Paul RoeblingFilmography

Born:
New York City, NY
Occupation:
Actor, Producer
Biography:
Actor Paul Roebling spent most of his career on-stage, but he also periodically showed up in a few feature films and on television. Roebling, along with Robert Duvall and Roebling's wife, lga Bellin, teamed up in 1972 to produce Tomorrow. Roebling made his acting debut in the feature drama Prince of the City...Read More
  • American Experience: The Donner Party

    Synopsis: In 1846, a group of over eighty Westward-bound pioneers were headed to the coast of California from Illinois, which had itself only recently been brought up to "civilized" status. They made it to a pass high in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California when they were halted by a truly monstrous Read More

    1992
  • Carolina Skeletons

    Synopsis: Carolina Skeletons is based on a prize-winning novel by David Stout. Louis Gossett Jr. plays a former Green Beret colonel who returns to his home town after thirty years. As a child, Gossett was forced to look on in horror as his brother was tried and executed on a trumped-up murder charge. Now Read More

    1992
  • Law & Order: Sonata For a Solo Organ

    Synopsis: An old "urban legend" is woven into this complicated tale of illegal medical procedures. The DA's office brings charges against a prominent surgeon (Paul Roebling) and the millionaire father (Fritz Weaver) of a kidney-transplant patient. It appears that the much-needed kidney was "harvested" Read More

    1991
  • Ken Burns' Civil War [TV Documentary Series]

    Synopsis: Ken Burns' epic series begins with the causes of the Civil War in 1861 and ends with the war's aftermath in 1865. A combination of photographs, interviews, and narration create a sweeping historical documentary. Commentary and anecdotes by historian Shelby Foote add another level of authority to Read More

    1990
  • Rage of Angels: The Story Continues

    Actors: Angela Lansbury, Michael Nouri, Jaclyn Smith, Ken Howard

    Synopsis: This two-part TV movie was the sequel to the ratings-grabbing 1983 miniseries Rage of Angels; both were based on the best-seller by Sidney Sheldon. Jaclyn Smith returns as dynamic New York trial lawyer Jennifer Parker, while Ken Howard likewise reprises his role as Jennifer's married lover Read More

    1986
  • Moonlighting: Yours, Very Deadly

    Synopsis: This episode marks the first appearance of the obsequious Herbert Viola (Curtis Armstrong), who would develop into both a godsend and a pain in the neck for detectives David (Bruce Willis) and Maddie (Cybill Shepherd), not to mention their spacey secretary Agnes Dipesto (Allyce Beasley). The story Read More

    1986
  • As Summers Die

    Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Bette Davis, Scott Glenn

    Synopsis: As Summers Die was produced as an "HBO Premiere" attraction. Set in the segregationist South of the 1950s, the film pits the wealthy but decadent members of a landed-gentry white family against a feisty old black woman, on whose property oil has been discovered. Idealistic attorney Scott Glenn Read More

    1986
  • Blue Thunder

    Actors: Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern

    Synopsis: Ex-Vietnam chopper pilot Roy Scheider is now in charge of Blue Thunder, a high-tech copter designed to quell possible terrorism during the 1984 LA Olympics. His onetime comrade-in-arms Malcolm McDowell, now his bitter enemy, will stop at nothing to neutralize Blue Thunder and expedite an armed Read More

    1983
  • A Piano for Mrs. Cimino

    Actors: Bette Davis

    Synopsis: Directed by George Schaefer, this light made-for-television drama is based upon the novel of the same name by Robert Oliphant. Starring Bette Davis as Esther Cimino, a 73-year-old widow, the film traces the events following Esther's son George's (George Hearn) decision that she is no longer Read More

    1982
  • The End of August

    Synopsis: Based on Kate Chopin's moving novel The Awakening, and set in the early 1900s, this drama chronicles the struggle of a young wife to escape the oppressing conventions of society and live life to the fullest. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1982
  • Prince of the City

    Actors: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino, James Tolkan

    Synopsis: Inspired by a true story, Prince of the City stars Treat Williams as a Manhattan detective who agrees to help the US Department of Justice weed out corruption in the NYPD. Williams agrees on the assurance that he'll never have to turn in a close friend. Wired for sound, Williams almost immediately Read More

    1981
  • Tomorrow

    Crew: Producer

    Actors: Olga Bellin, Robert Duvall, James Franks, Johnny Mask

    Synopsis: Horton Foote was the adapting hand behind this superlative black and white filmization of the 1939 William Faulkner story Tomorrow. Framed in flashback, the film explores the personal reasons that semi-literate farmer Robert Duvall is the lone jury holdout in the guilty verdict for a young killer Read More

    1972

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