Ron McLarty
Also Known As: Ronald William McLarty, Ronald McLarty, Ron McLarity
Biography: Ron McLarty was an American actor, playwright, narrator and novelist, regarded as one of the country's leading audiobook narrators, having done over 100 titles and received many Audie Awards. McLarty appeared in numerous television series, films and stage productions. He also wrote dozens of plays and 10 novels, notably The Memory of Running (2004).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: East Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Birthday: April 26, 1947
Deathday: February 08, 2020
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Gender: Male
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Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Overview: This film is made up of three segments that share no plot but have a general thematic relationship. In the first segment, Virginia and her three children are left by her shiftless husband and she is courted by an old beau who is now divorced. In the second, a divorced woman reacts to some unexpected revelations from her aged father. In the third, a childless, middle-aged social worker is swept into an affair with a young cab driver and finds herself pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Feud
Overview: All Dolph Beeler wanted was a can of paint remover when he went to Bud Bullard's hardware store in Millville. But a simple misunderstandling between two men has turned into an outright war between two towns in this outrageous comedy of errors.--Summary from container. -- WorldCat
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-30
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The Postman
Overview: In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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And Then It's Spring
Overview: Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden. They dig, they plant, they play, they wait . . . and wait . . . until at last, the brown becomes a more hopeful shade of brown, a sign that spring may finally be on its way.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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King Crab
Overview: Two brothers take over the family seafood business, and battle each other for control of the company - and their father's attention.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-15
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The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
Overview: A very inquisitive Brother Bear is wondering why Spring is taking so long to arrive. With Easter approaching and a new arrival to the Bear family on the way, Brother looks for answers, and Mama teaches him the true meaning of Spring.
Genres: Animation TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-14
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Mean Streak
Overview: The hitting record of Joe Di Maggio is about to broken by a black player. However a person who feels that it is sacred threatens the player if he breaks the record. Lou Mattoni, a detective who is a little racist, is assigned to the case.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-27
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The Father Clements Story
Overview: In this provocative made-for-television drama, an African American Chicago priest takes on the Catholic church during his fight to adopt a troubled teen and save him from life on the streets.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-13
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How Do You Know
Overview: After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball-playing beau.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-17
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Vigilante
Overview: New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-18
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A Good Sport
Overview: The stylish editor of a fashion magazine and a rumpled sports reporter endeavor to keep their somewhat offbeat romance on a purely platonic level.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-08
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The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine
Overview: The Berenstain Bears Comic Valentine is an animated television special based on the Berenstain Bears children's book series by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Produced by Buzz Potamkin and directed by Mordicai Gerstein and Al Kouzel, the program made its debut on NBC on February 13, 1982.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-13
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The Berenstain Bears Play Ball
Overview: Papa Q. Bear wants more than golden honey to have one of his cubs play baseball. Brother has no interest, while Sister goes unnoticed.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-06
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Bloodbrothers
Overview: A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-27
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The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (a Tale of Gothic Love)
Overview: A comedy written and Narrated by Jean Shepherd. The story involves several different events such as Ralph's first serious romance with his new neighbor, Randy playing a turkey in the school Thanksgiving Day play, The Old Man setting his sights on a yellow buick and the High School basketball rival game of the season.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-11
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Tiger Town
Overview: Facing his final season with the Detroit Tigers baseball team, veteran outfielder Billy Young sees his dream of playing in the World Series slipping away. It takes the courage and boundless enthusiasm of a young Tigers' fan to rekindle the ballplayer's faith in himself. Brimming with big league, all-star excitement, Tiger Town is a film that says anyone can be a winner - if you only believe!
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-08
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Inch by Inch
Overview: To keep from being eaten, a resourceful inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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A Little Piece of Heaven
Overview: Will Loomis is living with his mentally handicapped sister Violet, who wants a younger child to play with, so Will 'kidnaps' one (and then another) child from the local children's home. The child is told it is dead and gone to heaven. Will and Violet try to make their farm a little piece of heaven for the kids, while the authorities wonder what has happened to the kidnapped children.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-02
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Trump Unauthorized
Overview: A look at the life of real estate king/media mogul/reality TV star, Donald Trump.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-24
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The River
Overview: On a sweltering hot day, a very pregnant Maria, desperate for a cooling swim, encounters obstacles on her path to the river.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-05
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I'm Coming Over
Overview: I'm Coming Over reveals a day in the life of Matt Downing, owner and proprietor of I’m Coming Over, specializing in holistic happiness. When traditional therapy has failed, Matt Downing picks up the pieces with common sense, good old fashioned hard work, and a strict avoidance of the modern world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-14
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Into the Fire
Overview: Into the Fire follows the story of Walter Hartwig, a lieutenant in the New York City Harbor Unit, who finally comes to terms with grief and what is really important about this life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-23
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St. Vincent
Overview: A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-09
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Finnegan Begin Again
Overview: A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-24
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The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw
Overview: It's Thanksgiving in Bear Country, and the Bear Family get nervous when Mama Bear thinks they've gotten a sign that the "Thanksgiving Legend of Bigpaw" is coming true. The legend says that when bears get greedy and don't share their harvest, Bigpaw will come to destroy Bear Country. Eventually, the bears all learn a lesson about who Bigpaw really is, and they celebrate the holiday.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-20
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The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree
Overview: Papa Bear and the cubs search the woods for the perfect Christmas tree, but run afoul of the woodland animals who live in the trees they aim to cut down.
Genres: Animation TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-03
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Two Bits
Overview: It's a hot summer day in 1933 in South Philly, where 12-year old Gennaro lives with his widowed mom and his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter, which he's promised to Gennaro and which Gennaro would like to have to buy a ticket to the plush new movie theater. But grandpa's not ready to pass on the quarter or pass on to his final reward: he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past, and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-22
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Heartburn
Overview: Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living happily ever after until she discovers that Mark is having an affair while she is waddling around with a second pregnancy.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-25
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Daniel
Overview: The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. As a graduate student in New York in the 1960s, Daniel is involved in the antiwar protest movement and contrasts his experiences to the memory of his parents and his belief that they were wrongfully convicted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-26
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Grace & Glorie
Overview: When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike. However, as time passes, the two find much kinship including a lost child. Slowly the two build a bond and learn about life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-13
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Nurse
Overview: Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a head nurse in a Manhattan hospital in this pilot movie for the short-lived TV series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-09
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Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Overview: Based on the best-selling book, this movie focuses on John F. Kennedy's first run for a congressional seat in 1946.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-27
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