Moosie Drier
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Moosie Drier is an American
television
and film
actor
known for his voice that sounded like someone with a head cold. His career began as a child actor
. Drier had regular appearances on The Bob Newhart Show
and Kids Incorporated
, and has also done work as a voice actor and as a director.
. His first role was as a deaf boy in two 1972 episodes of Lassie
. Drier began his television career as a recurring performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
from the middle of season three to the final season in 1973, hosting a "Kid News for Kids" segment. During this period, Drier had his movie roles in the 1972 Jack Lemmon
comedy, The War Between Men and Women
, the 1972 Barbra Streisand
comedy Up the Sandbox
, The Toy Game in 1973, and the made-for-TV comedies Here Comes the Judge
, (1973), Roll, Freddy, Roll!
(1974), and All Together Now (1975). A particularly notable movie role from this period includes his appearance as Adam Landers in 1977’s George Burns
comedy Oh, God!
.
Drier then began what has proved to be the later emphasis of his career, voice acting, as a regular character in ABC
’s memorable 1974 These Are the Days, an animated answer to The Waltons
(in which Drier also had a 1-shot role). Other recurring television roles included occasional spots on The Bob Newhart Show
as Howie, the son of Howard Borden, in episodes generally highlighting Borden’s anxiety, as a divorced father, over his son’s respect and affections.
In 1976, on CBS
’s short-lived series Executive Suite, Drier went on to play a more serious role as a recurring character B.J. Koslo, the somewhat estranged son of charismatic failure/rascal Nick Koslo; in this role, the troubled boy eventually comes under the care of Nick's recently-met love interest, as Koslo is sentenced to a year in prison for industrial espionage
. Throughout the 1970s, Drier also played a variety of one-shot roles on such TV shows as The Barbara Eden Show (1973), The Waltons (1973), Adam-12
(1973), Apple's Way
(1974), Police Story (3 episodes, 1974, 1975),
Emergency!
(2 episodes in 1975), Doc
(1975), and Little House on the Prairie
(1976). During this period, Drier appeared in several ABC Afterschool Special
episodes, including: Runaways (1974) Hewitt's Just Different (1977) and Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy (1983).
Hewitt’s Just Different, an Emmy winner, was a lead role for Drier, as the developmentally disabled title character's friend, advocate and defender, wherein he must choose whether to remain friends with Hewitt, despite pressure by family and friends to break off the friendship, even after Hewitt’s knuckleball
coaching has allowed Drier to qualify for the school team.
The late 1970s and early 1980s included less-memorable roles or movies, including 1977’s ants-on-the rampage TV thriller It Happened at Lakewood Manor
, 1978 real-story based courtroom murder thriller When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
, and Peter Benchley
scripted sea thriller Hunters of the Reef in 1978. A pair of more interesting roles from this period come from a pair of 1978 biographical dramas; Drier played a young Mickey Rooney
in the 1978 Judy Garland
biography Rainbow
, while in the Alan Freed
bio American Hot Wax
, Drier played Artie Moress, the head of a Buddy Holly
fan-club, who gives a tearful on-the-air memorial just after the famous plane crash. Driers’ performance received by far the warmest comment from the subsequent, somewhat mixed New York Times
review. That same year saw the filming, but not the release of the made-for TV Jack Albertson
vehicle Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase saw Drier play the fatherless grandson of Albertsons’ character. Drier’s character encourages Albertson to take a late-life but long-dreamed-of balloon trip despite the reservations of most of the others around them—and ends up accompanying the old man despite on-ground pursuit of the balloon by the mother, the police, and the FBI. Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase was not actually shown until 1981, the year of Albertsons’ death; which perhaps by accident sharpens the frequent theme in Drier’s early work as the son-figure of estranged father figures.
In 1980, Drier played a character also called Moosie in the more memorable The Hollywood Knights
. In the 1980s made for TV movie, Homeward Bound, he played the terminally ill Bobby Seaton, who seeks over a last summer vacation to repair his relationship with his father Jake, played by David Soul
.
Drier’s now-more-sporadic one-shot appearances included: CHiPs
(1980), Family Ties
(1983). Between 1984 and 1988, Drier played Riley, one of the original non-musical cast members on Kids Incorporated
. In 1988, he made his director debut with episode 84, "Kahuna Kids". He also acted in the 1985 made-for-TV movie Student Court
. This period also saw an increase in Drier's 1-spot appearances, including Diff'rent Strokes
(1986), The A-Team
(1986), Highway to Heaven
(1986), Blacke's Magic
(1986), Cagney & Lacey
(1986), Hunter (1986) and Just the Ten of Us
(1988). TV and movie acting work by Drier became much more sporadic, seeing only an appearance on The Munsters Today
(1990), and ten years later on an episode of Jack & Jill
(2000), and no known movie acting during the first half of the 1990s.
The late 1990s saw Drier in minor roles in sci-fi space-ship hijack thriller Velocity Trap
(1997), and Storm Trackers (1999), a thriller about a secret military weather control machine gone awry. Since this period, as mentioned above, his career has emphasized voice-over work on a 1989 episode of The Burbs, and on such films as Teaching Mrs. Tingle
(1999), American Beauty
(1999), What Lies Beneath
(2000) Shrek
(2001), 40 Days and 40 Nights
(2002), The Shape of Things
(2003), Jungle Book 2 (2003), the Lion King 1½
(2004), The Chronicles of Riddick
(2004), Hauru no ugoku shiro (Eng: Howl's Moving Castle) in 2004, and Madagascar
(2005). Drier also directed television episodes, including Reba
(2005) and Too Late with Adam Carolla
(2005). He directed a well-received children's musical, Precious Piglet and Her Pals at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, as well as the critically acclaimed Love Like Blue in 2007, also at the Whitefire Theatre. Drier directed "The Peacemaker" (TV pilot 2009)
United States
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television
Television
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and film
Film
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actor
Actor
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known for his voice that sounded like someone with a head cold. His career began as a child actor
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
. Drier had regular appearances on The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, , to April 1, . Comedian Bob Newhart portrayed a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers...
and Kids Incorporated
Kids Incorporated
Kids Incorporated, is an American children's television program that was produced from 1984 to 1993. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performances as an integral part of each and every storyline....
, and has also done work as a voice actor and as a director.
Biography
Drier attended (at least he was enrolled at) U.S. Grant High School in Van Nuys, CaliforniaVan Nuys, Los Angeles, California
Van Nuys is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.-History:Look at the two photos of Van Nuys' first year—and then listen to what the Los Angeles Times wrote on February 23, 1911, the day after the Van Nuys town lot auction--"Between dawn and dusk, in the...
. His first role was as a deaf boy in two 1972 episodes of Lassie
Lassie (1954 TV series)
Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...
. Drier began his television career as a recurring performer on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...
from the middle of season three to the final season in 1973, hosting a "Kid News for Kids" segment. During this period, Drier had his movie roles in the 1972 Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts , Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925June...
comedy, The War Between Men and Women
The War Between Men and Women
The War Between Men and Women is a 1972 slapstick live-cartoon comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, and Jason Robards.It is based on the writings of humorist James Thurber, and was released in 1972 by Cinema Center Films. Like many other films in the Cinema Center catalog, it has long...
, the 1972 Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
comedy Up the Sandbox
Up the Sandbox
Up The Sandbox is a 1972 American comedy film directed by Irvin Kershner.Paul Zindel's screenplay, based on the novel by Anne Roiphe, focuses on Margaret Reynolds, a young New York City wife and mother who, neglected by her husband and bored with her daily existence, slips into increasingly bizarre...
, The Toy Game in 1973, and the made-for-TV comedies Here Comes the Judge
Here Comes The Judge
Here Comes The Judge is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label. The record entered the UK charts in July 1968, spending eight weeks on the charts and reaching 19 as its highest position...
, (1973), Roll, Freddy, Roll!
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
- Plot summary :A man tries to impress his son by breaking the world record for staying on roller skates.- Cast :*Tim Conway as Freddy Danton*Jan Murray as Big Sid Kane*Moosie Drier as Tommy Danton*Barra Grant as Sidni Kane*Scott Brady as Adm...
(1974), and All Together Now (1975). A particularly notable movie role from this period includes his appearance as Adam Landers in 1977’s George Burns
George Burns
George Burns , born Nathan Birnbaum, was an American comedian, actor, and writer.He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, film, radio, television and movies, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen. His arched eyebrow and cigar smoke punctuation became...
comedy Oh, God!
Oh, God!
Oh, God! is a 1977 comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver. Based on a novel by Avery Corman, the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay written by Larry Gelbart...
.
Drier then began what has proved to be the later emphasis of his career, voice acting, as a regular character in ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
’s memorable 1974 These Are the Days, an animated answer to The Waltons
The Waltons
The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
(in which Drier also had a 1-shot role). Other recurring television roles included occasional spots on The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, , to April 1, . Comedian Bob Newhart portrayed a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers...
as Howie, the son of Howard Borden, in episodes generally highlighting Borden’s anxiety, as a divorced father, over his son’s respect and affections.
In 1976, on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
’s short-lived series Executive Suite, Drier went on to play a more serious role as a recurring character B.J. Koslo, the somewhat estranged son of charismatic failure/rascal Nick Koslo; in this role, the troubled boy eventually comes under the care of Nick's recently-met love interest, as Koslo is sentenced to a year in prison for industrial espionage
Industrial espionage
Industrial espionage, economic espionage or corporate espionage is a form of espionage conducted for commercial purposes instead of purely national security purposes...
. Throughout the 1970s, Drier also played a variety of one-shot roles on such TV shows as The Barbara Eden Show (1973), The Waltons (1973), Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...
(1973), Apple's Way
Apple's Way
Apple's Way is a television dramedy which aired on CBS from 1974-1975. It was created by Earl Hamner, Jr..-Premise:The Apples, a family from Los Angeles, seek refuge from the hectic pace of city living and relocate to the father's hometown of Appleton, Iowa, which was founded by the father's...
(1974), Police Story (3 episodes, 1974, 1975),
Emergency!
Emergency!
Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...
(2 episodes in 1975), Doc
Doc (1975 TV series)
Doc is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1975 to October 1976.-Synopsis:Doc starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kind-hearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family...
(1975), and Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
(1976). During this period, Drier appeared in several ABC Afterschool Special
ABC Afterschool Special
The ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were...
episodes, including: Runaways (1974) Hewitt's Just Different (1977) and Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy (1983).
Hewitt’s Just Different, an Emmy winner, was a lead role for Drier, as the developmentally disabled title character's friend, advocate and defender, wherein he must choose whether to remain friends with Hewitt, despite pressure by family and friends to break off the friendship, even after Hewitt’s knuckleball
Knuckleball
A knuckleball is a baseball pitch with an erratic, unpredictable motion. The pitch is thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. This causes vortices over the stitched seams of the baseball during its trajectory, which in turn can cause the pitch to change direction—and even...
coaching has allowed Drier to qualify for the school team.
The late 1970s and early 1980s included less-memorable roles or movies, including 1977’s ants-on-the rampage TV thriller It Happened at Lakewood Manor
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
It Happened at Lakewood Manor is a 1977 television movie. After ingesting a powerful insecticide, an army of ants attacks a local hotel....
, 1978 real-story based courtroom murder thriller When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July is a 1978 NBC television movie about a Jewish-American family in 1937 Bridgeport, Connecticut. Narrated in first person flashback, the story follows a 12-year-old boy and his family who find themselves defending the town "misfit" after he's accused of murder. ...
, and Peter Benchley
Peter Benchley
Peter Bradford Benchley was an American author, best known for his novel Jaws and its subsequent film adaptation, the latter co-written by Benchley and directed by Steven Spielberg...
scripted sea thriller Hunters of the Reef in 1978. A pair of more interesting roles from this period come from a pair of 1978 biographical dramas; Drier played a young Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...
in the 1978 Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...
biography Rainbow
Rainbow (1978 film)
Rainbow is a television movie about the early life of actress Judy Garland that first aired in 1978 on American television.- Plot :The early life and struggles of Judy Garland , and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the movie studio system that held her back while her mother...
, while in the Alan Freed
Alan Freed
Albert James "Alan" Freed , also known as Moondog, was an American disc-jockey. He became internationally known for promoting the mix of blues, country and rhythm and blues music on the radio in the United States and Europe under the name of rock and roll...
bio American Hot Wax
American Hot Wax
American Hot Wax is a 1978 biopic film directed by Floyd Mutrux and written by John Kaye telling the story of Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s...
, Drier played Artie Moress, the head of a Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
fan-club, who gives a tearful on-the-air memorial just after the famous plane crash. Driers’ performance received by far the warmest comment from the subsequent, somewhat mixed New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
review. That same year saw the filming, but not the release of the made-for TV Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson
Jack Albertson was an American character actor dating to vaudeville. A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure , Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film The Fox...
vehicle Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase saw Drier play the fatherless grandson of Albertsons’ character. Drier’s character encourages Albertson to take a late-life but long-dreamed-of balloon trip despite the reservations of most of the others around them—and ends up accompanying the old man despite on-ground pursuit of the balloon by the mother, the police, and the FBI. Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase was not actually shown until 1981, the year of Albertsons’ death; which perhaps by accident sharpens the frequent theme in Drier’s early work as the son-figure of estranged father figures.
In 1980, Drier played a character also called Moosie in the more memorable The Hollywood Knights
The Hollywood Knights
The Hollywood Knights is an American motion picture comedy written and directed by Floyd Mutrux depicting the crass and mischievous antics and practical jokes of the remaining members of a 1950s-era car club turned social fraternity in and around Beverly Hills and Hollywood in 1965...
. In the 1980s made for TV movie, Homeward Bound, he played the terminally ill Bobby Seaton, who seeks over a last summer vacation to repair his relationship with his father Jake, played by David Soul
David Soul
David Soul is an American-British actor and singer, best known for his role as Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the television programme Starsky and Hutch . He gained British citizenship in 2004.-Early life:...
.
Drier’s now-more-sporadic one-shot appearances included: CHiPs
CHiPs
CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
(1980), Family Ties
Family Ties
Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young...
(1983). Between 1984 and 1988, Drier played Riley, one of the original non-musical cast members on Kids Incorporated
Kids Incorporated
Kids Incorporated, is an American children's television program that was produced from 1984 to 1993. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performances as an integral part of each and every storyline....
. In 1988, he made his director debut with episode 84, "Kahuna Kids". He also acted in the 1985 made-for-TV movie Student Court
Student court
A student court is a type of judicial system occasionally seen in schools, particularly middle school, high school, and in some colleges and universities. Student Courts vary in size and functions, but they are most often engaged in conflict resolution and interpretation of student bylaws and...
. This period also saw an increase in Drier's 1-spot appearances, including Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986...
(1986), The A-Team
The A-Team
The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...
(1986), Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...
(1986), Blacke's Magic
Blacke's Magic
Blacke's Magic was a short-lived American TV show about a magician, Alexander Blacke , who, with some help from his con-man father, Leonard , solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances. It ran for one season in 1986 for 13 episodes and featured crimes that tested logic against...
(1986), Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...
(1986), Hunter (1986) and Just the Ten of Us
Just the Ten of Us
Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series was a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same...
(1988). TV and movie acting work by Drier became much more sporadic, seeing only an appearance on The Munsters Today
The Munsters Today
The Munsters Today is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from 1988 to 1991. The series served as a sequel to the 1960s sitcom The Munsters.-Production:...
(1990), and ten years later on an episode of Jack & Jill
Jack & Jill (TV series)
Jack & Jill is an American television series comedy-drama starring Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Justin Kirk, Simon Rex and Sarah Paulson which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network. It was created and executive produced by Randi Mayem Singer.The show's theme song was...
(2000), and no known movie acting during the first half of the 1990s.
The late 1990s saw Drier in minor roles in sci-fi space-ship hijack thriller Velocity Trap
Velocity Trap
-Plot:The main character, Ray Stokes is a down-on-his luck police officer on a distant, corruptly-ruled mining colony. He has already lost his wife Dana to his corrupt boss, John Dawson , not from any failure in romantic rivalry, but as part of a deal to pay off their dead daughter's medical...
(1997), and Storm Trackers (1999), a thriller about a secret military weather control machine gone awry. Since this period, as mentioned above, his career has emphasized voice-over work on a 1989 episode of The Burbs, and on such films as Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Teaching Mrs. Tingle is a 1999 black comedy film and the directing debut of screenwriter Kevin Williamson. The film stars Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan, Barry Watson and Jeffrey Tambor and was released on August 20, 1999. It was originally titled Killing Mrs...
(1999), American Beauty
American Beauty (film)
American Beauty is a 1999 American drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, a middle-aged magazine writer who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, Angela...
(1999), What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath is a 2000 American supernatural horror-thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis. It stars veteran actors Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as a well-to-do couple who experience a strange haunting that uncovers secrets about their past....
(2000) Shrek
Shrek
Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!...
(2001), 40 Days and 40 Nights
40 Days and 40 Nights
This article refers to Michael Lehmann's 2002 film. For the 2007 Matthew Chapman book, see 40 Days and 40 Nights .40 Days and 40 Nights is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann, written by Rob Perez and starring Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon and Paulo Costanzo...
(2002), The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things is a 2001 play by American author and film director Neil LaBute and a 2003 American romantic comedy-drama film. It premièred at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2001 with Paul Rudd as Adam, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, Gretchen Mol as Jenny, and Fred Weller as Phillip. The play was...
(2003), Jungle Book 2 (2003), the Lion King 1½
The Lion King 1½
The Lion King 1½ is a 2004 American direct-to-video animated film released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment on February 10, 2004. The film is the third installment in the Lion King series. The DVD went to the Disney Vault in January 2005...
(2004), The Chronicles of Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction film which follows the adventures of Richard B. Riddick, as he attempts to elude capture after the events depicted in the 2000 film Pitch Black, and details his meeting with Jack and Imam, his escape from the prison planet Crematoria, and...
(2004), Hauru no ugoku shiro (Eng: Howl's Moving Castle) in 2004, and Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
(2005). Drier also directed television episodes, including Reba
Reba (TV series)
Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...
(2005) and Too Late with Adam Carolla
Too Late with Adam Carolla
Too Late with Adam Carolla was a late night talk show hosted by Adam Carolla and produced by Jackhole Industries, a team made up of old collaborators: Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison. The show, which mixed celebrity interviews, chatty everyday observations, scripted sketches, and phone...
(2005). He directed a well-received children's musical, Precious Piglet and Her Pals at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks, as well as the critically acclaimed Love Like Blue in 2007, also at the Whitefire Theatre. Drier directed "The Peacemaker" (TV pilot 2009)
Television (Actor)
- 1972 : LassieLassie (1954 TV series)Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...
: Deaf Boy - 1968 : Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InRowan & Martin's Laugh-InRowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program which ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to May 14, 1973. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and was broadcast over NBC...
: Regular Performer (1971–1973) - 1972 : Here Comes The JudgeHere Comes The JudgeHere Comes The Judge is a song and single by American soul and comedy singer Pigmeat Markham first released in 1968 on the Chess label. The record entered the UK charts in July 1968, spending eight weeks on the charts and reaching 19 as its highest position...
(TV): First child - 1972 : The Bob Newhart ShowThe Bob Newhart ShowThe Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, , to April 1, . Comedian Bob Newhart portrayed a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers...
(TV): Howie Borden recurrent character 1972–1977 - 1973 : The Barbara Eden Show (TV)
- 1973 : The WaltonsThe WaltonsThe Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show centered on a family growing up in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II. The series pilot was a television...
(TV) Georgie - 1973 : Adam-12Adam-12Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...
(TV): Dennis Wingard - 1974 : Apple's WayApple's WayApple's Way is a television dramedy which aired on CBS from 1974-1975. It was created by Earl Hamner, Jr..-Premise:The Apples, a family from Los Angeles, seek refuge from the hectic pace of city living and relocate to the father's hometown of Appleton, Iowa, which was founded by the father's...
(TV): Craig Carlson - 1974 : Runaways (TV): Freddie Britton
- 1974 : These Are the Days (TV) (voice)
- 1974 : Roll, Freddy, Roll!Roll, Freddy, Roll!- Plot summary :A man tries to impress his son by breaking the world record for staying on roller skates.- Cast :*Tim Conway as Freddy Danton*Jan Murray as Big Sid Kane*Moosie Drier as Tommy Danton*Barra Grant as Sidni Kane*Scott Brady as Adm...
(TV) : Tommy Danton - 1975 : Police Story (TV): Mike Brenner, Kevin Prescott
- 1975 : All Together NowAll Together Now"All Together Now" is a song by The Beatles from their album Yellow SubmarineAll Together Now may also refer to:*All Together Now , a film following the creation of The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil...
(TV): Rafe - 1975 : DocDoc (1975 TV series)Doc is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1975 to October 1976.-Synopsis:Doc starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kind-hearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family...
(TV): Michael - 1976 : Little House on the PrairieLittle House on the Prairie (TV series)Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
(TV): Junior Barrett - 1976 : Executive Suite (TV) : B.J. Koslo recurring character
- 1977 : Hewitt's Just Different (TV): Willie Arthur
- 1977 : It Happened at Lakewood ManorIt Happened at Lakewood ManorIt Happened at Lakewood Manor is a 1977 television movie. After ingesting a powerful insecticide, an army of ants attacks a local hotel....
(TV): Tommy West - 1978 : When Every Day Was the Fourth of JulyWhen Every Day Was the Fourth of JulyWhen Every Day Was the Fourth of July is a 1978 NBC television movie about a Jewish-American family in 1937 Bridgeport, Connecticut. Narrated in first person flashback, the story follows a 12-year-old boy and his family who find themselves defending the town "misfit" after he's accused of murder. ...
(TV) : Howie Martin - 1978 : RainbowRainbow (1978 film)Rainbow is a television movie about the early life of actress Judy Garland that first aired in 1978 on American television.- Plot :The early life and struggles of Judy Garland , and of the film star's trials as a youngster in dealing with the movie studio system that held her back while her mother...
Mickey Rooney - 1978 : Hunters of the Reef (TV): Mike Spanner
- 1980 : Homeward Bound (TV): Bobby Seaton
- 1980 : CHiPsCHiPsCHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
(TV): Wayne - 1981 : Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase TV): Morris O'Neill (produced 1978)
- 1983 : Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy (TV): David
- 1983 : Family TiesFamily TiesFamily Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young...
(TV): Arnie - 1984 : Kids IncorporatedKids IncorporatedKids Incorporated, is an American children's television program that was produced from 1984 to 1993. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performances as an integral part of each and every storyline....
(TV): Riley (1984–1988) - 1985 : Student CourtStudent courtA student court is a type of judicial system occasionally seen in schools, particularly middle school, high school, and in some colleges and universities. Student Courts vary in size and functions, but they are most often engaged in conflict resolution and interpretation of student bylaws and...
(TV): Danny - 1986 : Kids Incorporated: Rock in the New Year (TV) : Riley
- 1986 : Diff'rent StrokesDiff'rent StrokesDiff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978 to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985 to March 7, 1986...
(TV): Jon - 1986 : The A-TeamThe A-TeamThe A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...
(TV): Bobby Sherman - 1986 : Highway to HeavenHighway to HeavenHighway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...
(TV): Tim Charles Jr - 1986 : Blacke's MagicBlacke's MagicBlacke's Magic was a short-lived American TV show about a magician, Alexander Blacke , who, with some help from his con-man father, Leonard , solves mysteries that get in the way of his performances. It ran for one season in 1986 for 13 episodes and featured crimes that tested logic against...
(TV): Dale - 1986 : Cagney & LaceyCagney & LaceyCagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...
(TV): Gorham - 1986 : Hunter (TV): Phillip Epperson
- 1988 : Just the Ten of UsJust the Ten of UsJust the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series was a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same...
(TV): Warren - 1990 : The Munsters TodayThe Munsters TodayThe Munsters Today is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from 1988 to 1991. The series served as a sequel to the 1960s sitcom The Munsters.-Production:...
(TV): The Gateman’s Son - 2000 : Jack & JillJack & Jill (TV series)Jack & Jill is an American television series comedy-drama starring Ivan Sergei, Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly, Justin Kirk, Simon Rex and Sarah Paulson which ran from September 1999 to April 2001 on the WB Network. It was created and executive produced by Randi Mayem Singer.The show's theme song was...
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Filmography (Actor)
- 19721972 in filmThe year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB...
: The War Between Men and WomenThe War Between Men and WomenThe War Between Men and Women is a 1972 slapstick live-cartoon comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, and Jason Robards.It is based on the writings of humorist James Thurber, and was released in 1972 by Cinema Center Films. Like many other films in the Cinema Center catalog, it has long...
: David Kozlenko - 19721972 in filmThe year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB...
: Up the SandboxUp the SandboxUp The Sandbox is a 1972 American comedy film directed by Irvin Kershner.Paul Zindel's screenplay, based on the novel by Anne Roiphe, focuses on Margaret Reynolds, a young New York City wife and mother who, neglected by her husband and bored with her daily existence, slips into increasingly bizarre...
: Billy - 19731973 in filmThe year 1973 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces his second wife, Barbara Blakely. Blakely would later marry actor/singer Frank Sinatra....
: The Toy Game: Matthew Norris - 19771977 in filmThe year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....
: Oh, God!Oh, God!Oh, God! is a 1977 comedy film starring George Burns and John Denver. Based on a novel by Avery Corman, the film was directed by Carl Reiner from a screenplay written by Larry Gelbart...
: Adam Landers - 1978 : American Hot WaxAmerican Hot WaxAmerican Hot Wax is a 1978 biopic film directed by Floyd Mutrux and written by John Kaye telling the story of Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who was instrumental in introducing and popularizing rock 'n' roll in the 1950s...
: Artie Moress, Buddy Holly Fanclub President - 19801980 in film- Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year ....
: The Hollywood KnightsThe Hollywood KnightsThe Hollywood Knights is an American motion picture comedy written and directed by Floyd Mutrux depicting the crass and mischievous antics and practical jokes of the remaining members of a 1950s-era car club turned social fraternity in and around Beverly Hills and Hollywood in 1965...
: Moosie - 19891989 in film-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...
: The 'burbsThe 'BurbsThe 'Burbs is a 1989 American black comedy thriller film directed by Joe Dante starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman and Henry Gibson. The film was written by Dana Olsen, who also has a cameo in the movie...
: (voice) - 19971997 in film-Events:* The original Star Wars trilogy's Special Editions are released.* Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.* Titanic becomes the first film to gross US$1,000,000,000 at the box office making it the highest grossing film in history until Avatar broke the record in 2010.*...
: Velocity TrapVelocity Trap-Plot:The main character, Ray Stokes is a down-on-his luck police officer on a distant, corruptly-ruled mining colony. He has already lost his wife Dana to his corrupt boss, John Dawson , not from any failure in romantic rivalry, but as part of a deal to pay off their dead daughter's medical...
: E.D. Officer - 19991999 in filmThe year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...
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Filmography (Director)
- 1988 : Kids IncorporatedKids IncorporatedKids Incorporated, is an American children's television program that was produced from 1984 to 1993. It was largely a youth-oriented program with musical performances as an integral part of each and every storyline....
(TV) : Kahuna Kids - 2005 : RebaReba (TV series)Reba is an American sitcom starring Reba McEntire, which ran from 2001 to 2007. For the show's first five seasons, it ran on The WB, with the show transitioning to The CW in its last year.-Synopsis:...
(TV) - 2005 : Too Late with Adam CarollaToo Late with Adam CarollaToo Late with Adam Carolla was a late night talk show hosted by Adam Carolla and produced by Jackhole Industries, a team made up of old collaborators: Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel, and Daniel Kellison. The show, which mixed celebrity interviews, chatty everyday observations, scripted sketches, and phone...
(TV) - 2009 : "The Peacemaker" (TV Pilot)
Theater (Director/Producer)
- 2005 : Precious Piglet and Her Pals [in theatre 2007] [Love Like Blue] (Theater)