Roger Robinson

Roger Robinson (May 2, 1940 – September 26, 2018) was an actor and writer.

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Meteor (1979)

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Neame
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Natalie Wood  •  Karl Malden  •  Brian Keith

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ronald Neame
CAST:  Sean Connery  •  Natalie Wood  •  Karl Malden  •  Brian Keith

The Lonely Guy (1984)

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Charles Grodin  •  Merv Griffin  •  Judith Ivey

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Hiller
CAST:  Steve Martin  •  Charles Grodin  •  Merv Griffin  •  Judith Ivey

Willie Dynamite (1974)

Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Moses
CAST:  Roscoe Orman  •  Diana Sands  •  Thalmus Rasulala  •  Joyce Walker

Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilbert Moses
CAST:  Roscoe Orman  •  Diana Sands  •  Thalmus Rasulala  •  Joyce Walker

It's My Turn (1980)

A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend, between Chicago and New York, and between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudia Weill
CAST:  Jill Clayburgh  •  Michael Douglas  •  Charles Grodin  •  Beverly Garland

A successful but stressed mathematics professor goes to her father's wedding and falls in love with her father's bride's son, a prematurely retired pro baseball player. She must choose between him and her current boyfriend, between Chicago and New York, and between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudia Weill
CAST:  Jill Clayburgh  •  Michael Douglas  •  Charles Grodin  •  Beverly Garland

Newman's Law (1974)

LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover an international drug ring involving some of the department's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  George Peppard  •  Roger Robinson  •  Eugene Roche  •  Gordon Pinsent

LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover an international drug ring involving some of the department's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  George Peppard  •  Roger Robinson  •  Eugene Roche  •  Gordon Pinsent

Wedding Daze (2006)

After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ian Black
CAST:  Jason Biggs  •  Isla Fisher  •  Joe Pantoliano  •  Joanna Gleason

After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ian Black
CAST:  Jason Biggs  •  Isla Fisher  •  Joe Pantoliano  •  Joanna Gleason

The Pack (2011)

A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father with secondhand smoke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alyssa Rallo Bennett
CAST:  Lucie Arnaz  •  Elisabeth Moss  •  Roger Robinson  •  Carlos Leon

A young man testifies against his mother for killing the father with secondhand smoke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alyssa Rallo Bennett
CAST:  Lucie Arnaz  •  Elisabeth Moss  •  Roger Robinson  •  Carlos Leon

Believe in Me (1971)

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program. Pamela works at a children's book publishing company. The two meet via Pamela's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Hagmann
CAST:  Michael Sarrazin  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Jon Cypher  •  Allen Garfield

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot prospect in his internship program. Pamela works at a children's book publishing company. The two meet via Pamela's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Hagmann
CAST:  Michael Sarrazin  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Jon Cypher  •  Allen Garfield

Money Kings (1998)

Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a local mobster. Vinnie's told to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graham Theakston
CAST:  Peter Falk  •  Timothy Hutton  •  Tyne Daly  •  Lauren Holly

Vinnie's a bookie, happily married, running his operation for 30 years out of his bar in Brooklyn. Times change, the boys up the chain want a bigger profit, so Vinnie's expendable He's assigned a hotheaded kid, Tony, the nephew of a local mobster. Vinnie's told to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Graham Theakston
CAST:  Peter Falk  •  Timothy Hutton  •  Tyne Daly  •  Lauren Holly

Burnzy's Last Call (1995)

A downtown Manahattan gin mill plays host to a series of comic vignettes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael De Avila
CAST:  Sherry Stringfield  •  Jamie Walters  •  Carolyn McCormick  •  James McCaffrey

A downtown Manahattan gin mill plays host to a series of comic vignettes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael De Avila
CAST:  Sherry Stringfield  •  Jamie Walters  •  Carolyn McCormick  •  James McCaffrey

Brother to Brother (2004)

A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Evans
CAST:  Anthony Mackie  •  Lawrence Gilliard Jr.  •  Duane Boutte  •  Daniel Sunjata

A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless shelter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Evans
CAST:  Anthony Mackie  •  Lawrence Gilliard Jr.  •  Duane Boutte  •  Daniel Sunjata

Flodder Does Manhattan! (1992)

The mayor of Sunny Dale see a chance to get rid of the Flodder family: They send the asocial bunch for an international exchange to New York. There they get confused with a Russian delegation of medical doctors while the street worker Werner who accompanies them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Maas
CAST:  Huub Stapel  •  Nelly Frijda  •  Tatjana Simić  •  René van 't Hof

The mayor of Sunny Dale see a chance to get rid of the Flodder family: They send the asocial bunch for an international exchange to New York. There they get confused with a Russian delegation of medical doctors while the street worker Werner who accompanies them ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Maas
CAST:  Huub Stapel  •  Nelly Frijda  •  Tatjana Simić  •  René van 't Hof

Foreclosure (2014)

The story of a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Ledes
CAST:  Spencer List  •  Bill Raymond  •  Michael Imperioli  •  Wendell Pierce

The story of a broken family striving to stay together while a curse and the ghosts of a haunted house try to tear them apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Ledes
CAST:  Spencer List  •  Bill Raymond  •  Michael Imperioli  •  Wendell Pierce

Who's the Man? (1993)

Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Demme
CAST:  Doctor Dré  •  Ed Lover  •  Denis Leary  •  Cheryl 'Salt' James

Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Demme
CAST:  Doctor Dré  •  Ed Lover  •  Denis Leary  •  Cheryl 'Salt' James

Rougarou (2016)

In rural Louisiana, 11-year-old Sabine's widower father misses Ash Wednesday Mass, so she pushes him to give up drinking for Lent. He breaks his vow, evoking the wrath of the ROUGAROU, a mythical bayou beast who punishes bad Catholics. Now Sabine has to step up to ...  (more)

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CAST:  Jacob DeMonte-Finn  •  Roger Robinson  •  Kendrick Sampson  •  Cali Sheldon

In rural Louisiana, 11-year-old Sabine's widower father misses Ash Wednesday Mass, so she pushes him to give up drinking for Lent. He breaks his vow, evoking the wrath of the ROUGAROU, a mythical bayou beast who punishes bad Catholics. Now Sabine has to step up to ...  (more)

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CAST:  Jacob DeMonte-Finn  •  Roger Robinson  •  Kendrick Sampson  •  Cali Sheldon

Vineland (2016)

When the groom's oldest friend, Cole, (Jack Quaid) finds out his best friend, Jason, (Jared Wernick) is getting married, he escapes from the institution he has been incarcerated in and makes a surprise visit to serve as the best man. Something does not seem right ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alyssa Rallo Bennett
CAST:  Justine Magnusson  •  Jack Quaid  •  Jared Wernick  •  Kristoffer Polaha

When the groom's oldest friend, Cole, (Jack Quaid) finds out his best friend, Jason, (Jared Wernick) is getting married, he escapes from the institution he has been incarcerated in and makes a surprise visit to serve as the best man. Something does not seem right ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alyssa Rallo Bennett
CAST:  Justine Magnusson  •  Jack Quaid  •  Jared Wernick  •  Kristoffer Polaha

The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)

A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Telly Savalas  •  Marjoe Gortner  •  José Ferrer  •  Ned Beatty

A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Telly Savalas  •  Marjoe Gortner  •  José Ferrer  •  Ned Beatty

Just the Three of Us (2014)

Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about an interracial couple in their 70s looking to spice up their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angela Tucker
CAST:  Leslie Uggams  •  Bill Raymond  •  Roger Robinson  •  Josephine Decker

Just The Three Of Us is a short fiction film about an interracial couple in their 70s looking to spice up their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Angela Tucker
CAST:  Leslie Uggams  •  Bill Raymond  •  Roger Robinson  •  Josephine Decker

Money, Power, Murder. (1989)

Peter Finley is a cable-TV newsman who is led into a network of sin and conspiracy when he has interest in a missing anchorwoman's story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Philips
CAST:  Kevin Dobson  •  Blythe Danner  •  Josef Sommer  •  John Cullum

Peter Finley is a cable-TV newsman who is led into a network of sin and conspiracy when he has interest in a missing anchorwoman's story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Philips
CAST:  Kevin Dobson  •  Blythe Danner  •  Josef Sommer  •  John Cullum

This Is the West That Was (1974)

A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as he is targeted for revenge by some tough gunfighters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  Ben Murphy  •  Kim Darby  •  Jane Alexander  •  Anthony Franciosa

A lighthearted look at the saga of Wild Bill Hickok and his relationship with Calamity Jane as he is targeted for revenge by some tough gunfighters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fielder Cook
CAST:  Ben Murphy  •  Kim Darby  •  Jane Alexander  •  Anthony Franciosa
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