Richard Gilliland
Also Known As: Richard M. Gilliland, Richard Morris Gilliland
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Gilliland (born January 23, 1950) is an American television and movie actor. Gilliland was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He appeared onscreen in the 1970s. Notable appearances include Thirtysomething, Party of Five, Little Women, and a recurring role on Designing Women (where he met his wife Jean Smart, who starred as Charlene in that series). The couple has one son, Connor. Richard recently played Ellis Kapp on The Unit and Captain Stan Cotter on 24 while his wife Jean Smart played the First Lady Martha Logan in season 5. (He was in episode 2:00am to 3:00am). Gilliland is best friends with actor Joe Mantegna. Gilliland is also very active in the theatre. Recent credits include Balancing Act, with Yeardley Smith and I Remember You, with Tony Danza; both at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theatre. He studied at the Goodman School of Drama, Playwright's Kitchen Ensemble and spent four seasons at summer stock. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Gilliland, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Birthday: January 23, 1950
Deathday: March 18, 2021
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Gender: Male
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Stay Hungry
Overview: A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-23
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Bug
Overview: An earthquake releases a strain of mutant cockroaches with the ability to start fires, which proceed to cause destructive chaos in a small town. The studies carried out by scientist James Parmiter, however, reveal an intent with much more far-reaching consequences.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-06
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Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain
Overview: Mary Ellen marries Jonesy but they don't exactly have a good start.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-02
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A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Overview: Most of the Waltons have split up in the days approaching Thanksgiving 1947. But most of the family begins to arrive at Walton's Mountain begging with John-Boy recovering from a case of writers block in New York followed by Jason now a struggling musician as well as John Walton whom tries to get everyone together for the special event for Elizabeth, while newlyweds Erin and Paul plan to move out of the Walton homestead.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-22
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Star Kid
Overview: Shy seventh-grader Spencer Griffith's life changes when the meteor falls into local junkyard and he finds a Cybersuit - the wise and strong robot from another galaxy. Spencer puts Cybersuit on and becomes a different kind of guy
Genres: Action Adventure Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-13
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Not in My Family
Overview: Veronica Ricci is bombarded by strange feelings and fleeting involuntary memories about her childhood after giving birth to her first child. She seeks help from her estranged sister and soon realizes that these memories connect to childhood abuse that the sister underwent. Based on a true story.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-28
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Dog Watch
Overview: A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. Dumping the man in the river, he returns to his partner's body and calls in the death. He is then given a new partner (Morales) and is assigned to investigate the death of a man just pulled from the river causing all the expected problems. However, the investigation does lead to police corruption and his own partner's involvement in drug running.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Happy Hour
Overview: A chemist experimenting with different formulas stumbles upon an ingredient that, when added to beer, makes it absolutely irresistible. Before he realizes it, an international spy is after him to try to get the formula for himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-01
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Two Voices
Overview: When two women have breast implants for contrasting reasons, they both suffer from frightening side effects. They decide to unite and fight the drug companies who have turned their lives upside down.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-16
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Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Overview: A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-20
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Audrey's Rain
Overview: Audrey Walker has given up her hopes and dreams, until an ex-love returns to town and helps her realize a second chance at life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-11
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Playing Dangerous 2
Overview: Kid genius Stewart Wolfe has headed off to college and has landed a position replacing a programmer in a lab on some suspicious code. Things turn deadly and Stewart has to use his wiles and previous experience to survive, save the code and bring down the bad guys!
Genres: Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-06
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The Night the Bridge Fell Down
Overview: A group of random individuals get stranded on a bridge that begins collapsing at both ends. Not only that, but there's a gun-wielding bank robber using the bridge as his means of escape refusing to let any of the rescuers draw near the survivors. Time is running out ...
Genres: Action Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-06
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Vampire Clan
Overview: Five friends welcome real life vampirism into their lives. They cut their own wrists and let their friends drink from them. Rod, the leader, and a very psychotic young guy, ends up killing Heathers parents and stealing their car to go on a crazy raod trip. His behaviour begins to frighten his friends, though they went along with it at first. All end up in prison except Heather.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-13
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A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Overview: Erin Walton is considering marrying her boyfriend Paul but her old boyfriend Ashley, who left for the war and married someone else, lived through his wife's death and would like to get Erin back, but Paul is not going to give her up so easily. Also Mary Ellen's boyfriend Jonesy who's a veterinarian is trying to establish a practice but everybody doesn't think he is competent. And Ben who has been minding the lumber business while their father's with their ailing mother in Arizona is having some problems and everybody's worried that he's digging himself a hole that he might not get out of.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-02
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Parts Per Billion
Overview: The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-25
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Embassy
Overview: US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
Genres: Action TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-04-21
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The Powder Puff Principle
Overview: A vindictive high school principal goes on a witch hunt to find a prankster.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-08
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Acceptable Risks
Overview: The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protests, but it is to no avail and a worker dies. At the same time, the city manager tries to warn the people that a deadly disaster is imminent, but he ends up gagged by the local politicians. Meanwhile, just when the community is at its most unprepared, a melt-down occurs and the town is drenched in deadly chemicals.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-02
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Airplane II: The Sequel
Overview: A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all the while trying to patch up his relationship with Elaine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-10
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Just My Imagination
Overview: A woman lives a normal, peaceful life in a small town until the day when a famous rock star who went to college with her quotes and cites her in one of his songs.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-21
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Challenge of a Lifetime
Overview: Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-14
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The Designing Women Reunion
Overview: This five principal original cast members (plus a handful of recurring guests) from the popular sitcom Designing Women (1986) reunite for the first time since 1991 to reminisce and discuss the show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-28
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The West Side Waltz
Overview: Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the violin accompanying Margaret at the piano. Because of her arthritis she accepts the housemaid Robin who wants to become an actress. With this naive pretty girl her life gets suddently really exciting and she makes a lot of new friends.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-23
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The White Buffalo
Overview: In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.
Genres: Western Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-01
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A Killing in a Small Town
Overview: The gory ax-murder of one mousy, suburban Texas housewife by another is nearly as shocking as the excuse offered by the bespectacled defendant's attorney: self-defense.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-22
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Case 347
Overview: CASE 347 follows psychologist and UFO skeptic, Dr. Mia Jansen (Maya Stojan), and a team of documentary filmmakers who believe that alien abduction claims are forms of "mass hysteria". This is their footage:
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-03
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The Man Next Door
Overview: Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-18
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The Family Kovack
Overview: A tightly-knit family headed by a beleaguered Chicago widow rallies behind the eldest son when he is charged with bribing a city health department inspector in this pilot for a possible series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-05
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Unwed Father
Overview: A teenage boy fathers a child with his girlfriend. He then fights his parents, the girlfriend, the girl's parents and the courts in an attempt to get custody of the child.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-27
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