Elvis Presley
Date of Birth: 08 Jan 1935
Country: USA
Biography: Elvis Aaron Presleya (January 8, 1935 - August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".Elvis Presley became a film star in 1956, and would go on to appear in a total of 33 feature films. Despite a strong, promising start to his acting career with films like Love Me Tender, Jailhouse Rock, and King Creole...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 50 (Actor)
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Tires squeal in the desert, supposedly wooden walls ripple like paper...you can't even buy production values this bad and, to top it off, it stars Presley. No better argument for the downfall of western civilization and the utter worthlessness of cinema as an art form. (FrontalotSA)
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Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine... (imdb)
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Elvis Presley sings his way around the race circuit as successful speedway driver Steve Grayson. All... (imdb)
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Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. (imdb)
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After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star. (imdb)
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Tulsa is a specialist in the US Army stationed in Germany. He loves to sing and has dreams to run his own nightclub when he leaves the army....but dreams don't come cheap... (imdb)
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Mike and Danny fly a cropduster, but because of Danny's gambling debts, a local sheriff takes custody of it. Trying to earn money, they hitch-hike to the World's Fair in Seattle. While Danny tries to earn money playing poker, Mike takes care of a small girl, Sue-Lin, whose father has disappeared. Being a ladies' man, he also finds the time to court a young nurse, Diane. (imdb)
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Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer... (imdb)
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Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while he brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. When his brother Vance comes back from the war, he finds that his old girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. The family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue... (imdb)
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Mike McCoy is the lead singer for a band combo and part-time racecar driver trying to get by when he is persued by a trio of very different women who want his hand in marriage. The first is Les, the female drummer of his band, The second is Cynthia, a spoiled heiress and Daddy's girl. The third is Diana, a writer of books on men. (imdb)
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The heir to an oil fortune trades places with a water-ski instructor at a Florida hotel to see if girls will like him for himself, rather than his father's money. (imdb)
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Concert footage and backstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley. (imdb)
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Sam Burton's second wife Neddy is Indian, their son Pacer a half-breed. As struggle starts between the whites and the Kiowas, the Burton family is split between loyalties. Neddy and Sam are killed; Pacer sides with the Indians, his half-brother Clint with the whites. (imdb)
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Elvis is Charlie Rogers, a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate dad runs him off the road when he flirts with his daughter. He's forced to hook up with a traveling carnival until his bike can be fixed... (IMDb)
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Jess Wade is innocently accused of having stolen a cannon from the Mexican revolutionary forces. He tries to find the real culprits, a gang of criminals. (imdb)
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A nun is forced to choose between a doctor and the church. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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Elvis as the manager of a Chautauqua company (medicine show) in the 1920s. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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A man manages to land two well-paying photographer's jobs and work them both by hopping back and forth from office to office. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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Teen-age heiress falls for pop singer when he's performing in England. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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A frogman dives for buried treasure. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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A pilot runs a charter service while romancing local women. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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Johnny is a riverboat gambler who becomes convinced that a redhead is his good luck charm -- problem is, Frankie is a blonde! (imdb)
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A man in Fort Lauderdale chaperons the daughter of a Chicago mobster. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel. (imdb)
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Elvis: The Great Performances - Center Stage, Volume One (1990) - Direct-to-Video
Performances from none other than the King himself, including "My Happiness," Elvis' first screen test, and Elvis' very first television appearance. (All Movie Guide)
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Elvis: The Great Performances, Vol. 2 - The Man and the Music (1990) - Direct-to-Video
This video constitutes first-release footage of early performances, and clips from Elvis' last concert, to paint a portrait of the effects of fame on the King's life. It was put together and narrated by D.J./musician George Klein. (All Movie Guide)
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Elvis (1968) - TV Special
This was not only Elvis' comeback, but also his first-ever TV special. Originally telecast December 3, 1968, the 60-minute songfest begins with Elvis offering a medley of his old hits: "Heartbreak Hotel," "Hound Dog," "All Shook Up," "Jailhouse Rock," "Love Me Tender," etc. In honor of the Yuletide season, Presley also croons "Blue Christmas." The more elaborate production numbers include "Guitar Man," "Nothingsville," "Big Boss Man," and "Trouble." Wrapping up things is the grand finale... (All Movie Guide)
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A military officer tries to convince a yokel relative to allow a missile site to be built on his homeland. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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A singer works as a lifeguard and entertainer in a Mexican resort city. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)
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When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York. He was orphaned as an infant and grew up elsewhere but always wanted to return to where he was from. He hopes to be a mechanic but soon after his arrival finds himself working as a sparring partner at a boxing camp. Having lost all of his money in a crap game, Walter is happy to take any kind of work but a devastating right hook sends him down a different path... (imdb)
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A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career. (imdb)
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Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote the talented newcomer to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future. (imdb)
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A family of squatters takes on a gambling chieftan and a corrupt social worker. (TCM.com)
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This documentary, authorized by the Elvis Presley estate, examines the films made by Elvis before he entered the army in 1958. Shown are home movies, clips from the films he made during that time and interviews with friends, colleagues and co-workers. (imdb)
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A retrospective featuring trailers from all 33 movies Elvis made between 1956 thru 1972. (imdb)
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Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. His arrival on the national scene ,in 1956, is highlighted by clips from "Stage Show", "The Milton Berle Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show". (imdb)
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Elvis '56 (1987) - TV Movie
The story of how Elvis Presley went from being just a somewhat naive rock singer to world-famous--and world-weary--superstar in just the space of one year, 1956. (imdb)
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Elvis by the Presleys (2005) - TV Movie
This film offers an unprecedented look into the Presley family, with unhindered access into the archives of the Elvis Presley estate. This intimately revealing film creates a poignant portrait of the man as a husband, father and friend. As never before, his former wife Priscilla Presley and daughter Lisa Marie Presley, along with members of the extended family, freely share their stories, emotions and intimate memories on camera, illustrated with rarely seen home-movie footage.
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Disguised as a straightforward promotional music video, an iconic 1970 performance by a messianic Elvis Presley is transformed by editing and music into a dark meditation on addiction and the hollowness of celebrity culture. (imdb)
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Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii (1973) - TV Special
A 1973 concert by Elvis Presley taped at the Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. This was the first program to ever be beamed around the world by satellite.
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Elvis: One Night with You (1985) - TV Special
The unedited Elvis's performance marking his comeback in '68, before a small audience, that would become a TV Special known as The NBC Comeback Special.
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King of Entertainment (2003) - Direct-to-Video
A tribute to the king of rock n' roll, Elvis Presley. This documentary is about the performer's life on, and off the stage. It includes footage from television appearances which includes the Ed Sullivan Show and much more.
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Elvis Presley was born a star and is still called the King of Rock'n' Roll. He made an enormous impact on people's lives with his music, his shows and his loveable personality, but he had a darker side that very few people knew about. He was a complicated man with a big temper, and despite being surrounded by friends, family and his fans, he was lonely and became depressed... (imdb)
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The film is the authentic, fully authorized and true, behind-the-scenes story of how Elvis' 1968 Comeback Special came to life and helped put the fading star back on the map. (imdb)
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