Acting
Charlie Briggs
Born November 13, 1932 · Henderson, North Carolina, USA
Died February 6, 1985 · aged 52
No biography available.
Known For
How the West Was Won · 1962How the West Was Won
★ 7.01962
MovieWestern
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Greased Lightning · 1977Greased Lightning
★ 6.41977
MovieActionComedy
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
A Time for Killing · 1967A Time for Killing
★ 4.81967
MovieWesternWar
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.
Norma Rae · 1979Norma Rae
★ 7.21979
MovieDrama
Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.
Charley Varrick · 1973Charley Varrick
★ 7.41973
MovieCrimeThriller
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
Captain Newman, M.D. · 1963Captain Newman, M.D.
★ 6.71963
MovieComedyDrama
In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.
The Beguiled · 1971The Beguiled
★ 7.01971
MovieThrillerDrama
Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.
Home from the Hill · 1960Home from the Hill
★ 6.91960
MovieDramaRomance
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
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How the West Was Won · 1962How the West Was Won
★ 7.01962
MovieWestern
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
Flying Arrow Barker (uncredited)
Greased Lightning · 1977Greased Lightning
★ 6.41977
MovieActionComedy
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
Race Official (uncredited)
Home from the Hill · 1960Home from the Hill
★ 6.91960
MovieDramaRomance
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
Dick Gibbons (uncredited)
















