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John McLiam is a Actor Canadien born on 24 january 1918
John McLiam, born John Williams on January 24, 1918 in Alberta, Canada, died April 16, 1994, in Los Angeles, California, was a character actor noted for his extensive work on film and television, and renowned for his skill at different accents. His film appearances included In Cold Blood, My Fair Lady, The Missouri Breaks, First Blood, and John Frankenheimer's movie of The Iceman Cometh. He was a guest star in numerous television series and also wrote a Broadway play, The Sin of Pat Muldoon.
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Birth name John Williams
Nationality Canada
Birth 24 january 1918
Death 16 april 1994 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality Canada
Birth 24 january 1918
Death 16 april 1994 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Fall From Grace (1990)
, 1h40Directed by Karen Arthur
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Kevin Spacey, Bernadette Peters, Richard Herd, Beth Grant, Richard Paul, John McLiam
Roles Rev. Aubrey Sara
Rating58%
In the 1980s, televangelist and PTL Club founder Jim Bakker (Spacey), and his wife Tammy (Peters), decide to expand their PTL television ministry to include a village resort with an amusement park, which they christen Heritage USA.
Split Decisions (1988)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Craig Sheffer, Jeff Fahey, Gene Hackman, John McLiam, Jennifer Beals, Carmine Caridi
Roles Pop McGuinn
Rating52%
On the east side of New York, boxing trainer Dan McGuinn is trying to prepare one of his sons, Eddie, to earn a chance to fight in the Olympic Games, while his other son, Ray, has fallen in with shady men from organized crime. As further information rears into view Eddie has found out who had killed his brother. Vengeance in return for his brother's death. Eddie enters the ring with Pedroza, the murderer, and defeats him late in the midst of the rounds.
Walk Like a Man (1987)
, 1h26Directed by Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Christopher Lloyd, Howie Mandel, Cloris Leachman, Colleen Camp, Amy Steel, George DiCenzo
Roles H.P. Truman
Rating47%
Henry Shand goes to Alaska to search for gold and find his fortune. While there, his spoiled brat of a son, Reggie, gets mad that he has to work for money. What further angers him is the fact that he has to share the dogsled with his two-year-old brother Robert, nicknamed "Bobo". Reggie decides to take matters into his own hands and pushes the toddler off the sled, leaving him to die in the wintery Klondike wilderness.
J. Edgar Hoover (1987)
, 1h48Actors Treat Williams, Andrew Duggan, Louise Fletcher, Charles Hallahan, Art Hindle, Paul Kent
Roles A. Mitchell Palmer
Rating67%
Dempsey (1983)
, 1h52Directed by Gus Trikonis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Treat Williams, Sally Kellerman, Victoria Tennant, Sam Waterston, Robert Hardy, Peter Mark Richman
Roles Hyrum Dempsey
Rating61%
Jack Dempsey starts out fighting in bars for half the take. He wins his first professional fight. After a later bout, he and his manager are held up at gunpoint and robbed of the purse. He sees the thieves later and beats them up to recover the cash. Jack meets Maxine Cates, but goes to New York to box. After a bout with Jack Johnson is a draw, he breaks with his manager and goes back to Salt Lake City and marries Maxine. After money disputes with her Maxine leaves and Dempsey goes to San Francisco. Kerns becomes his manager. He wins fights goes to New York and divorces Maxine. He beats Jess Willard by a TKO and becomes heavyweight champ. He goes to Hollywood to make films and gets sued for non-support by Maxine. He fights Luis Firpo and is knocked out of the ring, but still wins. He is sick (perhaps poisoned), but still fights Gene Tunney and loses in a TKO. On September 22, 1927 he fights Tunney again. Dempsey knocks Tunney down, but the count doesn't start until Dempsey goes to a neutral corner. This gives Tunney time to recover and get up when the count reaches 9. In this famous "long count" fight Tunney wins by decision.
First Blood (1982)
, 1h30Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney, David Caruso, Jack Starrett
Roles Orval the Dog Man
Rating76%
John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is a Vietnam War veteran. In December 1981, seven years after he was discharged, he travels by foot to visit one of his old comrades, only to learn upon his arrival that his friend had died from cancer due to Agent Orange exposure during the war.
Voyager from the Unknown (1982)
, 1h31Directed by Winrich Kolbe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Jon-Erik Hexum, Ed Begley Jr., Meeno Peluce, Faye Grant, Lee de Broux, Sondra Currie
Roles Dr. Bernard
Rating67%
Nous sommes en 1982. Jeffrey Jones est un orphelin de 11 ans confié à son oncle et sa tante. Un soir, Phineas Bogg atterrit dans sa chambre en pulvérisant la vitre. Aussitôt, le chien du jeune garçon se rue sur l'intrus. Le chien mord dans le livre que Bogg tient à la main. Dans la panique générale, en tentant d'arracher le livre aux crocs de l'animal, Jeffrey bascule par la fenêtre. Bogg saute dans le vide pour le rattraper, et tous deux sont projetés dans le temps. Phineas Bogg fait partie d'un groupe appelé les "Voyageurs". Il voyage dans le temps, et donne un coup de main à l'Histoire, si nécessaire. Il voyage par l'intermédiaire d'un Omni, un appareil ressemblant à une montre à gousset. C'est justement cet appareil défectueux qui a amené Bogg en 1982. Quand la lumière de l'Omni est rouge, cela signifie que l'Histoire se trompe et qu'il doit intervenir pour remettre tout en ordre. Jeffrey est coincé dans le temps et Bogg est incapable de savoir ce qu'il doit faire sans son manuel d'Histoire. En effet, son livre est resté dans la gueule du chien, en 1982. Fort heureusement, le jeune Jeffrey se révèle être un passionné d'Histoire et en connaît souvent beaucoup plus que le "Voyageur" du temps.
Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace (1981)
, 1h38Directed by Stuart Margolin
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Garner, Stuart Margolin, Kirk Cameron, Richard Hamilton, Darlene Carr, Janis Paige
Rating72%
The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979)
, 1h40Directed by Alan J. Levi
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Hal Holbrook, Carl Franklin, Robert Davi, Keir Dullea, Michele Carey, John McLiam
Roles Jake Powell
Rating52%
A young farmer and a bible-quoting runaway slave team up to track down the legendary Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill. Along the way they run into a legendary gunfighter, J.R. Swackhammer, who teaches the young farmer how to shoot and gives him a special gun that shoots seven rounds, the seventh which he must use to fight evil.
, 1h35Directed by Alan J. Levi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action
Actors Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, John McLiam, William Daniels, Gerald McRaney
Roles Michael
Rating69%
Au cours de sa fuite David Banner trouve refuge dans la propriété d'une jeune fille riche. Banner apprend que sa belle-mère conspire avec le médecin et la gouvernante et ses hommes de mains pour empoisonner la jeune fille afin d'hériter de sa fortune. David lui vient en aide.
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
, 2h6Directed by Arthur Penn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton
Roles David Braxton
Rating64%
Tom Logan is a rustler experiencing hard times. He and his gang are particularly upset by the hanging of a friend by Braxton, a land baron who takes the law into his own hands.
The Food of the Gods (1976)
, 1h28Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films based on science fiction novels, Natural horror films, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino, Belinda Balaski
Roles Mr. Skinner
Rating46%
The film reduced Wells' tale to an "Ecology Strikes Back" scenario, common in science fiction movies at the time. The "food" mysteriously bubbles up from the ground on a remote island somewhere in British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner (John McLiam and Ida Lupino) consider it a gift from God, and feed it to their chickens, which grow larger than humans as a result. Rats, wasps, and grub worms also consume the substance, and the island becomes infested with giant vermin. One night, a swarm of giant rats kill Mr. Skinner after his car breaks down in the forest.
The Call of the Wild (1976)
, 1h40Directed by Jerry Jameson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors John Beck, Billy "Green" Bush, René Enríquez, Bernard Fresson, Dennis Burkley, Penelope Windust
Roles Prospector
Rating60%
Bite the Bullet (1975)
, 2h12Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about horses, Road movies, Chase films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Gene Hackman, James Coburn, Candice Bergen, Ben Johnson, Ian Bannen, Jan-Michael Vincent
Roles Gebhardt
Rating65%
Based on actual events of the early twentieth century, the story concerns a grueling 700-mile cross-country horse race in 1906 and the way it affects the lives of its various participants.
Lucky Lady (1975)
, 1h58Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, John Hillerman, Robby Benson
Roles Rass Huggins
Rating53%
During the Prohibition era, a young widow, Claire, gets involved in liquor smuggling and romance with two men, Walker and Kibby, off the San Diego coast. Organized crime controls bootlegging back east and wants to do the same here, so a hit man named McTeague is sent to deal with these amateur crooks, as is the Coast Guard, leading to various battles at sea.