Jon Cedar
Biography: Jon Cedar (1931-2011) was an American actor who appeared in more than sixty films and television shows during his career. He was best known for his recurring role as Corporal Karl Langenscheidt on the television series Hogan's Heroes. After serving in the U.S. military during the Korean War, he honed his craft in high school theatre before joining his family in traveling musical and off-Broadway productions. Later, he graced the stage with the Players Ring theatre troupe in Hollywood. With a filmography boasting over 60 film and television appearances, Cedar's most prominent role was undoubtedly Corporal Karl Langenscheidt on the beloved series "Hogan's Heroes." He also graced the silver screen in films like "Capricorn One," "Death Hunt," "The Manitou," and "The Concorde... Airport '79." His television appearances were equally impressive, featuring guest roles on numerous iconic shows including "Matlock," "Barnaby Jones," "Kojak," and "Murder, She Wrote." Married to Barbara Joan Shandell and father to two children, Jon Cedar continued acting until his passing in Los Angeles, California at the age of 80.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 22, 1931
Deathday: April 14, 2011
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In Love and War
1987-03-16
In Love and War
Overview: This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North Vietnam. During his confinement in such camps as the infamous "Hanoi Hilton", Stockdale, among other senior officers, led a resistance group against the North Vietnamese, facing torture, isolation, and starvation in attempts to break their wills. Back in the US, Stockdale's wife, Sybil, begins working with other POW wives to try to get information on their husbands and to inform the world on their treatment.
Genres: Adventure Romance Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-16
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Death Hunt
1981-04-15
Death Hunt
Overview: Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-15
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The Manitou
1978-04-28
The Manitou
Overview: A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400 year-old demonic Native American spirit.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-28
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Day of the Animals
1977-05-13
Day of the Animals
Overview: The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-13
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Second Thoughts
1983-03-07
Second Thoughts
Overview: Lawyer Amy finds herself courted by two very different men: her client, a roguish street musician named Will, and her ex John Michael. A curious triangle develops as Amy gets pregnant by Will and both men vie for her affections.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-07
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Little Cigars
1973-06-22
Little Cigars
Overview: A gangster's former mistress hooks up with a troupe of circus midgets who, as a sideline, rob banks and casinos.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-22
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By Dawn's Early Light
1990-05-19
By Dawn's Early Light
Overview: A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-19
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Body Shot
1994-03-09
Body Shot
Overview: Paparazzi photographer Mickey Dane is obsessed with elusive pop singer Chelsea, and his attempts to capture her on film often land him in trouble.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-09
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Stowaway to the Moon
1975-01-10
Stowaway to the Moon
Overview: E.J. Mackernutt, Jr., an 11-year-old boy who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, sneaks into Cape Kennedy and becomes a stowaway on a spaceship scheduled for a lunar landing. After he is discovered, NASA at first cancels the landing, but E.J. and the astronauts convince them to go forward with it. Problems arise when one of the astronauts is incapacitated by illness and the other two are stranded on the moon's surface, but E.J. is able to command the space capsule and save the day.
Genres: Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-10
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Asteroid
1997-02-16
Asteroid
Overview: With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-16
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Capricorn One
1977-12-10
Capricorn One
Overview: In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-10
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Interceptor
1992-10-13
Interceptor
Overview: A U.S. Air Force officer tries to stop a murderous group of terrorists who are trying to steal two top secret F-117A Stealth Fighters from the cargo hold of a gigantic C-5 Galaxy Transport flying at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-13
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Time Travelers
1976-03-19
Time Travelers
Overview: When a novel virus devastates the world in 1976, Dr. Earnshaw notices that it resembles a virus that a Dr. Henderson found a cure for in 1871 Chicago. However, the doctor perished and his notes were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire. Earnshaw is approached by a government agent, Jeffrey Adams, who informs him of a Top Secret time traveling technology and asks for his assistance in finding Dr. Henderson and his cure. But their adventure becomes a race against time when a glitch sends them back to the day before the fire instead of the planned four days.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-19
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Love Shack
2010-11-23
Love Shack
Overview: A dysfunctional family of adult film stars reunites for a memorial porn shoot following the death of legendary producer Mo Saltzman. Along the way, the film's hapless director must contend with dueling divas, bickering couples, emotionally-scarred tag-team brothers, and a dominatrix with low self-esteem. Given its all-star cast and lofty pedigree, the film should be the greatest porno of all time
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-23
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Kiss Daddy Goodbye
1981-01-01
Kiss Daddy Goodbye
Overview: Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Quick and the Dead
1963-01-01
The Quick and the Dead
Overview: A small group of soldiers capture a German observation post, but in turn are captured themselves. They soon escape and--with the aid of two women--try to fight their way to safety.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Swashbuckler
1976-07-29
Swashbuckler
Overview: A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Genres: Adventure Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-29
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Feds
1988-10-28
Feds
Overview: Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course, in which they learn to deal with guns and to recognise crimes. They also get a physical training. It appears that Ellie is a real fighting- machine, in contrast with Janis, the great student. They have to help each other, all the way to graduation.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-28
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Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969-10-14
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Overview: During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who becomes smitten with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended...for five years!
Genres: Comedy War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-14
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Foxy Brown
1974-04-05
Foxy Brown
Overview: A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-05
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I Want to Live
1983-05-09
I Want to Live
Overview: The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her participation in a hold up in which a person was killed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-09
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The Healers
1974-05-22
The Healers
Overview: The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-22
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Messenger of Death
1988-09-16
Messenger of Death
Overview: Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-16
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The Concorde... Airport '79
1979-08-17
The Concorde... Airport '79
Overview: Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-17
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Murder in Mind
1997-08-01
Murder in Mind
Overview: The L.A. police find two bodies in a fancy house and suspect the wife of one victim. Dr. Ellis, a hypnotherapist, takes her back in time; with the police listening, a pattern of spousal abuse emerges. When each trance ends, however, the woman, Carolyn Walker, wonders if those repressed memories are true. Dr. Ellis guides her through her trial, testifies himself, and continues treatment after the verdict is in. Carolyn's memory and well-being get worse after the trial, not better. She misses some therapy sessions, and Dr. Ellis comes to see her at home. Snatches of memory come and go. Can he help her remember what really happened? Are the cops satisfied justice has been done?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-01
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The Execution of Private Slovik
1974-03-13
The Execution of Private Slovik
Overview: The story of Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-13
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