Bert Convy
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Biography: Bernard Whalen "Bert" Convy (July 23, 1933 – July 15, 1991) was an American actor, singer, game-show panelist, and host known for Tattletales, Super Password, and Win, Lose or Draw. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bert Convy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: July 23, 1933
Age: 91 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: July 15, 1991
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Semi-Tough
Overview: A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-18
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The Cannonball Run
Overview: A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Genres: Action Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-19
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A Bucket of Blood
Overview: Nerdy Walter Paisley, a maladroit busboy at a beatnik café who doesn't fit in with the cool scene around him, attempts to woo his beautiful co-worker, Carla, by making a bust of her. When his klutziness results in the death of his landlady's cat, he panics and hides its body under a layer of plaster. But when Carla and her friends enthuse over the resulting artwork, Walter decides to create some bigger and more elaborate pieces using the same artistic process.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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Hero at Large
Overview: An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a superhero character of a film he is hired to promote. He decides to dabble at being a superhero only to find that it is more difficult and dangerous than he ever imagined.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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Jennifer
Overview: Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only method she knows: her psychic control over snakes!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-13
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The Girl on the Late, Late Show
Overview: A television producer decides to find out the whereabouts of a former movie actress whose career has long since faded, then discovers that his inquiries have set off a string of murders.
Genres: Mystery TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-01
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Susan Slade
Overview: A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-08
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Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Overview: Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-16
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1989 Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular
Overview: The special, like the Christmas and Easter Parades, evolved over the years; and in 1989, America’s 213th Birthday the focus was on Disney recording artists and the newly opened MGM Studios theme park. The Spectacular kicks off at Washington Square, New York, New York, or in this case, at Walt Disney World MGM Studios.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-04
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Death Takes a Holiday
Overview: Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-23
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SST: Death Flight
Overview: On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-25
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Hanging by a Thread
Overview: A group of old friends on an outing re-live various traumas and tragedies via flashback whilst trapped high above a ravine in a disabled cable-car.
Genres: Action Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-08
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Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz
Overview: Fictional character, Heidi Abromowitz, is the butt of everyone's jokes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-16
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Racquet
Overview: Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-30
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The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
Overview: The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from the mob, and a harried political speech writer visiting with his estranged wife and son. Their lives are inexorably changed by their experience of playing Santa Claus.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-23
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Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls
Overview: Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-19
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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Overview: To salvage his job and the circulation of his magazine, an editor decides to publish an expose revealing the inside story of the famed cheerleading squad and plants his reporter/girlfriend among the girls.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-14
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Give Her the Moon
Overview: Marie, a young provincial girl, is seduced by an American billionaire. She agrees to stay with him if he moves her village to New York.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-25
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Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Gunman's Walk
Overview: A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-01
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Love Boat II
Overview: The further adventures of the passengers and crew of a luxury cruise ship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-21
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Ebony, Ivory and Jade
Overview: In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Ivory. The trio go undercover to protect a lady scientist from international hitmen as she heads for Washington D.C. from the near-East with her super-secret formula.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-03
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Love Thy Neighbor
Overview: When Danny’s wife and Linda’s husband run away together, the two neighbors form an unlikely bond.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-23
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Help Wanted: Male
Overview: An unmarried career woman decides she wants a baby and finds a suitable partner, a sportswriter working for the magazine she publishes. After she maneuvers him into proposing marriage to her, she learns that he happens to be sterile.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-16
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Act One
Overview: This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic writer until he concentrates his efforts on writing comedy. He suffers through a series of professional and romantic failures before a meeting with George S. Kaufman which changes his fortunes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-26
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Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Overview: The wife of a paralytic becomes involved in an extra-marital affair, with his permission.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-01
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Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt
Overview: A writer and a painter decide to leave the big city and move to the country. In order to support themselves, the couple design greeting cards.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-12
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Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Overview: A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
Genres: Family Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-18
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