Carole CookFilmography

Home on the Range

Actors: Roseanne, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Disney presents the animated musical Western Home on the Range, featuring an original musical score by Alan Menken. The Little Piece of Heaven family farm is about to go under and outlaw cattle rustler Alameda Slim (voice of Randy Quaid) sets his sights on it. Three dairy cows -- tough Maggie Read More

Steel Magnolias

Actors: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts

Synopsis: The title refers to those seemingly frail Southern belles who survive any and all deprivations through whims of iron. Robert Harling's original stage play was set exclusively in a Louisiana beauty parlor where an all-female cast of characters laughed, cried and compared menfolk. The film expands Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Deadpan

Synopsis: When one of her former students adapts her novel Mainly Murder as a stage play, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is honored to attend the show's opening night. Not long afterward, the reviews come out, with one critic lavishing praise on the production, and the critic's chief rival penning a devastating Read More

The A-Team: Members Only

Synopsis: Face (Dirk Benedict) is given a trial membership at an exclusive country club, an honor that proves to be a mixed blessing when he finds out that Murdock (Dwight Schultz) is already a guest at the club--and that the A-Team's perennial nemesis Fullbright (Jack Ging) is a fully paid-up member. But Read More

Magnum, P.I.: All Thieves on Deck

Synopsis: In order to flush out the person or persons who have attempted to steal a valuable statuette of the Hawaiian god Amakua, Magnum stage-manages a luxury cruise in which all the passenger roster consists of the principal suspects. Sure enough, murder and mayhem quickly ensue, and it soon becomes Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Dead Heat

Synopsis: Jessica (Angela Lansbury) pays a visit her niece Tracey (Linda Grovenor), an up-and-coming jockey. After winning a race, Tracey has a confrontation with the horse's owner, indicating that she was supposed to have thrown the race. Not long after, the owner turns up murdered--and Tracey is the prime Read More

Sixteen Candles

Actors: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Schoeffling, Paul Dooley, Liane Alexandra Curtis, Justin Henry

Synopsis: On the eve of her sister's wedding, suburban teenager Samantha (Molly Ringwald) suffers silently as her family forgets her birthday. Even worse, some total dork (Anthony Michael Hall) keeps propositioning her with sophomoric innuendo when she really craves romantic attention from high-school hunk Read More

Grandview, U.S.A.

Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Troy Donahue, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Synopsis: The Saroyanesque Grandview USA focuses on a sleepy Midwestern town and its younger denizens. Bored out of his gourd, recent high-school graduate Tim (C. Thomas Howell), befriends the much-older Michelle (Jamie Lee Curtis), who runs the local demolition derby. Michelle's top driver is "Slam" (Patrick Swayze Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Quincy's Wedding, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single two-hour episode), it looks like the wedding of Quincy (Jack Klugman) and Emily (Anita Gillette) will have to be postponed definitely. After all, Quincy cannot be bothered with mundane domestic details while he is busily Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Quincy's Wedding, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single, two hour "very special" episode), Quincy (Jack Klugman) and his fiancee Emily (Anita Gillette) are at last prepared to march down the aisle and tie the knot. While Emily is busily discussing details with wedding planner Read More

Romantic Comedy

Actors: Dudley Moore, Mary Steenburgen, Ron Leibman, Janet Eilber, Robyn Douglass

Synopsis: Phoebe (Mary Steenburgen) and Jason (Dudley Moore) are a pair of Broadway playwrights who are partners in their chosen profession, but in spite of a definite inclination, they remain unpartnered (for a long time) in any other way. Phoebe is an aspiring playwright from the Northwoods and Jason is Read More

Laverne & Shirley: I Do, I Don't

Synopsis: As part of a department-store promotion, Shirley (Cindy Williams) wins a free wedding reception, replete with buttercream cake and champagne fountain. Hoping to capitalize on her good fortune, Shirley tries to trick her erstwhile beau Carmine (Eddie Mekka) into marrying her. But when Carmine fails Read More

Something So Right

Actors: James Farentino, Rick Schroder

Synopsis: Something So Right was a November 1982 entry in CBS' series of GE Theatre movie specials. Ricky Schroder plays the trouble-prone son of divorcee Patty Duke Astin. Upset that his idolized football-jock father is gone, Schroder has developed into a petty thief. Unable to handle the boy herself, Duke Read More

Summer Lovers

Actors: Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah, Valerie Quennessen, Barbara Rush, Carole Cook

Synopsis: Set upon a romantic Greek island, this drama chronicles the experiences of a pair of young American adults who go there for summer vacation. Their idyll is interrupted by a sexy archaeologist who has come there to work on a dig. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Make Me an Offer

Synopsis: This TV movie, directed by Jerry Paris (a regular on The Dick Van Dyke Show), traces the rise of a young real-estate agent in southern California. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

American Gigolo

Actors: Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo, Nina Van Pallandt, Bill Duke

Synopsis: A slick Los Angeles callboy finds love and redemption in Paul Schrader's ultra-stylish drama. High-living prostitute Julian Kay (Richard Gere, stepping in for John Travolta) has it all: the Mercedes, the clothes, access to Beverly Hills' swankiest establishments, and a stable of rich, older female Read More

Kojak: The Queen of Hearts Is Wild

Synopsis: Kojak returned to its familiar Sunday-night network berth for its fifth and final season. Things get off to a rousing start with this opening episode, with Lt. Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas) determined to nail the murderer of a fellow cop. Unfortunately, the only witness to the crime, Janet Carlisle Read More

The Gauntlet

Actors: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney

Synopsis: Playing police stooge Ben Shockley, Clint Eastwood sends up his Dirty Harry-ness in this 1977 cop film-action movie-romantic comedy. Ben is assigned to escort tough Vegas hooker Gus Mally (Sondra Locke) to Phoenix for a Mob trial because, he thinks, he always "gets the job done." But corrupt Read More

Kojak: A Strange Kind of Love

Synopsis: Hero worship takes a sinister turn when emotionally disturbed cab driver Lawson (James Sutorius becomes obsessed with his idol, a controversial nighttime radio talk host. Convinced that the radio personality is speaking directly to him, Lawson vows to become the man's faithful lieutenant Read More

Kojak: The Summer of '69, Part 2

Synopsis: Kojak moved from its traditonal Sunday-night timeslot to a new Saturday evening berth for this concluding episode of a two-part story. Though suspended from the force, Kojak is determined to track down a serial murderer known as The Clothesline Killer. It's a personal crusade for the troubled Read More

Kojak: The Summer of '69, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Kojak recalls the events leading up to his shooting of a notorious serial murderer in 1969. Though convinced at the time that he had disposed of the "Clothesline Killer", Kojak has reason to wonder if he got the right man: someone is currently embarked Read More

Kojak: Laid Off

Synopsis: Even though he holds down two "civilian" jobs, rookie cop Kenny Murray (Michael Durrell) can't afford to be laid off. Not only are his debts are mounting astronomically with every passing day, but he must also pour more money into psychiatric treatment for his mentally disturbed wife Ann (Jenny Read More

Emergency!: The Nuisance

Synopsis: Injured in a hit-and-run accident, John (Randolph Mantooth) ends up in a Rampart hospital bed, where he proceeds to drive the staff crazy. Meanwhile, Roy is saddled with John's replacement Craig Bice (John R. Richardson in his first series appearance), an unsufferable perfectionist whose strict Read More

Charlie's Angels: The Séance

Actors: Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, David F. Doyle, René Auberjonois

Synopsis: Rich widow Grace Rodeheaver (Gertrude Flynn) hires the Angels to find out who is systematically stripping her of her wealth. Our heroines soon determine that the culprit may be the shady medium who is "helping" Grace contact the spirit of her late husband. Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) poses as another Read More

Baretta: Woman in the Harbor

Actors: Robert Blake, Dana Elcar, Tom Ewell, Michael D. Roberts, Chino "Fats" Williams

Synopsis: According to police records, paroled female convict Virginia Marriott (Ann Coleman) has committed suicide. Thus, when Virginia's parole officer sees the girl, very much alive, wandering near the harbor, he is amazed. But not for long: The officer is promptly murdered, bringing maverick undercover Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Sid Caesar

Actors: Sid Caesar, Jack Collins, Carole Cook, Irwin Charone

Synopsis: Sid Caesar pulls double duty in this episode, playing "himself" and his lookalike, Frankie the Forger. Upset that Frankie is going around time forging checks with his name, Sid conspires with Lucy (Lucille Ball) to catch the crook in the act. Alas, Lucy is so confused by the plethora of Caesars Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map

Actors: Mel Tormé, John Bubbles, Dan Rowan, Paul Winchell, Burt Mustin

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, a reluctant Mooney (Gale Gordon) has joined Lucy (Lucille Ball) and her songwriter friend Mel Tinker (Mel Torme) in their efforts to save the small town of Bancroft from being demolished to make room for a new freeway. In hopes of bringing Bancroft's plight Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Tennessee Ernie Ford

Actors: Tennessee Ernie Ford, Roy Roberts, The Back Porch Majority, Carole Cook, Robert Easton

Synopsis: Tennessee Ernie Ford, who'd made three major guest appearances on the old [#I Love Lucy}, is back for more on The Lucy Show. With Mr. Mooney's job in jeopardy unless he can land a big bank account, Lucy (Lucille Ball) tries to persuade millionaire country singer Homer Higgins (Ford) and his Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and the Countess

Actors: Ann Sothern, Carole Cook, Sid Gould

Synopsis: Ann Sothern makes the first of several Lucy Show appearances as the Countess Framboise. Although Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) is enchanted by the notion of royalty in humble Danfield, Lucy (Lucille Ball) easily recognizes the widowed countess as her old school pal Rosie Hannigan. Their friendship Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy the Stockholder

Actors: Elliott Reid, Harvey Korman, Lynne Allen, Carole Cook

Synopsis: After receiving a sizeable tax refund, Lucy (Lucille Ball) uses the cash to become a stockholder in the Danfield bank. It is her hope that, with her new-found clout, she can "help" Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) run the bank more efficiently--oh, sure, it will! One suspects that Lucille Ballconcocted Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Arthur Godfrey

Actors: Arthur Godfrey, Max Showalter, Carole Cook, Stanley Farrar, Clyde Howdy

Synopsis: Arthur Godfrey, at one time the most popular (and powerful) personality on radio and TV, makes a guest appearance in this episode. Hoping to persuade Godfrey to appear in the Riverboat musical being staged by the Danfield Little Theater, Lucy (Lucille Ball) is willing to go to great and Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Enters the Baking Contest

Actors: Gale Gordon, Mary Jane Croft, Kathleen Freeman, Carole Cook, Dorothy Konrad

Synopsis: When Viv (Vivian Vance) casts aspersions on Lucy's cooking, Lucy (Lucille Ball) defiantly enters a big baking contest. Things get out of hand early on, with Lucy and Viv each inadvertently passing off the other's cooking as her own. The situation rapidly degenerates into--what else?--a huge pie Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Is a Process Server

Actors: Gale Gordon, Lee Millar, Richard Keith, Carole Cook, Stafford Repp

Synopsis: Ever on the lookout for extra money, Lucy (Lucille Ball lands a temp job as a process server. Her first assignment is to serve a subpoena to a prominent local banker--Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon), of course. Through a series of mishaps, Lucy is unable to hand over the subpoena at Mooney's home Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Takes a Job at the Bank

Actors: Gale Gordon, Mary Jane Croft, Kathleen Freeman, Carole Cook, James Gonzales

Synopsis: When her son Jerry (Jimmy Garrett) needs money for a new tuba, Lucy (Lucille Ball) wangles a job at the bank. Not surprisingly, she succeeds in driving Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon) crazy, even though she's been given the simple, virtually foolproof task of handing out toasters to cutomers opening new Read More

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Actors: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan, Larry Keating

Synopsis: In this amusing fantasy, a combination of live-action and animated effects, Don Knotts plays scrawny bookkeeper Henry Limpet, who longs to help the U.S. after the outbreak of World War II. He becomes depressed after being turned down by the Navy, particularly after his pal George (Jack Weston) is Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Drives a Dump Truck

Actors: Mary Jane Croft, Carole Cook, Dorothy Konrad, Richard Reeves, Ben Welden

Synopsis: The all-female Danville Volunteer Fire Department needs new uniforms, but there's no money in the treasury. Hoping to raise the necessary funds--and to save her job as fire chief--Lucy (Lucille Ball) organizes a paper drive. Assuming that this undertaking will merely entail collecting old Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy and Viv Are Volunteer Firemen

Actors: Patrick McVey, Carole Cook, Ruth Crews

Synopsis: When the Danfield fire department is rezoned to another community, Lucy (Lucille Ball) angrily demands to the city council that a new department be formed immediately. This explains how Lucy and Viv (Vivian Vance) find themselves organizing their own fire battalion--comprised entirely of women. Read More

Palm Springs Weekend

Actors: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Ty Hardin, Stefanie Powers, Robert Conrad

Synopsis: This light romantic comedy filmed on location in Palm Springs finds couples engaging in a kissing frenzy of puppy love. Jim (Troy Donahue) has eyes for Bunny (Stephanie Powers), unaware she is the daughter of the local chief of police (Andrew Duggan). Connie Stevens, Jack Weston, Ty Hardin and Jerry Van Dyke Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy's Barbershop Quartet

Actors: Hans Conried, Dorothy Konrad, Carole Cook, Allan Ray

Synopsis: Lucy (Lucille Ball wants to sing in Viv's Barbershop Quartet, but Viv (Vivian Vance) has reservations about her roommate's singing talents (or lack of same). However, when one of the quartet members is forced to drop out just before a big musical contest in Albany, Viv decides to give Lucy a Read More

Son of Frankenstein

Actors: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson

Synopsis: The most elaborate--and longest--of Universal's Frankenstein series, Son of Frankenstein represents Boris Karloff's last appearance in the role of the Monster. The title character is played by Basil Rathbone, who with wife Josephine Hutchinson and son Donnie Donegan returns to the Old Country to Read More