G. D. Spradlin
Acting
Biography
Gervase Duan Spradlin (August 31, 1920 – July 24, 2011) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive accent and voice, he often played devious authority figures. Description above from the Wikipedia article G. D. Spradlin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: August 31, 1920
Place of Birth: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA
Known For
The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Weekly series spun off from the miniseries.
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
A seven-hour chronological edit of The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, expanded with over an hour of restored scenes to trace the Corleone family’s rise from Vito’s youth in Sicily to Michael’s reign in 1950s America, re-edited for its 1977 network television broadcast.
The Godfather Part II
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Apocalypse Now
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Dark Skies
In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat.
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
An alcoholic drifter decides to run for sheriff in a small town. However, in order to get elected, he must find out who killed a visiting preacher.
War and Remembrance
War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Herman Wouk. It is the sequel to highly successful The Winds of War.
Filmography
as Ben Bradlee
as President
as Elliot P. Grantham / Patient Zero
as Pastor Dyer
as Mystery Man
as R.J. Hacker
as Reverend Lemon
as Parker Davis
as Walter Jefferson
as General Hanley
as George Bates
as Hiram Stoker
as Chief Hogan
as Harry Thurmont
as Franklin Bradshaw
as President Andrew Jackson
as Sam Jennings
as General Thornton
as Sheriff Buelton
as Gen. Bentley Durrell
as Philindros
as Sen. Patrick Geary
as Arthur Clements
as Gerald Conway
as B. A. Strothers
as General Corman
as Bob Elder
as Gordon Hale
as Sen. Patrick Geary
as General Eichelberger
as Coach Smith
as Gen. Winfield
as Sen. Dillon
as Military Judge
as Senator Pat Geary
as Lucas Bass
as Philip
as Martin Hammond
as Sam Bayard
as Reverend Foster
as Hal Henderson
as Lee's Associate
as Dr. Stone
as Cmdr. Maurice E. Curts (uncredited)
as Detective
as Doctor Tristler
as Joe Johnson
as Col. Collins
as Kermin
as Anse Howard
as Kermin
as Rhodes
as Chip
as Jenks
as Sam