Allan Rich

Allan Rich

1926-02-08 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 62 Credits

Biography

Allan Rich (born Benjamin Norman Schultz; (February 8, 1926 – August 22, 2020) was an American character actor, author and activist. Allan Rich was one of the many alleged communist sympathizers blacklisted in the 1950s Hollywood blacklist. He mentored Rene Russo in the world of acting and also played a judge in Hill Street Blues. Rich was the co-founder of non-profit organization We Care About Kids, which produces educational short films for middle and high school youths. Description above f...

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The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

2016

as Self

6.9
Acting

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, an...

Wish I Was Here

Wish I Was Here

2014

as Rabbi Twersky

6.5
Acting

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getti...

Troupers

2011

Acting

Takes a look at twelve working actors in Hollywood over 80 and how they have managed to survive this crazy business.

Father and Son

Father and Son

2010

Acting

A grown man's quest to find love and acceptance from his stepdad and win a magazine contest.

The Last Word

The Last Word

2008

as Francis

5.8
Acting

An odd-but-gifted poet, Evan Merck makes his living writing suicide notes for the soon-to-be departed. So when he meets Charlotte, the free-spirited s...

My Sexiest Year

My Sexiest Year

2007

as Papa

1.5
Acting

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 th...

Rise: Blood Hunter

Rise: Blood Hunter

2007

as Harrison

5.3
Acting

A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She goes on a personal vendetta against a grou...

The Memory Thief

The Memory Thief

2007

as Zvi

4.4
Acting

A Los Angeles tollbooth clerk becomes obsessed with the Holocaust after meeting a survivor.

Man in the Chair

Man in the Chair

2007

as Speed

6.4
Acting

The story of an aspiring young filmmaker's encounter with a grumpy fount of movie lore.

The Alibi

The Alibi

2006

as Klump

5.6
Acting

Con man Ray Elliot decides to leave crime behind to start a company that sells fake alibis to clients who have been unfaithful to their significant ot...

The Burial Society

The Burial Society

2002

as Hy Leibowitz

5.3
Acting

In The Burial Society, Sheldon Kasner, an unlikely criminal who works as a bank loan manager, infiltrates the mysterious world of the Chevrah Kadisha ...

The Dogwalker

The Dogwalker

2002

as Sam

2.0
Acting

Jerry Cooper is The Dogwalker, a Tom Sawyer grown up for the nineties, who having fallen on hard times, is struggling with the reality of having to sl...

Skippy

Skippy

2001

as Gordan Gates

3.7
Acting

A half-wit falls in love with a beautiful movie star.

Exposé

Exposé

1998

3.5
Acting

Jason Davis is a reporter who gets an anonymous tip that turns him into an eyewitness to a judge's murder.

Amistad

Amistad

1997

as Judge Juttson

7.0
Acting

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are th...

Out to Sea

Out to Sea

1997

as Sebastian

5.7
Acting

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they ar...

The Rich Man's Wife

The Rich Man's Wife

1996

as Bill Adolphe

5.4
Acting

A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her hus...

Jack

Jack

1996

as Dr. Benfante

6.3
Acting

Jack Powell suffers from an affliction that makes him grow four times faster than normal, so the 10 year old boy looks like a 40 year old man. After y...

Miami Hustle

Miami Hustle

1996

as Stein

3.7
Acting

Marsha, a con artist with a conscience, has agreed to take on an unusual scheme in order to pay off a debt to a lawyer who helped out her brother. An ...

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

1996

as Quote Reader

4.7
Acting

Explores sexuality and censorship over a hundred years of motion pictures.

Two Much

Two Much

1995

as Reverend Larrabee

5.4
Acting

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job leads to an engagement with a rich divorcee. He gets...

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

1995

as Ziggy Brillman

5.1
Acting

America's three top leisure-time activities come roaring to life in National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins. This film consists of three short stories...

Disclosure

Disclosure

1994

as Ben Heller

6.3
Acting

A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career an...

Quiz Show

Quiz Show

1994

as Robert Kintner

7.3
Acting

Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-...

A Part of the Family

A Part of the Family

1994

as Burt

Acting

A bright young New York physician takes her husband, a jokey/cynical tabloid reporter, home to Illinois to meet her parents.

Amore!

Amore!

1993

as Studio Executive #1

3.2
Acting

Saul Schwartz, a married successful businessman, is bored with his life and decides he has had enough. So he gets a divorce, quits his job, and goes o...

Dead On: Relentless II

Dead On: Relentless II

1992

as Grazinsky

5.4
Acting

Detective Sam Dietz is paired with a shady FBI agent to track down another serial killer terrorizing Los Angeles.

Nickel & Dime

Nickel & Dime

1992

as Bernie Stadler

6.0
Acting

A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way out is to solve his latest case of a missing heire...

Guilty by Suspicion

Guilty by Suspicion

1991

as Leonard Marks

6.5
Acting

Owing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for h...

Highlander II: The Quickening

Highlander II: The Quickening

1991

as Allan Neyman

4.7
Acting

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed, and it's up to MacLeod and Ramirez to set things right. Opposition comes from bo...

Ragin Cajun

Ragin Cajun

1991

as Regetti

3.8
Acting

After his girlfriend is kidnapped by a vicious mobster, Cage rips into action with a vengeance. Retired from kickboxing to pursue dreams of being an e...

Matters of the Heart

Matters of the Heart

1990

as Boston Official

4.0
Acting

A noted concert pianist in her early forties, totally obsessed with her music, retreats to a small town to be alone and to write a concerto, but there...

Betsy's Wedding

Betsy's Wedding

1990

as Nate Tobias

5.7
Acting

Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but B...

Another Chance

Another Chance

1989

as J.R. Jacobs

2.2
Acting

A womanizer tries to redeem himself to win over the girl of his dreams.

Checking Out

Checking Out

1988

as Dr. Haskell

4.4
Acting

When his best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray Macklin becomes a man obsessed with his own mortality. Convinced that all his aches and pains are an ...

Bad Guys

Bad Guys

1986

as Luigi Constantine

7.0
Acting

Two LA cops turn to professional wrestling for money and revenge after being suspended from the force for a bar brawl.

J.O.E. and the Colonel

J.O.E. and the Colonel

1985

as Pop Roth

1.5
Acting

Scientists create "the perfect soldier" in a lab experiment by recombining his molecules. He is then sent out on dangerous but vital missions.

Kidco

Kidco

1984

as Jim Clark

6.4
Acting

A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling composted horse manure as fertilizer, and has his...

Frances

Frances

1982

as Mr. Bebe

6.9
Acting

The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.

The Entity

The Entity

1982

as Dr. Walcott

6.7
Acting

Single mother Carla Moran is raped and attacked by an invisible force. She begins therapy with Dr. Phil Sneiderman, a psychiatrist who believes Carla'...

Eating Raoul

Eating Raoul

1982

as Nazi

6.5
Acting

A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid the...

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

The Ordeal of Bill Carney

1981

as Judge Stanley Mosk

Acting

Bill Carney has just been paralyzed from the neck down. He has been taking care of his two sons since his wife left him. Now, when word of his conditi...

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire

1981

as Paeter Yos

5.5
Acting

A rugged warrior is on a quest to avenge his father's brutal slaying and in search of a legendary sorcerer who can help him. Joining him on his missio...

Chicago Story

Chicago Story

1981

as G.W. Rosen

6.0
Acting

A pair of cops, a pair of doctors, and a pair of lawyers examine a crime — the wounding of a ten-year-old girl by a sniper — from three different angl...

A Gun in the House

A Gun in the House

1981

as Roy Grutman

6.3
Acting

A woman who uses a handgun to defend herself and shoots a man who is assaulting her in her home is doggedly prosecuted by the district attorney, bent ...

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

1980

as Tobias Simon

6.2
Acting

True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision whic...

Hero at Large

Hero at Large

1980

as Marty Fields

6.0
Acting

An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger, a sup...

The Seekers

The Seekers

1979

as Gen. 'Mad Anthony' Wayne

Acting

This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts ...

The Frisco Kid

The Frisco Kid

1979

as Mr. Bialik

6.1
Acting

Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced t...

Voices

Voices

1979

as Montrose Meier

3.0
Acting

An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.

The Millionaire

The Millionaire

1978

as George Jelks

Acting

Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire in this pilot to a pros...

Uncle Joe Shannon

Uncle Joe Shannon

1978

as Dr. Clark

7.0
Acting

A trumpet player, self-destructive after the death of his wife and child in a fire, befriends a crippled youngster and together they battle obstacles ...

A Killing Affair

A Killing Affair

1977

as Capt. Bullis

5.2
Acting

A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. Durin...

The Hostage Heart

The Hostage Heart

1977

as Dr. Motzkin

Acting

When billionaire industrialist goes into a hospital for a heart operation, some people who claim to be revolutionaries enter the operating room and dr...

Terraces

Terraces

1977

as Mr. Vogel

4.8
Acting

Story of the various joys and crises of neighbors who share terraces in a high-rise apartment building.

Tail Gunner Joe

Tail Gunner Joe

1977

as Ray Jenkins

6.0
Acting

Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later plann...

Scott Free

Scott Free

1976

as Max

Acting

A professional gambler finds himself on the run from the mob, the federal government, and a band of Indians, all of whom have an interest in a piece o...

Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence

Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence

1976

as Judge Paul Pieter

Acting

In this pilot film, Mallory is a prominent lawyer with a tarnished reputation who defends a young man charged with committing homicide against a sexua...

The Happy Hooker

The Happy Hooker

1975

as Desk Sergeant

3.8
Acting

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch lass takes a well-paid office job and starts li...

Strike Force

Strike Force

1975

as Police Commissioner

5.6
Acting

A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.

The Gambler

The Gambler

1974

as Bernie

6.7
Acting

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

Serpico

Serpico

1973

as D. A. Tauber

7.5
Acting

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.