Vic Morrow

Vic Morrow

Date of Birth: 14 Feb 1929

Country: USA

Biography: Born in the Bronx, Vic Morrow dropped out of high school at 17 to join the U.S. Navy. When he left the Navy, he used the G.I. Bill to study pre-law at Florida State. While Morrow was working on his degree in Law, he also took part in a school play and found that he preferred stage acting to courtroom acting. When he went to New York, Morrow enrolled in the Actors' Workshop to improve his skills. After graduating, he was cast in the summer stock production of "A Streetcar Named Desire"...(imdb)

Total Credits at Criticker: 37 (Actor), 3 (Director), 2 (Writer)

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    Blackboard Jungle
    The Original 50's classic about a decent middle aged school teacher who goes to teach in an unruly high school filled with thugs led by Vic Morrow... (imdb)
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    Twilight Zone: The Movie
    Four horror/sci-fi segments directed by four famous directors which are their own versions of classic stories from Rod Serling's landmark television series. (imdb)
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    The Bad News Bears
    An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league. (imdb)
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    The Glass House
    A young guard and a college professor convicted of manslaughter both start their first day in prison. (imdb)
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    King Creole
    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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    Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
    Mary and Larry are two lovers who, with Larry's ace mechanic, kidnap the daughter of a grocery story owner, and make off with the ransom. They are chased over hill, over vale by the cops, who deploy everything from 426 Hemis to helicopters to stop Larry's Dodge Charger. Except Mary was not with them when the kidnap took place. (imdb)
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    The California Kid
    A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death. (imdb)
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    The Night That Panicked America
    The true story of the night that Orson Welles broadcast his version of 'H.G. Welles' ' classic ''The War of the Worlds'' on the radio. Designed to be as realistic as possible, many people were fooled into thinking that an alien invasion was actually taking place. (imdb)
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    1990: The Bronx Warriors
    In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs. (imdb)
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    Humanoids from the Deep
    Scientific experiments backfire and produce horrific mutations: halfman, halffish which terrorize a small fishing village by killing the men and raping the women. (imdb)
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    God\
    A poor farmer is obsessed with finding gold on his land supposedly buried by his grandfather. To find it he conveniently moves a marker out of his way that designates the land on which it rests as as God's Little Acre, where anything that comes from the ground will go to God's work. Eventually he abducts an albino to help him find the gold. (imdb)
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    Cimarron
    The epic saga of a frontier family, Cimarron starts with the Oklahoma Land Rush on 22 April 1889. The Cravet family builds their newspaper Oklahoma Wigwam into a business empire and Yancey Cravet is the adventurer-idealist who, to his wife's anger, spurns the opportunity to become governor since this means helping to defraud the indians of their land and oil. (imdb)
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    Men in War
    Circumstance throws together Lieutenant Benson and his platoon with Sergeant Montana and the shell-shocked colonel in his keep during the Korean War. The group must make it fifteen miles through enemy territory in hopes of finding friendly ground on Hill 465.
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    Tom Sawyer
    Tom Sawyer (1973) - TV Movie
    Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, two friends in a Mississippi River town, have one adventure after another - including attending their own funeral and being pursued by a murderer. (imdb)
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    The Evictors
    A young couple just being married rents a house in a village in Louisiana. But they are not welcome because the inhabitants of the village look at them with distrust - in the house they rented were happening strange things in the past... (imdb)
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    Tribute to a Bad Man
    Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers soon as look at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock's ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta. (imdb)
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    Posse from Hell
    Murphy goes after bad guys who shot his friend the sheriff and abducted a local girl. In a plot reminiscent of High Noon, the posse of town blowhards gradually abandons Murphy; only tenderfoot banker Saxon remains, to prove his manhood. When they find the girl, obviously abused by her captors, Murphy shows her acceptance and sympathy whereas the others display only revulsion. (imdb)
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    The Last Shark
    An enormous and angry 35 foot Great White shark takes revenge on humans when they build a beach just for swimmers by a coastal town. After several shark attacks, and the Mayor does nothing, James Fransiscus and Vic Morrow sail in pursuit to stop it. Gee, I wonder what movie this is ripping off.
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    Curse of the Black Widow
    An old legend about a woman transforming herself into a human-sized black widow spider and preying on victims during the full moon comes to life in this thriller. Twin sisters Lee and Laura are plagued by the deaths of people close to them, and a savvy cop and a cocky private investigator begin to unravel the spider web around the mysterious murders. A multiple-personality disorder also enters into the story. (imdb)
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    Message from Space
    In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother (played a comic actor in drag) rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen. (imdb)
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    Treasure of Matecumbe
    This adventure chronicles two boys' search for a treasure buried somewhere in the Florida Keys during the mid 1800s. The children are assisted by three adults, who each have the their own agendas for finding the cache. The hunters are followed by a greedy gang of villains. (allmovie.com)
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    Death Stalk
    Death Stalk (1975) - TV Movie
    The whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The husbands break free from their bonds and raft down the river in hopes of rescuing their wives. (imdb)
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    The Take
    In this action adventure, the trouble begins when a police lieutenant begins accepting bribes while simultaneously trying to impress his superiors by breaking up a big gang. Keep a sharp eye out for Frankie Avalon playing a sneaky crook. (allmovie.com)
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    It\
    A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury. (imdb)
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    The Seekers
    The Seekers (1979) - TV Movie
    The sons and grandchildren of Philip Kent make a life for themselves in America. (imdb)
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    Target: Harry
    Set up like a version of the Maltese Falcon, this routine detective yarn by Roger Corman features Vic Morrow as Harry Black, a hard-living, tough-skinned American in trouble. Two dangerous factions want to get their hands on some engraving plates stolen from the British mint, and Harry is trapped in the middle. (allrovi.com)
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    Hell\
    Hell's Five Hours begin ticking away when Nash (Vic Morrow), a disgruntled employee of a rocket-fuel manufacturing plant, goes berserk. Wielding a home-made bomb, Nash threatens to blow himself, his hostages and the plant to smithereens. Nash's supervisor Mike (Stephen McNally) takes it upon himself to talk Nash into surrendering, playing for time while all the fuel is pumped out of the plant's supply tanks and the rockets are removed from the premeses. (allrovi.com)
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    La baby sitter
    A naive young girl is forcefully kidnapped while babysitting the son of a wealthy food mogul. Her and the boy are held hostage by an ex-stuntman and a vengeful movie star. (imdb)
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    Captains and the Kings
    Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s. Adapted from a 1972 historical novel by Taylor Caldwell. (imdb)
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    The Man with the Power
    A man whose father was an alien from another planet inherits his father's supernatural powers. He is assigned to guard a beautiful Indian princess who is on a state visit to America. (imdb)
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    Funeral for an Assassin
    A professional assassin has a vendetta against his former employer for their betrayal and his subsequent imprisonment. (imdb)
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    Combat!
    Combat! (1962) - TV Series
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    Abenko Green Beret
    AKA Abengo Airborne Corps; Abengo Corps is under the direct control of headquarters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. In order to conceal the Inchon Landing Operation, Abengo makes it look like to execute the Wonsan Landing Operation. With the operation soon at hand, the members of this operation go on a special vacation to Busan. Among them is Il Gyu. He meets with Bae Soo Na, a refugee, and they spend a passionate, touching night of lovetogether.
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    Portrait of a Mobster
    1920s gangster Dutch Schultz, while building his own mob ring, romances Iris, the daughter of a man he killed. When Iris marries a cop, Schultz makes sure the cop goes bad and takes kickbacks from Schultz's organization. Iris goes back to the arms of Schultz, not knowing he's the man who killed her father.
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    The Hostage Heart
    Terrorists overtake an operating room where a multimillionaire is undergoing heart surgery. Guns are drawn and blood is shed in the operating room as the terrorists stand firm in their demand for $10 million. Which of the hospital staff can be trusted and which ones are also terrorists?
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    Wild and Wooly
    It's 1903 and some dastardly fiends are determined to assassinate President Teddy Roosevelt. It's up to some intrepid and courageous cowgirls to thwart the scheme.
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    Roots
    Roots (1977) - TV Mini-Series
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