John Harkins
Know for: Acting
Born: 1932-09-07
Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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Being There (1979)
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the...
Birdy (1984)
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam War. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and...
Amityville 3-D (1983)
To debunk the Amityville house's infamous reputation and take advantage of a rock-bottom asking price, skeptical journalist John Baxter buys the...
A Question of Love (1978)
A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.
The Day the Bubble Burst (1982)
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
Good Against Evil (1977)
Dack Rambo and Elyssa Davalos star as sweethearts Andy Stuart and Jessica Gordon. The course of true love is messed up when Satan claims Jessica as...
Slaves of New York (1989)
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and...
Absence of Malice (1981)
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was...
This Gun for Hire (1991)
A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a...
Rampage (1987)
Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes,...
Attack on Fear (1984)
Married journalists who run a small town newspaper expose corruption and cultism at a once respected rehab center.
Last Hours Before Morning (1975)
An ex-cop, now a private detective, investigating a gambler's murder finds that there may be a connection between that crime and the jewel robbery at...
Callie & Son (1981)
A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to...
Crime of the Century (1996)
In 1932, the nation was shocked when the 14-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped, held for ransom, and murdered. Two years later, Bruno...
Right of Way (1983)
Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years,...
The Tiger Makes Out (1967)
During a typically disaster-filled day, Ben Harris, an angry and frustrated bachelor mailman living in a cluttered Greenwich Village basement, learns...
The Five Forty-Eight (1979)
An advertising man, emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him, has seduced and then fired and discarded his secretary. She pursues him...
Acapulco Gold (1976)
In this rollicking adventure set on the high seas, an innocent insurance agent working on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kauai, is framed as a drug...
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975)
The story of Dr. Sam Sheppard, an Ohio doctor convicted of murdering his wife, despite his vehement denials of the crime.
The Sorrows of Gin (1979)
An affluent suburban couple's empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year old daughter.
O Youth and Beauty! (1979)
Cash Bentley and his wife Louise lead an average upper-middle-class life in suburbia, with a nice home and two fine children. But Cash grows...
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015)
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared, she also influenced a...
All God's Children (1980)
Big city judge Parke Denison is involved in a forced busing dispute at the climax of his long career. The friendship between two families -- one...
The Cracker Factory (1979)
Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a...
City Killer (1984)
An attractive young girl is being watched closely by her ex-lover, but matters soon start to escalate and run out of control.
The Seduction of Gina (1984)
Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she...
Griffin and Phoenix (1976)
Griffin has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Instead of quietly facing his death, he decides to have fun in the time remaining. At a college...
The Penalty Phase (1986)
Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless,...
The Three Sisters (1966)
In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in...
One Shoe Makes it Murder (1982)
Robert Mitchum stars as a down-and-out ex-cop whose entanglement with a shady casino owner leaves him one step behind a killer.
Inherit the Wind (1988)
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982)
The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con...
Marriage Is Alive and Well (1980)
A talented wedding photographer, at a crossroads with his own marriage, reflects on tales of past clients and the hope, adversity and romance that...
Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994)
1994. Cagney, now a Lieutenant, re-teams with Lacey, who has left the force, to search for a cache of missing firearms.
The Crucible (1967)
Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Fear on Trial (1975)
The story of John Henry Faulk, a radio/TV personality of the 1950s, who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. Faulk sued the organization that was...
Callahan (1982)
Indiana Jones spoof, an unsold pilot. Callahan and his new assistant try to solve the world's problems through science.