Richard B. Shull

Richard Bruce Shull (February 24, 1929 – October 14, 1999) was an American character actor.

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Dreamer (1979)

The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream — to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay? The woman he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Nosseck
CAST:  Tim Matheson  •  Susan Blakely  •  Jack Warden  •  Richard B. Shull

The dream began 20 years ago, when a young pinsetter watched a star bowler win a championship. Now, Harold (Dreamer) Nuttingham has a chance to attain his dream — to win the Tournament of Champions and buy his own lanes. But what price will he pay? The woman he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Nosseck
CAST:  Tim Matheson  •  Susan Blakely  •  Jack Warden  •  Richard B. Shull

Garbo Talks (1984)

When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Anne Bancroft  •  Ron Silver  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Catherine Hicks

When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated. His incorrigible mother, Estelle, has one last wish: to meet the great Greta Garbo. Gilbert, wanting to do this last thing for her, sets out on a wild goose chase ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lumet
CAST:  Anne Bancroft  •  Ron Silver  •  Carrie Fisher  •  Catherine Hicks

Klute (1971)

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan J. Pakula
CAST:  Jane Fonda  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Charles Cioffi  •  Roy Scheider

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan J. Pakula
CAST:  Jane Fonda  •  Donald Sutherland  •  Charles Cioffi  •  Roy Scheider

The Big Bus (1976)

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Frawley
CAST:  Joseph Bologna  •  Stockard Channing  •  John Beck  •  René Auberjonois

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Will the down-on-his-luck driver, with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Frawley
CAST:  Joseph Bologna  •  Stockard Channing  •  John Beck  •  René Auberjonois

The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984)

Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harvey S. Laidman
CAST:  Matt Dill  •  Richard B. Shull  •  Sam Waterston  •  David Crawford

Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harvey S. Laidman
CAST:  Matt Dill  •  Richard B. Shull  •  Sam Waterston  •  David Crawford

Victor/Victoria (1995)

Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to get a job. The act is a hit in a local nightclub, but things get complicated when a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards  •  Matthew Diamond  •  Goro Kobayashi
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  Michael Nouri  •  Tony Roberts  •  Devin Richards

Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to get a job. The act is a hit in a local nightclub, but things get complicated when a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Blake Edwards  •  Matthew Diamond  •  Goro Kobayashi
CAST:  Julie Andrews  •  Michael Nouri  •  Tony Roberts  •  Devin Richards

Wholly Moses (1980)

Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from slavery, but Moses keeps getting all the credit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Weis
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Laraine Newman  •  James Coco  •  Paul Sand

Harvey and Zoey, two tourists in Israel, discover an ancient scroll about Herschel, the man who was almost Moses. Herschel receives the command from God to free his people from slavery, but Moses keeps getting all the credit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gary Weis
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Laraine Newman  •  James Coco  •  Paul Sand

Splash (1984)

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Daryl Hannah  •  Eugene Levy  •  John Candy

A successful businessman falls in love with the girl of his dreams. There's one big complication though; he's fallen hook, line and sinker for a mermaid.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Daryl Hannah  •  Eugene Levy  •  John Candy

Housesitter (1992)

After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Oz
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Dana Delany  •  Suzanne Whang

After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Oz
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Dana Delany  •  Suzanne Whang

The Fortune (1975)

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Nichols
CAST:  Stockard Channing  •  Jack Nicholson  •  Warren Beatty  •  Ian Wolfe

Two bumbling hustlers in the 1920s attempt to gain the fortune of an heiress. Nothing will stop them, not even murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Nichols
CAST:  Stockard Channing  •  Jack Nicholson  •  Warren Beatty  •  Ian Wolfe

Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her. Once Pedro finds out about this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Amiel
CAST:  Barbara Hershey  •  Keanu Reeves  •  Peter Falk  •  Hope Lange

Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for great drama, Pedro Carmichael. Martin’s aunt Julia, not related by blood, returns home after many years away and Martin falls for her. Once Pedro finds out about this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Amiel
CAST:  Barbara Hershey  •  Keanu Reeves  •  Peter Falk  •  Hope Lange

Lovesick (1983)

Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Brickman
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Elizabeth McGovern  •  Alec Guinness  •  Christine Baranski

Sigmund Freud's ghost advises a married New York psychiatrist in love with a patient.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Brickman
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Elizabeth McGovern  •  Alec Guinness  •  Christine Baranski

Heartbeeps (1981)

Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Arkush
CAST:  Andy Kaufman  •  Bernadette Peters  •  Randy Quaid  •  Christopher Guest

Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Arkush
CAST:  Andy Kaufman  •  Bernadette Peters  •  Randy Quaid  •  Christopher Guest

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978)

The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Paul Shenar  •  Samantha Eggar  •  David Levy  •  Barbara Parkins

The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Paul Shenar  •  Samantha Eggar  •  David Levy  •  Barbara Parkins

Seize the Day (1986)

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Richard B. Shull  •  David Bickford  •  Glenne Headly

Tommy Wilhelm (Robin Williams) is a salesman. An honest, hard-working guy who has lost his job, his girlfriend, and left part of his sanity behind as he heads to New York to pick up the pieces of his life. He's always been able to sell, but caught in a downward ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  Robin Williams  •  Richard B. Shull  •  David Bickford  •  Glenne Headly

Hearts of the West (1975)

Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Alan Arkin  •  Blythe Danner  •  Andy Griffith

Naive Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater dreams of being a famous Western novelist like his hero, Zane Grey. He leaves home to answer a writing correspondence course's ad for on-campus classes, only to discover that the school consists of a row of postboxes at an isolated ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  Alan Arkin  •  Blythe Danner  •  Andy Griffith

Sssssss (1973)

David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Strother Martin  •  Dirk Benedict  •  Heather Menzies  •  Richard B. Shull

David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard L. Kowalski
CAST:  Strother Martin  •  Dirk Benedict  •  Heather Menzies  •  Richard B. Shull

The Pack (1977)

The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clouse
CAST:  Joe Don Baker  •  Hope Alexander-Willis  •  Richard B. Shull  •  R. G. Armstrong

The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Clouse
CAST:  Joe Don Baker  •  Hope Alexander-Willis  •  Richard B. Shull  •  R. G. Armstrong

Wild by Law (1991)

Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling Sand County almanac and the first to bring the word 'ecology' into standard usage; Bob Marshall, millionaire socialist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Hott  •  Diane Garey
CAST:  Linda Hunt  •  Ralph Waite  •  Richard B. Shull  •  Peter Haydu

Tells about the Wilderness Act of 1964 and the three men responsible for its passage: forester/philosopher Aldo Leopold, author of the bestselling Sand County almanac and the first to bring the word 'ecology' into standard usage; Bob Marshall, millionaire socialist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Hott  •  Diane Garey
CAST:  Linda Hunt  •  Ralph Waite  •  Richard B. Shull  •  Peter Haydu

Unfaithfully Yours (1984)

A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  Armand Assante  •  Albert Brooks

A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Zieff
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Nastassja Kinski  •  Armand Assante  •  Albert Brooks
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