Robert Torti Filmography

She's the Man

Actors: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, Julie Hagerty

Synopsis: A simple case of assumed identity snowballs into a romantic mix-up of epic proportions in director Andy Fickman's contemporary teen take on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Viola Hastings (Amanda Bynes) has good reason for wanting to conceal her identity upon arriving at Illyria Prep school Read More

Reefer Madness

Actors: Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell, Neve Campbell, Alan Cumming

Synopsis: The made-for-cable musical satire Reefer Madness is based on the award-winning play of the same name, which in turn was inspired by the notorious -- and deliciously awful -- 1936 anti-marijuana film originally titled Tell Your Children. A smarmy lecturer (Alan Cumming in the first of his three Read More

The Drew Carey Show: What's Wrong with This Episode IV

Synopsis: A $200,000 prize was originally offered to the viewer(s) who could spot the largest number of deliberate errors in this fourth annual Drew Carey Show "What's Wrong with This Episode?" offerings. The plot revolves around Lewis (Ryan Stiles), who has good reason to worry that he's going to end up in Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew and Kate Boink

Synopsis: Drew's sprained--uh--organ has completely healed, so now the time has finally come for Drew (Drew Carey) and Kate (Christa Miller) to have sex. Just before the Main Event, Kate stumbles onto a meeting of the "Been Dumped by Kate Club", a support group consisting of all her ex-boyfriends. Worried Read More

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Actors: Donny Osmond, Maria Freidman, Richard Attenborough, Robert Torti, Ian McNeice, Joan Collins

Synopsis: Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's first musical blockbuster comes to video in this production starring Donny Osmond, who racked up over 1,800 stage performances in the title role. Based on the Biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors, Joseph (Osmond) is the favorite son of Jacob Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew and the Unstable Element

Synopsis: David Cross (Mr. Show, Arrested Development) guest stars as Earl, the weird new tie-counter clerk at Winfred-Louder. Alerted to Ed's bizarre behavior, Drew (Drew Carey) is embarrassed to discover that he hadn't noticed Earl's admission on his job application that he'd once been confined to a home Read More

The Drew Carey Show: There is No Scientific Name for a Show About God

Synopsis: After missing his ride with the Optimists Club carpool, Drew (Drew Carey) finds out that he just barely escaped being killed in a traffic accident. He finds this out when, upon showing up at work, he hears Mimi (Kathy Kinney) somewhat prematurely celebrating his demise! Convinced that he has been Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew and Kate and Kate's Mom

Synopsis: Susan Saint James guest stars as Kate's hyperjudgmental mother Lynn, who celebrates her daughter's birthday by taking Kate (Christa Miller), Drew (Drew Carey) and Lisa (Kay Selverstone) out to dinner. Throughout the evening, Kate is hesitant to tell Lynn that she is dating Jay (Robert Torti), but Read More

The Drew Carey Show: The Front

Synopsis: Any episode that opens with Tim Allen parachuting into Drew's backyard has got to be an instant classic! Once this bizarre prologue is dispensed with, we shift our attention to Winfred-Louder, where Mr. Bell, angry that he has been forced to fire his assistant-mistress Suzie (Angela Dohrmann) Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew's New Assistant

Synopsis: Drew (Drew Carey) has always wanted a personal assistant, so Mr. Bell gives him one. Unfortunately, the libidinous Mr. Bell has already claimed the voluptuous Suzie (Angela Dohrmann) for himself; thus, Drew is saddled with his eternal "bete noire" Mimi (Kathy Kinney). The ensuing hostility between Read More

The Drew Carey Show: We'll Remember Always, Evaluation Day

Synopsis: The second season of The Drew Carey Show begins with yet another romantic tribulation for the title character (played by himself). Lisa (Katy Selverstone) has lately grown jealous of Drew's lifelong friendship with Kate (Christa Miller) and his dedication to his job. In the latter category, Drew Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Break It Up, Break It Up

Synopsis: Drew (Drew Carey) tries to figure out ways both subtle and blatant to stay out of his own house when Lisa (Katy Selverstone) moves in with her menagerie of pets. Meanwhile, Kate (Christa Miller) begins to doubt that Jay (Robert Torti) is truly willing to commit himself to marriage. Embarrassment Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Something Wick This Way Comes

Synopsis: Craig Ferguson makes his first appearance as Britisher Nigel Wick, the new boss of Drew (Drew Carey) and the rest of the gang at Winfred-Louder. Not only is Mr. Wick insufferably snotty, but he also imposes a series of unpopular cost-cutting ideas, all the while making sure that Drew will shoulder Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Drew Gets Motivated

Synopsis: Inspired by a motivational speaker, Drew (Drew Carey) decides to make himself indispensible to Winfred-Louder by coming up with a brilliant promotional idea: renting animal mascots to change the store's stuffy image. The subsequent "Bull and Camel" TV ads are a spectacular success, prompting Mrs. Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Buzz Beer

Synopsis: Season One of The Drew Carey show concludes with the launching of a brand-new plot tangent that will permeate most subsequent seasons. Upon discovering that Winfred-Louder has been purchased by a Dutch business group, Drew and his fellow workers worry that they'll all soon be unemployed. Hoping to Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Playing the Unified Field

Synopsis: When Lisa (Katy Selverstone) announces her intention to see other men, Drew (Drew Carey) reciprocrates by dating his hardbitten, hard-living hairstylist Soux (played with unbridled ferocity by Jamie Lee Curtis). This proves to be a big-time blunder, not only because Soux somehow manages to imperil Read More

The Drew Carey Show: Science Names Suck

Synopsis: Robert Torti makes his first appearance as Jay Clemens, an old junior-high-school buddy of Drew (Drew Carey), Oswald (Diedrich Bader) and Lewis (Ryan Stiles). Having been preoccupied with her love life for several weeks, Katy (Christa Miller) shows up at Drew's house only to find that her place in Read More

The Drew Carey Show: The Electron Doesn't Fall Far from the Nucleus

Synopsis: So what's "gnu" this week? Well, there's the first series appearance of Drew's dad George Carey (Stanley Anderson), who has returned to Cleveland to accept the Wildebeest Lodge's lifetime achievement award. Encouraged by George to join the Wildebeests himself, Drew (Drew Carey) suddenly finds that Read More

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Mommy Nearest

Synopsis: Now that his mom Vy (Vernee Watson-Johnson) has broken up with her boyfriend, Will (Will Smith) accepts her invitiation to come back to Philadelphia for a family reunion. But he is less obliging--in fact he's downright appalled--when Vy begs him to remain in Philly after he graduates from prep Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Danse Diabolique

Synopsis: "Danse Diabolique" is the title of a "cursed" ballet, which has been performed only three times. On the first two occasions, the prima ballerina has died under mysterious circumstances--and the same thing happens to the unfortunate young lady who stars in the third performance. Suspecting that Read More

P.I. Private Investigations

Synopsis: When newspaper editor Charles Bradley (Anthony Zerbe) makes a call uncovering corrupt Los Angeles cops selling drugs, his phone is tapped and his architect son Joey (Clayton Rohner) is endangered. A detective is killed in Joey's apartment and detective Ryan (Ray Sharkey) is assigned to protect Read More

Alley Cat

Actors: Karin Mani, Robert Torti, Britt Helfer, Michael Wayne, Timothy Cutt

Synopsis: A young woman's grandmother is murdered by a vicious street gang. However, she is the one who is sent to prison for it. When she is finally released, she uses her martial arts skills to fight the gang and bring the real killers to justice. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Last Rights

Synopsis: The sixth season of Quincy M.E. begins as pugnacious, compassionate medical examiner Quincy (Jack Klugman) shows up in a small mill town to lend a helping hand to his colleague Charles Volmer (William Daniels. No sooner has he arrived than Quincy finds himself waist-deep in a brace of ethical Read More

Quincy, M.E.: The Winning Edge

Synopsis: Quincy (Jack Klugman) performs an autopsy on a high school gymnast who has died of cerebral hemorrhage. Finding evidence of amphetamines and other stimulants, Quincy suspects that the gymnast was supplied with drugs by her "win-at-all-costs" athletic coach. The challenge now is to prove his Read More