John McConnell
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John McConnell (born November 13, 1958), aka John "Spud" McConnell, is an American actor and radio personality based in New Orleans, Louisiana. McConnell is a character actor who has appeared in more than 40 films, ranging from obscure independent films (mostly filmed locally in New Orleans, or elsewhere set in the Gulf Coast region) to major cinematic release movies (such as the Coen Brothers production O Brother, Where Art Thou?). McConnell has also appeared in numerous plays, including an off-Broadway run in the one-man show The Kingfish, wherein he portrays colorful Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long. He is perhaps best-known for having portrayed Ignatius J. Reilly from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, and in that role was the model for a life-sized bronze statue of the fictitious character on historic Canal Street in downtown New Orleans. On television, McConnell made appearances over three seasons of Roseanne, with good friend and colleague John Goodman. Most recently, McConnell is featured in a recurring role on the FX series The Riches, starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver. McConnell is a conservative afternoon radio personality, hosting a daily call-in talk show, "The Spud Show", on WWL 870 AM and 105.3 FM. Description above from the Wikipedia article John McConnell (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: November 13, 1958
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Miller's Crossing
1990-09-21
Miller's Crossing
Overview: Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-21
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Monster's Ball
2001-12-26
Monster's Ball
Overview: A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-26
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The Badge
2002-09-07
The Badge
Overview: A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from the people he once despised.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-07
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The Reaping
2007-04-05
The Reaping
Overview: Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to prove that a supernatural force is not behind the occurrences, but soon finds that science cannot explain what is happening. Instead, she must regain her faith to combat the evil that waits in a Louisiana swamp.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-05
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The Ladykillers
2004-03-25
The Ladykillers
Overview: An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-03-25
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Cat Run 2
2014-08-19
Cat Run 2
Overview: A couple of fumbling best friends run a private detective agency and find themselves solving their next case in New Orleans, becoming embroiled in a web of sexy female spies and government conspiracy in the lively and character-filled backdrops of the Big Easy
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-19
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Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
2002-03-31
Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat
Overview: Fuad Ramses III (J.P. Delahoussaye) returns to Miami to reopen his grandfather's defunct catering company. This arouses the interest of the local sheriff (Mark McLachlan), who holds Fuad's family reputation in ill favor. Fuad is soon, however, asked to cater the sheriff's wedding by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lamply (Melissa Morgan), and fiancee, Tiffani (Toni Winne). After finding his grandfather's statue of Ishtar, an Egyptian goddess, in a utility closet, he becomes possessed by her evil spirit. He then goes on to create the 'blood feast' his grandfather failed to do, by killing young women in the area and making them into party food for the wedding.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-31
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Because of Winn-Dixie
2005-02-18
Because of Winn-Dixie
Overview: A girl, abandoned by her mother when she was three, moves to a small town in Florida with her father. There, she adopts an orphaned dog she names Winn-Dixie. The bond between the girl and her special companion brings together the people in a small Florida town and heals her own troubled relationship with her father.
Genres: Family Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-18
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Love Liza
2002-12-30
Love Liza
Overview: Following the unexplained suicide of his wife Liza, website designer Wilson Joel turns to huffing gasoline fumes and remote control gaming while avoiding an inevitable conflict with his mother-in-law.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-30
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Interview with the Vampire
1994-11-11
Interview with the Vampire
Overview: A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Genres: Horror Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-11
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This Gun for Hire
1991-01-09
This Gun for Hire
Overview: A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While trying to evade the police, he takes a woman, Anne hostage. Though he eventually lets her go. She develops some kind of fascination for him, which doesn't please her boyfriend, who just happens to be the one who tracking Raven. At the same time Raven tries to find out who set him up and why.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-09
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Miracle Run
2004-08-09
Miracle Run
Overview: Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove them from school due to their behavior, but through therapy, the boys are able to make major strides in their capabilities. A decade later, teens Steven and Phillip seek to prove they can handle high school while still struggling with their disorder.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-09
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Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
1995-03-18
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long
Overview: A Louisiana governor becomes a controversial political kingpin during the Depression.
Genres: Drama TV Movie History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-18
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Elsa & Fred
2014-03-07
Elsa & Fred
Overview: After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-07
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Ruffian
2007-06-09
Ruffian
Overview: Ruffian is an American made-for-television movie that tells the story of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame Champion thoroughbred filly Ruffian who went undefeated until her death after breaking down in a nationally televised match race at Belmont Park on July 6, 1975 against the Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure. Made by ESPN Original Entertainment, the film is directed by Yves Simoneau and stars Sam Shepard as Ruffian's trainer, Frank Whiteley. The producers used four different geldings in the role of Ruffian. Locations for the 2007 film included Louisiana Downs in Shreveport, Louisiana and Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-09
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Delta Heat
1992-12-30
Delta Heat
Overview: An L.A. cop investigates the death of his partner in the swamps of Louisiana. Enlisting the help of an ex-cop who lost his hand to an alligator many years before.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-30
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Malpractice
2001-05-25
Malpractice
Overview: A lawyer turns private investigator when her doctor-husband holds himself responsible for the death of a patient.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-25
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The Courier
2012-03-29
The Courier
Overview: A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-29
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13 Sins
2014-04-11
13 Sins
Overview: Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden-camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-11
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12 Years a Slave
2013-10-18
12 Years a Slave
Overview: In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-18
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000-08-30
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Overview: In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-30
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Our Friend
2019-09-04
Our Friend
Overview: After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-04
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Sasq-Watch!
2017-12-12
Sasq-Watch!
Overview: Amateur crypto-zoologists Nigel and Oscar want nothing more than to capture definitive evidence of a Sasquatch. When their guide bails on them, they must resort to using a mis-matched group of outdoor enthusiasts. Meanwhile, their rival Claus, also on the hunt for the 'Squatch,' races to beat them to the prize in this coming of age comedy about brotherhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-12-12
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The Mechanic
2011-01-13
The Mechanic
Overview: Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-13
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Django Unchained
2012-12-25
Django Unchained
Overview: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-25
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Mutant Species
1995-01-19
Mutant Species
Overview: A rocket containing bio-hazardous material to be disposed of by launching into space crashes in a remote wooded area. An army team is sent to recover it. One of the men is infected and mutates into a monster, killing most of the rest of the team. One man escapes with the help of a brother & sister who live in the woods. He then tries to stop his former buddy, while also fighting against another army team sent in to destroy everything. The bio-material was supposed to create a super-soldier, was banned, and the crash of the rocket appears to have been deliberate so the experiment could proceed. But who is behind it all? And will others be infected?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-19
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Return to Sender
2015-05-31
Return to Sender
Overview: A nurse living in a small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-31
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The Baytown Outlaws
2012-08-27
The Baytown Outlaws
Overview: When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-27
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Abattoir
2016-11-24
Abattoir
Overview: A reporter unearths an urban legend about a home being constructed from rooms where horrific tragedies have occurred.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-24
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Alabama Moon
2009-10-25
Alabama Moon
Overview: After the unexpected death of his survivalist father, an eleven year old boy raised in the Alabama wilderness must learn how to make a home in the modern world.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-25
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The Duel
2016-06-24
The Duel
Overview: A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-24
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Killing Them Softly
2012-07-30
Killing Them Softly
Overview: Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-30
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Black or White
2014-09-06
Black or White
Overview: A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-06
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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009-02-05
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Overview: Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-05
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Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
2009-03-28
Nora Roberts' Midnight Bayou
Overview: The new owner of a supposedly haunted New Orleans plantation manor uncovers a shocking secret that has been hidden for over 100 years.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-28
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Seeking Justice
2011-09-02
Seeking Justice
Overview: After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-02
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2 Guns
2013-08-02
2 Guns
Overview: A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-02
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Running Wild
1995-01-01
Running Wild
Overview: A troubled woman has an affair with her fiance's son.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Stolen
2012-09-06
Stolen
Overview: Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-06
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Déjà Vu
2006-11-22
Déjà Vu
Overview: Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help prevent crime.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-22
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Instant Family
2018-11-13
Instant Family
Overview: When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15 year old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-13
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Crossroads
2006-09-30
Crossroads
Overview: The life of a young Jesuit seminarian is turned upside down when he falls in love with a young woman while working as a volunteer at a soup kitchen.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-30
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Darlin'
2019-09-11
Darlin'
Overview: Found at a Catholic hospital filthy and ferocious, feral teenager Darlin’ is whisked off to a care home run by The Bishop and his obedient nuns, where she’s to be rehabilitated into a "good girl" as an example of the miraculous work of the church. But Darlin’ holds a secret darker than the "sins" she is threatened with, and she is not traveling alone. The Woman who raised her, equally fierce and feral, is ever present in the shadows of Darlin’s psyche and is determined to come for her no matter who tries to get in her way.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-11
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Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
1995-01-09
Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou
Overview: Gerald McRaney stars as Jake Lassiter, a colorful ex-football player turned top defense attorney who is hired to defend Dr. Roger Salisbury, a surgeon charged with malpractice in the mysterious death of a wealthy patient, Phillip Corrigan.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-09
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Jonah Hex
2010-06-18
Jonah Hex
Overview: Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slayed his wife and child.
Genres: Action Western Drama Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-18
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King of the Hill
1993-08-20
King of the Hill
Overview: Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-20
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