Acting

Phil Leeds

Born April 6, 1916

Died August 16, 1998 · aged 82

Phil Leeds (April 6, 1916 – August 16, 1998) was an American character actor. He appeared in many movies and television series, including guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Maude, The Monkees, Friends, Barney Miller, The Golden Girls, Everybody Loves Raymond, Boy Meets World and more. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Leeds, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribu…

Known For

Ghost

MovieFantasyRomance

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby · 1968

Rosemary's Baby

MovieDramaHorror

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny · 1991

Frankie and Johnny

MovieDramaRomance

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.

Silent Movie

Silent Movie · 1976

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

Beaches

Beaches · 1988

MovieComedyDrama

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Soapdish

Soapdish · 1991

Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.

All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas · 1991

All I Want For Christmas

MovieFamilyDrama

Siblings Ethan and Hallie O'Fallon plot to get their divorced parents back together in time for Christmas.

Filmography

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Ghost

MovieFantasyRomance

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Emergency Room Ghost

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby · 1968

Rosemary's Baby

MovieDramaHorror

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Dr. Shand

Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny · 1991

Frankie and Johnny

MovieDramaRomance

When Johnny is released from prison following a forgery charge, he quickly lands a job as a short-order cook at a New York diner. Following a brief fling with waitress Cora, he develops an attraction for Cora's friend and fellow waitress Frankie. While Frankie resists Johnny's charms initially, she eventually relents when her best friend, Tim, persuades her to give Johnny a chance.

Mr. DeLeon

Silent Movie

Silent Movie · 1976

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with an idea for a silent movie. In an effort to make the movie more marketable, they attempt to recruit a number of big name stars to appear, while the studio's creditors attempt to thwart them.

Waiter (uncredited)

Beaches

Beaches · 1988

MovieComedyDrama

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Sammy Pinkers

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Dog Catcher

Soapdish

Soapdish · 1991

Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, plot to aggravate her into leaving the show by bringing back her old flame, Jeffrey Anderson, and hiring her beautiful young niece, Lori Craven.

Old Man

All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas · 1991

All I Want For Christmas

MovieFamilyDrama

Siblings Ethan and Hallie O'Fallon plot to get their divorced parents back together in time for Christmas.

Mr. Feld

Clean Slate

Clean Slate · 1994

MovieComedyMystery

Pogue is a private eye with a problem: every morning when he wakes up, he has total amnesia, waking up with a 'blank slate'. Since he is in the middle of a hot investigation and has a developing romance, this is less than convenient.

Landlord

History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I · 1981

History of the World: Part I

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Chief Monk - The Spanish Inquisition

Two Much

Two Much · 1995

MovieComedyRomance

A struggling Miami art gallerist incurs the wrath of a mobster when he becomes accidentally engaged to his flighty ex-wife, but he falls in love with the woman's sister, so he invents a twin brother and plays both parts to satisfy the women.

The Lincoln Brigade

Lost & Found

Lost & Found · 1999

MovieComedyRomance

In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, Dylan Ramsey dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and become a hero.

Mr. Elderly Couple

Krippendorf's Tribe

Krippendorf's Tribe · 1998

Krippendorf's Tribe

MovieComedyFamily

After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.

Dr. Harvey

He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said · 1991

He Said, She Said

MovieComedyDrama

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions alongside each other, which leads to a similarly combative local TV show. At the same time their initial indifference to each other looks like it may evolve into something more romantic.

Mr. Spepk

Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story · 1989

Enemies, a Love Story

MovieComedyDrama

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife.

Peeheles

Cat Chaser

Cat Chaser · 1989

MovieActionThriller

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought many years back.

Jerry Shea

Don't Drink the Water

Don't Drink the Water · 1969

Don't Drink the Water

The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.

Sam Blackwell

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! · 1975

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

MovieComedyTV Movie

TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical about the Man of Steel, his friends, his enemies, and his self-image problems.

MIT Technician

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie · 1984

Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie

MovieComedyHorror

The descendants of Baron Frankenstein return to the family castle to search for the family fortune that is supposed to be hidden there.

Banker Schlockmocker

Murder by Natural Causes

Murder by Natural Causes · 1979

Murder by Natural Causes

MovieMysteryCrime

An elaborate mystery involving a famous mentalist, his unfaithful wife who is trying to literally scare him to death, the best friend of the family, and the wife's ham-actor lover -- not only an intriguing who- (or whether) dunit, but also a literate, adult dramatic puzzle with an endless series of twists.

Eddie, Private Detective

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back · 1988

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

MovieComedyFantasy

Eddie and his family have just inherited a spooky wreck of a house. What they do not know about the house is that it was built over an evil passage way, but they are soon to discover the wacky evil it releases.

Leonard

The Haunting of Harrington House

The Haunting of Harrington House · 1981

The Haunting of Harrington House

MovieFamilyMystery

A young woman who lives in a supposedly haunted house finds that her camera is picking up images of ghosts, and soon strange spirits begin to appear to her.

Uncle Max

Wings

MovieDramaTV Movie

An elderly woman, a former aviatrix, is gradually recovering from a stroke.

Brownstein

Mastermind

Mastermind · 1976

MovieComedyThriller

Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas. The inspector has delusions that he is a great Samurai warrior and the movie flashes back and forth between present day and ancient times.

Israeli Agent #2

Friends

Friends · 1994

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

Mr. Adelman

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.

Husband

Coach

Hayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.

Man

The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls · 1985

The Golden Girls

Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely, mismatched ladies form the perfect circle of friends.

Guido

American Playhouse

American Playhouse · 1982

American Playhouse

SeriesDramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Brownstein

Alice

SeriesComedyDrama

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.

Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond · 1996

Everybody Loves Raymond

Ray Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, live directly across the street.

Uncle Mel

Wings

SeriesComedyDrama

Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.

Lou

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show · 1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.

Blackie Sorrell

Mannix

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

Professor Wilson

Happy Days

Happy Days · 1974

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

J. Jackie Silver

Love, American Style

Love, American Style · 1969

Love, American Style

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.

Uncle George

Night Court

Night Court · 1984

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

Arnold Koppelson

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E. · 1976

SeriesCrimeDrama

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

Matlock

Matlock · 1986

SeriesDramaCrime

Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom scenes.

Marty Willis

Ellen

Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work and family.

Comedian

Mad About You

Mad About You · 1992

Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.

Vacky

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey · 1982

SeriesCrimeDrama

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.

Benny Lewis

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World · 1993

Boy Meets World

SeriesDramaComedy

The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.

Phil

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch · 1975

Starsky & Hutch

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.

The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show · 1992

The Larry Sanders Show

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

Sid Bessel

ALF

SeriesComedyFamily

A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.

Jack

Caroline in the City

Caroline in the City · 1995

Caroline in the City

SeriesComedyDrama

Caroline Duffy is a successful cartoonist in Manhattan whose eclectic friends are sometimes the subjects of her comic strip.

Walter

Barney Miller

Barney Miller · 1975

Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.

Arthur Bloom