Darrell Larson
Also Known As: Darrell Ray Larson
Biography: Darrell Ray Larson (born December 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor who appeared in the 1990 action/comedy film Men at Work. Larson's work includes roles in The Student Nurses (1970), Kotch (1971), The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972), Futureworld (1976), Partners (1982) and Brainstorm (1983). He had a prominent role in the 1984 film Mike's Murder, and a small part in the 1996 film Eye for an Eye. Larson's television guest star appearances include Matlock, Designing Women, L.A. Law, Morningstar/Eveningstar, and Diagnosis Murder.]He also appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tracy, California, USA
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Birthday: December 13, 1950
Age: 74 years old
Gender: Male
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Futureworld
Overview: Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving at the park, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-13
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Mike's Murder
Overview: Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-09
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UFOria
Overview: Sheldon Bart (Fred Ward) is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. While he's helping Brother Bud, he falls in love with Arlene (Cindy Williams), a local supermarket clerk who believes in UFOs and is deeply religious and deeply lonely. When Arlene has a vision of a coming UFO, everyone deals with it in their own way.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-10
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When Time Ran Out...
Overview: An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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The Girls of Huntington House
Overview: An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-15
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Frances
Overview: The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-03
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Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story
Overview: A kindly but firm priest mentors a troubled young boy at the famous Boys Town, a residential care community for troubled youth.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-31
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The Manchurian Candidate
Overview: Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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Dead Aim
Overview: Ed Marinaro is Malcolm "Mace" Douglas, a street-tough detective who's out for justice-no matter what the cost. While investigating the mysterious suicidal heroin overdoses of four beautiful exotic dancers, Mace puts together the pieces of a deadly puzzle, infiltrating a violent ring of shadowy drug and weapons dealers, Mace methodically tracks a serial killer (Rick Washburn) with murderous ties to a ruthless foreign diplomat (Harry Goz). Mace won't stop until he gets some answers. The FBI and KGB have them, but now they're talking back with bullets.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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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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The Last Innocent Man
Overview: A retired criminal lawyer is persuaded to take on one more case and becomes involved with his client's wife.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-19
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City Limits
Overview: A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they unite against an evil corporation, as represented by evil CEO Robby Benson who wants to control everything.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-01
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AWOL
Overview: Days before deployment to Afghanistan, Joey returns to rural Pennsylvania for Christmas with big dreams of running away to Canada with her beautiful lover. But Joey learns that things don’t always end up as planned. This short film was expanded into a feature film of the same title, it premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, and it was released in 2017.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-21
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Murder Ordained
Overview: This is the story of a minister who's feeling unhappy in his marriage who then has an affair with a church employee, who is also married, and who also has affairs, and whose husband is unwilling to divorce her. One day the minister's wife is found dead, in what appears to be an auto accident, but the highway patrolman who investigated the accident doesn't think that it's an accident but doesn't have enough evidence to justify an investigation. Later, when the woman's husband is killed an investigation begins.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-03
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Pants on Fire
Overview: Two teachers - Julie and Barry are having an affair. When Barry confesses about his lover to his wife Dierdre, he also forces Julie to tell all about their affair to her husband Max. As a result, Barry is thrown out of his house and Max convinces Julie to stay for a while and try to work something out.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-18
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Android
Overview: Eccentric scientist Dr. Daniel and his shy assistant Max lead a quiet life on their space station, carrying out illegal research on androids, until they receive an unwelcome visit from three fugitives one of whom is female. Both Dr. Daniel and Max show an interest in her, but one of the other visitors has more sinister intentions.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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Eye for an Eye
Overview: It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-12
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Little Red Riding Hood
Overview: A sheltered but adventurous young woman finds trouble when she encounters a wolf.
Genres: Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-10
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Rachel Getting Married
Overview: A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-03
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Kotch
Overview: When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a road trip instead of settling in a retirement home. Befriending Erica, a young pregnant woman and his grandson's former nanny, Kotch begins to finds new meaning in life as he helps her prepare to welcome her baby into the world.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-17
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Fine Things
Overview: Bernard Fine's career leaves little time for romance, so fate takes over. When Bernie befriends a little girl, he meets - and falls for - her single mother, Liz. They soon marry and add a son to their new family. But the happiness is short-lived as Liz is fatally stricken by cancer. Added to the heartbreak is a threat from the past that could tear the family apart. For Bernie, it's a struggle to hold on to and savor the truly fine things in life.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-15
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Men at Work
Overview: Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-24
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Twice in a Lifetime
Overview: A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy barmaid--and, to his surprise, he finds that she is also very attracted to him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-23
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Good-bye Cruel World
Overview: The story involves newscaster Rodney Pointsetter (Shawn) who is so depressed between his job and his family that he tries to make a film about his life, which he intends to culminate with his own suicide. It is often interrupted with irrelevant comic sketches that an emcee claims that the audience prefers to see.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Overview: In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-08
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Messengers
Overview: Dr. Sarah Chapel returns to the small town of Brighton Mills when her father Dr. Robert Chapel unexpectedly dies. His clients and friends miss him, and Sarah discloses that all of them have perfect health; they hear voices when they are sleeping; and they are addicted to the stimulant Tributol. Her further investigation discloses a dark secret about the haunting voices.
Genres: Horror Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-27
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Off the Black
Overview: An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-08
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The China Syndrome
Overview: While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-16
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The Magnificent Seven Ride!
Overview: Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his friend's cause and recruits a writer and five prisoners to destroy the desperadoes.The last in the original series of four "Magnificent Seven" movies.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-01
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
Overview: A woman suddenly disappears after an early morning walk, and her husband is accused of murder.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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All My Darling Daughters
Overview: A judge has to deal with his four daughters, his four future sons-in-law and four weddings all on the same day.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-22
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Stepmom
Overview: Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Luke, forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. But when Jackie discovers she is ill, both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest, while they have the chance.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-25
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Brainstorm
Overview: Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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Shadrach
Overview: In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-23
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Outside In
Overview: A man who moves to Canada to escape the draft returns to the United States for his father's funeral.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Partners
Overview: Benson is a police detective. After a series of murders in the Gay community he is ordered to go undercover with a gay police clerk named Kerwin as his partner. In order to be noticed they have to be flamboyant enough to attract attention which Benson finds rather disturbing. Can an uptight heterosexual and a mousey homosexual form a meaningful relationship?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-30
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The Student Nurses
Overview: Follows the lives of a group of young nurses in Los Angeles, including a nurse who joins a band of revolutionaries, and one who finds herself succumbing to drugs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-02
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Hero
Overview: Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then to top it all, he loses a shoe whilst rescuing passengers of a crashed jet. Being a thief who is down on his luck, Bernie takes advantage of the crash, but then someone else claims credit for the rescue.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-10-02
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Congratulations, It's a Boy!
Overview: A bachelor's life is interrupted by the appearance of a teenager who claims to be his son.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-21
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