John BynerFilmography

Born:: June 28, 1938 in New York, NY
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Short-statured, pokerfaced nightclub comic John Byner rose to fame during the 1966 edition of TV's The Garry Moore Show. Byner went on to join the supporting ensemble on the 1967 summer-replacement weekly The Steve Allen Comedy Hour, and five years later headlined his own five-week summer series....Read More

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National Lampoon Presents: Robodoc

Actors: Alan Thicke, David Faustino, Corin Nemec, David DeLuise, Michael Winslow

Synopsis: In a world filled with sleazy lawyers, heartless insurance companies, and a healthcare system on the verge of collapse -- there is a solution. Doctors used to be only human -- but not anymore! Meet Robodoc, the perfect doctor who never makes a mistake. After all, his programming won't allow it! Read More

2008
My 5 Wives

Actors: Rodney Dangerfield, Andrew Dice Clay, John Byner, Molly Shannon, Jerry Stiller

Synopsis: Rodney Dangerfield co-wrote and stars in this comedy about a businessman who learns that when it comes to marriage, strength is in numbers. Monte Peterson (Dangerfield) is a real estate developer whose business acumen exceeds his success in romance; after finalizing his third divorce, Monte heads Read More

9/8/00
Munchie Strikes Back

Actors: Loni Anderson, Lesley-Anne Down, Andrew Stevens

Synopsis: The original 1987 Munchies was a PG-rated horror spoof about a monster with an insatiable appetite for junk food. Though public domain was not forthcoming, a sequel, titled simply Munchie, came out in 1991; this time, the title character was an invisible imp who helped unpopular kids learn how to Read More

1994
A Wish for Wings That Work

Synopsis: Opus n' Bill in: A Wish for Wings That Work, adapted from the comic strip Bloom County, concerns the plans of Bill the Cat to help his friend Opus the Penguin achieve his dream of flying. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Married... With Children: Route 666, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story, the Bundymobile breaks down in the middle of the Nevada desert, where Al (Ed O'Neill) ends up trading the car for a map to a gold mine. Summoned to the desert by the Bundy for extra funds and supplies, Marcy (Amanda Bearse) and Jefferson (Ted McGinley) are Read More

1991
Roast Tommy: The Tommy Lasorda Roast

Synopsis: Tommy Lasorda was roasted by Hope, Rickles, Rich Little, Sparky Anderson and President Bush (on tape) as captured on this video. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1990
The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Synopsis: Live-action and stop-motion animation combine to adapt Beverly Cleary's novel about a young boy's friendship with a talking rodent. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Black Cauldron

Actors: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Freddie Jones, Nigel Hawthorne, Arthur Malet

Synopsis: Walt Disney Pictures produced this ambitious, animated tale of sorcery and swordfighting. Taran (voice of Grant Bardsley), is an assistant to Dallben (voice of Freddie Jones), a pigkeeper in the mythical land of Prydain. Taran longs to be a knight, and he's given his chance to live out his dream Read More

1985
Transylvania 6-5000

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Joseph Bologna, Carol Kane, John Byner, Jeffrey Jones

Synopsis: In a plot that combines Mary Shelley's mad Dr. Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, two yellow journalism reporters, Jack and Gil (Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley, Jr.) head off to a castle in Transylvania. The intrepid duo is out to hunt down a story that proves Frankenstein's "monster" is Read More

1985
Party Games: For Adults Only

1984
Stroker Ace

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jim Nabors, Loni Anderson, Parker Stevenson

Synopsis: The action and stunts in this fourth racing vehicle for Burt Reynolds could be accurately foreseen by most youngsters. Stroker Ace (Reynolds) is a race car driver who gets the short end of a contract with a fried-chicken entrepreneur (Ned Beatty) but can be expected to end up with the woman Read More

1983
Will: G. Gordon Liddy

Actors: Robert Conrad

Synopsis: Robert Conrad fills the role of G. Gordon Liddy like the proverbial glove in this macho-driven biopic. Convicted in the Watergate conspiracy, Liddy serves 54 months in prison. At first laughed off by the other cons as merely a white-collar criminal, Liddy proves through various he-man methods that Read More

1982
Murder Can Hurt You

Actors: Victor Buono, John Byner, Gavin MacLeod

Synopsis: Producer Aaron Spelling's made-for-TV Murder Can Hurt You is an unsubtle take-off of Neil Simon's theatrical feature Murder By Death. A crime is committed by the unknown, all-seeing Master Criminal. To solve the case, several top detectives are summoned, each one a takeoff of a popular TV gumshoe. Read More

1980
Soap: Season 04

Actors: Robert Mandan, Katherine Helmond, Jennifer Salt, Jimmy Baio, Arthur Peterson

Synopsis: The death of Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) was the big shocker at the end of Soap's third season. So imagine everyone's surprise when, as the series launched season four, Jessica was brought back to life -- following a brief stopover in Heaven to commiserate with all her ex-lovers! In another Read More

1980
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit

Synopsis: Made for TV, The Man in the Santa Claus Suit jumped the gun a bit by premiering December 23, 1979. The title "character" is threefold: John Byner, Gary Burghoff and Bert Convy all don Santa suits for various reasons. Byner is a fugitive tramp, Burghoff a lonely schoolteacher, and Convy a divorced Read More

1979
Bing Crosby: White Christmas

Actors: Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Crosby

Synopsis: As co-hosted by Gene Kelly and Kathryn Crosby (the wife of Bing Crosby), this exclusive video compilation presents priceless back-to-back clips from many of Bing's Christmas specials that aired from the early 1960s through the late 1970s. Featured guests include: Jackie Gleason, Twiggy, David Read More

1979
A Pleasure Doing Business

Synopsis: In this comedy, three middle-aged men renew their boyhood friendship at a stag party and hatch a crazy scheme that involves making money off of a luscious prostitute. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
Soap: Season 02

Synopsis: The cliffhanger that brought season one of Soap to a climax is resolved in season two when Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond) is cleared of the murder of her lover (and step-nephew!) Peter Campbell. Jessica's husband, Chester (Robert Mandan), confesses to the crime whereupon he is convicted and sent Read More

1978
A Guide for the Married Woman

Actors: Tom Poston

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Guide for the Married Woman was conceived by screenwriter Frank Tarloff as an "answer" to his frolicsome 1968 theatrical feature Guide for the Married Man. If the sequel isn't quite as much fun as the original, it may be because what was deemed "risque" in 1968 was kid's stuff in Read More

1978
Three on a Date

Synopsis: In this comedy, four couples go on a dating game show and end up winning a fabulous Hawaiian vacation. Unfortunately, they are accompanied by a stern chaperone. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1978
Captain & Tennille in New Orleans

Actors: Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille

Synopsis: Most famous for their blockbuster hit singles "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "Do That to Me One More Time," the soft rock team of Captain and Tennille (husband and wife Daryl Dragon and Toni Tennille) peaked in popularity from 1975 through 1976; they performed for the likes of Gerald Ford, swept Read More

1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock

Actors: Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, Robert Englund, John Byner, Austin Pendleton

Synopsis: Not everything Henry Fonda did was Grapes of Wrath or Mister Roberts. In the enjoyable low-budget "road" flick The Great Smokey Roadblock, Fonda plays a worn-out trucker named Elegant John. Anxious to make one last, big haul before retiring, Fonda loses his 18-wheeler to the repo men. He steals Read More

1976
When Things Were Rotten

Synopsis: Taken from the television series "When Things Were Rotten," this collection includes three episodes from the Mel Brooks Robin Hood spoof. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1975
What's Up, Doc?

Actors: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Kenneth Mars, Austin Pendleton, Sorrell Booke

Synopsis: With Howard Hawks's Bringing Up Baby (1938) as his blueprint, Peter Bogdanovich resurrected and payed homage to 1930s screwball comedy in What's Up, Doc? (1972). When wacky co-ed Judy Maxwell (Barbra Streisand, in the Katharine Hepburn part) spies nebbishy musicologist Howard Bannister (Ryan O'Neal Read More

1972
Aesop's Fables

Actors: Bill Cosby, Keith Hamilton, Jerelyn Fields, John Byner, Larry Storch

Synopsis: Approximately one year before the debut of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, comedian Bill Cosby, the CBS network and the Filmation cartoon firm collaborated on this 30-minute TV special. Cosby appears in the live-action wraparounds as Greek storyspinner Aesop, who talk-sings a brace of songs and Read More

1971