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Wayne Crawford

Born February 11, 1947 · Geneva, New York, USA

Died April 30, 2016 · aged 69

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wayne Crawford is an American film and television actor, and film producer, screenwriter, and director. Crawford has appeared in nearly thirty films, produced 15, written 9, and directed 7. Crawford received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University and has served at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts teaching directing f…

Known For

Diary of a Hitman

Diary of a Hitman · 1991

Diary of a Hitman

MovieCrimeDrama

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.

Valley Girl

Valley Girl · 1983

MovieComedyRomance

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Night of the Comet

Night of the Comet · 1984

Night of the Comet

MovieComedyHorror

After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Valley Girl

Valley Girl · 2020

MovieComedyRomance

Set to a new wave '80s soundtrack, Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Barracuda

Barracuda · 1978

MovieHorrorThriller

Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.

Jake Speed

Jake Speed · 1986

MovieActionComedy

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.

Peacemaker

Peacemaker · 1990

MovieScience FictionAction

Two aliens arrive on Earth trying to kill each other. This is not easy, since they seem to be able to regenerate lost body parts and survive bullet wounds. Both of them happen to meet a young pathologist Dori Caisson, and each alien tells her that he is a peacemaker (an intergalactic cop) and that the other one is a bad guy. Whom can she trust?

3:15 the Moment of Truth

3:15 the Moment of Truth · 1986

3:15 the Moment of Truth

MovieActionCrime

Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. Everyone except for Jeff Hanna.

Filmography

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Diary of a Hitman

Diary of a Hitman · 1991

Diary of a Hitman

MovieCrimeDrama

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.

Wallace

Valley Girl

Valley Girl · 1983

MovieComedyRomance

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Writer

Night of the Comet

Night of the Comet · 1984

Night of the Comet

MovieComedyHorror

After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Producer

Valley Girl

Valley Girl · 2020

MovieComedyRomance

Set to a new wave '80s soundtrack, Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Story

Barracuda

Barracuda · 1978

MovieHorrorThriller

Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.

Producer

Jake Speed

Jake Speed · 1986

MovieActionComedy

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.

Screenplay

Peacemaker

Peacemaker · 1990

MovieScience FictionAction

Two aliens arrive on Earth trying to kill each other. This is not easy, since they seem to be able to regenerate lost body parts and survive bullet wounds. Both of them happen to meet a young pathologist Dori Caisson, and each alien tells her that he is a peacemaker (an intergalactic cop) and that the other one is a bad guy. Whom can she trust?

Producer

3:15 the Moment of Truth

3:15 the Moment of Truth · 1986

3:15 the Moment of Truth

MovieActionCrime

Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. Everyone except for Jeff Hanna.

Draper

Servants of Twilight

Servants of Twilight · 1991

Servants of Twilight

MovieHorrorThriller

Based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz, this action packed thriller features Bruce Greenwood as a private detective hired to protect a little boy from a fanatical religious cult that believe he is the antichrist fortold in the book of Revelations.

Executive Producer

The Crime Lords

The Crime Lords · 1991

The Crime Lords

MovieActionCrime

Two ex-cops find themselves alone in their fight against the largest crime syndicate in the world - the Crime Lords. The action takes us from the streets of Los Angeles to the back alleys of Hong Kong in this buddy movie.

Director

Forget About It

Forget About It · 2006

Forget About It

MovieDramaComedy

Welcome to Sunrise Village, a little piece of trailer park heaven where retired war vets Sam, Carl and Eddie are enjoying their golden Years while vying for the affection of their sexy neighbor. When they stumble upon a stash of mob money, they find themselves on the run from the Mafia and the Feds in this hilarious farce about the myth that age brings wisdom.

Marshal Cimino

Dog Days of Summer

Dog Days of Summer · 2007

Dog Days of Summer

MovieDramaThriller

A mysterious drifter lures two boys into uncovering the secrets of a sleepy southern town.

Quincy Patch

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve · 2001

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

MovieDramaAction

LA's finest have crossed the thin blue line between Cop and Criminal. Based on a true story.

Sgt. Sextram

Snake Island

Snake Island · 2002

MovieActionHorror

A group of American tourists heading down an African river make a brief stop at Snake Island, an island that has been virtually abandoned for years. When they end up getting trapped on the island overnight, they find thousands of deadly snakes intent on reclaiming the tropical island for themselves.

Director

Rising Storm

Rising Storm · 1989

MovieActionComedy

The year is 2099. The United States is ruled by the Reverend Jimmy Joe II, in a dictatorship where big guns and fundamentalist religion are used to keep the masses in control. The Reverend's troopers patrol the streets and the slums with assault rifles, ready to prevent any trouble from the revolutionary Kropfelders.

Joe Gage

Headhunter

Headhunter · 1989

MovieHorrorThriller

A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, so he starts crashing on the couch of his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others.

Pete Giullani

White Ghost

White Ghost · 1988

July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.

Producer

Sweet Bird of Aquarius

Sweet Bird of Aquarius · 1970

Sweet Bird of Aquarius

MovieDramaRomance

A TV cameraman is having marital problems with his beautiful blonde wife. He comes up with the idea of going to a nudist camp as a way to help with their marital and sexual problems.

Producer

Cheering Section

Cheering Section · 1977

Cheering Section

A high school football star tries to romance the new girl at the school who happens to be his coach's daughter.

Writer

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things · 1971

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things

Two eccentric fugitives become roommates in Miami to avoid the law, while one dresses in drag as the other's aunt, leading to deception and murder.

Stanley

God's Bloody Acre

God's Bloody Acre · 1975

God's Bloody Acre

MovieDramaHorror

Three mountain men live a simple life in a forest, until a construction crew shows up to make a park, and the men are prepared to defend their land and lifestyle by any means necessary.

Writer

Trade Off

Trade Off · 1995

MovieDramaRomance

A man has an affair with a mysterious woman and shares with her his desire to end his troubled marriage. When his wife is found dead, his lover admits to the killing and persuades him to kill her husband in return.

Executive Producer

The Evil Below

The Evil Below · 1989

MovieHorrorMystery

A down-on-his-luck sea captain goes treasure hunting for a wrecked Spanish galleon that is rumored to be cursed by God and protected by supernatural forces.

Director

Tomcats

Tomcats · 1977

MovieCrimeDrama

When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.

Writer