Scott Brady Movies
A onetime lumberjack, Scott Brady distinguished himself as a Navy boxing champion during the war. After VJ Day, Brady took drama classes, appearing in his first film, Canon City, in 1948. Usually assigned rough-and-tumble roles (many villainous in nature), Brady exhibited a normally untapped comic prowess in the 1952 film The Model and the Marriage Broker. He continued taking lead roles in... (read more) cheap westerns, horror films and science-fiction pictures into the 1960s, occasionally surfacing in "A" films like Marooned (1969) and Gremlins (1985, his last film). In 1959, Brady starred in a syndicated western series, Shotgun Slade, which allowed him the opportunity to act opposite several of his non-showbiz idols, including war hero Pappy Boyington and athlete Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch; he also had a recurring role in the 1970s anthology Police Story. Scott Brady is the younger brother of Lawrence Tierney, an actor best known for his gangster portrayals. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Gremlins
PG 1984
"Don't expose him to bright light. Don't ever get him wet. And don't ever, ever feed him after midnight." This sage advice is ignored midway through Gremlins, with devastating...
Winds of War, Part 7: Into the Maelstorm
1983
In the final episode of the seven-part, eighteen-hour miniseries The Winds of War, Ambassador-at-large "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) represents the US in a series of...
This Girl for Hire
1983
In this detective drama set in Hollywood, a private investigator uses logic to solve the murder of a famous mystery writer. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
Strange Behavior
R 1981
Dead Kids, aka Strange Behavior, is a creepy exercise from director Michael Laughlin--who conceived this as part one of an abortive "Strange Trilogy" which also included...
American Dream
1981
Officially premiering April 27, 1981, the weekly TV drama American Dream was preceded by a 90-minute pilot film, telecast April 26. The six-member Novak family, headed by...
Power
1980
In this made-for-TV "roman a clef", Joe Don Baker stars as Tommy Vanda, a Hoffa-esque labor leader. Told in flashback, the film recounts Vanda's humble beginnings on the...
The China Syndrome
PG 1979
This gripping 1979 drama about the dangers of nuclear power carried an extra jolt when a real-life accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania occurred just...
Taxi: The Great Race
1979
The garage becomes a unofficial gambling emporium when the cabbies place bets as to whether Alex (Judd Hirsch) can bring in more fare money than Louie (Danny DeVito)...
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
1978
Taking a breather from his usual horror and science-fiction endeavors, producer/director/writer Dan Curtis reminisces about his childhood in When Every Day Was the Fourth of...
Arthur Hailey's Wheels
1978
Another of the many Arthur Hailey literary properties which were transformed into TV miniseries in the 1970s, the five-part, ten-hour Wheels took place in Detroit sometime...
The Rockford Files: Local Man Eaten by Newspaper
1978
Jim (James Garner) goes undercover at a tabloid rag, "The National Investigator", to find out if its reports have burglarized the private files of "Doctor to the Stars" Richard...
Pressure Point
1977
In this crime drama, a watch commander becomes a father figure to the men he oversees. He helps them in all aspects, professional and personal, of their lives. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
The Rockford Files: The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers, Part 2
1977
In the conclusion of a two-part story, Jim (James Garner) infiltrates a sanitarium called Horizon's Crest to rescue T.T. Flowers (Strother Martin), who is being victimized...
Laverne & Shirley: Buddy, Can You Spare a Father?
1977
After an absence of many years, Shirley's irresponsible father Jack (Scott Brady) shows up and makes a dinner engagement with his daughter. Hours pass, and Jack fails to show...
The Rockford Files: The Trees, the Bees and T.T. Flowers, Part 1
1977
In the first episode of a two-part story, Rocky's somewhat eccentric friend T.T. Flowers (Strother Martin) has been forced off his "Freedom" property, declared mentally...
Law and Order
1976
Former policewoman Dorothy Uhnak wrote the book upon which this 150-minute TV movie was based. The central characters of Law and Order are the male members of an...
All in the Family: Archie's Brief Encounter, Part Two
1976
In the conclusion of a two-part story arc, Edith is outraged that Archie has been "stepping out" with a waitress named Denise (Janis Paige), despite Archie's...
All in the Family: Archie's Brief Encounter, Part One
1976
Season seven of All in the Family opened with an hour-long episode -- the first of a two-part story arc -- which put the relationship between Archie and Edith Bunker to...
All in the Family: Edith's Night Out
1976
Given an attractive pantsuit by Gloria, Edith would like to show off her new outfit in public. Alas, Archie is his usual stick-in-the-mud self, and refuses to take...
The Kansas City Massacre
1975
In this sequel to Melvin Purvis, G-Man, Dale Robertson returns as the crime fighter, who must battle such notorious gangsters as Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger and...