G. Gordon Liddy

George Gordon Battle Liddy (November 30, 1930 – March 30, 2021) was an American lawyer and FBI agent who was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and illegal wiretapping for his role in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration. Working alongside E. Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building in May and June 1972. After five of Liddy's operatives were arrested inside the DNC offices on June 17, 1972, subsequent investigations of the Watergate scandal led to Nixon's resignation in 1974. Liddy was convicted of burglary, conspiracy, and refusing to testify to the Senate committee investigating Watergate. He served nearly 52 months in federal prisons. He later joined with Timothy Leary for a series of debates on multiple college campuses, and similarly worked with Al Franken in the late 1990s. Liddy served as a radio talk show host from 1992 until his retirement on July 27, 2012. His radio show as of 2009 was syndicated in 160 markets by Radio America and on both Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio stations in the United States. He was a guest panelist for Fox News Channel in addition to appearing in a cameo role or as a guest celebrity talent on several television shows. Liddy was born in Brooklyn on November 30, 1930. His father, Sylvester James Liddy, was a lawyer; his mother was Maria (Abbaticchio). His family was of Irish and Italian descent. Liddy was named for ...

Rules of Engagement (2000)

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Guy Pearce  •  Ben Kingsley

A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Friedkin
CAST:  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Guy Pearce  •  Ben Kingsley

The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Leaf  •  John Scheinfeld
CAST:  Stew Albert  •  John Lennon  •  Tariq Ali  •  Yoko Ono

A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Leaf  •  John Scheinfeld
CAST:  Stew Albert  •  John Lennon  •  Tariq Ali  •  Yoko Ono

Camp Cucamonga (1990)

Standard camp shenanigans and romance amongst the counselors and the campers at a lake front summer camp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Duchowny
CAST:  Danica McKellar  •  Jennifer Aniston  •  John Ratzenberger  •  Chad Allen

Standard camp shenanigans and romance amongst the counselors and the campers at a lake front summer camp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Duchowny
CAST:  Danica McKellar  •  Jennifer Aniston  •  John Ratzenberger  •  Chad Allen

Return Engagement (1983)

Return Engagement is a 1983 documentary film directed by Alan Rudolph about the tour debate between Timothy Leary and G. Gordon Liddy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Timothy Leary  •  Harry Nilsson  •  Carole Hemingway

Return Engagement is a 1983 documentary film directed by Alan Rudolph about the tour debate between Timothy Leary and G. Gordon Liddy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rudolph
CAST:  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Timothy Leary  •  Harry Nilsson  •  Carole Hemingway

Adventures in Spying (1992)

Two teens spot a notorious criminal who is supposed to be dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hil Covington
CAST:  Bernie Coulson  •  Jill Schoelen  •  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Seymour Cassel

Two teens spot a notorious criminal who is supposed to be dead.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hil Covington
CAST:  Bernie Coulson  •  Jill Schoelen  •  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Seymour Cassel

Street Asylum (1990)

In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser) has an electronic device put into his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Dark
CAST:  Wings Hauser  •  Alex Cord  •  Roberta Vasquez  •  Sy Richardson

In the bleak near future Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone with cops pitted against assorted law-breaking lowlifes. Sergeant Arliss Ryder (well played with customary wired intensity by the always great Wings Hauser) has an electronic device put into his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Dark
CAST:  Wings Hauser  •  Alex Cord  •  Roberta Vasquez  •  Sy Richardson

Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host (1993)

Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian I. Nyby II
CAST:  Raymond Burr  •  Barbara Hale  •  William R. Moses  •  Regis Philbin

Dr Sheila Carlin is good friends with Della who calls Perry in when she is being pestered by someone. On the theory that it could be somebody that she works with at a radio stations she arranges Perry to be interviewed by Winslow Keene who is also the station's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian I. Nyby II
CAST:  Raymond Burr  •  Barbara Hale  •  William R. Moses  •  Regis Philbin

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick (2014)

The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the terrorist. Taken from an historical perspective starting around World War 1 leading to present day.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Francis Richard Conolly  •  Bill Clinton  •  King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom  •  Wallis Simpson

The real reasons and orchestrators behind Hitler, to an incredible theory of the JFK assassination, all the way to 9/11 and the current age of the terrorist. Taken from an historical perspective starting around World War 1 leading to present day.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Francis Richard Conolly  •  Bill Clinton  •  King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom  •  Wallis Simpson

Autumn Ritual (1986)

Artists, Philosophers, Musicians, Politicians and more offer their thoughts on Pro Football, in this 1986 film produced by NFL Films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Tuckett
CAST:  Steve Sabol  •  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Jerry Falwell  •  Allen Ginsberg

Artists, Philosophers, Musicians, Politicians and more offer their thoughts on Pro Football, in this 1986 film produced by NFL Films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Tuckett
CAST:  Steve Sabol  •  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Jerry Falwell  •  Allen Ginsberg

Super Force (1990)

The time: the near future. Astronaut Zach Stone (Ken Olandt) returns from a heroic Mars mission to find his brother murdered -- and his country losing its battle against rampant violence, corruption and anarchy. Determined to avenge his brother's death, and to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Compton
CAST:  Ken Olandt  •  Larry B. Scott  •  Lisa Niemi  •  G. Gordon Liddy

The time: the near future. Astronaut Zach Stone (Ken Olandt) returns from a heroic Mars mission to find his brother murdered -- and his country losing its battle against rampant violence, corruption and anarchy. Determined to avenge his brother's death, and to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Compton
CAST:  Ken Olandt  •  Larry B. Scott  •  Lisa Niemi  •  G. Gordon Liddy

The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover (1993)

For nearly 50 years, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover amassed secret files on America's most prominent figures, files he used to smear and control presidents and politicians. Frontline reveals how Hoover's own secret life left him open to blackmail by the Mafia and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Cran
CAST:  Walter Mondale  •  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Cartha DeLoach  •  Richard Gid Powers

For nearly 50 years, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover amassed secret files on America's most prominent figures, files he used to smear and control presidents and politicians. Frontline reveals how Hoover's own secret life left him open to blackmail by the Mafia and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Cran
CAST:  Walter Mondale  •  G. Gordon Liddy  •  Cartha DeLoach  •  Richard Gid Powers

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread (1987)

Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Balaban
CAST:  Penn Jillette  •  Teller  •  Donald Acree  •  Evan Handler

Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Balaban
CAST:  Penn Jillette  •  Teller  •  Donald Acree  •  Evan Handler

American Feud: A History of Conservatives and Liberals (2017)

This documentary fulfills a unique niche by taking a non-partisan, unbiased approach to the history of Liberalism and Conservatism in the United States. The film starts at the foundation of the country and continues though the 2006 election. Scholars, authors, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Riggs Hall
CAST:  Michael Barone  •  David Boaz  •  Donna Brazile  •  Mona Charen

This documentary fulfills a unique niche by taking a non-partisan, unbiased approach to the history of Liberalism and Conservatism in the United States. The film starts at the foundation of the country and continues though the 2006 election. Scholars, authors, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Riggs Hall
CAST:  Michael Barone  •  David Boaz  •  Donna Brazile  •  Mona Charen