Richard Jordan

Richard Jordan

1937-07-19 New York City, New York, United States 38 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Jordan (July 19, 1937 – August 30, 1993) was an American stage, screen and film actor. A long-time member of the New York Shakespeare Festival, he performed in many Off Broadway and Broadway plays. His films include Logan's Run, Les Misérables, Raise the Titanic!, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Yakuza, The Bunker, Dune, The Secret of My Success, The Hunt for Red October, Posse and Gettysburg. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard J...

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Apartment of Erotic Horror

Apartment of Erotic Horror

2006

Producer

3.6
Producing

A sleazy photographer makes a deal with a hideous demon for eternal youth in exchange for young, nubile young girls, whom he lures to his Brooklyn apa...

Gettysburg

Gettysburg

1993

as Brig. Gen. Lewis A. Armistead

6.9
Acting

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching t...

Posse

Posse

1993

as Sheriff Bates

5.3
Acting

A group of mostly black infantrymen return from the Spanish-American War with a cache of gold. They travel to the West where their leader searches for...

Primary Motive

Primary Motive

1992

as Chris Poulas

7.0
Acting

In this political thriller, a gubernatorial candidate's idealistic press secretary discovers that the opposing political candidate has feathered the n...

Shout

Shout

1991

as Eugene Benedict

5.8
Acting

A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

Delusion

Delusion

1991

as Executive in Conference Room

4.7
Acting

In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en rout...

Timebomb

Timebomb

1991

as Col. Taylor

5.2
Acting

When someone tries to murder watchmaker Eddy Kay, the incident triggers a barrage of nightmares and flashbacks into a past that isn't his own. Fearing...

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Acting

A retrospective on the career of Robert Mitchum through interviews with friends and co-workers, scenes from his films and the actor himself.

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Dr. Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor

7.4
Acting

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri...

Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker

Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker

1989

as Frank Salerno

7.4
Acting

Based on the true story of Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez who terrorized California in 1985 and the two Los Angeles police detectives who try to ...

Romero

Romero

1989

as Father Rutilio Grande

7.0
Acting

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate s...

The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

1987

as Howard Prescott

6.5
Acting

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and gir...

Solarbabies

Solarbabies

1986

as Grock

5.3
Acting

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by ...

The Men's Club

The Men's Club

1986

as Kramer

4.0
Acting

Seven men have a group session and share their feelings on women, love, life and work.

The Mean Season

The Mean Season

1985

as Alan Delour

6.3
Acting

A routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As t...

Dune

Dune

1984

as Duncan Idaho

6.2
Acting

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spi...

A Flash of Green

A Flash of Green

1984

as Elmo Bliss

5.0
Acting

A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the ...

A Flash of Green

A Flash of Green

1984

Producer

5.0
Producing

A reporter at a local Florida newspaper is torn between his friendship with a corrupt real estate developer and his love for an activist opposing the ...

Washington Mistress

Washington Mistress

1982

as Michael Reynolds

3.0
Acting

Maggie Parker, a U.S. Senator's ambitious aide, falls head over heels for her boss' chief adversary, Michael Reynolds, a high-powered lobbyist who hap...

The Bunker

The Bunker

1981

as Albert Speer

6.2
Acting

Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle f...

Raise the Titanic

Raise the Titanic

1980

as Dirk Pitt

5.3
Acting

To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

1980

as Pinky

6.4
Acting

An American ex-con who is trying to go straight is persuaded to be the inside man for an audacious bank job in central London.

Old Boyfriends

Old Boyfriends

1979

as Jeff

5.0
Acting

When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1978

as Jean Valjean

7.2
Acting

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...

Interiors

Interiors

1978

as Frederick

6.8
Acting

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughter...

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

The Defection of Simas Kudirka

1978

as Cmdr. Edward Devon

6.0
Acting

Based on the true story of the attempted defection in 1970 by a Lithuanian seaman seeking political asylum in the United States. Kudirka was denied as...

One Night Stand

One Night Stand

1976

as Paul

4.0
Acting

An aimless American translator gets involved with a series of Hong Kong women.

Logan's Run

Logan's Run

1976

as Francis

6.6
Acting

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try f...

Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn

1975

as Hawk

6.4
Acting

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the ai...

The Yakuza

The Yakuza

1974

as Dusty

7.1
Acting

When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer...

Incident at Vichy

Incident at Vichy

1973

as Von Berg, A Prince

Acting

Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at Vichy, the capital of France while under Nazi occupation, ...

Kamouraska

Kamouraska

1973

as Georges Nelson

6.1
Acting

A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Eli...

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1973

as Dave Foley

7.3
Acting

An aging hood is about to go back to prison. Hoping to escape his fate, he supplies information on stolen guns to the feds, while simultaneously suppl...

Chato's Land

Chato's Land

1972

as Earl Hooker

6.6
Acting

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.

Klute

Klute

1971

as Man Kissing Bree in Night Club (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

Valdez Is Coming

Valdez Is Coming

1971

as R. L. Davis

6.3
Acting

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon ...

Lawman

Lawman

1971

as Crowe Wheelwright

6.5
Acting

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a st...

Ready for the People

Ready for the People

1964

as Eddie Dickinson

Acting

In a barroom fight over Connie Zelenko, Eddie Dickinson is badly wounded and Connie's boyfriend is killed. Witnesses claim Dickinson is the killer, bu...