FabianFilmography

Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story

Actors: Judd Nelson, Mädchen Amick, David Gianopoulos

Synopsis: Judd Nelson stars as Alan Freed, the controversial Cleveland DJ who helped make rock 'n' roll music a crucial component of American culture by tapping into the hearts and wallets of the youth market. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Murphy Brown: Opus One

Synopsis: Murphy Brown returned from a four-month hiatus with this episode, originally telecast April 6, 1998. Now finished with chemotherapy, Murphy (Candice Bergen) hopes to celebrate her 50th birthday in grand style. Picking up on Murphy's high spirits, Frank (Joe Regalbuto) concocts a surprise party to Read More

Up Close & Personal

Actors: Daniel Zacapa, Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing, Joe Mantegna, Kate Nelligan

Synopsis: A story about a career television journalist who eclipses her mentor, this drama's plot resembles that of A Star Is Born, and it shares the same screenwriters as those who penned the 1976 version of that film, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion. It's based loosely on the real-life story of Read More

Runaway Daughters

Actors: Paul Rudd, Julie Bowen, Dee Wallace, Jenny Lewis, Holly Fields

Synopsis: Some teen girls take to the road in this made-for-cable remake of the 1956 original. Set in 1957, three guy-crazy friends take to the road in a stolen car, trying to track down one of their ex-lovers before he goes off into the Navy. The film is part of Showtime's "Rebel Highways" series of Read More

Lo Negro Del Negro

Actors: Rodolfo De Anda, Ricardo Deloera, Rafael Buendia, Erick del Castillo

Synopsis: A police chief becomes tangled in a web of corruption which also ensnares his family. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Goodtime Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1

Kiss Daddy Goodbye

Synopsis: Two unusual children have a unique solution to the problem of living without a father in this offbeat horror vehicle. Tom Blanchard (Fabian Forte) is the new deputy in a small town along the California coast, and during his first day on duty he gets to know Nora Dennis (Marilyn Burns), who works Read More

Taxi Mortal

Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold

Actors: Kim Basinger

Synopsis: Kim Basinger was best known as a model when she starred in the made-for-TV Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold. She plays a green-as-grass Texas teenager who wins a beauty contest. Armed with nothing more than delusions, Basinger heads to Hollywood to become a star. As given away by the film's title, Ms. Basinger Read More

Disco Fever

Synopsis: Acapulco bound swingers give their opening act position to a singer and previous teenage idol. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Getting Married

Actors: Richard Thomas, Bess Armstrong, Dena Dietrich, Fabian, Mark Harmon

Synopsis: In this romantic comedy, a news anchorwoman's prenuptial jitters increase dramatically when another man, a songwriter, falls deeply in love with her and decides that he would do anything to be her husband. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Laverne & Shirley: Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian

Synopsis: As indicated by its title, this episode features 1950s pop idol Fabian as himself--a bit more mature than in his glory days, but no less charming and charismatic. Although Fabian's upcoming concert in Milwaukee is sold out, Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) are determined to Read More

Raza de Vivoras

Actors: Rebeca Silva, Fabian, Adriana Welter, René Cardona, Sr., Valentin Trujillo

Soul Hustler

Synopsis: A con-man/preacher fools a bunch of naive folks. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

Little Laura & Big John

Synopsis: A pair of outlaws find both love and danger on the road in this period crime drama. John Ashley (pop singer-turned-actor Fabian Forte) grew up in a small town in the swamps of Florida, and carried a torch for his childhood sweetheart, Laura (Karen Black). However, in the '20s there wasn't much Read More

The Devil's 8

Actors: Christopher George, Fabian, Tom Nardini, Leslie Parrish, Ross Hagen

Synopsis: Faulkner (Christopher George) is an ATF agent who shut down the moonshine operation of Burl (Ralph Meeker) in his Southern state hideaway. Along with agent Martin (Ron Rifkin), the duo uses eight escaped prisoners for the job, promising their freedom should the mission succeed. Fabian stars as one Read More

The Wild Racers

Actors: Fabian, Mimsy Farmer, Judy Cornwell, David Landers, Warwick Sims

Synopsis: Jo-Jo (Fabian) is a racecar driver recruited to drive for a wealthy racing promoter. When he's not on the fast track, he moves in on female interests with equal speed. His main love interest is played by Mimsy Farmer in this dull feature plagued by a general feeling of boredom from the cast and Read More

Maryjane

Actors: Fabian, Diane McBain, Michael Margotta, Kevin Coughlin, Patty McCormack

Synopsis: This exploitation film about the evils of marijuana finds art teacher Phil Blake (Fabian) discovering some of his students are smoking pot. Although he admits to the students he tried it himself in college, he is dumber than a bag of hammers about student drug use. Phil has eyes for fellow teacher Read More

Thunder Alley

Actors: Annette Funicello, Fabian, Diane McBain, Warren Berlinger, Jan Murray

Synopsis: The fast-paced world of stock-car racing provides the backdrop for this drama that centers upon a driver who is forced to retire after a blackout causes the death of another driver. He then begins working at a "Thrill Circus" as a stunt driver. There he meets the proprietor's daughter, who also Read More

Spie Vengono dal Semifreddo

Actors: Vincent Price, Fabian, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Laura Antonelli

Synopsis: The Amazing Dr. G is an alternate title for the Italian-American spoof Dr. Goldfoot and His Girl Bombs. Vincent Price repeats his characterization of the megalomaniac Goldfoot from 1965's Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, and also plays a secondary role as a kidnapped US general. This time Read More

Fireball 500

Actors: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Fabian, Chill Wills, Harvey Lembeck

Synopsis: In this musical aimed at teenagers, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian battle it out for Annette Funicello's affections on the stock car track. The tale begins when smugglers trick Avalon into taking on contraband during a cross-country race. He catches on to their ploy and helps the Feds capture the Read More

Dear Brigitte

Actors: James Stewart, Fabian, Glynis Johns, Cindy Carol, Bill Mumy

Synopsis: This family comedy stars James Stewart as Dr. Robert Leaf, a college professor who dislikes science and tries to instill in his children a love of art and music. So Robert and his wife Vina (Glynis Johns) are dismayed to discover that their eight-year-old son Erasmus (Billy Mumy) is tone-deaf and Read More

Ten Little Indians

Actors: Hugh O'Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian, Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway

Synopsis: The third of many film and TV adaptations of the popular Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None (Ten Little Indians is the title of the American edition, the hit play, and most of the movies), this 1965 version moves the action from a remote island to an isolated ski resort and otherwise Read More

Ride the Wild Surf

Actors: Fabian, Shelley Fabares, Tab Hunter, Barbara Eden, Peter Brown

Synopsis: Fabian, Tab Hunter, and Peter Brown star as three surfers--Jody, Steamer and Chase--who make a pilgrimage from California to the north shore of Oahu for a vacation. Surfers from all over gather here every winter to compete with each other for the title of "the last ride" champion. While surfing Read More

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Actors: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, John Saxon, Reginald Gardiner, Marie Wilson

Synopsis: Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson adapted the novel by author Edward Streeter, whose work was also the basis of Father of the Bride (1950), into this domestic comedy. James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara star as Roger and Peggy Hobbs, a St. Louis couple with a large brood who desire a seaside vacation. Read More

The Longest Day

Actors: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd

Synopsis: The Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck. Whenever possible, the original locations were utilized, and an all-star international cast impersonates the people involved, from high-ranking officials to ordinary GIs. Each Read More

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Actors: Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Herbert Marshall

Synopsis: With Five Weeks in a Balloon, 20th Century-Fox hoped to cash on the success of the studio's earlier Jules Verne adaptation Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959). The plot is set in motion when 19th-century explorer Fergusson (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) volunteers to head a balloon expedition to Read More

Love in a Goldfish Bowl

Actors: Tommy Sands, Fabian, Jan Sterling, Toby Michaels, Edward Andrews

Synopsis: In this comedy drama, two troubled college freshmen find themselves united by their mutual family woes and so decide to spend the summer together in a beachhouse belonging to the boy's mother. They are platonic friends until the girl gets in trouble during a sailing accident and is rescued by a Read More

North to Alaska

Actors: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine

Synopsis: Those familiar only with Johnny Horton's song hit North to Alaska might not be aware that the song came equipped with a movie. John Wayne and Stewart Granger star as a couple of lucky miners in Alaska Territory during the '98 gold rush. Since the Duke is the only man he can trust, Granger sends Read More

High Time

Actors: Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Nicole Maurey, Richard Beymer, Patrick Adiarte

Synopsis: Bing Crosby plays a widowed millionaire who decides that it's "high time" he got himself a college education. Enrolling as a freshman, Crosby is forced to endure the anachronistic initiation stunts dreamed up by his fraternity buddies, and at one point is required to dress up as Scarlett O'Hara Read More

Hound-Dog Man

Actors: Fabian, Carol Lynley, Stuart Whitman, Arthur O'Connell, Dodie Stevens, Betty Field

Synopsis: A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney (Dennis Holmes) constantly in hot water for disobeying his mother (Betty Field). The lad should be watching the family farm, but he falls in with his older brother, Clint (pop music's teen Read More

America's Music, Vol. 15: Rock 'n Roll 1

Synopsis: Part of a series of videos, this music performance video includes some of the greatest of the rock 'n roll stars from the 1950s and 1960s, including Chubby Checker, the Coasters, Lou Christie, Fabian and Leslie Gore. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

America's Music, Vol. 16: Rock 'n Roll 2

Synopsis: Part of a series of videos, this music performance video includes some of the great rock 'n roll stars from the 1950s and the 1960s, including Bo Diddley, Little Anthony, the Crystals, Fabian and the Diamonds. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More