Dennis Dugan
Also Known As: Walter Bishop
Biography: American director, comedian, and actor Dennis Dugan started his acting career in 1972, appearing in the 1973 made for TV movie” The Girl Most Likely to...” He is well known for his frequent collaborations with comedic actor Adam Sandler. Dennis has also made a career as a television and film director, and appears in cameo parts in many of his films. Dugan has directed episodes of such television series as Moonlighting (was also a guest star in some episodes), Ally McBeal, and NYPD Blue. Dugan's latest film was “Just Go With It”, which is his sixth film with Sandler. The film also starred Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker. Dugan married actress Joyce Van Patten in 1973 and divorced her fourteen years later. Now he is married to Sharon O'Connor and has a son named Kelly Dugan.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Birthday: September 05, 1946
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Gender: Male
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Parenthood
Overview: The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-31
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Smile
Overview: It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who give their all to put on a successful pageant. But Brenda is having marital difficulties and Bob's son is up to some mischief. Could this year's pageant be in jeopardy?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-09
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The Howling
Overview: After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-21
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The Toughest Man in the World
Overview: Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with a bunch of kids after being conned into taking over a youth center.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-07
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Night Moves
Overview: Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-27
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Happy Gilmore
Overview: Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-16
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Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Overview: A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she might be involved in a murder.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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The Hospital
Overview: Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-14
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Unidentified Flying Oddball
Overview: A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande while becoming enemies with the evil knight Sir Mordred. It seems Mordred has joined up with the Sorcerer Merlin and they are both up to no good. It is now up to Tom to try and use 20th century technology to foil their plans.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-19
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That's My Boy
Overview: While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-14
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Jack and Jill
Overview: Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-11
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Overview: Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-12
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Grown Ups
Overview: After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-24
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
Overview: After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-01
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Norman... Is That You?
Overview: Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him right.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-29
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Night Call Nurses
Overview: The sweet and perky Barbara, the sunny Janis, and the responsible Sandra are a trio of young and attractive nurses who work in the psych ward at a hospital. The threesome really have their hands full dealing with nutty patients, creepy stalkers, and black revolutionaries
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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Harry and Walter Go to New York
Overview: Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-17
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Leadfoot
Overview: Tommy just bought his first car with his own money. He enjoys driving it fast regardless of the speed limit. He ignores several warnings and not even a speeding ticket can change his way of driving. And then one night Tommy's beloved car is sideswiped, and Tommy makes a reckless decision that leads to tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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The Girl Most Likely To...
Overview: An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-06
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Knox Goes Away
Overview: A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son. But to do so, he must race against the police closing in on him as well as the ticking clock of his own rapidly deteriorating mind.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-15
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Water
Overview: The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-11
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Country Gold
Overview: An aging country singer becomes irritated with the success of a popular young country singer. However, she is not yet ready to become yesterday's news.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-23
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Overview: An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going head-to-head with an Arab cab driver -- to make his dreams come true.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-05
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She's Having a Baby
Overview: Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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Problem Child
Overview: Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-27
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The Benchwarmers
Overview: A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-07
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Deer in the Works
Overview: David Potter, owner of a small town weekly newspaper, decides to get a more secure job. Despite his wife's misgivings, he applies to be a publicity writer at the mammoth Ilium Works. Although shaken at seeing how the company immediately plans out his entire career, he accepts the position. He is then given his first assignment, recording the capture of a deer that has slipped onto the grounds of the Works.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Grown Ups 2
Overview: Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-11
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Last of the Good Guys
Overview: Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away from retirement, is on the job, and who, when he suddenly dies, try to hide the fact so that his family can collect his full benefits.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-07
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The Day of the Locust
Overview: Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-07
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Big Daddy
Overview: A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-25
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Saving Silverman
Overview: A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-09
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Can't Buy Me Love
Overview: Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy grows fond of Ronald, making him popular. But when Ronald's former best friend gets left behind, he realizes that social success isn't everything.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-14
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Death Race
Overview: In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi tank.
Genres: War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-10
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
Overview: A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-12-04
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Padre no hay más que uno 4: Campanas de boda
Overview: The eldest of the family, Sara, comes of age and brings chaos to the family by announcing her intention to marry Ocho. Javier and Marisa try to avoid it at all costs. At the same time Dani has an existential crisis, Paulita feels jealous of Cris, Carlota announces that she has found a boyfriend from a high society family and Rocio has finally managed to be cast in her first film.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-07-17
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