Stephen Elliott

Stephen Elliott

Birth : 1918-11-27, New York City, New York, U.S.

Death : 2005-05-21

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Stephen Elliott (November 27, 1918 – May 21, 2005) was an American actor. His best known role was that of crime boss, Burt Johnson, in the hit 1981 film Arthur. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Elliott (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Stephen Elliott

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The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
Owen
After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."
Taking Care of Business
Walter Bentley
An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Remo Williams: The Prophecy
This unsold television pilot was a sequel to the 1985 movie "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins." Set one year after the events of that film (and loosely based on the plot of the novella "The Day Remo Died"), this TV pilot not only included footage from the 1985 film in its opening credits, but it also included a musical score from Craig Safan, who also scored the Remo feature film.
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Burt Johnson
Arthur, that irrepressible drunk, tries to sober up and get a job. Meanwhile, Ralph Marolla is conniving to trick the hapless boozer into marrying his daughter so he can gain entrée to Arthur's $750 million fortune.
Walk Like a Man
Walter Welmont
As a baby, Bobo gets separated from his family during a camping trip. After being raised by wild dogs for twenty years, Bobo is discovered by animal researcher Penny, who brings him back to his family and attempts to teach Bobo how to readjust to life with humans. While his mother is overjoyed to see him again, Bobo's older brother Henry is more worried about losing his share of the inheritance. As Bobo progresses with Penny's lessons, Henry plots to have him eliminated.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love
Elliot Moore
Perry must defend the husband of an old flame from a murder charge.
Assassination
Fitzroy
Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story complicates when someone tries to kill Lara.
Midas Valley
Elias Markov
Set in Silicon Valley, California, follows the lives of a group of people involved in the competitive world of computer electronics and the greed, passion and intrigue amongst them.
Beverly Hills Cop
Chief Hubbard
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Roadhouse 66
Sam
Beckman driving a '55 Thunderbird on Route 66 hooks up with Johnny after hoodlum Hoot and his gang shoot his car. Continuous conflicts between Hoot and Beckman make Beckman and Johnny determant to teach him a lesson.
Beauty and the Beast
Father
The beautiful daughter of a merchant sacrifices her freedom to save her father from the punishment of a cursed beast.
Prototype
Dr. Arthur Jarrett
An intelligent android (Michael) constructed by a research team is taken outdoors and successfully passed off as human in a trial run. When the government hears of this, they order their own set of tests in Washington. When the project leader realizes the military want the android for a soldier, he can't accept it, and he and Michael go into hiding to avoid their clutches.
Not in Front of the Children
Reverend John Carruthers
Divorced for two years, Nancy Caruthers, asks her new lover, Paul Adams, a medical student, to move in. She has custody of her two daughters, but this new living arrangement prompts her ex-husband, Richard to sue for custody, based on moral grounds. He does not really want the girls to live with him, but his strict religious background will not allow him to stand by and let them be raised in an atmosphere of 'sin.'
My Body, My Child
Dr. Gallagher
A woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
Arthur
Burt Johnson
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.
Cutter's Way
J. J. Cord
Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter.
Mrs. R's Daughter
Deputy D.A. James Karp
A small-town teen is raped while on an outing with a group of men. The local authorities mishandle the case, leading to the the acquittal of the accused rapist. The teen's mother then sets on a course of revenge which also threatens to tear the family apart.
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love
Abe Kaufman
A young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, and this time it will be a son. However, the boy turns out to autistic. Unhappy with the diagnoses and treatments available, they decide to work out their own therapy program for their son.
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Randolph Hearst
The story of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst by members of a radical guerrilla organization, as seen by the FBI agent in charge of her case.
Some Kind of Miracle
Arthur Nicoff
The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
Betrayal
Judge Allan Myers
A woman accuses her psychiatrist for having forced her to maintain a sexual relationship with him as a therapy. The following examination of the case is very difficult for the police.
Overboard
Shawn
Attractive, affluent married couple Mitch and Lindy Garrison sail their yacht to Tahiti to recharge their relationship and add spice to their upper-middle-class lives, but things don't go as planned when they wind up falling overboard.
Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force
Mat's Father
The true story of Leonard Matlovich, a U.S. Air Force sergeant who, in 1975, publicly divulged his homosexuality and fought to remain in service.
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Major General Schofield
General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Joseph Kennedy, Sr.
The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.
The November Plan
Harold Delaney
A hard-nosed private detective investigates a suspected overthrow of the U.S. government. Loosely based on The Business Plot of 1933.
The Invasion of Johnson County
Colonel Van Horn
A free-spirited Bostonian recently arrived in the West teams up with a crusty Wyoming cowboy to stop a land baron's attempts to drive out a group of small ranchers and take over their property.
The Hindenburg
Captain Fellows
In this highly speculative historical thriller, Colonel Franz Ritter (George C. Scott), a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
Report to the Commissioner
Police Commissioner
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
The Gun
Art Hilliard
The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.
Death Wish
Police Commissioner
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Steambath
Oldtimer
Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the steambath is a sort of Afterlife, where indifferent souls come to tell their stories to God who happens to be the attendant picking up the towels.
Pueblo
RAdm. F.L. Johnson
Dramatization showing the 1968 seizure of the spy ship, Pueblo, by the North Koreans and the treatment of the Pueblo's crew during their year of captivity through flashbacks during the 1969 investigation of the affair.
The Hospital
Dr. Sundstrom
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to be a case of unforgivable malpractice. Hours later, another doctor, who happens to be responsible for another case of malpractice, is found dead. Despondent, Bock finds himself drawn to Barbara, the daughter of a comatose missionary.
Canyon Crossroads
Larson
A mining engineer, who is shunned by his peers for his unorthodox beliefs concerning the whereabouts of large uranium deposits, joins forces with a girl and her father to search for the mineral. When the father is hurt in an accident, daughter and engineer continue the project, aided by a Native American guide. Unbeknownst to the group, a reputable citizen of the town, really of low moral value, is shadowing themi, his intention, to jump their claim. Written by Buxx Banner
Three Hours to Kill
Sheriff Ben East
After three years on the run, Jim Guthrie returns with the scar of a rope burn on his neck. In a flashback, we learn how he was framed for murder but then escaped from the lynch mob just as he was about to be hung. Tired of running, he has returned to find the real killer and the Sheriff has given him just three hours to do it.