Acting

John O'Leary

Born May 5, 1926 · Newton, Massachusetts, USA

Died June 5, 2019 · aged 93

John O’Leary (born 5 May 1926 - died 5 June 2019) is an American actor.

Known For

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

All the President's Men · 1976

All the President's Men

★ 7.71976

MovieDramaMystery

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

The Last Starfighter · 1984

The Last Starfighter

★ 6.61984

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

Farewell, My Lovely · 1975

Farewell, My Lovely

★ 6.61975

MovieCrimeMystery

Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.

"Stepfather" Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. With a future wife and new stepson who love him, Blake eliminates anyone who stands in his way to building the perfect family.

Demon Seed · 1977

Demon Seed

★ 5.91977

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.

Filmography

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An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

Reporter #2

All the President's Men · 1976

All the President's Men

★ 7.71976

MovieDramaMystery

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.

Attorney #1

The Last Starfighter · 1984

The Last Starfighter

★ 6.61984

MovieAdventureScience Fiction

Rylan Bursar

Farewell, My Lovely · 1975

Marriott

Sam Watkins

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.

Royce

After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell.

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Doctor #1

Waxwork II: Lost in Time · 1992

Waxwork II: Lost in Time

★ 5.01992

MovieHorrorComedy

The survivors of the first Waxwork must use a portal through time to defeat the evil that has followed them and turned their lives upside down.

Herr Vogel

Lassie: The New Beginning · 1978

Lassie: The New Beginning

★ 5.51978

MovieAdventureFamily

The Stratton kids, Samantha and Chip, and their grandmother, Ada, drive to visit their Uncle Stuart. Grandma collapses and dies in a strange town, leaving the kids and Lassie on their own.

Jerry Bergan

My Fellow Americans · 1996

My Fellow Americans

★ 6.11996

MovieComedy

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a desperately frantic search for the evidence that will establish their innocence.

Ben, Caretaker

Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vietnam War era to their twilight era in the 90's.

T.V. Censor, New York

A Vietnam veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder breaks out of a VA hospital and goes on a road trip with a sympathetic traveler to find out what became of the other men in his unit.

Ticket Clerk

When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted. When the Catholic Church is no help, they reach out to famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren

Father Larson

The Haunting of Morella · 1990

The Haunting of Morella

★ 4.81990

MovieHorrorThriller

An executed witch inhabits her teenaged daughter's body to continue in the pursuit of bloodshed.

Quintis

Guardian Angel · 1994

Guardian Angel

★ 4.71994

MovieActionThriller

Detective-turned-bodyguard Cynthia McKay is hired by a psychotic, icy seductress, Nina Lindell, the same woman who killed McKay's lover months earlier. With vendetta in her heart, McKay accompanies a flamboyantly playful womanizer through the glamorous world of the super-rich, as his protector. In a unique role reversal, it is the woman protecting the man from another woman, erupting into a deadly triangle of passion, suspense and action.

Clayton

Moment by Moment · 1978

Moment by Moment

★ 3.61978

MovieDramaRomance

Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffering from loneliness following the separation from her womanizing husband, develops a May–December romance with a young drifter named Strip.

Pharmacist

Stewardess School · 1986

Stewardess School

★ 4.91986

MovieComedy

A group of varied misfits (including a former prostitute/stripper and a bumbler who can't see more than 6 inches in front of his face) enter a school to become flight attendants. Somehow, the group makes it through to the final test: a cross-country flight.

Older Man

It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper-class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.

Put Blake

A college soccer player falls hard for a campus beauty, who is the mistress of an older married attorney.

Waiter (uncredited)

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter · 1968

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

★ 7.51968

MovieDrama

Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. Three other central characters come to Singer for help also, each of them seeing in him a powerful force.

Beaudine

A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.

Giles

A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.

Optician

Soccer Dog: The Movie · 1999

Soccer Dog: The Movie

★ 4.31999

MovieComedyFamily

A heart-warming comedy about the friendship between the new kid in town and a soccer-playing dog on the lam from the dog-catcher. It's up to these two underdogs to win the PeeWee Soccer League championship game.

Mr. Kremp

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Ronny Napoli

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · 2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

★ 7.62000

SeriesCrimeDrama

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Cranky Old Man

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

Bishop

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

Old Niles

Desperate Housewives · 2004

Desperate Housewives

★ 7.92004

SeriesMysteryDrama

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

Mr. Scully

Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.

Terry

Brooklyn Nine-Nine · 2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

★ 8.22013

SeriesComedyCrime

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

Franklin

Buffy the Vampire Slayer · 1997

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

★ 8.11997

SeriesComedyDrama

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

Council Member

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm

★ 8.02000

SeriesComedy

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

Jim O'Malley

Murder, She Wrote · 1984

Murder, She Wrote

★ 7.51984

SeriesMysteryCrime

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Minister

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.

Mr. Porter

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

The Priest

The Golden Girls · 1985

The Golden Girls

★ 7.61985

SeriesComedy

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.

Mr. Ninervini

Xena: Warrior Princess · 1995

Xena: Warrior Princess

★ 7.61995

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to help those who are unable to defend themselves.

Antonius

The Wonder Years · 1988

The Wonder Years

★ 8.31988

SeriesComedyDrama

The story of Kevin Arnold facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin, Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.

Jeweler

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

Professor Kromkowski

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman · 1993

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

★ 7.61993

SeriesWesternDrama

Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

Judge

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

Mr. Howard

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.

Doorman

Jane the Virgin · 2014

Jane the Virgin

★ 7.92014

SeriesComedyDrama

A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."

Old Man

My Name Is Earl · 2005

My Name Is Earl

★ 7.72005

SeriesComedy

When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.

Doctor in Hall

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

Gynecologist

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.

Mr. Levant

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction · 1997

Beyond 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.

Minister (segment "The Bridesmaid")