Joseph Ruskin
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Ruskin (born April 14, 1924) is an American character actor. Ruskin is one of only 4 actors or actresses to have starred in both the original Star Trek (1966) (up to and including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) and then in one of the spin offs. Along with Majel Barrett, Clint Howard and Jack Donner, he is one of only four actors to appear in both the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). He also played a Vulcan Master in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Ruskin was also in an episode of The Outer Limits called "Production and Decay of Strange Particles". Ruskin was also in a movie called Smokin' Aces. Joseph Ruskin was the uncredited voice of the Kanamits from the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". He also may be remembered as the Genie from the 1960 episode of the Twilight Zone, "The Man in the Bottle". He married Patricia Herd in 1959 and was later divorced in 1976. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Ruskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: April 14, 1924
Deathday: December 28, 2013
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Smokin' Aces
2006-12-09
Smokin' Aces
Overview: When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-09
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The Scorpion King
2002-04-18
The Scorpion King
Overview: In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-18
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King Cobra
1999-08-10
King Cobra
Overview: 30 feet of pure terror is the result of an experimental drug used in a biochemical lab and this mutated nightmare is pure evil! Half-African cobra and half-diamondback, he's 30 feet long with a giant appetite for terror.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-10
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The Man Who Wasn't There
1983-08-12
The Man Who Wasn't There
Overview: When he accidentally takes possession of a top-secret invisibility potion while en route to his wedding, government bureaucrat Sam Cooper finds himself engulfed in a madcap free-for-all as Russians and other bad guys try to get the substance. To elude the Reds, his own State Department bosses and his livid fiancée, Cooper takes the vanishing juice himself—which only makes matters worse.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-12
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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960-02-03
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Overview: Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.
Genres: Crime History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-03
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CyberTracker
1994-08-22
CyberTracker
Overview: Eric is a secret agent currently working as security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-22
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Panache
1976-05-15
Panache
Overview: A stylish comedy swashbuckler mixing romance, masterful swordplay, political treachery, and 20th-Century pratfalls in 17th-Century France, this film was a pilot for an unrealized series.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-15
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The Criminal Mind
1993-10-25
The Criminal Mind
Overview: A Los Angeles district attorney must choose between family loyalty and his job when his long-lost brother turns out to be a powerful mob figure.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-25
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Firepower
1993-10-25
Firepower
Overview: In the year 2007, crime has risen at an exponential rate. Once highly populated metropolises such as Los Angeles are no longer inhabitable. These cities have transformed into "Hell Zones," ruled by violent street gangs. The Hell Zone, formerly called the "Zone of Personal Freedom," is a safe-haven for criminal warpaths everywhere. This Hell Zone in LA is controlled by a criminal mastermind named Drexal (Joseph Ruskin). For the sake of entertaining his crowds of decadent losers and underlings, Drexal has staged a series of lethal, no-holds-barred matches in the "Death Ring," where the winner takes all of the glory...while the defeated one shall lose his self-respect (or maybe just his head). Meanwhile, two brave cops, Braniff (Chad McQueen), and Sledge (Gary Daniels) must risk their badges...and their lives when they enter Los Angeles's "Hell Zone."
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-25
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Dr. Scorpion
1978-02-24
Dr. Scorpion
Overview: A retired spy is reluctantly lured back into action to take down a mad scientist living on a tropical island.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-24
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The Gypsy Warriors
1978-05-12
The Gypsy Warriors
Overview: American soldiers (Tom Selleck and James Whitmore Jr.) must travel behind enemy lines to procure the formula for a deadly Nazi toxin in this World War II adventure.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-12
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Power
1980-01-14
Power
Overview: Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leader who, like Hoffa, finds himself behind bars in a federal prison, and not long after, taken for a ride by shady men never to be seen again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-14
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The Magnificent Seven
1960-10-12
The Magnificent Seven
Overview: An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
Genres: Western Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-12
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Diamond Zero
2005-05-24
Diamond Zero
Overview: A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the sawbones hires a pair of hapless thieves to collect the raw material, a string of calamities ensues in their insane efforts to pilfer the ashes of prominent and historic figures. Tippi Hedren, Bronson Pinchot, Richard Moll and Joan Van Ark head the cast in this inky morality yarn.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-24
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Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
1980-11-19
Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes
Overview: The fugitives Burke, Virdon and Galen try to save the life of a human blacksmith and his son, whom gorilla leader Urko has threatened with death should his horse lose another race. The trio also attempt to expose a crooked gorilla by framing him in a plot to kill Urko. [The third of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "The Horse Race" and "The Tyrant"]
Genres: TV Movie Adventure Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-19
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Captain America
1979-01-19
Captain America
Overview: Artist Steve Rogers is nearly murdered by spies, seeking his late father's national secrets. He is saved during surgery via a secret formula; this serum not only heals him but also gives him fantastic strength and lightning reflexes. To help solve the mystery behind his father’s murder and bring those guilty to justice, a government agency equips him with a special motorcycle loaded with gadgets and an indestructible shield. Now armed, he battles against the nation's enemies as the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-19
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Hell Bent for Leather
1960-02-01
Hell Bent for Leather
Overview: When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The townspeople capture Santell, and turn him over to lawman Harry Deckett. Deckett, who is tired of chasing the real Travers, decides to kill Santell and pass him off as Travers. Santell escapes from Deckett, taking lovely Janet Gifford hostage in the process. Janet comes to believe Santell's story, and helps him in his struggle to prove his real identity.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-01
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Saturday the 14th Strikes Back
1988-09-26
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back
Overview: Eddie and his family have just inherited a spooky wreck of a house. What they do not know about the house is that it was built over an evil passage way, but they are soon to discover the wacky evil it releases.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-26
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Indecent Proposal
1993-04-07
Indecent Proposal
Overview: John Gage offers a down-on-his-luck yuppie husband $1 million for the opportunity to spend the night with the man's wife.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-07
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The Munsters' Revenge
1981-02-27
The Munsters' Revenge
Overview: The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr. Diablo, the mastermind of an art heist using monster robots, including clones of Herman and Grandpa.
Genres: Comedy Crime Family TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-27
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Diary of a Madman
1963-03-06
Diary of a Madman
Overview: Simon Cordier, a French magistrate and amateur sculptor comes into contact with a malevolent entity. The invisible - yet corporeal - being, called a "horla" is capable of limited psychokinesis and complete mind control.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-06
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Wishcraft
2002-09-25
Wishcraft
Overview: Brett is a high-school outcast who doesn't run with the in crowd, unlike Samantha, the cheerleader he has a desperate crush on. Then one day, he gets a parcel in the mail -- a totem with the power to grant his deepest, darkest desires. Brett wishes for Samantha to love him, and she does, although after a while her affection starts leaning toward obsession. Then murders start occurring in the school, which Brett gradually starts to connect to the totem.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-25
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Prizzi's Honor
1985-06-14
Prizzi's Honor
Overview: Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US. When he sees Irene Walker, it's love at first sight. But he soon finds that she, too, is a killer for hire. Charley can overlook his suspicions, but he can't turn off his heart. And the couple must remember that even if they love each other, the Prizzis love only money.
Genres: Romance Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-14
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964-06-24
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Overview: Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
Genres: Music Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-24
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Star Trek: Insurrection
1998-12-11
Star Trek: Insurrection
Overview: When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-11
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The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982-04-01
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Overview: A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer's plans to conquer the land.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Original Sin
1989-02-20
Original Sin
Overview: When his son is kidnapped a man has to face his past demons in speaking to a Mafia don about it.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-20
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Deadly Exposure
1993-10-06
Deadly Exposure
Overview: A man endangers his own life when he uncovers an assassination plot while investigating his father's death
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-06
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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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