Hal Linden
Biography: Born in 1931, Bronx-born Hal Linden was the son of Charles Lipshitz and Frances Rosen and had an older brother who would become a future professor of music at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Similarly musical, Hal took up classical clarinet in his late teens and played regularly with symphony orchestras. After graduating from the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan, he studied music at Queens College, moving later to City College to pursue business. Hal also played in dance bands and was asked to join Sammy Kaye on tour before being drafted into the Army, where he sang and provided entertainment for the troops. This sparked an interest in acting, and, upon receiving his discharge, he enrolled at New York's American Theatre Wing where he trained in voice and drama. In 1955, Hal met Frances Martin, a dancer. They married three years later, and she gave up her career to raise a family. Hal's first Broadway show was in "Bells Are Ringing" where he understudied lead Jeff Moss. During the 1960s, Hal accumulated more musical credits in "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever," "Subways Are for Sleeping," "The Apple Tree" and "The Pajama Game." He won the 1971 Tony award for his role in "The Rothschilds." This particular stage success led to a TV career that culminated in the title role on the popular Barney Miller (1974) sitcom. Emmy-nominated every year the program aired, Hal became a household name. Since that time, he has appeared in other lesser TV series including Blacke's Magic (1986), and Jack's Place (1992). He has held a secondary presence in such films as A New Life (1988) and Out to Sea (1997). More musical leads such as "I Do! I Do!" and "The Pajama Game" came his way, along with dramatic pursuits in "I'm Not Rappaport" and "The Sisters Rosenzweig." Hal has also undertaken musical tours in his continuing role as clarinetist. He and wife Frances are avid golfers during their spare time.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 20, 1931
Deathday: N/A
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I Love Liberty
1982-03-21
I Love Liberty
Overview: An all-star variety special saluting America.
Genres: Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-21
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Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983-02-27
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Overview: Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced out of the atmosphere and into outer space. As it is too dangerous to attempt reentry, Captain Cody Briggs, his passengers and his crew brave declining levels of oxygen while NASA scientists scramble to launch a rescue mission in a race against time.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-27
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Jump
1999-04-17
Jump
Overview: Friends try to dissuade a suicidal man from jumping off a ledge, but they are not much better off than he is.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-17
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Time Changer
2003-10-25
Time Changer
Overview: The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations and, using his secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.
Genres: Drama Family Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-25
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Out to Sea
1997-07-02
Out to Sea
Overview: Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019-01-05
Grand-Daddy Day Care
Overview: A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-05
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The Glow
2002-08-02
The Glow
Overview: A newly-wed NYC couple move into a low-rent luxury apartment only to be harassed by cryptic elderly neighbors.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
1979-02-09
When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
Overview: A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-09
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The Colony
1995-09-13
The Colony
Overview: A man and his family move from a crime-ridden inner city suburb to a self-proclaimed violence-free haven overseen by a godlike businessman. However, they soon discover that life in The Colony is much more sinister than it first appeared.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-13
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003-04-03
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Overview: Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-03
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A New Life
1988-03-25
A New Life
Overview: Steve Giardino, an abrasive workaholic Wall Streeter, and his wife Jackie divorce after twenty-six years of marriage and find themselves thrust back into the dating world in middle age and in search of a new life.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-25
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Father Figure
1980-10-26
Father Figure
Overview: Following their parents' divorce and their mother's subsequent suicide, a teenager and his younger brother are resentful of having to live with the father from whom they have long been estranged, and the struggle to reestablish a relationship is explored.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-26
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Dumb Luck
2003-06-04
Dumb Luck
Overview: A man accidentally gets mixed up in a conspiracy on some important numbers.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-04
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Killers in the House
1998-11-11
Killers in the House
Overview: Bank robbers on the run from the police invade a mansion and take the owners hostage.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-11
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Merv
2023-06-23
Merv
Overview: Following his latest romantic humiliation, Simon is unexpectedly summoned to his grandmother's house to meet her new boyfriend, Merv. The man he encounters there upends his understanding of love, loss, and Chinese takeout.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-23
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Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973-03-14
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
Overview: Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-14
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Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
Night of 100 Stars III
Overview: A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-21
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All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983-12-11
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Overview: A Celebration of the great life of Frank Sinatra with song, dance, and many famous guests.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-11
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
1985-01-21
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Overview: The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-21
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You People
2023-01-20
You People
Overview: A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-20
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Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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The Grand Knockout Tournament
1987-06-19
The Grand Knockout Tournament
Overview: The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout, a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982. The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home-cum-theme park.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-19
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Micro Budget
2024-09-21
Micro Budget
Overview: A mockumentary about an absolute moron attempting to make an independent film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-21
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The Love Boat
1976-09-17
The Love Boat
Overview: The adventures of the passengers and crew aboard a luxury liner on a cruise from California to Mexico.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-17
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The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
1999-04-20
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads
Overview: Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation.
Genres: Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-20
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The Samuel Project
2018-09-28
The Samuel Project
Overview: Eli, an outcast teen, connects with his isolated grandfather Samuel for the first time, and uncovers his surprising past, when he makes his grandpa the subject of an animated art project for school.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-28
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I Do! I Do!
1983-10-08
I Do! I Do!
Overview: Adaptation of the award-winning stage musical. The story takes place entirely in a bedroom dominated by a couple's four poster bed, taking them through fifty years of marriage, through happiness and sorrow, through good times and bad, through childbirth, parenthood, and the eventual sadness from the absence of their children. In the end, they face the future together, while remembering their past.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-08
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How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
1976-10-06
How to Break Up a Happy Divorce
Overview: A divorced woman comes up with a scheme to make her ex-husband jealous, so she can get him back.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-06
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America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference
1994-04-06
America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference
Overview: As the campaign to force Jews out of Germany ramps up, the American government blocks efforts to help rescue many of these displaced persons, and Americans' antisemitism only seems to get worse.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-06
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Bells Are Ringing
1960-06-23
Bells Are Ringing
Overview: Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-23
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Light Years Away
2006-07-19
Light Years Away
Overview: Astronomer David Summers (Christopher Knight) has just discovered the Dream Galaxy, and with it, Misty (Meadow Williams) -- the girl of his dreams. Also featuring Eric Roberts, Hal Linden, Adrianne Curry and Barry Van Dyke.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-19
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Dream Breakers
1989-09-02
Dream Breakers
Overview: A movie about a Chicago family -- a building contractor and his two sons who have opposing ideologies. One brother works for a power-hungry builder with underworld connections; the younger son, a priest in one of the city's poor parishes, is fighting the forces for which his brother works.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-02
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That Man from Rio
1964-02-05
That Man from Rio
Overview: French military man Adrien Dufourquet gets an eight-day furlough to visit his fiancée, Agnès. But when he arrives in Paris, he learns that her late father's partner, museum curator Professor Catalan, has just been kidnapped by a group of Amazon tribesmen who have also stolen a priceless statue from the museum. Adrien and Agnès pursue the kidnappers to Brazil, where they learn that the statue is the key to a hidden Amazon treasure.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-02-05
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Off Broadway
2021-06-24
Off Broadway
Overview: The year is 2020 and the American theater is shut down… but it is not shut off. Off Broadway follows the staff of a non-profit theater as they come together on Zoom and scramble to stave off extinction. The show is a scathing critique of an industry desperately trying to reinvent itself in the midst of a pandemic.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-06-24
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The Other Woman
1983-03-22
The Other Woman
Overview: After losing his wife of 28 years in a skiing accident, widower Lou Chadway (Hal Linden) falls for and marries his daughter's sexy roommate but soon learns that he has absolutely nothing in common with her. Peg Gilford (Anne Meara) is a divorced grandmother who comes along to take Lou's mind off her and they embark on a secret love affair.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-22
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Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
Night of 100 Stars
Overview: The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-08
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