Dan Leegant

Dan Leegant was born on December 31, 1928 in The Bronx, New York, USA as Daniel Simon Leegant. He was an actor, known for Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Ernest Goes to Jail (1990) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). He died on May 5, 2009 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

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San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Fred Ward  •  David Cryer

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Siegel
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Fred Ward  •  David Cryer

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Kathleen Turner  •  Nicolas Cage  •  Barry Miller  •  Catherine Hicks

Peggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Ford Coppola
CAST:  Kathleen Turner  •  Nicolas Cage  •  Barry Miller  •  Catherine Hicks

Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cherry
CAST:  Jim Varney  •  Gailard Sartain  •  Bill Byrge  •  Barbara Tyson

Bumbling Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, where a crooked lawyer notices a resemblance with crime boss Mr. Nash, and arranges a switch. Nash assumes Ernest's job as a bank employee, while Ernest undergoes Nash's sentence to the electric chair. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cherry
CAST:  Jim Varney  •  Gailard Sartain  •  Bill Byrge  •  Barbara Tyson

A Christmas Without Snow (1980)

A divorced woman (Michael Learned) moves to San Francisco from Omaha with her young son. She's trying to re-build her life after her divorce, she leaves her son with his grandmother. She joins the choir of a local church. She has some issues with the choirmaster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Korty
CAST:  Michael Learned  •  John Houseman  •  Ramon Bieri  •  James Cromwell

A divorced woman (Michael Learned) moves to San Francisco from Omaha with her young son. She's trying to re-build her life after her divorce, she leaves her son with his grandmother. She joins the choir of a local church. She has some issues with the choirmaster ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Korty
CAST:  Michael Learned  •  John Houseman  •  Ramon Bieri  •  James Cromwell

Signal Seven (1986)

Marty and Speed are middle-aged San Francisco cabbies who hack to support their fading dream of making it as professional actors. Perpetually down on their luck, the friends find escape and camaraderie among their fellow drivers, playing cards and telling stories ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Nilsson
CAST:  Bill Ackridge  •  Dan Leegant  •  John Tidwell  •  Herb Mills

Marty and Speed are middle-aged San Francisco cabbies who hack to support their fading dream of making it as professional actors. Perpetually down on their luck, the friends find escape and camaraderie among their fellow drivers, playing cards and telling stories ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Nilsson
CAST:  Bill Ackridge  •  Dan Leegant  •  John Tidwell  •  Herb Mills

Mr. Billion (1977)

A fortuneless auto mechanic inherits a billion dollar financial empire when his uncle dies. However, there is one stipulation. In order to claim his fortune he must arrive in San Francisco within twenty days, and along the way there are a number of people who want ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Valerie Perrine  •  Jackie Gleason  •  Slim Pickens

A fortuneless auto mechanic inherits a billion dollar financial empire when his uncle dies. However, there is one stipulation. In order to claim his fortune he must arrive in San Francisco within twenty days, and along the way there are a number of people who want ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Kaplan
CAST:  Terence Hill  •  Valerie Perrine  •  Jackie Gleason  •  Slim Pickens

I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)

An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young woman. She decides to make a dress from the cloth. Whoever wears this cloth/dress comes under its spell; all inhibitions and moral responsibilities are lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Mädchen Amick  •  Anthony Perkins  •  Dee Wallace  •  R. Lee Ermey

An ancient Aztec cloth with a curse accidentally finds its way into the possession of a young woman. She decides to make a dress from the cloth. Whoever wears this cloth/dress comes under its spell; all inhibitions and moral responsibilities are lost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Mädchen Amick  •  Anthony Perkins  •  Dee Wallace  •  R. Lee Ermey