John Diehl

Born: 1950-05-01

John Diehl (born May 1, 1950) is an American character actor with over 150 credits to his name in film and television. He is best known for his roles as Charles Kawalsky in the 1994 film Stargate, Det. Larry Zito on the 1980s cop show Miami Vice, Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy on The Shield, and as "the Cruiser" in Stripes. His other notable roles include Pvt. Bucklin, the spokesman of the 2nd Maine mutineers in Gettysburg, Cooper in Jurassic Park III (2001), as G. Gordon Liddy in the Oliver Stone movie Nixon, the Klansman informant ("Mickey Mouse") in A Time to Kill, and as Keith, a credit card company supervisor in Mo Money. He also appeared as the spirit of Harley Earl in a series of commercials for Buick. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1968. For a time, he flirted with a professional boxing career, leaving Miami Vice to pursue it.


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The Client

as Jack Nance
Released: 1994-07-20

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer,...

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as Senior Doctor
Released: 2001-05-21

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when...

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National Lampoon's Vacation

as Assistant Mechanic
Released: 1983-07-29

Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation,...

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A Time to Kill

as Tim Nunley
Released: 1996-07-24

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old...

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Falling Down

as Dad (Back Yard Party)
Released: 1993-02-26

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and...

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Stargate

as Lieutenant Kawalsky
Released: 1994-10-28

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling...

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Angel

as The Killer
Released: 1984-04-19

Molly Stewart, a teen at the top of her class who survives by working nights as a prostitute on...

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Armageddon Time

as Fred Trump
Released: 2022-10-28

In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate...

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Escape from New York

as Punk
Released: 1981-05-23

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled...

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Gettysburg

as Pvt. Bucklin
Released: 1993-10-08

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia...

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Female Perversions

as Jake Rock
Released: 1997-04-25

Eve Stephens, a beautiful and sexy high-powered attorney, is up for appointment as a judge. But...

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Stripes

as Cruiser
Released: 1981-06-26

John Winger, an indolent sad sack in his 30s, impulsively joins the US Army after losing his...

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Kickboxer 2: The Road Back

as Jack
Released: 1991-01-30

In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan....

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Most Wanted

as Police Captain
Released: 1997-10-10

A Marine on death row is recruited by a shadowy U.S. military officer as part of a top-secret...

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Lost Souls

as Henry Birdson
Released: 2000-10-13

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form....

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Foxfire

as Mr. Buttinger
Released: 1996-08-23

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has...

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Whore

as Derelict
Released: 1991-06-21

This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.

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Fire Down Below

as Frank Elkins
Released: 1997-09-05

When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent...

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Purgatory

as Badger
Released: 1999-01-10

An outlaw band flees a posse and rides into Refuge, a small town where no one carries a gun,...

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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

as Jerry Snyder
Released: 2006-04-30

When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a...

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MadHouse

as Fred
Released: 1990-02-16

The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of...

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The Lucky Ones

as Tom Klinger
Released: 2008-09-26

The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq...

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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe

as Rear Admiral Lawrence
Released: 2011-04-17

Before Sam Axe teamed up with Michael and Fiona, he was Commander Axe, U.S. Navy SEAL. The Fall...

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Apartment 1303 3D

as Detective
Released: 2012-12-06

A woman uncovers sinister secrets while investigating the apparent suicide of her sister.

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Nixon

as Gordon Liddy
Released: 1995-12-22

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while...

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The Rat Pack

as Joe DiMaggio
Released: 1998-08-22

After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's...

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D.C. Cab

as Head Kidnapper
Released: 1983-12-16

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes...

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Down in the Valley

as Steve
Released: 2005-05-13

On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who...

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Motorama

as Phil
Released: 1991-09-10

A ten year old boy gets tired of life with abusive parents and cashes in his piggy bank and...

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The Dark Side of the Moon

as Philip Jennings
Released: 1990-05-30

It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded...

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Fail Safe

as Col. Cascio
Released: 2000-04-09

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a...

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Mikey

as Neil Trenton
Released: 1992-11-12

Mikey just needs a good stable home. He's bounced from foster home to foster home his whole...

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Joysticks

as Arnie
Released: 1983-03-04

A successful businessman attempts to shut down a video arcade he believes is harmful to the...

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Walker

as Stebbins
Released: 1987-12-04

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in...

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The New Age

as Lyle
Released: 1994-09-16

Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center...

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Mo' Money

as Keith Heading
Released: 1992-07-24

Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in...

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Mind Ripper

as Alex
Released: 1995-10-08

A top secret experiment intended to produce a superhuman has gone terribly wrong. Now the...

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Land of Plenty

as Paul
Released: 2004-09-10

After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive...

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The Hanoi Hilton

as Murphy
Released: 1987-03-27

Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the...

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Anywhere but Here

as Jimmy
Released: 1999-11-12

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions....

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Natural Selection

as Abe
Released: 2011-03-13

When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered...

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The Hi-Lo Country

as Les Birk
Released: 1998-12-30

An intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a...

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Road to Nowhere

as Bobby Billings
Released: 2010-09-11

A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young...

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Singularity Principle

as Jack Brenner
Released: 2013-03-13

Singularity Principle is a feature length science-fiction film about the consequences of...

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The End of Violence

as Lowell
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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Tully

as Mal "Mac" MacAvoy
Released: 2002-11-01

Tully Jr. and Earl live on their father's Nebraska ranch, proud and independent to a fault....

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Monument Ave.

as Digger
Released: 1998-09-25

Bobby O'Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands...

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Three Wishes

as Leland's Dad
Released: 1995-10-27

While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack...

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Buffalo Girls

as Gen. Custer (1995)
Released: 1995-04-30

The bold escapades of tough-talking Calamity Jane Canary and her illustrious cohorts. It's the...

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Casualties

as Polito
Released: 1997-04-15

A woman tormented by an abusive, sadistic husband desperately tries to find her way out of her...

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Jurassic Park III

as Cooper
Released: 2001-07-18

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and...

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Remote

as Delbert McCoy
Released: 1993-09-22

When 13-year-old Randy is forced to stash his remote control toys in a model home, he stumbles...

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Bookies

as Vincent
Released: 2003-01-20

Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously...

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Almost Dead

as Eddie Herbek
Released: 1994-03-20

A woman psychologist, who specialises in research about twins, is haunted by her dead mothers ghost.

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Falling in Love Again

as Beaver (1940's)
Released: 1980-11-21

Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring...

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Forever

as Neil
Released: 2015-10-27

An investigative reporter finds the will to live again after discovering an enigmatic commune.

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The Grave

as J.C. Cole
Released: 1996-01-18

Two prisoners escape with the help of their jailer to search for a treasure that is supposedly...

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Serpent in the Bottle

as Marvin Decker
Released: 2020-04-20

Serpent in the Bottle is a tragic tale of one young man's desire to conform to societal pressure...

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Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

as Det. Larry Zito
Released: 1984-09-16

Miami detective Sonny Crockett reluctantly teams with New York City cop Rico Tubbs when both of...

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Out of the Wild

as Henry McBride
Released: 2017-12-05

The story of Henry McBride, a down and out cowboy with a painful past he can't drink away....

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Amanda & the Alien

as Colonel Rosencrans
Released: 1995-08-20

Amanda, an employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and...

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The Ambush Murders

as Ferguson
Released: 1982-01-05

An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen;...

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The North Star

as Master Anderson
Released: 2016-03-01

The North Star is the story of Benjamin "Big Ben" Jones and Moses Hopkins, two slaves who...

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Managua

as uncredited
Released: 1996-04-09

When a fellow Vietnam veteran is alleged to have thrown his lot in with the cocaine cartels,...

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Hysterical

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1982-12-22

Frederic Lansing is a writer who hopes to find inspiration while vacationing in Hellview,...

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The Paint Job

as Father
Released: 1993-09-30

The peaceful existence of a suburban backwater is disrupted when Wesley, a troubled housepainter...

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Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas

as Sheriff Larabie
Released: 2009-09-01

The true story of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas.

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La Sirena

as Nino
Released: 2020-05-22

The lives of Penny, a nighttime police dispatcher, and Nino, a barber, get turned upside down...

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A Long Way Off

as uncredited
Released: 2014-06-06

Jacob is tired of living on the family farm, submitting to the rules of his father. One day he...

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The Obama Effect

as Steve Warren
Released: 2012-07-13

A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer...

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The Destiny of Marty Fine

as Deke
Released: 1996-03-16

Marty Fine is a small-time man with a big-time dream. One night, the ex-middleweight fighter...

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Falling Like This

as Eddie Gallagher
Released: 2001-09-07

Falling Like This showcases compelling performances by two young actors, Brian Vaughan and Megan...

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Glitz

as Teddy Magyk
Released: 1988-09-28

Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex...

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A Climate for Killing

as Wayne Paris
Released: 1991-07-18

Shortly before a rodeo festival week in Yuma County a body is found in the desert. It seems that...

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The Far Side of Jericho

as Cash Thornton
Released: 2006-12-10

Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers...

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The House Is Burning

as Mr. Garson
Released: 2006-11-16

One day. One night. A group of teenagers struggles to find their way in a world that offers them...

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I Pass for Human

as Ex-husband
Released: 2004-03-21

Jane's lover Dax overdoses on heroin. Wanting to kill the pain of loss, Jane does dope for the...

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The Zeros

as Burl
Released: 2001-03-10

A slightly futuristic dark comedy about a young man who finds out he is dying, and goes in...

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The X-Files

as Wilson Pinker Rawls
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Scandal

as Ray Dwyer
First aired: 2012-04-05

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the...

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JAG

as Jack Raglan
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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Snowfall

as Colonel Robert McDonald
First aired: 2017-07-05

Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack...

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The West Wing

as Claypool
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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Rizzoli & Isles

as Arthur Dunbar
First aired: 2010-07-12

Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane...

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ER

as Johnson's Son
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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The Shield

as Assistant Chief Ben Gilroy
First aired: 2002-03-12

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above...

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Without a Trace

as Doyle
First aired: 2002-09-26

The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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Miami Vice

as Larry Zito
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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Cold Case

as Isaac Keller
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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Falcon Crest

as Gus Wallach
First aired: 1981-12-04

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...

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NYPD Blue

as Joe brady
First aired: 1993-09-21

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the...

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Nash Bridges

as Albert foss
First aired: 1996-03-29

Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite...

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L.A. Law

as Kevin Delahanty
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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L.A. Law

as Tim
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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The John Larroquette Show

as Chris
First aired: 1993-09-02

The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John...

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Strong Medicine

as Mr. Lawson
First aired: 2000-07-23

The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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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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In the Heat of the Night

as John sevrance
First aired: 1988-03-06

In the Heat of the Night is an American television series based on the motion picture and novel...

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The Pretender

as Sheriff Delmont
First aired: 1996-09-19

Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can...

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Jericho

as Governor Trader
First aired: 2006-09-20

Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town...

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Friday Night Lights

as Richard Sherman
First aired: 2006-10-03

The trials and triumphs of life in the small town of Dillon, Texas, where high school football...

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The Outer Limits

as Joe
First aired: 1995-03-26

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...

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Castle Rock

as John
First aired: 2018-07-25

Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the...

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Monsters

as Miles magnus
First aired: 1988-10-22

Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and...

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Dark Winds

as B.J. Vines
First aired: 2022-06-12

This psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leaphorn and Chee, in the 1970s...

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Almost Human

as Edward Kennex
First aired: 2013-11-17

The year is 2048. By mandate, every cop must partner with a robot. Detective John Kennex returns...

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Get Real

as Harris Forman
First aired: 1999-09-08

Get Real was a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green...

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Women's Murder Club

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-10-12

Women's Murder Club was an American police procedural and legal drama, which ran on ABC from...

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Point Pleasant

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-01-19

A series of supernatural events begins in a small coastal New Jersey town after the arrival of a...

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E! True Hollywood Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-08-21

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood...

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Beauty and the Beast

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-25

Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron...

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