John Ritter

Born: 1948-09-17

Johnathan Southworth "John" Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively. Don Knotts called him the "Greatest physical comedian on the planet". Ritter's final films Bad Santa, Clifford's Really Big Movie and Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up were all dedicated in his memory. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Ritter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Bride of Chucky

as Chief Warren Kincaid
Released: 1998-10-16

Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound.

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Problem Child

as Ben
Released: 1990-07-27

Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon...

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Bad Santa

as Bob Chipeska
Released: 2003-11-26

A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores...

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Problem Child 2

as Ben Healy
Released: 1991-07-03

Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by...

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Tadpole

as Stanley Grubman
Released: 2002-07-19

Beautiful, sophisticated women are all over Oscar Grubman. He is sensitive and compassionate,...

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Noises Off...

as Garry Lejeune / Roger Tramplemain
Released: 1992-03-20

Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to...

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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2010-05-04

For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters,...

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Nowhere

as Moses Helper
Released: 1997-05-09

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting...

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Sling Blade

as Vaughan Cunningham
Released: 1996-08-30

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital...

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Nickelodeon

as Franklin Frank
Released: 1976-12-21

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an...

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Skin Deep

as Zach
Released: 1989-03-03

Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave...

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North

as Ward Nelson
Released: 1994-07-22

Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and...

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The Flight of Dragons

as Peter Dickinson (voice)
Released: 1984-12-19

The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so Carolinus, the green wizard...

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The Stone Killer

as Hart
Released: 1973-08-08

A Los Angeles detective is sent to New York where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian...

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Panic

as Josh
Released: 2000-12-01

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His...

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Clifford's Really Big Movie

as Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice)
Released: 2004-02-20

Fearing that he costs too much to feed, Clifford decides to join a traveling carnival so he can...

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Stay Tuned

as Roy Knable
Released: 1992-08-14

Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his...

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Unforgivable

as Paul Hegstrom
Released: 1996-04-30

Paul Hegstrom is a so-called family man who puts his wife through domestic violence and his...

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Real Men

as Bob Wilson
Released: 1987-09-25

A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal...

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Wholly Moses

as Satan (The Devil)
Released: 1980-06-13

Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who...

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Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Dudley Goode
Released: 1988-11-13

This film combines live action/original animation and library animation. Mickey steals a magic...

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Hero at Large

as Steve Nichols
Released: 1980-02-08

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

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The Prisoner of Second Avenue

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1975-03-14

Mel Edison has just lost his job after many years and now has to cope with being unemployed at...

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Montana

as Dr. Wexler
Released: 1998-01-16

A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress,...

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They All Laughed

as Charles Rutledge
Released: 1981-11-20

New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women...

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The Other

as Rider
Released: 1972-05-24

A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935,...

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Hacks

as Hank
Released: 1997-09-19

Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks...

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The Last Fling

as Phillip Reed
Released: 1987-02-09

A young woman decides to have one more romantic escapade before marrying her dull fiancé.

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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

as Robert Forrest
Released: 1998-09-13

A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!

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Terror Tract

as Bob Carter
Released: 2000-10-18

A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house...

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Sunset Limousine

as Alan O'Black
Released: 1983-10-12

Alan O'Black is a comic who wants to hit it big. But his endless attempts at stardom have worn...

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Scandalous John

as Wendell
Released: 1971-06-22

A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the...

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Mercenary

as Jonas Ambler
Released: 1996-10-17

Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman whose wife is killed by kidnappers, so he decides to get...

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A Smoky Mountain Christmas

as Judge Harold Benton (uncredited)
Released: 1986-12-14

A country-western singer on a trip through the Tennessee mountains runs into a reclusive...

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Letting Go

as Alex
Released: 1985-05-11

Letting Go stars John Ritter as a widower and Sharon Gless as a lonely unmarried woman. They...

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Heartbeat

as Bill Grant
Released: 1993-02-08

A divorced father falls in love with a pregnant woman whose husband had abandoned her when he...

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Shadow of Doubt

as Steven Mayer
Released: 1998-04-09

An attorney uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman.

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Americathon

as President Chet Roosevelt
Released: 1979-08-10

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a...

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Lethal Vows

as David Farris
Released: 1999-10-13

A seemingly upstanding, caring husband and father is accused of foul play by his ex-wife...

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For Hope

as Date #5 (uncredited)
Released: 1996-11-17

The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

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The Night That Panicked America

as Walter Wingate
Released: 1975-10-31

A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the...

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It Came From the Sky

as Donald Bridges
Released: 1999-05-15

Jarvis and Pepper crash land their small plane on the roof of the Bridges family. Pepper finds...

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Pray TV

as Tom McPherson
Released: 1982-02-01

A newly ordained minister accepts a summer job with a dynamic TV evangelist only to find deep...

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Leave Yesterday Behind

as Paul Stallings
Released: 1978-05-14

A happy-go-lucky veterinary student, paralyzed for life in a college polo meet, finds love with...

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Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel

as Christian Therapist
Released: 2000-01-01

In 1970s Atlanta, a diminutive gay man tries to find succor from the small-town religion that...

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How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness

as Self
Released: 1978-02-22

A 1978 special starring Mary Tyler Moore, Harvey Korman, and John Ritter. Dick Van Dyke guest stars.

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Dead Husbands

as Dr. Carter Elston
Released: 1998-12-02

Dr. Carter Elson is a man who finds a list of men's names among his wife Alex's possessions....

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Unnatural Causes

as Frank Coleman
Released: 1986-11-10

Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant...

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Evil Roy Slade

as Priest (uncredited)
Released: 1972-02-18

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for...

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A Child's Wish

as Ed Chandler
Released: 1997-01-21

A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.

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The Colony

as Rick Knowlton
Released: 1995-09-13

A man and his family move from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed...

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The Barefoot Executive

as Roger
Released: 1971-03-17

In the great Disney tradition of wild family fun, a young Kurt Russell stars as Steven Post - an...

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The Dreamer of Oz

as L. Frank Baum
Released: 1990-12-10

The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy...

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TripFall

as Tom Williams
Released: 2000-06-27

A serial killer turns the life of a family on vacation into a nightmare.

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Man of Miracles

as Joe Cass
Released: 1999-03-28

In the sleepy town of Vine Creek, preacher and volunteer fireman Joe Cass wakes up to realize...

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The Lie

as Bauer
Released: 1973-04-24

An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as...

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Donald Duck's 50th Birthday

as Self
Released: 1984-11-13

Donald is shown in both animated and costumed form, interacting with emcee Dick Van Dyke and...

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Chance of a Lifetime

as Tom Maguire
Released: 1998-03-29

Irreverent freelance investigative reporter Tom Maguire hits rock bottom when bigot editor in...

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Strong Kids, Safe Kids

as Himself
Released: 1984-01-01

Strong Kids, Safe Kids was put together because so many of us are concerned about the horrible...

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In Love with an Older Woman

as Robert
Released: 1982-11-24

A 29-year-old lawyer falls for a 43-year-old woman.

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Gramps

as Clarke MacGruder
Released: 1995-05-20

After a long search, lawyer Clarke MacGruder finally locates his long lost father Jack. At...

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The Only Way Out

as Jeremy Carlisle
Released: 1993-12-19

Jeremy Carlisle's ex-wife Lynn is trying to stay away from her dangerously disturbed...

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Tricks of the Trade

as Donald Todsen (uncredited)
Released: 1988-12-06

After her picture perfect husband is murdered in a prostitute's apartment, Beverly Hills...

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Love Thy Neighbor

as Danny Loeb
Released: 1984-05-23

When Danny’s wife and Linda’s husband run away together, the two neighbors form an unlikely bond.

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Mr. Thornton Goes to Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2005-06-07

A 14-part documentary that explores the life and career of Billy Bob Thornton, chronicling his...

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The Comeback Kid

as Bubba Newman
Released: 1980-04-11

A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of...

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John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body

as Self / Various
Released: 1980-05-04

John Ritter shows off his comedic talent with a collection of comedy sketches.

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The Martin & Lewis Story: The Last Great Comedy Team

as Self
Released: 1992-01-01

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis were the hottest act in America in the 1950's & the highest paid...

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A Gun, a Car, a Blonde

as Duncan the Bartender
Released: 1997-06-01

In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the...

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Manhood

as Eli
Released: 2003-01-23

A black comedy about a reformed womanizer who struggles to keep his family together.

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The Golden Girls: Lifetime Intimate Portrait Series

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2003-01-01

Lifetime's "Intimate Portrait" series shines a spotlight on the Golden Girls -- Bea Arthur,...

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Echoes of the Sixties: A Musical Trip

as Self - Host
Released: 1979-07-25

A documentary on the pop music and culture of the 1960's, featuring film and video clips of...

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My Brother's Wife

as Barney
Released: 1989-12-17

Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is...

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The Goldie Hawn Special

as Self
Released: 1978-03-01

Goldie Hawn’s second TV special was in 1978, “The Goldie Hawn Special” and it was a sort of...

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The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

as Self
Released: 1982-09-17

Taped in Toronto between August 9-24, 1982, Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with special...

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Ringo

as Marty Flesh
Released: 1978-04-25

Ringo, stressed out by fame, trades places with a schmuck who looks exactly like him. Then the...

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The Real Story of O Christmas Tree

as Piney (voice)
Released: 1991-12-21

In this children's video a little girl asks a little pine tree to stay green through the winter...

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Robin Williams: Off the Wall

as Himself
Released: 1978-10-27

Robin Williams stand up special.

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Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade

as Self
Released: 1996-05-28

A one man CBS Special featuring classic close-up magic, card tricks and other sleight of hand.

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Man of the Year

as Bill
Released: 2002-04-12

Bill is the guest of honor as the "Man of the Year". A very successful head of a large energy...

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The Making of High Noon

as Self
Released: 1992-01-02

Documentary about High Noon featuring Fred Zinnemann and Stanley Kramer.

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Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King

as Self
Released: 2003-01-01

Take a nostalgic ride through movie history and relive the glory days of the Western -- when...

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Nuncrackers

as Narrator
Released: 2001-12-01

Fourth musical in the Nunsense series.

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Richard Manning
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Ted Buchanan
First aired: 1997-03-10

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will...

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

as Self
First aired: 1997-03-10

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will...

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Scrubs

as Sam Dorian
First aired: 2001-10-02

In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine,...

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M*A*S*H

as Private Carter
First aired: 1972-09-17

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little...

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King of the Hill

as Eugene Grandy (voice)
First aired: 1997-01-12

Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Ryan Moore
First aired: 1968-09-20

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

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Hawaii Five-O

as Mike Welles
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 Love Boat

as Dale Riley
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Cosby Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-20

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...

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Touched by an Angel

as Mike O'Conner
First aired: 1994-09-21

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...

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Touched by an Angel

as Sheriff Tom McKinsley
First aired: 1994-09-21

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...

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8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter

as Paul Hennessy
First aired: 2002-09-17

8 Simple Rules is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey...

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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Wings

as Stuart Davenport
First aired: 1990-04-19

Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket...

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Starsky & Hutch

as Tom Cole
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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The Larry Sanders Show

as John Ritter
First aired: 1992-08-15

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry...

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Three's Company

as Jack Tripper
First aired: 1977-03-15

The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share...

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Ally McBeal

as George Madison
First aired: 1997-09-08

Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and...

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Felicity

as Mr. Andrew Covington
First aired: 1998-09-29

Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to...

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The Bob Newhart Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-16

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired...

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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Dave's World

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-09-20

Dave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series is based on...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

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

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Batman Beyond

as Dr. David Wheeler (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-10

As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of...

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It

as Ben Hanscom
First aired: 1990-11-18

In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a...

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Nature

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1982-10-10

Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the...

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Clifford the Big Red Dog

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-09-04

The adventures of a larger-than-life red dog on Bridwell Island.

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Clifford the Big Red Dog

as Clifford the Big Red Dog (voice)
First aired: 2000-09-04

The adventures of a larger-than-life red dog on Bridwell Island.

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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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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Intimate Portrait

as Self - Interviewee
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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Intimate Portrait

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1993-11-14

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network...

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Great Performances

as Richard
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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The Waltons

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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The Rookies

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-11

The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...

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Life with Lucy

as John Ritter
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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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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NewsRadio

as Frank Westford
First aired: 1995-03-21

The office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New...

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Over the Top

as Justin
First aired: 1997-10-21

Over the Top is an American sitcom starring Tim Curry, Annie Potts, and Steve Carell. The series...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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Rhoda

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-09

Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over...

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Muppet Babies

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-11-05

The Muppet Babies (Kermit, Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzy and company) live in a large nursery watched over...

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Family Law

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-09-20

Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...

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Kojak

as Kenny Soames
First aired: 1973-10-24

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

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Petrocelli

as John Oleson
First aired: 1974-09-11

Petrocelli is an American legal drama which ran for two seasons on NBC from September 11, 1974...

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Hearts Afire

as John Hartman
First aired: 1992-09-14

Hearts Afire is an American sitcom

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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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Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-03-27

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Three's a Crowd

as Jack Tripper
First aired: 1984-09-25

Three's a Crowd is an American television sitcom sequel to Three's Company. It is loosely based...

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Hooperman

as Detective Harry Hooperman
First aired: 1987-09-23

Hooperman is an American television series which ran on ABC from September 23, 1987 until July...

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The Early Show

as Self
First aired: 1999-11-01

The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York...

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The Ropers

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-03-13

The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series...

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Breaking News

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-07-17

Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour...

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Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

as Himself (archive footage)
First aired: 2015-11-07

Examines the lives of beloved celebritie through rarely seen footage and revealing interviews...

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Entertainment Tonight

as Self
First aired: 1981-09-15

Daily tabloid television news show on entertainment and celebrity news with unprecedented access...

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Fish Police

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-02-28

Fish Police is a comic book series by cartoonist Steve Moncuse. The plot centers on law and...

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Superstar

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2021-08-11

The mavericks who shaped American culture.

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Life's Most Embarrassing Moments

as Self - Host
First aired: 1983-04-27

A series of television comedy specials primarily featuring some of the most well-known faces in...

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