Fred Dryer Filmography

Hunter: Back in Force

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: The second made-for-TV "reunion" of the stars of the long-running NBC cop drama Hunter (1984-1990), Hunter: Back in Force was, like its predecessor (Hunter: Return to Justice), set in San Diego. Newly reactivated police detective Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) and his recently widowed partner, Dee Dee Read More

Fire Over Afghanistan

Actors: Jeff Stearns, Fred Dryer, Jordan Bayne

Hunter: Return to Justice

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: Hunter: Return to Justice is the second made-for-TV movie based on the popular cop series Hunter, which originally ran from 1984 to 1991. Fred Dryer returns to the role of LAPD detective Rick Hunter, whom, as we soon discover, may be older but is no mellower. In fact, the film begins with a burst Read More

Shakedown

Synopsis: Brian Katkin, the director behind such video-store fare as If I Die Before I Wake and Hard as Nails, delivers this action thriller starring Ron Perlman and Erika Eleniak. Released straight-to-video in 2002, Shakedown centers on a terroristic religious cult, led by Perlman, with plans to infecting Read More

Justice League: The Savage Time, Part 2

Actors: Patrick Duffy, Phil Morris, Fred Dryer, Robert Picardo

Synopsis: In the second episode of a three-part story (originally telecast as a single "feature film"), the Justice Leaguers have gone back in time to World War 2, the better to prevent the despotic Vandal Savage from becoming ruler of the world in "The Present." In pursuit of this goal, the Green Lantern Read More

Justice League: The Savage Time, Part 3

Actors: Patrick Duffy, Phil Morris, Fred Dryer, Robert Picardo

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a three-part story, the Justice Leaguers, teamed with an alternate-reality Vandal Savage, have gone back in time to World War 2 in hopes of preventing the present from being horribly altered by despotic dictator Vandal Savage. Assisting the League in its efforts are such Read More

The Independent

Actors: Jerry Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Max Perlich, Ginger Lynn Allen, Billy Burke

Synopsis: Imaginary Z-grade 1960s exploitation film producer Morty Fineman (Jerry Stiller), who was responsible for such faux-works as Buddy Cops V: Hayseed and Toughnut, sci-fi blaxploitation flick The Foxy Chocolate Robot, and, of course, Heil Titler , is the focus for this Read More

Highway 395

Crew: Director

Actors: Fred Dryer, Diane Delano, Shawn Huff, Christopher Neame

Synopsis: Big-time crime invades a sleepy California community in this drama. Violet (Diane Delano) is an unlikely drug lord who has started dealing amphetamines out of a small town in California, with the help of three legmen who have more in the way of daring than brains. But neither Violet nor her Read More

Wild Grizzly

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Fred Dryer, Michele Greene

Synopsis: In this outdoor drama, a grizzly bear is found in a small town near a mountain range. Fearful that the wild animal may attack people, several of the locals set out to find the bear and bring him down. But one teenager defies the community and sets out to save the animal's life. Wild Grizzly stars Daniel Baldwin Read More

Day of Reckoning

Hunter: Season 07

Actors: Fred Dryer, Charles Hallahan

Synopsis: Several significant changes are wrought upon the long-running cop drama Hunter during its seventh and final season. Having spent six years in the LAPD's homicide division, Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) is promoted to the department's new, elite Metro Division, a group designed to give special attention Read More

Hunter: The Incident

Crew: Director

Synopsis: The press, the police and a neighborhood watch group are swept up in a tsunami of controversy thanks to the actions of an unknown vigilante. Twice in the past week, someone has taken the law into his (or her) own hands--and in the second instance, an innocent black teenager was savagely beaten. Read More

Hunter: Ring of Honor

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Sammy Davis Jr. guest stars as Benny Shaffer, veteran trainer of up-and-coming boxer Sonny Ruiz (Scott Colomby). When Ruiz's manager and doctor are murdered, both Shaffer and the boxer fall under suspicion. With the help of police detective Hunter (Fred Dryer), Shaffer hopes to prove that the real Read More

Hunter: Season 06

Actors: Fred Dryer, Stephanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan

Synopsis: Season Six of the cop drama Hunter gets under way with "On Air", with LAPD detective Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) and Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) protecting a radio talk host (guest star Erin Gray from a homicidal fan. Hunter and McCall's mercurial superior officer Captain Devane (Charles Read More

Hunter: Season 05

Actors: Fred Dryer, Stephanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan

Synopsis: Now executive-produced by George Geiger, who this year replaces the veteran Roy Huggins, the fifth season of the NBC cop drama Hunter opens with the episode "Heir of Neglect", in which LAPD homicide detectives Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) and Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) come to the aid of a Read More

Hunter: Girl on the Beach

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Hunter's boss Devane (Charles Hallahan) is aroused from his slumbers late one night by his ex-wife Sarah (Frances Lee McCain), who shows up at his doorstep with an incredible story about finding an abandoned car and a dead woman. Even worse, Sarah has been drinking, and is convinced that she is Read More

Death Before Dishonor

Actors: Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Paul Winfield, Joanna Pacula, Kasey Walker

Synopsis: In this actioner, a battle-hardened Marine sergeant finds himself faced with single-handedly rescuing his former colonel from Middle Eastern terrorist abductors. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hunter: Season 04

Actors: Fred Dryer, Stephanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan

Synopsis: Season Four of the cop drama Hunter brings back Fred Dryer as unorthodox LAPD homicide cop Rick Hunter, Stepfanie Kramer as his partner (and, it is hinted, his lover) Dee Dee McCall, and Charles Hallahan--promoted to star billing this year--as their bombastic superior Captain Devane. Among the Read More

Hunter: A Child is Born

Crew: Director

Synopsis: When a pregnant woman is caught in the crossfire of a mob hit, Hunter (Fred Dryer) and McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) find themselves faced with two daunting tasks. Not only do they have to locate the killer, but they must also establish the identity of the brain-dead victim in order to save the life Read More

Cheers: "I" on Sports

Synopsis: The good news is that Sam (Ted Danson) has been offered a job filling in for his sportscaster buddy Dave Richards (Fred Dryer). The bad news is that Sam hasn't figured out a way to temporary abandon his bartending duties without rousing the ire of Cheers manager Rebecca (Kirstie Alley). Will Sam's Read More

Hunter: The Jade Woman

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Hunter (Fred Dryer) is reunited with his Vietnam-war buddy Randall Fain (Dirk Blocker), who is awaiting the arrival of his Oriental mail-order bride Rose Chin (Clare Nono). Unfortunately, the girl has been kidnapped by minions of the drug-smuggling ring with which she is peripherally involved. The Read More

Hunter: Season 03

Actors: Fred Dryer, Stephanie Kramer, Charles Hallahan

Synopsis: Season Three of the cop drama Hunter begins with "Overnight Sensation", in which Captain Wyler, longtime superior and chief antagonist of unorthodox LAPD homicide cops Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) and Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer), is promoted out of the department, to be replaced by Captain Read More

Cheers: Love Thy Neighbor

Synopsis: Norm (George Wendt) is convinced that his wife Vera is fooling around with his next-door neighbor, and presses Carla into service as an ersatz private eye to get the goods on his wife. Elsewhere, Sam (Ted Danson) lands a job as a radio sports call-in host, only to blow it by delivering a heartfelt Read More

Hunter: Season 02

Actors: Fred Dryer, Stephanie Kramer, Bruce Davison

Synopsis: Having played to dismal ratings during its first season, the NBC cop drama Hunter increased its viewership dramatically during Season Two, thanks to several corporate and creative decisions. To begin with, the network removed the series from its "suicide" slot opposite CBS' Dallas and into a Read More

Hunter [TV Series]

Actors: Fred Dryer, Michael Cavanaugh

Synopsis: Inspired by the popular Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry movies, the weekly, hour-long NBC cop drama Hunter starred former NFL star Fred Dryer as the Eastwoodesque title character, LAPD detective sergeant Rick Hunter. Originally operating out of the Homicide department, Hunter spent the series' first Read More

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

Actors: Jason Bateman

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Fantastic World of D.C. Collins is curiously not a pilot film, despite the presence of the principal character's name in the title. D. C. Collins (played by Gary Coleman) is the son of a U.S. diplomat. His own life is deadly dull, so D.C. escapes into fantasy. At various junctures Read More

Cannonball Run II

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Shirley MacLaine, Marilu Henner, Dean Martin

Synopsis: (Burt Reynolds) as J.J. McClure takes off across the country again in this rickety sequel to Cannonball Run. A sheik has offered $1,000,000 to the first driver to reach a destination in Connecticut from Redondo Beach, California, inspiring J.J. and others to go for the gold. With cameos from more Read More

Hunter: Season 01

Actors: Fred Dryer, Stephanie Kramer, James Whitmore, Jr.

Synopsis: The long-running NBC cop drama Hunter got under way in September of 1984 with the two-hour pilot, in which tough-as-nails LAPD homicide detective Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer) is teamed with the beautiful but equally hard-nosed Detective Sgt. Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) to trap a mad killer. Also Read More

Cheers: Old Flames

Synopsis: Sportscaster Dave Richards (Fred Dryer) bets Sam (Ted Danson) that he can break up Sam's romance with Diana (Shelley Long) within 24 hours. Dave launches his campaign by informing Diane that Sam's notorious "little black book," purportedly tossed in the trash, is still very much in existence. Al Rosen Read More

Cheers: Sam at Eleven

Synopsis: Dave Richards (Fred Dryer), an old baseball buddy of Sam Malone's (Ted Danson), is now a local TV newscaster. When Dave asks Sam for an interview, Sam suddenly realizes how much he misses being a sports celebrity. When the interview falls through, however, it looks like Diane (Shelley Long) may 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

The Star Maker

Synopsis: The infamous casting couch is the center point of this Hollywood behind-the-scenes drama that chronicles the exploits of a movie mogul and the actresses he turns into stars. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Laverne & Shirley: Not Quite New York

Synopsis: Season Six of Laverne & Shirley begins--belatedly, due to a Hollywood writers' strike--as the titular heroines (played by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams), along with fellow employees Lenny (Michael McKean) and Squiggy (David L. Lander), are fired en masse when Shotz Brewery replaces them with Read More