Dakin Matthews
Also Known As: Melvin Richard Matthews, Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews
Biography: Melvin Richard "Dakin" Matthews (born November 7, 1940) is an American actor, playwright, theatre director, and theatrical scholar. Best known as Herb Kelcher in ‘’My Two Dads’’ (1987-1989), Hamlin Charleston in ‘’Gilmore Girls’’ (2000-2007), and as Reverend Sikes in ‘’Desperate Housewives’’ (2004-2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dakin Matthews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
Birthday: November 07, 1940
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Gender: Male
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And the Band Played On
Overview: The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-11
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Child's Play 3
Overview: Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek vengeance after being recreated from a mass of melted plastic.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-30
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The Swan Princess
Overview: The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.
Genres: Family Animation Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-18
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Flubber
Overview: Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-26
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Nuts
Overview: A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-20
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Funny Farm
Overview: Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-03
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Clean and Sober
Overview: Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-10
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Like Father Like Son
Overview: Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he's completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris' problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-02
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Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Overview: About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik, in Beverly Hills, allegedly for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-22
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True Grit
Overview: Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.
Genres: Drama Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-22
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Waitress: The Musical
Overview: A waitress and expert pie-maker dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-07
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The Temp
Overview: A series of mysterious accidents at a food company lead a manager to suspect his impressive new temporary secretary.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-12
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The Silence at Bethany
Overview: A young man, searching for meaning and focus in his life, returns to the Mennonite farm community where he was born.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-20
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Naked Lie
Overview: They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-26
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Baby M
Overview: Baby M is a two-part TV movie predicated on a headline-making true event. In 1985, Mary Beth Whitehead accepted $10,000 to bear a child, which then would be adopted by William and Elizabeth Stern. But after the baby's birth in March of 1986, Whitehead reneged on the agreement. The subsequent high-profile custody trial raged on for well over nine months.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-22
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Zero Charisma
Overview: An obsessive fantasy nerd gradually becomes unhinged when a charismatic hipster joins his role-playing game.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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Criminal Behavior
Overview: A female lawyer is stalked by a killer. The last in a long line of con artists, defense lawyer Jessie Lee Stubbs has every intention of staying on the right side of the law. But a suitcase packed with $3 million, a missing Hollywood starlet, and a trail of dead bodies draw her deeper into a deadly intrigue of desire, deception, betrayal and murder.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-11
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Rising Sun
Overview: When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-30
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Stuart Saves His Family
Overview: A self-help advocate struggles to put his dysfunctional family in its place.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-12
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In a Stranger's Hand
Overview: Jack Bauer, a workaholic businessman, accidentally gets involved in a case of child kidnapping when he returns a doll found in the subway.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-29
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The Eagle
Overview: In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-08
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Undercover Blues
Overview: When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-10
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Wired
Overview: The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-25
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Ghost Dad
Overview: Elliot Hopper, a widower with three children, is working on a business deal to get his family out of financial straits when he is suddenly killed in a taxi accident. With the aid of a paranormal researcher, Elliott attempts to complete the deal from the beyond, ensuring his family will be taken care of.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-29
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Jailbirds
Overview: Personalities clash when a city executive and a small town seamstress are thrown into jail for crimes they didn't commit and then escape, handcuffed together.
Genres: Action Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-16
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Lincoln
Overview: The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-09
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Staying Afloat
Overview: In this comedy thriller, a prospective series pilot, Larry Hagman plays a disinherited socialite and high roller who, with the aid of a comely con artist and his sarcastic butler, helps the feds bring down an arms merchant.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-26
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The Muse
Overview: With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-05
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The Enemy Within
Overview: A officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff uncovers a planned military coup of the U.S. government and has only one week to prevent the takeover.
Genres: Thriller Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-24
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The Whereabouts of Jenny
Overview: Jimmy O'Meara loves his daughter more than anything in the world. But when his ex-wife gets involved with a man who's involved with criminals, his world is turned upside down. They have entered the Witness Protection Program and the government attorney who is in charge of the program is being highly uncooperative with Mr. O'Meara's request that he be granted access to his daughter. This starts an intense legal battle.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-14
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The Big Time
Overview: In 1948 Manhattan, a diverse group of people are committed to making the fledgling Empire Network a success. Among them: a naive young woman who's hired as a script girl; an idealistic programmer; and an aspiring director who hopes to make Empire "the network that takes risks and makes new stars." Then there's Empire's president, an eccentric scientist whose bride raises eyebrows at the network.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-20
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Out on the Edge
Overview: Danny is a troubled teen with a difficult home life. His parents' marriage has disintegrated, and his father's already found someone else he'd like to wed. So, Danny turns to drugs to soothe his lost soul, and when he goes too far, his mother checks him into a psychiatric unit. Can Danny finally turn his life around, and will his father help?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-14
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Bridge of Spies
Overview: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-15
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Sunset
Overview: Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-29
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Under Cover
Overview: A seasoned operative pursues a dangerous mission: to prevent the assassination of a high-ranking Soviet reformer. Meanwhile, his best friend believes he's a double agent and has been assigned by the national intelligence agency to kill him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-05
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The Fabulous Baker Boys
Overview: The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-13
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For Richer, for Poorer
Overview: Fresh out of college, a young man lazes about his family's estate, which irritates his father, a self-made millionaire who hatches a bankruptcy plan that he hopes will inspire his son to get a job.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Overview: When '30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-05
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My Brother's Wife
Overview: Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney first love meets him and they go to the club where they first met. And Barney recalls how things kept them apart like his need to act out at his father. And his fear of commitment.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-17
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Thirteen Days
Overview: The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
Genres: History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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The Fighting Temptations
Overview: Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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The Perfect Tribute
Overview: A boy risks life and limb to travel across the war-torn southern states of America during the height of hostilities in the Civil War, hoping to visit his wounded brother in a field hospital on the other side of the country. His accidental meeting with Abraham Lincoln helps the disheartened president understand just how important the Gettysburg Address really is.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-21
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Rio Shannon
Overview: A widow and her family face new challenges when they relocate to a run-down guest ranch in New Mexico.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-14
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The Siege
Overview: The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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An Extremely Goofy Movie
Overview: It's all extreme sports and a life of freedom as Max sets off for college -- but Goofy misses Max so much he loses his job and goes to finish college alongside Max and his friends. But as Goofy tries to get closer to Max, both must go to the extreme to learn how to live their own lives together.
Genres: Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-29
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Virus
Overview: Who could have deliberately released a rare and deadly African plague that is now spreading uncontrollably throughout America's largest urban areas? A lone determined doctor desperately and fearlessly searches for the truth, but she soon finds herself targeted for death as well. With time running out to save human kind, Dr. Marissa Blumenthal discovers that the strange disease may have actually been unleashed by the medical establishment itself.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-08
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Bean
Overview: Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-03
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Revolver
Overview: Nick Suster, a secret intelligence agent paralyzed by an assassin's bullet, sets out to track down his assailant and in the process, uncovers a major arms-smuggling operation that threatens international security.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-19
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Permanent Record
Overview: David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and bandmate, Chris, with a lot of questions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-22
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The Siege
Overview: The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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Hart to Hart Returns
Overview: Jonathan Hart, the wealthy entrepreneur, and his charming investigative reporter wife, Jennifer, once again get caught up in a mystery, this time involving corrupt government contractors. Aided by their trusty servant Max, who is more family than employee, and their dog Freeway, the Harts try to resolve issues with an investigation into Jonathan’s business dealings with an old friend in the aerospace industry, and find themselves in the midst of a dark plot which will put Jonathan’s freedom, their home, and even their lives in jeopardy.
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-02
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Best Friends for Life
Overview: Sarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had children within the same year and now find themselves facing uncertain futures after the sudden deaths of their husbands. Though they have much in common, Sarah is a relaxed nature lover, while Harriet is intense and set in her ways. Sarah has been able to move on with her life with the help of her mother, her maid Katie and Will, the new man in her life. Harriet is unable to cope with her loss and her relationship with her daughter Pammy is strained. When Harriet is diagnosed with a serious illness, she and Sarah learn a lesson about love and friendship.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-18
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White Mile
Overview: An ad-agency boss (Alan Alda) leads a white-water-rafting trip into danger.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-21
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Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
Overview: Jean and Shag Williams locate a newly built house and decide it's perfect for them to buy. One thing the developers forgot to tell them about was that it is built on a graveyard. Within days toilets start to flush by themselves and the garage door moves up and down by its own accord. Will Jean and Shag realize that the place may be haunted by ghosts before it's too late?
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-03
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Doc of Chucky
Overview: The story of the cult horror empire through interviews with cast, crew, and horror icons such as Don Mancini, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, John Waters, Fiona Dourif, Perrey Reeves, Gerrit Graham, David Kirschner, and dozens more.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-01
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