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W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
Character: John Barrymore
In 1920s New York City, W. C. Fields is a successful headlining entertainer, but when his girlfriend leaves him and his broker loses his money, Fields begins anew in California. Working at a wax museum, Fields eventually lands a film role that ascends him to stardom. Back in the limelight and palling around with John Barrymore and the like, Fields meets an aspiring actress Carlotta Monti at a party, with whom he forms a rocky relationship.
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June Moon (1974)
Character: Paul Sears
In this rousing satire a native upstate New York clerk comes to 1920s Manhattan with dreams of making in big on Tin Pan Alley.
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Knuckle (1975)
Character: Patrick Delafield
Curley Delafield, a young arms merchant, is determined to discover the secret behind the disappearance of his sister Sarah.
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Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970)
Character: Himself
A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence. Annie: The Women in the Life of a Man (1970) won Anne Bancroft her only Emmy for her portrayal of 14 different woman in 14 musical and comedy sketches. Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks contributed to the script and also appears onscreen.
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George M! (1970)
Character: Jerry Cohan
Based on the semi-hit Broadway musical of 1968 and starring original stage star Joel Grey, this TV version has been re-fashioned in significant ways. The premise here is that a small group of modern-day performers have gotten together in a rehearsal studio to celebrate George M. Cohan's life and work. Bernadette Peters also returns from the original cast, along with a cohort of movie, television and stage stars as the other cast members.
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A Time For Love (1973)
Character: Tom Pierson
Time for Love features two stories of love. A businessman has a life style change while a rock singer finds it hard to change his way of life and romance.
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Death Among Friends (1975)
Character: Chico Donovan
Shirley investigates the murder of a millionaire who was strangled on his tennis court.
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Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977)
Character: Jules Rosen
Two undercover cops find their avocation -- a musical act -- helpful in tapping informants on the Las Vegas Strip regarding the alleged kidnapping of a top entertainer in this pilot for a series that never materialized.
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Look in Any Window (1961)
Character: Gareth Lowell
A teenager's parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.
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The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)
Character: Otto Vonner / Karl Vonner
The internationally famous Worldwide Studios has hit hard times and is forced to sell its Hollywood backlot to property developers. The trouble is someone keeps killing off the site surveyors. The studio chiefs then learn of the legend of a masked man who lives on the lot and is sworn to protect it from harm.
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The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Character: Miles Mellough
A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.
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Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
Character: Bob Cratchit (voice)
In this animated musical version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", Ebenezer Scrooge - via Mr. Magoo's starring performance in a stage production of the classic - doesn't have a ghost of a chance unless he learns the true meaning of Christmas from the three spirits who haunt him one Christmas Eve.
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FBI Code 98 (1963)
Character: Walter Macklin
A bomb is discovered in the luggage of a businessman traveling aboard a plane.
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The Andersonville Trial (1970)
Character: Otis Baker
A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
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Bunny O'Hare (1971)
Character: Lieutenant Horace Greeley
Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who elect to rob a bank to restore Bunny O'Hare's financial affairs after she's been unjustly evicted and rendered homeless. When that heist ends up paying off, rather than take off for the border, Bunny opts for a life of crime with her new partner, Bill Green, played by fellow Oscar-winner Ernest Borgnine.
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