Movies by Jack Gilford
As part of the cast:
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
Cast: Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud …
Directed by: Bud Yorkin
Irrepressible drunk Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) attempts to sober up -- and find a job -- after the father of his jilted fiancée, Susan (Cynthia Sikes), gains control of the Bach family…
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Cocoon: The Return (1988)
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox …
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
In this sequel to the huge hit Cocoon, the seniors who exited Earth in exchange for eternal youth return to terra firma to visit with the loved ones they left behind. Meanwhile, their alien…
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Cocoon (1985)
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Steve Guttenberg, Don Ameche …
Directed by: Ron Howard
A group of shut-ins at a rest home get a new lease on life when they're offered the gift of eternal youth by visiting aliens led by Brian Dennehy. Steve Guttenberg plays a charter boat…
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Happy (1983)
Cast: Dom DeLuise, Dee Wallace, Henry Silva …
Directed by: Lee Philips
Dom DeLuise stars in this 1983 thriller as Happy, a children's entertainer who's not quite ecstatic about his new predicament: After witnessing a murder, he's on the run from a…
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Anna to the Infinite Power (1982)
Cast: Martha Byrne, Dina Merrill, Jack Gilford …
Directed by: Robert Wiemer
Anna (Martha Byrne), a brilliant but troubled young girl attending a school for the gifted, is disturbed by a series of terrifying nightmares. Her dreams are only the beginning of a dangerous…
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Caveman (1981)
Cast: Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Dennis Quaid …
Directed by: Carl Gottlieb
In this spoof of prehistoric times, lovesick Atouk -- the smallest and weakest caveman of his tribe -- struggles to win the heart of the beautiful Lana. But to do so, he'll have to…
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Wholly Moses (1980)
Cast: Gary Weis, Dudley Moore, Laraine Newman …
Directed by: Gary Weis
As an infant, Herschel, a contemporary of the Biblical Moses, was floated down the same river on the same morning as the legendary deliverer of the Jews. Unfortunately for Herschel, Moses…
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Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)
Cast: James Caan, Elliott Gould, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Mark Rydell
James Caan and Elliott Gould are disgruntled turn-of-the-century vaudevillians who decide to become New York City safecrackers -- but making a killing in their new career turns out to be far…
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Save the Tiger (1973)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laure Heineman …
Directed by: John G. Avildsen
&NFb;&NFb_;Jack Lemmon won a Best Actor Oscar in 1974 for his gripping performance as Harry Stoner, a Los Angeles dress manufacturer whose business is on the skids. In a desperate move (and…
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They Might Be Giants (1971)
Cast: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford …
Directed by: Anthony Harvey
Retired judge Justin Playfair (George C. Scott) has a most peculiar eccentricity: He believes he's Sherlock Holmes. Betrayed by his scheming brother and placed under the care of…
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Catch-22 (1970)
Cast: Alan Arkin, Martin Sheen, Richard Benjamin …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) tries to escape the travesties of World War II by convincing his Air Force commanders that he's crazy. Hilarity ensues -- but so does reality as he watches…
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Cast: Zero Mostel, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford …
Directed by: Richard Lester
Indolent Roman slave Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) has one wish: to purchase his freedom. With his master and mistress away for the day, Pseudolus learns that the master's son, Hero (Michael…
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The Daydreamer (1966)
Cast: Ray Bolger, Margaret Hamilton, Burl Ives …
Directed by: Jules Bass
While young Hans Christian Andersen (Paul O'Keefe) listens to his father (Jack Gilford) spin four timeless yarns, the magical animation of Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass brings the tales…