Mel Winkler
Also Known As: Melvin R. Winkler
Biography: Mel Winkler (October 23, 1941 - June 11, 2020) was an American actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: October 23, 1941
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 11, 2020
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Doc Hollywood
Overview: After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-02
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Devil in a Blue Dress
Overview: In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-29
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The Day the Music Died
Overview: This documentary film is mostly about the New York Pop Festival, which began on July 17, 1970 at Randall's Island, NY, and lasted for three days
Genres: Music Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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City Hall
Overview: The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-16
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Off Beat
Overview: Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-10
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Full Eclipse
Overview: The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a werewolf.
Genres: Horror Action TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-27
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Heaven Help Us
Overview: Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-08
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The Less Than Perfect Daughter
Overview: A demanding woman and her daughter knock heads when the daughter, aspiring to be less reliant on her family, moves in with a troubled friend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-24
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All the Right Moves
Overview: Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could crush the player's dreams.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-21
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Overview: The Great White Way comes into your living room via this disc of rare performances from some of Broadway's brightest luminaries. Culled from clips from the Tony Awards shows, this unique collection features acting powerhouses James Earl Jones, Annette Bening, Joan Allen, Joe Mantegna, Gary Sinise and Maggie Smith, among others, performing works by such playwrights as August Wilson, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein and more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-02
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Midnight Runaround
Overview: Bounty hunter Jack Walsh heads for a small rural community in Oklahoma to bring back a young bail jumper, only to discover that the entire town has united to defend the young man.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-20
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Coach Carter
Overview: Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-14
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That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
Overview: Documentary about actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-08
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A Life Less Ordinary
Overview: A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-24
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Hollywood Palms
Overview: Set entirely in the Hollywood Palms apartment building and its yard, this movie looks at how people there live, and the intertwining stories of the residents who develop interesting relationships with one another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-31
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