Don Galloway
Also Known As: Donald Poe Galloway
Biography: Donald Poe Galloway (July 27, 1937 – January 8, 2009, Height: 6 feet 2 inches) was an American stage, film, and television actor, best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the long-running series Ironside (1967–1975). He reprised the role for a TV film in 1993. He was also a politically active Libertarian and columnist. Galloway was born in Augusta, Kentucky. His parents moved to the county in Bracken County after the Great Flood of 1937 along the Ohio River the same year he was born. Galloway was a 1955 graduate of Bracken County High School, where he played varsity basketball, and a 1959 graduate of the University of Kentucky, where he studied drama. After graduating from college, Galloway moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting. He studied with renowned acting coach Herbert Berghof and appeared in several off-Broadway productions. In 1963, he made his Broadway debut in the play Bring Me a Warm Body. Galloway's big break came in 1967 when he was cast as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown in the NBC crime drama series Ironside. The show starred Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside, a wheelchair-bound police chief who solves crimes with the help of his team of detectives, including Brown. Ironside was a critical and commercial success, and Galloway remained with the show for its entire run. After Ironside ended, Galloway continued to act in television and film. He made guest appearances on popular shows such as Mork & Mindy, The A-Team, and Murder, She Wrote. He also appeared in the films The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Death Wish II (1982). In addition to his acting career, Galloway was also a politically active Libertarian and columnist. He wrote a weekly column for the Manchester Union Leader newspaper in New Hampshire, in which he espoused his libertarian views. Galloway died in 2009 at the age of 71 from complications of a stroke. He is survived by his wife, Linda, and four children.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Augusta, Kentucky, USA
Birthday: July 27, 1937
Deathday: January 08, 2009
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Gender: Male
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Clifford
Overview: When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony inter-generational standoff ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-01
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Two Moon Junction
Overview: A young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-29
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Rock Hudson
Overview: Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-08
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The Big Chill
Overview: Seven old college friends gather for a weekend reunion after the funeral of one of their own.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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The Doom Generation
Overview: Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-27
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The Rare Breed
Overview: When her husband dies en route to America, Martha Price and her daughter Hilary are left to carry out his dream: the introduction of Hereford cattle into the American West. They enlist Sam "Bulldog" Burnett in their efforts to transport their lone bull, a Hereford named Vindicator, to a breeder in Texas, but the trail is fraught with danger and even Burnett doubts the survival potential of this "rare breed" of cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-02
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Once Upon a Starry Night
Overview: Frontier woodsman Grizzly Adams happens upon a young boy and girl, traveling to meet their parents. Lost and cold in unfamiliar territory, Adams guides them to the warmth and safety of his cabin, but will he be a able to do the same for the children's parents? Grizzly must use all of his abilities and instincts in order to save the day and allow them to join in the celebration.
Genres: Adventure Western TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-19
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Gunfight in Abilene
Overview: Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-03
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You Lie So Deep, My Love
Overview: A disturbed man wants his girlfriend's love and his wife's money, and will stop at nothing to get them, even murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-25
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Cover Girls
Overview: Two beautiful fashion models work undercover as secret agents.
Genres: Action TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-18
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The Ride to Hangman's Tree
Overview: Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.
Genres: Action Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-01
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Riding with Death
Overview: Agent Sam Casey is in a satellite explosion and the radiation turns him invisible. He gets a watch that keeps him visible, and he uses it to switch from visible to invisible. He is assigned to transport a chemical called Tripolydine, which is purported to be the most efficient fuel; when the cover is blown on that and he uncovers and stops the Tripolydine fraud, he must then stop a terrorist from blowing up race cars.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Satan's Mistress
Overview: A woman in an unhappy marriage finds sexual fulfillment in her relationship with a ghostly, speechless presence who, obviously, doesn't quite say who he is.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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Ironside
Overview: Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and left for dead while vacationing at his friend the Police Commissioner's rural retreat. Ironside survives the murder attempt, but the bullet has damaged nerves in his spine, leaving him a paraplegic. Unable to gain reinstatement as chief of detectives, Ironside gets permission to continue investigating criminal cases as a citizen volunteer. With the assistance of two former protegees, Det. Sgt. Ed Brown and Officer Eve Whitfield, and a newly-hired aide/driver, Mark Sanger, Ironside sets out to solve his first case as a civilian by finding the people responsible for the attempt on his life.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-28
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Listen to Me
Overview: It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dream. They had one thing in common...the will to win. A group of college debaters learn about the world, friendships, love, dreams and family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-05
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Rough Night in Jericho
Overview: The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-08-01
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Ski Lift to Death
Overview: A sports promoter tries to matchmake for a pair of ski champions and, as a result, they end up trapped in a derailed ski-lift car along with a gangster and the hitman sent to kill him.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-03
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Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Overview: During World War II, Archbishop Angelo Roncalli attempts to save Jews in Italy from Nazi exterminators.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-21
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Overview: Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-28
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The Return of Ironside
Overview: After forty years of good and faithful services, Robert T. Ironside, reprocessed police force of San Francisco, is finally on the point of tasting with the joys of a rest deserved well with Katherine, his wife, in their vineyard recently bought. However, a few days after his official departure, he is contacted by persons in charge for the police force of Denver, which offers the post of general manager temporarily to him their services, following the assassination for preceding occupying of the station in question. Initially reticent, Ironside ends up yielding and, with the agreement of his wife, agrees to take up the challenge, the more so as he has pleasure to find Susan, the girl of the one of her former assistants.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-04
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Split Second to an Epitaph
Overview: In the second "Ironside" movie, the Chief has his spine jolted during a hospital encounter with a narcotics pusher, not only raising the possibility for an operation that might cure his paralysis but also putting him in jeopardy because he can identify the man who had just shot a guard.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-26
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter
Overview: A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.
Genres: Mystery Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-30
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Lieutenant Schuster's Wife
Overview: After a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's name.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-11
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