Jamie Farr
Also Known As: Jameel Farah, Джейми Фарр, Jameel Joseph Farah, جیمی فار
Biography: Jamie Farr (born July 1, 1934) is an American television, film, and theater actor. He is best known for having played the role of cross-dressing Corporal (later Sergeant) Maxwell Q. Klinger in the television sitcom M*A*S*H. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Farr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Birthday: July 01, 1934
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Gender: Male
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
Overview: From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-09
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Heavy Traffic
Overview: An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-08
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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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Cannonball Run II
Overview: When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is one person crazy enough to hit the road hard with wheels spinning fast. Legendary driver J.J. McClure enters the competition along with his friend Victor and together they set off across the American landscape in a madcap action-adventure destined to test their wits and automobile skills.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-29
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Blackboard Jungle
Overview: Richard Dadier is a teacher at North Manual High School, an inner-city school where many of the pupils frequently engage in anti-social behavior. Dadier makes various attempts to engage the students' interest in education, challenging both the school staff and the pupils. He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-25
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Scrooged
Overview: Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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Diane
Overview: Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-12
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Who's Minding the Mint?
Overview: A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wants a slice of the action - and the money.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-26
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With Six You Get Eggroll
Overview: Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who are not very excited about the new union between the two families.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-07
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You Snooze You Lose
Overview: 16-year-old Jonathan Snazowski has a vivid imagination and lives in a dream world filled with adventure, fast cars, beautiful women and easy money. Unfortunately he only has partial control over his fantasies, and is constantly beset by obstacles from the dark and tangled reaches of his mind. A slightly demented psychologist, a rotten kid brother, neighborhood bullies, demons and even laser-toting sex police are conspiring to wreak havoc on his life. But Jonathan has a plan: he is going to defeat his enemies, get his car, win the girl and lose his virginity... even if it kills him!
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Rodney Dangerfield's The Really Big Show
Overview: Rodney Dangerfield wants the hottest up-and-coming comedians for his new HBO special, but as always, he gets no respect.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-03
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A Grandpa for Christmas
Overview: An old-time movie-star singer/ hoofer rebonds with his estranged daughter and 9-year-old granddaughter.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-24
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Fearless Tiger
Overview: A man's brother dies of an overdose from a new and potent drug introduced by a drug gang. He puts off his wedding to a beautiful model and postpones taking over the family business while he travels to Hong Kong to learn Tiger Claw kung fu from its master. Then he plans to take his revenge on the drug dealers responsible for his brother's death.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-09
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The Gong Show Movie
Overview: A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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Arnold
Overview: Karen marries Arnold at his funeral and continues to get his money as long as she stays by his coffin. Meanwhile, various oddball relatives after Arnold's wealth are being killed in a creative variety of ways.
Genres: Thriller Horror Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-16
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Curse II: The Bite
Overview: After a young man is bitten on the hand by a radioactive snake, his hand changes into a lethal snake head, which attacks everyone he comes into contact with. Also, his body becomes filled with snakes. Now, he must prevent himself from hurting others.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-27
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The Chuck Barris Story: My Life On The Edge
Overview: The Chuck Barris Story: My Life on the Edge is a special documentary about the creator of The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game and creator and host of The Gong Show Chuck Barris. Chronicling the tragedies of his life including harsh criticisms from the press and his peers, a number of failed marriages, working for the C.I.A and the loss of his daughter due to a drug overdose.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-10
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M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television
Overview: Join the individuals who made M*A*S*H as they celebrate one of the most beloved, enduringly popular, often quoted and influential comedies ever created.
Genres: Documentary Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-01
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For Love or Money
Overview: A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and money.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-20
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Danny Kaye Christmas Show
Overview: In this Christmas-themed show, Danny welcomes as his guests Andy Williams, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Danny and Dick are featured in a song-and-dance number, 'Puttin on the Ritz'. The featured comedy skit has Van Dyke portraying a tough as nails prosecutor locking horns with a seedy defense attorney during a murder trail were both lawyers play to television cameras in the courtroom.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-18
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M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever
Overview: In M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever cast and crew reveal their battles with network executives to keep the show alive, their first days on set, favorite episodes, what they think made the show a mega hit and why it endures today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-13
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Run Till You Fall
Overview: A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young disabled son when he takes on a seemingly easy case that sours.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-09
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The Arab Americans
Overview: The history of Arab-Americans and their contribution to the American fabric.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Combat Academy
Overview: "Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight thefts. Written by Mark Lennon
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-23
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The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank
Overview: A Behind The Scenes look at one of the most innovative and influential game shows of the 60's The Match Game known for it's cheeky panelists, outrageous answers and bawdy humour
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-26
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Murder Can Hurt You!
Overview: A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-21
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The Blue Knight
Overview: Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
Genres: Action TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-11
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Ride Beyond Vengeance
Overview: Jonas Trapp falls in love with the beautiful Jessie, a wealthy girl out of his humble class. Against the wishes of her snobbish aunt, she marries him, later faking a pregnancy to win her aunt's consent. But Jonas tires of living off of his wife's family, and eventually deserts her to become a buffalo hunter. 11 years later, with his self-made fortune, he sets out to return home, only to be set upon by three sadistic marauders, who steal his money and leave him for dead. Rescued by a farmer who nurses him back to health, Jonas becomes consumed by the desire for revenge. As fate would have it, all three men live close to Jonas' former home. Matters quickly get worse when Jonas reunites with his wife, only to discover that she is now engaged to Renne.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Real M*A*S*H
Overview: The Real MASH traces the original stories and people that inspired the fictional feature film and TV series about Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals in the Korean War. Both pushed buttons on cultural and social frontiers but real life MASH units were actually more like renegade units onto themselves and early indicators of the social turmoil and tensions that were to unfold later in the USA. Interviews with MASH actors, including Jamie Farr, Loretta Swit and Gary Burghoff, co-creator Gene Reynolds, surgeons, doctors, nurses, pilots and enlisted men who served in the war blend with dramatic recreations, archival film and rare photographs to tell the true stories behind the MASH entertainment franchise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
Overview: Danny Kaye stars in the Disneyland 25th Anniversary television special with special guest star Michael Jackson, The Osmond’s, Adam Rich, and others.
Genres: Music Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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Three Violent People
Overview: A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
Overview: The M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Special is a retrospective documentary on the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H that aired on the FOX TV network on May 17, 2002. The progam features interviews with past cast members, producers, and writers who contributed to the series, which originally aired on CBS-TV from September 17, 1972 to February 28, 1983.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-17
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Joys
Overview: Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies thrown in Hope's pool!). Hope and the rapidly shrinking cast try to discover who is the mysterious killer known only as "Joys."
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-05
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Return of the Rebels
Overview: An aging motorcycle gang assembles for a 25-year reunion to help out former member Mary Beth, a widowed operator of a popular campground which is being threatened by a band of arrogant groupies.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-17
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Speed Zone
Overview: An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distress. Jackie Chan's car is not in this one, but many new cars make up for that. Who will win? Who will crash? Who will not even finish? Sit down and buckle up for the ride of your life.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-21
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A Masterpiece of Murder
Overview: An over-the-hill gumshoe reluctantly teams with worldly retired master thief to solve a string of art thefts and murders.
Genres: Comedy Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-27
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Angels on Tap
Overview: A reporter stumbles into a bar where the heavenly messengers hang out when they're not looking out for humanity.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-12
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A Month of Sundays
Overview: The story of a teenage girl who kidnaps her grandfather to keep him from being placed in a nursing home. The getaway turns into a quest to locate a son who vanished many years before.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-17
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Memories of M*A*S*H
Overview: Hosted by one-time M*A*S*H guest star Shelley Long, “Memories of M*A*S*H” included brand-new interviews with the cast as well as producers, creators and guest-stars. The 90-minute retrospective aired on November 25th, 1991 on CBS as part of its “Classic Weekend II,” which also included “The Bob Newhart 19th Anniversary Special” and “The Best of Ed Sullivan II.” Dozens of clips from over over sixty different episodes were shown. It was the brain-child of Michael Hirsh (also responsible for “Making M*A*S*H”) and coincided with the 20th anniversary of M*A*S*H.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-25
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Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill
Overview: A variety of people are drawn together through their participation in an amateur talent contest in a country roadhouse.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-08
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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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Kismet
Overview: A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.
Genres: Music Romance Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-08
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