David Rasche

David Rasche (born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film, and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom Sledge Hammer! Since then he has often played characters in positions of authority, in both serious and comical turns. In television he is known for his main role as Karl Muller in the HBO drama series Succession, as well as recurring and guest performances in L.A. Law, Monk, The West Wing, Veep, and Ugly Betty.

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A Million to Juan (1994)

Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Rodríguez
CAST:  Paul Rodríguez  •  Gerardo Mejía  •  Jonathan Hernandez  •  Polly Draper

Romantic comedy about an honest Mexican immigrant who struggles without a green card by selling oranges on a street corner. One day a limousine pulls up and he is handed a check for $1,000,000 with instructions that he is to give the check back in 30 days. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Rodríguez
CAST:  Paul Rodríguez  •  Gerardo Mejía  •  Jonathan Hernandez  •  Polly Draper

Barbarians at the Gate (1993)

A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  James Garner  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Peter Riegert  •  Joanna Cassidy

A television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glenn Jordan
CAST:  James Garner  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Peter Riegert  •  Joanna Cassidy

Bingo (1991)

Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featuring doggy disguises and skateboarding, pinball and prison. Chuckie and his parents are moving house, a thousand miles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robbins
CAST:  Cindy Williams  •  David Rasche  •  Suzie Plakson  •  Jackson Davies

Bingo, the runaway circus dog, is off the leash and saving Chuckie's life! Bingo and the boy become the best of friends in this canine comedy featuring doggy disguises and skateboarding, pinball and prison. Chuckie and his parents are moving house, a thousand miles ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthew Robbins
CAST:  Cindy Williams  •  David Rasche  •  Suzie Plakson  •  Jackson Davies

Cobra (1986)

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George P. Cosmatos
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Brigitte Nielsen  •  Reni Santoni  •  Andrew Robinson

A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George P. Cosmatos
CAST:  Sylvester Stallone  •  Brigitte Nielsen  •  Reni Santoni  •  Andrew Robinson

Delirious (1991)

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Mankiewicz
CAST:  John Candy  •  Mariel Hemingway  •  Emma Samms  •  Raymond Burr

A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Mankiewicz
CAST:  John Candy  •  Mariel Hemingway  •  Emma Samms  •  Raymond Burr

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

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There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Ryan Phillippe  •  Adam Beach  •  Jesse Bradford  •  Paul Walker

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Ryan Phillippe  •  Adam Beach  •  Jesse Bradford  •  Paul Walker

Just Married (2003)

Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. When they do get married, and get a chance to prove Sarah's family wrong, they go on a European honeymoon and run into disaster after disaster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Levy
CAST:  Ashton Kutcher  •  Brittany Murphy  •  Christian Kane  •  David Moscow

Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. When they do get married, and get a chance to prove Sarah's family wrong, they go on a European honeymoon and run into disaster after disaster. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn Levy
CAST:  Ashton Kutcher  •  Brittany Murphy  •  Christian Kane  •  David Moscow

Manhattan (1979)

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Diane Keaton  •  Michael Murphy  •  Mariel Hemingway

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Woody Allen
CAST:  Woody Allen  •  Diane Keaton  •  Michael Murphy  •  Mariel Hemingway

Masters of Menace (1990)

The Masters of Menace are actually a motorcycle gang. When one of their own dies while performing a dangerous bike stunt, they decide to cross the country to go bury him. With the coffin in the back of the pick-up truck and the tight-butt lawyer in the front, their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Raskov
CAST:  David Rasche  •  Catherine Bach  •  Tino Insana  •  Lee Ving

The Masters of Menace are actually a motorcycle gang. When one of their own dies while performing a dangerous bike stunt, they decide to cross the country to go bury him. With the coffin in the back of the pick-up truck and the tight-butt lawyer in the front, their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Raskov
CAST:  David Rasche  •  Catherine Bach  •  Tino Insana  •  Lee Ving

Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002)

In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual communal vacation of a group of rich, white U.S. government and business leaders who drink and carouse to excess ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Shearer
CAST:  Harry Shearer  •  Michael McKean  •  Alan Thicke  •  Peter Marshall

In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual communal vacation of a group of rich, white U.S. government and business leaders who drink and carouse to excess ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Shearer
CAST:  Harry Shearer  •  Michael McKean  •  Alan Thicke  •  Peter Marshall

Twenty Bucks (1993)

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keva Rosenfeld
CAST:  Linda Hunt  •  Brendan Fraser  •  Shohreh Aghdashloo  •  George Morfogen

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keva Rosenfeld
CAST:  Linda Hunt  •  Brendan Fraser  •  Shohreh Aghdashloo  •  George Morfogen

Wicked Stepmother (1989)

A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family's home and cause havoc, one at a time since they share one body & the other must live in a cat the rest of the time. Now it's up to the family's mother, a private detective, and a suspended police officer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Cohen
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Barbara Carrera  •  Colleen Camp  •  Lionel Stander

A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family's home and cause havoc, one at a time since they share one body & the other must live in a cat the rest of the time. Now it's up to the family's mother, a private detective, and a suspended police officer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Cohen
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Barbara Carrera  •  Colleen Camp  •  Lionel Stander

Special Bulletin (1983)

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Ed Flanders  •  Kathryn Walker  •  Roxanne Hart  •  Christopher Allport

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Zwick
CAST:  Ed Flanders  •  Kathryn Walker  •  Roxanne Hart  •  Christopher Allport

An Innocent Man (1989)

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  F. Murray Abraham  •  Laila Robins  •  David Rasche  •  Tom Selleck

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Yates
CAST:  F. Murray Abraham  •  Laila Robins  •  David Rasche  •  Tom Selleck

The Sentinel (2006)

A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clark Johnson
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Eva Longoria  •  Martin Donovan

A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clark Johnson
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Eva Longoria  •  Martin Donovan

The Settlement (1999)

Swaggering, womanizing Jerry and his hen-pecked buddy Pat are in a bind: their clients aren't dying fast enough! They buy insurance policies from the terminally ill, and bet on them to kick the bucket on schedule. But their luck is about to change when they meet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Steilen
CAST:  John C. Reilly  •  William Fichtner  •  Kelly McGillis  •  David Rasche

Swaggering, womanizing Jerry and his hen-pecked buddy Pat are in a bind: their clients aren't dying fast enough! They buy insurance policies from the terminally ill, and bet on them to kick the bucket on schedule. But their luck is about to change when they meet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Steilen
CAST:  John C. Reilly  •  William Fichtner  •  Kelly McGillis  •  David Rasche

Pros & Cons (1999)

Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case of mistaken identity. It's the hysterical prison comedy that's so funny, it's criminal!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Damast
CAST:  Larry Miller  •  Tommy Davidson  •  Delroy Lindo  •  Andre Rosey Brown

Framed for crimes they didn't commit, two small-timers are headed up the river without a paddle. Now, the only thing that can bail them out is a case of mistaken identity. It's the hysterical prison comedy that's so funny, it's criminal!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Damast
CAST:  Larry Miller  •  Tommy Davidson  •  Delroy Lindo  •  Andre Rosey Brown

Crimes of the Past (2009)

After Tommy Sparrow is severely wounded in a covert CIA operation, he comes home to discover his wife with another man. Tommy’s rage and wounds frighten his seven-year-old daughter Josephine. When Tommy’s wife tells him to leave and never come home, Tommy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Garrett Bennett
CAST:  David Rasche  •  Elisabeth Röhm  •  Eric Roberts  •  Chad Lindberg

After Tommy Sparrow is severely wounded in a covert CIA operation, he comes home to discover his wife with another man. Tommy’s rage and wounds frighten his seven-year-old daughter Josephine. When Tommy’s wife tells him to leave and never come home, Tommy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Garrett Bennett
CAST:  David Rasche  •  Elisabeth Röhm  •  Eric Roberts  •  Chad Lindberg

Native Son (1986)

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Victor Love  •  Matt Dillon  •  Elizabeth McGovern  •  Geraldine Page

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerrold Freedman
CAST:  Victor Love  •  Matt Dillon  •  Elizabeth McGovern  •  Geraldine Page

The Discoverers (2014)

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Schwarz
CAST:  Griffin Dunne  •  Madeleine Martin  •  Cara Buono  •  Devon Graye

Washed-up history professor Lewis Birch takes his begrudging teenagers Zoe and Jack on a road trip to a conference in hopes of jumpstarting his career and reconnecting with his kids. But, when Lewis’s estranged father Stanley goes missing on a Lewis and Clark ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Schwarz
CAST:  Griffin Dunne  •  Madeleine Martin  •  Cara Buono  •  Devon Graye
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