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    Rance Howard

    1928-11-17 (96 years old) in Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA

    Rance Howard (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard. Howard appeared in films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Chinatown (1974), Splash (1984), Ed Wood (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), Nebraska (2013), and Max Rose (2016). He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program for co-producing the television film The Time Crystal (1981).

    Movies

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    Dads
    69 %|Sep 6, 2019
    Documentary
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    The Christ Slayer
    80 %|Apr 19, 2019
    Drama, Family
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    Apple Seed
    60 %|Apr 14, 2019
    Drama
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    Chasing the Star
    0 %|Sep 5, 2017
    Family, Adventure
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    Broken Memories
    71 %|Jun 15, 2017
    Drama
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    Kalebegiak
    70 %|Sep 20, 2016
    Comedy, Drama
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    Max Rose
    56 %|Sep 2, 2016
    Drama
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    40 Nights
    45 %|Jun 7, 2016
    Drama, Family
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    Talk Radio
    0 %|Feb 13, 2016
    Drama
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    Solemates
    70 %|Feb 12, 2015
    actor
    Gone Dark
    17 %|Nov 1, 2013
    Action
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    Nebraska
    74 %|Sep 21, 2013
    Drama, Adventure
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    The Lone Ranger
    61.01 %|Jul 3, 2013
    Action, Adventure, Western
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    Second Chances
    62 %|May 20, 2013
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Huff
    43 %|Apr 5, 2013
    Thriller, Horror
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    Easy Rider: The Ride Back
    44 %|Feb 25, 2012
    Adventure, Drama
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    Let Go
    53 %|Oct 25, 2011
    Comedy
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    Redemption: For Robbing the Dead
    40 %|Oct 16, 2011
    Western
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    Rosewood Lane
    48 %|Oct 15, 2011
    Horror, Thriller
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    Spooky Buddies
    61 %|Sep 20, 2011
    Comedy, Family, Mystery, TV Movie
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    InSight
    49 %|Sep 2, 2011
    Thriller, Mystery
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    Harley's Hill
    46 %|Aug 17, 2011
    Family
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    Night Club
    0 %|Apr 11, 2011
    Comedy
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    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
    59 %|Feb 1, 2011
    Comedy, Family
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    The Dilemma
    53.040000000000006 %|Jan 13, 2011
    Comedy, Drama
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    Once Fallen
    50 %|Nov 2, 2010
    Drama, Action, Crime
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    The Trial
    56 %|Sep 10, 2010
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Genesis Code
    26 %|Aug 25, 2010
    Drama, Romance
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    Jonah Hex
    49 %|Jun 18, 2010
    Action, Western, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
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    The Child Wanderers
    68 %|Mar 26, 2010
    Family, Drama
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    Valentine's Day
    59 %|Feb 10, 2010
    Comedy, Romance
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    Within
    70 %|Jun 3, 2009
    Drama, Thriller
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    Angels & Demons
    67.18 %|Apr 23, 2009
    Thriller, Mystery
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    Play the Game
    59.19 %|Feb 27, 2009
    Comedy, Romance
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    Boppin' at the Glue Factory
    45 %|Jan 1, 2009
    Comedy, Drama
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    Frost/Nixon
    72.8 %|Oct 15, 2008
    Drama, History
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    Ghost Town: The Movie
    42 %|Oct 8, 2008
    Action, Thriller, Western
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    Keith
    70.88 %|Sep 13, 2008
    Drama, Romance
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    Grizzly Park
    46 %|Feb 7, 2008
    Horror, Comedy
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    Drillbit Taylor
    58.17 %|Feb 4, 2008
    Comedy
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    Audie & the Wolf
    44 %|Jan 1, 2008
    Comedy
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    Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
    65.6 %|Dec 21, 2007
    Comedy, Music
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    Be My Baby
    46 %|May 29, 2007
    Comedy, Romance
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    Georgia Rule
    60 %|May 10, 2007
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    Sasquatch Mountain
    52 %|Sep 9, 2006
    Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery
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    Harrison Bergeron
    0 %|Jan 1, 2006
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    Miracle at Sage Creek
    56 %|Nov 25, 2005
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
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    Cinderella Man
    75 %|Jun 2, 2005
    Romance, Drama, History
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    Back By Midnight
    52 %|Jan 25, 2005
    Comedy
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    Toolbox Murders
    56.4 %|Nov 12, 2004
    Horror, Mystery
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    Ghost Rock
    27 %|Jun 8, 2004
    Action, Western
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    The Alamo
    57.86 %|Apr 7, 2004
    History, War, Drama
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    Death and Texas
    60 %|Mar 12, 2004
    Comedy
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    The Missing
    63 %|Nov 26, 2003
    Thriller, Western, Adventure
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    The Long Ride Home
    40 %|Mar 27, 2003
    Western
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    Legend of the Phantom Rider
    50 %|Feb 11, 2003
    Action, Fantasy, Horror, Western
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    Jumping For Joy
    0 %|Oct 25, 2002
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    D-Tox
    55.650000000000006 %|Jan 4, 2002
    Thriller, Crime, Horror
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    A Beautiful Mind
    79 %|Dec 14, 2001
    Drama, Romance
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    Ping!
    62 %|Sep 4, 2001
    Comedy, Family
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    Rat Race
    62.629999999999995 %|Aug 17, 2001
    Adventure, Comedy
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    A Crack in the Floor
    33 %|Apr 24, 2001
    Horror
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    Joe Dirt
    56 %|Apr 10, 2001
    Mystery, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    How the Grinch Stole Christmas
    67.61999999999999 %|Nov 17, 2000
    Family, Comedy, Fantasy
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    Love & Sex
    61 %|Feb 23, 2000
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Big Wind on Campus
    30 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Comedy
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    Happy, Texas
    56.86 %|Dec 3, 1999
    Comedy, Crime
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    Abilene
    0 %|Mar 13, 1999
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    Malevolence
    60 %|Feb 1, 1999
    Drama
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    Psycho
    51 %|Dec 4, 1998
    Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    Land of the Free
    53 %|Nov 24, 1998
    Thriller, Action
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    The Night Caller
    46 %|Jul 13, 1998
    Horror, Thriller
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    Small Soldiers
    65 %|Jul 10, 1998
    Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action
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    Chairman of the Board
    37 %|Mar 13, 1998
    Comedy
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    Evasive Action
    64 %|Jan 1, 1998
    Action, Thriller
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    Holiday in Your Heart
    100 %|Dec 14, 1997
    Drama, TV Movie, Music
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    The Second Civil War
    62 %|Dec 4, 1997
    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie, War
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    Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
    69 %|Nov 2, 1997
    TV Movie, Mystery
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    Money Talks
    60.44 %|Aug 22, 1997
    Comedy, Action, Crime
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    Traveller
    56 %|Apr 18, 1997
    Drama, Crime
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    Busted
    33 %|Feb 17, 1997
    Comedy
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    Where Truth Lies
    39 %|Dec 28, 1996
    Thriller, Drama, Mystery
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    Ghosts of Mississippi
    65.78999999999999 %|Dec 20, 1996
    Drama
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    Mars Attacks!
    64 %|Dec 13, 1996
    Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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    Tiger Heart
    55 %|Aug 8, 1996
    Action
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    Independence Day
    69 %|Jun 25, 1996
    Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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    Sgt. Bilko
    58.410000000000004 %|Mar 29, 1996
    Comedy
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    The Colony
    53 %|Sep 13, 1995
    Thriller, TV Movie, Drama
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    Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
    47 %|Sep 12, 1995
    Horror, Thriller
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    Killing Cupid
    60 %|Jul 11, 1995
    Action, Drama
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    Apollo 13
    75 %|Jun 30, 1995
    Drama, History
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    Problem Child 3
    46 %|May 13, 1995
    Comedy, Family, TV Movie
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    Little Giants
    64.57 %|Oct 14, 1994
    Comedy, Family
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    Ed Wood
    75 %|Sep 28, 1994
    Comedy, Drama, History
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    Terminal Velocity
    53 %|Sep 23, 1994
    Action
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    Runaway Daughters
    60 %|Aug 12, 1994
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Forced to Kill
    46 %|May 18, 1994
    Action, Thriller
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    The Paper
    65.65 %|Mar 18, 1994
    Comedy, Drama
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    Snapdragon
    36.79 %|Dec 1, 1993
    Romance, Thriller, Mystery
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    Fearless
    69 %|Oct 15, 1993
    Drama
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    Ticks
    57 %|Oct 12, 1993
    Horror, Science Fiction
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    Ed and His Dead Mother
    53.83 %|Jun 4, 1993
    Comedy, Horror
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    Universal Soldier
    63 %|Jul 10, 1992
    Thriller, Action, Science Fiction, Crime
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    Far and Away
    68 %|May 22, 1992
    Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
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    I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore
    46 %|Apr 24, 1992
    Comedy, Romance
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    Boris and Natasha
    41 %|Apr 17, 1992
    Adventure, Comedy, Action
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    Switched at Birth
    60 %|Apr 28, 1991
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter
    0 %|Feb 10, 1991
    Drama, TV Movie
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    9 1/2 Ninjas!
    24 %|Jan 24, 1991
    Comedy
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    Trust Me
    60 %|Nov 10, 1989
    Thriller, Comedy, Crime
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    Limit Up
    30 %|Nov 2, 1989
    Comedy, Fantasy
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    B.O.R.N.
    38 %|Oct 26, 1989
    Thriller, Horror
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    Parenthood
    67 %|Jul 31, 1989
    Comedy, Drama
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    Listen to Me
    56 %|May 5, 1989
    Romance, Drama
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    The 'Burbs
    67.5 %|Feb 17, 1989
    Comedy, Horror, Thriller
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    Dark Before Dawn
    0 %|Jan 2, 1988
    Action, Mystery
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    Innerspace
    68 %|Jul 1, 1987
    Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
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    A Smoky Mountain Christmas
    59 %|Dec 14, 1986
    Music, Fantasy, TV Movie
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    Return to Mayberry
    62 %|Apr 13, 1986
    TV Movie, Comedy
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    Two Soldiers
    0 %|Apr 1, 1986
    Drama
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    Gung Ho
    60.099999999999994 %|Mar 14, 1986
    Comedy, Drama
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    Gary Coleman: For Safety's Sake
    45 %|Jan 1, 1986
    Documentary, Family
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    Creator
    62 %|Sep 20, 1985
    Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
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    Cocoon
    66.19 %|Jun 21, 1985
    Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction
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    Playing with Fire
    60 %|Apr 13, 1985
    TV Movie, Crime, Drama
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    Scandal Sheet
    55 %|Jan 21, 1985
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Splash
    63 %|Mar 9, 1984
    Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
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    The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
    48 %|Feb 10, 1984
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    The Lonely Guy
    63 %|Jan 27, 1984
    Comedy, Romance
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    Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
    63 %|Nov 1, 1983
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Forever and Beyond
    100 %|Oct 15, 1983
    Drama
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    Love Letters
    56 %|Apr 1, 1983
    Drama, Romance
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    The Kid with the 200 I.Q.
    50 %|Feb 6, 1983
    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Airplane II: The Sequel
    61 %|Dec 10, 1982
    Comedy
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    The Executioner's Song
    57 %|Sep 10, 1982
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Kid with the Broken Halo
    60 %|Apr 5, 1982
    Comedy
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    The Miracle of Kathy Miller
    70 %|Oct 5, 1981
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Smokey Bites the Dust
    25 %|Oct 1, 1981
    Action, Comedy, Romance
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    Skyward
    70 %|Nov 20, 1980
    Drama, Family, TV Movie
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    Scout's Honor
    55 %|Sep 30, 1980
    Family, Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
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    The Kid from Left Field
    58 %|Sep 30, 1979
    Comedy, Family, TV Movie
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    Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
    50 %|Feb 10, 1979
    Drama, Action, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
    78 %|Nov 22, 1978
    Comedy, TV Movie
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    Cotton Candy
    45 %|Oct 26, 1978
    Music, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Mr. No Legs
    58 %|May 1, 1978
    Drama, Action
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    Another Man, Another Chance
    63 %|Sep 28, 1977
    Drama, Romance, Western
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    Grand Theft Auto
    53 %|Jun 16, 1977
    Comedy, Action, Crime, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
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    The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe
    0 %|May 29, 1976
    Western, Comedy, TV Movie
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    Eat My Dust
    57 %|Apr 1, 1976
    Action
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    Huckleberry Finn
    60 %|Mar 25, 1975
    Adventure, TV Movie
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    Locusts
    47 %|Oct 9, 1974
    Drama, TV Movie, Horror, Thriller
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    Chinatown
    79.13 %|Jun 20, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    Where the Lilies Bloom
    59 %|Apr 10, 1974
    Drama
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    The Red Pony
    0 %|Mar 17, 1973
    TV Movie, Drama
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    Bloody Trail
    20 %|Jan 1, 1972
    Western
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    The Wild Country
    60 %|Dec 16, 1970
    Adventure, Family, Western
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    Cool Hand Luke
    77 %|Nov 1, 1967
    Action, Drama, Crime
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    Gentle Giant
    0 %|Oct 25, 1967
    Adventure, Family
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    An Eye for an Eye
    75 %|Jun 1, 1966
    Western
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    Village of the Giants
    35 %|Oct 20, 1965
    Science Fiction
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    The Courtship of Eddie's Father
    60 %|Mar 27, 1963
    Drama, Comedy, Romance, Family
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    Frontier Woman
    60 %|Jul 4, 1956
    Western

    Series

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    Lie to Me
    79 %|Jan 21, 2009
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Ghost Whisperer
    81 %|Sep 23, 2005
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
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    Bones
    82.34 %|Sep 13, 2005
    Crime, Drama
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    Grey's Anatomy
    82.28999999999999 %|Mar 27, 2005
    Drama
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    CSI: NY
    74 %|Sep 22, 2004
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Arrested Development
    79.68 %|Nov 2, 2003
    Comedy
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    Cold Case
    77.63 %|Sep 28, 2003
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    That's So Raven
    72 %|Jan 17, 2003
    Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    That '80s Show
    59 %|Jan 23, 2002
    Comedy
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    The Huntress
    52 %|Jul 26, 2000
    Drama, Crime
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    Son of the Beach
    68 %|Mar 14, 2000
    Comedy
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    Angel
    79.03999999999999 %|Oct 5, 1999
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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    Two of a Kind
    70.63 %|Sep 25, 1998
    Comedy, Family
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    Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
    72 %|May 25, 1997
    Documentary, Mystery, Reality
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    Just Shoot Me!
    67 %|Mar 4, 1997
    Comedy
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    Clueless
    60 %|Sep 20, 1996
    Comedy
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    7th Heaven
    64 %|Aug 26, 1996
    Family, Drama, Comedy
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    Baywatch Nights
    57 %|Sep 30, 1995
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
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    ER
    78 %|Sep 19, 1994
    Drama
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    Babylon 5
    80.58 %|Jan 26, 1994
    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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    Diagnosis: Murder
    71 %|Oct 29, 1993
    Drama, Family
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    The X-Files
    84 %|Sep 10, 1993
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Melrose Place
    58 %|Jul 8, 1992
    Drama, Soap
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    Seinfeld
    82.78999999999999 %|Jul 5, 1989
    Comedy
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    Seinfeld
    82.78999999999999 %|Jul 5, 1989
    Comedy
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    Tales from the Crypt
    80 %|Jun 10, 1989
    Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Baywatch
    59.370000000000005 %|Apr 23, 1989
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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    Baywatch
    59.370000000000005 %|Apr 23, 1989
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime
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    Quantum Leap
    80 %|Mar 26, 1989
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Coach
    69 %|Feb 28, 1989
    Comedy
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    B.L. Stryker
    60 %|Feb 13, 1989
    Mystery
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    Superboy
    64 %|Oct 8, 1988
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Wiseguy
    65 %|Sep 16, 1987
    Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Married... with Children
    77.17 %|Apr 5, 1987
    Comedy
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    The Long Hot Summer
    54 %|Oct 6, 1985
    Drama
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    A Death in California
    20 %|May 12, 1985
    Drama
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    Murder, She Wrote
    76 %|Sep 30, 1984
    Mystery, Crime, Drama
    poster
    Finder of Lost Loves
    57 %|Sep 22, 1984
    Drama
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    The Thorn Birds
    71.95 %|Mar 27, 1983
    Drama
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    Dynasty
    65 %|Jan 12, 1981
    Soap, Drama
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    Battlestar Galactica
    71 %|Sep 17, 1978
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
    poster
    Mork & Mindy
    70 %|Sep 14, 1978
    Comedy, Family
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    Laverne & Shirley
    72 %|Jan 27, 1976
    Comedy, Family
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    Little House on the Prairie
    80 %|Sep 11, 1974
    Western, Drama, Family
    poster
    Happy Days
    77 %|Jan 15, 1974
    Comedy
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    Kung Fu
    76 %|Oct 14, 1972
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    ABC Afterschool Special
    63 %|Oct 4, 1972
    Drama
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    The Waltons
    71 %|Sep 14, 1972
    Drama
    poster
    The Waltons
    71 %|Sep 14, 1972
    Drama
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    The Rookies
    69 %|Sep 11, 1972
    Drama, Crime
    poster
    Nichols
    50 %|Sep 16, 1971
    Western
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    Night Gallery
    78 %|Dec 16, 1970
    Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Dan August
    65 %|Sep 23, 1970
    Drama, Crime
    poster
    Then Came Bronson
    47.5 %|Sep 17, 1969
    Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Gentle Ben
    63 %|Sep 10, 1967
    Family, Drama
    poster
    The Monroes
    57 %|Sep 7, 1966
    Western, Family, Drama, Action & Adventure
    poster
    The F.B.I.
    54 %|Sep 19, 1965
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
    poster
    The Virginian
    64.29 %|Sep 19, 1962
    Western, Drama
    poster
    The Mike Douglas Show
    48 %|Dec 11, 1961
    Comedy, Talk
    poster
    The Andy Griffith Show
    76 %|Oct 3, 1960
    Comedy, Family
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    The Andy Griffith Show
    76 %|Oct 3, 1960
    Comedy, Family
    poster
    The Andy Griffith Show
    76 %|Oct 3, 1960
    Comedy, Family
    poster
    Bat Masterson
    63 %|Oct 8, 1958
    Western, Drama
    poster
    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Gunsmoke
    65 %|Sep 10, 1955
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
    poster
    Kraft Television Theatre
    70 %|May 7, 1947
    Drama