David KendallFilmography

Dirty Deeds

Crew: Director

Actors: Tom Amandes, Charles Durning, Mark Derwin, Matthew Carey, Milo Ventimiglia, Lacey Chabert

Synopsis: A guy is forced to do a lot of stupid stuff to protect the girl of his dreams in this teen comedy. Zach Harper (Milo Ventimiglia) is a senior at a high school with a strange tradition in which upcoming graduates are challenged to perform a series of pranks known as "the Dirty Deeds" if they want Read More

The New Guy

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: D.J. Qualls, Eliza Dushku, Zooey Deschanel, Lyle Lovett, Jerod Mixon, Eddie Griffin

Synopsis: Former Prada model and Road Trip co-star D.J. Qualls makes a bid for leading man status in this nerd-makeover comedy. Qualls stars as Dizzy, a dorky but delinquent high school student who's determined to get expelled from his hellish high school -- but ends up landing in jail instead. There he Read More

Family Affair [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Tim Curry, Gary Cole, Caitlin Wachs, Sasha Pieterse, Luke Benward

Synopsis: Virtually every aspect of the WB network sitcom Family Affair was the same as the original series which aired on CBS from 1966 to 1971. Once again, swinging-bachelor architect Bill Davis and his very proper British butler Mr. French found their lavish penthouse apartment besieged by cute children Read More

The Growing Pains Movie

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Originally telecast from 1985 to 1992, the popular sitcom Growing Pains briefly roared back into life with this made-for-TV movie. The proceedings commence with Dr. Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke, who also coproduced the film) offering a capsule summary of what has been going on with himself and his Read More

Boy Meets World: My Baby Valentine

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Feeling left out of things on Valentine's Day, Cory (Ben Savage) takes charge of the baby shower that Topanga (Danielle Fishel) has arranged for his mom Amy (Betsy Randle). Unfortunately, Cory's notions of a "shower" are a bit chauvinistic; he sets up what amounts to a bachelor party for girls Read More

Boy Meets World: Road Trip

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In an effort to sort out his feelings about his past, present and future, Shawn (Rider Strong) hitches up the trailer and embarks upon a lengthy road trip, with Cory (Ben Savage) along for the ride. En route, the boys meet four sisters (played by the singing group Nobody's Angels), unhappily Read More

Boy Meets World: We'll Have a Good Time Then

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In an unusually somber episode, Shawn (Rider Strong) is upset when his ne'er-do-well father Chet (Blake Clark) comes back into his life, feeling as he does that Chet was never around for him or his half-brother Jack (Matthew Lawrence) when they really needed him. The situation takes an unexpected Read More

Boy Meets World: For Love and Apartments

Crew: Director

Synopsis: It's "splitsville" for Cory (Ben Savage) and Topanga (Danielle Fishel), and likewise for Shawn (Rider Strong) and Angela (Trina McGee-Davis). The question: who is going to keep the apartment shared by both couples? The answer: A winner-take-all wrestling match between the boys and the girls. And Read More

Boy Meets World: Show Me the Love

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Boy Meets World launches its seventh and final season by picking up where Season Six left off, as Topanga (Danielle Fishel) decides to call off her marriage to Cory (Ben Savage) because of her parents' impending divorce. Inasmuch as Topanga's decision also affects the relationship between Shawn Read More

Boy Meets World: Better Than Average Cory

Crew: Director

Synopsis: College freshman Cory (Ben Savage) feels intellectually inferior to Alexandra (Alexandra Nechita), an art prodigy who is the same age as his younger sister Morgan (Lindsay Ridgeway). Figuring that brilliance is hereditary, Ben holds his "merely average" dad Alan (William Russ) responsible for his Read More

Boy Meets World: Raging Cory

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Cory (Ben Savage) gets into a nasty fight with dad Alan (William Russ), complaining that while Alan is willing to engage in sports with older brother Eric (Will Friedle), he only wants to talk with Cory. Ironically, Eric is mad because Alan is eager to converse wth Cory but not him. Can this Read More

Boy Meets World: And In Case I Don't See Ya

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Apparently inspired by the movie The Truman Show, Eric (Will Friedle) creates a closed-circuit TV series "starring" his roommates Jack (Matthew Lawrence) and Rachel (Maitland Ward). This he does in hopes of gaining popularity with his fellow students--but as it turns out, it is Rachel, who was Read More

Boy Meets World: I Love You, Donna Karan

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Shawn (Rider Strong) breaks up with his girlfriend Angela (Trina McGee-Davis), honoring his "two-week only" dating rule--and promptly falls in love with a girl he has never met, based on the contents of her purse. Meanwhile, Eric (Will Friedle) pretends Read More

Boy Meets World: A Very Topanga Christmas

Crew: Director

Synopsis: In the series' 100th episode, Cory (Ben Savage) is frustrated over the fact that he and Topanga (Danielle Fishel) each celebrate Christmas in a different fashion--and though he's willing to accept her way, she is unwilling to accept his. As a result, Cory is reluctant to give Topanga her Christams Read More

Boy Meets World: What I Meant to Say

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Sensing that Topanga (Danielle Fishel) is avoiding him for some reason or other, Cory (Ben Savage) decides it's high time that he declare his love for her. Alas, the moment he speaks those Three Little Words, the outraged Topanga breaks up with him--and Cory has absolutely no idea what he's done Read More

Boy Meets World: Back 2 School

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Though he was a mere 11 years old during Season One of Boy Meets World), somehow Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) is just the right age to enter John Adams High School at the outset of Season Two. Thinking that he has at last rid himself of his least favorite teacher and biggest nemesis Mr. Feeny Read More

Boy Meets World [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: One of the most durable offerings of ABC's Friday night TGIF sitcom lineup, Boy Meets World premiered September 24, 1993. Set in Philadelphia, the series starred Ben Savage as Cornelius A. "Cory" Matthews, who at the outset of the program was 11 years old. Hoping to make sense of the world around Read More

Growing Pains: All the World is a Stage

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Determined to prove that Mike (Kirk Cameron) isn't ready for the Real World, Jason (Alan Thicke) allows the boy to flunk out of college and audition for a major role on the TV soap opera "Big City Secrets." Astonishingly, Mike makes it all the way to the final readings, where his main competition Read More

Growing Pains: Weekend at Mike's

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: While their termite-infested house is being fumigated, the Seavers seek out another place to spend the weekend. Unfortunately, Jason (Alan Thicke) misplaces his wallet and is unable to rent a motel room--and even more unfortunately, his mom Irma (Jane Powell) is unable to put the family up due to Read More

Growing Pains: Mike, Kate and Julie

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In honor of Valentine's Day, Mike (Kirk Cameron) has blown his bankroll to escort Kate (Chelsea Noble) to a fancy restaurant. Imagine Mike's surprise--and dismay--when the couple's waitress turns out to be his ex-fiancee Julie Costello (Julie McCullough)! In the course of this unforgettable Read More

Growing Pains: The Home Show

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The Seavers arrange to hold a fundraiser for a free mental-health clinic in their own home. Unfortunately, Jason (Alan Thicke) uses last year's calendar to select the date for the event--and as a result he and his family are caught short when the Big Day arrives one day too early. Frantically Read More

Growing Pains: Let's Go Europe, Part 1

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In the first episode of a three-part story, no sooner has Mike ({$ landed a job with a travel agency than he books an anniversary trip to Paris for his parents Jason (Alan Thicke) and Maggie (Joanna Kerns). In fact, so good is Mike's job performance that he is rewarded with his own Parisian Read More

Growing Pains: Mike's Choice

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The sixth season of Growing Pains gets under way with the latest in a long line of crises for the Seaver family. When he lands a part in an off-Broadway play, Mike (Kirk Cameron) decides to drop out of college to pursue an acting career. But dad Jason (Alan Thicke) will have none of it: Unless Read More

Growing Pains: Where There's a Will

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Jason (Alan Thicke) is surprised to discover that he has inherited a mountain cabin in Colorado from his Uncle George. Upon reaching the cabin, Jason recalls that he was the only member of the family to encourage George to "follow his dreams"--and now he himself in a position to do just the same. Read More

Growing Pains: Carol Meets the Real World

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: When her enrollment at Columbia University is delayed until spring, Carol (Tracey Gold) is beside herself. To get his daughter up and running again, Jason (Alan Thicke) advises Carol to spend the next semester in the "University of Life"--or in other words, to look for a job. As it turns out, the Read More

Growing Pains: Paper Route

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Mike ($Kirk Cameron}) talks Ben (Jeremy Miller) into taking over his paper route, with the proviso that Ben turn over 50 percent of the profits. Before long, Ben has palmed the job off on his pal Gary (Jason Horst), charging HIM 50 percent of the profits (that is, 50 per cent of Ben's 50 percent). Read More

Growing Pains: Mike and Julie's Wedding

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In this pivotal episode, both Mike (Kirk Cameron) and Julie (Julie McCullough) suffer pre-marital jitters--to say nothing of a mutual case of cold feet--on the eve of their wedding. In hopes of resolving his doubts, Mike seeks advice from literally everyone, including (via telephone) his former Read More

Growing Pains: Second Chance

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Matthew Perry makes his final appearance as Carol's boyfriend Sandy in this, the most famous of Growing Pains' handful of "very special" episodes. By now convinced that they are truly in love, Carol and Sandy celebrates the occasion with a joyous night on the town--and one too many scotch Read More

Growing Pains: Semper Fidelis

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Having flunked out of college, Mike's lifelong buddy Boner (Andrew Koenig) decides that the time has come to redirect his life. As a result, he joins the Marines--and in so doing sparks a bitter quarrel between himself and Mike (Kirk Cameron). The problem isn't resolved until Jason (Alan Thicke) Read More

Growing Pains: Mandingo

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: A travel snafu bollixes up Maggie's plan to take the family on a trip to Martha's Vineyard. The result: Maggie (Joanna Kerns), Jason (Alan Thicke), Carol (Tracey Gold), Ben (Jeremy Miller) and baby Chrissy are stranded on the mainland, while Mike (Kirk Cameron) and the baby's nanny Julie (Julie Read More

Growing Pains: Anger with Love

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Season Five of Growing Pains begins as the Seaver family returns from the luxury cruise wherein the widowed mom of Jason Seaver (Alan Thicke) married her middle-aged beau Wally. Perhaps inspired by this event, Jason's son Mike has proposed to Julie Costello (Julie McCullough), the 20-year-old Read More

Growing Pains: The Looooove Boat, Part 2

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Seavers are still on board a luxury cruise ship, where Jason (Alan Thicke) has managed to sabotage the planned wedding of his widowed mom Irma (Jane Powell) and her current boyfriend Wally (Robert Rockwell). But after realizing how much he has hurt his Read More

Growing Pains: The Looooove Boat, Part 1

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, Jason's mom Irma (Jane Powell) invites the family to join her on a luxury cruise. Normally, Jason (Alan Thicke) would be delighted, but on this occasion he's steamed: Irma plans to cap the cruise by wedding her current boyfriend Wally (Robert Rockwell). Read More

Growing Pains: The Obscure Objects of Our Desire, Part 1

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In one of the cleverest "clip show" ploys in TV sitcom history, the first half of this two-part "retrospective" episode (originally telecast as a single hour-long special) is narrated by several otherwise inanimate household objects in the Seaver home. Facing the possibility of being tossed in the Read More

Growing Pains: Great Expectations

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Mike (Kirk Cameron) all but jumps for joy when he receives a letter from Melia (Kelly Ann Hui), the Hawaiian girl whom he met in the third-season opener "Aloha". Hoping for a romantic reunion with Melia, Mike plans to fly to Los Angeles--but his parents refuse to grant permission. Undaunted, Mike Read More

Growing Pains: The Marrying Kind

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Jason (Alan Thicke) and Maggie (Joanna Kerns) play host to Carol's boyfriend Bobby (Kevin Wixted and his parents Robert (Dick Butkus) and Kitty (Arlene Golonka). In the course of the evening, Bobby throws both sets of parents for a loop by announcing that he and Carol (Tracey Gold) are engaged! Read More

Growing Pains: Nude Photos

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Mike (Kirk Cameron) signs up for a photography course, but only for the opportunity to ogle the nude models. Of course, he doesn't tell Jason (Alan Thicke) and Maggie (Joanna Kerns) the real reason for his sudden interest in all things photographic--but the truth is revealed (in more ways than Read More

Growing Pains: Birth of a Seaver

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Ben's 12th birthday party is put on hold when Maggie (Joanna Kerns) goes into labor--two weeks overdue. As the family rushes to the hospital in eager anticipation, Ben (Jeremy Miller) feels more crowded and left out than ever. But in the end, he manages to reaffirm his importance in the Seaver Read More

Growing Pains: The Obscure Objects of Our Desire, Part 2

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: In one of the cleverest "clip show" ploys in TV sitcom history, the concluding half of this two-part "retrospective" episode (originally telecast as a single hour-long special) is narrated by several otherwise inanimate household objects in the Seaver home. Facing the possibility of being tossed Read More

Growing Pains: The Long Goodbye

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Big-hearted Jason (Alan Thicke) hires his elderly friend Jimmy (Douglas Seale) to fix the family furnace, then can't bring himself to fire Jimmy when the poor fellow thoroughly botches the job. Meanwhile, Ben (Jeremy Miller) produces a video about the Seaver family with the help of his classmate Read More

Growing Pains: Thank You, Willie Nelson

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Maggie's parents Ed and Kate Malone (Gordon Jump, Betty McGuire) show up at the Seaver house in a fighting mood. It seems that Ed has sold his house and bought a camper without consulting Kate. Outraged, Maggie (Joanna Kerns) tells Kate to stand up for her own rights--and proceeds to make a bad Read More

Growing Pains: This is Your Life

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: After putting up a valiant (and noisy) fight, a nervous Ben (Jeremy Miller) surrenders to the inevitable and agrees to have his tonsils removed. But while he is anesthetized, Ben has a bizarre out-of-body experience, during which he accepts a ride from a friendly cabbie (played by Alan Hale Jr of Read More

Growing Pains: A Star is Born

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Mike (Kirk Cameron) tries out for his school's production of "Our Town", mainly to be close to the beautiful Monica Shakleford (Christa Denton). Much to his surprise, he is cast in the starring role of "George" opposite Monica's "Emily." Alas, Mike does not take his thespic responsibilities as Read More

Growing Pains: Reputation

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Nervous about an upcoming history exam, Mike (Kirk Cameron) writes a few "crib notes" on the soles of his shoes. Remarkably, he aces the exam without ever consulting the notes--but the teacher (Sam Anderson) refuses to believe this and promptly flunks him. Alas, when Mike tries to convince Jason Read More

Growing Pains: Slice of Life II

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Jason (Alan Thicke) is so preoccupied with the magazine article he is writing that he responds with anger when Maggie (Joanna Kerns) announces that she may be pregnant. While this drama is playing itself out, Mike (Kirk Cameron) finds himself forced to wait on "Lord" Ben (Jeremy Miller) hand and Read More

Growing Pains: Long Day's Journey Into Night

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Carol (Tracey Gold) is thrilled when the most popular girl in school, cheerleader Annie (Katy Boyer), wants to be her friend. But Maggie is far from thrilled when she discovers that Carol is only playing up to Carol to be near Carol's brother Mike. Highlighted by brief clips from the film classic Read More

Growing Pains: Fast Times at Dewey High

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: The first day of school yields a myriad of reactions from the children of the Seaver clan. Ten-year-old Ben Seaver (Jeremy Miller) runs up against the proverbial classroom bully, in this case a bruiser named Louie (played by Jamie Abbott, who ironically would later pop up in the recurring role of Read More

Growing Pains: Springsteen

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Mike (Kirk Cameron) would sooner go to a Bruce Springseen concert by his himself, but since it was dad Jason (Alan Thicke) who bought the tickets, it ends up a father-and-son night. Things go relatively smoothly until Jason inadvertently manages to embarrass Mike when the two of them are Read More

Luggage of the Gods!

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Gabriel Barre, Gwen Ellison, Martin Haber, Rochelle Robins

Synopsis: Copying ideas from The Gods Must Be Crazy or Ivory-Merchant Productions' Savages, the independent, low-budget comedy Luggage Of The Gods is about a neolithic tribe living somewhere in North America and the discoveries some tribe members make when suitcases accidentally fall out of the cargo hold Read More