11

The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor...

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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

as Ray Vargo
Released: 1999-10-06

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds...

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Viva Zapata!

as Hernandez (uncredited)
Released: 1952-02-07

The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt,...

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The Bravados

as Lujan
Released: 1958-06-25

Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four...

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Almost Human

as Commissario Walter Grandi
Released: 1974-08-08

A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he...

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as Influence
Released: 1990-04-05

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes...

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The Outsider

as Sauveur Meccacci
Released: 1983-10-26

Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary....

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Virus

as General Garland
Released: 1980-06-26

Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in...

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The Tall T

as Chink
Released: 1957-04-02

An independent former ranch foreman and an heiress are kidnapped by a trio of ruthless outlaws.

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Amazon Women on the Moon

as Henry Silva (segment "Bullshit or Not")
Released: 1987-09-18

Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with...

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Alligator

as Brock
Released: 1980-07-02

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have...

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Thirst

as Dr. Gauss
Released: 1979-09-28

The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who...

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The Law and Jake Wade

as Rennie
Released: 1958-06-06

Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is...

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The Italian Connection

as Dave Catania
Released: 1972-09-02

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is...

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MegaForce

as Guerera
Released: 1982-06-25

MegaForce is an elite multi-national military unit that does the jobs that individual...

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Kane
Released: 1979-03-02

Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987...

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Sharky's Machine

as Billy Score
Released: 1981-12-18

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous...

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Chained Heat

as Lester
Released: 1983-05-27

Linda Blair plays Carol, a young woman who must serve 18 months in prison after driving drunk...

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The End of Violence

as Juan-Emilio
Released: 1997-09-12

Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action...

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A Hatful of Rain

as Mother
Released: 1957-07-17

A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.

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A Gathering of Eagles

as Col. Joe Garcia
Released: 1963-06-21

Rock Hudson plays an Air Force Colonel who has just been re-assigned as a cold war B-52...

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Cinderfella

as Maximilian
Released: 1960-12-18

When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two...

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Mad Dog Time

as Sleepy Joe Carlisle
Released: 1996-11-08

With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as...

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The Secret Invasion

as John Durrell
Released: 1964-09-16

During World War II, convicts are recruited by the Allies for an extremely hazardous mission.

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The Boss

as Nick Lanzetta
Released: 1973-02-01

A hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the...

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Johnny Cool

as Johnny Cool / Salvatore Giordano
Released: 1963-10-02

A deported gangster trains an Italian convict to take over his operations in the U.S.

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Love and Bullets

as Vittorio Farroni
Released: 1979-04-05

Jackie Pruit is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa. When it looks as if Bomposa's...

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Sergeants 3

as Mountain Hawk
Released: 1962-02-10

Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian...

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Free Hand for a Tough Cop

as Brescianelli
Released: 1976-08-27

A cop recruits a criminal and his cohorts to help track down a violent crime lord who has...

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Wrong Is Right

as Rafeeq
Released: 1982-04-16

Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office...

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Lust in the Dust

as Bernardo
Released: 1985-03-01

Assaulted by Third World outlaws, donkey-riding Rosie joins a silent drifter's search for gold.

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Day of the Assassin

as Police Chief Jorge Gomez
Released: 1979-12-15

Treasure hunters from around the world race to Mexico after a Middle Eastern luxury yacht...

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Bulletproof

as Col. Kartiff
Released: 1988-04-20

A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.

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Weapons of Death

as Santoro
Released: 1977-02-22

When a crime boss sends out his thugs to terrorize an entire city, they do whatever they want,...

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Possessed by the Night

as Scott Lindsey
Released: 1994-05-25

A horror writer buys an odd looking mutant embryo creature, pickled in a jar, from a shop in...

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The Hills Run Red

as Garcia Mendez
Released: 1966-09-09

After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. They are caught...

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Cry of a Prostitute

as Tony Aniante
Released: 1974-04-04

The gangster Tony Aniante in the middle of a feud between two mafia families. He manipulates...

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The Jayhawkers!

as Lordan
Released: 1959-10-15

Before the U.S. Civil War rebel leader Luke Darcy sees himself as leader of a new independent...

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The Reward

as Joaquin
Released: 1965-09-15

A crash-landed crop-duster betrays a fugitive and his girlfriend to Mexican bounty hunters.

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Green Mansions

as Kua-Ko
Released: 1959-03-19

A young Venezuelan idealist flees his native land to escape a revolution. Hoping to find peace,...

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Cy-Warrior

as Hammer
Released: 1989-01-01

An accident causes the activation of the top-secret Cyber Warrior or 'Cyw' before his...

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Never a Dull Moment

as Frank Boley
Released: 1968-06-26

When practicing for a role, actor Jack is mistaken for the killer Ace. He doesn't realize this...

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The Manhunt

as Prison Boss
Released: 1984-12-09

A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when...

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White Fang to the Rescue

as Mr. Nelson
Released: 1975-02-09

Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang...

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Frame Up

as Inspector Sterling
Released: 1968-04-13

Henry Silva is the police inspector Sterling who is devastated when a gang of robbers kill his...

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Frank Sinatra Memorial

as Self
Released: 2000-05-16

Frank Sinatra, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, is remembered by some of the...

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Trapped

as Henry Chatwill
Released: 1982-05-28

A group of college students accidentally see a local redneck kill his wife's lover. A deadly...

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The Plainsman

as Crazy Knife
Released: 1966-08-01

Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.

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Ride a Crooked Trail

as Sam Teeler
Released: 1958-11-23

After robbing a bank Murphy assumes the identity of his pursuer, a famous US Marshal, when he...

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The Hard Way

as Wesson
Released: 1989-11-29

A special forces team infiltrate the 'Golden Triangle' between Brazil and Colombia to kidnap...

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Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

as Self
Released: 2012-03-30

A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s...

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South Beach

as Santiago
Released: 1993-08-04

Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get...

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Escape from the Bronx

as Floyd Wrangler
Released: 1983-08-15

A ragtag group of people have to fight extermination squads amid their ruined city.

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Black Noon

as Moon
Released: 1971-11-05

Reverend John Keyes and his wife, Lorna, on their way to a new congregation out west, break down...

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Contract on Cherry Street

as Roberto Obregon
Released: 1977-11-19

A policeman devises an unorthodox plan for bringing criminals to justice after his partner is...

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The Violent Breed

as Kirk Cooper
Released: 1984-02-24

A military group led by Henry Silva and Woody Strode are bound by their honor, to execute their...

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Assassination

as John Chandler / Philip Chandler
Released: 1967-08-18

John Chandler is sentenced to death only to re-emerge as his own brother, courtesy of the CIA...

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Manhunt in the City

as David Vannucchi
Released: 1975-05-08

A man's daughter is killed by thieves during a bank robbery. Due to the incompetence of the...

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The Last Match

as Warden Yashin
Released: 1990-02-01

The daughter of a star quarterback is falsely accused of drug smuggling while visiting a small...

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The Harvest

as Detective Topo
Released: 1993-11-05

A screenwriter is sent to Mexico to develop a story that can be used to wrap up a movie...

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The Insolent

as Emmanuel Ristack dit 'L'insolent'
Released: 1973-01-25

Having escaped from prison Ristack contacts his partner, to organize an attack on a van full of...

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Drive Hard, Drive Fast

as Deek LaCosta
Released: 1970-02-23

A race-car driver finds himself in a romantic triangle and a machete-swinging stranger trying to...

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Trained To Kill

as Ace Duran
Released: 1989-06-07

From the fields of Cambodia to the mean streets of L.A., there's no escaping death and it's...

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The Animals

as Chatto
Released: 1970-03-09

A woman tracks down the three men who raped her, helped by an Apache. Traveling through the Old...

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Killing in the Sun

as Everett
Released: 1973-03-15

The murder of a Parisian mobster starts a war within the world of organized crime.

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The Return of Mr. Moto

as Mr. Moto
Released: 1965-12-01

Mr. Moto goes undercover to find out who has been blowing up oil wells and trying to gain total...

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Justice

as Sal the Joker
Released: 1999-01-14

A lawyer and her partner run from the Colombian Mafia and the corrupt U.S. marshals and...

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Foxbat

as Mike Saxon
Released: 1977-12-15

In Hong Kong, a Chinese cook swallows a microfilm by accident and becomes a target.

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Possibility Zero

as Duke
Released: 1969-05-17

Set in Norway and has a crack team of Allies sent to blow up an underground Nazi factory where...

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Three Days To A Kill

as Perez
Released: 1992-11-25

At a Chicago-area naval base, an ambassador is kidnapped. Later, a Navy officer calls his friend...

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Matchless

as Hank Norris
Released: 1967-08-13

A secret agent possesses a ring that makes him invisible for a short time, once every 10 hours....

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Hail! Mafia

as Schaft
Released: 1965-08-10

A couple of hit men set out to kill an old friend.

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Kidnap

as Commissioner Caprile
Released: 1974-03-08

This crime drama follows an Italian police commissioner as he races to rescue the 6-year-old...

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Happy

as Sinclair
Released: 1983-10-26

A former child show host misses the good old days. He and his sidekick from the show are doing a...

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Crimebusters

as Altieri
Released: 1976-06-17

Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the...

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Battle of the Godfathers

as Luca Messina
Released: 1973-11-30

Hamburg business man Otto Westermann is also the boss of organized crime in the city. His reign...

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Crowded Paradise

as uncredited
Released: 1956-06-21

A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord...

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Man and Boy

as Caine
Released: 1971-06-23

At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a...

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The Enemy

as Bob Rome
Released: 1967-11-20

During the Battle of the Bulge, word goes out to watch for German soldiers dressed as GIs....

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Killer vs Killers

as Sterling
Released: 1985-01-01

A businessman recruits some thieves to steal a valuable chemical formula kept in an well guarded...

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Shoot

as Zeke
Released: 1976-05-28

When boredom, pride and a mad second of misjudgement leaves a hunter shot dead by one of five...

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Fists Of Steel

as Shogi
Released: 1991-01-01

Today's street violence is the result of a permissive market for drugs. Affluent criminal...

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Drifting School

as General Stearn
Released: 1995-01-01

A spy satellite has malfunctioned and is going to crash into the Earth. The US government bring...

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Twisted Fate

as Gene Serino
Released: 1995-01-01

A FBI agent going back to his home town. He have to decide if he should be true to his job or...

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Batman: The Animated Series

as Bane (voice)
First aired: 1992-09-05

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in...

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Daniel Boone

as Zapotec
First aired: 1964-09-24

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...

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Mission: Impossible

as Norvan Kruger
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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The Outer Limits

as Chino Rivera
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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The Outer Limits

as General Juan Mercurio
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Elpidio Acuna
First aired: 1968-09-20

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

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Climax!

as Marc
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Climax!

as Slayer
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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The High Chaparral

as Santos Castaneda
First aired: 1967-09-10

The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and...

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Dr. Kildare

as Ed Carson
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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The Untouchables

as Little Charlie Sebastino
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Kane
First aired: 1979-09-20

20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Bill Grant
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The F.B.I.

as Richard Macklin
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as Chard
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as Stan Chasen
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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Superman: The Animated Series

as Bane (voice)
First aired: 1996-09-06

Superman, an incredibly powerful alien from the planet Krypton, defends Metropolis from...

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Night Gallery

as Pandit Chola (segment "The Doll")
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Raoul Marquette
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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The New Batman Adventures

as Bane (voice)
First aired: 1997-09-13

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

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The Streets of San Francisco

as Lee Wilson
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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Thriller

as Toby Wolfe
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Run for Your Life

as Carl Torre
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Tarzan

as Ivor Merrick
First aired: 1966-09-08

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a...

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Switch

as Kirk Shaw
First aired: 1975-09-09

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert...

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Laredo

as Gen. Shen Ti
First aired: 1965-09-16

Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to...

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Cinépanorama

as Self
First aired: 1956-02-04

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Arrest and Trial

as Frank Vose
First aired: 1963-09-15

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Harry Silver
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Cain's Hundred

as Ray Riley
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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Suspicion

as Dick
First aired: 1957-09-30

Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC...

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Cimarron Strip

as Coffin
First aired: 1967-09-07

Cimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to...

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Alcoa Theatre

as Tom Longman
First aired: 1957-09-30

Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate...

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The Sixth Sense

as Linchou
First aired: 1972-01-15

The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television

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West Point

as Cadet Joe Simpson
First aired: 1956-10-05

The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by...

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The Islanders

as Helmuth Mansing
First aired: 1960-10-02

The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961,...

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Stoney Burke

as Matt Elder
First aired: 1962-10-01

Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962...

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