Al Lewis
Nascimento : 1923-04-30, New York City, New York, USA
Morte : 2006-02-03
História
An American character actor best known for his role as Count Dracula lookalike "Grandpa", opposite Fred Gwynne's and Yvonne De Carlo's characters on the CBS television series The Munsters from 1964 to 1966 and its subsequent film versions. Later in life, he was also a restaurant owner, political candidate, and radio broadcaster. His acting career begins the well-documented portion of his life. He worked in burlesque and vaudeville theaters, then on Broadway in the dramas The Night Circus (1958) and One More River (1960) and as the character Moe Shtarker in the musical comedy Do Re Mi (1962).
His earliest television work includes appearances on the Beverly Garland crime drama Decoy and The Phil Silvers Show. From 1959–63, he appeared in four episodes of Naked City. Lewis' first well-known television role was as Officer Leo Schnauser on the NBC sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? from 1961–63, also starring Fred Gwynne (Lewis reprised the role in the 1994 movie of the same name). In the series, Lewis first played Al Spencer the Auto Body Man in two early first-season episodes before landing the more familiar role of Officer Schnauser. But he is best remembered as "Grandpa" on The Munsters, which ran on CBS from 1964–66.
In 1967, Lewis played the part of Zalto the wizard in the Lost in Space episode, Rocket to Earth. His first role in a movie was as Machine Gun Manny in Pretty Boy Floyd (1960). He had small roles in The World of Henry Orient (1964), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), They Might Be Giants (1971). He appeared as Hanging Judge Harrison in Used Cars (1980) and had a minor role in Married to the Mob (1988). His last film role was in Night Terror (2002).
Lewis was a recurring guest on The Howard Stern Show. In 1987, during a "Howard Stern Freedom Rally" against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that was broadcast live, Lewis repeatedly shouted "F*** the FCC!" until Stern was able to take the microphone away from him. Stern and the station were not punished for Lewis' comments.
Unlike some actors, Lewis did not mind being typecast. He enjoyed acting out his "Grandpa" character—in the original costume—and got a surprising amount of mileage from such a short-lived role. "Why not?" he said. "It pays the bills."
In 1991, he appeared as Grandpa Munster in an episode of Hi Honey, I'm Home on ABC. In 1991, he appeared in a low-budget New Zealand family movie called Grampire (My Grandpa Is a Vampire in the U.S. version), wearing much the same costume as he did in The Munsters. From 1987–89, Lewis hosted Super Scary Saturday on TBS in his Grandpa Munster outfit. This would later be parodied in Gremlins 2: The New Batch with the character of "Grandpa Fred" (Robert Prosky).
[Biography from Wikipedia]
Grandpa Munster (archive footage)
A television special made up of footage of the Munsters episode "A Man for Marilyn", which has been extensively re-edited into an Auto-Tune musical.
Himself
Documentary about Al Lewis. He sits in the make-up chair and remembers part of his 92 years life.
Featuring commentary by Larry Flynt, Ron Jeremy and Al Lewis (of "The Munsters"), this volume of the "Midnight Blue" collection chronicles the salacious real-life story of the television show's creator, smut mogul Al Goldstein. As the media buzzed around him from 2001 to 2003 when he was on trial for his alleged assault of a former secretary, Goldstein was slowly crumbling and finding his fortunes vastly diminished.
Al Goldstein, the controversial adult magazine publisher, is up against the odds as he takes on the D.A., the press and an even larger nightmare: irrelevancy all in a little courthouse in Brooklyn.
Himself
Punk icons the Ramones star in this compilation of rare concert and behind-the-scenes footage that spans the band's 30-year history. The 20 vintage live performances include "Blitzkrieg Bop," "I Wanna Be Sedated," "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" and "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment." Also featured is a never-before-seen 1980 performance that aired live on European television, other rare TV appearances, celebrity cameos and home video footage.
Father Hanlon
College kids investigating a derelict fun house, unwittingly resurrect Donnie, a psychopath who died in the haunt twenty-years earlier. Mayhem ensues.
Himself
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy offers audiences a penetrating look inside the world of Ron Jeremy, America's most unlikely sex star and hero to millions. With nearly 25 years in the adult film industry and over 1,600 films to his credit, Ron Jeremy is huge. In his world, Ron reigns supreme-he's made millions of dollars and slept with thousands of beautiful women, and is indisputably the industry's biggest star. And everyone who's anyone knows Ron-a pop icon to millions, he is a beacon of hope for many American male, since he stands as living proof that pretty much anyone can get some. So how did such a classically unhandsome, big and hairy guy ever get to be suchia super stud? In one of the most fascinating and entertaining comedies of the last year, audiences finally get a chance to get inside the life and times of Ron Jeremy, and find out what's really behind the hardest working man in show business.
Uncle Gene
Os irmãos vêm em auxílio de seu tio, que apostou sua escola de esportes de praia de Miami em um jogo fixo de vôlei.
Restaurant Guest
Os membros da família Monstro deixam a Transilvânia rumo aos Estados Unidos, para visitar a tia Elsa e o tio Norman. Quando chegam no local, descobrem que Norman está desaparecido e sua mulher está paralisada, sofrendo ataques dos vizinhos que querem expulsá-los da região. O patriarca Herman Munster (Edward Herrmann) começa a procurar pelo cunhado e acaba encontrando Norman um pouco alterado. Com a ajuda do avô da família, eles vão tentar fazer tudo voltar ao normal.
Leo Schnauzer
Brash NYC policeman Officer Gunther Toody is partnered with stiff, by-the-book Officer Francis Muldoon to protect an important mafia witness prior to testifying against orgainzed crime in Brooklyn, all the while dealing with their personal lives, overbearing spouses, common criminals, arms dealers, and their officious boss Captain Anderson.
Al Lewis' role as Grampa on television's "The Munsters" has ensured him permanence in the American collective consciousness. Although he has performed in every entertainment medium in this century, television has permanently associated Al Lewis with Grampa Munster - so much so that actor and character have become inseparable. In 1986, Al Lewis opened Grampa's, a restaurant where the public was provided with a collective brush with fame. Admirers could see Al Lewis up close and in person - with perfect reception. "Al Lewis in the Flesh" observes the American pastime of celebrity adulation, revealing a man to whom performing is second nature.
Vernon Cooger
Young Lonny comes from America to visit his Auntie Leah (Evision) and Grandfather Cooger (Lewis). There is something magical about Cooger and when he dies, he doesn't stay dead for long.
Self - Actor
Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric "Eden".
Captain Levi
Everyone in town knows the old Vincent place is haunted, but when the local Frat inherits it, we find out if the rumors are true. Two stories about witches getting ready to meet with the Devil, and a schoolteacher who never ages
Grampa
Grampa Munster hosts a collection of 8 cartoon shorts in another halloween "Spook-tac-ular". 1. "I Don't Scare" (1956) 2. "The Friendly Ghost" (1935) 3. "Magic Mummy" (1933) 4. "The Raven" (1942) 5. "Gypped In Egypt" (1930) 6. "Is My Palm Read?" (1933)
Grampa
Grampa Munster introduces some of the best and worst Sci-Fi trailers from classic films.
Himself
Howard Stern's U.S. Open Sores was an event that occurred at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York in front of a sold-out attendance of 16,000. Taking place on October 7, 1989, the main event featured a tennis match between Howard Stern and his radio show producer Gary Dell'Abate.
Grampa
Grampa Munster hosts a collection of 8 cartoon shorts in this halloween "Spook-tac-ular". 1."A Haunting We Will Go" (1949) 2."The Cobweb Hotel" (1936) 3. "The Mad Doctor" (1933) 4. "The Impatient Patient" (1942) 5. "Hollywood Capers" (1935) 6. "Mummies Boys" (1965) 7. "Fright To The Finish" (1954) 8. "The PincushionMan" (1935)
Grampa
Grampa Munster introduces some of the best and worst horror trailers from Universal's classic horror films.
Mr. Wolfstadt
Paul Colson is a New York cabdriver and struggling actor. When he learns that he has about three days left to live due to a rare blood disorder, he goes through all five stages of loss and grief in a darkly comedic way.
Joe Russo
Angela De Marco, casada com um criminoso, não aguenta mais a vida tensa e imprevisível. Nunca sabe se o marido vai voltar, e seu filho não quer mais armas de brinquedo. Mas tudo pode mudar quando a máfia mata seu marido. Agora ela quer começar vida nova. Se puder.
Becky wants to become an actress. After an audition for a dog food ad she has best chances to get the part - but the day after her dog Petey becomes very ill. She has to come up with $700 until 5 pm for the operation - else Petey will be put to death! Lacking only $70, she takes a job as messenger. She needs only one delivery, but her car breaks down and bad luck delays her again, and again, and again...
This action comedy is based on The New York City Cab Driver's Joke Book by Jim Pietsch and centers on a painfully shy cab driver who discovers that telling jokes brings him badly needed attention, and so he goes a little overboard.
Grandpa
Em mais esta aventura da famosa Família Monstro, um ladrão usa um boneco idêntico ao Herman (Fred Gwynne) para roubar uma valiosa jóia. Agora, a tão unida família luta para provar sua inocência. Segundo filme baseado na série "Os Monstros" e o primeiro feito para a tv.
Judge Harrison
Rudy Russo (Kurt Russell), um vendedor de carros usados, necessita de dinheiro para concorrer ao Senado. Assim fala com Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden), seu chefe, que concorda em lhe arrumar os 10 mil dólares que ele precisa. Entretanto, um "acidente" elaborado por Roy Fuchs (Jack Warden), o irmão gêmeo de Luke e ferrenho rival nos negócios, mata Luke. Roy também tem uma revenda de carros usados do outro lado da rua e está esperando o momento para reivindicar a propriedade para si. Os empregados de Luke escondem a sua morte, para impedir que Roy herde o negócio. É quando aparece então Barbara (Deborah Harmon), a filha de Luke.
The Godfather (voice)
Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.
Judge Cirrhosis
The Nixon Administration falls apart in a farcical manner in the time of the Watergate Scandal.
Sam Sharp
Girl leaves Gary, Indiana, to become a star in Hollywood.
Guard at Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Em Nova York vive Paul Kersey, um homem pacífico que tem sua vida destroçada quando três marginais invadem seu apartamento, estupram sua filha, que fica em estado gravíssimo, e matam Joanna, sua mulher. Após uma viagem a uma cidade do Arizona, na qual todos andam armados e a criminalidade é mínima, Kersey, decide eliminar qualquer um que o ameace, pois a polícia se mostra incapaz de encontrar os culpados. Assim, Kersey se arma e começa a patrulhar as ruas, matando assassinos e ladrões e ficando obcecado em fazer justiça. Paralelamente ele é caçado por Frank Ochoa, um detetive da polícia que deseja encontrar o homem que está fazendo o trabalho dos tiras.
Grandpa
Animated telefilm based on characters from The Munsters. Originally aired as part of the ABC Saturday Superstar Movie series.
Tramp
O repórter Carl Kolchak está agora em Seattle, Wahington, tentando resolver o mistério de vários estrangulamentos que se repetem sempre em um certo período de vários anos, em que as vítimas tem drenados os fluidos na base do cérebro. Continuação de Pânico e Morte na Cidade, deu origem a série Kolchak e os Demônios da Noite.
Messenger
Every hero has a weakness, and Sherlock Holmes' weakness was Moriarty. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson solve mysteries and search for Moriarty in 1970s New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point.
Bert
Guarda costeiro inexperiente se vê às voltas com a missão de capturar três atrapalhados ladrões de joias que tentam uma fuga marítima.
Turkey
Durante a Grande Depressão as vidas de um grupo heterogêneo de competidores se entrelaçam numa maratona de dança desumana e esgotante. Gloria é uma jovem mulher. Ela parece mais velha do que é e sente que sua vida não tem mais jeito, depois de ter sido enganada e traída muitas vezes no passado. Enquanto se recupera de uma tentativa de suicídio, tem a ideia fixa de que uma revista de cinema para Hollywood vai torná-la uma atriz. Robert é um morador de Hollywood desesperado tentando se tornar diretor. Robert e Gloria se encontram e decidem entrar na maratona de dança, uma das manias dos anos trinta. A dança esgotante cobra seu pedágio no espírito já enfraquecido da Gloria, e ela diz ao Robert que estaria melhor morta, que sua vida não tem mais jeito - o tempo todo agindo com crueldade e amargura, alienando as pessoas ao seu redor, tentando convencê-lo a atirar a deixando livre de sua miséria. Afinal de contas, eles atiram cavalos, não é mesmo? (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Grandpa Munster
A família Monstro deixa os Estados Unidos e parte para a Inglaterra, disposta a tomar posse de um castelo que recebeu como herança.
Grandpa Munster
The Munsters take in the sights at Marineland.
Store Owner
Enquanto tenta seduzir uma mulher casada (Paula Prentiss), o pianista Henry Orient (Peter Sellers) é interrompido por duas colegiais precoces, Valerie (Tippy Walker) e Marian (Merrie Spaeth). A princípio, ele não se importa, mas como as coincidências se repetem Henry acha que as garotas são espiãs do marido da amante. Valerie acaba se apaixonando pelo pianista.
Machine Gun Manny
Trying to shake his troubled past and start a new honest life, Floyd loses his job because of that past. With nowhere to go but back home in Oklahoma he gets news that his father's been murdered and the local sheriff lets the killer off with a self-defense plea. Bent on revenge, Floyd does what he must which leads him down a dark road littered with robbing banks and loose women. Floyd's final days are anything BUT pretty!
Assistant (uncredited)
A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.