Acting

Burnell Tucker

Born February 1, 1934 · Newfoundland, Canada (age 92)

Burnell Tucker (born 1934) is a Canadian actor who appeared in the first two films of the Star Wars original trilogy.

Known For

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

2001: A Space Odyssey · 1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

★ 8.01968

MovieScience FictionMystery

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

Superman · 1978

Superman

★ 7.21978

MovieScience FictionAction

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

The Empire Strikes Back · 1980

The Empire Strikes Back

★ 8.41980

MovieAdventureAction

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

You Only Live Twice · 1967

You Only Live Twice

★ 6.61967

MovieActionThriller

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

★ 8.11964

MovieComedyWar

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.

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Del Goren (uncredited)

Policeman

2001: A Space Odyssey · 1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

★ 8.01968

MovieScience FictionMystery

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

TMA-1 Site Photographer (uncredited)

Superman · 1978

Superman

★ 7.21978

MovieScience FictionAction

Agent

The Empire Strikes Back · 1980

The Empire Strikes Back

★ 8.41980

MovieAdventureAction

Wyron Serper

You Only Live Twice · 1967

You Only Live Twice

★ 6.61967

MovieActionThriller

Hawaii Control Room Technician (uncredited)

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb · 1964

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

★ 8.11964

MovieComedyWar

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

Mandrake' aide (uncredited)

Secret Service Man

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

NASA Man

The Dirty Dozen · 1967

The Dirty Dozen

★ 7.61967

MovieActionAdventure

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Flash Gordon · 1980

Flash Gordon

★ 6.31980

MovieScience FictionAdventure

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Airline Co-Pilot

In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.

Adm. Duke

Rollerball · 1975

Rollerball

★ 6.31975

MovieScience FictionAction

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

Jonathan's Captain of Guard (uncredited)

The Bedford Incident · 1965

The Bedford Incident

★ 7.01965

MovieActionDrama

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.

Seaman 1st Class - Bridge

A Countess from Hong Kong · 1967

A Countess from Hong Kong

★ 6.01967

MovieComedyRomance

A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

Hotel Receptionist

During the Vietnam War U.S. decoder Kate Meredith is plagued with guilt when her husband coerces her to pass information to him and the Viet Cong.

Lawrence

Priest of Love · 1981

Priest of Love

★ 5.01981

MovieDramaRomance

Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."

Earl Brewster

Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault · 1999

Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault

★ 4.01999

MovieAction

When a group of seismologists are taken prison, the forces that be know that there is only one team of rescuers to turn to--the highly elite Delta Force. Upon beginning this difficult mission to track down and save the hostages, the men on the Force are met with several surprises--surprises that lead them to think this may be one mission they cannot get out of.

Admiral Henshaw

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Reporter

A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of her relationship with him as she discovered he had been having an affair with his secretary.

Bailiff

Scream for Help · 1984

Scream for Help

★ 5.21984

MovieHorrorMystery

A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.

Mr. Ralston

U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force · 2001

U.S. Seals II: The Ultimate Force

★ 5.52001

MovieActionAdventure

At a secret Russian nuclear missile base, an ex-U.S. SEAL member is planning to launch a missile strike on the United States, and the only way to stop him is with the best of the best. Because of a natural gas refinery leak, the newly formed team must infiltrate without conventional weapons and use a mixture of martial arts skills, swords, crossbows and unconventional arms in their top secret attack.

Admiral Patterson

On Dangerous Ground · 1996

On Dangerous Ground

★ 5.11996

MovieActionThriller

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.

President

Finders Keepers · 1966

Finders Keepers

★ 6.81966

MovieComedyMusic

Cliff Richard and the Shadows arrive in a small Spanish town for a concert when a U.S. plane accidentally drops a mini-bomb on it. The Shadows look for the bomb to return it.

Pilot

Doctor Who · 2005

Doctor Who

★ 7.62005

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

Old Garner

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

Joseph Berenson

Tales of the Unexpected · 1979

Tales of the Unexpected

★ 6.81979

SeriesDrama

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

Peter Blundell

UFO · 1970

UFO

★ 7.81970

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.

Turner

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Edward

Space Precinct · 1994

Space Precinct

★ 6.21994

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

An NYPD officer transfers his family to a space station.

MIA Commander

The Paradise Club · 1989

The Paradise Club

★ 6.21989

SeriesDramaCrime

Focuses on brothers Frank and Danny Kane. Their mother is the matriarch of a South London criminal gang, assisted by Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club following the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.

Lassiter

Implicated in an enquiry, maverick undercover DI Mick Raynor goes deep undercover to infiltrate dangerous criminal networks, often bending the rules in order to get results.

Official

The Martian Chronicles · 1980

The Martian Chronicles

★ 7.11980

SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy

The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

Bill Wilder