Richard Edson
Birthday: 1954-01-01
Place of Birth: New Rochelle, New York, USA
Biography: Richard Edson (born January 1, 1954) is an American actor and musician. He was born in New Rochelle, New York to a Jewish family. In 1979, Edson was a founding member of the San Francisco art rock band The Alterboys with Snuky Tate, Tono Rondone, Richard Kelly and JC Garrett, playing both drums and trumpet. From 1981 to 1982, he was Sonic Youth's original drummer and played drums for Konk at the same time. After the release of Sonic Youth's self-titled debut EP, Edson left the band to play with Konk full-time. Edson also played trumpet with San Francisco band The Offs on the group's eponymous 1984 album. He started his acting career on screen in the feature film, Stranger Than Paradise (1984). Since then, he has been known for his roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Do The Right Thing (1989), Super Mario Bros. (1993) and Strange Days (1995). From Wikipedia.
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Do the Right Thing
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Stranger Than Paradise
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Land of Plenty
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Good Morning, Vietnam
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Black Dynamite
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Purgatory
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Snide and Prejudice
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Eight Men Out
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Love Is Like That
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Columbus Day
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Timecode
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Happiness Runs
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This World, Then the Fireworks
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Lulu on the Bridge
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Cement
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Eyes of an Angel
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Let It Ride
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Jury Duty
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
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Love, Cheat & Steal
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Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
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Sunshine State
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Intimate Betrayal
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Shannon's Deal
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Wedding Bell Blues
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The Winner
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Things I Never Told You
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What About Me
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Jack of Hearts
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Double Tap
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Scorpion Spring
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Apartment #5C
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The Kid & I
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Thick as Thieves
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Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician
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Desperate But Not Serious
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Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game
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Murder in High Places
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I am Josh Polonski's Brother
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3 Holes and a Smoking Gun
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Walker
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Tougher Than Leather
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Dark Hearts
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Space Cadet
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Joey Breaker
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Super Mario Bros.
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The Astronaut Farmer
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Marco Polo: Haperek Ha'aharon
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Howard the Duck
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Where is Rocky II?
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Stranger Than Paradise
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The Code
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Making 'Do the Right Thing'
The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing....
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Starsky & Hutch
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Desperately Seeking Susan
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Strange Days
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Burning Shadow
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The Million Dollar Hotel
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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Platoon
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Fourth Story
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Crossing the Bridge
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3 from Hell
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China Lake
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Momma's Man
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Goodnight, Joseph Parker
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An Occasional Hell
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Destiny Turns on the Radio
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Do the Right Thing: 20 Years Later
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Posse
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To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
A look at the production of Rob Zombie's 3 from Hell....
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Frankenfish
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The Chair
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Hard Scrambled
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Kino '84: The Making of Jim Jarmusch
Documentary on American film director Jim Jarmusch made for German television. featuring interviews ...
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Dutch Book
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Some Days in January, 1984
A short behind-the-scenes documentary shot and edited on Super 8 by filmmaker Tom Jarmusch, director...
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Motorcycle Gang
Cal and his family are driving to their new home in California and are terrorized by a motorcycle ga...
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The Shade
The first film of New York-based French director Raphael Nadjari is an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's T...
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The Smell of Success
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Brothers in Arms
Charlie Sheen narrates, as cast and crew share their personal experiences making the Academy Award w...
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