Robert WhiteheadFilmography

Occupation:
Actor, Producer

  • King Solomon's Mines

    Actors: Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Gavin Hood, Roy Marsden, Ian Roberts

    Synopsis: This four-hour cable miniseries adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel King Solomon's Mines dispenses with much of the original story in favor of a standard Indiana Jones-esque melodrama, complete with claim-jumping villains, snarling Russian soldiers, an ancient and deadly Read More

    2004

  • Mr. Bones

    Actors: Leon Schuster, David Ramsey, Faizon Love, Robert Whitehead, Jane Benney

    Synopsis: What would happen if a white child with a couple of odd talents -- one prophetic and one malodorous -- was found and raised by an appreciative, yet hapless African tribe? South African director Gray Hofmeyr attempts to find out in his 2002 family-oriented comedy entitled Mr. Bones. Shortly after Read More

    2001

  • Hijack Stories

    Actors: Rapulana Seiphemo

    Synopsis: One man's dedication to "learning by doing" has dangerous consequences when he tries to land a TV role as a criminal in this drama set in South Africa. Sox Moraka (Tony Kgoroge) is a young actor from a comfortable, middle-class background who thinks he may have gotten his big break when he Read More

    2000

  • Dangerous Ground

    Actors: Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Ving Rhames, Eric Miyeni

    Synopsis: In this drama, a South African exile returns to his homeland to find that justice hasn't brought peace. Vusi Madlazi (Ice Cube) is a student and political activist living in San Francisco; he was born in South Africa, but his connection to anti-apartheid rebels made his family fear for his life Read More

    1997

  • Cry, the Beloved Country

    Actors: James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Vusi Kunene, Leleti Khumalo, Charles S. Dutton

    Synopsis: Alan Paton's classic novel about two fathers coming to terms with personal loss and the emotional scars inflicted on South Africa during the era of apartheid was brought to the screen for a second time with this adaptation, the first major film produced in South Africa after Nelson Mandela's Read More

    1995

  • Kickboxer 5

    Synopsis: Living up to its tagline, "Payback can be deadly," this installment in the popular-on-video Kickboxer series follows the travails of a displaced fighter out to avenge his friend's death. Stepping in for former hero Sasha Mitchell -- who in turn stepped in for original Kickboxer Jean-Claude Van Damme Read More

    1994

  • To the Death

    Synopsis: A kickboxer decides he would like to retire, but tragically, his wife is killed in an explosion which sends him back into the ring. Soon he is involved in an unnaturally violent and crooked tournament. After finding out who is responsible for his wife's death he is intent upon revenge. ~ Kristie Read More

    1993

  • Cyborg Cop

    Actors: David Bradley, John Rhys-Davies, Alonna Shaw

    Synopsis: Burly British actor John Rhys-Davies forsakes the good-guy motions he'd gone through in Raiders of the Lost Ark and TV's The Untouchables to play the villain in 1993's Cyborg Cop. If you've guessed that this is Robocop redux, you're on the money. The title character has been converted from man to Read More

    1993

  • American Eagle

    Actors: Asher Brauner, Robert F. Lyons, Kai Baker

    Synopsis: American Eagle deals with three Vietnam survivors, particularly one who carries a grudge against his war buddies after they stop him from a wanton killing of a Vietnamese civilian. The film delves into the post-Vietnam decades that finds two of the vets unable to leave the violent wartime behind Read More

    1990

  • Shot Down

    Actors: Robert Whitehead, Megan Kruskal

    Synopsis: Produced during the final days of apartheid in South Africa, this drama explores the tangled relations occasioned by this forced complete separation of the races. The story focuses on the eperiences of Paul Gillett (Robert Coleman), a policeman charged with enforcing these draconian laws, who Read More

    1989

  • Hostage

    Actors: Wings Hauser, Karen Black, Kevin McCarthy, Nancy Locke, Robert Whitehead

    Synopsis: Tim Shaw (Kevin McCarthy) is a retired army officer enjoying the life of a farmer on a ranch in South Africa. When a plane bound for Nairobi is hijacked by Arab terrorists, he calls on military veterans to intervene on behalf of the airborne hostages. Karen Black and Wings Hauser co-star in this Read More

    1987

  • Morenga

    Actors: Jacques Breuer, Jurgen Holtz

    Synopsis: Based on a novel of the same title by Uwe Timm and set in 1904 in South Africa, this is an uneven tale of war and intrigue between native South Africans, German colonialists, and British colonialists, a war no one really wins. Gottschalk (Jacques Breuer) and Wenstrup (Edwin Noel) are two German Read More

    1985

  • Producer's Showcase: The Skin of Our Teeth

    Crew: Producer

    Synopsis: Irregularly scheduled on NBC from 1954 through 1957, Producers' Showcase was a series of lavish, full-color 90 minute specials, bringing the best of Broadway to the 21 inch screen. On September 11, 1955, the series expanded to two hours to offer an elaborate "life from Hollywood" staging of Read More

    1955

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