Thaao Penghlis Filmography

Memories of Midnight

Synopsis: Adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's novel features an amnesiac who works to recover her identity and the Greek billionaire who works to make sure that she never does. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Mission: Impossible: Deadly Harvest

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Having been soundly thrashed in the ratings wars by The Cosby Show, ABC wisely (if belatedly) moved the contemporary Mission: Impossible from Thursday to Saturday evenings on January 6, 1990. The first episode in the new time slot was "Deadly Harvest," written by Jan Sardi. In this episode, IMF Read More

Mission: Impossible: Gunslinger

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: The IMF pays a visit to a popular Old West theme park in Nevada, but it isn't for the purpose of rest and relaxation. The park is the headquarters of former congressman Ian McClintock (Michael Greene), the head of an organization specializing in arming terrorists. Well aware that McClintock was Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Sands of Seth

Synopsis: Written by Jeffrey M. Hayes, "The Sands of Seth" guest stars Tim Elliot as Dr. Selim, the curator of a Cairo archeological museum -- and head of an ancient Egyptian cult. Determined to restore the glories of the Egyptian empires of old, Selim murders anyone who does not share his lofty vision. To Read More

The Lookalike

Actors: Melissa Gilbert

Synopsis: Drawn from the novel by Kate Wilhelm, this made-for-cable thriller stars Melissa Gilbert as a grieving young mother who doubts her sanity after seeing the daughter she lost in a car accident. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Assassin

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Several unlikely assassins, all minor government functionaries, have themselves died immediately after bumping off their employers. While investigating, the IMF discovers that all of the killers had been treated at the same Boston stress clinic. Posing as an alcoholic newspaperman, IMF agent Read More

Mission: Impossible: Church Bells in Bogota

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: IMF agent Shannon Reed is dispatched to Bogota by air. Her mission: to locate vicious drug lord Luis Magdalena (Tony Xauet) and put him out of business for keeps. En route, Shannon's plane crashes, causing her to suffer a total loss of memory. Upon awakening, she falls in love with her handsome Read More

Mission: Impossible: Cargo Cult

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Fugitive gangster Michael Otagi (Lani Tupu) has established himself as "the God" of a remote Pacific Island. With the help of his partner Regehr (Adrian Wright), not to mention a lethal mixture of "magic" chemicals, Otagi has also enslaved the native populace for the purpose of mining gold. Read More

Mission: Impossible: Bayou

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Season One of the "new" Mission:Impossible came to an end with the episode titled "The Bayou." Veteran Australian movie villain Frank Thring guest-stars as Jake Morgan, who in concert with his partner Pepper Leveau (Paula Kelly) operates a thriving white-slavery ring in New Orleans. To put Morgan Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Golden Serpent, Part One

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Exceeding all expectations, the weekly Mission: Impossible revival of 1988 managed to weather its first 19 episodes, graduating to a second season beginning September 21, 1989. In a truly ill-considered move, ABC rescheduled the series to Thursdays, opposite NBC's blockbuster sitcom The Cosby Show Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Golden Serpent, Part Two

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: In the second half of the two-part Mission: Impossible adventure "The Golden Serpent," Prince Selimun (Patrick Bishop), one of the heads of an international drug-running operation, comes face to face with his long-dead twin brother. This "reunion" is actually the first stage of an IMF plan to Read More

Mission: Impossible: Submarine

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: The IMF is assigned to cure a computer virus that is capable of sinking the US Navy's entire submarine fleet. But when the only antidote to the virus is destroyed, the agents resort to "Plan B" --- which requires the assistance of a brilliant Hollywood art director. Mitchell Ryan guest-star as Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Devils

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: British aristocrat Lord Holman (John Stanton) is fattening his bank account by blackmailing high-ranking civil servants. Holman's strategy is to lure his victims into getting involved in a devil-worshipping cult which specializes in human sacrifice. To put His Lordship out of business, the IMF Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Plague

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: On assignment in Paris, the new IMF team harks back to the glory days of the original Mission:Impossible by staging a phony plague. It is all part of a strategy to foil black marketeer Catherine Balzac (Maud Adams), who has stolen the only sample of a new chemical that accelerates the aging Read More

Mission: Impossible: Reprisal

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Lynda Day George, who from 1971 to 1973 played IMF agent Lisa Casey on the original Mission:Impossible, here reprises the role in the "new" episode "Reprisal." Casey's life is being threatened by a former colleague, now confined to a mental institution, who has also managed to frame IMF head Jim Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Princess

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Guest star Totti Goldsmith is cast as Elaine, the American-born princess of a European kingdom. The IMF must protect Elaine from being assasinated by an anti-American terrorist group run by George Caron (Robert Coleby). To do this, IMF agents Nicholas and Grant go undercover to join Caron's Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Fuhrer's Children

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: In another variation of a familiar Mission: Impossible theme, the IMF is assigned to prevent a neo-Nazi uprising. Making the task all the more difficult is the fact that several white-supremacist groups have melded into an international coalition. Posing as a pro-Nazi computer genius, Phelps Read More

Mission: Impossible: Banshee

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Arms dealer Brian McCarron (Peter Adams) has grown wealthy by supplying both sides of the never ending "troubles" in Ireland. He is aided and abetted by his faithful lieutenant O'Rourke (Rob Steele), who stages phony acts of terrorism to promote weapon sales. Hoping to put both men out of Read More

Mission: Impossible: For Art's Sake

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Alex Cord guest stars as master art thief Daniel Travers, whose latest heist has stirred up political unrest in a Far Eastern nation. The IMF learns that Travers is using his knowledge of his employers' motives to extort an enormous sum of money. As a means of crushing Travers and restoring peace Read More

Mission: Impossible: Target Earth

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: The launching of the first privately funded, manned space shuttle is postponed by the mysterious death of the vessel's pilot. Investigating the possibility of sabotage, the IMF heads to the Australian launching site, only to be swept up in a terrorist takeover of the facilities. Once again, plucky Read More

Mission: Impossible: Command Performance

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: In the fine tradition of the original Mission: Impossible series, the new IMF team poses as a European circus troupe. The purpose: to locate an artifact proving the atrocities committed by military leader Savitch (Grigor Taylor) and to rescue imprisoned freedom fighter Father Vallis (Ivor Kants). Read More

Mission: Impossible: Countdown

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Preempted by the World Series on October 19, 1989, Mission: Impossible returned on October 26 with the nail-biting episode "Countdown." The IMF heads to Central Asia to disarm a nuclear device that is timed to explode in less than 48 hours. The problem lies in locating the bomb, which has been Read More

Mission: Impossible: War Games

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: General Szabos (Kevin Miles), military leader of the European dictatorship of Sardavia, plans to use his army's annual war games as a cover for his invasion of neighboring Nachbarland. The IMF hopes to thwart Szabos' scheme by capitalizing upon his obsession with astrology. Agent Shannon Reed puts Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Lions

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Prince Mikos (Jeremy Angerson), the 16-year-old heir to the throne of an Asian kingdom, is targetted for assassination by his uncle Ki (James Shigeta). To cover his tracks, Ki has arranged for the murder to take place during Mikos' traditional "Test of Kings" ritual. The IMF shows up to make Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Haunting

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: The "new" Misison:Impossible moved from Sunday to Saturday evenings with the January 28, 1989 episode "The Haunting." The IMF's target is an elusive serial killer whose latest murder may cancel a crucial oil-trade agreement. To stop the villain in his tracks, the IMF agents play a dangerous series Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Pawn

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Written by Billy Marshall-Stoneking, "The Pawn" takes place at a Czechoslovakian test tournament. The IMF is assigned to expedite the defection of Soviet scientist and chess champion Dr. Gregor Antonov (Bryan Marshall) --- and also to rescue Antonov's daughter, who is being held by the police as Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Greek

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Even by drug-dealer standards, Greek millionaire Socrates Colonnades (Cesare Danova) is a particularly odious example. Using his lavish yacht as his headquarters, Colonnades callously diverts funds meant for Third World relief for his own nefarious purposes. To put the scoundrel out of business Read More

Mission: Impossible: Spy

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: Times had certainly changed since the original Mission:Impossible. First telecast March 18, 1989, as part of the "M:I" revival series, "Spy" guest-stars Shane Briant as Dr. Yuri Nicolai, a KGB colonel --- not the villain of the peace, but instead a new member of the IMF team! The mission: To Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Fixer

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Jane Badler

Synopsis: To avoid a Federal Grand Jury indictment, unscrupulous Washington journalist Arthur Six (Richard Romanus) blackmails Senator Oxenford (Terence Donovan) into silence. To put an end to Six's perfidy, the IMF assembles a deucedly clever "turnabout" scheme. Also appearing as a key player in the Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Fortune

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: While in the Florida Keys to prevent deposed dictator Luis Berezan's (Michael Pate) return to power, the IMF tragically loses one of its best agents, the lovely Casey Randall. Thus, the team's efforts to thwart Berezan and his Evita-like wife Emilia (Barbara Luna) becomes a personal vendetta. Jane Read More

Mission: Impossible: The System

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: The IMF's assignment: To persuade Frank Marley (James Sloyan), the manager of a casino in the Bahamas, to turn against his boss, mob kingpin Connors (Gus Mercurio). The strategy: To convince Marley that he is being framed for a money-skimming racket perpetrated by his employer. Robert Hammer's Read More

Mission: Impossible: Holograms

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Broadcast on November 6, 1988 as the third episode of the "new" Mission: Impossible, "Holograms" was actually a remake of "Fakeout", a 1966 installment of the original series. Guest star Gerard Kennedy plays Colonel Usher, a drug-trafficking Carribean dictator. To topple both Usher and his whole Read More

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

Actors: Barbara Carrera, Rebekah Elmaloglou, Hal Holbrook, Thaao Penghlis

Synopsis: The two-part TV movie Emma: Queen of the South Seas stars the incredibly lovely Barbara Carrera. The film is based on the true story of Samoan princess Emma Coe. Part One takes place in the 1860s, as teenaged Emma (Rebekah Elmaloglou) dreams of an exotic life beyond the confines of her hated Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Killer

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Premiering October 23, 1988, the revival of the classic suspense series Mission:Impossible was hobbled during its first few weeks on the air by a Hollywood writer's strike. Thus, several episodes of the new series were remakes of scripts from the "old" version. Case in point was the series' pilot Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Cattle King

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Set in Australia (where the new version of Mission:Impossible was filmed), "The Cattle King" guest-stars David Bradshaw as ruthless arms dealer Douglas Matthews. To prevent Matthews from selling missiles to a terrorist organization, the IMF agents join forces with Mulwara (Warren Owens), an Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Legacy

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: In the original 1966 version of the Mission: Impossible adventure "The Legacy," IMF agents were assigned to thwart a plan hatched by the sons of four high-ranking Nazi officers to finance the launching of a Fourth Reich. In the1988 remake, the sons were rewritten as grandsons, but the basic plot Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Condemned

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Greg Morris, who played electronics expert Barney Collier on the original Mission:Impossible series, guest-stars on the "new" version in the November 20, 1988 episode "The Condemned." Framed for murder, Barney is locked up in a brutal Turkish prison and sentenced to death. It is up to Barney's Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Wall

Actors: Peter Graves, Thaao Penghlis, Tony Hamilton, Phil Morris, Terry Markwell

Synopsis: Once the 1988 Hollywood writers strike had been settled, the Mission:Impossible series revival could stop offering remakes of episodes from the earlier Mission:Impossible and start concentrating on new material. The first "original" episode of the new series was "The Wall," which aired December Read More

Les Patterson Saves The World

Actors: Barry Humphries, Pamela Stephenson, Thaao Penghlis, Andrew Clarke, Henri Szeps

Synopsis: Essentially a showcase for the talents of Australian comedian Barry Humphries, this earthy comedy tells the tale of a boorish and boozy Aussie ambassador and his wife (Humphries plays both characters) who are stationed in a Middle Eastern country. There, they end up saving the world from the Read More

Magnum, P.I.: All Thieves on Deck

Synopsis: In order to flush out the person or persons who have attempted to steal a valuable statuette of the Hawaiian god Amakua, Magnum stage-manages a luxury cruise in which all the passenger roster consists of the principal suspects. Sure enough, murder and mayhem quickly ensue, and it soon becomes Read More

Under Siege

Actors: Hal Holbrook, Peter Strauss

Synopsis: Under Siege was first telecast in February 1986, a time when the notion of foreign terrorists in America was still speculative fiction. A militant group sets off explosives at US Army bases, then branches out to such civilian targets as crowded shopping centers. FBI director Peter Strauss Read More

Sadat

Synopsis: Louis Gossett Jr. was nominated for an Emmy for his portrayal of Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat in this two-part made-for-TV biopic. With 4 hours at its disposal, Sadat is able to trace its protagonist from his formative years fighting against the British occupiers of his country. The second part of Read More

Altered States

Actors: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid, Drew Barrymore, Thaao Penghlis

Synopsis: In this 1980 sci-fi horror film, William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with discovering mankind's true role in the universe. To this end, he submits himself to a series of mind-expanding experiments. By enclosing himself in a sensory-deprivation chamber and taking hallucinogenic Read More

The Silent Lovers

The Bell Jar

Actors: Marilyn Hassett, Julie Harris, Anne Jackson, Barbara Barrie, Donna Mitchell

Synopsis: Poet Sylvia Plath wrote an immensely popular roman à clef, The Bell Jar, which chronicles a woman's descent from functioning as a highly educated, motivated, and capable young woman to being completely incapacitated at the hands of mental illness. Sadly, Plath committed suicide at age 30 Read More

Slow Dancing in the Big City

Actors: Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster, Anita Dangler, Hector Mercado

Synopsis: This sentimental tearjerker is also a slice-of-New York-life melodrama directed by John G. Avildsen as his follow-up to the career-high smash success of Rocky (1976). Paul Sorvino stars as Lou Friedlander, a Manhattan newspaper columnist who is instantly smitten by Sarah Gantz (Anne Ditchburn, who Read More

Kojak: Night of the Piraeus

Synopsis: Kojak (Telly Savalas) investigates when a Greek sailor is murdered just as he disembarks from a freighter. The solution to the crime would seem to be a tiny bit of contraband, smuggled into the country in the dead sailor's best. But what exactly is the smuggled item, and where is it now? Better Read More

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