Peter Donat
Biography: Peter Donat (born 20 January 1928) is a Canadian-American actor known for his roles in American television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Donat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 20, 1928
Deathday: September 10, 2018
Popularity:
Known For
The China Syndrome
1979-03-16
The China Syndrome
Overview: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-16
Popularity:
Golden Gate
1981-09-25
Golden Gate
Overview: A venerable San Francisco publishing family becomes embroiled in a bitter power struggle between the iron-fisted, but ailing, patriarch's son and a ruthless businessman who tries for a takeover.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-25
Popularity:
The Game
1997-09-12
The Game
Overview: In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-12
Popularity:
Red Corner
1997-10-30
Red Corner
Overview: An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-30
Popularity:
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
1982-10-01
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Overview: Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
Popularity:
Mazes and Monsters
1982-12-27
Mazes and Monsters
Overview: Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. Robbie loses his mind, and the line between reality and fantasy fuse into a harrowing nightmare.
Genres: Fantasy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-27
Popularity:
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
1964-01-01
The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
Overview: This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one would follow him. What he discovered instead was an inland sea, a discovery that ended in tragedy.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
Popularity:
The Hindenburg
1975-12-25
The Hindenburg
Overview: Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
Genres: History Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-25
Popularity:
The Bay Boy
1984-09-06
The Bay Boy
Overview: A Roman Catholic teenage boy in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia during the 1930s faces various growing-up problems: Should be become a priest? What should he do about the murder he witnessed, committed by a local cop and upstanding parishioner? And how far should he go with his girl friend, who happens to be the murderer's daughter?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-06
Popularity:
The Missiles of October
1974-12-18
The Missiles of October
Overview: Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy Administration's actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-18
Popularity:
Seduced and Betrayed
1995-04-24
Seduced and Betrayed
Overview: A beautiful but equally dangerous widow won't take "no" for an answer as she draws a dedicated family man into a world of passion, deceit and betrayal, threatening to destroy him in the process.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-24
Popularity:
Switzerland: The Alpine Wonderland
1989-02-20
Switzerland: The Alpine Wonderland
Overview: A tour of the mountains, valleys and cities of this beautiful country. Visit Neuchatel, then shop in elegant Lausanne. The dungeon of the Chateau de Chillon, the city of Geneva and Zermatt's magnificent Matterhorn.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-20
Popularity:
Scenic Wonders of America: American West
1991-01-01
Scenic Wonders of America: American West
Overview: Start where America's mighty Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico... voyage upriver and wonder at the majesty of the Great Lakes... then head west to take in some of our country's most incredible scenic highlights.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
Popularity:
Scenic Wonders of America: Atlantic Vistas
1991-01-01
Scenic Wonders of America: Atlantic Vistas
Overview: From early morning sunlight that lights up the rocky shores of Maine's Acadia National Park to a glowing sunset over the Everglades in Florida, here's an unforgettable panorama of brilliant autumn leaves, thundering waterfalls, shadowed caves, cypress-filled swamps, and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
Popularity:
Scenic Wonders of America: Pacific Frontiers
1991-01-01
Scenic Wonders of America: Pacific Frontiers
Overview: Your journey begins in the stark beauty of Death Valley Monument. It ends with enthralling closeups of rare nene birds in the crater of a dormant volcano in Hawaii. In between: crashing waves, a dense rainforest, icy glaciers, and other extraordinary treasures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
Popularity:
Lost Lagoon
1957-11-24
Lost Lagoon
Overview: Saddled with a loveless marriage and three ungrateful children, Charlie Walker (Jeffrey Lynn) dreams of escape. When he falls overboard on a boating trip and is presumed dead, his fantasy comes true. He washes up on a Caribbean island and meets a lovely local (Leila Barry). He gets a fresh start at life, opening a resort on his island home. But guilt and a few insurance agents may cut Charlie's dream short.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-24
Popularity:
Mirrors
1978-02-01
Mirrors
Overview: A newlywed couple checks into an old hotel in New Orleans where the wife begins having dreams in which she encounters a sinister group of people who seem to want her for some nefarious purpose. When people around her start dying, she realizes she is not dreaming.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-01
Popularity:
Enemies
1974-01-23
Enemies
Overview: In a sun-dappled garden in provincial Russia in 1905, some factory owners and their wives discuss the unrest among the workers. Rather than submit to a strike, they decide to close down the factory. When an owner is slain in a scuffle with a workman, the ensuing investigation uncovers the socialist fervor that is sweeping the countryside.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-23
Popularity:
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975-05-13
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Overview: A young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first day finds himself making life-and-death decisions.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-13
Popularity:
A Different Story
1978-05-10
A Different Story
Overview: A gay man and a lesbian enter into a marriage of convenience in order to prevent his deportation, and then gradually fall in love with one another.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-10
Popularity:
Russian Roulette
1975-08-20
Russian Roulette
Overview: An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When the prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assassination scheme.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-20
Popularity:
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
1976-02-26
The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
Overview: Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-26
Popularity:
The Flying Misfits
1976-09-21
The Flying Misfits
Overview: The dramatized World War II adventures of US Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington and his Marine Attack Squadron 214, AKA The Black Sheep Squadron. The film also acted as the pilot for the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. Former U.S. Marine pilot Greg "Pappy" Boyington is flying with the American Volunteer Group (the Flying Tigers) in China. After Pearl Harbor brings America into World War II, Greg leaves the AVG to rejoin the Marine Corps. He refuses to be relegated to a desk job and, against all military protocol, forms his own fighter squadron from a group of misfits and disciplinary cases.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-21
Popularity:
Last Hours Before Morning
1975-04-19
Last Hours Before Morning
Overview: An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at a beautiful movie star's home.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-19
Popularity:
Highpoint
1982-08-20
Highpoint
Overview: James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets caught up in the intrigue, and must try to recover the money, while saving the beautiful Lise Hatcher (hopefully for himself).
Genres: Thriller Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-20
Popularity:
Video Visits: Bali - A Window on Paradise
1990-01-01
Video Visits: Bali - A Window on Paradise
Overview: A comprehensive tour of the beautiful Indonesian island of Bali - its slumbering volcanoes, mountain lakes, lush green rice paddies and intricate temples. Bali, despite its dependence on tourism, still retains its vital four thousand year old culture. The video takes us to Lake Bratan; Ubud, the country’s cultural centre; Mas, famous for its carved wood masks; the port of Singaraja and the beaches of Sanur.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
Popularity:
The Deep End
2001-01-21
The Deep End
Overview: With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-21
Popularity:
The Godfather Part II
1974-12-20
The Godfather Part II
Overview: In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-20
Popularity:
The Princess and the Cabbie
1981-11-03
The Princess and the Cabbie
Overview: A young woman works to overcome her dyslexia with the help of a good-hearted cab driver.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-03
Popularity:
Return Engagement
1978-11-17
Return Engagement
Overview: A live-theater production in which Elizabeth Taylor stars as Emily Loomis, a professor of ancient history at a small California college, who reluctantly agrees to rent a room in her house to one of the new students, named Stewart Anderson. Both happen to be loners (she with a secret past) and although they initially get on each other's nerves, they eventually realize the rapport to help one another emerge from their emotional shells.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-17
Popularity:
The War of the Roses
1989-12-08
The War of the Roses
Overview: The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.
Genres: Comedy Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-08
Popularity:
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988-08-12
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Overview: Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-12
Popularity:
Cyrano de Begerac
1974-02-06
Cyrano de Begerac
Overview: Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-06
Popularity:
Fun and Games
1980-05-25
Fun and Games
Overview: A divorcee decides to fight back after her hopes of gaining a promotion are dashed by her rejection of the advances of her boss, and it is only after he actually attacks her that her company and her union take notice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-25
Popularity:
The Return of Charlie Chan
1973-07-01
The Return of Charlie Chan
Overview: Charlie Chan comes out of retirement to investigate a murder case aboard the yacht of a wealthy Greek shipping tycoon.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-01
Popularity:
The Suicide's Wife
1977-11-07
The Suicide's Wife
Overview: An unsuccessful middle-aged college professor commits suicide, leaving his wife to cope with guilt, shame, and an angry teenage son who blames her for his father's death.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-07
Popularity:
My Old Man's Place
1971-06-29
My Old Man's Place
Overview: Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple of days to a peaceful farm owned by the father of one of the men. A psychotic sergeant who also did tours in Nam, joins them. Personalities clash hard.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-29
Popularity:
The Babe
1992-04-17
The Babe
Overview: A chronicle of Babe Ruth's phenomenal story--from his hard knock beginnings at a Baltimore orphanage, to his meteoric rise to baseball superstardom and his poignant retirement from the game. His amazing career included seven American League pennants, four World Series championships, two tempestuous marriages and a wild lifestyle that earned him numerous suspensions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-17
Popularity:
Honeymoon
1985-11-20
Honeymoon
Overview: A Frenchwoman in Manhattan, in danger of being deported because of her relationship with a recently arrested drug offender, enters into a marriage of convenience with a stranger that is arranged through an agency. But even though the two are not supposed to even meet, her new husband starts taking his faux wedding vows entirely too seriously.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-20
Popularity:
Meteor
1979-10-19
Meteor
Overview: After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-19
Popularity:
Skin Deep
1989-03-03
Skin Deep
Overview: Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-03
Popularity:
School Ties
1992-09-18
School Ties
Overview: When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man on campus thanks to his football skills, but when his Jewish background is discovered, his worst fears are realized and his friends turn on him with violent threats and public ridicule.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-18
Popularity:
Unfinished Business
1987-09-18
Unfinished Business
Overview: Helena, a stage actress is confronted by Ferenc, a Hungarian who left her 15 years before to return to Europe, where he now runs a state-subsidized theater. Though he has brought along his current mistress, he wants to come back to Helena.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
Popularity:
Massive Retaliation
1984-09-01
Massive Retaliation
Overview: Three families that are best friends head to their secret retreat when WW3 seems to be nearing. The adults arrive at the retreat and must endure the stress to come while the children are separated from the adults and have their own troubles along the way.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-01
Popularity:
Earth Star Voyager
1988-01-17
Earth Star Voyager
Overview: In the late 21st century, planet earth's natural resources are near depletion, and problems like acid rain and limited breathable oxygen abound. In response to the environmental decline, the Earth Star Voyager is created as an experimental space ship that sends the brightest young crewmen and women on a quest to find a new planet that human beings can colonize. Along the way, they find the long lost Jacob 'Jake' Brown, find a world with hostile aliens, and learn that the star craft's top secret purpose was not just a peaceful space exploration mission, but also potentially the critical piece of a super weapon.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-17
Popularity:
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
1977-04-16
Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Overview: After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry, the remaining senator and the state governor must decide on a person who will play along with their shady deals and not cause any problems. They decide on Billy Jack, currently sitting in prison after being sent to jail at the end of his previous film, as they don't expect him to be capable of much, and they think he will attract young voters to the party.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-16
Popularity:
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
2004-10-26
The China Syndrome: A Fusion of Talent
Overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-26
Popularity:
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
2004-10-26
The China Syndrome: Creating a Controversy
Overview: Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of "The China Syndrome."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-26
Popularity:
Hanging by a Thread
1979-05-08
Hanging by a Thread
Overview: A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-08
Popularity:
F.I.S.T.
1978-04-26
F.I.S.T.
Overview: Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-26
Popularity:
Dieppe
1993-12-30
Dieppe
Overview: A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian forces in the war.
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-30
Popularity:
A Matter of Life and Death
1981-01-13
A Matter of Life and Death
Overview: The true story of a nurse who spent her life caring for terminally ill patients.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-13
Popularity:
Delta County, USA
1977-05-20
Delta County, USA
Overview: Delta County is a staid Southern community caught between the old traditions and a rapidly changing way of life. For teenagers Terry Nicholas, his sister McCain, and Joe Ed, the boy from the wrong side of the tracks that she's attracted to, the old traditions have little meaning in their lives. Their elders, struggling to preserve values of an older day, have personal problems that are sometimes overwhelming, such as the one facing John McCain Jr., an alcoholic whose wife Kate is having a hidden and torrid romance that sets her husband off on a vengeance-seeking spree.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-20
Popularity:
Fortune Dane
1986-02-15
Fortune Dane
Overview: Carl Weathers is a former championship athlete turned police officer. He is about to face the most vicious challenge of his life in this action packed adventure. When a hitman brutally massacres nine people, including his personal friend in a cold-blooded attack, Fortune Dane demands justice. As he pieces together the facts surrounding the slaughter, he get’s too close to the truth. Someone important wants him stopped. Hired killers stalk him, blackmailers plant drugs to threaten him, and his captain pulls him off the case. The unthinkable happens when the evidence condemns the last person Dane would ever suspect. He turns in his badge and takes matters into his own hands – fighting for his goal, his code, and his life! When the going gets tough, the tough turn to Fortune Dane.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-15
Popularity: