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Squire Fridell is a Actor American born on 9 february 1943 at Oakland (USA)
Squire Fridell (born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his infectious enthusiasm displayed in over three thousand television commercials.
Since 1978, he has portrayed “The Toyotaman” in American TV ads for The Toyota Motor Corporation. From 1984 to 1991, he served as the official "Ronald McDonald" clown character in American television commercials for the McDonald's Corporation chain of fast-food restaurants, and even played the McDonald character in Mac and Me. From the 1970s until the mid-1990s, Fridell also had supporting character roles in a number of popular TV series, such as Rosetti and Ryan, M*A*S*H, Newhart, Ironside and Adam-12.
In 1980, Harmony Books published Fridell's book, Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit, subsequently re-released by Random House in 2005.
Fridell returned as himself in several Toyota commercials in 2010, responding to the image damage the company suffered due to a slow response to safety issues in 2009.
Fridell was born in Oakland, California. He attended the University of the Pacific where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He currently resides with his wife, Suzy, at Glen Ellen (in the Sonoma Valley region of that state) where they have operated the GlenLyon Vineyards and Winery since 1989. Squire and Suzy (a professional dancer and dance teacher for many years) have one daughter, Lexy, who is pursuing an acting career in New York City.
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Squire Fridell (born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his infectious enthusiasm displayed in over three thousand television commercials.
Since 1978, he has portrayed “The Toyotaman” in American TV ads for The Toyota Motor Corporation. From 1984 to 1991, he served as the official "Ronald McDonald" clown character in American television commercials for the McDonald's Corporation chain of fast-food restaurants, and even played the McDonald character in Mac and Me. From the 1970s until the mid-1990s, Fridell also had supporting character roles in a number of popular TV series, such as Rosetti and Ryan, M*A*S*H, Newhart, Ironside and Adam-12.
In 1980, Harmony Books published Fridell's book, Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit, subsequently re-released by Random House in 2005.
Fridell returned as himself in several Toyota commercials in 2010, responding to the image damage the company suffered due to a slow response to safety issues in 2009.
Fridell was born in Oakland, California. He attended the University of the Pacific where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He currently resides with his wife, Suzy, at Glen Ellen (in the Sonoma Valley region of that state) where they have operated the GlenLyon Vineyards and Winery since 1989. Squire and Suzy (a professional dancer and dance teacher for many years) have one daughter, Lexy, who is pursuing an acting career in New York City.
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Village of the Damned (1995)
, 1h39Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill, Michael Paré, Meredith Salenger
Rating56%
The quiet coastal town of Midwich in California's Marin County is invaded by an unseen force which leaves ten women mysteriously pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born simultaneously on one night, though one is stillborn. At first, they all appear to be normal, but it does not take the parents long to realize that their children are anything but normal. As they grow older, the children are shown to have pale skin, white hair, fierce intellect and steely, cobalt eyes. However, they also do not appear to possess a conscience or personalities. The emotionless children display eerie psychic abilities and remarkable powers, which they use with deadly consequences, unleashing a reign of terror. When they actively use their mind-control powers, their irises or their entire eyes glow in different colours, mostly reddish-orange, but also green, yellow, violet, blue or pure white.
Mac and Me (1988)
, 1h35Directed by Stewart Raffill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Cooking films, Films about the labor movement, Documentaire sur la cuisine, Comedy science fiction films, Documentary films about business, Documentaire sur la malbouffe, Documentaire sur le monde du travail, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Jade Calegory, Tina Caspary, Joe Maggard, Nikki Cox
Roles Ronald McDonald
Rating34%
A NASA spacecraft has landed on an unknown planet and begins to take rock and soil samples. Four aliens discover it and are sucked up through its vacuum, after which it makes its way back to Earth. The aliens are able to escape from a military base by using their powers (with which they can destroy or heal anything they touch). During the escape, the youngest one hides in a passing van, occupied by a wheelchair-bound boy named Eric Cruise, his older brother, Michael, and their single mother, Janet, who are moving to California from Illinois.
Miracles (1986)
, 1h27Directed by Jim Kouf
Genres Comedy
Actors Teri Garr, Paul Rodriguez, Christopher Lloyd, Tom Conti, Ken Lerner, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez
Roles Yates
Rating52%
Elle est avocate, il est chirurgien. Après dix ans de mariage, Roger et Jean viennent de se séparer. Le lendemain même de leur divorce, une collision entre voitures les remet en présence l'un de l'autre. Pour se disputer, bien entendu. Cependant, privée de moyen de transport, Jean est bien obligée d'accepter d'être ramenée par Roger. Entretemps, le véhicule de ce dernier a été investi par deux révolutionnaires mexicains, Juan et Harris, qui prennent le couple en otage...
Imps* (1983)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Linda Blair, John Carradine, Colleen Camp, Keenan Wynn, Julia Duffy, Erika Eleniak
Roles Newscaster
Rating39%
Pink Motel (1982)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Slim Pickens, Phyllis Diller, Tony Longo, Andrea Howard, Squire Fridell
Roles George
Rating39%
A couple who own a hotel must deal with the various eccentric people who rent their rooms.