Gary Swanson Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Producer
Biography:: Supporting actor, onscreen from the '80s. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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Whiskey School

Crew: Producer

Actors: Gary Swanson, Olympia Dukakis, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lainie Kazan

Synopsis: Drawing inspiration from the intervention of a well-known American playwright, director Peter Masterson's adaptation of the stage play by JoAnn Tedesco (who also wrote the screenplay) takes viewers on an emotional rollercoaster ride as one man's support system struggle to save their friend from Read More

2005
Double Threat

Actors: Sally Kirkland, Andrew Stevens, Sherrie Rose, Chick Vennera, Gary Swanson

Synopsis: In this erotic thriller (which at the same time parodies many stereotypical elements of the genre), Monica Martel (Sally Kirkland) is a one-time sex symbol whose career has seen better days. Hoping for a comeback, Monica agrees to appear in a steamy murder mystery, but there's a catch: while the Read More

1992
Sniper

Actors: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young, Ken Radley

Synopsis: In this fast-paced military thriller, Tom Berenger is Thomas Beckett, a tough, grizzled, U.S. Marine Corps veteran sharpshooter who goes through target-spotter partners faster than bullets on his ultra-dangerous missions. The National Security Council secretly assigns Beckett to assassinate a Read More

1992
Convicts

Actors: Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas, James Earl Jones, Mel Winkler, Starletta DuPois

Synopsis: Set upon a struggling turn-of-the-century Texas sugar-cane plantation, this brutal and realistic drama centers on the efforts of an aging plantation boss (Robert Duvall), using convicts for workers, to keep his farm afloat. The story is adapted from Horton Foote's cycle of plays The Orphan's Home. Read More

12/6/91
The Guardian

Actors: Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall, Miguel Ferrer

Synopsis: The Exorcist director William Friedkin made a return to the horror genre with this blend of straightforward suspense and Druid myth-inspired horror-fantasy. The idyllic lives of yuppie couple Phil and Kate (Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell) seem complete when they select the winsome young Camilla (Jenny Seagrove Read More

4/27/90
In the Spirit

Actors: Elaine May, Marlo Thomas, Jeannie Berlin, Peter Falk, Melanie Griffith

Synopsis: Elaine May and Marlo Thomas star in this black comedy taking place in the black comedy capital of the world -- New York City. Elaine May plays Marianne Flan, who moves back to a nightmare New York City from Beverly Hills after her husband, Roger (Peter Falk), has been fired from his job. She hires Read More

4/6/90
After the Shock

Actors: Yaphet Kotto, Rue McClanahan, Jack Scalia, Scott Valentine

Synopsis: A welcome exception to the slasher-stalker-kidnapper films usually seen on the USA cable network, After the Shock is a tribute to the courage and heroism of Bay Area residents following the San Francisco earthquake of October 17, 1989. Director Gary A. Sherman opts for a "cinema verite" approach Read More

1990
Coldfire

Synopsis: A team of cops investigate the destructive power of a lethal street drug being promulgated on the streets of Los Angeles. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Blood Red

Actors: Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper, Burt Young, Carlin Glynn

Synopsis: Siblings Eric Roberts and Julia Roberts appear in this old-fashioned saga about oppressed Sicilian wine-growers in 19th-century California. Giancarlo Giannini stars as Sebastian Collogero, the robust Italian patriarch who is battling with railroad mogul William Bradford Berrigan (Dennis Hopper) to Read More

8/18/89
Stranded

Actors: Ione Skye, Joe Morton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Susan Barnes, Cameron Dye

Synopsis: Any film with a cast that runs the age-and-experience gamut from Ione Skye to Maureen O'Sullivan is certainly worth at least one look. Stranded casts Ione as a lonely 17-year-old, living in a remote farmhouse with her grandmother, O'Sullivan. Late one evening, five space aliens crash-land near the Read More

11/20/87
Witchfire

Actors: Shelley Winters, Francesca de Sapio, Gary Swanson

Synopsis: After their psychiatrist is killed, mental patients Lydia (Shelley Winters), Julietta (Corinne Neuchateau), and Hattie (Frencesca de Sapio) escape from a mental institution and take up residence in an abandoned house. Attempting to use occult powers to contact the spirit of their dead shrink, the Read More

4/25/86
Stranded

Synopsis: In this comedy, two rival ad executives find themselves marooned on a South Pacific during a balloon accident. Comic mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
Shadows on the Wall

1986
Triplecross

Actors: Ted Wass, Markie Post, Gary Swanson

Synopsis: A trio of rich ex-cops begin to investigate a murder involving baseball and gangsters. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Making Love

Actors: Michael Ontkean, Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, Wendy Hiller, Arthur Hill

Synopsis: Arthur Hiller directed this drama exploring the disintegration of an ideal marriage after the husband discovers he is gay. Kate Jackson is Claire, a successful television producer, and Michael Ontkean is her husband Zack, an equally successful doctor. They enjoy eight years of married bliss until Read More

1982
Vice Squad

Actors: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser, Pepe Serna, Beverly Todd

Synopsis: When pimp Ramrod (Wings Hauser) is wanted by the police for murder, an undercover detective, Tom Walsh (Gary Swanson), enlists the aid of prostitute Princess (Season Hubley), a loving mother struggling to support her kid, to help capture the fiend. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1982
A Family Upside Down

Synopsis: A Family Upside Down stars Fred Astaire and Helen Hayes as a retired married couple. Always proud of his independence and resilience, Astaire suffers a sudden heart attack. Though he recovers, Hayes is unable to care for Astaire herself, so she and her husband are compelled to move in with son Efrem Zimbalist Jr Read More

1978