Fred Travalena Movies
Comedian Fred Travalena first gained notoriety in the 1970s, appearing on the ABC Comedy Hour to do impersonations of celebrities. He spent the next few decades appearing on game shows and providing voices for characters on cartoons like The Smurfs and Scooby Doo. Travalena also enjoyed tremendous success with his live act, performing in Las Vegas, Reno, and Atlantic City. He still enjoyed performing for the camera, however, and memorably used his skills at impersonation to play Jimmy Carter in the 2007 comedy An American Carol. Sadly, Travalena passed away in 2009 at his home in California. He was 66. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
Ebenezer Scrooge gets the parody treatment from veteran writer/director David Zucker (Airplane!, Scary Movie 4) with this comedy starring Kevin Farley as a derisive documentarian (à la Michael Moore) who's visited by three ghosts intent on instilling the American spirit in the disillusioned filmmaker. Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Leslie Nielsen, James Woods, and Dennis Hopper co-star in the Vivendi Entertainment production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, (more)
- 1990
Night of the Dribbler is a long-lost Canadian horror-comedy that was made in 1990 but not released until 2009. Directed by Jack Bravman (who produced the notorious 1976 cult film Snuff), the slasher spoof follows a high-school basketball team being offed by a psycho killer wearing a jack-o'’-lantern-like basketball on his head. Gregory Calpakis (Cold Squad) stars as suspect number-one: a hapless waterboy prevented from playing on the team by Coach Cherry (comedian Fred Travalena). ~ Sandra Bencic, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gregory Calpakis, Fred Travalena, (more)
- 1989
The friendship between Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) and her "FYI" coworker Frank Fontana (Joe Regalbuto) takes quite a beating when producer Miles (Grant Shaud) assigns both journalists to the same story--the biggest one of the year, no less. Elsewhere, Phil (Pat Corley), owner of Murphy's favorite watering hole, decides to pep up business by hiring a smarmy vocalist (played to the hilt by Fred Travalena). And Secretary Number 25 (Andrea Stein) arrives just in time to leave. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1988
- R
After he is framed by his senior partner and sent to jail, Herbie Altman Robert Carradine sets up a lucrative investment company "Con Inc." with the assistance of the other convicts, sympathetic guards, and a well-intentioned prison reformer Lise Cutter. Lame, predictable story which wastes a talanted cast . ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Carradine, Michael Winslow, (more)
From the time he was a high-school student in Lubbock, Texas until his tragic death at age 22 in 1959, Buddy Holly ignored the condemnation by townspeople and his conservative relatives and dedicated his life to the new music he became famous for performing: rock 'n roll. Gary Busey stars as Buddy Holly in this widely acclaimed big-screen biography and sings well enough on camera for the film's adapted musical score to win an Oscar. Among the classic songs by Buddy Holly and the Crickets which can be heard are: Oh Boy, That'll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, and Not Fade Away. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gary Busey, Don Stroud, (more)
