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Thomas Gordon "Tom" Poston (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an American television and film actor. He starred on television in a career that began in 1950. He appeared as a comic actor, game show panelist, comedy/variety show host, film actor, television actor, and Broadway performer. According to USA Today Life editor Dennis Moore, Poston appeared in more sitcoms than any other actor. In the 1980's, he played George Utley, opposite Bob Newhart's character on Newhart.
Ainsi, il rejoint l'United States Air Force en 1941. Il fut accepté à l'école des officiers et finit par monter en grade pour servir en tant que pilote durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale; son avion a même largué des parachutistes lors du Débarquement de Normandie. Tom a servi en Afrique du Nord, en Italie, en France et en Angleterre. Après avoir terminé son service militaire, il commença à apprendre le métier d'acteur à New York.
Après une courte maladie, Tom Poston meurt à Los Angeles en Californie, à l'âge de 85 ans, d'une insuffisance respiratoire.
Il a joué avec les jumeaux Sprouse dans "Une maman formidable" et les retrouve dans un épisode de la série qui en a fait des stars Disney : "La vie de palace de Zack et Cody".
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Birth name Thomas Gordon Poston
Nationality USA
Birth 17 october 1921 at Columbus (USA)
Death 30 april 2007 (at 85 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 17 october 1921 at Columbus (USA)
Death 30 april 2007 (at 85 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Thomas Gordon "Tom" Poston (October 17, 1921 – April 30, 2007) was an American television and film actor. He starred on television in a career that began in 1950. He appeared as a comic actor, game show panelist, comedy/variety show host, film actor, television actor, and Broadway performer. According to USA Today Life editor Dennis Moore, Poston appeared in more sitcoms than any other actor. In the 1980's, he played George Utley, opposite Bob Newhart's character on Newhart.
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Tom Poston est né à Columbus dans l'Ohio. Il est le fils de Margaret et George Poston, qui étaient respectivement une vendeuse de liqueur et un chimiste en laiterie. Après être sorti du collège, Tom est allé au lycée Bethany College en Virginie-Occidentale mais il n'en est pas sorti diplômé.Ainsi, il rejoint l'United States Air Force en 1941. Il fut accepté à l'école des officiers et finit par monter en grade pour servir en tant que pilote durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale; son avion a même largué des parachutistes lors du Débarquement de Normandie. Tom a servi en Afrique du Nord, en Italie, en France et en Angleterre. Après avoir terminé son service militaire, il commença à apprendre le métier d'acteur à New York.
Après une courte maladie, Tom Poston meurt à Los Angeles en Californie, à l'âge de 85 ans, d'une insuffisance respiratoire.
Il a joué avec les jumeaux Sprouse dans "Une maman formidable" et les retrouve dans un épisode de la série qui en a fait des stars Disney : "La vie de palace de Zack et Cody".
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, 1h53Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Political films, Children's films, Films about marriage, Films about royalty
Actors Anne Hathaway, Heather Matarazzo, Julie Andrews, Chris Pine, John Rhys-Davies, Callum Blue
Roles Lord Palimore
Rating58%
Five years after the first film, Crown Princess of Genovia Amelia "Mia" Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) has just graduated from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School and is returning to Genovia with her bodyguard Joe (Héctor Elizondo) and beloved cat Fat Louie. There, she will await her reign once her grandmother, Queen Clarisse (Julie Andrews), steps down as Queen. During Mia's 21st birthday party, she dances with all the eligible bachelors in hope of finding a husband. She becomes attracted to a handsome young gentleman named Nicholas (Chris Pine). During the course of the night, Mia's tiara falls off and is caught by Parliament member Viscount Mabrey (John Rhys-Davies) who secretly plans to steal Mia's crown. While the Parliament is in-session the next morning, Mia stumbles upon a hidden room that allows her to secretly listen in. Viscount Mabrey reveals his nephew, Lord Devereaux, is another heir to the Genovian throne. Despite Queen Clarisse's objection, the only way Mia can assume her duties as Queen is if she marries within the month. Clarisse invites Lord Devereaux to stay at the palace, while Mia is shocked to discover Lord Devereaux is Nicholas. Mia's best friend Lilly Moscovitz (Heather Matarazzo) surprises her by visiting. Together, they pick through potential husbands. Mia eventually chooses Andrew Jacoby (Callum Blue), Duke of Kenilworth and days later they are engaged. Mabrey plans to have Nicholas woo Mia and dissolve the engagement.
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
, 1h38Directed by Joe Roth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Erik Per Sullivan, Julie Gonzalo, Jake Busey
Roles Father Zabriskie
Rating55%
After Riverside, Illinois couple Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (Jamie Lee Curtis) see their daughter, Blair (Julie Gonzalo) depart for a Peace Corps assignment in Peru on the Sunday following Thanksgiving, empty nest syndrome sets in. Luther calculates the couple spent $6,132 during the previous year's holiday season and, not looking forward to celebrating Christmas without their daughter, he suggests they invest the money usually spent on decorations, gifts, and entertainment and treat themselves to a ten-day Caribbean cruise instead. Skeptical at first, Nora finally agrees under the condition that they still give a donation to the church and Children's Hospital. Luther tries to refuse but finally agrees and they begin planning the trip.
Beethoven's 5th (2003)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, L'Or
Actors Dave Thomas, Faith Ford, Daveigh Chase, Tom Poston, Katherine Helmond, John Larroquette
Roles John Giles / Selig
Rating42%
When Sara Newton and Beethoven are sent to spend the summer with Sara's Uncle Freddy (presumably her mom's brother) in an old mining town, the mischievous Beethoven "digs up" a clue to the whereabouts of the legendary, hidden fortune of two bank robbers named Moe and Rita Selig. Now everyone wants to be his best friend as his discovery unleashes a frenzy of treasure hunting among the community's creatures. With help from Uncle Freddie and Garrett (a friend or maybe more), Sara and Beethoven try to help uncover a secret that has been in the crazy little town for years. But he shoots dead the ghosts and is "declared" a hero.
The Story of Us (1999)
, 1h35Directed by Rob Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Red Buttons, Colleen Rennison, Tim Matheson, Jake Sandvig
Roles Harry
Rating60%
Ben Jordan (Bruce Willis) and his wife Katie (Michelle Pfeiffer) have been married for fifteen years; they have two children, Erin (Colleen Rennison) and Josh (Jake Sandvig), a nice home and a comfortable life. Their happy marriage, however, turns into a sham—a performance they deliver daily for the benefit of their children, while behind the scenes they cannot stand each other anymore. Sending their kids off to summer camp, Ben and Katie commence a trial separation, during which both try to recall what it is about the other that led them to fall in love in the first place.
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
, 1h30Directed by Todd Holland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, Zakes Mokae, Lily Tomlin, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Roles Gordon Hargrove
Rating50%
Respected anthropologist James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss) and his wife, Jennifer (Barbara Williams), bring their three children along during their much-enjoyed search in New Guinea for a lost tribe. The search fails, despite the family's best efforts. After Jennifer's death back in the U.S., James falls into academic stagnation, having spent all his foundation grant money raising the children as a single parent. Scheduled to lecture at a college and fearful of being charged with misuse of grant funds, James concocts an imaginary tribe, the Shelmikedmu, using the names of his children as a basis. He later fakes a 16 mm "documentary" film, casting his children as tribe members and superimposing footage of a legitimate New Guinean tribe so as to enhance the illusion.
Fresno (miniseries) (1986)
, 6hDirected by Jeff Bleckner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman, Teri Garr, Charles Grodin, Gregory Harrison, Natalie Gregory
Roles Doc Parseghian
Rating76%
Set in Fresno, California, the story focuses on the once-wealthy Kensington family, whose raisin-growing empire has fallen on hard times. The Kensingtons are led by widowed matriarch Charlotte (Burnett), who is locked in a deadly power struggle with rival raisin magnate Tyler Cane (Coleman).
Carbon Copy (1981)
, 1h32Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Denzel Washington, George Segal, Susan Saint James, Jack Warden, Paul Winfield, Parley Baer
Roles Reverend Hayworth
Rating56%
Roger Porter (Washington) is the long-lost black son of Walter Whitney (Segal), a respectable businessman who lives in the all-white community of San Marino, California. Walter, who is Jewish, has been hiding that fact for purposes of professional advancement in the business which his anti-Semitic father-in-law (Warden) heads.
Directed by Hy Averback
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Lee Purcell, Jack Elam, Gary Lockwood, Burton Gilliam, Zohra Lampert, Jerry Mathers
Roles Omar Krepps
Rating58%
A magical a gold watch with the power to stop time becomes the center of a swindle by a corrupt land baron.
Directed by Hy Averback
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Lee Purcell, Gary Lockwood, Jack Elam, Burton Gilliam, Zohra Lampert, Jerry Mathers
Roles Omar Krepps
Rating58%
A couple have a gold watch that has the power to stop time.
Up the Academy (1980)
, 1h27Directed by Robert Downey Sr.
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Superhero films
Actors Ron Leibman, Ralph Macchio, Tom Poston, King Coleman, Barbara Bach, Ian Wolfe
Roles Sgt. Skip Sisson
Rating47%
At the Sheldon R. Wienberg Academy, four young teens are sent to school and learn the discipline that the school teaches. Almost immediately, they don't like what is going on. Along the way, they plan their own actions from looking for girls to holding a party without the faculty's knowledge. The film's title comes from the fictitious academy itself.
Rabbit Test (1978)
, 1h24Directed by Joan Rivers
Genres Comedy
Actors Billy Crystal, Roddy McDowall, Joan Prather, Alex Rocco, Doris Roberts, Michael Keaton
Roles Minister
Rating31%
Lionel Carpenter is a night-school teacher who has bad luck with women. He remains a virgin until his brash cousin Danny (Alex Rocco) sets him up with a one-night stand. Soon after, Lionel starts feeling nauseated and vomits, eventually doing so onto Segoynia Savaka (Joan Prather), one of his immigrant students. This turns out to be a blessing in disguise, as it gives him an excuse to ask her out on a date, and a romance develops.
The Happy Hooker (1975)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Striptease
Actors Lynn Redgrave, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Conrad Janis, Tom Poston, George Dzundza, Richard Lynch
Roles J. Arthur Conrad
Rating38%
As prostitutes are arrested in New York, a flashback begins to the life of one of them, a Dutch secretary Xaviera Hollander (Redgrave) who moved to New York in hopes of marrying her fiancé Carl (Pryor), whom she met whilst visiting her sister in South Africa.
Cold Turkey (1971)
, 1h39Directed by Robert Downey Sr., Norman Lear
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Paul Benedict, Helen Page Camp, Bob Elliott, Vincent Gardenia
Roles Mr. Stopworth
Rating65%
As part of a public relations and marketing strategy to compare the empathy of Big Tobacco to the nobility of the Nobel Peace Prize, advertising executive Merwin Wren (Bob Newhart) convinces the Valiant Tobacco Company to propose a challenge: a tax-free check for $25,000,000 (equal to $160 775 862 today) to any city or town in America that can stop smoking, or go cold turkey, for thirty days.
The Old Dark House (1963)
, 1h26Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Fenella Fielding
Roles Tom Penderel
Rating54%
Tom Penderel, un américain, installé en Angleterre où il est vendeur de voitures, livre une voiture à un vieux milliardaire excentrique, Jasper Femm, qui vit dans une étrange résidence avec de nombreux membres de sa famille. Or, quand il arrive, on lui annonce que Jasper Femm vient de mourir. Face à la tempête qui se lève, il se voit proposer de passer la nuit dans la résidence des Femm…
Soldier in the Rain (1963)
, 1h36Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill, Tom Poston, Ed Nelson
Roles Lieutenant Magee
Rating65%
Sergeant Eustis Clay (McQueen) is a peacetime soldier who can't wait to finish his service and move on to bigger, better things. He is a personal favorite of Master Sergeant Maxwell Slaughter (Gleason), a military lifer who is considerably brighter than Eustis but enjoys his company and loyalty.