William Tregoe

Birth : 1921-08-26,

Death : 1989-04-17

Movies

Runaway Train
Rogers
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Airplane!
Jack Kirkpatrick
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
The Gong Show Movie
Winking Man
A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.
Bud and Lou
Ted Collins
They were the greatest partners that ever partnered, partner. No, I haven’t lost the ability to write, I’m simply repeating the word repeated ad nauseam in the 1978 television biopic, Bud and Lou. I avoided watching/reviewing this for a while, predominately because I know absolutely nothing about Abbott and Costello, and the duo, embodied by Buddy Hackett and Harvey Korman, instilled a belief this was a cheapo TV movie….which it is. Bud and Lou plays as if the screenwriter read a Sparknotes write-up about the duo and thought it was too long. On top of it all, the characters are bipolar in temperament and horribly miscast. For a movie about two comedians, the only humor derived is in the belief this television movie was a good idea. Bud Abbott (Korman) and Lou Costello (Hackett) struggle to rise up the burlesque ranks, eventually becoming successful comedic actors. However, various problems complicate their fame.
The Kentucky Fried Movie
John Fitzsimmons (segment "A.M. Today")
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
White House Madness
General Haig
The Nixon Administration falls apart in a farcical manner in the time of the Watergate Scandal.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
My Six Loves
Dialogue Coach
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.