Howard Dimsdale

Nascimento : 1914-04-21, Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Morte : 1991-08-27

Filmes

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
Story Consultant
When the astronauts Burke and Virdon, with their chimp companion Galen, are captured in a fishing village that employs human slave labor, they must prove their worth as fishermen or be sacrificed to the 'gods of the sea,' or what the men call sharks. Escaping from the forced labor camp, the trio become involved in a plot to develop a glider to drop a fragmentation bomb on the gorilla council. [The fifth of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Tomorrow's Tide" and "Up Above the World So High"]
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Story Consultant
Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an eathquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
The Healers
Writer
The director of an urban medical center faces various major problems during the course of running the hospital.
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Writer
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different segments: in the first, a computer falls in love with its programmer; in the second, a World War II vet falls in love with a murderer; in the third, a woman falls in love with a penniless painter.
We Joined the Navy
Screenplay
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
O Xerife do Queixo Quebrado
Screenplay
Jonathan Tibbs decide vender as armas fabricadas por sua família. Para conseguir vende-las ele vai ao oeste, onde se apaixona por uma loira dona de um saloon. Uma série de equívocos o fazem ser confundido com um perito atirador, e ele acaba sendo nomeado xerife da cidade caótica de Queixo Quebrado. Inexperiente ele só pode contar com a ajuda de sua loira para saber como agir.
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Writer
Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane and tavern co-worker Bruce Martindale, but the two bumpkins mix-up a love letter with Captain Kidd's treasure map of Skull Island, leading to them being kidnapped and taken off to the notorious pirate's island.
Aladdin and His Lamp
Screenplay
A poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man three wishes if he frees him from the lamp.
A Mulher Sem Nome
Writer
A secret service agent falls in love with an illegal immigrant.
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Story
Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers.
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Screenplay
Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers.
The Traveling Saleswoman
Writer
The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.
O Eco de um Beijo
Writer
After a brief encounter with the romantic and thrice divorced Kenneth Marquis, Corliss Archer decides to write in her diary that they are together in order to make her boyfriend Dexter jealous. Corliss' father had also served as attorney representing Kenneth Marquis' ex-wife during his most recent divorce trial. When Corliss and Dexter don't come home one evening until five in the morning, Corliss decides to pretend to have amnesia to avoid the inevitable punishment awaiting her.
A Paixão de Andy Hardy
Story
Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.
Uma Aventura na Noite
Screenplay
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
Senorita from the West
Screenplay
Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.
Penthouse Rhythm
Screenplay
Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline
Babes on Swing Street
Screenplay
The president of a settlement-house group puts on a benefit variety show.
The Living Ghost
Story
A detective investigating kidnapping case discovers the victim, who may be a zombie.
A Failure at Fifty
Screenplay
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Women in Hiding
Screenplay
In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of telling her parents and has no money to pay the hospital costs involved. She falls prey to a baby-for-sale racket with quack doctors performing their services.
Party Fever
Writer
Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.