David Huddleston

David Huddleston (1930-2016) was an American actor, best known for his roles in Blazing Saddles, Santa Claus: The Movie and The Big Lebowski.

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The Big Lebowski (1998)

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Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  John Goodman  •  Steve Buscemi  •  Julianne Moore

Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen
CAST:  Jeff Bridges  •  John Goodman  •  Steve Buscemi  •  Julianne Moore

Blazing Saddles (1974)

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A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Brooks
CAST:  Cleavon Little  •  Gene Wilder  •  Mel Brooks  •  Madeline Kahn

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Brooks
CAST:  Cleavon Little  •  Gene Wilder  •  Mel Brooks  •  Madeline Kahn

Capricorn One (1977)

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hyams
CAST:  Elliott Gould  •  James Brolin  •  Brenda Vaccaro  •  Sam Waterston

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hyams
CAST:  Elliott Gould  •  James Brolin  •  Brenda Vaccaro  •  Sam Waterston

Frantic (1988)

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Polanski
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Betty Buckley  •  Emmanuelle Seigner  •  Djiby Soumare

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Polanski
CAST:  Harrison Ford  •  Betty Buckley  •  Emmanuelle Seigner  •  Djiby Soumare

Joe's Apartment (1996)

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Payson
CAST:  Jerry O'Connell  •  Megan Ward  •  Billy West  •  Reginald Hudlin

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Payson
CAST:  Jerry O'Connell  •  Megan Ward  •  Billy West  •  Reginald Hudlin

Life with Mikey (1993)

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Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Michael J. Fox  •  Christina Vidal  •  Nathan Lane  •  Cyndi Lauper

Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Lapine
CAST:  Michael J. Fox  •  Christina Vidal  •  Nathan Lane  •  Cyndi Lauper

Postal (2007)

The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uwe Boll
CAST:  Zack Ward  •  Dave Foley  •  Chris Coppola  •  Michael Benyaer

The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Uwe Boll
CAST:  Zack Ward  •  Dave Foley  •  Chris Coppola  •  Michael Benyaer

Rio Lobo (1970)

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Jorge Rivero  •  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Jack Elam

After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Jorge Rivero  •  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Jack Elam

Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)

The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the head elf, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  John Lithgow  •  David Huddleston  •  Burgess Meredith

The first half of this film, set hundreds of years ago, shows how the man who eventually became Santa Claus was given immortality and chosen to deliver toys to all the children of the world. The second half moves into the modern era, in which Patch, the head elf, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeannot Szwarc
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  John Lithgow  •  David Huddleston  •  Burgess Meredith

The Klansman (1974)

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Lee Marvin  •  Cameron Mitchell  •  O.J. Simpson

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young woman has been violently raped. The white town fathers immediately declare that the attacker had to be black, and place the blame on Garth, a young black man. Assuming that the men in white sheets ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Young
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Lee Marvin  •  Cameron Mitchell  •  O.J. Simpson

The Producers (2005)

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Stroman
CAST:  Matthew Broderick  •  Uma Thurman  •  Will Ferrell  •  Eileen Essell

After putting together another Broadway flop, down-on-his-luck producer Max Bialystock teams up with timid accountant Leo Bloom in a get-rich-quick scheme to put on the world's worst show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Susan Stroman
CAST:  Matthew Broderick  •  Uma Thurman  •  Will Ferrell  •  Eileen Essell

Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Needham
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Jackie Gleason  •  Jerry Reed  •  Dom DeLuise

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Needham
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Jackie Gleason  •  Jerry Reed  •  Dom DeLuise

Norwood (1970)

A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Haley Jr.
CAST:  Glen Campbell  •  Joe Namath  •  Carol Lynley  •  Pat Hingle

A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Haley Jr.
CAST:  Glen Campbell  •  Joe Namath  •  Carol Lynley  •  Pat Hingle

Brian's Song (1979)

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Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  James Caan  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Jack Warden  •  Bernie Casey

Based on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  James Caan  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Jack Warden  •  Bernie Casey

The Greatest (1977)

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman  •  Tom Gries
CAST:  Muhammad Ali  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Sally Bondi  •  Richard Gullage

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monte Hellman  •  Tom Gries
CAST:  Muhammad Ali  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Sally Bondi  •  Richard Gullage

The Oklahoma City Dolls (1981)

Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires a down-on-his-luck coach (Eddie Albert) to make them winners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Ronee Blakley  •  Sarah Cunningham  •  Judyann Elder

Susan Blakey plays Sally Jo Purkey, a factory worker who leads a rebellion among her co-workers for equal rights by forming a company football team for women and hires a down-on-his-luck coach (Eddie Albert) to make them winners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E.W. Swackhamer
CAST:  Susan Blakely  •  Ronee Blakley  •  Sarah Cunningham  •  Judyann Elder

Suddenly Single (1971)

A newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Hal Holbrook  •  Barbara Rush  •  Margot Kidder  •  Agnes Moorehead

A newly divorced man finds it difficult to get used to the single world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jud Taylor
CAST:  Hal Holbrook  •  Barbara Rush  •  Margot Kidder  •  Agnes Moorehead

Finnegan Begin Again (1985)

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Micklin Silver
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Mary Tyler Moore  •  Sam Waterston  •  Sylvia Sidney

A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Micklin Silver
CAST:  Robert Preston  •  Mary Tyler Moore  •  Sam Waterston  •  Sylvia Sidney

When The Bough Breaks (1986)

A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Ted Danson  •  Richard Masur  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  James Noble

A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found dead in the psychiatrist's office, in what appears to be a suicide. Shaken, the psychiatrist moves to the mountains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Ted Danson  •  Richard Masur  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  James Noble

The Act (1984)

Comedy directed by Sig Shore.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sig Shore
CAST:  Robert Ginty  •  Sarah Langenfeld  •  Nicolas Surovy  •  John Aprea

Comedy directed by Sig Shore.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sig Shore
CAST:  Robert Ginty  •  Sarah Langenfeld  •  Nicolas Surovy  •  John Aprea
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