Alex KarrasFilmography

Fudge-A-Mania

Synopsis: A parade of old sitcom stars appear in this made-for-television adaptation of the book by Judy Blume. Peter Hatcher has to suffer through a summer with his worst enemy, Sheila Tubman. Much to his chagrin, his brother Fudge (Luke Taristano) announces that he wants to marry her. The two-hour movie Read More

The Street Corner Kids: Secret of the Twin Sister

Mighty Moose and the Quarterback Kid

Actors: Alex Karras, Brandon Cruz, Dave Madden, Joe Mascolo, Charles Everett

Synopsis: Alex Karras stars as junior football league coach "Moose" Novak in this cautionary tale about living life vicariously through the accomplishments of others. The father (Joseph Mascolo) of 12-year-old football player Benny Singleton (Brandon Cruz) has dreams of his son becoming a star quarterback Read More

Webster: Season 05

Actors: Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Henry Polic II

Webster: Season 04

Actors: Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Henry Polic II

Webster: Season 03

Actors: Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Henry Polic II, Eugene Roche, Cathryn Damon

Saturday Night Live: Alex Karras

Actors: Alex Karras, Tina Turner

Synopsis: This 1985 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Alex Karras and features musical guest Tina Turner. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

Webster: Season 02

Actors: Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Henry Polic II, Eugene Roche, Cathryn Damon, Ben Vereen

Against All Odds

Actors: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Pat Corley

Synopsis: A remake of Jacques Tourneur's noir classic Out of the Past (1947), in this version a labyrinthine web of corruption touches on the world of pro football. When an injury-riddled body causes pro football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) to be cut by his team, Jake Wise (James Woods), a shady Read More

Webster: Season 01

Actors: Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Henry Polic II

Webster [TV Series]

Actors: Emmanuel Lewis, Alex Karras, Susan Clark

Faerie Tale Theatre: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Synopsis: A delightful episode from Shelley Duvall's popular family-oriented cable television series, this version of the classic children's yarn takes an unusual twist in that poor little Goldilocks is an ill-mannered, destructive brat who turns the lives and household of three kindly bears upside down. Read More

Maid in America

Synopsis: A hark back to the screwball comedies of the 1930s, this made-for-TV movie stars real-life married couple Susan Clark and Alex Karras. When Catherine Abel (Clark), a divorced pro-feminist lawyer, advertises for a live-in maid to take care of her family mansion and look after her two children, who Read More

Victor/Victoria

Actors: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren, Alex Karras

Synopsis: On the verge of starvation in 1930s Paris, erstwhile entertainer Victoria (Julie Andrews) is rescued by gay cabaret performer Toddy (Robert Preston). What she needs to succeed, opines Toddy, is a gimmick. What if she becomes a male impersonator? Better still: what if she becomes a male Read More

Porky's

Actors: Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight, Roger Wilson, Cyril O'Reilly

Synopsis: Love it or loathe it (and there are a goodly number of people on either side), Porky's was one of the most successful comedies of its day, spawning two direct sequels and inspiring an incalculable number of lowbrow teen comedies, most recently including American Pie (1999). Pee Wee (Dan Monahan) Read More

Jimmy B. & Andre

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Susan Clark

Synopsis: Detroit restauranteur Jimmy Butsicaris is probably best known to sports fans as the good buddy and severest critic of onetime Tigers manager Billy Martin. The made-for-TV Jimmy B. & Andre dramatizes an emotional chapter in the life and career of the big-hearted Butsicaris. Alex Karras plays Jimmy Read More

Word of Honor

Actors: Karl Malden, Rue McClanahan, Ron Silver, Largo Woodruff, Alexa Kenin

Synopsis: Alex Karras and Susan Clark produced but did not star in the TV movie Word of Honor. Karl Malden plays a small-town newspaper reporter who receives a tip from a woman about the kidnap-murder of a teenaged girl. The woman implicates local banker Don Crane, but only on Malden's promise that he will Read More

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Actors: Michael Beck, Telly Savalas, Ronny Cox, Alex Karras, Art Carney

Synopsis: Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Michael Beck plays the real-life Clarence Carnes, an Oklahoma Choctaw Indian said to be the youngest man ever incarcerated in the Read More

When Time Ran Out

Actors: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Edward Albert, Red Buttons

Synopsis: After producer Irwin Allen highlighted the dangers of fire in the Towering Inferno and the dangers of water in the Poseidon Adventure, he is back to fire again but this time it is within the earth, at least for awhile. This fairly routine disaster film is set on a resort island with a volcano that Read More

Nobody's Perfekt

Actors: Gabe Kaplan, Alex Karras, Robert Klein, Susan Clark, Paul Stewart

Synopsis: This comedy was filmed in Miami and follows the exploits of three frustrated misanthropes who try to sue the city after their car hits a pothole and ends up totaled. Unfortunately, the city has protected itself with a little loophole. When legal means fail, the three try other methods. ~ Sandra Read More

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Actors: Stephen Rosenberg, Alex Karras, Guy L'Ecuyer, Joy Coghill, Earl Pennington

Synopsis: Adapted from a children's story by Mordecai Richler, Theodore J. Flicker's comic fantasy stars Stephen Rosenberg as Jacob Two-Two, so nicknamed because he must repeat everything he says in order to get adults to hear him. Escaping into a fantasy world, he dreams that he is the captive of the Read More

Centennial

Actors: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Richard Chamberlain, Timothy Dalton, Alex Karras, Robert Conrad

Synopsis: The longest (26-1/2 hours), most expensive ($25 million) and most complicated (four directors, five producers, five cinematographers, almost 100 speaking parts, several hundred extras) project made for television up to that time, Centennial was shown in two- and three-hour installments over a Read More

FM

Actors: Michael Brandon, Eileen Brennan, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Martin Mull

Synopsis: When a radio station's management announces that there's going to be an upswing in commercials on the air, with a strong emphasis on ads for the U.S. Army, the anti-establishment deejays form a united front against the "suits." With station manager Jeff Dugan's (Michael Brandon) unofficial Read More

Mad Bull

Synopsis: A burly professional wrestler falls in love with a caring woman who helps convince him to abandon his vengeful search for the one who murdered his brother in this drama. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mulligan's Stew [TV Series]

Actors: Lawrence Pressman, Elinor Donahue, Johnny Doran, Christopher Ciampa, Julie Anne Haddock

Synopsis: In the short-lived TV series Mulligan's Stew, high school football coach Michael Mulligan (Lawrence Pressman) and his wife Jane (Elinor Donahue), already the parents of three children, suddenly find their family unit increased from five to nine. This occurs when Michael's sister and Read More

The Hardheads

Synopsis: A crazy pilot embarks on various escapades in this adventure film. (AKA Great Lester Boggs) ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Redneck County

Synopsis: This one was shipped out to various regions as Hootch Country Boys, Hootch County Boys, Redneck Country and The Great Lester Boggs. No matter the title, the audience knew what to expect.Alex Karras plays Lester Boggs, a merry moonshiner who gets his jollies from leading the Law on wild car chases. Read More

Babe

Actors: Susan Clark, Alex Karras

Synopsis: Susan Clark won an Emmy for her performance as legendary woman athlete Babe Didrickson (1916-1956). The film starts in Port Arthur, Texas, with teenaged Babe depriving herself of a social life in order to excel at track and field. Her well-honed skills and fierce competitive spirit win Babe a slot Read More

Blazing Saddles

Actors: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, David Huddleston, Mel Brooks, Alex Karras, Madeline Kahn

Synopsis: Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by Richard Pryor, features Cleavon Little as the first black sheriff of a stunned town scheduled for demolition by an encroaching railroad. Little and co-star Gene Wilder have Read More

The 500 Pound Jerk

Synopsis: Alex Karras stars as a naive backwoods strong-man, whose acute ability to lift weights brings him to the attention of a slick sports promoter (James Franciscus). Karras is carefully groomed to compete in the 1972 Olympics; Franciscus gives him explicit instructions to flex his muscles, tote his Read More

Win, Place, or Steal

Synopsis: Three rollicking bumblers get into all sorts of slapstick trouble as they attempt their get-rich schemes at the race track in this comedy. The film is alternately titled The Big Payoff. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hardcase

Synopsis: Clint Walker plays Hardcase, an American soldier of fortune roaming the old west in search of his wife (Stefanie Powers), who has run off with half his life savings. He finds her in Mexico, where she is now the mistress of a rebel leader (Pedro Armendariz Jr.). Hardcase abducts the rebel chief in Read More

Paper Lion

Actors: Alan Alda, Lauren Hutton, Alex Karras, Frank Gifford, Vince Lombardi

Synopsis: Paper Lion is taken from the actual experiences of journalist George Plimpton. George (Alan Alda) dons helmet and pads to play quarterback against the Detroit Lions. His experience is less-than-successful as he is mercilessly tackled by the Lion's defense, including Alex Karras. Roger Aaron Brown Read More