Ardon Bess
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Biography: Ardon Bess is a Canadian actor best known for appearing in a Heritage Moment television commercial about the 1958 Springhill mining disaster portraying survivor Maurice Ruddick. He has also appeared in other films and television roles including Trailer Park Boys, How She Move, Take the Lead, The Ladies Man, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Prom Night, King of Kensington, and Jewel. He earned a Gemini Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for his role in One Heart Broken Into Song. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ardon Bess, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Jewel
Overview: In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-07
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Heritage Minutes: Maurice Ruddick
Overview: Miner Maurice Ruddick recounts the 1958 Springhill mine disaster.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-30
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Double Wedding
Overview: Two sisters, no love lives. Both end up dating the same man, and inviting him to meet the family on December 17th. He doesn’t know there are two sisters or that he committed to two different dates on the same day.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-20
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The 4th Floor
Overview: A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-31
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Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Overview: Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the play focuses on Sid Caesar/Jackie Gleason-like Max Prince, the star of a weekly comedy-variety show circa 1953, and his staff, including Simon's alter-ego Lucas Brickman, who maintains a running commentary on the writing, fighting, and wacky antics which take place in the writers' room
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-26
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The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Overview: A high school is rocked by a contentious debate over whether or not "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" should be removed from its library for language concerns.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-27
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Moving Target
Overview: A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-26
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Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher
Overview: A soldier who was long thought dead in World War 2, returns to modern day New York to combat monsters, who are now the power elite, running the city.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Action Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-19
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Jack & Ella
Overview: A black man and a Jewish woman crash into each other and win a dream house in the suburbs. Love-starved neighbours invade their brand-new home, and an all-night party pushes every one of them to a climax of truth, hope and liberation.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-01
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Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift
Overview: It's Christmas at Shining Time Station! Stacy Jones is busy helping passengers, Schemer tries to win the role of Santa's helper for the Indian Valley Gala Holiday Pageant, Mr. Conductor tells the kids a story about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends and helps them deal with a bratty kid, while a kind old passenger, Mr. Nicholas, arrives and brightens the holiday for everybody.
Genres: TV Movie Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-19
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The Shape of Things to Come
Overview: Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-04
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On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story
Overview: The true story of Olympic champion figure skater Tai Babilonia, her rise to fame and her fall from grace.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-05
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Jean of the Joneses
Overview: Chaos ensues after the estranged patriarch of the Jones family dies on their doorstep. When the paramedic who answers their 911 call tries to win over acerbic Jean Jones, his attempts are disrupted by old conflicts that come to a boil at the funeral.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-01
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Sins of the Father
Overview: In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father's alibi for the night in question.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-05
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Hot Paint
Overview: Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.8 million. John Larroquette plays his usual rude, selfish character-here named Gus - and he suckers Willy (Gregory Harrison) into his scheme to rob the mansion. The two losers have to try to figure out how to sell the valuable but high-profile item without getting busted. They travel the world looking for potential buyers but always end up short. Everyone can see that they are novices in the art world and buffoons in general.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-20
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After Alice
Overview: A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, the cop spirals deeper and deeper into the case where the horrors of the past and present come together.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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A Sunday Kind of Love
Overview: A struggling writer meets death and falls in love. He must decide if his true love is in this world or the next, and if his dreams of success are worth dying for.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-15
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Songs In Ordinary Time
Overview: Based on Mary McGarry Morris' best-selling novel! A struggling mother takes in a mysterious stranger. Is she opening her heart to love ... or harboring a criminal? Mary Fermoyle is a divorcee who must work to keep her family from falling into the throes of poverty. Her vulnerability quickly becomes an easy target for smooth-talking con-man Omar Duvall, who seduces Mary and her family with promises of easy money and success. Eventually she uncovers his lies and discovers for the first time her important contributions to her family and community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-22
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Hostage
Overview: After five hard years behind bars Bonnie Lee is still haunted by her past which hides a terrible secret and hunted by her father, a man desperate for revenge and a need to silence her forever... Alone on the run, she will do whatever it takes to survive and find the one person who can clear her name - her mother. She's a desperate woman on a desperate mission and the only person who can save her is the only person who cares... her Hostage .
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-14
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Prom Night
Overview: At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-18
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Prince for a Day
Overview: Famous pop star Ricky Prince has grown tired of the spotlight and the pressures of fame. He makes the acquaintance of Ralph Bitondo, a pizza delivery boy who looks almost exactly like Ricky -- so much so that the two decide to trade identities for a while.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-06
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10,000 Black Men Named George
Overview: In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact Pullman porters were often called "George" by white passengers, which was considered a racial slur.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-24
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The Skulls II
Overview: After joining the Skulls, Ryan Sommers (Robin Dunne) is warned not to betray any secrets about the organization or its high-powered members. However, when Ryan witnesses a murder within the Skulls' private chambers, he finds that the closer he gets to revealing the truth - the more dangerous life becomes.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-09
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Saving God
Overview: Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and falling in with a slick preacher (Ricardo Chivara). Even with a dangerous gang leader (Dean McDermott) threatening his flock, Armstrong won't give up.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-14
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How She Move
Overview: After the death of Raya Green's sister, she gets out from her classes at school, and sees a stomp crew practicing. She meets Bishop which is the dance crew leader. She then meets Michelle and does a stomp battle with her. They become enemies then friends later on. Her uptight mom pushes her to pass the test to get into Medical school, but she thinks she failed....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-15
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A New Diva's Christmas Carol
Overview: Aphrodite was made famous back in the day for performing THE timeless love song of the era. The song that everyone plays at their weddings, in every sappy commercial for diamonds or rings or puppies or soldiers coming home. It made her a ton of money, but Aphrodite HATES this song. She’s now the meanest judge on Pop The Question but her life changes when Brianna, becomes the breakthrough contestant, exuding love and purity. When Aphrodite reluctantly becomes her mentor, she does everything possible to steer her away from love and love anthems and so is visited by three spirits who take Aphrodite on a journey through love (and Christmas) past, present and future to try and shake her out of her funk and let love back in!
Genres: Music Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-14
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Fields of Endless Day
Overview: The history of Canada's black population.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Free of Eden
Overview: Story about Will Cleamons, a former teacher-turned-businessman who agrees to tutor 18-year-old high school dropout, Nicole Turner. Much to his surprise, their relationship not only helps Nicole build a future, but helps Cleamons put his personal life back together.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-21
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The Execution of Raymond Graham
Overview: A young man, convicted of the murder of a clerk, who has been on death row for five years and now awaits his execution while his family desperately seek a reprieve.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-17
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Ordinary Magic
Overview: When his father dies, Jeffrey is sent to live with his aunt Charlotte in Canada. Once there he leads his aunt and his friends in staging, a non-violent hunger strike to try to save his aunt's house from being demolished to make room for a ski resort.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-20
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