Joseph Cates

Nacimiento : 1924-08-10, New York City, New York, USA

Muerte : 1998-10-10

Películas

Frente a frente con la muerte
Executive Producer
Una familia se dirige a Wyoming para empezar un negocio de ganado. Pronto comprobaran las dificultades que tendrán que afrontar en su nueva vida, cuando una banda les roban sus caballos. Con la ayuda de un pistolero, duro, solitario y misteriosos, podrán hacer frente a los cuatreros, aprendiendo a defenderse por si mismos. Pero al tiempo el pistolero sentirá una atracción hacia la esposa y provocando en el marido una reacción insospechada.
Los últimos días de Frank y Jesse James
Executive Producer
Los hermanos James, hartos de ser proscritos durante décadas, se dedican a sus granjas y su ganado. Uno de los miembros de la antigua banda, Bob Ford, asesina a Jesse en su casa, cuando el pistolero colocaba un cuadro. Su hermano jura vengarle, y aunque al cabo de mucho tiempo el asesino cree estar a salvo, la sombra de Frank James es alargada. Western discreto al que se le nota demasiado su procedencia televisiva, aunque la presencia de Cash como Frank James le otorga un cierto poso de calidad, beneficiado también por una correcta puesta en escena.
A Christmas Dream
Producer
In this NBC Christmas Special from 1984, Mr. T plays a street Santa Claus who meets a young boy, played by Emmanuel Lewis of TV's Webster, who doesn't share the spirit of Christmas. Mr. T sets out to change Billy's mind, taking him around the city to FAO Schwartz, where he gets a magic lesson from David Copperfield, and then to Radio City Music Hall, where he listens to Christmas songs sung by Maureen McGovern, imagines himself as one of the toy soldiers in the Rockettes' Christmas Show, meets Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester, and finally is moved to realize the true meaning of Christmas, before being reunited with his parents.
The Cradle Will Fall
Producer
Kathy DeMaio checks into the hospital and thinks she sees a body being loaded into the trunk of a car. When the body turns up later and the murderer, Dr. Highley, thinks that DeMaio can identify him, her life is put in jeopardy. Originally made for television and adapted from a novel by Mary Higgins Clark, the interesting twist to this thriller is that several cast members of the daytime soap opera "Guiding Light" play those same roles here.
Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland
Producer
The juxtaposition may seem strange, but the Cash clan’s roots are in Scotland—even if Johnny’s speculation about descent from the 12th-century King Malcolm may be more guesswork than genealogy. Andy Williams guest-stars.
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise
Executive Producer
A very inquisitive Brother Bear is wondering why Spring is taking so long to arrive. With Easter approaching and a new arrival to the Bear family on the way, Brother looks for answers, and Mama teaches him the true meaning of Spring.
All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special
Producer
Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to advertising agencies, this special showcased Martin's genius for physical comedy.
The Last Married Couple in America
Executive Producer
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Producer
Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of Socrates"; and "Bizarre Oddities Of The World."
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Director
Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of Socrates"; and "Bizarre Oddities Of The World."
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Producer
Charled Dicken's tale A Christmas Carol takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2000 first prize to promote his bank.
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Executive Producer
Charled Dicken's tale A Christmas Carol takes a contemporary jolt in this original musical set in modern-day Tennessee. Cyrus Flint is a mean old banker whose one and only concern is the welfare of Flint City Bank. Dennis and Laura Pritchett are two parents struggling to make enough money to pay for an operation their son needs. Flint is organizing a songwriting and singing contest with a $2000 first prize to promote his bank.
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Executive Producer
Ranch hand Stubby Pringle journeys to a Christmas dance, hoping to find his true love, and learns a valuable lesson about the spirit of the holiday along the way.
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Producer
Steve Martin's first network special for NBC offers part concert footage (shot at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles) and part sketch comedy.
The Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976
Producer
For his 1976 Christmas special taped November 1-6, Cash went home to the family's farm in Bon Aqua, Tennessee, and to their house in Hendersonville, outside Nashville. The rural setting at Bon Aqua invites city-boy/country-boy ribbing between Cash and his first guest, Manhattan-born pop veteran Tony Orlando, who points out that "Tie A Yellow Ribbon" is "my prison song". Join other special guests Roy Clark, Merle Travis, Barbara Mandrell and Billy Graham in this holiday-inspired first Christmas special from the legendary Johnny Cash.
Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling
Producer
Ann-Margret's television special taped in front of a live audience at the Las Vegas Hilton.
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Executive Producer
A musical tribute to brothers George and Ira Gershwin
Dames at Sea
Producer
Dames at Sea is a musical with book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise. The musical is a parody of large, flashy 1930s Busby Berkeley-style movie musicals in which a chorus girl, newly arrived off the bus from the Midwest to New York City, steps into a role on Broadway and becomes a star. It originally played Off-Off-Broadway in 1966 at the Caffe Cino and then played Off-Broadway, starring newcomer Bernadette Peters, beginning in 1968 for a successful run. The television version was broadcast on the Bell System Family Theater on NBC on November 15, 1971. The cast had extra chorus girls and boys, and there were full production numbers, turning into the very thing it was spoofing. Ann Miller was singled out for praise, especially when "she was allowed to tap out her brassy...temperamental star..."
Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man
Executive Producer
A CBS television special, renowned for its legendary "Yma, Ava....Yma, Uta... Yma, Oona" sequence. Annie: the Women in the Life of a Man (1970), won Anne Bancroft her only Emmy for her portrayal of 14 different woman in 14 musical and comedy sketches. Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks contributed to the script and also appears onscreen.
The Fat Spy
Director
Frente a las costas de Florida, en una isla casi desierta, se rumorea que esta la fuente de la juventud. Un barco cargado de adolescentes se dirige hacia allí para una búsqueda del tesoro. Wellington, rico propietario de la isla, no esta demasiado feliz por eso, entonces envía a su hija, Junior, para deshacerse de ellos. Ella está feliz de ir porque su novio, Irving, es el único residente de la isla. Junior envía a Irving a espiar a los adolescentes para averiguar lo que saben. Mientras tanto, el hermano gemelo de Irving, Herman, y su novia de la escuela, Camille Salamander, se dirigen a la isla también con malévolos planes. ¿Es la fuente de la juventud real?, y si es así, ¿quien llegará primero?
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Producer
A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obscene phone calls. Finding himself getting far too close to the victim for comfort, the hard-boiled cop must track down the unbalanced pervert before he can carry out his sick threats...
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
Director
A grim police detective embarks on a one-man crusade to track down a depraved sex maniac when a nightclub deejay receives a disturbing series of obscene phone calls. Finding himself getting far too close to the victim for comfort, the hard-boiled cop must track down the unbalanced pervert before he can carry out his sick threats...
Girl of the Night
Director
Bobbie is a sensitive, lonely call girl who is manipulated and ultimately used by her madam.
The Bachelor
Producer
A bachelor account executive with an advertising agency thinks he has the perfect set-up with three girlfriends. And then there is Marion his devoted secretary who worships him and will do anything for him.
The Bachelor
Director
A bachelor account executive with an advertising agency thinks he has the perfect set-up with three girlfriends. And then there is Marion his devoted secretary who worships him and will do anything for him.