Allan Rich

Allan Rich

Birthday: 1926-02-08

Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Biography: Allan Rich (born Benjamin Norman Schultz; (February 8, 1926 – August 22, 2020) was an American character actor, author and activist. Allan Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklist. He mentored Rene Russo in the world of acting and also played a judge in Hill Street Blues. Rich was the co-founder of non-profit organization We Care About Kids, which produces educational short films for middle and high school youths. Description above from the Wikipedia article Allan Rich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Rise: Blood Hunter
Rise: Blood Hunter

A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the unde...

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A Killing Affair
A Killing Affair

A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committi...

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Quiz Show
Quiz Show

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures vic...

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Highlander II: The Quickening
Highlander II: The Quickening

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ram...

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Amistad
Amistad

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...

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The Entity
The Entity

A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from chi...

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Tail Gunner Joe
Tail Gunner Joe

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to ...

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The Gambler
The Gambler

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately...

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Two Much
Two Much

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job le...

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Out to Sea
Out to Sea

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search...

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The Memory Thief
The Memory Thief

A Los Angeles tollbooth clerk becomes obsessed with the Holocaust after meeting a survivor....

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The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

A rugged warrior is on a quest to avenge his father's brutal slaying and in search of a legendary so...

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Checking Out
Checking Out

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortali...

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J.O.E. and the Colonel
J.O.E. and the Colonel

Scientists create "the perfect soldier" in a lab experiment by recombining his molecules. He is then...

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Uncle Joe Shannon
Uncle Joe Shannon

A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crip...

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The Hostage Heart
The Hostage Heart

When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to ...

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Frances
Frances

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life t...

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Voices
Voices

An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a da...

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Another Chance
Another Chance

A womanizer tries to redeem himself to win over the girl of his dreams....

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The Last Laugh
The Last Laugh

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use hu...

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Miami Hustle
Miami Hustle

Marsha, a con artist with a conscience, has agreed to take on an unusual scheme in order to pay off ...

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Gideon's Trumpet
Gideon's Trumpet

True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This land...

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Ragin Cajun
Ragin Cajun

After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Reti...

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The Rich Man's Wife
The Rich Man's Wife

A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks w...

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Scott Free
Scott Free

A professional gambler finds himself on the run from the mob, the federal government, and a band of ...

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Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence
Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence

In this pilot film, Mallory is a prominent lawyer with a tarnished reputation who defends a young ma...

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Troupers
Troupers

Takes a look at twelve working actors in Hollywood over 80 and how they have managed to survive this...

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Disclosure
Disclosure

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the ...

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The Millionaire
The Millionaire

Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each b...

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Matters of the Heart
Matters of the Heart

A noted concert pianist in her early forties, totally obsessed with her music, retreats to a small t...

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Exposé
Exposé

Jason Davis is a reporter who gets an anonymous tip that turns him into an eyewitness to a judge's m...

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Serpico
Serpico

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his...

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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures....

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Amore!
Amore!

Saul Schwartz, a married successful businessman, is bored with his life and decides he has had enoug...

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A Gun in the House
A Gun in the House

A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is d...

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Man in the Chair
Man in the Chair

The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore....

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The Ordeal of Bill Carney
The Ordeal of Bill Carney

Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons sinc...

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A Part of the Family
A Part of the Family

A bright young New York physician takes her husband, a jokey/cynical tabloid reporter, home to Illin...

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The Last Word
The Last Word

An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be departe...

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Bad Guys
Bad Guys

Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the forc...

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Dead On: Relentless II
Dead On: Relentless II

Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer terrorizing...

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Eating Raoul
Eating Raoul

A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night...

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Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion

Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden fr...

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Jack
Jack

Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powel...

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Kidco
Kidco

A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling...

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The Seekers
The Seekers

This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and car...

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The Frisco Kid
The Frisco Kid

Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congreg...

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Terraces
Terraces

Story of the various joys and crises of neighbors who share terraces in a high-rise apartment buildi...

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The Alibi
The Alibi

Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to client...

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The Dogwalker
The Dogwalker

Jerry Cooper is The Dogwalker, a Tom Sawyer grown up for the nineties, who having fallen on hard tim...

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Father and Son
Father and Son

A grown man's quest to find love and acceptance from his stepdad and win a magazine contest....

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The Happy Hooker
The Happy Hooker

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dut...

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Strike Force
Strike Force

A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring....

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Wish I Was Here
Wish I Was Here

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purp...

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Chicago Story
Chicago Story

A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-yea...

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Hero at Large
Hero at Large

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery w...

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Skippy
Skippy

A half-wit falls in love with a beautiful movie star....

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Betsy's Wedding
Betsy's Wedding

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell jus...

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Nickel & Dime
Nickel & Dime

A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way ...

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National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Dead...

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My Sexiest Year
My Sexiest Year

A romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 ye...

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The Burial Society
The Burial Society

In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infilt...

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