Lawrence Pressman

Lawrence Pressman

Nascimento : 1939-07-10, Cynthiana, Kentucky, USA

História

Lawrence Pressman was born on July 10, 1939 in Cynthiana, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 9 to 5 (1980), American Pie (1999) and Shaft (1971).

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Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman

Filmes

Saving Paradise
Don Peterson
Um implacável invasor corporativo é forçado a retornar às raízes de sua pequena cidade, onde de repente herda a fábrica de lápis quase falida de seu pai. Ele deve decidir se vai deixá-lo fechar ou se juntar à luta da comunidade para salvá-lo.
Totem
Bernard
A adolescente Kellie (Kerris Dorsey) está vivendo um grande problema quando percebe que sua família está sendo ameaçada por uma entidade sobrenatural. Kellie então precisa tomar medidas extremas para proteger sua família e afastar essa força do mal.
Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Himself
A documentary chronicle of one of our greatest directors.
Beyond the Heavens
Pastor Jim
Oliver is a bright 12-year-old who lives in the shadow of his parents' loss of their first son. His family appears fine on the outside, but is broken behind closed doors. As they work out their faith, Oliver is left to grapple with his own belief in God and the answers to life's biggest questions: Why am I here? What happens after death? Who made us? An angel disguised as a quirky traveler is sent to help him bring the pieces of the puzzle together. As Oliver's struggles cause him to look to science for answers, he discovers God is found by faith not by sight.
Destinos Ligados
Dr. Morgan
Elizabeth (Naomi Watts) é uma advogada inteligente e bem sucedida que usa seu corpo para conseguir o que quer. É através do seu charme que ela inicia um romance com o chefe (Samuel L. Jackson), que a contratou recentemente. Karen (Annette Bening) é uma profissional da saúde que vive amargurada, por ter engravidado aos 14 anos e entregue a filha para adoção. Lucy (Kerry Washington) é uma mulher casada que não consegue engravidar e resolve recorrer à adoção para ter a família que tanto deseja.
Tickling Leo
Warren Pikler
Drama - When Zak and his girlfriend Delphina visit his estranged father in the Catskills, they find him suffering from dementia and inadvertently uncover a dark family secret from WWII: an impossible sacrifice Zak's grandfather (Eli Wallach) made to join Rudolph Kasztner's controversial freedom train out of Hungary. - Lawrence Pressman, Daniel Sauli, Annie Parisse
The Far Side of Jericho
Van Damn
Jericho. In the 1880's. Three women of the wild West, widows of an outlawed gang of brothers recently hanged, find themselves running for their lives from a corrupt posse of vigilantes, mystical Indians and a hornet's nest of villains - all are convinced that our mismatched widows hold the key to the whereabouts of their husbands' missing bank loot and a mysterious treasure. Along the way, the women must find the courage to trust, care and kill for one another, blazing the trail to their destiny. A destiny buried on The Far Side of Jericho.
Mentor
Jonathan Kendall
A thought-provoking drama about the power that a famous university professor holds over his students and assistants.
Tudo pela Fama
White House Butler
Com a esperança de ajudar o Presidente, que está prestes a ter um ataque de nervos, o chefe de gabinete da Casa Branca o convida para ser o juiz de um show de talentos na televisão. Com um apresentador cruel, um cantor conivente e um terrorista dorminhoco na mistura, o palco está montado para um programa inesquecível.
Questão de Vida
Roman
As vidas de nove mulheres se cruzam à medida que lidam com infidelidade, perda, romance e maternidade. A portadora de câncer Camille tem dificuldade em enfrentar sua doença potencialmente fatal, a prisioneira Sandra anseia por ver a filha, e Sonia percebe que seu namorado está saindo com outra.
Em Boa Companhia
Associate Producer
Dan Foreman é o chefe de vendas de publicidade da revista Sports America e, aos 51 anos, leva uma vida boa. Após a revista ser adquirida pela multinacional Globecom, Dan perde sua função na empresa para o jovem Carter Duryea, um publicitário de 26 anos. Em casa Dan enfrenta ainda novos problemas, com a inesperada gravidez de sua esposa e os gastos extras com as faculdades de suas filhas, Alex e Jana (Zena Grey). Por causa das novas despesas, Dan não pode de maneira alguma perder seu atual emprego e tenta de todas as formas manter um clima amigável com Carter. Mas a situação muda de figura quando Carter, que se divorciou recentemente, começa a namorar Alex.
Murder Without Conviction
Dr. G.K. Sanderson
Recently released from her vows as a nun, Christine Bennett is discovering "life on the outside." After a visit to her mentally-handicapped cousin Gene, Christine becomes embroiled in the investigation of the murder mystery surrounding James and Edward Talley, twin savant brothers accused of killing their mother on Good Friday.
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Dick Cheney
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.
American Pie: O Casamento
Head Coach
Após os eventos do colégio e da faculdade, os garotos estão enfim se tornando adultos. Jim (Jason Biggs) e Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) estão prestes a se casar, já que a avó de Jim adoece e diz que gostaria de vê-lo se casar antes de morrer. Os pais e amigos de Jim já planejam os preparativos para o grande casamento. Enquanto Stifler (Seann William Scott) organiza a despedida de solteiro, Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) prepara rituais hedonistas para o noivo. No entanto, a situação se complica de vez após Stifler se interessar por Cadence (January Jones), irmã caçula de Michelle que será dama de honra no casamento e não vê a hora de perder a virgindade.
Dr. Dolittle 2
Governor of California (uncredited)
O Dr. John Dolittle, o médico que tem o dom de conversar com os animais, parte para uma floresta juntamente com sua família, a fim de evitar a extinção de uma raça de ursos. Mas para que isto ocorra ele precisa antes arrumar um companheiro para a ursa local.
Alex in Wonder
School Counselor
A girl in the 1970s dreams of becoming a ballerina while struggling with the divorce of her kooky parents.
American Pie: A Primeira Vez é Inesquecível
Coach Marshall
Jim Kevin, Oz e Finch são quatro amigos às vésperas do baile de formatura de escola. Entre tentativas frustradas de fazer sexo com as namoradas, vigiar garotas nuas pela Internet e até atacar uma torta recém-saída do forno, os rapazes fazem um pacto: deixar a virgindade para trás antes do baile de formatura. Começam, então, as investidas mais hilariantes em busca de sexo e, principalmente, mulheres.
Poderoso Joe
Dr. Baker
O ponto de partida na trama é a morte de uma cientista e de uma gorila fêmea em uma aldeia africana. As duas deixam seus respectivos filhotes, que se tornam inseparáveis. A narrativa avança e a situação se complica. Crescidos, a jovem Jill (Theron) e o gorila Joe passam a sofrer a perseguição dos caçadores. Para garantir a segurança do macaco, a moça aceita a oferta de um zoólogo (Paxton) e interna o bicho em uma reserva animal nos EUA. A empreitada não dá certo e a dupla tem então de bolar um plano mirabolante para levar o gorila de volta.
Uma Loucura de Casamento
Mr. Fisher
Faltando dias para seu casamento com Laura Garrety (Cameron Diaz), Kyle Fisher (Jon Favreau) vai a Las Vegas com os amigos Robert Boyd (Christian Slater), Adam Berkow (Daniel Stern), Michael Berkow (Jeremy Piven) e Charles Moore (Leland Orser), para a tradicional despedida de solteiro. Lá contratam uma stripper, Tina (Kobé Tai), apenas para "animá-los", mas Michael a leva para o quarto para um "serviço" extra. Enquanto praticam sexo arrebatadamente, ele a mata por acidente. Robert decide enterrar o corpo dela no deserto com a ajuda dos amigos, pois ninguém sabia que ela estava ali. Mas um segurança do hotel, que tinha ouvido barulhos estranhos, entra no quarto, descobre o corpo de Tina e acaba sendo morto. Entretanto, Laura liga o tempo todo para Kyle para acertar pormenores do casamento, que para ela tem de ser perfeito. Uma comédia negra de Peter Berg.
Meu Gigante Favorito
Doctor
Em uma viagem à Romênia para visitar um cliente, Sam acaba sendo despedido e se sente ultrapassado. Mas, sem querer ele encontra um homem gigante, Max, que acredita ter potencial para se tornar um astro em Hollywood. Os dois chegam a um acordo e vão juntos para os Estados Unidos, enquanto Sam se preocupa com a carreira de Max e esse se preocupa em encontrar sua paixão de infância que se mudou para o país 23 anos atrás.
The Maker
Father Minnell
Absent for 10 years, a teen's older brother returns and seeks his help with criminal activity.
Trial and Error
Whitfield
An actor poses as a lawyer to help his sick friend, and problems develop.
The Uninvited
A family has just moved to its new home. Soon they begin to feel the presence of paranormal phenomena. Horror film, produced directly for television, which explains the classic story of owning a home. The life of a normal family will be shaken by forces beyond.
She Cried No
Edward Connell
A college freshman is date-raped and tries to press charges.
Na Trilha do Sol
Agent in Charge Collier
Michael Reynolds é um oncologista rico que possui um carro esportivo de $175.000, uma casa multimilionária e uma carreira de sucesso. Brandon “Blue” Monroe é um paciente terminal que sequestra Reynolds. Os dois estão indo para uma área sagrada do povo Navajo, quando começam a ser perseguidos.
Trapaças no Horário Nobre
Bob Wright
A dramatização da rivalidade entre os apresentadores David Letterman e Jay Leno para serem o sucessor de Johnny Carson, como anfitriões do célebre talk-show "The Tonight Show".
A case for life
Cardiac Doctor
To save her unborn child, she had to fight for the right to die. A True Story
Angus - O Comilão
Principal Metcalf
Sua mãe é uma caminhoneira, seu pai é gay e seu avô está prestes a casar com uma mulher 30 anos mais nova. Com uma família assim, Angus só poderia ser um garoto problemático. Apaixonado pela garota mais bonita e popular do colégio, passa seus dias a admirá-la e a ser importunado pelo prepotente Rick, que o humilha e intimida devido aos seus vários quilos a mais. Mas um evento escolar poderá transformar a sua vida!
Ninho de Cobras
Atty. General Arthur Daniels
Irritado com cortes no orçamento militar, um general planeja golpe contra o presidente dos EUA, mas tem em seu caminho o obstinado coronel Mac Casey, que luta contra o tempo para levantar provas.
To My Daughter With Love
Arthur Monroe
Joey and Alice have hardly enough to keep their heads above water. Alice's wealthy parents disapproved of their daughter marrying Joey but after a while, they had to admit that, together with Emily, their 6 year old little girl, they were a happy family. After Alice's sudden death, Joey takes care of Emily the best he can but doesn't manage too well. After losing his job, he reluctantly agrees with Emily going to live with her grandparents. But Emily isn't happy. When Joey finally realizes this, he fights back.
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Roland West
When '30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.
Fire and Rain
Mr. Hamilton
This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong thunderstorm caused the plane to crash.
Breaking Point
Gen. Smith
With D-Day less than 72 hours off, top US intelligence officer Jefferson Pike (Corbin Bernsen), is captured by the enemy. Pike, one of handful of officers who know where the allies will strike, is a professional who the Nazis know will never succumb to torture. They hatch a diabolical plan to deceive him into thinking that the war is over and he's recuperating from memory loss in a US hospital in Germany. His doctor (John Glover) and nurse (Joanna Pacula) head an elite Nazi psychological team that attempt to convince Pike into revealing the top secret. But as time slips away, Pike's captors decide he must reach his BREAKING POINT... or die.
She Knows Too Much
Robert Hughes
In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.
Little Girl Lost
Lester
This heart-wrenching story inspired by real events depicts the trials of the Brady family, who are trying desperately to adopt a helpless little girl they took in when she was in a foster care program. Clara and Tim Brady are in for the fight of their lives as they find that adopting Tella will not be so easy -- especially when social services puts her back into the care of her abusive father.
Honor Bound
Maxwell
US soldier gets involved in Cold War shenanigans in East Germany.
Hanoi Hilton
Cathcart
Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known as the Hanoi Hilton -- between 1964 and 1975. Williamson (Michael Moriarty) leads a group of American servicemen who are prisoners at the detention camp. He assumes command after Cathcart (Lawrence Pressman) is dragged off to be tortured.
Amor Assassino
Ken Wolverton
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Decisão de Vida ou Morte
Dr. Tobin
Bright teenager afflicted with epilepsy sues his parents for the right to have "split brain" surgery in order to cure his seizures.
For Love or Money
Herb
A man and a woman participate in a new game show where partners have to choose between love and money.
Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story
Dr. Stein
Before stalking was a well-known crime in North America, there was Theresa Saldana's story. A drifter from the U.K., Arthur Jackson, flies to the U.S. to seek Saldana out. His twisted mission: Jackson planned to murder Saldana, then request the death sentence for himself so he "could join her in paradise". The psychopathic Jackson confronts Saldana on the street in front of her home, and stabs her violently several times. No one comes to Theresa's aid except water deliveryman Jeff Fenn, who overpowers Jackson and gets the knife away from him. Jackson is arrested & charged with attempted murder...and Theresa Saldana tells her story of terror and survival as herself in this TV movie.
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
Frank
A teenager must cope with a disease that causes himself to age at an astronomical rate.
Rehearsal for Murder
Lloyd Andrews
A year after his fiancée's death, a playwright schedules a rehearsal for his new play, which proves to be a trap for her killer.
Cry for the Strangers
Glen Palmer
The little coastal town of Clark's Harbor seems like the perfect place for psychiatrist Brad Russell and his wife to get a little peace and spend more time with each other. But the locals don't seem very friendly and every time a storm rolls in another mysterious death occurs... Could an ancient Indian legend of ghostly tribes and human sacrifice have anything to do with it?
Como Eliminar seu Chefe
Dick Bernly
Frank Hart (Dabney Coleman) é um porco. Ele tira vantagem, da forma mais grotesca, das mulheres com quem trabalha. Quando três assistentes, Judy (Jane Fonda), Violet (Lily Tomlin) e Doralee (Dolly Parton) armam um plano para prendê-lo em sua própria casa, elas assumem o controle do departamento e a produtividade aumenta incrivelmente. Mas até quando elas irão conseguir manter Hart preso?
O Encontro 2
Tom
Two Christmases have passed and widow Kate Thornton has taken over Thornton Industries and is wooed by a courtly financier.
Walk Proud
Henry Lassiter
A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.
The Gathering
Tom
When Adam Thornton learns that he only has a little time left, he decides that he wants to make peace with his family. Only problem is that most of his family are not exactly fond of him because he walked out on his wife and of his stubborn nature and he hasn't spoken to his youngest son after having an argument with him which he was in the wrong but only realize after his son left and has not been heard from since. But he goes to her to help him find him. But when his doctor says that it won't be good for him to travel, she suggests that they invite them all for Christmas. While most of them come, Adam's attempt at reconciliation won't be easy.
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Paul Ewbank
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
Mulligan's Stew
Michael Mulligan
Pilot TV-Movie for the sitcom Mulligan's Stew. Michael and Jane Mulligan have three children: Mark, Melinda and Jimmy. They find making ends meet difficult, but manageable. Things get tighter moneywise and spacewise when the Mulligans take in their nephews after their parents die in a plane crash.
Man From Atlantis
Cmdr. Phil Roth
A water-breathing human, the sole survivor of an underwater civilization called Atlantis, emerges from the ocean and has to learn to deal with the air-breathers on the surface.
Everybody Rides the Carousel
Stage 7 (voice)
Everybody Rides The Carousel invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Dr. Konrad Zane
A young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first day finds himself making life-and-death decisions.
The Man in the Glass Booth
Charlie Cohn
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished when, one day, Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being not a Jewish businessman but a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt--but their own.
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Passki
After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatrically impaired." Taking the news with an air of initially lighthearted defiance, Vrooder escapes and sets up camp under a highway, where he builds a paranoia-driven booby-trapped bunker for himself. Falling in love with not-so-bright nurse Zanni, Vrooder soon plans to elope with her to a remote Canadian outpost.
Murder by Proxy
The president of an electronic's corporation dies and a mysterious caller tells officials at his company that they will be dead soon too.
Winter Kill
Peter Lockhard
Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and find the sniper before he (or she) kills again, and before the town council relieves him of duty.
6 RMS RIV VU
Richard Miller
Two strangers meet when they respond to an ad in The New York Times for a river view apartment. Paul Friedman is a married advertising copywriter; Ann Miller a discontented housewife. They view the apartment, but before they can leave discover that the door has accidentally been locked and they are now trapped inside together. A connection quickly forms between them as they begin sharing things about their lives, and they find themselves attracted to one another.
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Cabot
A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls is being framed by his fellow detectives.
The Snoop Sisters
Lt. Ostrowski
A spinster and her widowed sister, who are the authors of murder-mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star. This TV pilot film became a series of rotating movies the following season.
Shaft
Sergeant Tom Hannon
John Shaft , um investigador durão, é contratado para localizar uma jovem adolescente que foi seqüestrada, mas acaba no meio de uma guerra entre traficantes. A produção foi premiada com um Oscar de Melhor Canção Original.
The Hellstrom Chronicle
Dr. Nils Hellstrom
A scientist explains how the savagery and efficiency of the insect world could result in their taking over the world.
Cannon
Herb Mayer
In this pilot film to the TV series, Cannon investigates the murder of a war buddy to clear the man's wife of suspicion in his death.
Making It
Mallory
In this coming of age comedy, a cocky high school student thinks nothing of using the people around him to satisfy his self-centered needs, until someone in his life gets pregnant.