James Purcell

AKA:
0.5325

Steeltown, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

Fools Die Fast
Director
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {57}

1980-10-30 5.5

Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case

Based on the well-publicized Oregon criminal case of the late 1970s, this film dramatizes the unique dispute in which Greta Rideout instigated the prosecution of her husband, John, charging him with r ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Vince Montono

1987-06-11 5.7

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey takes on the local drug cartel. ...
Genre :Crime, Action

Paramedic

1988-04-08 5.6

Bad Dreams

Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, you ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller

1985-10-01 0

Raw Tunes

Genre :Drama

1984-11-12 7.5

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story

Before stalking was a well-known crime in North America, there was Theresa Saldana's story. A drifter from the U.K., Arthur Jackson, flies to the U.S. to seek Saldana out. His twisted mission: Jackson ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1995-11-21 6

Fools Die Fast

A story set in the 1950s about two people who find a way out of their respective problems through the love they develop for one another. ...
Genre :Drama

Robin Legler

1986-12-12 6

Where Are the Children?

In Cape Cod, Missy and Michael, the two children of Nancy Eldridge, are kidnapped by a man who has disturbing intentions for them. Local police chief Ed Coffin wrongfully suspects that Nancy is behind ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Lou

2003-01-01 5.5

Devil Winds

A brilliant meteorologist returns to his hometown in Oklahoma to try to stop the biggest tornado ever. ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, TV Movie, Science Fiction

1993-09-01 0

Dead Meat

An encounter between a drug addict and a hit man on the Toronto streets. ...
Genre :Drama

Marco

1998-03-01 6.318

The Long Way Home

A retired widower wanders away from his daughter's home, hooks up with a free-spirited young woman, and goes on a cross-country odyssey to look up an old flame he's recently heard from after 55 years. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Family

Frank

1990-06-08 2.571

Gypsy Angels

Vanna White is a stripper who falls for a stunt pilot who develops amnesia after a crash. ...
Genre :Action

Captain Henricks

1995-03-02 5.2

No Contest

A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a kick-boxing actress, is the host of the show, and t ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller

Sal

1991-05-01 5.4

The Hitman

After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation a ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Thriller

Bill Dockerty

1991-09-20 2.5

White Light

A police officer recovers from a nearly fatal injury with visions of a mysterious woman. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Fantasy

Walter Neary

2000-03-05 8.313

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Interrupted at dinner by a street kid with a strange story, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin find themselves drawn into a strange case when their young informant is found murdered. The victim's mother so ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Detective Jimmy Lama

1996-09-15 5.5

Undue Influence

When a senator's new wife is murdered, the prime suspect is his ex-wife, Laurel. Laurel's brother-in-law, lawyer Paul Madriani, still reeling from the death of his wife, takes on the case. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Detective

1981-01-23 4.077

Delusion

Meredith Stone, a home care nurse, has been assigned the duty of looking after a wealthy invalid named Ivar Langrock. Cooped up in Langrock's stately country mansion, Meredith quickly suspects that so ...
Genre :Horror

Cal Fredericks

1994-04-05 6

To Save the Children

Teacher Jake Downey has relocated to a small town in Wyoming hoping to escape the urban problems of his last assignment. His myth of rural bliss is shattered when a former police officer comes unglued ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Eastman

1988-01-01 0

Betrayal of Silence

A new lawyer investigates the abuse case of a young orphan girl and begins to believe that the orphanage priests have something to hide. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama

Dooley

1994-10-02 4.7

Another Woman

After Lisa Temple is brutally attacked and suffers from amnesia, it seems her bitter character has changed for the better, which causes her estranged husband Paul to have second thoughts about leaving ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Mr. Denison

2018-02-20 6.759

Level 16

The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of perfect femininity. But what exactly are they being trained for? Vivien inte ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Thriller

Karaoke Man

2005-05-25 0

Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution

A single blind date suffices for handsome gentleman Scott Peterson, a traveling salesman, to seduce Amber Frey all the way. When a colleague finds out about his marriage, she believes him to be a wido ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Bill

1997-12-08 6

On the 2nd Day of Christmas

Trish and her six-year-old niece, Patsy, make their living by picking pockets. But when they try to take advantage of holiday shoppers with fat wallets, they run into a little snag - a department stor ...
Genre :Family, Romance, TV Movie

Paul

1990-09-06 4.2

Playroom

An archaeologist is haunted by a nightmare in which his family is murdered. ...
Genre :Horror

Jimmy Weeks

1997-10-26 5.5

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

A female prosecutor notices a woman in a plastic surgeon's waiting room who looks strikingly like a girl who was murdered more than ten years earlier. An investigation into the plastic surgeon grows m ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie

Taylor

2012-05-10 5.342

Bloodwork

A couple of college students decide to sign up for pharmaceutical testing of a new allergy drug to make some extra cash for their spring break trip. They quickly discover their two week stay will not ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller

Kimberly's Dad

2006-11-07 4.9

Totally Awesome

Do you prefer to wax on or wax off? Preacher won't let you dance? Well then, put Baby in the corner and come on down, 'cause VH1 is bringing back more of the '80s you love in this feature-length film, ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Detective Lt.

1978-04-10 0

To Kill a Cop

Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action, TV Movie

Gino Petrocelli

2005-02-07 6.1

Family Sins

Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matriarch took in foster children who were subsequentl ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Senator Montet

2006-03-01 5.029

Absolute Zero

INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As t ...
Genre :Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Jackie Garbo

1988-09-28 4.3

Glitz

Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offender he testified against. ...
Genre :Thriller, Action, Crime, TV Movie

Detective

2001-05-15 3.4

Full Disclosure

A reporter discovers a woman who is a suspected terrorist. ...
Genre :Action, Thriller

Carlos Bonaventure

1997-01-13 7.42

La Femme Nikita

Nikita is a drug-addicted juvenile delinquent who was accused of killing a police officer in cold blood during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy. She is later arrested and sentenced to death by letha ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Tony Delmar

1996-09-09 6.167

FX: The Series

Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion? ...
Genre :Drama

Sally Mancuso

1996-09-09 6.167

FX: The Series

Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion? ...
Genre :Drama

Steve Burton

1997-10-06 6.758

Earth: Final Conflict

Years ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there are those who believe the Taelons have more sinister motives. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery

Christopher Wells

2001-10-16 8.184

Smallville

The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

Stanley Ferris

1998-09-26 5.271

Highlander: The Raven

Highlander: The Raven was a short-lived spin-off from the television series Highlander, continuing the saga of a female Immortal. The series followed the character of Amanda, an Immortal who had a rec ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

Hector Stone

1990-07-01 7

Counterstrike

Counterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on November 2, 1991 on CTV in Canada and on November 20, 1991 on TF1 in France. It also aired in the United ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama

Dr. Hershfield

1997-07-27 8.278

Stargate SG-1

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of s ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure

Alan Ford

1994-01-02 6.08

Viper

Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from o ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cary Bond

2003-06-27 7.652

Dead Like Me

When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy

Finn Heimdal

2003-09-03 8.203

Mayday

Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcrip ...
Genre :Documentary, Drama, Crime

James Ellicott

2005-09-13 8.305

Supernatural

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranorma ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

1985-01-31 6.6

Night Heat

Night Heat was a Canadian police drama series. It starred Allan Royal as journalist Tom Kirkwood, who chronicled the nightly police beat of detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone in an unnamed no ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

McGinnis

1988-10-07 6.367

War of the Worlds

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet co ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

Brock

1988-10-07 6.367

War of the Worlds

Humanity must resume its war against the Martians when they revive after decades of hibernation following their defeat in the 1950s. The fate of Earth may very well rest in the hands of a small yet co ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

William Porter

1994-09-22 7.6

Due South

Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Comedy

Jim Doyle

1987-09-24 8.052

Tour of Duty

The trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War. ...
Genre :War & Politics, Drama, Action & Adventure

Theo Sheridan

2009-06-04 6.863

The Listener

Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, ha ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama

Captain Hilliard

2004-10-24 7.3

ReGenesis

ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

Officer Bright

1979-12-27 6.8

Knots Landing

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community. ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

Inspector Brimlow

2008-06-15 5.5

The Summit

Set on the eve of the next G8 Summit, this miniseries follows a mother's desperate struggle to bring justice to her murdered son, fallen victim to a corrupt pharmaceutical company. ...
Genre :Drama

Hold-Up Man

1983-09-22 5

Trauma Center

Genre :Drama

Detective Fisher

1981-12-04 5.527

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series r ...
Genre :Soap, Drama

Fred Peterson

1981-12-04 5.527

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series r ...
Genre :Soap, Drama

D.A. Schweigel

2002-06-16 7.3

The Dead Zone

Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. ...
Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy