John Larch
Biography: John Larch (October 4, 1914 - October 16, 2005) was an American film and television actor. After his lead role in the radio serial Captain Starr of Space (1953–54), John Larch entered films in 1954. He usually appeared in westerns (How The West Was Won) and action films, including Miracle of the White Stallions as General George S. Patton Jr. (1963), Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur as General Omar Bradley (1976), replacing James Gregory as Mac in the Matt Helm movie The Wrecking Crew (1969) starring Dean Martin, Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. Larch, an old friend of Clint Eastwood, appeared in Eastwood films, including Dirty Harry (1971) and Play Misty for Me (1971). He also appeared on a number of television programs, including Naked City (three episodes), Route 66 (three episodes), The Fugitive (two episodes), The Invaders, The Restless Gun (four episodes), Gunsmoke (seven episodes), The Virginian (four episodes), Bonanza, Hawaii Five-0, Mission Impossible (two episodes), The Troubleshooters, Bus Stop, Laramie, The Law and Mr. Jones, and possibly most famously as Bill Mumy's father in The Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life" in 1961. He also appeared in two other The Twilight Zone episodes, playing a psychiatrist in "Perchance to Dream" and the sheriff in "Dust". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Larch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 04, 1914
Deathday: October 16, 2005
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7 Men from Now
1956-07-24
7 Men from Now
Overview: A former sheriff relentlessly pursuing the 7 men who murdered his wife in Arizona crosses paths with a couple heading to California.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-24
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The Phenix City Story
1955-07-19
The Phenix City Story
Overview: A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-19
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Play Misty for Me
1971-10-01
Play Misty for Me
Overview: A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-01
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Framed
1975-08-01
Framed
Overview: Joe Don Baker plays a gambler who is framed for a crime he did not commit. A corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. By the time he gets out of prison, he's determined to put together the pieces of his frame-up and dole out the justice he was denied to those responsible.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-01
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Behind the High Wall
1956-07-01
Behind the High Wall
Overview: A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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How the West Was Won
1962-11-02
How the West Was Won
Overview: The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-02
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Written on the Wind
1956-10-04
Written on the Wind
Overview: Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-04
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Man from Del Rio
1956-10-30
Man from Del Rio
Overview: Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by the town's leading citizens. His popularity with its less-savory element, particularly saloonkeeper Bannister, wanes dramatically, too, as he starts to take his job seriously. It is his love for a decent, caring woman that keeps Dave in town, but can she convince him to lay down his gun and start a new life?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-30
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Bad Ronald
1974-10-23
Bad Ronald
Overview: When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-23
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Miracle of the White Stallions
1963-03-29
Miracle of the White Stallions
Overview: In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered into the right hands. But Patton's something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions perform.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-29
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Santee
1973-09-01
Santee
Overview: Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Jody is orphaned soon after Santee catches up to the gang, and follows Santee in hopes of taking vengeance for his father's death. Instead, however, Jody discovers that Santee is a good and loving man, tormented by the death of his young son at the hands of another outlaw gang. Santee and his wife take Jody in and a father and son relationship begins to grow. Then the gang that shot Santee's son shows up. The film was produced by Edward Platt of Get Smart fame. It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape and then transferred to film.
Genres: Drama Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-01
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Cannon for Cordoba
1970-10-01
Cannon for Cordoba
Overview: In 1912, during the Mexican Revolution, the border between Texas and Mexico is on flames due to savage raids by Mexican bandits who call themselves freedom fighters, so the US government entrusts to General Pershing the capture of General Héctor Córdoba, the most notorious among them.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-01
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Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
1976-01-04
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur
Overview: U.S. President Harry S Truman and his commander in the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur, disagree on war strategy. Their conflict comes to a head when Truman relieves the insubordinate MacArthur from command.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-04
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The McConnell Story
1955-09-29
The McConnell Story
Overview: Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every step.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-29
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Seven Angry Men
1955-03-27
Seven Angry Men
Overview: Rise, fall and execution of John Brown, fanatic abolitionist.
Genres: History Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-27
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Quantez
1957-09-06
Quantez
Overview: A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses tired and near death, they’re forced to stay the night — with the plan to cross the border into Mexico the next day.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-06
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Johnny Moccasin
1956-06-06
Johnny Moccasin
Overview: Johnny Moccasin a white teenage boy is raised by an Indian tribe after his parents are killed in a wagon train massacre.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-06
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Move
1970-07-31
Move
Overview: A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-31
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The Careless Years
1957-09-02
The Careless Years
Overview: A high school girl from a wealthy family falls for a fellow student from a poor family. Both families disapprove, and, unable to stand the pressure, the couple quit school and flee to Mexico.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-02
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The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958-10-01
The Saga of Hemp Brown
Overview: Ex-army sergeant Jed Givens and his gang rob an army payroll shipment led by Lt. Hemp Brown. Givens kills a civilian woman and all the soldiers, leaving Brown alive to face a military tribunal in which he is branded a coward, stripped of all insignia and drummed out of the army. Brown sets out to track down Givens in an effort to clear his name.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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From Hell to Texas
1958-04-29
From Hell to Texas
Overview: The naive cowboy Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of the powerful land baron Hunter Boyd. Tod runs for his life, pursued by the dead man's vengeful brothers. Tod shelters on the ranch of Amos Bradley and he falls in love with his daughter Juanita. However, Tod is concerned that he'll eventually have to leave when his pursuers catch up with him.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-29
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Illegal
1955-10-09
Illegal
Overview: A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-09
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Winter Kill
1974-04-15
Winter Kill
Overview: Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and find the sniper before he (or she) kills again, and before the town council relieves him of duty.
Genres: Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-15
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The Desperate Miles
1975-03-05
The Desperate Miles
Overview: A disabled Vietnam vet sets out to prove that disabled people don't have to be helpless by starting a 180-mile trip in a wheelchair. On the way he finds his life is endangered by a deranged truck driver.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-05
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Women in Chains
1972-01-25
Women in Chains
Overview: A parole officer goes undercover to investigate prison brutality but is trapped when the only person on the outside who knows why she's there is killed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-25
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The City
1971-05-17
The City
Overview: The trials and tribulations of the first Hispanic mayor of a major Southwestern city.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-17
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The Amityville Horror
1979-07-27
The Amityville Horror
Overview: George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Victorian mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-27
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Tight Spot
1955-03-19
Tight Spot
Overview: A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. in 1997.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-19
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Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
1975-03-23
Ellery Queen: Too Many Suspects
Overview: When a famous fashion designer is found murdered, Inspector Richard Queen of the NYPD is baffled by her dying clue, prompting him to bring in his son, mystery writer Ellery Queen, to help in the investigation. This was the pilot film for the short-lived TV series.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-23
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Magic Carpet
1972-11-06
Magic Carpet
Overview: A young student living in Rome gets a job as a tour guide and falls in love with a young stowaway who is being sought by the police.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-06
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5 Against the House
1955-06-10
5 Against the House
Overview: Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-10
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The Killer Is Loose
1956-02-03
The Killer Is Loose
Overview: A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-03
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Man in the Shadow
1957-12-12
Man in the Shadow
Overview: In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.
Genres: Thriller Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-12
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Dirty Harry
1971-12-23
Dirty Harry
Overview: When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-23
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Future Cop
1976-05-01
Future Cop
Overview: A veteran street cop is assigned a new partner. The partner is not exactly what he seems to be, though--he is an experimental android who has been programmed by the police lab.
Genres: TV Movie Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-01
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Airplane II: The Sequel
1982-12-10
Airplane II: The Sequel
Overview: A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-10
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Bitter Creek
1954-02-21
Bitter Creek
Overview: "Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-21
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Gun for a Coward
1956-12-30
Gun for a Coward
Overview: A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in which their youngest brother is killed.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-30
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Hail, Hero!
1969-10-04
Hail, Hero!
Overview: Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is no match for the harsher realities of war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-04
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This Is My Love
1954-10-27
This Is My Love
Overview: A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-27
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Hell to Eternity
1960-08-01
Hell to Eternity
Overview: Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese to surrender after their general commits suicide.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-01
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The Wrecking Crew
1968-12-30
The Wrecking Crew
Overview: When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret agent Matt Helm to stop him.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-30
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The Chadwick Family
1974-04-17
The Chadwick Family
Overview: A father finds himself taking care of a family that, in addition to his son and three daughters, also consists of two sons-in-law and his youngest daughter's Chinese boyfriend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-17
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A Fire in the Sky
1978-11-26
A Fire in the Sky
Overview: Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-26
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Pages of Death
1962-01-27
Pages of Death
Overview: A campy, over-the-top educational short that tells the story of a young man who becomes deranged from reading pornographic magazines.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-27
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Moby Dick
1954-05-14
Moby Dick
Overview: The demented, ruthless Captain Ahab pursues the white whale which took off his leg years before.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-14
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The Great Bank Robbery
1969-06-24
The Great Bank Robbery
Overview: A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-24
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