Granville van Dusen Filmography

Buddy Faro

Actors: Dennis Farina, Frank Whale, Allison Smith, Charlie Robinson, Felicity Waterman

Synopsis: In this TV drama-comedy, Julie Barber (Allison Smith) hires detective wannabe Bob Jones (Frank Whaley) to track down the legendary private eye Buddy Faro (Dennis Farina), who was once such a name that he was portrayed by an actor (George Hamilton) in a TV series. Now nearly forgotten, Faro has Read More

Hunter: Broken Dreams

Synopsis: Hunter (Fred Dryer) comes back into the life of his high school sweetheart Laurie (Cristina Raines Crowe) when she witnesses a murder. Naturally, it is Hunter's intention to keep Laurie under wraps so that she can testify in court, and just as naturally she cooperates with his efforts. Read More

The Rose and the Jackal

Actors: Christopher Reeve, Carrie Snodgress, Granville van Dusen, Kevin McCarthy

Synopsis: This made-for-TV adventure dramatizes the courage of Allan Pinkerton, who founded the famed detective agency, and a blue-blooded Southern belle, as they team up to keep the Union intact during the Civil War. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Jonny Quest: Skullduggery

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: Dr. Quest is invited to the London museum, there to determine the origins of a mysterious crystal skull. Unfortunately, an ancient Druidic cult is also interested in the skull -- so much so that they're willing to kill in order to steal the artifact. It is up to the Quest team to prevent the cult Read More

Jonny Quest: Forty Fathoms Into Yesterday

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: The Quest team heads to North Atlantic, in search of German submarine which vanished during WWII. Upon reaching the sub, the team accidentally triggers a time-travel device, transporting them all back to 1945. Even worse, the heroes must contend with some very live Nazis -- not to mention the Read More

Jonny Quest: The Scourge of Skyborg

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: Dr. Quest's latest invention is a computer brain which can pilot aircraft faster and safer than any mere mortal. Unhappy that the invention will put a lot of good pilots out of work, Quest's associate, Race Bannon, tries to prove that the brain is not infallible by racing a computerized plane. Read More

Jonny Quest: Warlord of the Sky

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: The title character in this Jonny Quest adventure is a mad scientist who has invented a mechanical cloud. With this device, he is able to pull aircraft out of the clouds. Intending to take over the world, the scientist must be stopped -- and the Quest Team is given the responsibility of doing the Read More

Jonny Quest: Deadly Junket

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: Dr. Zin, the Quest team's perennial nemesis from the 1964-1965 run of Jonny Quest, returns in the October 5, 1986, episode "Deadly Junket." Kidnapping Jessie Bradshaw, the daughter of a prominent rocket scientist, Zin hopes to use the girl as a bargaining chip in his efforts to seize control of Read More

Jonny Quest: Peril of the Reptilian

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: Twenty-one years after ending its original ABC prime-time run, the Hanna Barbera animated adventure series Jonny Quest was revived with 13 brand-new episodes as part of the weekend syndicated package "Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera." Telecast in most markets on September 14, 1986, the first of Read More

Jonny Quest: Nightmares of Steel

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: A middle eastern shiek is being terrorized by a band of outlaws riding robotic horses. Dr. Quest is summoned to put an end to the villains' activities. Only trouble is, the steel nags are completely impervious to weapons -- and they also have the capacity to kill. First broadcast on September 21 Read More

Jonny Quest: The Aliens Among Us

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: A UFO attacks Dr. Quest's lab, taking Jonny and Hadji captive. The boys will be returned only if Dr. Quest reveals the plans of his new aircraft. Ostensibly, the aliens want to use the invention to disable the Earth's space programs -- but Quest and Race Bannon suspect that the villains are of Read More

Jonny Quest [TV Series]

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: Twenty-one years after ending its original ABC prime-time run in 1965, the Hanna Barbera animated adventure series Jonny Quest was revived with 13 brand-new episodes as a component of the weekend syndicated package "Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera." All of the original characters were revived Read More

Jonny Quest: Temple of Gloom

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: The success of a peace conference in India is jeopardizing when the ambassadors begin experiencing horrible nightmares, for which they hold each other responsible. Brought in to mediate is Dr. Quest, while Jonny and Race Bannon seek out Hadji's mentor for some mystic assistance. Alas, it turns out Read More

Jonny Quest: Vikong Lives

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: Dr. Quest leads his team to Scandanavia, there to embark upon an archeological expedition. In the course of events, the team comes across the frozen body of a huge Viking ape, who, when thawed, turns out to be very much alive. The furry orange beast turns out to be a likeable fellow, and as a Read More

Jonny Quest: The Monolith Man

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: A new member of the Quest Team was introduced in the Jonny Quest episode "The Monolith Man." While drilling for oil, a team of workers comes across a portal to the earth's core. Called in to investigate, Dr. Quest and his associates find an the remnants of an alien civilization which was buried in Read More

Jonny Quest: Secret of the Clay Warriors

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: While excavating an archaeological site in Tibet, a scientist friend of Dr. Quest completely vanishes. Investigating, the Quest team discover that the scientist was attacked by an army of clay statues, zealously guarding the tomb of an ancient Chinese emperor. Unfortunately, Dr. Quest and his 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

Moonlighting: Funeral for a Door Nail

Synopsis: This episode revives a plot that goes as far back as the 1917 Douglas Fairbanks Sr. movie vehicle Flirting with Fate. Grieving over the death of his wife, Roger Clements (Jeffrey DeMunn) has paid an enormous sum to be murdered by a contract killer, but then changes his mind. Unfortunately, the hit Read More

Jonny Quest: Creeping Unknown

Actors: Scott Menville, Granville van Dusen, Rob Paulsen, Don Messick

Synopsis: The "creeping unknown" in this Jonny Quest episode is a malevolent, mutated plant monster, headquartered in a dismal swamp. Suspected of causing the disappearances of several innocent humans, the monster is targetted for neutralization by the Quest Team. They'd better hurry; the plant's victims Read More

A Death in California

Actors: Granville van Dusen, Cheryl Ladd, Sam Elliott, Alexis Smith

Synopsis: Adapted from a book by Joan Barthel, A Death in California is a harrowing two-part TV movie based on fact. Cheryl Ladd plays Hope Masters, a wealthy Beverly Hills woman who is forced to watch in mute horror as a criminal sociopath (Sam Elliot) murders her boyfriend (Granville Van Dusen). She is Read More

Magnum, P.I.: The Hotel Dick

Synopsis: Anxious to become an "official" detective rather than a mere private eye, Magnum hires on as security chief at the ritzy Hawaiian Gardens Hotel. His first assignment--which may also turn out to be his last--is to prevent a notorious cat burglar from plying his trade at an international convention Read More

This is Kate Bennett...

Synopsis: In this drama, the life of a TV reporter is jeopardized during her investigation of a series of murdered nurses. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hotline

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV thriller, a volunteer (Lynda Carter) at a crisis hotline is stalked by a psycho. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Madame X

Actors: Tuesday Weld, Edward Anhalt, Jerry Stiller

Synopsis: The 1981 TV version of Madame X was the seventh filmization of the old war-horse play by Alexandre Bisson. This time around, Tuesday Weld (replacing Susan Blakely) plays the poor woman (an airline stewardess in this version) who marries "outside her class" (hubby is a Presidential candidate). She Read More

The Wild & the Free

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV comedy, a scientist struggles to transport his chimpanzee subjects to a wildlife preserve after he discovers that they are to be used in radiation experimentation. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Mode of Death

Synopsis: An evangelist suspected of financial impropriety is found dead in a motel room, apparently from an overdose of drugs and alcohol. Was it an accident, a suicide, or a murder? Quincy (Jack Klugman) is pressured by the authorities to solve the mystery--a task which may or may not be expedited by Dr. Read More

Quincy, M.E.: A Question of Death

Synopsis: Having solved many a crime in the past, Quincy finds himself in the uneviable position of being accused of criminal behavior. The family of 21-year-old kidney donor Jack Murphy insist that Quincy declared the man dead prematurely in order to harvest his organs. In his efforts to clear his name Read More

Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Ten Commandments

Synopsis: Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Ten Commandments tells the dramatic story of Israel's journey from Egypt and Moses' reception of the gift of God's law. Chosen by God to lead his people out of slavery, Moses shepherds the Israelites along their rocky road to freedom. But the journey is full of Read More

Transplant

Synopsis: In this drama, an ambitious executive must decide whether or not to have a much needed heart transplant. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Escapade

Synopsis: When a co-worker disappears, two American secret agents attempt to locate their friend. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Dr. Scorpion

Synopsis: Dr. Scorpion (Roscoe Lee Browne) is a megalomaniac genius, who plans to rule the world with or without the world's cooperation. His chief nemesis is marine biologist Jonathan Shackleford (Nick Mancuso), an ex-spy better known as "Shack". Shack was also the title of the TV series for which the Read More

Breaking Up

Synopsis: Written by Loring Mandel, Breaking Up stars Gena Rowlands as a middle-aged housewife who, after 16 years of marriage, is asked for a divorce by husband Granville van Dusen. Once overcoming the shock and the bitterness, Rowlands must determine the future course for herself and her two children. Her Read More

Shack

Love's Dark Ride

Synopsis: Love's Dark Ride, based on a true story, was produced for TV by Jack Webb's Mark VII company. Cliff Potts stars as a commercial artist who is blinded by a gun accident. After a long spell of self-pity, Potts learns to enjoy life again when he falls in love with nightclub entertainer Jane Seymour. Carrie Snodgress Read More

Kojak: Tears for All Who Loved Her

Synopsis: Crocker (Kevin Dobson) is assigned to investigate the murder of mob boss Robert Austin (Fred Beir). In the course of events, the detective finds himself falling in love with Austin's beautiful widow Carol (Jennifer Warren). What he doesn't know is that Carol herself is the murderer--and is Read More

The War Between the Tates

Synopsis: The War Between the Tates is a diluted but still enjoyable TV-movie adaptation of Alison Lurie's satirical novel. Elizabeth Ashley plays Erica Tate, a middle-aged suburban homemaker. Richard Crenna is her professor husband Brian Tate. When Erica runs across evidence that Brian is conducting an Read More

James Michener's Dynasty

Actors: Sarah Miles, Stacy Keach, Harris Yulin

Synopsis: James Michener's Dynasty is aptly named. This TV movie is indeed based on a novel by Michener, which does indeed cover thirty five years (1820-1855) in the lives of a land-rich family. Harris Yulin and Stacy Keach play the Blackwood brothers, a pair of enterprising Ohio pioneers. The ongoing Read More

Baretta: This Ain't My Bag

Actors: Robert Blake, Dana Elcar, Tom Ewell, Michael D. Roberts, Chino "Fats" Williams

Synopsis: Undercover cop Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) may be at home on the Mean Streets, but he is totally out of his element amongst the rich and privileged. Nonetheless, Baretta is forced to "invade" an upscale village community, in search of a missing heiress. One thing is certain to the hero: Bad guys Read More

The Night That Panicked America

Actors: Eileen Brennan, Paul Shenar

Synopsis: The Night That Panicked America is centered around Orson Welles' notorious "War of the Worlds" broadcast of October 30, 1938. Welles (Paul Shenar) arrives at CBS studios just in time to assume his directing post for the radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic, which has been updated and Read More

A Cry for Help

Synopsis: A Cry for Help (working title: End of the Line) stars Robert Culp as an acerbic, Don Imus-like radio talk show host. When one of his callers, an anxious young woman, threatens to kill herself, Culp laughs it off. Later, however, he realizes that the girl wasn't kidding, and mounts a frantic Read More

Dr. Max

Actors: Lee J. Cobb

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Dr. Max is cut from the same cloth as The Last Angry Man. Lee J. Cobb stars as a taciturn elderly doctor who chooses to work in a dingy Baltimore neighborhood and minister to those far less fortunate than themselves. His refusal to succumb to the creature comforts of a more Read More

The Waltons: The Book

Synopsis: John-Boy (Richard Thomas) is elated when a big-city publisher offers to assemble his short stories into a book. But elation turns to despair when John-Boy learns that he has been bamboozled by a "vanity" press and is expected to pay his own publication costs--and this after a public celebration Read More

Ironside: Raise the Devil, Part 1

Synopsis: The eighth and final season of Ironside begins with the first episode of a two-part story. Believing herself possessed by the malevolent spirit of her dead brother, college coed Susan Todd (Sian Barbara Allen) confesses to the murder of her mother. Suspecting that Susan is not telling the truth Read More

Ironside: Raise the Devil, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Ironside's Season Eight opener, Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr) now knows that college coed Susan Todd (Sian Barbara Allen) was not truly responsible for the murder of her mother. The real villain of the piece is Susan's deranged psychiatrist Theodore Gallin (Bill Bixby), who Read More

It Ain't Easy

Synopsis: In this adventure, filmed in Minnesota, a Nordic trapper returns to his home to find the bottom has dropped out of the pelt market. The pragmatic fellow does not panic and instead becomes a snowmobile racer. Unfortunately, before the big race his girlfriend is found beaten to death. The local Read More

The Statue

Actors: Pistillo Antonio, Mircha Carven, Maria Comberti, Kiko Concalves, Christopher Cruize, Antonino D'Acquisto, Edward Danko, Julie Fair, Marco Gobbi, F.L. Greaves, Mario Guizzardi, Mike Harvey, Ron Hepher, Hazel Hoskins, Tolis Karachalios, Roberto Lande, Maureen Lane, Nicolette LePelley, Pamela LePelley, Katarina Lidfeldt, Gianni Musi, Dough Parish, Robert Pomeroy, Jack Repp, Zoe Sallis, Luigi Scavran, Sergio Silverio, Bill Vanders, John Wregg

Synopsis: David Niven is Alex, a scholar who has won the Nobel Prize for developing a universal language. The U.S. State Department has decided to honor him with a statue, to be displayed in London's Grosvenor Square. The commission for the project went to Alex's wife Rhonda (Virna Lisi), who has designed a Read More