Dennis Fimple
Biography: He appeared in a variety of TV shows including Here Come the Brides, Petticoat Junction, Matt Houston, M*A*S*H, Centennial, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Sledge Hammer!, Knight Rider, Quantum Leap and ER. He also had roles in films such as Truck Stop Women (1974), The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975), Mackintosh and T.J. (1975), Stay Hungry (1976), King Kong (1976), The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Goin' South (1978), The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982) and Maverick (1994), and shared the lead in Bootleggers (1974) and Creature from Black Lake (1976). His most popular role was that of the lovable but none-too-bright Devil's Hole Gang member, Kyle Murtry, on the ABC comedy/western series, Alias Smith and Jones, starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Fimple appeared in seven episodes and remains a favorite of fans of the series. In 1993-1994, he appeared as Garral in seven episodes of the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series Harts of the West on CBS. His last role was in the 2003 Rob Zombie horror film, House of 1000 Corpses, as the foul-mouthed Grandpa Hugo. Fimple was born in Taft, California, the son of Dolly and Elmer Fimple.[1] He graduated from Taft Union High School in 1958.[2] He died in Frazier Park, California in August 2002 from a car accident.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 11, 1940
Deathday: August 23, 2002
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House of 1000 Corpses
2003-04-11
House of 1000 Corpses
Overview: Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-11
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Of Mice and Men
1981-11-29
Of Mice and Men
Overview: George and Lenny travel through the Depression-era west working at odd jobs, hoping to make enough money to buy their own farm. George must always watch over his intellectually disabled friend, and keep him out of danger, both to himself and to others. After they take a new job at a ranch, Lenny gets into far more trouble than George can talk his way out of, leaving George to decide whether to help him, or leave him to his fate.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-29
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Stay Hungry
1976-04-23
Stay Hungry
Overview: A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-23
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Maverick
1994-05-20
Maverick
Overview: Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-20
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The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
1974-07-29
The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe
Overview: Poe's fiance, Lenore, falls into a coma and is taken for dead. She is rescued at the last possible moment from being buried alive, but the experience has driven her insane. On the advice of his friend, Dr. Forrest, Poe commits Lenore to the asylum run by Dr. Grimaldi. On a visit to the asylum, Poe and Forrest sense that something strange is going on, and decide to sneak back in after dark and investigate.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-29
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Creature from Black Lake
1976-03-01
Creature from Black Lake
Overview: Two men exploring the Louisiana swamps run into a Bigfoot-type creature.
Genres: Mystery Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-01
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The Shadow of Chikara
1977-07-15
The Shadow of Chikara
Overview: Two former Confederate captains try to remove diamonds hidden in the Arkansas mountains, but a native spirit guards the sacred site against intruders.
Genres: Horror Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-15
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Cactus in the Snow
1971-12-01
Cactus in the Snow
Overview: A young soldier attempts to lose his virginity before he leaves for Vietnam.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-01
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Truck Stop Women
1974-05-15
Truck Stop Women
Overview: A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-15
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A Summer to Remember
1985-03-27
A Summer to Remember
Overview: Silent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new stepfather. But when a highly trained orangutan named Casey is thrown from a truck near Toby's home, the boy soon has a secret friend he can communicate with via sign language.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-27
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Gidget Gets Married
1972-01-04
Gidget Gets Married
Overview: Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-04
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The Evictors
1979-04-17
The Evictors
Overview: A nice young couple move into an eerie house located in a small Louisiana town, unaware of its violent history.
Genres: Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-17
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Winterhawk
1975-11-05
Winterhawk
Overview: Smallpox plagues Chief Winterhawk's tribe. He seeks cure from the white men, who in turn, in fear of getting the smallpox, kill two of his companions. Winterhawk comes back to kidnap a girl and her brother from the white men's settlement, and thus begins the chase...
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-05
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They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978-12-01
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Overview: Dewey and Wallace are small-town lawmen who are ordered by the governor to go undercover as prison inmates to find out where a gang of thieves have hidden their loot. While they're undercover, however, the governor dies, and because no one else knows about the ruse Dewey and Wallace are stranded in prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-01
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The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
1976-08-01
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
Overview: This comical western chronicles the silly adventures of a bumbling wagonmaster and his clutzy assistant as they attempt to take seven passengers across the prairie. Among the passengers are two wealthy Bostonians, an aspiring showgirl, a teacher, and bachelor. The story is adapted from Dusty's Trail, a television sitcom.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-01
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Bootleggers
1974-06-06
Bootleggers
Overview: A bunch of bootleggers run booze in the South.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-06
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Fangs
2002-02-25
Fangs
Overview: Scottsville is a sleepy town, where the yearly apple blossom festival is usually the only 'memorable' event, so Police Chief Sam Taylor is furious when young cop Ally Parks -who comes from the big city- insists on investigating the death and mutilation of prof. Fuller, who experimented on bats, and soon several other victims, as unnatural bat attacks. She finds a helpful 'expert' in animal controller Dr. John Winslow, and the couple gets help from his inquisitive daughter Genny and her practically in-living high school-friend Logan to unravel how it all ties in with local real estate mogul Carl Hart's dishonest and corrupt practices.
Genres: Horror Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-25
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Goin' South
1978-10-06
Goin' South
Overview: Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-06
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The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980-01-26
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Overview: A debt-ridden divorced mother and factory worker strives to get a higher-paying job on the traditionally all-male main assembly line.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-26
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B.J. and the Bear
1978-10-04
B.J. and the Bear
Overview: In this pilot film, B.J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimpanzee named Bear, finds himself caught up with a bunch of young women trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-04
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King Kong
1976-09-08
King Kong
Overview: An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-08
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Once Upon a Texas Train
1988-10-12
Once Upon a Texas Train
Overview: Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars. Twenty years later, upon his release, Henry is older but unrepentant. Within six hours after leaving his jail cell, he evens the score with Hayes by holding up the Bank of Texas for $20,000 in gold. Hayes, in his fury, gets himself out of retirement to take up the chase once more.
Genres: Action Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-12
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White House Madness
1975-01-01
White House Madness
Overview: The Nixon Administration falls apart in a farcical manner in the time of the Watergate Scandal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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Death Falls
1991-01-01
Death Falls
Overview: A terminally ill man gets his buddy to bust him out of the hospital. But, in the process, the duo antagonizes a city policeman, who trails them to the boonies surrounding their hometown. The local sheriff and their lady friend (who think more kindly of the pair) strive to find the fugitives before the less-compassionate posse, which includes a deranged, rifle-toting foe of the two.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Down Periscope
1996-03-01
Down Periscope
Overview: Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-01
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You and Me
1975-05-31
You and Me
Overview: A young boy and a biker become friends on the road.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-31
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The Culpepper Cattle Co.
1972-04-15
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Overview: Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old West.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-04-15
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The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975-07-01
The Apple Dumpling Gang
Overview: A roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon find themselves facing a surly gang of sharpshooters.
Genres: Comedy Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-01
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The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979-11-20
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Overview: A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves and train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels.
Genres: Western Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-20
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Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
1978-11-03
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
Overview: Two guys come to Nashville and try to make it on the country music scene. Their vision is to play at the Grand IL' Opry. Rejection after rejection pushes them to the verge of quitting and moving back to wherever they came from.
Genres: Comedy Family Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-03
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The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
1982-10-31
The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch
Overview: It's quiet in Chastity Gulch, a small town in the Wild West. The men of the village are all in the army and fight their battles far away. The women are getting very bored! At once a bunch of robbers drops into the saloon. They love the beer but are also looking for beautiful women. Will the town whores keep these delightful men for themselves or will the doctor's wife and the mayor's wife also get a part of the fun?
Genres: TV Movie Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-31
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Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971-02-01
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Overview: An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-01
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Hawken's Breed
1987-01-01
Hawken's Breed
Overview: Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and old friend named Jeb Kline, Hawken later meets Spirit again whom runs away from a local fur trader named Tackett, whom she is sold to. Soon, Hawken is up against Tackett and a posse of hired killers, as well as a greedy and racist land owner, named Hickman, who's long abused son Noel whom narrates the entire story, comes to his and Spirit's aid to help them survive.
Genres: Adventure Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Mackintosh and T.J.
1975-11-21
Mackintosh and T.J.
Overview: Roy is a ranch hand and a drifter. He takes a young man into his care and helps him to grow up.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-21
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The Giant of Thunder Mountain
1990-12-25
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Overview: A mountain man is falsely accused of the murder of his parents.
Genres: Western Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-25
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991-03-01
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Overview: H.D. Dalton is a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed -- the family farm has been abandoned, his old girlfriend Jolie is a now a widowed mother, and his sister Cheryl has put his father in a nursing home.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-01
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Swing Shift
1984-04-13
Swing Shift
Overview: In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft plant where she meets Hazel, the singer from across the way. The two soon become firm friends and with the other girls become increasingly expert workers. As the war drags on, Kay finally dates her trumpet-playing foreman and life gets more complicated.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-13
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Honky Tonk
1974-04-01
Honky Tonk
Overview: In the wild west con-man 'Candy' Johnson heads to Nevada to set up his own gambling den and teams up with Lucy Cotton, a young woman he meets there. This failed television pilot film is loosely based on Honky Tonk (1941), which starred Clark Gable.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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Summertree
1971-06-06
Summertree
Overview: Jerry, not a member of the 'protest generation' but is instead, an 'All American boy,' is drafted into the Army, just as things begin to go well for him. He decision to flee to Canada sparks off conflict with his parents, ending in the film's conclusion - in Vietnam.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-06
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Body Slam
1986-11-21
Body Slam
Overview: M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-21
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Young Pioneers
1976-03-01
Young Pioneers
Overview: Pilot for TV series of the same name released in 1978. The film told the tale of Molly and David Beaton, two teenage newlyweds, homesteading in the Dakota Territory in the 1870s.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-01
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The Sky Trap
1979-05-13
The Sky Trap
Overview: A young man in Arizona, in trying to save his mother’s business, takes off in a sailplane and finds a secret landing strip. He finds that it is being used by drug smugglers, and he works to catch them.
Genres: Crime Adventure Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-13
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