Ray Abruzzo Movies

When teenage volleyball champion Amy Cozzi (Amanda Barfield) is diagnosed with diabetes, the news is especially tough on her paretns Toni (Robin Bartlett) and Paul (Ray Abruzzo), who are preparing to open a new pizza parlor where Monica (Roma Downey) and Andrew (John Dye) are currently employed. As it turns out, Toni is less upset over Amy's illness than by the fact that it will throw off her meticulously planned "timetable"; unable to trust her family to think or act for themselves, Toni has put everyone--including her husband--on a tight, unswerving schedule, with nary a second wasted. Needless to say, Toni will have to learn the hard way that a family with no time for God is not a family at all. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The 200th episode of Murder, She Wrote finds Jessica (Angela Lansbury) supporting an effort to preserve a New York brownstone where Ernest Hemingway once wrote a novel. At the center of the conflict is a feud between Jessica's editor and a powerful land developer. Murder enters the scene when the brother of the man who opposes destroying the building is killed. And it is a bad kill. And nobody is dreaming about the lions. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

In the first episode of a two-part story, Harry (Harry Anderson) suffers in quiet desperation as the errant Tony (Ray Abruzzo) comes back into the life of Christine (Markie Post). And on the verge of losing everything in his efforts to "make good" for the Phil Foundation, Dan receives eleventh-hour salvation--or so he thinks. William Utay, previously cast as wealthy wino Phil Sanders, returns to the cast in the role of the late Phil's twin brother Will. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

A temporary personnel shortage requires the Night Court staff to take over the duties of Day Court. This has a strange effect on acerbic court matron Roz (Marsha Warfield), who transforms into the personification of effusive cheerfulness. Not quite so cheery is Christine (Markie Post) who in a last-ditch effort to save her marriage endeavors to shed her inhibitions and adopt a wild, freewheeling personality. Singer Jack Jones appears as himself (what, no Mel Torme?) ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Just before embarking on a DEA assignment to South America, undercover cop Tony (Ray Abruzzo) takes his lady love Christine (Ray Abruzzo) to a restaurant, where he proposes to her--and promptly marries her! Meanwhile back at Night Court, the staff is in a state of disarray and despair, the result of a labor dispute which has robbed them of their regular maintenance man Art (Mike Finneran) and left an incompetent boob in his place. This first episode of a two-part story ends with a startling announcement--the third such announcement of the evening, as it turns out! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Made for television, this film chronicles the life and work of real-life New York City undercover policewoman Mary Glatzle, here played by Karen Valentine). A single mom, Ms. Glatzle is in dire need of money to pay for her son's mounting medical expenses. Thus we she joins the NYC police force, Mary makes it known that she will take on any dangerous assignment so long as it fattens her bank account. Providing to be adept at disguises, Mary acts as a decoy for muggers and rapists, posing as everything from a hooker to a little old lady--and in the process, she becomes famous as "Muggable Mary". Though Karen Valentine did most of her own stunts, in certain hazardous sequences she was doubled by Tanya Russell. Muggable Mary: Street Cop made its first CBS network appearance on February 25, 1982. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide