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Biff McGuire

Actor
William "Biff" McGuire (October 25, 1926 – March 9, 2021) was an American actor, best known as Inspector Kramer in Nero Wolfe (1979).

25-10-1926

Birthday

Scorpio

Zodiac Sign

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Total Films

Also known as (male)

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Place of Birth

Popular works

Creative career

actor

29 Works

producer

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director

1 Works

writer

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Hollywood Seagull

Hollywood Seagull

An adaptation of the play by Anton Chekhov.
0.0

Year:

2013

Nero Wolfe

Nero Wolfe

Gourmet Nero Wolfe interrupts his orchid-tending to take on the case of a lady tycoon who wants to know why she's under investigation by the FBI, only to find himself enmeshed in a puzzling murder-mystery. TV movie based on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series.
8.7

Year:

1979

Act of Violence

Act of Violence

A liberal-minded, divorced newswriter is the victim of a brutal mugging. Robbed of her confidence, she finds her life cloaked in fear and paranoia, causing her to reevaluate her lifelong beliefs.
6.8

Year:

1979

The Last Word

The Last Word

When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police officer hostage, hoping to expose the scam and save his home.
4.0

Year:

1979

A Cry For Justice

A Cry For Justice

Due to hasty investigations and questionable methods of two police sergeants, two hoodlums are convicted for a robbery in which a patrolman was seriously injured. Years later, one of the two cops gets on the trail of the real culprits. To enforce justice, he makes himself unpopular with his department and his colleague, who want to cover up the embarrassing mistake
8.0

Year:

1979

Child of Glass

Child of Glass

Alexander Armsworth and his family move to an authentic antebellum mansion which once was owned by a river pirate. Alexander is drawn into a century-old mystery when he sees the ghost of a little girl and she asks for his help in finding the "child of glass" by reciting a riddle. He has only a day or two to solve the riddle...or be haunted for the rest of his life!
5.8

Year:

1978

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Have I Got a Christmas for You

Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorously attempt jobs they have never done before.
0.0

Year:

1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
0.0

Year:

1977

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan

Based on a true case, this tells the story of two parents in New Jersey whose daughter has lapsed into a coma from which doctors say she will never recover. The parents must decide whether to keep her alive on life support systems, or to disconnect them and let her die with some dignity left.
8.2

Year:

1977

Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target

Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target

A millionaire hires a pair of private investigators, who specialize in recovering lost and stolen objects, to find his daughter, who has apparently been smuggled out of the country.
0.0

Year:

1977

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.
0.0

Year:

1976

Kingston

Kingston

In this pilot for the "Kingston: Confidential" series, an investigative reporter, backed by the head of a newspaper and TV chain, uncovers a plot to utilize nuclear power plants in a scheme to take over the world.
0.0

Year:

1976

Midway

Midway

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
6.6

Year:

1976

Law and Order

Law and Order

Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
0.0

Year:

1976

The Hemingway Play

The Hemingway Play

A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points of his life exist simultaneously.
0.0

Year:

1976

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The son of a small-town doctor returns to his hometown after being kicked out of Yale, and begins a new career on the town's newspaper.
0.0

Year:

1975

Crime Club

Crime Club

A Washington DC club comprises specialists who band together to combat crime.
0.0

Year:

1975

The Underground Man

The Underground Man

A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.
0.0

Year:

1974

Serpico

Serpico

Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. Frank's actions get him shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore his accusations of corruption, Frank decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
7.5

Year:

1973

The Werewolf of Washington

The Werewolf of Washington

After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very deadly threat to the President.
3.8

Year:

1973

Hogan's Goat

Hogan's Goat

A young Irish ward boss has a chance to be elected mayor, but the disgraced current mayor makes sure the candidate's wife learns about his affair with a just-deceased rich girl.
8.0

Year:

1971

Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.
10.0

Year:

1971

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Singer is a deaf-mute whose small world brings him in contact with a young girl, Mick, who cherishes a seemingly hopeless dream of becoming a concert pianist. At first hostile, Mick soon becomes friends with Singer, hoping to enlarge his small world. Three other central characters come to Singer for help also, each of them seeing in him a powerful force.
7.6

Year:

1968

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.
6.8

Year:

1968

Diary of a Swinger

Diary of a Swinger

Jeannie relates her life story to her shrink.
1.0

Year:

1967

Station Six-Sahara

Station Six-Sahara

A beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring.
5.9

Year:

1963

Destination Space

Destination Space

1959 television science fiction
4.2

Year:

1959

The Phenix City Story

The Phenix City Story

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.
6.6

Year:

1955

You're in the Navy Now

You're in the Navy Now

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
4.4

Year:

1951