Arlen Dean Snyder

Arlen Dean Snyder (born 5 March 1933) is an American actor.

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Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Marsha Mason  •  Everett McGill  •  Moses Gunn

A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Clint Eastwood  •  Marsha Mason  •  Everett McGill  •  Moses Gunn

Internal Affairs (1990)

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Figgis
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Andy García  •  Laurie Metcalf  •  Nancy Travis

Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck is involved in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Figgis
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Andy García  •  Laurie Metcalf  •  Nancy Travis

Marked for Death (1990)

Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug lord who vows that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dwight H. Little
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Basil Wallace  •  Keith David  •  Tom Wright

Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug lord who vows that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dwight H. Little
CAST:  Steven Seagal  •  Basil Wallace  •  Keith David  •  Tom Wright

Bird (1988)

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Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Forest Whitaker  •  Diane Venora  •  Keith David  •  Damon Whitaker

Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clint Eastwood
CAST:  Forest Whitaker  •  Diane Venora  •  Keith David  •  Damon Whitaker

No Man's Land (1987)

A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Werner
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Lara Harris  •  D.B. Sweeney  •  Randy Quaid

A rookie cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of car thieves led by smooth and charming Ted. The rookie becomes too involved and starts to enjoy the thrill and lifestyle of the game, and becomes romanticly involved with the leaders sister.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Werner
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Lara Harris  •  D.B. Sweeney  •  Randy Quaid

Attica (1980)

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Henry Darrow  •  Charles Durning  •  Morgan Freeman  •  David Harris

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marvin J. Chomsky
CAST:  Henry Darrow  •  Charles Durning  •  Morgan Freeman  •  David Harris

Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990)

Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Switzer
CAST:  Bruce Greenwood  •  Greg Kean  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  Bo Foxworth

Dramatization looks at the tumultuous relationship that existed between rock group The Beach Boy's Brian and Dennis Wilson and their father, Murry. It also examines their struggles with drugs and alcohol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Switzer
CAST:  Bruce Greenwood  •  Greg Kean  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  Bo Foxworth

No Place to Hide (1981)

A young art student frantically tries to prove that she is being stalked by a mysterious man who has threatened her life, and finds her sanity questioned by her stepmother, the family attorney, and even a psychiatrist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Mariette Hartley  •  Kathleen Beller  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  Gary Graham

A young art student frantically tries to prove that she is being stalked by a mysterious man who has threatened her life, and finds her sanity questioned by her stepmother, the family attorney, and even a psychiatrist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Llewellyn Moxey
CAST:  Mariette Hartley  •  Kathleen Beller  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  Gary Graham

Wheels of Terror (1990)

A small town is terrorized by an unknown stranger who kidnaps and abuses little girls. When her only child is kidnapped right in front of her, the school bus driver begins the desperate chase to catch the criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Cain
CAST:  Joanna Cassidy  •  Marcie Leeds  •  Gary Carlos Cervantes  •  Arlen Dean Snyder

A small town is terrorized by an unknown stranger who kidnaps and abuses little girls. When her only child is kidnapped right in front of her, the school bus driver begins the desperate chase to catch the criminal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Cain
CAST:  Joanna Cassidy  •  Marcie Leeds  •  Gary Carlos Cervantes  •  Arlen Dean Snyder

Cora Unashamed (2000)

From the short story by Langston Hughes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deborah Pratt
CAST:  Regina Taylor  •  Cherry Jones  •  Ellen Muth  •  Michael Gaston

From the short story by Langston Hughes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deborah Pratt
CAST:  Regina Taylor  •  Cherry Jones  •  Ellen Muth  •  Michael Gaston

Kansas (1988)

A drifter becomes both a bank robber and a hero in this crime thriller. Andrew McCarthy stars as Wade Corey, who hitches a ride on a freight train already occupied by Doyle Kennedy (Matt Dillon), a charming ex-con who convinces Wade to accompany him to his hometown ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Stevens
CAST:  Matt Dillon  •  Andrew McCarthy  •  Leslie Hope  •  Alan Toy

A drifter becomes both a bank robber and a hero in this crime thriller. Andrew McCarthy stars as Wade Corey, who hitches a ride on a freight train already occupied by Doyle Kennedy (Matt Dillon), a charming ex-con who convinces Wade to accompany him to his hometown ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Stevens
CAST:  Matt Dillon  •  Andrew McCarthy  •  Leslie Hope  •  Alan Toy

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

Yanks (1979)

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During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Lisa Eichhorn  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  William Devane

During WWII, the United States set up army bases in Great Britain as part of the war effort. Against their proper sensibilities, many of the Brits don't much like the brash Yanks, especially when it comes to the G.I.s making advances on the lonely British girls. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Richard Gere  •  Lisa Eichhorn  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  William Devane

Hellinger's Law (1981)

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo Penn
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Morgan Stevens  •  Telly Savalas  •  M. Emmet Walsh

A flamboyant criminal lawyer named Nick Hellinger takes on the case of a syndicate's accountant (actually a Justice Department agent who has infiltrated the mob) accused of murdering a local TV newscaster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo Penn
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Morgan Stevens  •  Telly Savalas  •  M. Emmet Walsh

Deadly Force (1983)

Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Aaron
CAST:  Wings Hauser  •  Joyce Ingalls  •  Paul Shenar  •  Al Ruscio

Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Aaron
CAST:  Wings Hauser  •  Joyce Ingalls  •  Paul Shenar  •  Al Ruscio

Night Partners (1983)

Elizabeth and Lauren are two Bakersfield housewives who volunteer to help the local police by working with crime victims to help catch criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Nosseck
CAST:  Yvette Mimieux  •  Diana Canova  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  M. Emmet Walsh

Elizabeth and Lauren are two Bakersfield housewives who volunteer to help the local police by working with crime victims to help catch criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel Nosseck
CAST:  Yvette Mimieux  •  Diana Canova  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  M. Emmet Walsh

Running Cool (1993)

Bone and Bear, two rough and tough bikers ride out from Sturgis, SD. to the marshes of South Carolina to help out their "bro" Ironbutt Garrett, who's land is being eyed by the money-grubbing, domineering Calvin Hogg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beverly Sebastian  •  Ferd Sebastian
CAST:  Andrew Divoff  •  Tracy Sebastian  •  Dedee Pfeiffer  •  Paul Gleason

Bone and Bear, two rough and tough bikers ride out from Sturgis, SD. to the marshes of South Carolina to help out their "bro" Ironbutt Garrett, who's land is being eyed by the money-grubbing, domineering Calvin Hogg.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Beverly Sebastian  •  Ferd Sebastian
CAST:  Andrew Divoff  •  Tracy Sebastian  •  Dedee Pfeiffer  •  Paul Gleason

Hot Rod Hullabaloo (1966)

A young hot rodder, needing money to go to college, decides to participate in an illegal drag race. He knows he has the fastest car around and so does his competitor who is willing to stop at nothing to win the large pot and begins plotting to shooting the hero. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William T. Naud
CAST:  John Arnold  •  Val Bisoglio  •  Gene Bua  •  Ron Cummins

A young hot rodder, needing money to go to college, decides to participate in an illegal drag race. He knows he has the fastest car around and so does his competitor who is willing to stop at nothing to win the large pot and begins plotting to shooting the hero. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William T. Naud
CAST:  John Arnold  •  Val Bisoglio  •  Gene Bua  •  Ron Cummins

Scalpel (1977)

A psychopathic plastic surgeon transforms a young accident victim into the spitting image of his missing daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Grissmer
CAST:  Robert Lansing  •  Judith Chapman  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  David Scarroll

A psychopathic plastic surgeon transforms a young accident victim into the spitting image of his missing daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Grissmer
CAST:  Robert Lansing  •  Judith Chapman  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  David Scarroll

Young Love, First Love (1979)

A teenage couple of disparate backgrounds experiences their first romance. She's a girl from a permissive California family; he's from a conservative midwestern family and has moved in with his sister on the West Coast after the death of his parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Leslie Ackerman  •  Valerie Bertinelli  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  Charlie Brill

A teenage couple of disparate backgrounds experiences their first romance. She's a girl from a permissive California family; he's from a conservative midwestern family and has moved in with his sister on the West Coast after the death of his parents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Hilliard Stern
CAST:  Leslie Ackerman  •  Valerie Bertinelli  •  Arlen Dean Snyder  •  Charlie Brill
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