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Aidan Devine

Since then he has worked steadily in Canadian and American television and cinema capturing two Gemini Awards; a best actor award in 1997 for his performance as Ted Lindsay in Net Worth and in 1998, a best supporting actor Gemini for his performance as airframe engineer, Jim Chamberlin in The Arrow.

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek is a 1987 American TV film directed by Richard Lang and produced by Billie André and Blue André, with the screenplay written by Michael Norell and Andy Siegel.

Eva Birthistle

In 2002, Eva appeared in two dramas about the same challenging subject, Bloody Sunday: the documentary-style TV drama Bloody Sunday, starring James Nesbitt, and Sunday, written by Jimmy McGovern.

Gwyneth Hughes

A former newspaper journalist from the north of England, her credits include the crime drama Five Days, Cherished, a film about the wrongful conviction of Angela Cannings, an adaptation of Charles Dickens's unfinished work The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and The Girl, which explores an alleged obsession Alfred Hitchcock had with the actress Tippi Hedren.

Harry Catterick

Catterick was portrayed by Colin Welland in the 1997 TV film The Fix, which featured the events of the 1964 betting scandal.

In the Best Interest of the Children

In the Best Interest of the Children is a fact-based TV film starring Sarah Jessica Parker who plays a woman struggling with manic-depression while raising her five children.

John Walsh

John and Revé Walsh were portrayed by actors Daniel J. Travanti and JoBeth Williams in Adam, a 1983 NBC television film dramatizing the days following Adam's disappearance.

Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

Life Story (tv film) a BBC dramatization about the scientific race to discover the DNA double-helix.

Pete Gray

The 1986 television-movie A Winner Never Quits, starring Keith Carradine and Mare Winningham; and the publication of Gray's biography, One-Armed Wonder: Pete Gray, Wartime Baseball, and the American Dream written by William C. Kashatus, published in 1995 by McFarland & Company, renewed public interest in Gray.

Pip Torrens

His television appearances include Consenting Adults, two episodes of Doctor Who ("Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood"), The Brittas Empire, Green Wing, Silk, The Government Inspector (as John Scarlett), The Last Detective and DI Torrens for a few episodes in The Bill in 2001.

Sharpe's Peril

Sharpe's Peril is a British TV film from 2008, usually shown in two parts, which is part of an ITV series based on Bernard Cornwell's historical fiction novels about the English soldier Richard Sharpe during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Boys in Company C

The Boys in Company C is the first in Furie's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 2001's Under Heavy Fire and 2006's The Veteran, somewhat similar to Oliver Stone and his Vietnam War trilogy with 1986's Platoon, 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission is a 1987 made-for-TV film and is the second sequel to the original The Dirty Dozen.

The Stranger Beside Me

In 2003, The Stranger Beside Me was adapted into a made-for-TV film, starring Billy Campbell as Bundy and Barbara Hershey as Rule.

The Teahouse of the August Moon

The Teahouse of the August Moon (TV film), a 1962 televised version of the play; directed by George Schaefer; a part of the anthology television series Hallmark Hall of Fame (see List of Hallmark Hall of Fame episodes)

What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

Crick comments on various aspects of the DNA double helix discovery and gives a qualified endorsement to the 1987 television movie Life Story with Jeff Goldblum as Jim Watson and Tim Piggott-Smith as Francis Crick.


see also

A Deadly Game

Charlie Muffin, a 1979 made-for-TV film, later re-released as A Deadly Game

Belinda Meuldijk

Also she played the role of one of the three brides of Dracula in the BBC TV film "Count Dracula" (1977) directed by Philip Saville and starring by Louis Jourdan.

Brian Biggs

Brian Biggs later began to illustrate for small projects, and eventually illustrated a children's book series, Shredderman, written by Wendelin Van Draanen in 2004-05, which was turned into the Nickelodeon TV film Shredderman Rules.

Bubba Phillips

In 1981, Phillips played "Coach Hardy" in the TV film, Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige, which starred Louis Gossett Jr. as legendary pitcher Satchel Paige.

Cartier Project

Cartier Project is a Slovenian TV film based upon the novel The Cartier Project by Miha Mazzini.

Catherine Mary Stewart

Another brother, John Nursall, is a freelance writer and TV/film documentary director and producer.

Chill factor

A Cold Night's Death, a 1973 American made-for-TV film, also called The Chill Factor

Getting Gotti

Getting Gotti is a 1994 TV film centered on a Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney named Diane Giacalone, and her attempts to build a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) case against John Gotti and the Gambino crime family.

If You Go Down in the Woods Today

If You Go Down in the Woods Today is the name of a British TV film comedy released in 1981, written, directed and starring Eric Sykes, also featuring Robin Bailey and Norman Bird amongst a cast of dozens.

Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World

Two years after the first broadcast of the TV film, Vanessa Redgrave played the role of Isadora Duncan in the big-screen biopic Isadora.

It's Alive

'It's Alive!', a 1969 American TV film directed by Larry Buchanan

James D'Arcy

His first appearances on television were small roles in the TV series Silent Witness (1996) and Dalziel and Pascoe (1996), followed by roles in TV film such as Nicholas Hawthorne in Ruth Rendell's Bribery and Corruption (1997), Lord Cheshire in The Canterville Ghost (1997) and Jonathan Maybury in The Ice House (1997).

John Clem

In 1963, Walt Disney produced a made-for-TV film entitled Johnny Shiloh, with Kevin Corcoran in the title role.

Kamleshwar

By late 1970s, he had made his first short TV film the “Jamuna Bazar”, near river Yamuna in Delhi, and soon switched to television scriptwriting, and eventually became the 'Additional Director General' of Doordarshan, India's national television channel, (1980–82), during his tenure, in a matter of 24 months, the entire nation was connected with television network.

Keep the Change

Keep the Change (film), a 1992 TV film starring William Petersen, adapted from a novel by Thomas McGuane (see next)

Kim Taylforth

Aged 19, she starred as 'Janet' in the 1979 TV film The Knowledge about a group of aspiring Londoners learning The Knowledge with Mick Ford and Nigel Hawthorne.

László Gálffi

He played the part of Frédéric Chopin in the 1982 Hungarian TV film Liszt Ferenc, about the life of Franz Liszt.

Le Sang noir

Le Sang noir was made into a TV film in 2006, directed by Peter Kassovitz and produced by BFC productions (Françoise Castro) and France 3.

Lisa Regina

She has appeared on TV / Film in Bronx Paradise, Priceless, national commercial campaigns for Delta Sky Miles, K-Mart and Macy's, and as a host for the 2010 Maxwell Football Club awards.

Loring Mandel

His best known and most acclaimed work was the 2001 TV film Conspiracy, which dramatized the 1942 Wannsee Conference and featured an ensemble cast, including Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, and Colin Firth.

Lyndon Ogbourne

Ogbourne started his television career in 2000 with a part in TV film Anchor Me opposite Annette Crosbie.

Marilyn Bell

The story of Bell's historic swim was told in the 2001 made-for-TV film Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story with Caroline Dhavernas portraying Marilyn Bell.

Martha Saxton

TV film The Jayne Mansfield Story featuring Loni Anderson and Arnold Schwarzenegger was based on her book Jayne Mansfield and the American fifties.

Million Dollar Infield

Million Dollar Infield is a 1982 made-for-TV film, starring Bonnie Bedelia and Rob Reiner.

Milton Subotsky

Subotsky also co-produced several adaptations of Stephen King novels, including Maximum Overdrive (1986) and Sometimes They Come Back (a 1991 TV film).

Nightjohn

The novel was adapted as a TV film which aired on the Disney Channel starring Carl Lumbly as John, Beau Bridges as the slaveholder, and introducing Allison Jones as Sarny.

No Ordinary Baby

Fonda was nominated for the best actress (miniseries or TV film) award at the 2002 Golden Globes for her role in the film.

Pakistan Media Awards

First ceremony were held in April 7, 2010 at Karachi Carlton Hotel, awards were presented in four categories TV, Film, Radio and Theater.

Peter Stone

As 'Pierre Marton' (literally 'Peter Stone' in French) he wrote, or co-wrote, Arabesque, Skin Game and the 1976 TV film 'One of My Wives is Missing'.

Philip Purser

Purser has also co-authored three editions of Halliwell's Television Companion (1982, 1986, originally Halliwell's Teleguide 1979) and wrote a TV film The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (Peek-A-Boo) on the wartime erotic entertainer for Thames in 1978.

Red Monarch

Red Monarch is a 1983 British TV film starring Colin Blakely as Joseph Stalin.

Richard Levinson

In tribute to Levinson, Link wrote the script for the 1991 TV film The Boys, starring James Woods and John Lithgow.

Robert R. Garwood

The made-for-TV film The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story, starring Ralph Macchio and Martin Sheen, was released in 1992.

Ronald Hines

In 1988 he played Home Secretary Henry Matthews in the TV film Jack the Ripper which starred Michael Caine.

Rüdiger Vogler

His film debut was in 1970 in a TV film "Chronik der laufenden Ereignisse" ("Chronicle of Current Events") by Peter Handke.

Sancho Gracia

As well, Gracia has worked in Australia, performing as a regular cast member in the 1982 television series, Runaway Island and in the 1991 made-for-TV film, Pirates Island.

Scott Brooker

Brooker is currently part of "Puppet Shack", a small organisation of puppet professionals (including Nigel Plaskitt, Guy Stevens, Paul Jomain and Jonathan Saville), who have worked for many TV, film and theatre productions.

Second String

Second String is a direct-to-TV film from 2002 about the Buffalo Bills football team who find its first string (led by real-life Bills quarterback Doug Flutie, who had left the team by the time the film was released) out for a month after a food poisoning incident, leading the team's head coach, "Chuck Dichter" (portrayed by Jon Voight), to hire an insurance salesman named Dan Heller (played by Gil Bellows) as the team's backup quarterback.

Smiley Guy Studios

Smiley Guy Studios has created their original work such as Odd Job Jack, The World of Bruce McCall, and Pillars of Freedom while also working with clients on a variety of animated TV, film and new media projects such as Turbo Dogs, Skatoony, "The Dating Guy", Hotbox (TV series), Sons of Butcher (TV series) and The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town.

Susan Ursitti

Ursitti graduated from St. Mary's College and then spent several years acting in commercials, TV, film and stage.

The Heart of the Matter

The novel was made into a film in 1953, directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Trevor Howard and Maria Schell, and a TV film version was produced in 1983, featuring Jack Hedley as Scobie.

The Show with No Name

public-access television cable TV show in Austin, Texas, hosted by Charlie Sotelo and the mysterious "Cinco." Each show featured clips of TV, film and music ephemera along with commentary by the hosts and calls from a predictably unruly Public-access television audience.

They All Laughed

They All Laughed was the last theatrical film in which Audrey Hepburn played a lead role (she would later star in a made-for-TV film entitled Love Among Thieves and a cameo role in Always).

West Auckland

This story was made into a TV film in 1982 called The World Cup: A Captain's Tale.

Who Killed Lamb?

Who Killed Lamb? is a 1974 TV film starring Stanley Baker as a detective investigating a murder.

Young Pioneers

Young Pioneers' Christmas, a second 1978 made-for-TV film based on the novel