Ralph Manza Movies
Character actor, onscreen from 1957. ~ Rovi... (read more)Character actor, onscreen from 1957. ~ Rovi
Boy Meets World: I'm Gonna Be Like You, Dad
2000
While taking a magazine health quiz to determine how long she and Cory (Ben Savage) are expected to live, Topanga (Danielle Fishel) is distressed to discover that, if the...
Friends: The One with Rachel's Inadvertant Kiss
1999
Interviewing for a job at Ralph Lauren, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) didn't really mean to kiss her interviewer, Mr. Zelner (Steve Ireland), but there you are. Meanwhile,...
Mad About You: Outbreak
1996
Paul and Jamie Buchman (Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt) have decided to hold off telling everyone that Jamie is pregnant until the couple can make a formal announcement...
Get Shorty
R 1995
A gangster is looking to get away from crooked deals and double-crossing people but ends up in the movie business anyway in this comic crime story. Chili Palmer (John...
Dave
PG13 1993
The ghost of Frank Capra must have smiled when he saw Dave, an amusing and effective update of one of Capra's favorite themes -- the scrupulously honest little guy who...
Night Court: Opportunity Knock Knocks, Part 2
1992
In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally networkcast as a single one-hour special), Harry (Harry Anderson) is offered several jobs, from superior court-judge to road...
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Butler Did It
1991
While his parents are out of town, enterprising Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) rents out the Banks' mansion to the singing group Bell Div DeVoe (Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell...
Murder, She Wrote: The Sicilian Encounter
1990
Season Six of Murder She Wrote closes with an episode centering around the exploits of Jessica Fletcher's (Angela Lansbury) erstwhile friend, suave British secret agent...
9 1/2 Ninjas!
1990
Some sources list John Morrissey as director of 9 1/2 Ninjas, while others credit Aaron Worth. There's no confusion, however, as to whom the "one-half" is. That honor...
Night Court: Day Court
1990
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...
Retribution
R 1987
A suicidal artist tries to end his miserable life on Halloween night and fails after jumping off the roof of a ramshackle LA boarding house. After the fall, his soul has somehow...
Beer
1985
The self-aggrandizing world of Madison Avenue advertising is the subject of this clichéd, sexist satire that features a cynical ad executive (Loretta Swit) and her minions who...
Night Court: The Hostage
1985
Hauled into court for stealing electronic communication components, a man (Kenneth Tigar) claiming to be from the planet Saturn pulls out a gun and holds the courtroom hostage....
Night Court: Pick a Number
1984
This week's trouble begins when a mild-mannered fellow named Leo (Sidney Lassick) entrusts Judge Harry (Harry Anderson) with a winning lottery ticket. It now falls to Harry...
The Philadelphia Experiment
PG 1984
This science fiction thriller was inspired by a mythical real-life event, the WWII era disappearance of an entire naval vessel during a radar-cloaking test. In 1943, David Herdeg...
Fatso
PG 1980
In this dark and sometimes sad comedy, Dominick -- an extremely obese man -- is pushed by his sister Antoinette to shed a few pounds lest he end up dead like his cousin. To do so,...
Little Miss Marker
PG 1980
Screenwriter Walter Bernstein made his directorial debut with Little Miss Marker, a re-make of the Damon Runyon story that has been filmed many times before (most notably...
Love at First Bite
PG 1979
George Hamilton confounded his detractors by turning in a first-rate comic performance in Love at First Bite. Hamilton plays Count Dracula, who is evicted from his...
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
G 1979
Tim Conway and Don Knotts, mere supporting characters in the original Apple Dumpling Gang, are promoted to starring roles in the 1979 sequel The Apple Dumpling Gang...
Perfect Gentlemen
1978
We're not sure who the gentlemen are in this TV movie adaptation of Nora Ephron's Perfect Gentlemen, but there's no doubt as to the identity of the ladies. The plot revolves...