Morton Downey, Jr.

Morton Downey, Jr.

1932-12-09 Los Angeles, California, USA 20 Credits

Biography

Morton Downey Jr. (December 9, 1932 – March 12, 2001) was an American television talk show host and actor who pioneered the "trash TV" format in the late-1980s on his program The Morton Downey Jr. Show.

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The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2025

as Self

Acting

THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including tw...

Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

2021

as (archive footage)

7.7
Acting

Focuses on 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, who is universally considered one of WWE's greatest villains. During his Hall of Fame career, he played the role of th...

Manufacturing Ignorance

Manufacturing Ignorance

2020

as Himself (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly chal...

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES

AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES

2020

as Self

9.0
Acting

Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #5: HAUNTED LIVES is a brand new compilation of the mo...

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie

2013

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Long before O'Reilly and Beck, Morton Downey, Jr., was tearing up the talk-show format with his divisive populism. Between the fistfights, rabid audie...

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of Predator 2 is a 2005 documentary that details the production of the 1990 film Predator 2. Created for the Pr...

Palmer's Pick-Up

Palmer's Pick-Up

1999

as Dick Cash

3.0
Acting

Two dimwit owners of a struggling hauling company are approached about hauling a huge, mysterious box across country at the end of the century. The ca...

Meet Wally Sparks

Meet Wally Sparks

1997

as Morton Downey, Jr.

4.7
Acting

Wally Sparks is a tabloid TV show reporter who's trying to boost ratings on his show. He goes to the governor's mansion to uncover a sex scandal.

Hollywood: The Movie

Hollywood: The Movie

1996

as Carlton

4.0
Acting

An ambitious filmmaker sets out to make an avant-garde film but soon learns the only way he can secure financing is if he shows Jessica Hahn's breasts...

The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise

The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise

1995

as Himself

6.2
Acting

Angel's televangelical ministry launches a boycott against a movie entitled "Little Ezekial," and Rockford is hired to protect its star.

The Silencer

The Silencer

1992

as Michael Keating

4.7
Acting

Harley-riding Angel plays to win in her fight against a slavery and prostitution ring that abuses young runaways -- It's a life-and-death game in whic...

Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger

Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger

1992

as Big Chuck

4.5
Acting

A man is torn between two women and his own violent self, borne of child abuse.

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

1992

as Orrin Price

4.5
Acting

The nerds are now in control of the university, as a result of Lewis Skolnick and the rest's actions in the two previous movies. A new generation of s...

Hollywood Cabaret The Movie

Hollywood Cabaret The Movie

1992

as Carlton

Acting

Two Aliens — drop-dead gorgeous ZAB (Jessica Hahn) and her knock-out sister, DOB (Julie Strain) have left their drab alien home to visit the mysteriou...

Driving Me Crazy

Driving Me Crazy

1991

as Taj

3.7
Acting

An eccentric East German inventor and defector travels to Los Angeles, California to sell a prototype revolutionary new car that runs on vegetables an...

Legal Tender

Legal Tender

1991

as Mal Connery

1.7
Acting

A beautiful bar owner becomes victimized by a lethal bank fraud plot.

Predator 2

Predator 2

1990

as Tony Pope

6.3
Acting

A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next ...

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving Day

1990

as Dr. Saul Minion

6.0
Acting

Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.

WWE WrestleMania V

WWE WrestleMania V

1989

as Himself

7.3
Acting

WrestleMania V was the fifth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It took p...

Born Again

Born Again

1978

as Classroom Guard

Acting

Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.