Joe Silver

Joe Silver

Nascimento : 1922-09-28, Chicago, Illinois

Morte : 1989-02-27

História

Joe Silver was an American stage, television, film and radio actor. He was known for his distinctive deep voice.

Perfil

Joe Silver

Filmes

Troca de Maridos
Mordsini
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Magic Sticks
Pawnbroker
Felix is a down-and-out young drummer who obtains a pair of magic drumsticks from a street vendor. He soon finds out the sticks are able to make native New Yorkers dance uncontrollably.
Creepshow 2: Show de Horrores
The Creep (voice)
Uma história composta por 3 contos. No 1º, uma estátua de madeira de um cacique ganha vida para vingar a morte do dono de uma pequena mercearia e de sua mulher que foram mortos por uma quadrilha chefiada por um índio. No 2º, 4 jovens vão nadar em um lago e buscam refúgio em uma balsa ao serem caçados um a um por uma "mancha de óleo". No 3º, uma mulher casada, após passar algumas horas com um garoto de programa, vai ao encontro do marido. Quando atropela um homem e o mata, ela decide fugir, mas logo o fantasma a persegue.
Mr. Nice Guy
Leser Tish
A hitman by the name of Mr. Nice Guy is about to be married and his fiancee doesn't know his true profession. On top of that, his future father-in-law has a contract out on him. A zany mafia comedy!
The Gig
Abe Mitgang
Six amateur musicians accept an offer to play a 2-week gig in the Catskills. When the bass player suddenly falls ill, they recruit a genuine pro to fill in. As they embark on the opportunity of a lifetime, dreams and reality begin to collide.
Almost You
Uncle
Alex and Erica Boyer are a young couple in crisis. Alex, despite his loving wife, beautiful home and high-paying job, feels trapped. When Erica has an accident that leaves her temporarily confined to a wheelchair and requiring the services of a private nurse, the beautiful Lisa enters the Boyers' lives. A complicated situation develops as Alex sees Lisa as the cure for his own problems as well as his wife's.
Illusions
Arnie
An American fashion designer is told that her husband has been killed in an air crash near France. However, she starts to believe that everything is not as it appears.
Armadilha Mortal
Seymour Starger
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Gnomes
(voice)
A family of gnomes preparing for the wedding of their eldest son must engage in a battle of wits with an enemy family of vicious trolls.
Boardwalk
Leo Rosen
In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not what it used to be, and a gang leader named Strut has decided to make Coney Island his new turf. Strut begins shaking down the merchants in the area, demanding payment for "protection" and using violence to deal with anyone who gets in his way. David refuses to give Strut protection money for the restaurant he owns, and as a result his diner is soon firebombed, while many of his neighbors are attacked and his synagogue is desecrated.
Starstruck
The story, set in the twenty-second century, follows the adventures of the McCallister family, owners of McCallister's Midway Inn, a hotel-restaurant-saloon on an orbiting way station somewhere between Earth and Pluto.
The Crash of Flight 401
Alvin Jessop
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
You Light Up My Life
Sy Robinson
Laurie has been in show business since she was a child. Her dream is to be a singer, songwriter and actress. Her father wants her to be a comedian like him and Laurie only tries because it pleases her father. But she is a lousy comedian. She auditions for everything and is engaged to Ken, but Ken does not understand her needs. She has a one night stand with Chris, only to later find that he is a director. She has many emotions that have not yet been addressed and she must face them before she can get on with her life.
Enraivecida na Fúria do Sexo
Murray Cypher
Depois de passar por uma cirurgia radical para ferimentos causados por um acidente de motocicleta, uma jovem desenvolve um estranho crescimento fálico no corpo e uma sede de sangue humano, o único alimento que agora a sustentará.
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
The Greedy (voice)
Raggedy Ann and Andy leave their playroom to rescue Babette, a beautiful French doll kidnapped by a pirate.
Calafrios
Rollo Linsky
Num condomínio fechado localizado em uma bela ilha canadense, os turistas estão lentamente cedendo à loucura. Um estranho vírus toma conta de seus corpos, infectando a todos. Os sintomas são incontroláveis: homens e mulheres são acometidos de acessos de violência e desejo… Não há como escapar, nem onde se esconder …Enfim, entregam-se a um comportamento sexual animalesco e bizarro. Nonsense, humor penetrante, terror e morte, o filme mais escatológico de Cronenberg. Neste filme a mortal epidemia ganha contornos de uma doença altamente contagiosa, que hoje em dia poderíamos associar com o HIV e a guerra biológica.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Farber
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
Os Rinocerontes
Norman
A boozing young man in love with his co-worker finds that everyone around him, even his pompous and condescending best friend, is changing into a rhinoceros.
Klute, O Passado Condena
Dr. Spangler (uncredited)
John Klute (Donald Sutherland) é um detetive do interior contratado para descobrir o paradeiro de um empresário desaparecido há seis meses. Ele chega a Nova York para investigar o caso e a única pista que possui são cartas de teor pornográfico enviadas a Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda), uma prostituta. Bree já trabalhou para Frank Ligourin (Roy Scheider), mas atualmente faz programas apenas por indicação. Ela foge do detetive, mas, chantageada, acaba aceitando guiá-lo pelo submundo da prostituição.
Move
Oscar
A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.
The Woody Allen Special
Self
A Woody Allen special for CBS, in 1969.
Diary of a Bachelor
Charlie Barrett
A wealthy young woman about to marry a noted playboy comes across his diary, and as she reads it, she begins to discover that her intended husband isn't quite what he seems to be.