Heather Menzies Filmography

Born:: December 3, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Heather Menzies made her film debut at 15, as Louisa von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1965). Menzies followed this assignment with several well-scrubbed ingenue roles; she was prominently featured in one of the deathless anti-drug Dragnet episodes of the late 1960s. She underwent a startling image...Read More

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Endangered Species

Actors: Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, Paul Dooley, Hoyt Axton, Peter Coyote

Synopsis: Based on a true story, Endangered Species stars Robert Urich and JoBeth Williams. Urich plays vacationing ex-cop Ruben Castle, while Williams portrays Harriet Purdue, a small-town sheriff. Intrigued by Purdue's investigation of a rash of cattle mutilations, Castle begins following the evidence Read More

1982
Captain America

Synopsis: Television film featuring the Marvel Comics hero doing battle with a mad industrialist who wields a neutron bomb. ~ Nicole Gagne, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
Piranha

Actors: Bradford Dillman, Heather Menzies, Kevin McCarthy, Keenan Wynn, Dick Miller

Synopsis: The sophomore effort for director Joe Dante, a future protégé of Steven Spielberg, this low-budget, high-camp horror spoof of Jaws (1977) features several chiller stars of yesteryear. Insurance investigator Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) is dispatched to find two missing teenage hikers near Lost Read More

1978
Tail Gunner Joe

Actors: Peter Boyle, Burgess Meredith

Synopsis: Told in flashback form, Tail Gunner Joe traces the rise and fall of Wisconsin senator Joseph McCarthy (Peter Boyle). The story begins with McCarthy's judicial career, then progresses to his rise to the U.S. senate on the Republican ticket and his ultimate exploitation of the postwar "anti Read More

1977
Logan's Run [TV Series]

Actors: Gregory Harrison, Heather Menzies

1977
Sssssss

Synopsis: In this spooky horror movie, a crazed doctor is able to transform a man into a giant cobra. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1973
The Bob Newhart Show: Not With My Sister You Don't

Actors: Bob Newhart, Suzanne Pleshette, Bill Daily, Peter Bonerz, Marcia Wallace

Synopsis: When Howard's 22-year-old sister, Debbie (Heather Menzies), pays a visit, he panics, not wishing to reveal his swinging-bachelor lifestyle to his kid sister. Even worse, Debbie begins dating Jerry, bringing out the puritan in Howard's nature. As usual, Bob is caught in the middle of all this Read More

1973
Outside in

Actors: John Bill

Synopsis: Draft dodger Darrel Larson sneaks out of Canada to attend his father's funeral. Once back in California, Larson touches base with two old friends. Vietnam vet John Bill can't adjust to civilian life, while fellow evader Dennis Oliveri is consumed by guilt. There are no easy answers in Red, White Read More

1972
Bonanza: Thornton's Account

Actors: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Gregory Walcott, Carl Reindel

Synopsis: Far from the Ponderosa, Ben Cartwright is badly injured in a fall from his horse. Seeking help in a nearby town, Ben's son Joe finds himself in the middle of a range feud, with no one willing to come to his assistance-except for an enigmatic stranger named Thornton (played by frequent Bonanza Read More

1970
Hail, Hero!

Actors: Michael Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, John Larch, Charles Drake

Synopsis: Hail, Hero! stars Michael Douglas in his screen debut as long-haired college student Carl Dixon. Reversing the usual procedure in late-1960s films, Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention Read More

1969
How Sweet It Is!

Actors: James Garner, Debbie Reynolds, Maurice Ronet, Paul Lynde, Marcel Dalio, Terry-Thomas

Synopsis: Two parents worry about the feelings of their love-struck teenage son in this engaging romantic comedy. Grif (James Garner) and wife Jenny (Debbie Reynolds) are concerned about their son Davey (Donald Losby). When his girlfriend is slated for a tour of Europe, the teenage boy is heartbroken. Grif Read More

1968
Hawaii

Actors: Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Carroll O'Connor, Elizabeth Cole

Synopsis: Hawaii hadn't even begun filming when director Fred Zinnemann was replaced by George Roy Hill; similarly, the role intended for Charlton Heston ended up being played by Richard Harris (though Heston would eventually star in the 1970 sequel, The Hawaiians). Based on James A. Michener's best-selling Read More

1966
The Sound of Music

Actors: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood

Synopsis: One of the most popular movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a young nun in an Austrian convent who regularly misses her morning prayers because she enjoys going to the hills to sing the title song. Read More

1965