Herb Edelman
Biography: Herbert "Herb" Edelman (November 5, 1933 – July 21, 1996) was an American actor of stage, film and television. He was twice nominated for an Emmy Award for his television work. One of his best remembered roles was as Stanley Zbornak, the ex-husband of Dorothy Zbornak (played by Beatrice Arthur) on the long-running situation comedy, The Golden Girls. He also had a recurring role on the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herb Edelman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 05, 1933
Deathday: July 21, 1996
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The Front Page
1974-11-01
The Front Page
Overview: A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-01
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The Way We Were
1973-10-17
The Way We Were
Overview: Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-17
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On the Right Track
1981-03-06
On the Right Track
Overview: Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking the winning horses' names out of the paper while shining shoes. When word gets around, though, everyone wants a piece of the action.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-06
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The Odd Couple
1968-05-16
The Odd Couple
Overview: In New York, Felix, a neurotic news writer who just broke up with his wife, is urged by his chaotic friend Oscar, a sports journalist, to move in with him, but their lifestyles are as different as night and day are, so Felix's ideas about housekeeping soon begin to irritate Oscar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-16
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In Like Flint
1967-03-15
In Like Flint
Overview: Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") Flint finds that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-15
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California Suite
1978-12-15
California Suite
Overview: The misadventures of four groups of guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-15
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The Yakuza
1974-12-21
The Yakuza
Overview: When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-21
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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968-10-18
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
Overview: Harold Fine is a self-described square - a 35-year-old Los Angeles lawyer who's not looking forward to middle age nor his upcoming wedding. His life changes when he falls in love with Nancy, a free-spirited, innocent, and beautiful young hippie. After Harold and his family enjoy some of her "groovy" brownies, he decides to "drop out" with her and become a hippie too. But can he return to his old life when he discovers that the hippie lifestyle is just a little too independent and irresponsible for his tastes?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-18
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Crossfire
1975-03-24
Crossfire
Overview: Vince Rossi is a cop who has been asked by the department to go undercover. Part of the process was being dismissed from the department and being branded a dirty cop. And his first job is to go after a mob boss.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-24
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Barefoot in the Park
1967-05-25
Barefoot in the Park
Overview: In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-25
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Steambath
1973-05-04
Steambath
Overview: Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the attendant picking up the towels.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-04
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Hearts of the West
1975-10-08
Hearts of the West
Overview: Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession of the loot box of two crooks who tried to rob him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-08
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The War Between Men and Women
1972-06-01
The War Between Men and Women
Overview: A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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The Naked Truth
1992-09-29
The Naked Truth
Overview: Two friends, both named Frank, accidentally obtain a suitcase at the airport. It contains incriminating evidence against a mafia boss, who sends his Terminator-like lackie to find them. The Franks hide by impersonating make-up women for a beauty pageant. While in drag, the mafioso falls in love with one of the Franks.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-29
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In Name Only
1969-11-25
In Name Only
Overview: In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds married...again.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-25
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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979-12-28
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Overview: Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1979-12-28
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The Neon Ceiling
1971-02-08
The Neon Ceiling
Overview: A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work is the neon sculptures he collects and attaches to the ceiling.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-08
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The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
2003-06-02
The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments
Overview: A 90-minute special reuniting the main cast of the American sitcom, "The Golden Girls", where they share their favorite moments from the show, behind-the-scenes footage, and plenty of laughs
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-02
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Distant Early Warning
1975-10-21
Distant Early Warning
Overview: Aliens infiltrate an Arctic research station, and perform experiments on the unsuspecting crew by mind control which makes them think they are seeing dead members of their families.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-21
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Smorgasbord
1983-04-13
Smorgasbord
Overview: Warren Nefron is a hopeless klutz who has some of the worst luck in the world: when he tries to end it all with a foolproof suicide plan, he still manages to mess it up. In desperation, he goes to a psychiatrist to see if there is some way for him to end his troubles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-13
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Wheels on Meals
1984-08-17
Wheels on Meals
Overview: Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket.
Genres: Romance Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1984-08-17
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The Comedy Company
1978-07-21
The Comedy Company
Overview: An ex-comedian fights to keep a failing nightclub alive as a showcase for aspiring young comics.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-21
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P.J.
1968-03-27
P.J.
Overview: Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, complications ensue as P.J. gradually falls in love with Maureen. (Wikipedia)
Genres: Action Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-27
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The Feminist and the Fuzz
1971-01-26
The Feminist and the Fuzz
Overview: A dedicated women's libber and a male chauvinist cop become roommates.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-26
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The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
1974-09-24
The Strange and Deadly Occurrence
Overview: A family moves into a new home in an isolated area, and soon realizes that someone--or something--doesn't want them there.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-24
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Grass Roots
1992-02-24
Grass Roots
Overview: This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-24
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Shooting Stars
1983-07-28
Shooting Stars
Overview: Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.
Genres: Comedy Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-28
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Charge of the Model T's
1977-11-04
Charge of the Model T's
Overview: During WWI, the Germans try to encourages and hires a band of certain Mexican guerrillas and bandits to make trouble on the Texas border and attack the Stonewall Farm. He plans this so the Americans will have no choice but to send more troops to Texas instead of Europe. Masterminding the plot is a German spy who has, at his disposal, the RX4, a specially equipped weapon-bearing automobile of awesome speed, but a U.S. Army lieutenant carries the day with his own fleet of Model T racers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-04
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Picking Up the Pieces
1985-10-22
Picking Up the Pieces
Overview: A sheltered wife of a surgeon suddenly finds herself thrust into the middle of a messy divorce.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-22
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Special Olympics
1978-02-22
Special Olympics
Overview: A widowed father struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is intellectually challenged and enrolled in a state school for "special" children where he finds fulfillment in his love of sports, emulating his older, athletic brother.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-22
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A Cry for Love
1980-10-20
A Cry for Love
Overview: Divorcee Susan Blakely, with no alimony and two kids to support, begins turning to amphetamines. While at her lowest ebb, she meets an alcoholic and three-time loser in marriage -- who, incredibly, turns out to be the ideal man!
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-20
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Marathon
1980-01-30
Marathon
Overview: A bemused, mild-mannered accountant takes up jogging and a lithesome, young woman sprints into his life, inspiring him to enter a marathon, to the annoyance of his non-running wife.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-30
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Cops n Roberts
1995-01-01
Cops n Roberts
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Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976-02-02
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Overview: In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-02
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Banyon
1971-03-15
Banyon
Overview: Miles C. Banyon is a private investigator in 1930s Los Angeles. In this TV movie—which served as the pilot episode for the short-lived TV show—Banyon's new client, a young woman, is found dead in his office...shot with his own gun.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-15
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Goin' Coconuts
1978-10-06
Goin' Coconuts
Overview: The toothsome singing duo, Donny and Marie Osmond, head for Hawaii in this comedy. The trouble begins when Marie acquires a lovely necklace without realizing that it is coveted by a group of thieves. An enigmatic woman is also after the necklace. Mayhem, music, and sibling rivalry ensue.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977-12-16
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Overview: Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-16
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Of Thee I Sing
1972-10-24
Of Thee I Sing
Overview: CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-24
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Once Upon a Dead Man
1971-09-17
Once Upon a Dead Man
Overview: The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-17
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