Acting

William Forward

Born May 24, 1949 · Santa Monica, California, USA (age 77)

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Known For

Spontaneous CombustionSpontaneous Combustion · 1989
Spontaneous Combustion
★ 4.71989
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A young man learns that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before his birth, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
D.O.A.D.O.A. · 1988
D.O.A.
★ 6.31988
MovieMysteryThriller
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd StoryRise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story · 1994
Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
★ 6.01994
MovieHistoryDrama
The true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
Moving ViolationsMoving Violations · 1985
Moving Violations
★ 5.41985
MovieComedy
A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.
Born YesterdayBorn Yesterday · 1993
Born Yesterday
★ 5.31993
MovieComedyRomance
A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgirl's lack of etiquette may damage his own social reputation and tries to change her — but fails to realise that her enhanced eloquence will empower her to voice her own strong opinions.
My First MisterMy First Mister · 2001
My First Mister
★ 6.62001
MovieComedyDrama
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
BeautifulBeautiful · 2000
Beautiful
★ 5.82000
MovieComedyDrama
Headstrong Mona Hubbard is fiercely driven to capture the coveted Miss American Miss beauty award, but an unusual circumstance teams her with a soccer-playing, deep-dimpled little girl named Vanessa.
'Til There Was You'Til There Was You · 1997
'Til There Was You
★ 4.11997
MovieComedyRomance
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.

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Leon's CaseLeon's Case · 1982
Leon's Case
★ 8.01982
MovieComedyDrama
It is the story of a pacifist of the 60s, who, after living as a deserter for twelve years, decides to hand himself over to the authorities and face a legitimate political trial. Surprisingly, he discovers that no one cares who he is and what he has done. Emerging from his dirty basement, Leon realizes that the FBI has stopped looking for him and that President Carter has granted an amnesty. The old companions have become employees, their only "commitment" is now the family. The students of the universities refuse any political appeal. During an incredible party, given in his honor, Leon accuses his old friends of having stopped worrying, they tell him that life is much more complex than they believed in their youth. Having cut his hair, Leon also looks for a job. What he will be able to find, however, is the surprise of the last lines of the film.

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