Marvin Kaplan

Marvin Kaplan

Birth : 1927-01-24, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Death : 2016-08-25

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Marvin Kaplan

Movies

Dark and Stormy Night
Gunny
In the 1930s the family of old Sinas Cavinder, gathered for the reading of his will, find themselves being murdered by a mysterious phantom while two rival reporters compete for the story.
O. Ratz: Rat in a Hot Tin Can
Dave D. Fly (voice)
Living in a trashcan, O.Ratz and his pal Dave D. Fly try to find warmth on a cold winter night. After several attempts fail - including being thrown out of a homeless shelter and crushed by a snowplow with a freshly warmed blanket attached to it, O.Ratz and Dave stumble upon an old space heater and plug it in. Unfortunately, newspapers too close to the heater cause an electrical fire leading to a gas explosion, sailing them off into the sky to possibly an even colder destination.
Witchboard 2: The Devil's Doorway
Morris
A beautiful young woman starts receiving messages through a ouija board, claiming to be from the former occupant of her apartment. The former tenant claims she's been murdered, but there's no record of a murder or even her death.
Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream
Vampire (voice)
A batch of monsters are shrunken to pocket size by a freak accident. A horror author's daughter finds the good monsters, and together, they battle the puny bad monsters, who have learned to grow temporarily when they hear a movie monster actress's scream.
Delirious
Typewriter Repairman
A soap opera writer gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show.
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Self
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Wild at Heart
Uncle Pooch
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Choo-Choo (voice)
Beverly hills dowager leaves everything to Benny the Ball because her only rightful heir, her niece Amy, is missing. But that's only if Benny stays alive for 48 hours. If not, evil butler Snerdly and his mad Russian Wolfhound are next in line - and he's quick to pull every trick in the book to do poor Benny in and the troop sets off to rescue Benny and find the lost heir Amy.
Hollywood Vice Squad
Man with Doll
A mother goes to Hollywood to find her runaway daughter. She discovers that the girl has become involved in the pornography industry, and goes to the police to get help in finding her.
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls
Stick'um
A goofy crew of extraterrestrial wall-walkers journey to Earth in a quest to learn the meaning of Christmas.
Freaky Friday
Carpet Cleaner
School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life. On a normal Friday morning, both complain about each other and wish they could have the easy life of their daughter/mother for just one day and their wishes come true as a bit of magic puts Annabel in Mrs. Andrews' body and vice versa. They both have a Freaky Friday.
Snakes
Brother Joy
A snake lover sends out poisonous snakes and reptiles to kill his enemies.
The Severed Arm
Mad Man Herman
Trapped in a cave, five men cut the arm off of another companion in order to ward off starvation. After they are saved, their victim seeks revenge on them one by one.
The Great Race
Frisbee
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Irwin
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
A New Kind of Love
Harry
A down-and-out reporter and a fashion designer fall in love in Paris.
Wake Me When It's Over
Hap Cosgrove
The war may be over, but that doesn't keep the hapless Gus Brubaker from being drafted and posted on a forgotten little Japanese Island...and that's just the beginning of this wacky Air Force adventure!
The Fabulous Senorita
Clifford Van Kunkle
A Cuban businessman's (Nestor Paiva) daughter (Estelita) elopes with a professor (Robert Clarke) instead of marrying a banker's son.
Angels in the Outfield
Timothy Durney
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
Behave Yourself!
Max the Umbrella
A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.
Criminal Lawyer
Sam Kutler
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Arnold Fisher
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.
The Reformer and the Redhead
Leon
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Key to the City
Francis - Newspaper Photographer (uncredited)
At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from New England. Fisk is mayor of "Puget City" and is proud of his rough and tumble background. Standish is mayor of "Winona, Maine", and is equally proud of her education and dedication to the people who elected her. Thrown together, the two opposites attract and their escapades during the convention get each of them in hot water back home. Written by Ron Kerrigan
Adam's Rib
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.