Acting
Ben Masters
Born May 6, 1947 · Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Died January 11, 2023 · aged 75
Benjamin Masters (May 6, 1947 - January 11, 2023) was an American actor, known for Passions (1999), Spy Game (1997) and Noble House (1988).
Known For
All That Jazz · 1979All That Jazz
★ 7.51979
MovieDrama
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
The Deliberate Stranger · 1986The Deliberate Stranger
★ 6.31986
MovieDramaCrime
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Mandingo · 1975Mandingo
★ 6.61975
MovieRomanceDrama
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
The Second Civil War · 1997The Second Civil War
★ 6.11997
MovieDramaComedy
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.
Illusions · 1983Illusions
★ 7.01983
MovieThrillerTV Movie
An American fashion designer is told that her husband has been killed in an air crash near France. However, she starts to believe that everything is not as it appears.
Making Mr. Right · 1987Making Mr. Right
★ 5.21987
MovieComedyRomance
When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.
Demon and the Mummy · 1976Demon and the Mummy
★ 6.01976
MovieTV MovieHorror
The second of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Demon In Lace (about a succubus who murders young men to maintain her immortality) and Legacy of Terror (about an Aztec cult that seeks to resurrect their god by murdering physically perfect people) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.
Running Mates · 1992Running Mates
★ 5.81992
MovieComedyRomance
Hugh Hathaway was captain of the high school football team when Aggie Snow first went giddy over him. Now, he's a successful senator running for president and she's an award-winning children's author. They may clash on some political issues, but they can agree on one thing: they're falling in love. Aggie isn't sure she's ready to become anyone's first lady, let alone the country's but she's soon seduced by the smiling senator and introduced as his bride-to-be to the nation. Unfortunately for the White House hopefuls, someone has film footage of Aggie from the Nixon Years, showing her in a series of compromising positions which could compromise Hugh's chances of winning. Will the two running mates ruin into in a brick wall — or will love conquer all before election day?
Movies
All That Jazz · 1979All That Jazz
★ 7.51979
MovieDrama
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
The Deliberate Stranger · 1986The Deliberate Stranger
★ 6.31986
MovieDramaCrime
Based on a true story, this film depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Mandingo · 1975Mandingo
★ 6.61975
MovieRomanceDrama
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
The Second Civil War · 1997The Second Civil War
★ 6.11997
MovieDramaComedy
When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.
Illusions · 1983Illusions
★ 7.01983
MovieThrillerTV Movie
An American fashion designer is told that her husband has been killed in an air crash near France. However, she starts to believe that everything is not as it appears.
Making Mr. Right · 1987Making Mr. Right
★ 5.21987
MovieComedyRomance
When image consultant Frankie Stone is hired by a tech company to teach a scientist’s “Ulysses Robot” how to be a man, she winds up developing very real feelings for the faux human.
Demon and the Mummy · 1976Demon and the Mummy
★ 6.01976
MovieTV MovieHorror
The second of two Kolchak: The Night Stalker compilation TV films. It combines two episodes of the Kolchak TV series, Demon In Lace (about a succubus who murders young men to maintain her immortality) and Legacy of Terror (about an Aztec cult that seeks to resurrect their god by murdering physically perfect people) and adds new narration by Darren McGavin.
Running Mates · 1992Running Mates
★ 5.81992
MovieComedyRomance
Hugh Hathaway was captain of the high school football team when Aggie Snow first went giddy over him. Now, he's a successful senator running for president and she's an award-winning children's author. They may clash on some political issues, but they can agree on one thing: they're falling in love. Aggie isn't sure she's ready to become anyone's first lady, let alone the country's but she's soon seduced by the smiling senator and introduced as his bride-to-be to the nation. Unfortunately for the White House hopefuls, someone has film footage of Aggie from the Nixon Years, showing her in a series of compromising positions which could compromise Hugh's chances of winning. Will the two running mates ruin into in a brick wall — or will love conquer all before election day?
The Neighborhood · 1982The Neighborhood
★ 7.01982
MovieTV MovieDrama
A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
Key Exchange · 1985Key Exchange
★ 5.01985
MovieComedyRomance
A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys.
The Keys · 1992The Keys
★ 8.01992
MovieCrimeDrama
Brothers, shipped off by their divorced New York mom to live with their businessman dad in the Florida Keys, find him caught up in a land war against a drug lord and developer who wants to build a massive casino complex.
Kate's Secret · 1986Kate's Secret
★ 6.31986
MovieTV MovieDrama
A beautiful woman married to a successful lawyer and the perfect suburban mother turns out to be a closeted bulimic.
One of Our Own · 1975One of Our Own
★ 10.01975
MovieDramaTV Movie
Dr Jake Goodwin is the chief neurosurgeon at a busy city hospital. As he makes his rounds, Goodwin becomes involved in a vast array of medical cases. Problems arise when a top doctor is brought in seriously injured after a car crash, and Goodwin must deal with the doctor's own personal physician who wants to avoid a scandal. At the same time Goodwin's own son is brought in with a life threatening condition. This film was the pilot for the TV series Doctor's Hospital.
Dream Lover · 1986Dream Lover
★ 4.31986
MovieHorrorCrime
After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected results.
A Time to Heal · 1994A Time to Heal
★ 9.01994
MovieDramaTV Movie
A paralyzed mother recovers from a stroke during childbirth with care from her husband.
Street of Dreams · 1988Street of Dreams
★ 5.01988
MovieActionThriller
The film follows a laid-back private investigator Kyd Thomas who gets thrust into Hollywood's world of crime after he meets Laura Cassidy. Laura is a cocaine addict who Kyd saves from being beaten and raped.
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion · 1994Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
★ 7.31994
MovieActionThriller
An experienced member of Texas Rangers, a special police unit, arrives to compete in a pistol shooting tournament, but so does a hitman who's planing to assassinate a US senator who will be among the spectators.
The Shadow Box · 1980The Shadow Box
★ 5.01980
MovieTV MovieDrama
Over the course of a day in a California hospice, three terminally ill patients are observed with their families reflecting on life and death.
Lady Killer · 1995Lady Killer
★ 3.71995
MovieThrillerTV Movie
Married woman has brief affair with younger man who turns violent when she breaks it off.
Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife · 1993Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife
★ 6.11993
MovieCrimeTV Movie
Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital. After a long investigation, Sloan and fellow detectives Dr Bentley and Dr Parker discover her motive: Years ago, Cabot had caused a hit-and-run accident that put her daughter into coma. But how did Dr Walters manage to pass the deadly bacteria on to the senator in front of TV cameras?
TV Shows
Diagnosis: Murder · 1993Diagnosis: Murder
★ 7.11993
SeriesDramaFamily
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
Murder, She Wrote · 1984Murder, She Wrote
★ 7.51984
SeriesMysteryCrime
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Kojak · 1973Kojak
★ 7.21973
SeriesCrime
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Touched by an Angel · 1994Touched by an Angel
★ 7.21994
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
Walker, Texas Ranger · 1993Walker, Texas Ranger
★ 7.01993
SeriesDramaWestern
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee injury, and now owns "C.D.'s," a Country/Western saloon/restaurant. Rookie Ranger, James "Jimmy" Trivette is an ex-football player who bases his crime-solving methods on reason and uses computers and cellular phones. Alex Cahill is the Assistant DA who shares a mutual attraction with Walker, but often disagrees with his unorthodox approach to law enforcement.
Passions · 1999Passions
★ 7.61999
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
Passions is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC from July 5, 1999 to September 7, 2007 and on The 101 Network from September 17, 2007 to August 7, 2008.
Passions follows the lives and loves, and various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of Harmony. Story-lines center around the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families — the African American Russells, white Cranes and Bennetts, and half-Mexican half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds — as well as the supernatural including town witch Tabitha Lenox.
Created by writer James E. Reilly and produced by NBC Studios, the series was subsequently picked up by direct broadcast satellite service DirecTV, which broadcast new episodes airing on its exclusive channel The 101. In December 2007, DirecTV decided not to renew its contract for the series, and the studio was unable to sell the show elsewhere. The final episode aired on DirecTV on August 7, 2008.
American Playhouse · 1982American Playhouse
★ 6.61982
SeriesDramaComedy
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker · 1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker
★ 7.71974
SeriesDramaMystery
Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues · 1993Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
★ 6.71993
SeriesDrama
Like his legendary namesake, Kwai Chang Caine is a warrior monk, operating a Shaolin temple in Northern California. After an evil priest, Tan, destroys the temple, Caine and his young son, Peter each believe the other has perished. The two embark on very different paths -- Caine wanders the Earth, while Peter is a cop. When fate brings the two together, they work to overcome their differing philosophies to battle Tan, and then to help the innocent and bring justice to the new Wild West -- 90s urban America.
Petrocelli · 1974Petrocelli
★ 7.21974
SeriesDrama
Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American Harvard-educated lawyer who gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in the American Southwest. He and wife Maggie live in a trailer in the country while waiting for their new house to be built, and travel around in a beat-up old pickup truck. For a quiet rural area, Petrocelli seems to have no trouble running into his share of murderers to defend.
Another World · 1964Another World
★ 5.51964
Series
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Phillips said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.” Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.
HeartBeat · 1988HeartBeat
★ 3.81988
SeriesDrama
The professional and private lives of the predominantly female staff of the Women's Medical Arts, a progressive clinic with a mandate to breathe new life into the doctor-patient relationship.
The Deliberate Stranger · 1986The Deliberate Stranger
1986
SeriesCrimeDrama
Based on a true story, this miniseries depicts the life of Ted Bundy, the serial killer. In 1974, after having murdered several young women, he leaves Seattle for Utah, where he is a law student and where other girls disappear. It takes the cooperation of a number of police forces to work efficiently on this case. Soon, but not soon enough, the police eliminate endless possibilities and close in on him. Bundy is tried in the media and his good-boy attitude brings him sympathy but also the hatred of many.
Noble House · 1988Noble House
★ 7.11988
SeriesDramaMystery
Despite its impressive history and reputation, the international trading company Struan's is in trouble. Overextended by the previous management, new tai-pan Ian Dunross has had to issue public stock to improve the company's financial standing. Even this, however, has not given him the capital he needs. As a result, he is courting a private investor, American billionaire Linc Bartlett. Bartlett decides secretly to back Dunross' arch enemy, Quillian Gornt, who will stop at nothing to destroy Struan's. When Dunross realises that Gornt is suddenly strong enough to ruin the Noble House, he must urgently forge new alliances or reshape ancient ones.
Loose Change · 1978Loose Change
★ 10.01978
SeriesDrama
Follows a trio of women at UC Berkeley—journalist Kate, activist Jenny, and artist Tanya—as they navigate the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, and radical cultural shifts.
Cruel Doubt · 1992Cruel Doubt
★ 4.81992
SeriesCrimeDrama
A college student and two friends are accused of murdering one's stepfather and injuring his mother whom refuses to believe her son had anything to do with the attack.
Celebrity · 1984Celebrity
★ 6.71984
SeriesDrama
Three high school buddies – Kleber, Mack and T.J. – are involved in a night of horrific violence. While only one is the perpetrator, the others do nothing. The victim dies, and the trio hide the body and promise to never speak of it again. 25 years later, Kleber is a world-famous journalist, Mack is a movie star, and T.J. is a demagogic evangelist who runs a controversial church. They meet once more in the place where the fateful night took place, and it ends in tragedy.
Sisters · 1991Sisters
★ 7.21991
SeriesDramaComedy
The Reed sisters of Winnetka, Illinois, are a close-knit group. Alex, Georgie, Teddy, and Frankie navigate the waters of life's triumphs and tragedies with the help of their mom, Bea. And no matter what befalls them, they know they can count on their sisters to help pull them through. (Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama.)