Roy Scheider

Born: 1932-11-10

Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 - February 10, 2008) was an American actor renowned for his versatile performances. He is most recognized for his portrayal of police chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws, choreographer and filmmaker Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo in The French Connection, and Captain Nathan Bridger in the science fiction television series seaQuest DSV. Scheider's final role in the 2011 thriller Iron Cross was released posthumously after his passing on February 10, 2008. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award during his illustrious career. Allmovie hailed him as "one of the most unique and distinguished of all Hollywood actors".


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as Police Chief Martin Brody
Released: 1975-06-20

When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark,...

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The Punisher

as Frank Castle, Sr.
Released: 2004-04-15

When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher'...

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Sorcerer

as Jackie Scanlon / 'Juan Dominguez'
Released: 1977-06-24

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South...

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Jaws 2

as Police Chief Martin Brody
Released: 1978-06-16

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins...

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as Dr. Heywood Floyd
Released: 1984-12-06

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and...

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as Dr. Benway
Released: 1991-12-27

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest...

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Klute

as Frank Ligourin
Released: 1971-06-23

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a...

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The Rainmaker

as Wilfred Keeley
Released: 1997-11-18

When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser,...

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as Murphy
Released: 1983-02-05

Los Angeles, California. Officer Murphy, a veteran Metropolitan Police helicopter pilot...

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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1985-05-15

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of...

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Marathon Man

as Doc
Released: 1976-10-08

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving...

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The French Connection

as Buddy Russo
Released: 1971-10-09

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may...

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All That Jazz

as Joe Gideon
Released: 1979-12-16

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in...

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Romeo Is Bleeding

as Don Falcone
Released: 1993-09-13

A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.

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The Russia House

as Russell
Released: 1990-12-21

Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working...

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Dracula II: Ascension

as Cardinal Siqueros
Released: 2003-06-07

A group of medical students discover the body of the infamous count. Soon, they find themselves...

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52 Pick-Up

as Harry Mitchell
Released: 1986-11-07

Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council....

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Still of the Night

as Doctor Sam Rice
Released: 1982-11-19

When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the...

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RKO 281

as George Schaefer
Released: 2000-04-07

In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater,...

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Dracula III: Legacy

as Cardinal Siqueros
Released: 2005-07-12

Dracula leads vampire hunters Father Uffizi and Luke back to Eastern Europe, and a country...

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The Seven-Ups

as Buddy - Seven-Up
Released: 1973-12-14

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed...

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Last Embrace

as Harry Hannan
Released: 1979-05-04

Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in...

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Night Game

as Seaver
Released: 1989-09-15

A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after...

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The White Raven

as Tom Heath
Released: 1998-12-18

A journalist gets pulled into an intrigue by his editor that involves a story that he received a...

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Silver Wolf

as John Rockwell
Released: 1999-01-10

A boy learns to deal with personal loss by making friends with a wild animal in this drama for...

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The Peacekeeper

as President Robert Baker
Released: 1997-08-22

When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching...

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The Fourth War

as Col. Jack Knowles
Released: 1990-03-08

Cold War adversaries Col. Jack Knowles and his Russian counterpart, Col. Valachev, are stationed...

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Daybreak

as Stan Marshall
Released: 2000-12-19

Dillan Johansen is a disorganized transit authority supervisor suffering from a serious personal...

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Listen to Me

as Charlie Nichols
Released: 1989-05-05

It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's...

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Chicago 10

as Judge Julius Hoffman (voice)
Released: 2008-02-29

Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who...

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The Poet

as Rabbi
Released: 2007-08-07

At the dawn of World War 2, a Rabbi's daughter and a disenchanted German soldier fall in love...

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The Outside Man

as Lenny
Released: 1972-12-21

A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall...

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Cohen and Tate

as Cohen
Released: 1989-01-27

A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to...

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Money Play$

as Johnny Tobin
Released: 1998-08-21

When a money mule has a fatal heart attack at a Nevada brothel, the contents of the money vest...

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Executive Target

as President Carlson
Released: 1997-07-11

His wife held hostage, a stunt driver is forced to drive a getaway car in a plot to kidnap the...

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The Assassination

as Michael Howard
Released: 1972-10-04

Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris,...

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Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-10-05

A lyrical and spiritual cinematic essay on The Exorcist, the last film of Alexandre O. Philippe...

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A Decade Under the Influence

as Self
Released: 2003-04-25

A documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of...

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The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws'

as Narrator / Self
Released: 2009-05-02

After three decades, Jaws continues to intrigue, thrill and frighten viewers. This documentary...

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King of Texas

as Henry Westover
Released: 2002-06-02

In this re-imagining of Shakespear's King Lear, Patrick Stewart stars as John Lear, a Texas...

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The Making of 'Jaws'

as Self
Released: 1995-11-28

A documentary on the making of one of the greatest films ever made, filled with trivia,...

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Chain of Command

as President Jack Cahill
Released: 2000-07-22

Secret Service agents must retrieve the briefcase allowing the President control of America's...

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Plato's Run

as Senarkian
Released: 1997-05-27

Hired to rescue escaped inmates, a Florida man is framed for a Cuban gangster's assassination.

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Loving

as Skip
Released: 1970-03-04

Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress...

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The Men's Club

as Cavanaugh
Released: 1986-09-19

Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.

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The Myth of Fingerprints

as Hal
Released: 1997-09-17

When a New England dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, past demons reveal themselves...

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Paper Lion

as Man (uncredited)
Released: 1968-10-23

Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports...

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Puzzle of a Downfall Child

as Mark
Released: 1970-12-16

Lou Andreas Sand, a once famous model, recalls her past as she tries to make success in the...

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The Rage

as uncredited
Released: 1997-08-15

FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best...

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Angels Don't Sleep Here

as Mayor Harry S. Porter
Released: 2002-04-02

A man is accused of murder and manipulated into a web of deceit as his thought-to-be dead twin...

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Stiletto

as Bennett
Released: 1969-07-30

A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he...

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Evasive Action

as Enzo Marcelli
Released: 1998-01-01

When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners...

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Red Serpent

as Hassan
Released: 2002-10-05

A powerful drug cartel in Moscow wants to use American businessman Steve Nichols in a smuggling...

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Dark Honeymoon

as Sam
Released: 2008-07-22

Dark Honeymoon follows a man who marries a seductive woman after a brief and passionate...

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Wild Justice

as Peter Stride
Released: 1994-05-13

Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.

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Time Lapse

as Agent La Nova
Released: 2001-11-27

Clayton Pierce is an agent working under deep cover. Although he is a top agent, he is...

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Tiger Town

as Billy Young
Released: 1984-06-08

Facing his final season with the Detroit Tigers baseball team, veteran outfielder Billy Young...

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The Curse of the Living Corpse

as Philip Sinclair
Released: 1964-05-01

The wealthy patriarch of the Sinclair family lives in mortal fear of being buried alive because...

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Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number

as Jacobo Timerman
Released: 1983-05-22

An Argentinian newspaper publisher is imprisoned by his government for dissent.

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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'

as Self
Released: 2001-09-25

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by...

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Falling Through

as Earl
Released: 2000-01-01

A newly hired security expert on the American Embassy in Paris questions who to trust, as he...

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Iron Cross

as Joseph
Released: 2009-12-15

Joseph, a retired New York police officer and Holocaust survivor, travels to Nuremberg to visit...

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Love Thy Neighbor

as Fred
Released: 2005-07-05

Two married couples are about to give new meaning to the phrase "Love Thy Neighbor." When these...

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Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York

as Sam Stoneman
Released: 1975-12-01

Sheila Levine – an innovative, bright, but painfully introverted individual – arrives in New...

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Bob Fosse: Steam Heat

as Joe Gideon (archive footage)
Released: 1990-02-23

A documentary profile of director/choreographer Bob Fosse. Includes clips from his films and...

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A Wind from the South

as Dancer (uncredited)
Released: 1955-09-14

Set in Ireland, the story centers on a day in the life of Shevawn, an innocent, 30-year-old...

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The Definite Maybe

as Eddie Jacobson
Released: 1997-07-04

When 25-year-old New Yorker Eric Traber gets fired from his job and kicked out of his apartment,...

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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

as Self
Released: 2000-01-15

A documentary on the production of The French Connection (1971).

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Citizen Verdict

as Bull Tyler
Released: 2003-06-18

A sensationalist TV producer has a novel new idea to shake up American reality TV: Citizen...

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The Doorway

as Professor Lamont
Released: 2000-10-24

Four young college students agree to fix up an abandoned home for rent, only to discover the...

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Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

as Self
Released: 2004-10-30

Elvira hosts this humorous look at movie monsters and facts about the real animals on which...

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Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

as Paul Marish
Released: 1990-01-01

Taut thriller about a photographer who races the clock to clear a man about to be executed.

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Assignment: Munich

as Jack Webster
Released: 1972-04-30

Undercover agent, using his bar as a front, battles three killers to find a stolen fortune.

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Follies: In Concert

as Narrator
Released: 1986-03-14

A backstage documentary film including footage from the legendary 1985 concert performance of...

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Smiles

as uncredited
Released: 1964-01-01

A short film by John G. Avildsen.

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The Making of Jaws 2

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2001-05-22

A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this sequel to the...

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Texas '46

as Colonel Gartner
Released: 2002-01-11

Based on a true story its the untold story of Italian World War II POW"S in Jan 1946. Luca...

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To Be Young, Gifted and Black

as uncredited
Released: 1972-01-20

A mosaic biopic on Lorraine Hansberry, based on the stage play combining her unpublished...

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New England Our Way

as Himself
Released: 1974-12-09

The program is a fascinating look some at the key people involved with JAWS before it was...

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Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines

as Narrator
Released: 2002-04-21

A documentary history of the development and deployment of the Cold War's ultimate weapon: the...

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If I Didn't Care

as Linus
Released: 2007-08-03

When a maid is shot dead in the exclusive resort community of the Hamptons, private investigator...

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Better Living

as Larry
Released: 1998-11-02

A comedy about families, the elements that bind them together, and about hope in the face of...

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Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

as Self
Released: 2001-08-28

This retrospective documentary offers a first-rate account of the making of 'Marathon Man'....

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World's Deadliest Sea Creatures

as Narrator
Released: 1998-01-01

Special features real-life incidents of man vs. sea beast, from shark attacks to encounters with...

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Mark Ford Brady
First aired: 2001-09-30

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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Family Guy

as Roy Scheider
First aired: 1999-01-31

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...

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Family Guy

as Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-31

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures...

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seaQuest DSV

as Captain Nathan Bridger
First aired: 1993-09-12

In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans...

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Secrets of the Dead

as Narrator
First aired: 2000-05-15

Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic...

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So Graham Norton

as Self
First aired: 1998-07-03

So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton....

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NOVA

as Narrator
First aired: 1974-03-03

PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines....

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The Howard Stern Show

as Self
First aired: 1990-07-14

The original television show produced on Saturdays at WWOR in Secaucus, NJ from 1990 to 1992....

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Cannon

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-14

Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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American Experience

as Narrator (voice)
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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Third Watch

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-09-23

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers,...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Francesco Barberini
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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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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The Seventh Scroll

as Grant Schiller
First aired: 1999-06-15

Past and present intertwine when an archaeologist and her husband find a mysterious child on the...

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The Diamond Hunters

as Jacobus Van der Byl
First aired: 2001-04-23

Johnny, Benedict and Tracy grew up on the coast of South Africa, where their father, Jacob van...

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