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Vernon Washington is a Actor American born on 10 august 1923 at Hartford (USA)

Vernon Washington

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Birth name Samuel Vernon Washington
Nationality USA
Birth 10 august 1923 at Hartford (USA)
Death 7 june 1988 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Samuel Vernon Washington (August 10, 1927 – June 7, 1988) was an American actor who starred in film and television. He is best known for his roles in the 1984 science fiction movie The Last Starfighter as Otis and in the 1985 horror movie Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as George.

His best known television role was in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generations as Rev. Mills. Vernon had a recurring role on the CBS hit series The Jeffersons as Leroy. Later he appeared in an episode of the hit CBS series, Falcon Crest as Teddy Eubanks, a horse groomer.

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Nick Castle
Nick Castle
(3 films)
Woody Eney
Woody Eney
(2 films)
Charlie Brill
Charlie Brill
(2 films)
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Filmography of Vernon Washington (5 films)

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Friday the 13th: A New Beginning, 1h32
Directed by Danny Steinmann
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Transport films, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Melanie Kinnaman, Shavar Ross, Todd Bryant, Richard Young, Marco St. John, Juliette Cummins
Roles George
Rating48% 2.406042.406042.406042.406042.40604
A young Tommy Jarvis stumbles upon a graveyard while walking through the woods on a rainy night, where he witnesses two grave robbers digging up the corpse of Jason Voorhees. Jason rises from the grave and murders the grave robbers before advancing towards Tommy.
The Last Starfighter, 1h36
Directed by Nick Castle
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Films about computing, Jeu, Comedy science fiction films, Films about video games, Space opera
Actors Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Catherine Mary Stewart, Dan O'Herlihy, Norman Snow, Kay E. Kuter
Roles Otis
Rating66% 3.349173.349173.349173.349173.34917
Alex Rogan is a teenager living in a trailer park with his mother and little brother, Louis. Alex often plays Starfighter, an arcade game in which the player defends "the Frontier" from "Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada" in a space battle. He becomes the game's highest-scoring player, and is approached by the game's inventor, Centauri, who invites him to take a ride. Alex does so, discovering the car is a spacecraft. Centauri is an alien who takes him to the planet Rylos. An android duplicate named Beta takes Alex's place during his absence.
Pray TV
Pray TV (1980)

Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about television
Actors Dabney Coleman, Joyce Jameson, Paul Reubens, Lewis Arquette, Jaime Lyn Bauer, Charles Haid
Roles Jimmy
Rating51% 2.5737652.5737652.5737652.5737652.573765
Failing UHF TV station KRUD, Channel 17, is "reborn" as Christian television station KGOD. The new format is a big success but attracts an incompatible mix of fringe ministries and broadcasters wanting time on the station. A series of humorous vignettes show the different religious shows the station broadcasts: a faith healer, a radical black nationalist preacher, a preacher with a drive-in church, a Christian game show, etc.
The Dark
The Dark (1979)

Directed by Tobe Hooper, John Cardos
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors William Devane, Cathy Lee Crosby, Richard Jaeckel, Keenan Wynn, Jacquelyn Hyde, Biff Elliot
Roles Henry Lydell
Rating42% 2.1098552.1098552.1098552.1098552.109855
Un terrifiant alien, le Mangler, parcourt les rues de Los Angeles, la nuit, tuant et mutilant des victimes humaines choisies au hasard. Un journaliste, par ailleurs père de l'une des victimes, associé à un détective, mène l'enquête mais ne trouve pas grand-chose si ce n'est les révélations d'une mystérieuse médium qui prétend savoir qui est le tueur et comment l'arrêter…