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Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood

Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an African American actor. He first garnered attention for his portrayal of Simon Haley (father of author Alex Haley) in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. He is also known for his roles in Full Metal Jacket and The Jesse Owens Story, and for his co-starring role in the ABC Television series Strike Force. In 1994, he was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, for his recurring role as jazz/blues saxophonist Clarence "Cool Papa" Charleston on the NBC drama series I'll Fly Away.

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The Making of the Wiz Live! (2015)

Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long special will give an exclusive backstage look at this highly anticipated television event. ...

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The Right Girl (2015)

A young woman learns valuable lessons while developing a relationship with her new boss and his young son. ...

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Mayor Cupcake (2011)

A hard-working cupcake maker is inadvertently elected mayor of a small town burdened with debt. With no formal experience or education to speak of, she must rely on her street smarts to clean up the town. ...

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Grave Misconduct (2008)

A fledgling mystery writer sees an opportunity to advance her career after the death of a novelist/friend but faces dire consequences when a series of vicious murders occur that seem to implicate her. ...

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Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem (2008)

This historical documentary chronicles the 18-month period from mid-1933 to late 1934 when John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Machine Gun Kelly and others indulged in the most sweeping crime wave the U.S. has ever experienced. It was an er ...

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Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007)

Follow Stanley Kubrick as he creates his savage and brilliant Vietnam film, hewing closely to the theme that dominated his creative life for four decades - the duality of human nature. Poised between good and evil, mankind was, in Kubrick's view, a complex ...

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Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007)

When the Boogey Man causes Grim to lose his powers, rank, and title in the Underworld Court for misusing his powers, he plots to seek out Horror's Hand and take over the world. It's up to Billy, Mandy, Irwin, and Grim to get to Horror's Hand before the Boo ...

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The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006)

Get ready for all of the laughs, adventure and hip-hopping good times in this all-new imaginative and modern retelling of Uncle Remus' best-loved tales. Parents and kids alike will delight in the escapades of the most mischievous and clever Brer Rabbit as ...

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Jane Doe: The Harder They Fall (2006)

Jane must get to the truth when a breakfast cereal magnate takes a tragic spill from his private yacht and drowns. ...

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A History of God (2005)

For over 4,000 years, adherents of the world's monotheistic faiths have wrestled with the question of God. This extraordinary, feature-length film, based on Karen Armstrong's acclaimed book of the same name, traces that elusive and fascinating quest. ...

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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop. ...

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Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! (2004)

Kangaroo Jack is back but this time he's animated! Three Teenagers go to the Outback, and find themselves back in Vegas - trying to get Jack home! ...

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Gothika (2003)

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no mem ...

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Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003)

A Hollywood star (Fawcett), fed up with her husband's cheating, hires a private investigator to tail him. ...

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Levity (2003)

Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at his victim's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell, the newly paroled man seeks redemption. Instead, red ...

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Daredevil vs. Spider-Man (2003)

Spider-Man and Daredevil team up to fight Kingpin. ...

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The Christmas Shoes (2002)

Two separate stories mesh - in the first, a young music teacher, Maggie Andrews, begins dying of a heart condition and her son Nathan tries to get a pair of Christmas shoes for her before she dies. In the second, lawyer Robert Layton and his wife Kate are ...

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Framed (2002)

New York detective Mike Santini is enjoying a holiday with his family when he spots Eddie Meyers a fugitive from justice who might be the key witness in a high profile case involving money laundering. Santini plays a major role in capturing Meyers which pr ...

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Glitter (2001)

A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots. ...

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The Triangle (2001)

This made-for-TV movie follows a group of friends as they try to find a boat lost for 50 years in the Bermuda Triangle. ...

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Walter and Henry (2001)

Walter and his 12-year-old son Henry are a pair of New York City street musicians living at poverty level in an empty Brooklyn lot. When Walter has a nervous breakdown, it's up to Henry to find his father's long-lost family, including the grandfather and a ...

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The Last Debate (2000)

A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election only a week away, the two candidates square off in a final debate. The televised event takes a dramatic turn when the modera ...

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Hendrix (2000)

Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic early death. ...

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Archibald the Rainbow Painter (1998)

Vietnam veteran Archibald Wright is a house painter hired to work on a Beverly Hills mansion where he becomes involved in the life of the resident family. The owner Elaine left her husband J.P. while he was serving in Vietnam, causing him to become an alco ...

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Change of Heart (1998)

Beneath Jim Marshall's veneer as the all-American father and husband, lies a long suppressed desire that is about to ruin his idyllic family. When Elaine Marshall catches her husband and his lover in a hotel room, her anger quickly turns to shock as she di ...

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Le petomane: Fin de siècle fartiste (1998)

Under the stage name "Le Petomane," Joseph Pujol was the toast of turn-of-the-century Paris. Audiences at the Moulin Rouge where first shocked, then won over, by this tall, mustachioed man in a red velvet suit...a suite with a hole cut in the derriere to r ...

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Evasive Action (1998)

When Redwood Federal Penitentiary closes, there are going to be several hundred prisoners looking for a new home. Several of the most dangerous, all killers, will be transported by train to Santa Ana, a new high tech prison for the worst of the worst. Incl ...

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12 Angry Men (1997)

During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices. ...

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When The Cradle Falls (1997)

An adoption service is kidnapping healthy white babies an adopting them to infertile couples for a price. Meanwhile Brian and Donna have a bouncing baby boy. ...

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Space Jam (1996)

With their freedom on the line, the Looney Tunes seek the help of NBA superstar Michael Jordan to win a basketball game against a team of moronic aliens. ...

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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996)

Clark Kent, the last survivor of the dead planet Krypton, uses his amazing powers to defend people of his adopted world, Earth, and become Superman. ...

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Siegfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible (1996)

Inspired by the theatrical magicians Siegfried and Roy, this animated adventure transplants the stage personalities into a fantastical world called Sarmoti, where the once powerful witches and fairies of the land have had their magical abilities stolen by ...

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Sudden Death (1995)

When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer. ...

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The Pagemaster (1994)

Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to tr ...

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Shattered Image (1994)

An FBI agent investigating the kidnap then apparent murder of a wealthy businessman, has his suspicions. The authorities believe Ben to be dead, but the body could not be identified. Ben's wife is the prime suspect with her accomplice, the victim's brother ...

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Solar Crisis (1992)

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else. ...

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Getting Up and Going Home (1992)

A middle-aged lawyer struggles to face his inner demons as he finds himself embroiled in affairs with three separate women. ...

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Polly: Comin' Home! (1990)

Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involved in matchmaking and striving for inter-racial understanding in 1956 Alabama. ...

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Pacific Heights (1990)

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own. ...

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Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990)

This special has the band hiring a slick-talking new manager in an attempt to make a comeback. Under his guidance, the Raisins try their hand at various new musical genres, including Disco Polka, Country Rap, and Demolition Rock, to humorous effect. The gr ...

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The Knife and Gun Club (1990)

Failed drama series pilot about events at a trauma center run by two doctors struggling to keep the Emergency Room open. ...

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The Easter Story (1990)

The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible is a television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that tells of three young adventurers—Derek, Margo, and 'their nomad friend' Moki—who travel back in time to watch biblical events take place in the past. T ...

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Polly (1989)

An musical adaptation of the book "Pollyanna" set in the 1950's in which an orphan tries to use gladness to unite the people in a small southern town. ...

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Kiss Shot (1989)

A struggling, single mom with a precocious young daughter also has an unpaid mortgage. She falls back on her pool-playing skills to pay off her debts. But just as she plays her way into a big money tournament, a globe-trotting ladies' man threatens to disr ...

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God Bless the Child (1988)

Single mother, Theresa Johnson, becomes homeless, loses her job and tries to survive with her young daughter, Hillary, through charities and public shelters. ...

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Full Metal Jacket (1987)

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. ...

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Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987)

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brou ...

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Dirty Work (1985)

An unsold TV pilot starring Kerrie Keane and Louis Giambalvo. ...

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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union. ...

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The Jesse Owens Story (1984)

The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama won a 1985 Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for two more. ...

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Tank (1984)

After relocating his family - and his prized restored Sherman tank - to a small Georgia town, Sargeant Major Zack Carey butts heads with the local sheriff. Zack doesn't agree with the ways of the local police, and when the sheriff goes after Zack's son, it ...

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Against All Odds (1984)

Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot ...

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Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984)

Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox. ...

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I, Desire (1982)

A coroner's assistant, who is also a law student, gets involved in a strange case involving his girlfriend's place of employment (a hospital), prostitutes, a defrocked priest, and vampires. ...

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The Ambush Murders (1982)

An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims that he will help free him. ...

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Looker (1981)

Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts ...

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God's Trombones (1981)

A trilogy of African-American poems that applies artistic interpretation to religious parables. ...

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High Ice (1980)

A grizzled veteran forest ranger finds himself in conflict with a decisive but impatient Army Search and Rescue officer who does not want to share command of an operation to rescue several stranded weekend climbers from a mountain ledge. ...

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An American Christmas Carol (1979)

In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to colle ...

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Siege (1978)

A drama about a community of senior citizens who are terrorized by a ruthless neighborhood gang. After learning that the police are stymied because the victims are too scared to testify against the bullying leader, a semi-retired toolmaker decides to take ...

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Gray Lady Down (1978)

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew. ...

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Panic in Echo Park (1977)

A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic. ...

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Sparkle (1976)

Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s. ...

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Foster & Laurie (1975)

The story of two New York City police officers, one white and one black, their ambush and murder by black revolutionaries and the efforts to hunt down and capture their killers. ...

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