Len Birman

Acting

Len Birman

Born January 1, 1932 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died February 10, 2023 · aged 91

Leonard Birman (September 28, 1932 – February 10, 2023) was a Canadian-American actor, who began his career in Montreal. In his 45 years on stage, screen and radio, he portrayed a wide variety of characters, including some choice roles in classical and contemporary theatre. Description above from the Wikipedia article Len Birman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Silver StreakSilver Streak · 1976
Silver Streak
6.71976
MovieComedyCrime
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
Captain AmericaCaptain America · 1979
Captain America
3.91979
MovieActionAdventure
Artist Steve Rogers is nearly murdered by spies, seeking his late father's national secrets. He is saved during surgery via a secret formula; this serum not only heals him but also gives him fantastic strength and lightning reflexes. To help solve the mystery behind his father’s murder and bring those guilty to justice, a government agency equips him with a special motorcycle loaded with gadgets and an indestructible shield. Now armed, he battles against the nation's enemies as the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America.
Captain America II: Death Too SoonCaptain America II: Death Too Soon · 1979
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
3.81979
MovieActionDrama
Crimefighting Captain America rights more wrongs by doing battle with a fanatical terrorist who uses his deadly drug that causes accelerated aging to finance his world revolution.
AssassinAssassin · 1986
Assassin
5.11986
MovieTV MovieScience Fiction
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically built to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable.
PassionsPassions · 1984
Passions
6.81984
MovieDramaTV Movie
A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. And at the same time, wanting to ensure her son's future, she sues his estate for her son's education fund. While they are butting heads, they both discover that they were both deceived by him.
Draw!Draw! · 1984
Draw!
6.51984
MovieComedyWestern
In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.
Web of DeceitWeb of Deceit · 1990
Web of Deceit
4.01990
MovieDramaThriller
After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlanta to argue a controversial rape-murder case. But it's not all work and no play: once there, she reenters high society and has a reunion with an old flame -- who just happens to be the prosecuting attorney on her case. As she investigates her client's claims of innocence, she uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens both her life and her new romance.
The UndergradsThe Undergrads · 1985
The Undergrads
6.51985
MovieComedyFamily
An elderly man discovers that his son wants to put him in an old-age home. However, the old man's grandson refuses to allow it, and the man and his grandson wind up becoming roommates at the boy's college dorm.

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Rocket Robin HoodRocket Robin Hood · 1966
Rocket Robin Hood
6.11966
SeriesAnimation
Rocket Robin Hood is a Canadian animated television series, placing the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a futuristic, outer space setting, produced by Krantz Films, Inc. from 1966 to 1969. For Canadians who grew up between 1966 and 1984, the tale of Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest may be more familiar as the Space Age version, Rocket Robin Hood of Sherwood Asteroid. This descendant of the medieval outlaw, along with his modern-day Merry Men including Little John, Friar Tuck, and Will Scarlet, carries on his ancestor's fight against heavy taxes, tyranny, and all things evil. "Three. Two. One. Blast off! Band of brothers, marching together. Heads held high in all kinds of weather. With fiery blasts, our roaring rockets rise, beyond the Earth, beyond the skies! At the side of Robin, take your stand, with the gallant leader of our band. Send a joyous shout throughout the land! For Rocket Robin Hood!"

Rocket Robin Hood (voice)