Robert Schenkkan

AKA:

0.3831

1953-03-19

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Crew Roles

The Quiet American

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Spartacus

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Crazy Horse

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Hacksaw Ridge

Screenplay

All the Way

Executive Producer

Friday Night Lights

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All the Way

Screenplay

All the Way

Theatre Play

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Producer

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Creator

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {27}

David Deaver

1990-08-22 7.065

Pump Up the Volume

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with ...

Genre :Music, Drama

State Attorney Peters

1987-01-16 6.326

The Bedroom Window

Baltimore, Maryland. Sylvia sees a girl being attacked from her lover Terry's bedroom window. The assailant flees and his victim is saved. But that same night another girl is found murdered. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller

Wilson Turner

1983-02-15 6.9

Murder in Coweta County

Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control. When he murders a share cropper he thinks that h ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie, Crime

1990-06-03 0

Revealing Evidence - Stalking the Honolulu Strangler

After months of a search for a serial killer, the police are able to catch the killer of some of the women. But the search is not over when the assistant of the attorney discovers some details in the ...

Genre :Thriller, TV Movie

Ry Bimstone/Cyrus Rockworth

1994-01-01 3.7

Keys

A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

1993-11-09 7.2

Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story

When a woman dies in a supposed accident, her parents suspect their son-in-law of foul play. When the police begin to agree, the murder suspect vanishes. ...

Genre :TV Movie, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Pollack

1987-05-22 5.559

Amazing Grace and Chuck

Average American boy Chuck Murdock goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at the fingertips of the military. Knowing that the worl ...

Genre :Drama

Texas Voice #2

1984-09-11 7.178

Places in the Heart

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome ...

Genre :Drama

Government Aide

1986-06-13 6.154

The Manhattan Project

A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the governme ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Thriller

Neighbour

1982-04-25 6

The Neighborhood

A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community. ...

Genre :TV Movie, Drama

1988-11-12 0

Police Story: The Watch Commander

This is the story of policeman who has been on the job for over forty years. And one of his duties is to look out for all of the officers under him cause he is the watch commander. And it seems that a ...

Genre :Action, TV Movie

Rev. Don Douglas

1991-02-03 5.7

In Broad Daylight

The fanatically uncompromising Len Rowan and his family insult and terrorize the citizens of a small town for years. One day the comment of a saleswoman about Len's son not being able to pay his sweet ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Paul Gilly

1986-09-04 5.639

Act of Vengeance

In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime, TV Movie

Sgt. Roberts

1989-03-03 5.865

Out Cold

Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proof for the divorce ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Thriller

Rick

1985-09-08 5.4

Chain Letters

Nine Manhattanites receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter on or to break the chain, the various characters can encounter romance, fulfillment -- and sudden death ...

Genre :Drama

Father Wembley

1979-04-23 6

Sanctuary of Fear

A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents she can't explain, and her complaints to the police ...

Genre :TV Movie, Thriller, Mystery

Helicopter Pilot

1986-05-16 5.3

Sweet Liberty

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Wilton Hale

1990-01-27 4.571

The Image

When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general. ...

Genre :Drama

Self

2025-04-09 0

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in David Lynch & Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks". ...

Genre :Documentary

Dr. Gregory

1986-09-15 7

L.A. Law

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many o ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Lt. Cmdr. Dexter Remmick

1987-09-28 8.368

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds. ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery

(segment "Devil's Alphabet")

1985-09-27 7.751

The Twilight Zone

This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a ...

Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

1982-10-02 7.1

Newhart

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Tod ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Officer Mayhew

1987-11-05 5

Beverly Hills Buntz

A former police detective transitions to working as a private investigator in Beverly Hills, navigating quirky cases and eccentric clients. His street-smart attitude and unorthodox methods clash with ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Capt. Weir

1991-02-03 6.8

Son of the Morning Star

The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women. ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Jack Thomas

1985-11-17 7.6

Kane & Abel

Kane & Abel is a television miniseries, based on the novel of the same name written by Jeffrey Archer, that aired on CBS in 1985. It stars Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane. ...

Genre :Drama

Campbell

1987-03-22 6.5

Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder

A sociopathic socialite plots her father's murder. ...