Hal Landon Jr.

Hal Landon Jr. was born on May 23, 1941 in Long Beach, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Eraserhead (1977) and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991).

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Eraserhead (1977)

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First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Jack Nance  •  Charlotte Stewart  •  Allen Joseph  •  Jeanne Bates

First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lynch
CAST:  Jack Nance  •  Charlotte Stewart  •  Allen Joseph  •  Jeanne Bates

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hewitt
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Alex Winter  •  George Carlin  •  William Sadler

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hewitt
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Alex Winter  •  George Carlin  •  William Sadler

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

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Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Herek
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Alex Winter  •  George Carlin  •  Dan Shor

Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Herek
CAST:  Keanu Reeves  •  Alex Winter  •  George Carlin  •  Dan Shor

Defending Your Life (1991)

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Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Brooks
CAST:  Albert Brooks  •  Meryl Streep  •  Rip Torn  •  Lee Grant

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert Brooks
CAST:  Albert Brooks  •  Meryl Streep  •  Rip Torn  •  Lee Grant

Trespass (1992)

Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is on the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Hill
CAST:  Bill Paxton  •  Ice-T  •  William Sadler  •  Ice Cube

Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is on the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Hill
CAST:  Bill Paxton  •  Ice-T  •  William Sadler  •  Ice Cube

Playing by Heart (1998)

A sexy, romantic comedy about modern couples coming together in funny and unexpected ways. Paul and Hannah discover that even after 40 years of marriage, they can still learn some very surprising things about each other. Meredith is a serious theatre director who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willard Carroll
CAST:  Dennis Quaid  •  April Grace  •  Patricia Clarkson  •  Gena Rowlands

A sexy, romantic comedy about modern couples coming together in funny and unexpected ways. Paul and Hannah discover that even after 40 years of marriage, they can still learn some very surprising things about each other. Meredith is a serious theatre director who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Willard Carroll
CAST:  Dennis Quaid  •  April Grace  •  Patricia Clarkson  •  Gena Rowlands

Pacific Heights (1990)

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  Matthew Modine  •  Michael Keaton  •  Mako

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Melanie Griffith  •  Matthew Modine  •  Michael Keaton  •  Mako

The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996)

A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Young
CAST:  Laura Dern  •  Randy Quaid  •  Kirsten Dunst  •  Darren E. Burrows

A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day siege, begun over a minor gun charge, resulted in the deaths of Weaver's son, wife and dog, and a U.S. Marshall. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Young
CAST:  Laura Dern  •  Randy Quaid  •  Kirsten Dunst  •  Darren E. Burrows

Speakeasy (2002)

After being randomly brought together in a car accident, two strangers develop a friendship based on their shared relationship with a deaf man. This common bond will lead them down a new path of personal awakening... and force them to each confront secrets buried ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brendan Murphy
CAST:  David Strathairn  •  Nicky Katt  •  Stacy Edwards  •  Christopher McDonald

After being randomly brought together in a car accident, two strangers develop a friendship based on their shared relationship with a deaf man. This common bond will lead them down a new path of personal awakening... and force them to each confront secrets buried ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brendan Murphy
CAST:  David Strathairn  •  Nicky Katt  •  Stacy Edwards  •  Christopher McDonald

California Solo (2012)

Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself into a stupor every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Lewy
CAST:  Robert Carlyle  •  Alexia Rasmussen  •  Kathleen Wilhoite  •  A Martinez

Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he now lives a comfortably numb existence working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. He drinks himself into a stupor every ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Lewy
CAST:  Robert Carlyle  •  Alexia Rasmussen  •  Kathleen Wilhoite  •  A Martinez

The Artist (2011)

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Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Hazanavicius
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Bérénice Bejo  •  John Goodman  •  James Cromwell

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Hazanavicius
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Bérénice Bejo  •  John Goodman  •  James Cromwell

Greener Mountains (2005)

Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Shallat Chemel
CAST:  Nick Daley  •  Chris Heuisler  •  Brad Raider  •  Kevin Durand

Greener Mountains is a family friendly, coming-of-age story about finding your place in the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Shallat Chemel
CAST:  Nick Daley  •  Chris Heuisler  •  Brad Raider  •  Kevin Durand

Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998)

Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous courtesans of the twentieth century. While not showing her childhood, first marriage to Winston Churchill's son, or most of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Ann-Margret  •  Gail Strickland  •  Susan Ruttan  •  Sydney Walsh

Told mostly in flashbacks, the film tells the story of Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman, one of the greatest and probably most famous courtesans of the twentieth century. While not showing her childhood, first marriage to Winston Churchill's son, or most of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Waris Hussein
CAST:  Ann-Margret  •  Gail Strickland  •  Susan Ruttan  •  Sydney Walsh

Break Up (1998)

Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a charred body in her husband's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Marcus
CAST:  Bridget Fonda  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Hart Bochner  •  Steven Weber

Jimmy is married to the abusive Frank, but she's building a nest egg so she can leave. For a year, she's been deaf as a result of one of his beatings. One night, he pushes her over the stairwell, and she ends up in the hospital. When a charred body in her husband's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Marcus
CAST:  Bridget Fonda  •  Kiefer Sutherland  •  Hart Bochner  •  Steven Weber

Sunset Limousine (1983)

Alan O'Black is a comic who wants to hit it big. But his endless attempts at stardom have worn down his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Thinking she'll give him another chance if he gets a real job, Alan gets a gig as a limo driver, which promptly lands ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Hughes
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Susan Dey  •  Paul Reiser  •  Audrie Neenan

Alan O'Black is a comic who wants to hit it big. But his endless attempts at stardom have worn down his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Thinking she'll give him another chance if he gets a real job, Alan gets a gig as a limo driver, which promptly lands ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Hughes
CAST:  John Ritter  •  Susan Dey  •  Paul Reiser  •  Audrie Neenan

Pee-wee's Big Holiday (2016)

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lee
CAST:  Paul Reubens  •  Joe Manganiello  •  Jessica Pohly  •  Alia Shawkat

A fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger inspires Pee-wee Herman to take his first-ever holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lee
CAST:  Paul Reubens  •  Joe Manganiello  •  Jessica Pohly  •  Alia Shawkat

Prison (1987)

After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Viggo Mortensen  •  Chelsea Field  •  Lane Smith  •  Lincoln Kilpatrick

After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renny Harlin
CAST:  Viggo Mortensen  •  Chelsea Field  •  Lane Smith  •  Lincoln Kilpatrick

Scavenger Hunt (1979)

An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Richard Benjamin  •  Cleavon Little  •  James Coco  •  Scatman Crothers

An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Richard Benjamin  •  Cleavon Little  •  James Coco  •  Scatman Crothers

All the Way (2016)

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Roach
CAST:  Bryan Cranston  •  Anthony Mackie  •  Melissa Leo  •  Frank Langella

Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the office – no longer the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Roach
CAST:  Bryan Cranston  •  Anthony Mackie  •  Melissa Leo  •  Frank Langella

Smosh: The Movie (2015)

An embarrassing video of Anthony surfaces online right before his fifth high school reunion. The Smosh dudes then race to pull down the clip before it blows Anthony's chances of reconnecting with his teen crush Anna.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Winter
CAST:  Anthony Padilla  •  Ian Hecox  •  Markiplier  •  Jillian Nelson

An embarrassing video of Anthony surfaces online right before his fifth high school reunion. The Smosh dudes then race to pull down the clip before it blows Anthony's chances of reconnecting with his teen crush Anna.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Winter
CAST:  Anthony Padilla  •  Ian Hecox  •  Markiplier  •  Jillian Nelson
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