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John Pleshette

Actor | Writer | Director

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Uncle-in-law of Ingrid Oliansky and Adam Oliansky. See more trivia »

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in New York City, New York, USA
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2013 Happily Divorced (TV series)
Rabbi
– I Object (2013) … Rabbi
 
2012 American Horror Story (TV series)
Committee Chairman
– The Coat Hanger (2012) … Committee Chairman
 
2011 Law & Order: LA (TV series)
Judge
– Reseda (2011) … Judge
 
2010 Kosher Pig (TV movie)
Paul Cohen
 
2009 Gentlemen Broncos
Merve
 
2008 Eli Stone (TV series)
Judge Nettles
– Two Ministers (2008) … Judge Nettles
 
2007 Sex and Breakfast
Older Man in Elevator
 
2006-2007 The Nine (TV series)
Mr. Kates
– Confessions (2007) … Mr. Kates
– Outsiders (2006) … Mr. Kates
 
2005 NCIS (TV series)
Tom Crawley
– Model Behavior (2005) … Tom Crawley
 
2004 JAG (TV series)
Prosecutor Joe Wilson
– Camp Delta (2004) … Prosecutor Joe Wilson
 
2004 Helter Skelter (TV movie)
Mr. Krenwikle
 
2004 The Sopranos (TV series)
Dr. Ira Fried
– All Happy Families (2004) … Dr. Ira Fried
 
2003 Line of Fire (TV series)
– Born to Run
 
2003 The Failures
Pricipal Holbrook
 
2003 Detonator
Stuart Newman
 
2002 For the People (TV series)
Dr. Goodwin
– Come Blow Your Whistle (2002) … Dr. Goodwin
 
2001 Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV series)
Therapist
– The Thong (2001) … Therapist
 
2001 James Dean (TV movie)
Billy Rose
 
2001 NYPD Blue (TV series)
Gerald Holzman, Esq.
– Thumb Enchanted Evening (2001) … Gerald Holzman, Esq.
 
1999 Good vs Evil (TV series)
Wallace Augur
– Cliffhanger (1999) … Wallace Augur
 
1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye (TV series)
Auggie Sterling / Augustus Hancock Sterling II
– A New Leaf: Part 2 (1998) … Auggie Sterling
– A New Leaf: Part 1 (1998) … Augustus Hancock Sterling II
 
1998 Arli$$ (TV series)
Orson
– My Job Is to Get Jobs (1998) … Orson
 
1998 The Truman Show
Network Executive
 
1998 The Day Lincoln Was Shot (TV movie)
Secretary of State William Henry Seward
 
1998 The Practice (TV series)
Attorney for Mr. Feldman
– Trees in the Forest (1998) … Attorney for Mr. Feldman
 
1998 The Pretender (TV series)
Sean Flanagan
– A Stand-Up Guy (1998) … Sean Flanagan
 
1997 ER (TV series)
Stuart
– Ambush (1997) … Stuart (voice)
 
1995-1997 Murder One (TV series)
Gary Blondo
– Chapter Eighteen, Year Two (1997) … Gary Blondo
– Chapter Seventeen, Year Two (1997) … Gary Blondo
– Chapter Fifteen, Year Two (1997) … Gary Blondo
– Chapter Sixteen, Year Two (1997) … Gary Blondo
– Chapter Thirteen, Year Two (1997) … Gary Blondo
See all 15 episodes »
 
1997 Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (TV mini-series)
Gary Blondo
 
1997 Party of Five (TV series)
Professor Conklin
– I Declare (1997) … Professor Conklin
 
1997 The Curse of Inferno
Mr. Wizzard
 
1996 The Sentinel (TV series)
Brother Christopher
– Vow of Silence (1996) … Brother Christopher
 
1996 Diagnosis Murder (TV series)
Dr. John Foster
– Murder in the Dark (1996) … Dr. John Foster
 
1995 Born to Be Wild
Donald Carr
 
1994-1995 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series)
Dr. Emil Hamilton
– The Return of the Prankster (1995) … Dr. Emil Hamilton
– That Old Gang of Mine (1994) … Dr. Emil Hamilton
 
1994 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV series)
Detective Simpson
– The Washington Affair: Part 1 (1994) … Detective Simpson
– The Washington Affair: Part 2 (1994) … Detective Simpson
 
1993 Percy & Thunder (TV movie)
Bill Slocum
 
1993 The Larry Sanders Show (TV series)
Leo
– Larry's Agent (1993) … Leo
 
1993 Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (TV movie)
Neil Woodman
 
1991-1993 Civil Wars (TV series)
– Captain Kangaroo Court (1993)
– The Naked and the Wed (1992)
– Whippet 'Til It Breaks (1992)
– The Pound and the Fury (1991)
 
1993 Eye of the Stranger
Joe
 
1992 The Wonder Years (TV series)
Charlie Barrett
– Let Nothing You Dismay (1992) … Charlie Barrett
– The Test (1992) … Charlie Barrett
 
1992 Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (TV movie)
 
1991 Lies of the Twins (TV movie)
 
1991 Deadly Game (TV movie)
 
1990-1991 L.A. Law (TV series)
Mark Kumpel
– On the Toad Again (1991)
– The Last Gasp (1990) … Mark Kumpel
 
1990 Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
Jimmy Faber
– Legacies (1990) … Jimmy Faber
– The Reckoning (1990) … Jimmy Faber
 
1990 Hunter (TV series)
Ron Nieman
– Final Confession (1990) … Ron Nieman
 
1990 Vietnam, Texas
Harold
 
1990 Murder in Paradise (TV movie)
Wagner Thorne
 
1988 Paramedics
Doctor Lido
 
1987-1988 Highway to Heaven (TV series)
Charley / Stanley
– Heaven Nose, Mister Smith (1988) … Stanley
– All That Glitters (1987) … Charley
 
1988 Shattered Innocence (TV movie)
Mel Erman
 
1988 Windmills of the Gods (TV movie)
Eddie
 
1979-1987 Knots Landing (TV series)
Richard Avery
– Noises Everywhere: Part 2 (1987) … Richard Avery
– Noises Everywhere: Part 1 (1987) … Richard Avery
– Willing Victims (1983) … Richard Avery (credit only)
– The Burden of Proof (1983) … Richard Avery
– The Fatal Blow (1983) … Richard Avery
See all 77 episodes »
 
1987 MacGyver (TV series)
Benson / Lancer / Major Jonathan Dawkins
– D. O. A.: MacGyver (1987) … Lancer/Benson/Major Jonathan Dawkins
 
1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Nicky Saperstein
– Stage Struck (1986) … Nicky Saperstein
 
1986 Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (TV movie)
David Elias
 
1984-1986 Simon & Simon (TV series)
Attorney Dorsey Pender / Dr. John Ashfield
– D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1986) … Dr. John Ashfield
– Under the Knife (1984) … Attorney Dorsey Pender
 
1986 Welcome Home, Bobby (TV movie)
John Hammill
 
1985 Malice in Wonderland (TV movie)
Tommy Gallep
 
1985 Stormin' Home (TV movie)
Al Singer
 
1985 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Steve Elliott
– Compulsion (1985) … Steve Elliott
 
1985 MacGruder and Loud (TV series)
Malcolm Skeat
– Pilot (1985) … Malcolm Skeat
 
1984 Micki + Maude
Hap Ludlow
 
1984 Burning Rage (TV movie)
Frank Vandenberg
 
1983 Whiz Kids (TV series)
Richard Chapman
– Red Star Rising (1983) … Richard Chapman
 
1982 The Kid with the Broken Halo (TV movie)
Jeff McNulty
 
1981 S.O.B.
Capitol Studios Vice-President
 
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)
Bill Kingman
– The Robin Tucker's Roseland Roof and Ballroom Murder (1980) … Bill Kingman
 
1980 Once Upon a Family (TV movie)
Willie Hedges
 
1979 Rocky II
Director
 
1978 The Rockford Files (TV series)
Danny Green / Jackie Tetuska / Julius 'Jay' Rockfelt
– Black Mirror: Part 1 (1978) … Danny Green/Jackie Tetuska
– Black Mirror: Part 2 (1978) … Danny Green/Jackie Tetuska
– Dwarf in a Helium Hat (1978) … Julius 'Jay' Rockfelt
 
1978 The Users (TV movie)
Kip Nathan
 
1978 House Calls
Theatrical agent
 
1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (TV movie)
Lee Harvey Oswald
 
1977 The Feather and Father Gang (TV series)
Schecter
– The Judas Bug (1977) … Schecter
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
Carl Fry
– The Flickering Torch Mystery (1977) … Carl Fry
 
1977 Seventh Avenue (TV mini-series)
Marty Cass
 
1976 Rocky
Aftershave Commercial Director (uncredited)
 
1976 Bell, Book and Candle (TV movie)
Nicky
 
1975 Doctors' Hospital (TV series)
Dr. Danvers
 
1974 Kojak (TV series)
Resident
– You Can't Tell a Hurt Man How to Holler (1974) … Resident (as John Pleshett)
 
1972 Parades
Murray
 
1972 Irish Whiskey Rebellion
Kinch
 
1970 End of the Road
Finkle
 
1967 Coronet Blue (TV series)
Dan
– Faces (1967) … Dan
 
1967 Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle (short)
Bruce
 
1964 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
Pete
– Simon Says (1964) … Pete
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1985 Dynasty (TV series)
– The Ball (1985) (teleplay)
 
1980-1982 Knots Landing (TV series)
– Daniel (1982) (written by)
– A Brand New Day (1982) (written by)
– Night (1982) (written by)
– Secrets (1981) (written by)
– The Vigil (1981) (written by)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1976 The Million Dollar Rip-Off (TV movie) (based on a screenplay by)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1997 The Presto Brothers
 
1983-1991 Knots Landing (TV series)
– Simmer (1991)
– Twice Victim (1989)
– Birds Do It, Bees Do It (1989)
– Mrs. Peacock in the Library with the Lead Pipe (1989)
– Homecoming (1983)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Suzanne Pleshette (2002) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2005 Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again (TV documentary)
Richard Avery (uncredited)
 
2000 The Pretender (TV series)
 
1993 The Knots Landing Block Party (TV special documentary)
Richard Avery (uncredited)
 
1992 Knots Landing (TV series)
 

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(1965). Stage Play: The Zulu and the Zayda. Musical comedy. Book by Howard Da Silva and Felix Leon. Music by Harold Rome. Lyrics by Harold J. Rome. Based on a story by Dan Jacobson. Music orchestrated by Meyer Kupferman. Scenic Design and Lighting Design by William Eckart and Jean Eckart. Directed by Dore Schary... See more »

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Trivia:

Uncle-in-law of Ingrid Oliansky and Adam Oliansky. See more »

Star Sign:

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