Buddy Joe Hooker

Buddy Joe Hooker was born on May 30, 1942 in Vallejo, California, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Grindhouse (2007), Hard to Kill (1990) and Rules of Engagement (2000).

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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

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In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Christoph Waltz  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Diane Kruger

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Tarantino
CAST:  Brad Pitt  •  Christoph Waltz  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Diane Kruger

Bound for Glory (1976)

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Ronny Cox  •  Melinda Dillon  •  Gail Strickland

A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  David Carradine  •  Ronny Cox  •  Melinda Dillon  •  Gail Strickland

Harold and Maude (1971)

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The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  Ruth Gordon  •  Bud Cort  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Charles Tyner

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  Ruth Gordon  •  Bud Cort  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Charles Tyner

Jade (1995)

Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Francisco big shot and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the lawman emerges as a prime suspect and he has to deal with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  David Caruso  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  Chazz Palminteri  •  Richard Crenna

Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Francisco big shot and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the lawman emerges as a prime suspect and he has to deal with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  David Caruso  •  Linda Fiorentino  •  Chazz Palminteri  •  Richard Crenna

Miami Blues (1990)

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Armitage
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Fred Ward  •  Cecilia Pérez-Cervera

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Armitage
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  Jennifer Jason Leigh  •  Fred Ward  •  Cecilia Pérez-Cervera

Money Talks (1997)

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Chris Tucker  •  Charlie Sheen  •  Heather Locklear  •  Paul Sorvino

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Chris Tucker  •  Charlie Sheen  •  Heather Locklear  •  Paul Sorvino

Hard to Kill (1990)

Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Malmuth
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Kelly LeBrock  •  William Sadler  •  Frederick Coffin

Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Malmuth
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Kelly LeBrock  •  William Sadler  •  Frederick Coffin

Hooper (1978)

Legendary stunt man, Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Needham
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Robert Klein  •  Adam West  •  Jan-Michael Vincent

Legendary stunt man, Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Needham
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Robert Klein  •  Adam West  •  Jan-Michael Vincent

Suspect Zero (2004)

A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E. Elias Merhige
CAST:  Carrie-Anne Moss  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Harry Lennix

A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  E. Elias Merhige
CAST:  Carrie-Anne Moss  •  Aaron Eckhart  •  Ben Kingsley  •  Harry Lennix

The Osterman Weekend (1983)

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Peckinpah
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  John Hurt  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Dennis Hopper

The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Peckinpah
CAST:  Rutger Hauer  •  John Hurt  •  Craig T. Nelson  •  Dennis Hopper

Gleaming the Cube (1989)

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Clifford
CAST:  Christian Slater  •  Tony Hawk  •  Peter Kwong  •  Steven Bauer

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graeme Clifford
CAST:  Christian Slater  •  Tony Hawk  •  Peter Kwong  •  Steven Bauer

Outlaw's Son (1957)

A young boy grows to adulthood believing his father was the man responsible for a murder committed during a bank robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Dane Clark  •  Ben Cooper  •  Lori Nelson  •  Joseph Richard Stafford

A young boy grows to adulthood believing his father was the man responsible for a murder committed during a bank robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Dane Clark  •  Ben Cooper  •  Lori Nelson  •  Joseph Richard Stafford

Need for Speed (2014)

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The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Waugh
CAST:  Aaron Paul  •  Dominic Cooper  •  Imogen Poots  •  Rami Malek

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Scott Waugh
CAST:  Aaron Paul  •  Dominic Cooper  •  Imogen Poots  •  Rami Malek

The Littlest Hobo (1958)

When a roaming German Shepherd Dog rescues a boy's pet lamb from the slaughterhouse he struggles to reunite them, despite being chased by police and getting little cooperation from the lamb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles R. Rondeau
CAST:  Buddy Joe Hooker  •  Wendy Stuart  •  Carlyle Mitchell  •  Howard Hoffman

When a roaming German Shepherd Dog rescues a boy's pet lamb from the slaughterhouse he struggles to reunite them, despite being chased by police and getting little cooperation from the lamb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles R. Rondeau
CAST:  Buddy Joe Hooker  •  Wendy Stuart  •  Carlyle Mitchell  •  Howard Hoffman

Take a Hard Ride (1975)

After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Senora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Margheriti
CAST:  Jim Brown  •  Lee Van Cleef  •  Fred Williamson  •  Catherine Spaak

After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Senora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antonio Margheriti
CAST:  Jim Brown  •  Lee Van Cleef  •  Fred Williamson  •  Catherine Spaak

The Night Stalker (1972)

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Darren McGavin  •  Carol Lynley  •  Simon Oakland  •  Ralph Meeker

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Darren McGavin  •  Carol Lynley  •  Simon Oakland  •  Ralph Meeker

Sweet Charity (1969)

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Fosse
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  John McMartin  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Sammy Davis Jr.

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Fosse
CAST:  Shirley MacLaine  •  John McMartin  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Sammy Davis Jr.

White Lightning (1973)

An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Jennifer Billingsley  •  Ned Beatty  •  Louise Latham

An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Burt Reynolds  •  Jennifer Billingsley  •  Ned Beatty  •  Louise Latham

The Arrival (1996)

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Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Twohy
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Lindsay Crouse  •  Richard Schiff  •  Shane

Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Twohy
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Lindsay Crouse  •  Richard Schiff  •  Shane

Ice Station Zebra (1968)

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Jim Brown

A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out distress signals ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Rock Hudson  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Jim Brown
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