Allan Rich
Encyclopedia
Allan Rich, is an American character actor
, author, and activist.
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Character actor
A character actor is one who predominantly plays unusual or eccentric characters. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a character actor as "an actor who specializes in character parts", defining character part in turn as "an acting role displaying pronounced or unusual characteristics or...
, author, and activist.
Personal life
Allan Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklistHollywood blacklist
The Hollywood blacklist—as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known—was the mid-twentieth-century list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment in the field because of their political beliefs or...
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Activism
Rich is the co-founder of non-profit organization We Care About Kids, which produces educational short films for middle and high school youths.Selected filmography
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1973 | Serpico Serpico Serpico is a 1973 American crime film directed by Sidney Lumet. It is based on the true story of New York City policeman Frank Serpico, who went undercover to expose the corruption of his fellow officers, after being pushed to the brink at first by their distrust and later by the threats and... |
Dist. Atty. Herman Tauber | |
| 1974 | The Gambler The Gambler (1974 film) The Gambler is a 1974 feature film starring James Caan, Lauren Hutton, and Paul Sorvino.The film is loosely based on the short novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and was filmed at a time when leading actor James Caan was battling his own addiction to cocaine... |
Bernie | |
| 1978 | Uncle Joe Shannon Uncle Joe Shannon Uncle Joe Shannon is a 1978 American drama film directed by Joseph Hanwright and written by Burt Young, who also stars in the film. The film was produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and distributed by United Artists.-Cast:... |
Dr. Clark | |
| 1979 | Voices | Montrose Meier | |
| The Frisco Kid The Frisco Kid The Frisco Kid is a 1979 movie directed by Robert Aldrich. The movie is a Western comedy featuring Gene Wilder as Avram Belinski, a Polish rabbi who is traveling to San Francisco, and Harrison Ford as a bank robber who befriends him.-Plot:... |
Mr. Bialik | ||
| 1980 | Hero at Large Hero at Large Hero at Large is a 1980 comedy film starring John Ritter and Anne Archer. The film was written by former Disney screenwriter, AJ Carothers and directed by Martin Davidson. The original music score was composed by Patrick Williams.-Plot:... |
Marty Fields | |
| Leo and Loree | Jarvis | ||
| 1982 | Eating Raoul Eating Raoul Eating Raoul is a 1982 black comedy about a married couple living in Hollywood who resort to killing swingers for their money. It was directed by Paul Bartel and written by Bartel and Richard Blackburn... |
Nazi | |
| The Entity The Entity The Entity is a horror film purportedly based on the paranormal events a woman and her family experienced circa 1976. It stars Barbara Hershey as a woman tormented by an unseen entity... |
Dr. Walcott | ||
| Frances Frances Frances is a 1982 American drama film starring Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, and Sam Shepard. When it was released this film was advertised as a purportedly true account of actress Frances Farmer's life but the script was largely fictional and sensationalized... |
Mr. Bebe | ||
| 1984 | Kidco Kidco Kidco is a 1984 comedy film directed by Ronald F. Maxwell and starring Scott Schwartz, Marty Van Hoe, Mahlon Richmond, Clifton James, and Vincent Schiavelli.-Plot summary:... |
Jim Clark | |
| 1986 | Bad Guys | Luigi Constantine | |
| 1989 | Another Chance Another Chance (film) -Plot:A womanizing soap opera star John Ripley meets the beautiful Jackie. She is a client of his agent and best friend Russ Wilder. After enjoying a great relationship with her, he cheats and then realizes that he hits rock bottom. He then tries to get back what he lost.-Principal cast:... |
J.R. Jacobs | |
| Checking Out Checking Out (1989 film) Checking Out is an American comedy film, made in 1989, directed by David Leland and starring Jeff Daniels.-Plot summary:Ray Macklin is obsessed with his own mortality. When a close friend suddenly dies of a heart attack at a barbecue, Ray becomes convinced that every ache, pain and twinge he... |
Dr. Haskell | ||
| 1990 | Betsy's Wedding | Nate Tobias | |
| 1994 | Quiz Show Quiz Show Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film produced and directed by Robert Redford. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from Richard Goodwin's memoir Remembering America, the film is based upon the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s... |
Robert Kintner | |
| Disclosure Disclosure (film) Disclosure is a 1994 thriller directed by Barry Levinson, starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore. It is based on Michael Crichton's novel of the same name.The cast also includes Donald Sutherland, Rosemary Forsyth and Dennis Miller... |
Ben Heller | ||
| 1995 | Two Much Two Much Two Much is a 1995 romantic screwball comedy film based on Donald Westlake's novel of the same name, and is also a remake of the 1984 French comedy film Le Jumeau, which was also based on Westlake's novel. Directed by Fernando Trueba, Two Much stars Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah... |
Reverend Larrabee | |
| 1996 | Jack | Dr. Benfante | |
| The Rich Man's Wife The Rich Man's Wife The Rich Man's Wife is a 1996 American thriller film written and directed by Amy Holden Jones. The title character becomes a suspect when her husband is murdered and the investigating detectives are suspicious of her alibi.-Plot:... |
Bill Adolphe | ||
| 1997 | Out to Sea Out to Sea Out to Sea is a 1997 romantic comedy film starring Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon and Brent Spiner. The film was directed by Martha Coolidge, with a screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs... |
Sebastian | |
| Amistad | Judge Juttson | ||
| 1998 | A League of Old Men | Judge | Also director |
| Malaika | Sal's Pizza Customer | ||
| 1999 | The Dogwalker The Dogwalker The Dogwalker is a 2001 film directed and produced by Jacques Thelemaque, starring Diane Gaidry and Pamela Gordon .... |
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| 2001 | Skippy | Gordan Gates | |
| 2002 | The Burial Society The Burial Society The Burial Society is a 2002 is a neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Nicholas Racz. The film stars Rob LaBelle, Jan Rubes, Allan Rich, Bill Meilen, Seymour Cassel, and David Paymer... |
Hy Leibowicz | |
| 2003 | Intoxicating | ||
| 2006 | The Alibi The Alibi The Alibi is a 2006 American film written by Noah Hawley and directed by Matt Checkowski and Kurt Mattila. The film was released to DVD on December 5, 2006 under the title Lies and Alibis.-Plot:... |
Klump | |
| 2007 | Man in the Chair Man in the Chair Man in the Chair is a 2007 independent film written and directed by Michael Schroeder. The film stars Christopher Plummer, Michael Angarano, M. Emmet Walsh, and Robert Wagner.-Premise:... |
Speed | |
| The Memory Thief The Memory Thief The Memory Thief is an American independent DV drama film from 2007. It was directed by Gil Kofman, and features Mark Webber and Rachel Miner in the leading roles. The film chronicles the experiences of a young man who becomes involved in documenting the experiences of survivors of the Holocaust,... |
Zvi | ||
| Rise: Blood Hunter | Harrison | ||
| My Sexiest Year My Sexiest Year My Sexiest Year is a 2007 romantic comedy/drama starring Frankie Muniz and Harvey Keitel and was written and directed by Howard Himelstein. The film is a romantic coming-of-age story in which the kindness bestowed by a glamorous model is returned 30 years later by the young man in whom she inspired... |
Papa | ||
| 2008 | The Last Word The Last Word (2008 film) The Last Word is an offbeat romantic dramedy written and directed by Geoffrey Haley. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and was released wide in 2008.-Plot:... |
Francis | |
| 2010 | Rain from Stars | Old John | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Curb Your Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy television series produced and broadcast by HBO, which premiered on October 15, 2000. As of 2011, it has completed 80 episodes over eight seasons. The series was created by Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, who stars as a fictionalized version of himself... |
Solly | Season 4 |
| 2010 | House M.D. | Sidney | Season 7 |