Ken Wahl

Acting

Ken Wahl

Born October 31, 1954 · Chicago, Illinois, USA (age 71)

Ken Wahl (born February 14, 1957) is a retired American film and television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s, best known for the CBS television crime drama Wiseguy. A severe injury in 1992 effectively ended his acting career. Wahl's best known movies are probably The Wanderers and The Taking of Beverly Hills.

Known For

The WanderersThe Wanderers · 1979
The Wanderers
6.91979
MovieDrama
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Fort Apache, the BronxFort Apache, the Bronx · 1981
Fort Apache, the Bronx
6.51981
MovieCrimeDrama
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tough cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
Purple HeartsPurple Hearts · 1984
Purple Hearts
5.81984
MovieDramaWar
A Navy surgeon and a nurse fall in love while serving in Vietnam during the war. Their affection for one another provides a striking contrast to the violence of warfare.
The FavorThe Favor · 1994
The Favor
4.91994
MovieComedyRomance
On the eve of her high school reunion, bored housewife Kathy convinces her single best friend Emily to seduce her old flame Tom, so she can get all the juicy details. But when Emily falls for Tom, it's like high school all over again!
The Dirty Dozen: Next MissionThe Dirty Dozen: Next Mission · 1985
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
6.31985
MovieActionWar
Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
The Taking of Beverly HillsThe Taking of Beverly Hills · 1991
The Taking of Beverly Hills
5.21991
MovieAction
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables. Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city's mayor had just been blown away, by one of the chief crooks in charge. Now both on the run with no help in sight...both must do whatever they can to stop these murderous looters.
Race for the Yankee ZephyrRace for the Yankee Zephyr · 1981
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
5.91981
MovieActionAdventure
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand, hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When word gets around, a gang of crooks turns up and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there is 50 million dollars of gold in the wreck. Gibbie, his partner and helicopter pilot Barney, and his daughter Sally, are caught up in a race for the Yankee Zephyr.
The SoldierThe Soldier · 1982
The Soldier
5.31982
MovieActionDrama
Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

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