Acting
Lee Purcell
Born June 15, 1947 · Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, United States (age 79)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lee Purcell (born Lee Jeune Williams; June 15, 1947) is an American actress and writer-producer who has starred in films including Mr. Majestyk, Big Wednesday, Stir Crazy, and Valley Girl. She has also appeared in numerous television and stage productions. She later appeared in such popular television series as Bonanza, Barnaby Jones and The Love Boat. A…
Known For
Stir Crazy · 1980Stir Crazy
★ 6.51980
MovieComedyCrime
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
Valley Girl · 1983Valley Girl
★ 6.01983
MovieComedyRomance
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
The Incredible Hulk Returns · 1988The Incredible Hulk Returns
★ 6.31988
MovieActionDrama
Years after the end of the original series, David Banner continues his wandering search for a cure for the condition that turns him into the Hulk. He reunites with former colleague Don Blake, unaware of his mystical connection to Thor. When a criminal organization threatens their lives, Banner is forced to unleash the Hulk once again, marking the character’s return after the series finale.
Mr. Majestyk · 1974Mr. Majestyk
★ 6.81974
MovieActionCrime
A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
Big Wednesday · 1978Big Wednesday
★ 6.91978
MovieDramaComedy
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Homework · 1982Homework
★ 3.41982
MovieComedyDrama
Good-looking but virginal "rockstar" teen Tommy tries to score with some of the local high school girls. But a classmate's mom decides to make a man out of him.
Dirty Little Billy · 1972Dirty Little Billy
★ 5.01972
MovieWestern
Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the notorious outlaw Billy The Kid.
Eddie Macon's Run · 1983Eddie Macon's Run
★ 5.91983
MovieDramaAction
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.
Movies
Stir Crazy · 1980Stir Crazy
★ 6.51980
MovieComedyCrime
New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.
Valley Girl · 1983Valley Girl
★ 6.01983
MovieComedyRomance
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
The Incredible Hulk Returns · 1988The Incredible Hulk Returns
★ 6.31988
MovieActionDrama
Years after the end of the original series, David Banner continues his wandering search for a cure for the condition that turns him into the Hulk. He reunites with former colleague Don Blake, unaware of his mystical connection to Thor. When a criminal organization threatens their lives, Banner is forced to unleash the Hulk once again, marking the character’s return after the series finale.
Mr. Majestyk · 1974Mr. Majestyk
★ 6.81974
MovieActionCrime
A melon farmer battles organized crime and a hit man who wants to kill him.
Big Wednesday · 1978Big Wednesday
★ 6.91978
MovieDramaComedy
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Homework · 1982Homework
★ 3.41982
MovieComedyDrama
Good-looking but virginal "rockstar" teen Tommy tries to score with some of the local high school girls. But a classmate's mom decides to make a man out of him.
Dirty Little Billy · 1972Dirty Little Billy
★ 5.01972
MovieWestern
Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the notorious outlaw Billy The Kid.
Eddie Macon's Run · 1983Eddie Macon's Run
★ 5.91983
MovieDramaAction
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.
J.L. Family Ranch · 2016J.L. Family Ranch
★ 6.02016
MovieDramaWestern
A veteran rancher and former sheriff, forced to face some federal bureaucracy when an old enemy-cum-millionaire alleges he doesn't actually own his beloved family ranch in a small Texas town.
Love at First Glance · 2017Love at First Glance
★ 5.72017
MovieDramaTV Movie
After journalist Mary Landers is assigned to write a Valentine's Day story about "The Meaning of Love," her long-time boyfriend breaks up with her. On her train ride home, she finds herself trading glances with a handsome stranger who, as he exits the train, leaves his phone behind.
Stranger in Our House · 1979Stranger in Our House
★ 5.31979
MovieHorrorTV Movie
After a country family of five take in charming cousin Julie, whose parents recently died in a car crash, their teenage daughter Rachel grows to suspect that Julie has a sinister agenda.
Kid Blue · 1973Kid Blue
★ 6.91973
MovieComedyWestern
Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.
Murder Works Overtime · 1974Murder Works Overtime
1974
MovieHorrorMystery
An advertising artist with a large amount of cash finds herself the latest target of a vicious killer.
The Gambler · 1980The Gambler
★ 5.91980
MovieWesternTV Movie
This Western adventure, inspired by Kenny Rogers' hit song, tells how fictional gambler Brady Hawkes, going in search of a young son he never knew he had, teams up with an impetuous young admirer and a shady lady on his journey, which also involves him with an arrogant railroad owner and a gang of villains.
Kids vs Monsters · 2015Kids vs Monsters
★ 4.02015
MovieFantasy
The six richest people in the world each have one thing still dragging them down.. their intolerable kids. Luckily, there is a mysterious entity that is happy to help. See, he has some monsters of his own and they are just dying to test out their skills.. One house. Six kids. Seven monsters. Who will be left standing? It's time for a showdown.. it's Kids Vs Monsters!
Adam at Six A.M. · 1970Adam at Six A.M.
★ 4.91970
MovieDrama
A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the funeral, then decides to spend the summer there and work as a laborer for a power-line company. In time, he meets a girl and falls in love but then faces an important decision as to which direction he wants his life to go.
Plight · 2025Plight
2025
MovieAdventureDrama
In an alternate dystopian reality, a forsaken brotherhood of young men diagnosed with autism embarks on a treacherous journey to get life-saving medication for their caregiver.
To Heal a Nation · 1988To Heal a Nation
★ 6.01988
MovieTV MovieDrama
The true story of Jan Scruggs, an embittered Vietnam veteran who returns from the war a broken man. However, with the help of his loving wife Becky, he begins to find a new life for himself, and a personal goal when he agrees to begin a determined campaign to raise funds for a veteran's memorial.
Long Road Home · 1991Long Road Home
★ 6.51991
MovieDramaTV Movie
A drama depicting the trials of a family of share croppers.
Almost Summer · 1978Almost Summer
★ 5.31978
MovieComedy
In the last weeks of a Southern California high school year, Bobby DeVito recruits shy newcomer Darryl to run against his popular ex-girlfriend Christine for student body president, turning a simple election into a nasty campaign of revenge and dirty tricks.
The Amazing Howard Hughes · 1977The Amazing Howard Hughes
★ 6.41977
MovieDramaTV Movie
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Space Rage · 1985Space Rage
★ 4.11985
MovieScience FictionWestern
In this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping.
Stand Up and Be Counted · 1972Stand Up and Be Counted
★ 7.01972
MovieComedyDrama
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
Killing at Hell's Gate · 1981Killing at Hell's Gate
★ 6.31981
MovieActionThriller
A whitewater rafting party is terrorized by a group of loggers who, after accidentally killing one of the rafters in a drunken session of target practice, decide to eliminate the rest of the witnesses.
TV Shows
MacGyver · 1985MacGyver
★ 7.71985
SeriesDrama
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him.
Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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.
Magnum, P.I. · 1980Magnum, P.I.
★ 7.31980
SeriesCrimeDrama
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Hawaii Five-O · 1968Hawaii Five-O
★ 7.21968
SeriesDrama
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Matlock · 1986Matlock
★ 7.11986
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.
The Waltons · 1972The Waltons
★ 7.21972
SeriesDrama
The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction · 1997Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
★ 7.21997
SeriesDocumentaryMystery
Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.
The Rockford Files · 1974The Rockford Files
★ 7.61974
SeriesCrimeDrama
Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con sent to the slammer for a crime he didn't commit, Rockford takes on cases others don't want, aided by his tough old man, his lawyer girlfriend and some shady associates from his past.
Cannon · 1971Cannon
★ 6.71971
SeriesDrama
Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones.
Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
Medical Center · 1969Medical Center
★ 6.41969
SeriesDrama
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
Due South · 1994Due South
★ 7.61994
SeriesDramaCrime
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
Jake and the Fatman · 1987Jake and the Fatman
★ 6.21987
SeriesDramaCrime
Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles.
The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series.
Marcus Welby, M.D. · 1969Marcus Welby, M.D.
★ 6.61969
SeriesDrama
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.
The Streets of San Francisco · 1972The Streets of San Francisco
★ 7.01972
SeriesCrimeDrama
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
Shades of L.A. · 1990Shades of L.A.
★ 7.01990
SeriesDrama
Shades of L.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired from October 10, 1990 until April 6, 1991. Det. Michael Burton of the Los Angeles Police Department is a casual cop until he finds himself in limbo after a bullet grazes his head. He finds himself surrounded by "shades" - spirits trapped between heaven and hell until they can complete any unfinished business on earth. Once resuscitated, he can still see the "shades" so goes about helping them.
Lucas Tanner · 1974Lucas Tanner
★ 7.01974
SeriesDrama
Lucas Tanner, a former baseball player and sportswriter, becomes an English teacher at a suburban high school. His unconventional teaching methods often put him at odds with the other faculty.
Hollywood Beat · 1985Hollywood Beat
★ 5.01985
SeriesDrama
Hollywood Beat is a mid-1980s American television police drama starring Jack Scalia, Jay Acovone, Edward Winter, and John Matuszak. The series aired Saturday night at 8:00 p.m Eastern time. A pair of undercover cops, Nick McCarren (Jack Scalia) and Jack Rado (Jay Acovone) cruise the filthy, neon-lit streets of Hollywood, looking for crime in all the right places as rock music blares in the background.
The Young Rebels · 1970The Young Rebels
★ 5.71970
Series
Idealistic Revolutionary War rebels harass the Redcoats in British-held Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia in this adventure series which drew parallels with 1960s political activism.
The Amazing Howard Hughes · 1977The Amazing Howard Hughes
★ 6.01977
Series
A miniseries about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich.