Del Close
Del Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999) was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century. In addition to an acting career in television and film, he was one of the influences on modern improvisational theater. Close is co-founder of the ImprovOlympic (iO).
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.9872 |
| Birthday | 1934-03-09 |
| Place of Birth | Manhattan, Kansas, USA |
| Also Known As |
1992
The Public Eye
6.2/102
A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy.
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The Public Eye
1994
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
0/0
A BBC documentary about a pre-rehearsal workshop held in New York prior to the Goodman Theater’s 1994 production of The Merchant of Venice, directed b...
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It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1987
Light of Day
5.5/60
Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.
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Light of Day
1988
The Blob
6.871/1107
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touch...
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The Blob
1986
One More Saturday Night
4.2/5
The problems faced by both teenagers and adults in a small Minnesota town who are trying to get dates for a Saturday night.
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One More Saturday Night
1972
Beware! The Blob
4.6/83
A technician brings a frozen specimen of the original Blob back from the North Pole. When his wife accidentally defrosts the it, it terrorizes the pop...
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Beware! The Blob
1989
Dream Breakers
9/1
A movie about a Chicago family -- a building contractor and his two sons who have opposing ideologies. One brother works for a power-hungry builder wi...
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Dream Breakers
1987
The Big Town
5.542/60
It is 1957. J.C. Cullen is a young man from a small town, with a talent for winning at craps, who leaves for the big city to work as a professional ga...
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The Big Town
1981
Thief
7.233/897
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime an...
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Thief
1987
The Untouchables
7.752/6323
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname...
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The Untouchables
2015
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
5.6/5
Del Close was never a household name, but any comedy enthusiast is aware of his impact. From Bill Murray to Chris Farley to Amy Poehler, many of the m...
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Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
1968
You Are What You Eat
4.4/9
A montage of the weird, a freak-out film that appeared when the expression was in fashion and in flower, along with the flower people. The film was on...
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You Are What You Eat
1989
Next of Kin
5.93/258
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer...
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Next of Kin
1965
Goldstein
5.75/4
A fable about an old man with an odd effect on those he encounters.
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Goldstein
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
7.562/5567
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures througho...
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1976
The Last Affair
7/1
The wife of a sterile man steps outside the marriage with a gigolo in order to conceive.
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The Last Affair
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
6.168/170
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan...
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Fat Man and Little Boy
1972
Gold
2/2
Uptight killjoy square cop Captain Harold Jinks doesn't approve of the local hippies in an Old West-style rural community romping about naked, so he z...
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Gold
1973
American Graffiti
7.052/1636
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
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American Graffiti
1992
A League of Their Own
7.207/1598
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded...
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A League of Their Own
1990
Opportunity Knocks
5.685/54
Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's house and they hear on the answering machine th...
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Opportunity Knocks
1997
Mommy's Day
3.3/10
After escaping a lethal injection for the murders Mommy (Patty McCormack) had committed, she is given a special implant in her arm that will keep her...
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Mommy's Day
1985
First Steps
8/1
Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new resear...
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