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Carlin at Carnegie

Carlin at Carnegie is George Carlin's third special to be seen on HBO, recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1982, released in 1983.

Chris Demetral

Christopher Peter "Chris" Demetral (born November 14, 1976) is a former American actor best known as Jeremy Tupper, the son of newly divorced New York book editor Martin Tupper (played by Brian Benben) on the HBO series Dream On.

Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Kritzinger was portrayed by Franz Rudnick in a 1984 film Wannseekonferenz, and again by David Threlfall in the 2001 BBC/HBO film Conspiracy.

Fui Vakapuna

His attempt to make the Bengals' roster was chronicled on the HBO series Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals.

George Carlin at USC

On Location: George Carlin at USC (aka An Evening with George Carlin at USC) is American comedian George Carlin's first ever HBO special, Recorded during the Summer of 1977 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Max Hirsch

Hirsch was featured in the eighth episode of season 2 of the HBO Television series Boardwalk Empire, where he was played by Robert Dorfman.

Quintus Valerius Pompey

Quintus Valerius Pompey is a fictional character in the HBO/BBC2 original television series, Rome, played by Rick Warden.

Reichsführer-SS

While the novel dealt with Heydrich's assumption of the rank at some length, the HBO film adaptation gives little reference to this.

Sergei Malatov

Sergei "Serge" Malatov (Ukrainian: Сергій Малатов) is a fictional character on the HBO drama series The Wire, played by Chris Ashworth.

Tom Bernstein

These partnerships raised approximately $1 billion from 140,000 investors to finance films produced by The Walt Disney Company and Home Box Office, Inc. The 75 films financed by the Silver Screen partnerships include such box office successes as Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), Pretty Woman, The Little Mermaid (1989 film) and Three Men and a Baby.

Vito Russo

His work was posthumously brought to television in the 1996 HBO documentary film The Celluloid Closet, co-executive produced and narrated by Lily Tomlin.

William Bemister

Bemister's other international producer credits include Philby on Thames Television in Britain, Moscow's Man for Sveriges Television, WDR-Fernsehen in Germany, and the Discovery Channel worldwide; and the Home Box Office documentary special America Undercover: The Search for Dr Josef Mengele for which he worked as Producer-Correspondent.


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