Maury Chaykin
Maury Chaykin, born on July 27, 1949, was a Canadian actor known for his versatile and captivating performances. With his distinctive appearance, rich voice, and remarkable acting talent, Chaykin left a lasting impact on both the stage and screen throughout his career. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Chaykin moved to Toronto, Canada, at a young age. He developed a passion for acting and pursued his craft at the University of Toronto and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Chaykin began his career in theater, performing in numerous productions and earning critical acclaim for his stage work. Chaykin's talent and dedication soon caught the attention of filmmakers, leading to his transition to film and television. He made his on-screen debut in the 1973 film "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz." Over the years, Chaykin became known for his ability to inhabit a wide range of characters, bringing depth, complexity, and nuance to each role he portrayed. Throughout his career, Chaykin worked extensively in both Canada and the United States, collaborating with renowned directors and fellow actors. He appeared in notable films such as "My Dinner with Andre" (1981), "Dances with Wolves" (1990), "The Sweet Hereafter" (1997), and "Being Julia" (2004). Chaykin's performances often garnered critical acclaim and earned him awards and nominations, including several Genie Awards (Canada's equivalent of the Oscars) for Best Actor. On television, Chaykin showcased his versatility in a wide range of roles. He appeared in numerous acclaimed series, including "The Sopranos," "Entourage," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," and "Nero Wolfe Mysteries." One of his most notable television roles was as Nero Wolfe in the A&E television series "A Nero Wolfe Mystery," for which he received widespread praise. Maury Chaykin's acting style was characterized by his ability to fully embody the essence of a character, no matter how eccentric or complex. He had a commanding presence on screen, capable of effortlessly transitioning between comedy, drama, and everything in between. Chaykin's performances were marked by his commitment to authenticity and his profound understanding of the human condition. Tragically, Maury Chaykin passed away on July 27, 2010, on his 61st birthday. His untimely death left a void in the acting community, but his legacy as a talented and versatile performer continues to inspire aspiring actors and entertain audiences worldwide. Chaykin's body of work serves as a testament to his remarkable talent, leaving an indelible mark on the world of film and television.
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect...
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Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end...
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Dances with Wolves
as Major FambroughWounded Civil War soldier, John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a...
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It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California...
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High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a...
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Blindness
as AccountantWhen a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band...
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MouseHunt
as Alexander FalkoDown-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion...
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Hero
as WinstonBernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of...
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Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a...
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Beethoven's 2nd
as Cliff KlamathBeethoven is back -- and this time, he has a whole brood with him now that he's met his canine...
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Sommersby
as Lawyer DawsonSet in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm...
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Death Hunt
as ClarenceYukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the...
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Exotica
as uncreditedIn the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive...
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It's a Boy Girl Thing
as Stan DeaneA visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an...
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My Cousin Vinny
as Sam TiptonTwo carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder....
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Mystery, Alaska
as Bailey PruittIn Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond....
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Millennium
as Roger KeaneAn investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an...
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Gone Fishin'
as Kirk, Waiter (uncredited)Two fishing fanatics get in trouble when their fishing boat gets stolen while on a trip.
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Being Julia
as Walter GibbsJulia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all -...
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Mrs. Soffel
as Guard Charlie ReynoldsKate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four...
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Owning Mahowny
as Frank PerlinDan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was...
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Casino Jack
as Big TonyBased on a true story, a hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their...
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Devil in a Blue Dress
as Matthew TerellIn late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job...
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The Bedroom Window
as Pool PlayerBaltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window....
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Curtains
as MontySix young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a...
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To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment "Artaud Double Bill") (archive footage)A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about cinema.
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Harriet the Spy
as Holiday Pageant Director (uncredited)When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her...
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The Sweet Hereafter
as Wendell WalkerA small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a...
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Where the Truth Lies
as Sally SanmarcoAn ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
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White Coats
as Dr. Roger 'Tony' ToussantFollows the misadventures of a group of young interns at a hospital/medical school - dealing...
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Nothing Personal
as KanookEnvironmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort...
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When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they...
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A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next...
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Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could...
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Hostage
as The KidnapperThe Driver is hired by the FBI to help defuse a hostage situation. A disgruntled employee has...
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Barney's Version
as Wedding GuestThe picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the...
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Bartleby
as ErnestAn adaptation of Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener" told in the setting of...
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Adoration
as Passenger & Professor On-LineFor his French-class assignment, a high school student weaves his family history in a news story...
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The Adjuster
as BubbaAn uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
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Leaving Normal
as LeonDarly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and...
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Northern Lights
as Ben RubadueA stranger's call informs Roberta that her estranged brother Frank has died in a small town...
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Sugartime
as Tony AccardoSam Giancana is a ruthless mob boss from Chicago. During a trip to Las Vegas, he sees a...
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Breaking In
as Vincent TucciProfessional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has "larceny in...
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Stars & Bars
as Freeborn GageA British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.
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The Vindicator
as Burt ArthusAn employee of a secret company operation becomes the victim of the company's special weapons...
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Iron Eagle II
as Sgt. DownsChappy Sinclair is called to gather together a mixed Soviet/U.S. strike force that will perform...
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Sugar
as StanleyCliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a...
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Turk 182!
as Man in wheelchairAfter New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury...
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Plan B
as Donald RossiA bookkeeper who thinks she killed three mobsters is subsequently promoted by her boss to be a...
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Highpoint
as FalcoJames Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them...
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Wild Thing
as Jonathan TraskA child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city's...
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Camilla
as Harold CaraFreda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia...
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Harry and Son
as LawrenceWidower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of...
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Of Unknown Origin
as Dan ErrolA man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation...
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The Guardian
as Rudy SimbroThe residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a...
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Crossed Over
as Ethan LowryAfter her son dies in a hit-and-run accident, a woman forms an unusual friendship with a...
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Double Negative
as RollinsMentally tortured photojournalist attempts to track down his wife's murderer.
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Heavens Fall
as Lyle HarrisSuccessful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young...
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Where the Heart Is
as HarryA wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
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The Grift
as RustyA 1940's period drama about about a woman who has been wronged by her husband, but must help him...
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Unstrung Heroes
as Arthur LidzSteven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother became sick, moves in with his two...
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Wilby Wonderful
as Mayor Brent FisherA day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one...
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Hot Paint
as WilenskyTwo losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth...
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Caribe
as Captain BurdochPrepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a...
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Bleacher Bums
as ScorekeeperThey're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games...
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Hockey Night
as Bum JohnstonWhen a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with...
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Static
as Mr. LinkletterA trio of brainboxes create a cell phone chip that allows telepathic communication. But when the...
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Meatballs III: Summer Job
as Huey, River Rat LeaderThe ghost of a dead porn star comes to Earth to help a nerd with his sex life.
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Abroad
as Lord OldenbergA young Canadian girl struggles to decipher the ways of the English especially the men when...
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The Hunt For the BTK Killer
as Robert BeattieAfter 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.
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Money for Nothing
as Vincente GoldoniWhen unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he...
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Act of Vengeance
as Claude VealeyIn 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union,...
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Love and Death on Long Island
as Irving BuckmullerCurmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture,...
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Jerry and Tom
as BillyTom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom...
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What's Cooking?
as Herb 'Herbie' SeeligFour families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
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Strip Search
as TomasRobby Durrell is the prince of the vice squad. A man who's seen it all and done a little of it...
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Whale Music
as Desmond HowlShot around the breathtaking coastline of B.C.'s Howe Sound, Whale Music is the triumphant...
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Conduct Unbecoming
as Col. FoxUnited States Marine Nick Dodd is charged with callously killing several civilians in...
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The Pianist
as uncreditedJean and her sister, played by Macha Grenon, have a life long infatuation with the Japanese...
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Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
as GondolA futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.
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Def-Con 4
as VinnyTwo men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world...
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Josh and S.A.M.
as Pizza ManJosh and Sam are two brothers facing change, their mother is about to marry a French accountant...
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Varian's War
as MarcelloVarian Fry rescues more than 2,000 artists from Nazi persecution during World War II.
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Nowhere to Hide
as MarchaisMarine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two...
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Let the Devil Wear Black
as BruceA man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been...
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Cold Comfort
as Floyd LucasDolores has everthing she wants for her birthday: a party, 18 glowing candles, and Stephen, the...
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The Kidnapping of the President
as Harvey CannonA South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot...
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Soup for One
as Dr. WexlerA neurotic young New Yorker believes he has found his perfect match and desperately tries to win...
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Riel
as HowardA film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two...
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Montreal Stories
as Jurgen van DoomSix stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic...
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In Passing
as uncreditedA visitor to a conference in Montreal arrives at the airport and has a strange experience with...
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George's Island
as Mr. DroonfieldAfter telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s...
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Jimmy B. & Andre
as BrunoReal-life story detailing the relationship between a popular Detroit restaurant owner and a...
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Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales
as uncreditedComedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's...
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Keeping the Promise
as Hunter Ben LoomisA colonial family seeks a better life in Maine's wilderness in this powerful adventure. When...
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The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Nero WolfeInterrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find...
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If Looks Could Kill
as Dr. Richard BoggsThe true story of John Hawkins as featured on America's Most Wanted.
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Hearts of Fire
as Charlie KelsoA reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she...
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Hooked on Speedman
as Dietrich BaumWould be filmmakers, Nick and Vince, dream of making it big and getting out of Nowheresville....
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Cooking With Stella
as H.E. Mr. DurandInside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of...
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In Like Flynn
as WilliamsLife is one cliff-hanger after another for a bright and beautiful woman and the reluctant young...
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Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
as Mr. Cooper / Louie LoserJacob Two Two Meets The Hooded Fang is about a young boy who strives to be heard. He is...
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Buried on Sunday
as Dexter LexcannonAngry island fishermen declare independence and use a Soviet nuclear submarine to get Ottawa's...
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Joseph Greene / Joe LandersA Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...
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Stargate SG-1
as NerusThe story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the...
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The Twilight Zone
as uncreditedThis 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...
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Due South
as PikeConstable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the...
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Due South
as Jasper GutmanConstable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the...
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Eureka
as Sheriff / Major William CobbThe sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has...
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Boston Legal
as Ryan MyersonAlan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...
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Andromeda
as Citizen EightCaptain Dylan Hunt and his crew quest to restore a government that once presided over an...
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Entourage
as uncreditedFilm star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends...
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Lexx
as Pa GolleanA Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of...
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Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
as uncreditedPsi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction television series that...
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Less Than Kind
as Sam BlecherLess Than Kind is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon...
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Night Heat
as uncreditedNight Heat was a Canadian police drama series. It starred Allan Royal as journalist Tom...
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A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Nero WolfeGenius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible...
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The Hire
as The KidnapperBMW film presents "The Hire", a series of eight short films produced for the Internet in 2001...
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Joan of Arc
as Sir Robert de BaudricourtJoan of Arc is born in 1412 in the village of Domrémy in the war zone of Northern France. During...
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Sidestreet
as uncreditedSidestreet was a Canadian television drama, which aired Sundays on CBC from 1975 to 1978. It...
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Emily of New Moon
as uncreditedEmily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to...
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Seeing Things
as uncreditedSeeing Things is a Canadian comedy-drama mystery television series which originally aired on CBC...
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Sex Traffic
as uncreditedThe wrenching plight of two Bosnian sisters and their descent into the dark world of enforced...
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