Lee MeriwetherFilmography

Touching Home

Actors: Logan Miller, Noah Miller, Ed Harris, Brad Dourif, Robert Forster

Synopsis: Oscar nominees Ed Harris and Robert Forster star in self-taught identical twin filmmakers Logan and Noah Miller's autobiographical family drama about a pair of twin brothers who return to their small town after failing to find success as major league baseball players. Their dreams of becoming Read More

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt

Synopsis: Holy Thomas Wolfe! The same team responsible for the "retro" TV movie Surviving Gilligan's Island (including executive producer and former Gilligan co-star Dawn Wells) were responsible for this nostalgic hark back to the classic Batman TV series of the late '60s. In rehashing the creation and Read More

Touched by an Angel: The Face on the Bar Room Floor

Synopsis: Season Seven of Touched by an Angel begins as overage playboy Everett Clay (Richard Chamberlain is disinherited by his millionaire father Benjamin (Ray Walston). Inspired by the story of the Prodigal Son, Benjamin intends to make Everett miserable enough to change his ways and learn something Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Death 'n' Denials

Synopsis: Veteran character actor Turhan Bey makes a rare TV appearance in this episode, set in Cairo, Egypt. Having arrived in the Land of the Pharoahs as part of a cultural exchange program, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) soon becomes involved in a perplexing case involving the theft of a priceless Egyptian Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Ship of Thieves

Synopsis: Former jewel thief turned insurance investigator Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) has changed professions once more, and is now chief of security on a cruise ship. When a woman is found dead in the ship's cargo section, it soon develops that virtually everyone on board is either a thief or a Read More

New Faces Cosmetrics: The Natural Face-Lift

Murder, She Wrote: A Lady in the Lake

Synopsis: Retreating to a placid Maine lake resort in order to finish her latest novel without distractions, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) decides to go birdwatching one fine morning. During this pursuit, Jessica witnesses what seems to be a struggle between a man and a woman in a boat on the lake, ending with Read More

Tourist

Synopsis: In this drama, an American tourist visits some of the world's most glamorous capitals. The tale is based on a Gerald Green novel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mirror, Mirror

Synopsis: The miracle of plastic surgery is the unifying factor for this made-for-TV movie. Three women, all "of a certain age," are having problems with the men in their life. Rich widow Millie Gorman (Janet Leigh) is convinced that her sex appeal has waned along with her looks and youth; bored housewife Read More

True Grit

Synopsis: The 1978 series pilot True Grit is based on the 1969 John Wayne film of the same name. Warren Oates brings his own characteristic touches to the old Wayne role of Rooster Cogburn, the "one-eyed fat man" (now a one-eyed thin man with a beard) who agrees to help headstrong orphaned teenage girl Read More

Cruise into Terror

Synopsis: This delightfully bad made-for-TV movie throws together an assortment of television stalwarts and movie has-beens for what is essentially a horror version of The Love Boat. The plot involves a vacation cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, during which some of the passengers find an ancient Egyptian Read More

Having Babies 2

Actors: Rhea Perlman

Synopsis: Like 1976's "Part One," Having Babies, Part 2 is a multiplotted TV movie about the effect of parenthood on four couples. The first film concentrated on a natural childbirth class. This second film broadens the subject matter with glances at adoptions and unwanted pregnancies. Among the many new Read More

The Brothers O'Toole

Synopsis: This barely released western spoof stars John Astin and Steve Carlson as the con-artist title characters, at large in 1890 Colorado. The comedy is on a "Little Rascals" level, while the action highlights, centered around a gold hunt, are compromised by uncertain staging. Hans Conried provides some Read More

The F.B.I.: End of a Hero

Synopsis: Ed Nelson guest stars as Vinnie Paquette, a war hero fallen upon hard times. Hoping to recapture some of his past glory, Vinnie gets mixed up in a high-stakes jewel robbery. This episode is capped by a thrilling helicopter chase, filmed high above California's Antelope Valley. Featured in the cast Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Falcon, Part One

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Noel Harrison

Synopsis: The only three-part adventure in the history of Mission: Impossible, "The Falcon" was written by series stalwart Paul Playdon. The IMF's assignment is to restore the rightful heir to a European throne. The usurping General Ramon Sabattini (John Vernon) hopes to gain control of the monarchy by Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Falcon, Part Three

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Noel Harrison

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the three-part Mission: Impossible adventure "The Falcon," Phelps manages to rescue Prince Stephan (Joseph Reale), who has been imprisoned to force a marriage between his fiancee Princess Francesca (Diane Baker) and royal usurper General Sabattini (John Vernon). Meanwhile, the Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Falcon, Part Two

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Noel Harrison

Synopsis: In Part Two of the three-part Mission: Impossible adventure "The Falcon", Willy poses as the Bishop who is to perform the marriage ceremony between General Sabattini (John Vernon), the pretender to a European throne, and the General's reluctant fiancee Princess Francesca (Diane Baker). Meanwhile Read More

Island of Gold and Precious Stones

Synopsis: A late millionaire's millions have disappeared, and Crime magazine reporter Jeff Dillon (Tony Franciosa) wants to find out why. Together with his crack researcher Peggy Maxwell (Susan Saint James), Dillon checks out the deceased man's relatives. Each, it seems, has a reason for wanting the Read More

Family Affair: Stamp of Approval

Synopsis: The family's mercenary streak comes to surface when Jody (Johnnie Whitaker) feigns romantic interest in classmate Geraldine Haskins (Lisa Gerritsen) only because he wants one of Geraldine's valuable stamps for his own collection. At the same time, Uncle Bill (Brian Keith) is wooing Claudia Wells Read More

Star Trek: That Which Survives

Synopsis: A mysterious female apparition begins to murder Enterprise crew members one by one in this third season episode of the well-known science fiction series. This beautiful but frightening creature with deadly powers first appears to Captain Kirk and the crew in the Enterprise transporter room, where Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Robot

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Malachi Throne

Synopsis: Gregor Kamirov (Malachi Throne) has hired a double to pose as deceased East European premier Pavel Zagov. Having concealed Zagov's death from the public, Kamirov hopes to use the phony premier to install himself as dictator. In order to foil Kamirov's plans, Phelps must substitute a robot for the Read More

The Undefeated

Actors: John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo

Synopsis: This routine western finds Union Colonel John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and company attacking Confederate soldiers lead by Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson). After a crushing defeat, Langdon torches his plantation rather than have it fall into enemy hands. A group of Southerners accept the Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Bunker, Part Two

Actors: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: In the second half of the two-part Mission: Impossible adventure "The Bunker", the IMF team continue their efforts to rescue rocket scientist Erich Rojak (Milton Selzer) and his wife Anna (Lee Meriwether from the Enemy. Complicating matter is the fact that Rojak is being held in bunker some 300 Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Bunker, Part One

Actors: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: The second multipart adventure of Mission: Impossible's third season, "The Bunker" was written by Paul Playdon. The IMF is assigned to rescue rocket scientist Erich Rojak (Milton Selzer), who is being forced to cooperate with the enemy. Not only must the agents release Rojak from an impenetrable Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Numbers Game

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, May Britt

Synopsis: Guest stars Torin Thatcher and May Britt are cast as Rados and Eva Gollan, respectively the exiled dictator of a South American nation and his ambitious wife. In preparation for regaining power, Gollan has deposited millions in a Swiss bank account. In order to get the account's number, the IMF Read More

Mission: Impossible: Submarine

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Stephen McNally

Synopsis: Stephen McNally guest-stars as Nazi war criminal Kruger Schtelman, the only man who knows the whereabouts of a fortune hidden by the Germans during WW2. To prevent Schtelman from using the money to finance a neo-Nazi revolt, the IMF must trick him into revealing the whereabouts of the hidden cash. Read More

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Actors: Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Selzer, Rossella Falk

Synopsis: Film star Lylah Clare is dead, but her legend lives on. Movie-producer Barney Sheean (Ernest Borgnine) hires Elsa Brinkmann (Kim Novak), the living image of the late Lylah, to star in a film based on Ms. Clare's life. Barney hires director Lewis Zarkan (Peter Finch), Lylah's former husband, to Read More

The F.B.I.: The Nightmare

Synopsis: William Windom guest stars as Frank Converse, an embezzler who hopes to elude the FBI by crossing the Canadian border. Unfortunately, Virgil Phipps (Bruce Dern), Converse's driver, knows about the stolen money and demands a piece of the action, thereby setting the stage for a deadly showdown. The Read More

Angel in My Pocket

Actors: Andy Griffith, Jerry Van Dyke, Kay Medford, Lee Meriwether, Henry Jones

Synopsis: Minister Sam (Andy Griffith) and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Lee Meriweather) move to a Kansas town divided by political concerns that stall the town's progress. Will Sinclair (Henry Jones) and Alex Gresham (Edgar Buchanan) have allowed a long-standing family argument to impede the progress of the Read More

Family Affair: First Love

Synopsis: This episode finds both Bill (Brian Keith) and Buffy (Anissa Jones) suffering from the pangs of unrequited love. Bill is in ardent pursuit of attractive geologist Lisa Lowell (Lee Meriwether), a widow from his home town, but she remains oddly impervious to his charms. And at the same time Read More

Uccidi o Muori

Synopsis: In this spaghetti western, an undercover gunslinger accidently gets caught in a feud between two families. One of them forces him into a showdown and he kills him. He then must escape from the wrathful family. He is assisted by an old man, who helps him slaughter the rest of the clan. In the end Read More

Namu, My Best Friend

Actors: Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Robin Mattson, Richard Erdman, Lee Meriwether

Synopsis: Based on a true story and suitable for the whole family, Namu, the Killer Whale was a film that debunked many myths about orca whales--animals that have traditionally been considered voracious, merciless killers. Set in Puget Sound on one of the San Juan islands, the tale centers on the Read More

Revenge of the Gods

Synopsis: In this sci-fi drama comprised of two episodes from the Time Tunnel TV series, the time trekkers find themselves dangerously embroiled in Grecian and Israeli politics. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Batman [TV Series]

Actors: Adam West, Burt Ward

Old Legends Never Die

Synopsis: In this entry from The Time Tunnel science-fiction TV series, Tony and Doug travel in time to 6th-century England where they meet Merlin and help King Arthur stop a Viking invasion. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Batman

Actors: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith

Synopsis: Tongue-in-cheek humor prevails in Batman, a witty homage to the Dynamic Duo's exaggerated exploits. The Caped Crusaders (Adam West and Burt Ward) are called in as a last resort when the criminal masterminds of the millennium team up to conquer Gotham City by turning the U.N. Security Council into Read More

The Fugitive: Not With a Whimper

Synopsis: Using the alias "Richard Spaulding", fugitive Richard Kimble (David Janssen) pays a visit to his former mentor Dr. Andrew McAllister (Laurence Naismith), now gravely ill and confined to a wheelchair. Because of his virulent "anti-smog" campaign, McAllister is regarded by most people as a harmless Read More

The Time Tunnel [TV Series]

Actors: Robert Colbert, James Darren, Lee Meriwether

Synopsis: The Time Tunnel tells the story of Tony Newman and Doug Philips, two scientists who find themselves lost in time. At the outset of the series, as depicted in the first episode ("Rendezvous With Yesterday") both men are part of a top secret government project, Project Tic-Toc, in the year 1968 (the Read More

The F.B.I.: The Giant Killer

Synopsis: The FCC alerts Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) when several radio operators begin receiving strange, cryptic messages. Meanwhile, a deranged man named Joseph Walker (played by a young Robert Duvall) formulates a plan to destroy a new guided missile known as "Thor", which is slated to be Read More

The F.B.I.: Slow March Up a Steep Hill

Synopsis: The FBI investigates when a Maryland bank is robbed twice in the same day by the same bandit. This matches the modus operandi of Wayne Powell (Crahan Denton), who pulled off the same double-robbery strategy some twenty years earlier--and when Powell confesses to the more recent crimes, the Bureau Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Frustrated Folksinger

Synopsis: Aspiring folksinger Amy Jo Jennings (Bonnie Jones) is not only incredibly naïve, but also incredibly rich, thanks to the profits of her family's "home remedy" firm. Shifty promoter Harry Bronson (Robert H. Harris) hopes to capitalize on both Amy Jo's naivete and wealth by offering her a starring Read More

F Troop: O'Rourke vs. O'Reilly

Synopsis: Frontier con artist Sgt. O'Rourke (Forrest Tucker) meets his match in the curvaceous form of Lilli O'Reilly (Lee Meriwether). Having long controlled the entertainment trade in Fort Courage by running the town's only saloon, O'Rourke watches his business trickle down to nothing when Lilli opens a Read More

The F.B.I.: Courage of a Conviction

Synopsis: Receiving a tip from a reliable source in St. Louis, Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) dispatches his agents to arrest Harry Castle (John Milford) for passing over $500,000 in forged checks. Before long, however, Erskine begins to suspect that Castle is innocent--even though the tip was Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Cheating Chancellor

Synopsis: Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) must once again put his social life on hold when he is summoned to his alma mater, Cal State. Though he'd been slated to merely pick up an award, Perry ends up defending student Van Fowler (James Noah) on a murder charge. The victim is Professor Stuart Logan (G.B. Read More

Leave It to Beaver: Community Chest

Actors: Stephen Talbot, Claudia Bryar, Dorothy Neumann, Lee Meriwether, Bruno Ve Sota

Synopsis: When June cannot find time to collect money for the Community Chest, Beaver volunteers to do so. He does an excellent job accumulating the money -- only to lose all the cash while enjoying an ice cream cone. Replacing the money is one thing, explaining what happened to his mother is another Read More

4D Man

Actors: Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, James Congdon, Robert Strauss

Synopsis: James Congdon plays Tony Nelson, a brilliant but foolhardy young scientist who is experimenting with matter and its relationship to time and space. Using a specially designed amplifier, he thinks he has found a way of releasing matter from the time and space that it occupies, thus allowing its Read More

Dragnet: The Big Rip

Synopsis: Friday (Jack Webb) and Smith (Ben Alexander must wait an agonizingly long time to question Richard Tearson (Malcolm Atterbury), who was found wandering the streets, covered with knife wounds. As the victim remains under sedation, a secondary investigation reveals that his house has been Read More