Ron Underwood Filmography

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Holiday in Handcuffs

Crew: Director

Actors: Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez, Timothy Bottoms

2007
The Year Without a Santa Claus

Crew: Director

Actors: John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Ethan Suplee, Eddie Griffin, Carol Kane

Synopsis: Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr.'s 1974 animated classic comes to vivid life for a whole new generation of viewers in this live action holiday adventure starring John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Eddie Griffin, Ethan Suplee, and Carol Kane. When a depressed Santa Claus (Goodman) announces plans to take Read More

2006
Santa Baby

Crew: Director

Actors: Jenny McCarthy, George Wendt, Ivan Sergei, Tobias Mehler, Kandyse McClure, Michael Moriarty

Synopsis: When Santa's estranged daughter Mary learns that her typically jovial father has fallen too ill to finalize his Christmas plans for the year, she sets her sights on the North Pole and hatches a plan to update her father's outdated system in this family friendly holiday comedy directed by Ron Read More

2006
In the Mix

Crew: Director

Actors: Usher Raymond, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri

Synopsis: R&B star Usher Raymond plays his first starring role in this story which blends crime with romantic comedy. Darrell (Usher Raymond) is a successful club DJ who one night unexpectedly rescues a woman from a dangerous situation. It turns out the woman in question is the wife of Frank Pacelli (Chazz Palminteri Read More

11/23/05
Back When We Were Grownups

Crew: Director

Actors: Blythe Danner, Faye Dunaway, Peter Fonda, Jack Palance

Synopsis: Adapted from the novel by Anne Tyler, the made-for-TV "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation Back When We Were Grownups stars Blythe Danner as 53-year-old Baltimore widow Rebecca Davitch. Having long since given up her dreams of college to get married and raise a family, and also having abandoned Read More

2004
Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Amy Sedaris returns as Gail Fleming, the ditzy actress sister of Monk's nurse-assistant Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram). In the middle of a stage performance, Gail's leading man Hal Duncan (Marc Vann) is stabbed to death by what was supposed to be a retractable prop knife. Sharona must now not only Read More

2003
Monk: Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico

Crew: Director

Synopsis: While vacationing in Mexico, Chip Rosetti, the son of a close friend of the mayor of San Francisco, dies in what appears to be a skydiving accident. Coroner Dr. Madero (Jorge Cervera Jr.) throws a spanner in the works by declaring that Chip wasn't killed by the fall: He was drowned! Despite his Read More

2003
The Adventures of Pluto Nash

Crew: Director

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, Jay Mohr

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy gets way, way out in this futuristic sci-fi comedy. In the year 2087, the Earth's natural resources have been largely depleted, and an increasingly large number of people have taken up residence on the moon, where the pioneering attitude of the new residents has created a culture not Read More

8/16/02
Stealing Sinatra

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Based on actual events, this crime comedy from Adventures of Pluto Nash director Ron Underwood details the farcical kidnapping of legendary singer Frank Sinatra's eldest son (played by Thomas Ian Nicholas). Desperate to gather the money needed to get their fledgling business off the ground, three Read More

2002
Mighty Joe Young

Crew: Director

Actors: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth, David Paymer

Synopsis: This 1998 version of Mighty Joe Young begins with a Gorillas in the Mist-type prologue and then jumps forward twelve years to find Bill Paxton leading a safari expedition to capture the legendary giant (two-ton) gorilla, the subject of the film's title. Paxton's intentions are admirable; he wants Read More

1998
Speechless

Crew: Director

Actors: Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve, Bonnie Bedelia, Ernie Hudson

Synopsis: A mix of political satire and a modern take on 1930's-style screwball comedy, this romance from director Ron Underwood was assumed by many to be based on the real-life relationship between liberal political consultant James Carville and conservative commentator Mary Matalin. Michael Keaton stars Read More

1994
Heart and Souls

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert Downey, Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: Director Ron Underwood follows up his crowd-pleasing hit City Slickers (1991) with this likable, feel-good comedy drama about a selfish businessman who discovers that he's permanently being followed by a group of ghosts. In 1959, a bus accident links the spirits of four fatally injured passengers Read More

1993
City Slickers

Crew: Director

Actors: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater

Synopsis: City Slickers blends sight gags, one-liners, and sincerity, with both humor and drama arising from the characters and their situations. Mitch (Billy Crystal) is a radio station sales executive who finds himself in the throes of a mid-life crisis; accompanied by two friends, Phil (Daniel Stern) and Read More

6/7/91
Tremors

Crew: Director, Screen Story

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire

Synopsis: Tremors is actually two movies in one. On its own terms, it's an enjoyable modern sci-fi horror-thriller, with good pacing and a sense of humor; but it's also a loving tribute to such 1950s low-budget desert-based sci-fi-horror films like Them!, It Came From Outer Space, Tarantula, and The Monolith Monsters Read More

1/19/90
Runaway Ralph

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Based on Beverly Cleary's novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph is an ABC Kidtime special about a mouse named Ralph who leaves home on his motorcycle once his parents ground him. Eventually, Ralph ends up at a summer camp, where he has several adventures. ~ Stephen Thomas Read More

1988
The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Crew: Director

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
Tourist Trap

Crew: First Assistant Director

Actors: Chuck Connors, Jon Van Ness, Jocelyn Jones, Robin Sherwood, Tanya Roberts

Synopsis: In this horror outing, a seemingly abandoned desert gas station turns out to be a grotesque museum filled with murderous mannequins who come to life when visitors come to call. The ill-fated "guests" are lured in by a strange siren's song. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1979