Richard Portnow
Birthday: 1947-01-26
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is a prolific American character actor who played Howard Stern's father, Ben in the movie Private Parts. He has appeared on The Sopranos and many other films, video games, and television shows such as Hannah Montana and Boston Legal.
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Barton Fink
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the he...
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Kindergarten Cop
Hard-edged cop John Kimble gets more than he bargained for when he goes undercover as a kindergarten...
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Good Morning, Vietnam
A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular a...
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Se7en
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "s...
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Sister Act
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob...
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob....
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Law Abiding Citizen
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his fam...
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Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning
In New York two detectives of the 87th precinct are initially baffled by the brutal, ritualistic sla...
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Havana
During the revolution, a high-stakes gambler arrives in Cuba seeking to win big in poker games. Alon...
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Perfect Stranger
A journalist goes undercover to ferret out businessman Harrison Hill as her best friend's killer. Po...
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The Indian
"The Indian" is a touching drama about a negligent father who must face the son he abandoned years e...
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Twins
Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child....
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Find Me Guilty
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be...
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National Lampoon's TV: The Movie
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing...
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Tinker Bell
Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as ...
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Man of the House
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty ...
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S.F.W.
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken h...
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Killer by Nature
The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having...
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Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws
Samuel and his friends along with his trusted dog Athena have to go for the adventure of a lifetime,...
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Poolhall Junkies
A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't ...
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Good Time Max
Two genius brothers grow up and grow apart as one becomes a successful surgeon and the other pursues...
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There Goes the Neighborhood
A dying prisoner whispers the location of his loot to the facility's psychologist, who heads to the ...
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Under New Management
Sparks and bullets fly when a Wall Street yuppie must steer a Brooklyn mob crew legit before a beaut...
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The Minis
A talented team of basketball players made up of little people enters a tournament to help a teammat...
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My Giant
Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a ...
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Meet the Hollowheads
The Hollowheads are a strange, futuristic family that live in a Jetsons type world complete with man...
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Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Inspired by Neil Simon's early career experience as a junior writer for Your Show of Shows, the play...
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Oldboy
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a no...
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The Ghost of Spoon River
A big-city lawyer is called home to defend a local man accused of murder. Based on the Spoon River ...
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Chasing Robert
Alan is a gambler desperate to erase the huge sports debt he owes to a cruel but quirky Chicago mobs...
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Courage
A mother in Queens, New York, outraged when she discovers that her son is a drug addict, becomes an ...
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2 Jacks
Jack Hussar is a legendary Hollywood director, whose persona commands respect and adoration from his...
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Dragstrip Girl
Johnny is a bad guy trying to go straight and becomes smitten with Laura, a wealthy good girl who is...
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The Wish List
Sarah Fisher, an overly organized, by-the-numbers kind of woman, makes a "wish list" of all the qual...
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In the Dark
Aspiring artist Ali must rebuild her life after a tragic accident kills her husband and their young ...
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Underdogs
The story of a small-town high school football team in rural Ohio destined to play their cross-town ...
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Tony n' Tina's Wedding
Tony and Tina are excited to get married but they dread having the ceremony. Tina's mother and Tony'...
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A Night of Nightmares
When the world is infected by a devastating disease a man is forced to take shelter in his home....
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former c...
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Happy Accidents
A comedy that pays tribute to the science fiction genre -- specifically, the sub-genre of time trave...
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Say Anything...
Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty ...
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Nanny Cam
Linda has a seemingly perfect marriage with her rugged and handsome husband Mark and an adorable 8 y...
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Higher Power
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, ...
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The Unscarred
Four exchange students meet in Berlin 20 years after graduating but picking up where they left off d...
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Frank and Ava
A destitute Frank Sinatra pursues sultry starlet Ava Gardner while campaigning for the lead in 'From...
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Milo
Four young grade-school girls witness the murder of one of their classmates during what they thought...
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Fallen Arches
Transplanted from New York, Duke and his brother Frankie Romano live in a rundown LA apartment with ...
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Meet the Mobsters
Down-and-out lounge singer Johnny Slade is hired by a mystery man to open a hot new club, the catch ...
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Trumbo
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies ...
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This Last Lonely Place
On his last night on the job, an unsuspecting LA cab driver gets roped into helping a wealthy invest...
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Trump Unauthorized
A look at the life of real estate king/media mogul/reality TV star, Donald Trump....
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Parallel
A brilliant mathematician travels through time and space in search of the knowledge that would allow...
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Andover
Genetics professor Adam Slope clones his wife Dawn after she dies in a fire but the woman he creates...
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Trial by Jury
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no o...
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Ballad of the Nightingale
A down-on-her luck prostitute embarks on a wild adventure that puts her in contact with the Mafia....
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Café Society
The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film indust...
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Father of the Bride
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 22 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry ...
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Private Parts
The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to ...
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Night Eyes 3
A security guard falls for a famous TV actress he is hired to protect while dealing with mobsters wh...
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A Deadly Silence
The father of three children was killed when he left his house. This provokes a lot of sentimental e...
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Postal Worker
A time bomb is ticking in a small regional postal facility and his name is Oren Starks (Brad Garrett...
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Lipstick Camera
Ambitious young woman wants to get into TV news. She borrows a small camera from a friend and obtain...
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Shadow of Doubt
An attorney uncovers a political conspiracy in the brutal killing of a wealthy young woman....
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Across the Moon
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfrie...
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Hitchcock
Following his great success with "North by Northwest," director Alfred Hitchcock makes a daring choi...
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Beethoven
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" ...
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Chattahoochee
In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental hea...
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Based on an Untrue Story
Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, 'Puppy,' when she is cruelly s...
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The Christmas Pageant
Vera Parks, an overly intense and demanding Broadway director, gets fired from yet another job, leav...
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Donor Unknown
Type A insurance fraud investigator Nick Stillman has his life extended by a heart transplant, only ...
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Desperately Seeking Susan
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in...
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The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All
At a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Treat Williams finds her brutally ...
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The Squeeze
Harry Berg is both a con artist and an actual artist -- he constructs large sculptures out of televi...
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Heart and Souls
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghos...
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Road Kill
A hit woman allows a college film student and his roommate to make a documentary about her....
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam
Perry investigates the murder of a former madam and uncovers a multimillion dollar banking fraud in ...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas ...
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Imaginary Friend
During her traumatic childhood with an abusive father, Emma relied on an imaginary friend for streng...
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Witness Protection
Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for you...
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Original Sin
When his son is kidnapped a man has to face his past demons in speaking to a Mafia don about it....
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Radio Days
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York ...
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The Spirit
A Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to figh...
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Mad City
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into ...
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Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's ca...
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The House of Blue Leaves
On the day in 1965 that the Pope visits New York and masses of people line the streets in adulation,...
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In Dangerous Company
A beautiful woman seduces and tricks a hitman in order to save her own skin....
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Tin Men
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man ver...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster
A gangster who has commited all kinds of crimes is accused to have killed his wife. As he was not th...
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Bogus
Recently orphaned, a young boy is taken in by his godmother who is shocked to realize that she can s...
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Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets. Based on Buddy Giovinaz...
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Roe v. Wade
Drs. Bernard Nathanson and Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspira...
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Bella Mafia
Following the brutal murder of her husband and male kin, Sophia unites with her mother-in-law and si...
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Guy
A filmmaker picks a "real" subject to shoot, and when she sees Guy on the street, she latches onto h...
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Lured Innocence
A reporter sent to cover a murder trial discovers a web of deceit stemming from a torrid affair....
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Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer
A New York detective and a victim's colleague hunt a killer who preys on single women....
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Tune in Tomorrow...
Martin works at the local radio station, which just hired a new scriptwriter with a reputation for g...
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Stakeout
A young private investigator in LA tows the line between danger and heartbreak as he tries to help a...
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Desert Thunder
Terrorists threaten to launch a missile armed with deadly disease at Europe. A special unit is put t...
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For the Boys
Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over t...
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Holly Day
In a twist on a Dickens novel, we meet Holly, a tightly-wound businesswoman who's spent her life run...
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Almost Partners
Molly McCue becomes bored with her quiet, suburban life and fantasizes about becoming a detective. S...
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The Incredible Life and Times of Robert Ripley Believe It or Not!
A documentary examining the life of Robert L. Ripley (played by an actor), the man who created the "...
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