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Ken Thorley

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Nationality USA

Ken Thorley is an actor who has portrayed various characters in television and film. One of his recurring roles was that of the fictional character "Mot", a Bolian barber on the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on Star Trek: The Next Generation (who was also portrayed by Shelly Desai). He also played a seaman in another episode of ST:TNG.

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Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks
(1 films)
Eric Brevig
Eric Brevig
(1 films)
Jeb Stuart
Jeb Stuart
(1 films)
Rip Torn
Rip Torn
(2 films)
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Filmography of Ken Thorley (9 films)

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My Favorite Martian, 1h20
Directed by Donald Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Ray Walston, Wayne Knight
Roles KTSC Floor Manager
Rating51% 2.555292.555292.555292.555292.55529
The film opens on Mars, showing the last moments of a Mars rover's mission. As the rover prepares to sample a Martian rock, the rover loses power and becomes inoperable. The scene pans up from the dead rover to show a huge, undiscovered Martian city just beyond the rock the rover was about to sample. A spaceship is seen quickly rocketing from the city and accelerating into space.
Men in Black, 1h38
Directed by Tim Allen, Barry Sonnenfeld
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Buddy films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, David Schwimmer, Rip Torn
Roles Zap-Em Man
Rating72% 3.648913.648913.648913.648913.64891
Agent K and his partner Agent D intercept a truck smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States. Inside they discover an alien disguised as a human. When he runs, they shoot him and use neuralyzers to wipe the memories of the border patrol witnesses. D decides to retire and asks K to wipe his memory too. In upstate New York, an alien crash-lands and kills an abusive farmer named Edgar to use his skin as a disguise.
Switchback
Switchback (1997)
, 1h58
Directed by Jeb Stuart
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, Ted Levine, William Fichtner, R. Lee Ermey
Roles Morgue Attendant
Rating63% 3.1968153.1968153.1968153.1968153.196815
A woman is killed while babysitting a young boy; the killer takes him when he leaves the house. A few months later a man and cleaning woman are killed at a motel in Amarillo, Texas. Amarillo's longtime sheriff, Buck Olmstead (R. Lee Ermey), is up for reelection. Both he and opponent, city police chief Jack McGinnis (William Fichtner) are eager to be the one to solve a big murder case before Election Day. Meanwhile, a hitchhiker named Lane Dixon (Jared Leto) is picked up by Bob Goodall (Danny Glover), an affable drifter.
Galgameth
Galgameth (1997)
, 1h50
Directed by Sean McNamara
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Sean McNamara, Devin Oatway, Dr. Stephen Macht, Lou Wagner, Time Winters, Felix Silla
Roles Footy
Rating59% 2.99762.99762.99762.99762.9976
In the medieval kingdom of Donnegold, a young prince named Davin (Devin Oatway) lives with his father, the noble King Henryk (Sean McNamara). But that comes to an end when the King's black knight, El El (Stephen Macht), poisons him. As he lays dying, Henryk gives his son a small black statue of a creature. He tells him that it is called "Galgameth", the family guardian of legend. Davin takes it and while he is away mourning his father, El El secretly shatters the statue and takes command, thrusting the kingdom into turmoil under Davin's name! Davin is given the broken statue by a maidservant and cries. The next morning he finds that the statue has become a small creature which he nicknames "Galgy" (Felix Silla and Doug Jones).
Ghost in the Machine, 1h35
Directed by Rachel Talalay
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Ghost films, Serial killer films, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films
Actors Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Rick Ducommun, Jessica Walter, Wil Horneff, Brandon Quintin Adams
Roles Salesman
Rating47% 2.3529752.3529752.3529752.3529752.352975
A serial killer, named Karl Hochman (Ted Marcoux), is known as "The Address Book Killer" due to his habit of stealing address books and choosing his victims from them. While he is working at a computer store, he obtains Terry Munroe's (Karen Allen) address book after another employee, who is demonstrating a scanner, copies a page of her address book into the computer. While heading home that evening, Karl is nearly killed by a collision with a truck.
Man Trouble, 1h36
Directed by Bob Rafelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin, Harry Dean Stanton, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael McKean, Saul Rubinek
Roles Dr. Monroe Park
Rating47% 2.3548752.3548752.3548752.3548752.354875
Harry Bliss (Nicholson) runs a guard dog service and is going through counseling with his wife, Adele (Lauren Tom). A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles, so when the apartment of classical singer Joan Spruance (Barkin) is ransacked and she starts receiving threatening phone messages, Joan moves into the Hollywood Hills home of her sister, Andy (D'Angelo).
White Sands, 1h41
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh, James Rebhorn
Roles Harold Kleinman
Rating59% 2.9992952.9992952.9992952.9992952.999295
Ray Dolezal, a bored Torrance County, New Mexico Deputy Sheriff, investigates an apparent suicide in the desert. Alongside the body is a suitcase containing $500,000. During the autopsy, they find a digested piece of paper with a phone number; Dolezal, posing as Spenser, calls the number and goes to a meeting, where he is robbed and instructed to meet Gorman Lennox at a restaurant. FBI agent Greg Meeker intercepts Dolezal and informs him that Spenser was really an undercover agent. Now that Dolezal has lost the money, Meeker suggests he continue posing as Spenser to either recover the money or help arrest Lennox.
Cast a Deadly Spell, 1h36
Directed by Martin Campbell
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown, David Warner, Charles Hallahan, Lee Tergesen
Roles Mickey Locksteader
Rating63% 3.1956053.1956053.1956053.1956053.195605
Ward stars as 1948 hardboiled private detective H. Philip Lovecraft, in a fictional universe where magic is real, monsters and mythical beasts stalk the back alleys, zombies are used as cheap labor, and everyone—except Lovecraft—uses magic every day. Yet, cars, telephones and other modern technology also exist in this world.
Defending Your Life, 1h52
Directed by Albert Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion
Actors Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Michael Durrell, Buck Henry, Albert Brooks
Roles Frank
Rating71% 3.597773.597773.597773.597773.59777
Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks), a 40-year-old Los Angeles advertising executive, dies in a car accident on his birthday and is sent to the afterlife. He arrives in Judgment City, a Heaven-like waiting area populated by the recently deceased of the western half of the United States, where he is to undergo the process of having his life on earth judged. Daniel and the rest of the recently deceased are offered many Earth-like amenities and activities in the city while they undergo their judgment processes—from all-you-can-eat restaurants (which cause no weight gain and serve the best food), to bowling alleys and comedy clubs.