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James Patterson is a Actor American born on 29 june 1932 at Derry (USA)
James Patterson (June 29, 1932 – August 19, 1972) was an American Tony Award–winning actor for his role in the 1968 Harold Pinter play, The Birthday Party.
His best-known film role was in Lilith (1964), and he had numerous guest appearances on television through the early 1970s.
Patterson died of cancer at age 40 in 1972 in New York City.
Au cinéma, il contribue à cinq films américains, depuis Lilith de Robert Rossen (1964, avec Jean Seberg dans le rôle-titre et Warren Beatty) jusqu'à Silent Night, Bloody Night de Theodore Gershuny (avec Patrick O'Neal et Mary Woronov) ; ce dernier sort en novembre 1972, après sa mort prématurée en août précédent, à 40 ans, des suites d'un cancer. Citons également Dans la chaleur de la nuit de Norman Jewison (1967, avec Sidney Poitier et Rod Steiger) et Un château en enfer de Sydney Pollack (1969, avec Burt Lancaster et Patrick O'Neal).
À la télévision américaine enfin, James Patterson apparaît dans vingt-deux séries à partir de 1959, dont Les Accusés (trois épisodes, 1962-1964), La Grande Vallée (un épisode, 1965) et Mission impossible (sa dernière série, deux épisodes, 1969). S'ajoutent deux téléfilms, respectivement diffusés en 1967 (une adaptation du Conte d'hiver de William Shakespeare) et 1970.
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 june 1932 at Derry (USA)
Death 19 august 1972 (at 40 years) at New York City (USA)
Birth 29 june 1932 at Derry (USA)
Death 19 august 1972 (at 40 years) at New York City (USA)
His best-known film role was in Lilith (1964), and he had numerous guest appearances on television through the early 1970s.
Patterson died of cancer at age 40 in 1972 in New York City.
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Au théâtre, James Patterson joue notamment à Broadway (New York) dans six pièces, la première en 1958, la dernière en 1969. Mentionnons Témoignage irrecevable de John Osborne (1965-1966, avec Valerie French, lui-même jouant en alternance avec Nicol Williamson) et L'Anniversaire d'Harold Pinter (1967-1968, avec Ed Flanders et Ruth White) ; L'Anniversaire lui permet de gagner en 1968 un Tony Award du meilleur second rôle masculin dans une pièce. À noter qu'il joue aussi une fois à Londres en 1960, dans Tomorrow – With Pictures! d'Anthony Creighton et Bernard Miller.Au cinéma, il contribue à cinq films américains, depuis Lilith de Robert Rossen (1964, avec Jean Seberg dans le rôle-titre et Warren Beatty) jusqu'à Silent Night, Bloody Night de Theodore Gershuny (avec Patrick O'Neal et Mary Woronov) ; ce dernier sort en novembre 1972, après sa mort prématurée en août précédent, à 40 ans, des suites d'un cancer. Citons également Dans la chaleur de la nuit de Norman Jewison (1967, avec Sidney Poitier et Rod Steiger) et Un château en enfer de Sydney Pollack (1969, avec Burt Lancaster et Patrick O'Neal).
À la télévision américaine enfin, James Patterson apparaît dans vingt-deux séries à partir de 1959, dont Les Accusés (trois épisodes, 1962-1964), La Grande Vallée (un épisode, 1965) et Mission impossible (sa dernière série, deux épisodes, 1969). S'ajoutent deux téléfilms, respectivement diffusés en 1967 (une adaptation du Conte d'hiver de William Shakespeare) et 1970.
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The Catcher (2000)
, 1h17Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Sports films, Baseball films, Films about domestic violence
Actors Joe Estevez, Monique Parent, Fred Meyers, James Patterson
Roles Red Foster
Rating35%
Sick of his baseball-obsessed father Frank's abuse, a boy beats him to death with a bat while practicing in 1981. Seventeen years later, catcher David J. Walker of The Devils is kicked out of a baseball game attended by scouts, and is blamed when The Devils lose. On the same day, David's girlfriend leaves, tired of him putting his love of baseball before her, and he is informed by Coach Foster that his contract is not being renewed.
Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality
Actors Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov, John Carradine, Astrid Heeren, Walter Abel
Roles Jeffrey Butler
Rating52%
On Christmas Eve 1950, Wilfred Butler runs out of his rural house and appears to have been set on fire. He collapses in the snow and is believed to be dead.
Castle Keep (1969)
, 1h45Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Bruce Dern, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Falk, Astrid Heeren
Roles Elk
Rating60%
The film opens with long, beautiful shots of ancient European art and sculptures being blown to pieces amidst the sounds of war and dissonant screams; a lone narrator begins his tale of "eight American soldiers" as the scene abruptly flashes back to a few weeks beforehand. Prior to the Battle of the Bulge, a ragtag squad of American soldiers (strongly implied to be some sort of convalescent or disciplinary outfit), led by one-eyed Major Falconer (Burt Lancaster) and including Sgt. Rossi (Peter Falk), art expert Captain Beckman (Patrick O'Neal), and the highly intelligent narrator and sole African- American, Pvt. Allistair Benjamin (Al Freeman, Jr.), takes shelter in an ancient Belgian castle, the Maldorais, containing many priceless and irreplaceable art treasures. Although Falconer begins an affair with the young and beautiful Countess, he is surprised to find the Count (Jean-Pierre Aumont) encouraging him; in fact, the impotent nobleman hopes the Major will impregnate the Countess so that his line may continue. Meanwhile, Beckman begins to butt heads with Falconer over both the value of the art (in the context of either saving or destroying it in the event of a German assault) as well as Beckman's own unrequited attraction to the Countess, who seems to symbolize the beauty and majesty of the European art he studied before the war. The enlisted men seek their own pleasures in the brothel of the nearby town, the psychedelic "Red Queen" run by a mystical madam, whilst Beckman marvels at the castle's artworks, many of which are stored beneath the castle for safekeeping. Sgt. Rossi, a baker before the war, falls in love with a baker's widow and decides to go AWOL, resuming his pre-war life; another soldier falls in love with a Volkswagen Beetle; his affection for the foreign vehicle borders on paraphilia and becomes a long running and anachronistic gag throughout the entire movie.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
, 1h49Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about racism
Actors Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant, James Patterson, William Schallert
Roles Mr. Purdy
Rating78%
Mr. Colbert, a wealthy man from Chicago who was planning to build a factory in Sparta, Mississippi, is found murdered. White police Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) comes under pressure to quickly find his killer. African-American northerner Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), passing through town, is picked up at the train station between trains with a substantial amount of cash in his wallet. Gillespie, prejudiced against blacks, jumps to the conclusion that he has his culprit but is embarrassed to learn that Tibbs is an experienced Philadelphia homicide detective who is simply passing through town after visiting his mother. After the racist treatment that he receives, Tibbs wants nothing more than to leave as quickly as possible, but his own chief, after questioning whether Tibbs himself is prejudiced, has him stay and help. Leslie Colbert (Lee Grant), the victim's widow, already frustrated by the ineptitude of the local police, is impressed by Tibbs's expertise when he clears another wrongly accused suspect whom Gillespie has arrested on circumstantial evidence. She threatens to stop construction on the much needed factory unless Tibbs leads the investigation. Unwilling to accept help, but under orders from the town's mayor, Gillespie talks a reluctant Tibbs into working on the case.
Lilith (1964)
, 1h54Directed by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter, Jessica Walter, Anne Meacham
Roles Dr. Lavrier
Rating67%
Set in a private mental institution, Chestnut Lodge in Rockville, Maryland, the film tells of a trainee occupational therapist, a troubled ex-soldier named Vincent Bruce (Beatty), who becomes dangerously obsessed with seductive, artistic, schizophrenic patient Lilith Arthur (Seberg). Bruce makes progress helping Lilith emerge from seclusion and leave the institutional grounds for a day in the country, and accompanies her on other excursions in which she is alone with him. She attempts to seduce him, and eventually Bruce tells Lilith he is in love with her. Lilith also seduces an older female patient, and enchants a couple of young boys on one her outings. Bruce triggers the suicide of another patient (Fonda) out of jealousy over the patient's crush on Lilith. This brings up memories in Lilith of her brother's suicide, which she implies was due to an incestuous relationship which she initiated, and she goes on a destructive rampage in her room and winds up in a catatonic state. Bruce presents himself to his superiors for psychiatric help.