David Hedison Filmography

Fugitive Mind

Actors: Michael Dudikoff, Heather Langenkamp, Michele Greene

Synopsis: An ordinary man find out that he's been turned into a weapon in this sci-fi thriller. Robert Dean (Michael Dudikoff) is an engineer with Gencom, a multi-national technology firm. Dean enjoys an ordinary life with his wife and family, until he suddenly begins losing most of his memory. As Dean Read More

La Guerre Sans Nom

Synopsis: Due to the fact that the French-Algerian War (beginning in 1954) brought down several governments and led to the creation of the Fifth Republic, a deeply divided France struggled over whether to retain Algeria as the southern outpost of France proper, and this conflict was never formally declared Read More

Undeclared War

Synopsis: Hong Kong studio Cinema City tried to make a stab at the international markets with this spy drama helmed by cult action director Ringo Lam and featuring an international cast. The film opens with a comely terrorist named Rebecca (Olivia Hussey) dressed in black leather -- a member of the dreaded Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Part Two

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Murder She Wrote's two-part Season Five finale, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is still contending with her witchy rival mystery writer Eudora McVeigh Shipton (Jean Simmons). Although the duplicitous Eudora confesses that she has stolen the notes for Jessica's latest novel, she Read More

Licence to Kill

Actors: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe

Synopsis: Timothy Dalton is better in Licence to Kill than in his first James Bond endeavor (The Living Daylights), but he still seems uncomfortable on the right side of the law. This time around, Bond is working on his own rather than on behalf of the British Secret Service. His American friend Felix Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Part One

Synopsis: In the first episode of Murder She Wrote's two-part Season Five finale, Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) crosses swords with rival mystery writer Eudora McVeigh Shipton (Jean Simmons). Envious that Jessica's star has risen while hers has fallen, Eudora publicly declares that she intends to Read More

Murder, She Wrote: The Perfect Foil

Synopsis: This episode marks the first appearance of Calhoun Fletcher (Peter Bonerz), the troublesome--and trouble-prone--distant cousin of mystery writer Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). At the behest of her Aunt Mildred (played in a delightful cameo by filmdom's former "Blondie" Penny Singleton) Read More

The Movie Maker

Actors: Natasha Kautsky, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Orson Bean, Anthony Alda

Synopsis: This low-budget film about raising funds to make a movie offers inventive plotting from director Jim Wilson. Alec Carroll (Ben Glass) is off on one misadventure after another as he beats the bushes trying to get sponsors for his independently produced film. His story itself seems unlikely but his Read More

The A-Team: Mind Games

Synopsis: Face (Dirk Benedict) unexpectedly receives a pardon after "evidence" surfaces proving him innocent of the Vietnam bank robbery which landed the A-Team in prison. Hannibal (George Peppard) is convinced that there is something fishy about the pardon--especially since he knows darn well that Face was Read More

A.D.

Actors: Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison, John Houseman

Synopsis: Filmed in Tunisia on a budget of 30 million dollars, the five-part, 12-hour miniseries A.D. was the final installment in a historical trilogy which included Moses the Lawgiver and Jesus of Nazareth. Covering the years 30 to 69 A.D., the teleplay, co-written by Anthony Burgess, chronicled the Read More

The Naked Face

Actors: Roger Moore, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Art Carney, Anne Archer

Synopsis: In this fast-paced, often complex murder mystery, a psychiatrist's patient and later his secretary are killed, yet the police seem unable to come up with any answers so the doc takes matters into his own hands. Roger Moore is Dr. Judd Stevens, a rather meek Chicago psychiatrist whose patient is Read More

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

Synopsis: This two-part TV movie was originally titled Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues. A follow-up to Rogers' phenomenally successful 1980 made-for-TV The Gambler, the film charts the further adventures of frontier "plunger" Brady Hawkes (played by Rogers, of course). Also making a Read More

The Awakening of Cassie

Synopsis: This is a romantic tale about a lovely artist who tastes the painful bliss of first love. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Ffolkes

Actors: Roger Moore, James Mason, Anthony Perkins, Michael Parks, Jack Watson, David Hedison

Synopsis: Roger Moore took a brief vacation from playing James Bond in this witty adventure drama. Rufus Excalibur ffolkes (Moore), who for some reason prefers not to capitalize his last name, is a scuba-diving adventurer for hire with a sharp mind, a quick wit, a fondness for cats, and a certain distrust Read More

The Power Within

Synopsis: In this exciting fantasy, a stunt pilot gets into a terrible accident and awakes to find himself imbued with the power to electrocute people by touching them. The trouble begins when he is abducted by an evil villain. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Daniel and Nebachadnezzar

Synopsis: This program is part of a series that chronicles the stories of some of the great heroes of the Old Testament of the Bible. The colorful stories have made an indelible mark on Western consciousness, as they illustrate great spiritual truths in the plain narratives about ordinary people. This Read More

The Bob Newhart Show: It Didn't Happen One Night

Actors: Suzanne Pleshette, Bill Daily, Peter Bonerz, Marcia Wallace, David Hedison

Synopsis: With Bob out of town on a lecture tour, Emily is terrified that she will succumb to the temptation of having an affair with her old flame, Steve Darnell (David Hedison). To prevent this, Emily turns to Jerry and Howard for help -- and how much help they are. Written by Laura Levine, this Read More

Murder in Peyton Place

Synopsis: The cast of the popular old TV series Peyton Place reunite when Allison MacKenzie and Rodney Harrington are found dead. Other than that, and a decade's worth of gossip, nothing much has changed there. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

Synopsis: Looking like a million dollars in a series of fabulous outfits, Shirley Jones plays Jenny Dolan, an ex-investigative reporter. The widow of a wealthy businessman, Jenny suspects her husband met with foul play, and returns to reporting to prove her theory. She uncovers a political assassination Read More

Adventures of the Queen

Synopsis: The Queen is a luxury cruise ship, "played" by the Queen Mary in this made-for-TV thriller. The villain has it in for one of the ship's millionaire passengers. Accordingly, he (or she-we're not telling) plans to destroy the vessel and everyone on board. The producer of this all-star disasterfest Read More

The Art of Crime

Synopsis: Originally produced as the pilot for a prospective TV series and based on a novel entitled Gypsy in Amber, this is the story of a detective, who also happens to be a gypsy, who becomes involved in a homicide case when one of his friends, a fellow antique dealer, is charged with the murder. Read More

Shaft: The Capricorn Murders

Synopsis: In this theatrically released episode from the TV series based on the popular feature film, Shaft, the tough New York detective must use all of his experience to solve the case and bring the crooks to justice. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Live and Let Die

Actors: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Julius Harris

Synopsis: Roger Moore makes his first appearance as "Bond...James Bond" in 1973's Live and Let Die. Bond is dispatched to the States to stem the activities of Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto), who plans to take over the Western Hemisphere by converting everyone into heroin addicts. The woman in the case is Solitaire Read More

The F.B.I.: A Gathering of Sharks

Synopsis: One suspects that this episode was a case of combining business with pleasure for F.B.I star Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) On assignment for the FBI, Inspector Lew Erskine (Zimbalist) grabs his clubs and heads to an expensive golf course. The purpose: to trap a group of affluent thieves who have stolen a Read More

The Cat Creature

Actors: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard

Synopsis: Cat Creature is a heady Curtis Harrington combination of high-gloss production values and spinechilling terror. A curse imposed thousands of years ago by a cat goddess wreaks havoc in the 20th century--all for the purpose of retrieving a long-lost golden amulet. Gale Sondergaard, whose association Read More

For the Use of the Hall

Actors: Susan Anspach, Barbara Barrie, George Furth, David Hedison, Aline MacMahon

Crime Club

Actors: Lloyd Bridges, Victor Buono

Synopsis: Crime Club was the umbrella title given a series of monthly mystery novels in the 1930s and 1940s. Several films and radio programs ostensibly based on "Crime Club" stories were produced during that same period. The title was revived for a TV pilot film in 1972; this time the "Crime Club" referred Read More

The F.B.I.: The Buyer

Synopsis: Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is assigned to recover some stolen platinum and round up the thieves. To do this, he poses as the go-between for a notorious fence--then sets the stage for a major falling out amongst the criminals. An abundance of TV veterans show up in this episode Read More

Kemek

Actors: Helmut Schneider, Alexandra Stewart, David Hedison, Herbert Weissbach, Robert Wolders

Synopsis: Paul (Helmut Schneider) is the villainous owner of the drug company Kemek. The mystery begins when Paul searches for a new mind-control drug that his mistress has stolen. Traveling to Italy, she plants the drug on an unsuspecting American. Both fall victim to the effects that control their lives Read More

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 04

Actors: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell, Paul Trinka

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 03

Actors: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell, Paul Trinka, Del Monroe

Synopsis: Voyage To The Bottom of the Sea had two highly successful and entertaining seasons behind it in 1966, as it entered its third season. It had made the jump to a new timeslot and color shooting the previous year, and the cast remained the same, led by Richard Basehart as Admiral Harriman Nelson and Read More

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Actors: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia, Claude Rains, José Ferrer, Charlton Heston

Synopsis: Filmmaker George Stevens chose Monument Valley, Utah for his exterior sequences in The Greatest Story Ever Told, this ($20 million) adaptation of Fulton Oursler's best-selling book. The "Greatest Story" is, of course, the life of Jesus Christ, played herein by Max Von Sydow. The large supporting Read More

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 02

Actors: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell, Del Monroe, Paul Trinka

Synopsis: The second season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea brought numerous changes to the series, most notably the addition of color photography -- and the addition of color photography seemed to herald a greater emphasis on science fiction scripts; however, unlike Lost in Space, producer Irwin Allen's Read More

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Eleven Days to Zero

Synopsis: In the series' opening episode, audiences are introduced to the super-submarine Seaview, built, owned and operated by the Nelson Institute of Marine Research headed by Vice Admiral Harriman Nelson (Richard Basehart). An assassination attempt on Nelson kills the commander of the Seaview on the eve Read More

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season 01

Actors: Richard Basehart, David Hedison, Robert Dowdell, Del Monroe, Paul Trinka

Synopsis: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, created and produced by Irwin Allen and based on his 1961 movie of the same title, told of the adventures of the Seaview, an advanced nuclear-powered research submarine, designed and built by retired admiral Harriman Nelson (Richard Basehart), the founder Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Dodging Domino

Synopsis: Producer Alex Chase (Jeff Morrow) hopes to persuade Broadway star Mona White (played by a young Ellen Burstyn, then billed as Ellen McRae) to headline his new musical by allowing her to preview the score. Instead, Mona angrily accuses Alex of stealing the music from her composer husband Damion Read More

Marines, Let's Go

Actors: Tom Tryon, David Hedison, Tom Reese, William Tyler

Synopsis: This is a straightforward, unexceptional story about a platoon of Marines taken out of battle in Korea for some R & R in Tokyo, and then sent back to the front lines again. The four men are stereotypes found in many war stories: the simpatico country boy, the intellect though not overtly so, a Read More

The Lost World

Actors: Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Claude Rains, Fernando Lamas

Synopsis: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story of an expedition to a remote plateau rumored to be the home of prehistoric beasts, already the basis of a 1925 sci-fi classic, is again brought to the screen in Irwin Allen's lesser version. Claude Rains stars as Professor Challenger, who leads a team of fellow Read More

The Son of Robin Hood

Actors: David Hedison, June Laverick, David Farrar, Marius Goring, Phillip Friend

Synopsis: The off-spring of the legendary British bandit dons his father's tights to help save his countrymen from the tyrannical rule of an evil aristocrat. Unfortunately, the "son" is a sham and after several unsuccessful attempts to stop the nasty nobleman, the merry men decide to send for Robin's real Read More

The Fly

Actors: Vincent Price, Patricia Owens, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman

Synopsis: Wealthy Helene Delambre (Patricia Owens) is discovered late at night in the factory owned by her husband Andre (David Hedison). Helene stands beside a huge metal press, which has crushed the head and arm of her husband. Held for murder, the near-catatonic Helene refuses to tell anyone--not even Read More

The Enemy Below

Actors: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins

Synopsis: The Enemy Below is a study of submarine warfare from the vantage point of both sides. Robert Mitchum plays the captain of an American destroyer, who despite having lost his family in the war endeavors to let his head rule his heart in combat. Curt Jurgens co-stars as a German U-boat commander Read More