Ron Vawter

Born: 1948-12-09

Ron Vawter (December 9, 1948 – April 16, 1994) was an American actor and a founding member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group. Vawter performed in most of the group's works until his death from a heart attack in 1994 at the age of 45.


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Philadelphia

as Bob Seidman
Released: 1993-12-22

Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As...

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sex, lies, and videotape

as Therapist
Released: 1989-08-04

Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her,...

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The Silence of the Lambs

as Paul Krendler
Released: 1991-02-14

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to...

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King of the Hill

as Mr. Desot - Hotel Manager
Released: 1993-08-20

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the...

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Internal Affairs

as Jaegar
Released: 1990-01-12

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and...

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Fat Man and Little Boy

as Jamie Latrobe
Released: 1989-10-20

Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military...

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Twister

as Man in Bar
Released: 1989-06-30

An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The...

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Volcano Saga

as Gest
Released: 1989-01-01

This short film shot in Iceland and New York, which is based on a thirteenth-century Icelandic...

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Johnny Suede

as Winston
Released: 1991-08-18

A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and...

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Swoon

as State's Attorney Crowe
Released: 1992-09-11

Teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral...

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Born in Flames

as FBI Agent
Released: 1983-04-01

In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse...

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Arena Brains

as Man with Cigar
Released: 1987-10-01

A short film by painter-turned-filmmaker Robert Longo, "Arena Brains" is a series of...

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Sudden Death

as Businessman (uncredited)
Released: 1977-05-01

When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke...

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The Machine That Killed Bad People

as uncredited
Released: 1990-02-14

The Machine That Killed Bad People is about the cultural and political history of the...

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Landscape Suicide

as Prosecutor (voice)
Released: 1987-09-17

Benning continues his examination of Americana in this film through the stories of two...

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Plymouth

as Percy
Released: 1991-05-26

The residents of a town displaced by an industrial accident agree to take over a failing mining...

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Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

as Ad Man
Released: 1991-08-18

Three short stories about women & men relationship.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

as Dr. Ramirez
Released: 1991-12-04

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake...

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Strong Medicine

as Max
Released: 1981-11-25

Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the...

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Brace Up!

as uncredited
Released: 1993-04-01

The Wooster Group's production of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, translated by Paul Schmidt and...

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Buying a Landslide

as Bob D'Avanzo
Released: 1992-09-02

Republican Senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly...

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Atalanta Strategy

as Immigration Staff/Flying Saucer
Released: 1984-01-01

The story of Willard from Ashley's opera Atalanta, recounted in 3 parts.

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Made in Hollywood

as Matt
Released: 1990-10-20

Steeped in irony, Made in Hollywood depicts the personal and cultural mediation of reality and...

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White Homeland Commando

as uncredited
Released: 1993-03-04

White Homeland Commando takes the familiar terrain of network action drama and tilts the playing...

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Fresh Kill

as Roger Bailey
Released: 1996-01-12

Shareen and Claire, a lesbian couple living on Staten Island, find themselves ensnared in a vast...

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Roy Cohn/Jack Smith

as Roy Cohn / Jack Smith
Released: 1995-08-04

When Jill Godmilow’s documentary Roy Cohn/Jack Smith premiered at the 1994 Toronto International...

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Postcards

as Fred
Released: 1990-02-18

A separated couple try to keep in touch through postcards of typically "American" sights:...

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Empty Suitcases

as uncredited
Released: 1980-01-01

Bette Gordon describes her first feature film as “a narrative derived from film’s own material...

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Minus Zero

as Freud
Released:

A psycho noir where stalkers, terrorists and government agents collide.

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Mastergate

as Nat Picker
Released: 1992-11-01

A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and...

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King Blank

as King Blank
Released: 1983-03-10

Set in a motel room at NYC's Kennedy Airport, the film treats two days in the life of a deadbeat...

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Rumstick Road

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-05-01

A video reconstruction of the 1977 Wooster Group production Rumstick Road, an experimental...

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The Equalizer

as Lieutenant
First aired: 1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private...

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American Experience

as Charles Guiteau
First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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