Harvey Atkin

Harvey Atkin

1942-12-18 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 52 Credits

Biography

Harvey Atkin was born on December 18, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Meatballs (1979), Cagney & Lacey (1981) and Heavy Metal (1981). He was married to Celia Tessler. He died on July 17, 2017 in Toronto.

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A Change of Heart

A Change of Heart

2017

as Cardiologist

1.5
Acting

Discouraged with cards that life has felt him, Hank is a man whose circumstances have steered him to fear change, but his town is adhering less to tra...

Barney's Version

Barney's Version

2010

as 2nd Mrs. P's Father

7.0
Acting

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

Super Mario World: Koopa's Stone Age Quests

Super Mario World: Koopa's Stone Age Quests

2009

as King Koopa (Voice)

Acting

The Wheel Thing: Mario invents the wheel and the Cave People discover traffic jams and fender benders. Send in the Clowns: To feed his hungry, evil di...

Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy

Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy

2006

as Geralyn's Father

5.4
Acting

A young woman tries to keep a positive attitude while battling breast cancer.

Maxwell Saves the Day

Maxwell Saves the Day

2005

as (voice)

4.2
Acting

Maxwell, the silly rabbit, wants to deliver the this year's Easter eggs, and challenges the arrogant Star for the job. Subsequently, Maxwell becomes a...

Hello Kitty Tells Fairy Tales

Hello Kitty Tells Fairy Tales

2004

8.0
Acting

Join Hello Kitty and her friends in five exciting storybook adventures!

Out of Sync

Out of Sync

2000

as Sidney Golden

4.0
Acting

Roger Deacon, a down-and-out record producer, is given the job of making a singing star out of an industry mogul's girlfriend, an attractive but talen...

Something from Nothing

1999

as Mr. Fischbein / Herschel / Rotund Customer (voice)

Acting

A holiday special based on Phoebe Gilman's award-winning book, this is the heartwarming story of a boy named Joseph, his beloved Grandfather and his s...

One Tough Cop

One Tough Cop

1998

as Rudy

3.2
Acting

A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.

Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

1998

as Lou

6.4
Acting

Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E....

Critical Care

Critical Care

1997

as Judge Fatale

6.4
Acting

Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their com...

Joe's Wedding

1996

as Rankin

2.0
Acting

Joe loves to rock and be wild, but the time has come for him to settle down. He is to marry a conservative daughter of a well-to-do man. On his weddin...

Radiant City

Radiant City

1996

as Mr. Lewis

Acting

Driven to the brink by her overworked and insensitive husband and horrendously selfish children, Brooklyn-based housewife Gloria Goodman seeks a meani...

Family of Cops

Family of Cops

1995

as Avrum Weiss

6.5
Acting

Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he s...

Hello Kitty: Santa's Missing Hat

Hello Kitty: Santa's Missing Hat

1995

7.3
Acting

A collection of Hello Kitty and Friends holiday specials. Includes Hello Kitty - Santa's Missing hat, Keroppi - the Christmas Eve GIft, and Santa and ...

Hello Kitty: Mom Loves Me After All

Hello Kitty: Mom Loves Me After All

1995

as Mr. Jones (Voice)

9.0
Acting

While her mom is looking after a baby named Julianna Scott, Hello Kitty doesn’t feel loved anymore and feels depressed. She runs away from home to her...

Between Love and Honor

Between Love and Honor

1995

as Lerner

Acting

Steve Collura is an undercover cop out to infiltrate Carlo Gambino's mob. He soon falls in love with Gambino's daughter Maria and must make a choice b...

Seasons of the Heart

Seasons of the Heart

1994

5.0
Acting

After her own daughter abandons her child, an ambitious and orderly publisher has little choice but to raise the grandchild as her own.

Guilty as Sin

Guilty as Sin

1993

as Judge Steinberg

5.7
Acting

Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.

Tintin in America

Tintin in America

1992

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.5
Acting

In order to assassinate the inquisitive Belgian reporter Tintin, the evil gangster Al Capone orders Smiles, an executive under his command, to lure hi...

Terror on Track 9

Terror on Track 9

1992

as Verona

3.2
Acting

A New York detective tracks a serial killer who injects his victims with poison at Grand Central Station.

The Lump

1991

as voice

5.8
Acting

An ugly man rises to power with the benefit of a handsome looking lump on his head.

Every Dog's Guide to the Playground

Every Dog's Guide to the Playground

1991

as (voice)

8.0
Acting

In this animated film our hero, Wally the Safety Dog, continues to suffer a host of injuries as he instructs his master in the rules of playground saf...

Back to the Beanstalk

1990

as Sidekicks

Acting

Jack Jr., son of Jack the Giant Killer, grows his own beanstalk in a quest to find his father and along the way meets some unusual characters.

Mindfield

Mindfield

1989

as Bob Champlain

4.4
Acting

In the long shadow of an experimental CIA mind control program, Sergeant Kellen O'Reilly begins experiencing violent flashbacks of his “treatments” at...

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

1989

as Det. Kiley

4.3
Acting

Based on a famous play, follows a bedridden wife who overhears a murder plan on her phone. She tries to piece the puzzle together and prevent it.

Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster

Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster

1989

as Sidney Glassberg

4.6
Acting

A Vietnam vet breaks out of a mental institution to go after drug-dealing gangsters who are selling contaminated product that is killing people.

Mario's Magic Carpet

Mario's Magic Carpet

1989

as King Bowser Koopa, Sultan Pasbah, Pidgit #3

Acting

Our heroes are counting on the magic of Aladdin's Lamp to help them defeat Koopa when they are captured by an evil Sultan. The Marios and Toad are ens...

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

1989

as Lew Eisen

6.6
Acting

In the sixties, Eddie and the cruisers was the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lead singer broke the band up. Only Eddie is not dead....

Speed Zone

Speed Zone

1989

as Gus Gold

4.5
Acting

An illegal race that takes place over the United States and nothing will stop this bunch of racers except for the occasional cop or a damsel in distre...

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety

Every Dog's Guide to Complete Home Safety

1987

as (voice)

5.5
Acting

This hilarious short animation offers over 40 safety tips for homes with infants and young children. The film's hero is a very earnest, somewhat pompo...

Mr. Nice Guy

Mr. Nice Guy

1987

as Jerry Reeman

5.5
Acting

A hitman by the name of Mr. Nice Guy is about to be married and his fiancee doesn't know his true profession. On top of that, his future father-in-law...

Separate Vacations

Separate Vacations

1986

as Henry Gilbert

4.2
Acting

A young architect finds himself in a situation that he never had to deal with before--now that he is successful (and married), sexy young women are th...

Joshua Then and Now

Joshua Then and Now

1985

as Dr. Jonathan Cole

5.3
Acting

Based on a novel by Mordecai Richler, allegedly his autobiography, it tells the story of a Jewish writer, from his life as a young boy in Montreal to ...

The Guardian

The Guardian

1984

as Mr. Wallace

4.2
Acting

The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgulary. They decide to hire a security expert to patro...

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

1984

as Salesman in Train

5.4
Acting

On the run from the police and a female roller derby team, scam artist Michael Rangeloff steals a coffin and boards a train, pretending to be a soldie...

All in Good Taste

All in Good Taste

1983

as Cochrane

3.4
Acting

A filmmaker is upset to find out that his wholesome script about an orphan and his dog has been warped into a film about strippers.

Visiting Hours

Visiting Hours

1982

as Vinnie Bradshaw

5.5
Acting

A deranged, misogynistic killer assaults a journalist. When he discovers that she survived the attack, he follows her to the hospital to finish her of...

Incubus

Incubus

1982

as Joe Prescott

5.7
Acting

In the small New England town of Galen, a young teenage boy claims he has dreams of young women being brutally raped and murdered. A doctor and the lo...

If You Could See What I Hear

If You Could See What I Hear

1982

as Bert

5.4
Acting

A light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.

Ticket to Heaven

Ticket to Heaven

1981

as Mr. Stone

6.6
Acting

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of ...

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal

1981

as Alien / Henchman (voice)

6.5
Acting

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

Improper Channels

Improper Channels

1981

as Police Sergeant

10.0
Acting

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child...

The Last Chase

The Last Chase

1981

as Jud

3.5
Acting

Twenty years after the American people have been told the oil has run out and disease has scared them into complacency, the United States has become a...

Cries in the Night

Cries in the Night

1980

as Harry Browning

5.1
Acting

A young woman arrives at her grandmother's house, which used to be a funeral home, to help her turn the place into a bed-and-breakfast inn. After they...

Atlantic City

Atlantic City

1980

as Bus Driver

6.8
Acting

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs a...

The Wordsmith

The Wordsmith

1979

Acting

Penned by Mordecai Richler and set in wartime Montreal, this touching telefilm stars Saul Rubinek as Mervyn Kaplansky, a young writer from Toronto who...

Meatballs

Meatballs

1979

as Morty

5.8
Acting

Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the ca...

Power Play

Power Play

1978

as Anwar

7.0
Acting

A group of military officers frustrated by government corruption and brutality attempts a coup.

High-Ballin'

High-Ballin'

1978

as Buzz

5.5
Acting

When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke and his visiting friend Rane put the ...

The Making of a President

The Making of a President

1978

Acting

In wartime Sault Ste. Marie, the mayor invites the president of the Jewish congregation to speak at the town’s upcoming ecumenical war bonds rally. Ho...

Silver Streak

Silver Streak

1976

as Conventioneer

6.7
Acting

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no ...