John Matuszak
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Biography: John Daniel Tooz Matuszak was an American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and also an actor. Matuszak was born in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Tampa and played for their football team. Matuszak also played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL and joined the Houston Texans of the World Football League, but never played for them. His first major role as an actor was in the 1979 movie "North Dallas Forty" as a football player. He also appeared in the movies "Caveman", "The Ice Pirates", and "One Crazy Summer" but is known for his role in "The Goonies". He also had guest appearances on popular TV shows "Perfect Strangers", "M*A*S*H", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Hunter", "Silver Spoons", "The A-Team", "1st & Ten", "Miami Vice" and "Cheers". He died on June 17, 1989 aged 38 due to a heart failure.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
Birthday: October 25, 1950
Deathday: June 17, 1989
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Gender: Male
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The Ice Pirates
Overview: In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-16
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The Goonies
Overview: A young teenager named Mikey Walsh finds an old treasure map in his father's attic. Hoping to save their homes from demolition, Mikey and his friends Data Wang, Chunk Cohen, and Mouth Devereaux run off on a big quest to find the secret stash of Pirate One-Eyed Willie.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-07
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The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Overview: A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German wartime geniuses out to establish a Fourth Reich.
Genres: Adventure War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-10
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One Crazy Summer
Overview: An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Genres: Comedy Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-08
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Caveman
Overview: Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-17
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Darlin' Clementine
Overview: Clementine is the sole woman in her mining camp who cares for everyone around her until her selfish father learns a valuable lesson.
Genres: TV Movie Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-08
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One Man Force
Overview: In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner
Genres: Crime Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-21
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Down the Drain
Overview: A dishonest lawyer devises a scheme to rob a bank by recruiting criminals he has represented to do the job for him. When the robbery is completed, he learns that the "loot" from the vault is in fact a microchip containing top-secret information.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-25
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Ghost Writer
Overview: A writer moves into a Malibu beach house, and comes up against the ghost of an actress who supposedly had committed suicide there 30 years previously, but had been murdered by her boyfriend. The ghost asks the writer's help in proving her boyfriend the killer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-07
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The Joe Piscopo Halloween Party
Overview: Comedy concert of comedian Joe Piscopo filmed live from UCLA.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-31
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North Dallas Forty
Overview: A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-03
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Half Nelson
Overview: Rocky Nelson is a New York cop, who after making a major bust and selling the rights of his story to Hollywood decides to try his luck out as an actor. However, when he gets there, the directors think that he is too short to be an actor. He is then approach by someone who offers him a job at a Hollywood security agency, cause he would fit in there being an ex-cop and while working there he could come in contact with some Hollywood heavy-weights who could give him the break he needs. And at the same he gets to live in Dean Martin's guest-house.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-24
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Command 5
Overview: A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.
Genres: Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-05
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Charlie Barnett's Terms of Enrollment
Overview: Charlie Barnett shows you how to succeed in college without trying.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-31
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