Byron Webster
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Biography: Byron Webster made 1951 his film debut in Capitaine sans peur (1951). He moved to the USA in 1952 and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Acting assignments were few in Chicago, and he supplemented his income working for British European Airways. After some local area (Illinois) theatre work, he was cast in the NY company of "The Killing of Sister George," and then in "Funny Girl." Moving to Los Angeles in 1966, he appeared in the film version of "Funny Girl" and others, most notably as The Purser in L'aventure du Poséidon (1972). He toured and co-starred in national companies of "Camelot" and "My Fair Lady". Mr. Webster possessed a beautiful and powerful singing voice that was little used in his film and television appearances. He is perhaps best remembered by television fans as a regular cast member in the TV series Soap (1977). An avid Bridge player, he held Master Points and was often in Bridge tournaments. Always fighting a weight problem, he succumbed to heart failure December 1, 1991, at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. - IMDb Mini Biography
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Birthday: June 14, 1931
Deathday: December 01, 1991
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Gender: Male
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Three on a Date
Overview: The adventures and mishaps of four couples, winners on a TV game show, along with their young chaperone, on a Hawaiian holiday.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-17
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That Man Bolt
Overview: Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 million to Mexico City from Hong Kong with a stop in Los Angeles. When Bolt discovers the cash is dirty mob money and his gal has been killed, he heads back to the Far East to get even.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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The Killing of Sister George
Overview: When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught realizes that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character 'Sister George', a lovable nurse she portrays in a popular daytime serial. To make matters worse, the widowed executive at the BBC responsible for the decision to kill off Sister George - Mercy Croft is also a predatory lesbian who is after Childie and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-01
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Overview: Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But once she's under, her doctor finds out that she can regress into past lives and different personalities, and he finds himself falling in love with one of them.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-17
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One of My Wives Is Missing
Overview: Vacationing in a small town, a frantic Daniel Corban shows up at the local police station, declaring that his wife has disappeared. Corban imperiously demands that the easygoing police inspector drop everything and find his missing spouse. Within a few days, a woman claiming to be his wife shows up, but Corban insists that he's never met the woman before.
Genres: Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-05
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Reward
Overview: A dispirited cop chucks his job on the force and, with the help of a college co-ed, sets out to solve the murder of a police colleague who had been his best friend.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-23
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Heaven Can Wait
Overview: Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-28
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Only When I Laugh
Overview: A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends as well as her needy daughter. She tries to balance the terrors of returning to work with the demands of all around her with humor and insight, while staying off the booze.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-25
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The Poseidon Adventure
Overview: When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-01
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Vampire
Overview: Vampire Anton Voytek's lair is disturbed by the ground breaking for a new church. Anton attempts to start a modern life using his hoarded wealth, but finds it's been confiscated by the authorities. He takes revenge on the architect responsible, who in turn, aided by a retired detective, tries to hunt down and destroy Anton.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-07
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Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Overview: Charled Dicken's tale A Christmas Carol takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2000 first prize to promote his bank.
Genres: Music Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-18
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Coffee, Tea or Me?
Overview: An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in London.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-11
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Time After Time
Overview: Writer H. G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to modern day San Francisco after the infamous serial killer steals his time machine to escape the 19th century.
Genres: Adventure Drama Comedy Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-09-28
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Poor Devil
Overview: A young, down-on-his-luck resident of hell is given a chance to redeem himself by signing up a down-on-his-luck retail accountant to sell his soul to Lucifer.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-14
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Funny Lady
Overview: Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns a nightclub.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-15
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The Night That Panicked America
Overview: A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-31
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Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Overview: While traveling to meet with the Hessian King, the famed Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, travel through an enchanted forest where they find themselves trapped in the world of their fairy tales.
Genres: Fantasy Family TV Movie Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-23
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Do You Take This Stranger?
Overview: A social climber/con artist schemes to inherit one million dollars by trading identities with a dying man.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-18
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