Vince HowardFilmography

Murder, She Wrote: Portrait of Death

Synopsis: A metal sculpture created by artist Kim Mitchell (Loretta Swit) proves quite versatile when it used as a murder weapon. The victim is Philip Jovi (Edward Hibbert), an art gallery owner with whom Kim did not see eye-to-eye. Fortunately for Kim, her friend Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is on hand to Read More

Lethal Weapon 3

Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Stuart Wilson

Synopsis: Superstars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover return with director Richard Donner for Lethal Weapon 3, the third in the phenomenally successful action series. In this film, Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is only eight days away from retirement and his partner Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) once again manages Read More

A Different World: Honeymoon in L.A., Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of A Different World's two-part Season Six opener, Whitley (Jasmine Guy and Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) continue to recall their chaotic honeymoon in riot-torn Los Angeles. At the same time, the couple's friends react to the violence (inspired by the infamous Rodney King verdict) in Read More

Never Forget

Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Dabney Coleman, Blythe Danner

Synopsis: In this fact-based made-for-cable docudrama, Leonard Nimoy stars as Mel Mermelstein, a Nazi death camp survivor who wages a court battle against the revisionist Institute for Historical Review over their claims that the Holocaust never occurred. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Hunter: Son and Heir

Synopsis: Hunter (Fred Dryer) finds out that the undercover cop (Blake Bahner) who was murdered during his investigation of a computer-chip robbery ring was actually the illegitimate son of Mafia don Sal Scarlatti (played by a pre-Law&Order Jerry Orbach). While Hunter tracks down the killer, the grieving Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Murder--According to Maggie

Synopsis: Diana Canova guests as Maggie McCauley, former student of Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) and now the producer of a TV police show. Shortly after a heated argument between Maggie and the network programmer who is planning to cancel the series, the programmer turns up murdered. With herself Read More

Cheers: The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit

Synopsis: Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) is shocked and appalled when Sam (Ted Danson) is promoted to an executive post with the corporation that owns Cheers. She then discovers that Sam has only gotten the promotion so he can play on the company's softball team. Sam, however, is blissfully unaware of this fact Read More

Cheers: Backseat Becky, Up Front

Synopsis: Upon learning that her boss Evan Drake (Tom Skerritt) is about to be transferred to Japan, Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) despairs, reasoning that she will never have the opportunity to express her ardor. Desperate to have one last moment alone with Evan, Rebecca takes Sam's suggestion to adopt a Read More

Murder, She Wrote: The Corpse Flew First Class

Synopsis: During a non-stop flight to London, a valuable necklace is stolen and the courier hired to guard the necklace is poisoned. One of the passengers is Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), who of course offers her services to Scotland Yard as they try to retrieve the gems and catch the killer. Among Read More

Hunter: The Setup

Synopsis: Hunter (Fred Dryer) recognizes a murder victim as the mistress of crooked international financier Michael Varn (Jack Colvin)--the man suspected of killing Hunter's former partner three years ago. Making it his personal mission to bring Varn to justice, Hunter winds up falling into a well-laid trap Read More

Moving Violations

Actors: Neal Israel, John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, James Keach, Brian Backer, Ned Eisenberg

Synopsis: In this flat attempt at comedy by the director of the Police Academy series, Neal Israel, a brash Dana Cannon (John Murray, brother of Bill) lands in a crooked re-education school for delinquent drivers, run by Deputy Halik (James Keach, brother of Stacey). The objective is to lord it over the Read More

The Red Light Sting

Synopsis: Originally and imprudently titled The Whorehouse Sting, this fact-based, made-for-TV melodrama casts Beau Bridges as federal agent Frank Powell, who makes it his mission to bring slick but deadly racketeer Oliver Sully (Harold Gould) to justice. This undertaking requires Powell and his fellow Read More

Murder, She Wrote: We're Off to Kill the Wizard

Synopsis: The duplicitous owner (James Coco) of a popular theme park engages Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to design a "house of horror". Shortly, thereafter, the owner is murdered in his underground office--an "impossible" crime, inasmuch as the office was securely locked from the inside. Inasmuch as the wife Read More

Quincy, M.E.: The Law Is a Fool

Synopsis: Quincy (Jack Klugman) is an unwilling key player in an elaborate vengeance scheme concocted by arrogant paralegal Carl Norman (Jeff Pomerantz). After the 7-year-old granddaughter of law professor Henry Hillman (Lew Ayres) is kidnapped in broad daylight, Norman calmly walks into police headquarters Read More

Quincy, M.E.: The Unquiet Grave

Synopsis: With great reluctance, Quincy (Jack Klugman) sets out to prove that wealthy Powell Dixon (George Gaynes) was murdered by his wife Jeannina (Ina Balin), who has a history of mental problems. What makes this particular case so difficult is that Jeannina and Quincy had been lovers back in their Read More

The Golden Gate Murders

Actors: David Janssen, Susannah York

Synopsis: Because the producers couldn't get clearance to film on the real Golden Gate bridge, The Golden Gate Murders is enacted upon a distressingly unconvincing studio mock-up. The film itself is far better than its backdrop: David Janssen stars as a detective investigating the supposed suicide of a Read More

The Rockford Files: The House on Willis Avenue, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Jim Rockford (James Garner) and rookie private eye Richie Brockelman (Dennis Dugan) continue to investigate the suspicious death of their mutual mentor Joe Tooley. When the trail of clues leads to crooked computer-company CEO Garth McGregor (Jackie Cooper) Read More

The Rockford Files: The House on Willis Avenue, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of a two-part story, Jim (James Garner) investigates the mysterious death of his mentor Joe Tooley (Paul Fix) on the Ventura Freeway. Assisting Jim--in a manner of speaking--is greenhorn detective Richie Brockelman (Dennis Dugan), who likewise suspects that Tooley's demise was no Read More

Emergency!: All Night Long

Synopsis: Fed up with low-quality television programs, John (Randolph Mantooth) stays up all night--for several consecutive nights--to develop his own TV game show. Back on the job, John joins Roy (Kevin Tighe) in treating an ex-jazz singer who may have heart problems. Other emegencies on tonight's docket Read More

Emergency!: Isolation

Synopsis: A huge rainstorm traps Johnny (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy (Kevin Tighe) at Station 86. It turns out that the two paramedics are the only medical personnel in the area, as the storm causes major power failures and washed-out roads and bridges. Among the patients treated during the crisis are an old Read More

Emergency!: Bottom Line

Synopsis: The paramedics in general and Jim (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy (Kevin Tighe) in particular are outraged when Dr. Morton ({$Ron Pinkard]) insists that they handle all emergency calls equally, regardless of their severity. This new policy poses a number of problems during tonight's case roster, which Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Tissue of Truth

Synopsis: After burying his victim in an underground box with a limited air supply, a kidnapper rushes to the location where the ransom is to dropped--only to be killed in a car crash. Racing against time, the police desperately seek out clues as to the victim's whereabouts before his oxygen runs out. Read More

Emergency!: Loose Ends

Synopsis: After being involved in a fatal car accident, Dr. Brackett (Robert Fuller) is consumed by guilt over the fact that the father of a young girl has been killed--and the girl herself has seemingly gone into shock. Elsewhere, the emergency team is confronted by a raging ammonia fire, and a shootout in Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: Police Buff

Synopsis: Bill Bixby earned an Emmy nomination for his chilling yet pathetic performance as Eric Doyle, a mild-mannered loser who is fascinated by police procedure. Rejected when he tries to join the San Francisco police force, Doyle vows to prove his worth by turning vigilante. Donning an authentic-looking Read More

The Rockford Files: The Trouble With Warren

Synopsis: Much against his will (and his better judgement), Jim (James Garner) gets involved in the trials and tribulations of Warren Weeks (Ron Rifkin), the wimpish cousin of attorney Beth Davenport (Gretchen Corbett). Warren was recently fired from his job by a man who later turned up murdered. The Read More

Emergency!: Smoke Eater

Synopsis: While Captain Stanley is on vacation, his replacement is Captain Robertson (John Anderson), a hardbitten veteran firefighter who sees no value whatsoever in the Paramedic program. Tonight's emergencies include a young asthsma victim (Lee H. Montgomery) trapped in a drain, a berserk biker (Sid Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: The Glass Dart Board

Synopsis: The SFPD homicide squad goes on the search for an elusive sniper who perversely uses the tenants in a new high-rise apartment for "target practice." As if this wasn't enough of a headache for Stone (Karl Malden), he must also deal with an obstreperous new police captain (Patrick O'Neal). This Read More

Baretta: The Fire Man

Actors: Robert Blake, Edward Grover, Tom Ewell, Michael D. Roberts, Chino "Fats" Williams

Synopsis: This time, undercover cop Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) is on the trail of a professional arsonist. In hopes of expediting his assignment, Baretta enlists the aid of a retired pyrotechnics expert -- who, after sustaining serious injuries in a tenement fire, may turn out to be too unstable to be of Read More

Emergency!: To Buy or Not to Buy

Synopsis: Roy (Kevin Tighe) can't make up his mind about buying a house, and suffers the consequences. Back on the job, Roy and his fellow paramedics go to the rescue of a teenage epileptic trapped under a bridge on a concrete beam, and an unconcious girl on the second floor of a burning house. Elsewhere Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: The Most Deadly Species

Synopsis: In retaliation for the death of his son, a big-time hoodlum hires an expert female assassin known as Sydney to murder the three thugs responsible. At the same time, SFPD detective Keller (Michael Douglas) becomes romantically involved with his attractive new neighbor (played by Douglas' Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

Synopsis: This episode is truly episodic, offering poignant and sometimes tragic vignettes occuring during a single San Francisco weekend. The catalyst for the the story is a .25 caliber pistol, hunting by both the police and the underworld alike. In the course of events, the pistol claims two victims: a Read More

Emergency!: Details

Synopsis: Paramedic John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) falls in love with Valerie (Michele Noval) a beautiful hit-and-run victim who is harboring a few secrets. Elsewhere, a belly dancer (Barbara Nichols) consumes one too many diet pills, a cache of improperly stored gasoline causes tragedy, two of the Read More

The Rockford Files: In Pursuit of Carol Thorne

Synopsis: Posing first as a tourist and then as an accountant, Jim (James Garner) begins trailing recent parolee Carol Thorne (Lynette Mettey), who may know the whereabouts of her missing boyfriend Cliff Hoad (Jim Antonio). Hired by Cliff's parents to find their son, Jim is determined not to let Carol out Read More

Ironside: Two Hundred Large

Synopsis: A robbery committed by three men goes horribly awry: one thief is killed, the second escapes, and the third, a lifelong loser named Hardway (Paul Burke), is arrested. While languishing behind bars, Hardway learns that his daughter has been kidnapped--and that the only way he can ransom her is to Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: The Stamp of Death

Synopsis: Earl Holliman plays one of two disreputable insurance agents involved in a deadly scam. A wealthy philatelist has been murdered, an 1850 Guyana stamp worth $300,000 has been stolen, and the crooks are trying to turn a huge profit on a counterfeit of the missing stamp. Also prominent in the Read More

Fuzz

Actors: Burt Reynolds, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt, Yul Brynner, Raquel Welch

Synopsis: Fuzz treads the line between raucous comedy and gut-churning melodrama. Based on an "87th Precinct" novel by Ed McBain (aka Evan Hunter), the film stars Burt Reynolds and Jack Weston as, respectively, detectives Steve Carella and Meyer Meyer. Their current assignment is to bring in Deaf Man (Yul Brynner Read More

Ironside: Cold, Hard Cash

Synopsis: Working undercover, Sgt. Ed Brown (Don Galloway) infiltrates the gang responsible for the kidnapping of the daughter (Kay Lenz) of a famous movie actress (Barbara Rush). Curiously, in his efforts to secure the girl's release, Ed's boss Ironside (Raymond Burr) encounters a stunning lack of Read More

Ironside: Programmed for Panic

Synopsis: The police are stymied by a lack of witnesses and clues as they investigate the murder of a pretty coed in San Francisco park. Hoping to arouse the conscience of The Public, Ironside (Raymond Burr) appears on an all-night TV debate show, begging people to come forward with any information that Read More

Emergency!: Peace Pipe

Synopsis: Fireman Chet Kelly (Tim Donnelly) is determined to learn more about the Native American "roots" of his coworker John Gage (played by Randolph Mantooth, a real-life descendant of the Seminole tribe). Chet's efforts are momentarily abandoned as the emergency staff tackles a huge work load, including Read More

Trouble Man

Synopsis: An inner-city point man is on the run from both the cops and the crooks in this streetwise blaxpolitation drama. T (Robert Hooks) is a combination pool shark, private detective, and all-purpose ghetto fixer who operates out of a billiards parlor in South Central Los Angeles. T has done well for Read More

Mission: Impossible: Ultimatum

Actors: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Murray Hamilton, Barbara Anderson

Synopsis: Murray Hamilton guest-stars as deranged nuclear scientist Dr. Jerome Cooper, who threatens to destroy an unspecified American city with a hydrogen bomb unless the President capitulates to his demands. Normally, the IMF would have no trouble defusing such a bomb; the problem here is to find out Read More

The Man

Actors: Elizabeth Ross, James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, William Windom

Synopsis: Rod Serling, a master of speculative scriptwriting, penned the screenplay of The Man. Set a few days into the future, the story contrives to kill off the President, the vice president, and virtually everyone in line of succession in a bizarre accident. This turn of events elevates Read More

The Barefoot Executive

Actors: Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Harry Morgan, Wally Cox, Heather North

Synopsis: At last the secret has been revealed! Prime-time network programming is determined by a chimpanzee! That's the premise of Disney's The Barefoot Executive, a highly amusing spoof of the TV bizz. Kurt Russell plays a page boy at a bottom-rated TV network. Stuck with his girl friend's (Heather North) Read More

The F.B.I.: Eye of the Needle

Synopsis: Generally cast as a villain in such series as the F.B.I., Richard Kiley is herein seen as the victim. Kidnapped by three homicidal extortionists, pediatrician Herbert Barth (Kiley) manages to break free and escapes into the wilderness. The rest of the episode is a variation on the old "Most Read More

Mission: Impossible: Blues

Actors: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, William Windom

Synopsis: William Windom makes a return visit to Mission: Impossible, again in a villainous characterization. This time, Windom is cast as Stu Gorman, a music-industry executive fronting for the Syndicate. To get the goods on Gorman, IMF agents Barney and Casey pose as blues singers--with Casey taking her Read More

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Actors: Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Ivan Dixon, Suzanne Pleshette

Synopsis: War Games is the streamlined reissue title for the satirical Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? The story is set in a sleepy Southern town, the site of a tranquil army base. Commanding officer Col. Flanders (Don Ameche), anxious to win the hearts and minds of the locals, invites the populace Read More

Company of Killers

Synopsis: In this thriller a police detective must find a renegade assassin who is not only wanted by the cops, he is also wanted by his bosses at Murder, Inc. Conspiracy abounds as the hitman controls other assassin's who keep the police preoccupied by their attempts on the life of a multimillionaire. The Read More

Where It's At

Actors: David Janssen, Robert Drivas, Rosemary Forsyth, Brenda Vaccaro, Warrene Ott

Synopsis: A.C. Smith (David Janssen) is a Las Vegas casino operator whose son visits during his summer vacation from Princeton. His son Andy (Robert Drivas) would rather go to Europe, but daddy dearest wants him to learn the ropes of the gambling business. Pappy approves of and pays for a showgirl to teach Read More

The F.B.I.: A Life in the Balance

Synopsis: A young James Caan heads the guest cast in this episode, wherein the heir to a plastics fortune is kidnapped. Investigating, the FBI finds blood stains at the suspected abduction site, but their labs are unable to determine whose blood it is. In order to solve this mystery--and by extension, save Read More

The F.B.I.: The Homecoming

Synopsis: 15 years after defecting to the Communists, disillusioned American atomic scientist John Streyer (Richard Kiley) secretly returns to the United States. Not surprisingly, Streyer's homecoming is greeted with outright hostility by former friends and loved ones--and worse, a Red assassin has surfaced Read More

Family Affair: Oliver

Synopsis: After much intense negotiation, Bill (Brian Keith) agrees to let the twins' new friend Oliver spend three days in the Davis apartment. What the kids have failed to tell Bill is that Oliver is a huge, slobbering, unhousebroken dog. Not only is having such a pet against apartment-house regulations Read More

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

Actors: Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joyce Van Patten, David Arkin

Synopsis: One of the few 1960s satires of the hippie culture that doesn't appear to be concocted by grumpy old men, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas stars Peter Sellers as Harold Fine, a staid, fortysomething Jewish attorney. Engaged to the equally straitlaced Joyce (Joyce Van Patten), Harold wistfully dreams of Read More

The F.B.I.: The Hero

Synopsis: Chad Everett guest stars as Daniel Sayres, a singularly despicable con artist. Decked out with a phony USAF uniform and a "borrowed" identity from the Vietnam casualty list, Sayres specializes in tricking gullible women into marrying him, whereupon he steals all their money. The FBI is alerted to Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Freeze

Actors: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: Having stolen $10 million, Albert Jenkins (Donnelly Rhodes) allows himself to be arrested for another offense under an assumed name, secure in the belief that, by the time his 14-year sentence has been served, the statute of limitations will have expired and he will be able to recover his stolen Read More

I Dream of Jeannie: Jeannie and the Great Bank Robbery

Synopsis: Once again peeved by Jeannie's persistence, Tony (Larry Hagman) orders her to stop doing favors for him and to help someone else instead. Jeannie (Barbara Eden) tries to oblige, but the first people whom she "helps" turn out to be a pair of bank robbers! Veteran movie tough guy Mike Mazurki shows Read More

The Fugitive: The One That Got Away

Synopsis: Kimble (David Janssen) uses the alias "Bill March" when he signs up as a deckhand on the Mexico-bound yacht skippered by Ralph Schuyler (Charles Bronson). The yacht's only passenger is Felice Greer (Anne Francis), who is heading toward a rendezvous with her embezzler husband Oliver (Charles Read More

Bewitched: Samantha's Da Vinci Dilemma

Actors: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Diane Murphy

Synopsis: When Samantha decides that her house needs painting, helpful Aunt Clara summons up the spirit of the best painter she knows: Leonardo Da Vinci (John Abbott). Trying to undo her misfire spell, Clara inadvertently places Darrin in a Renaissance costume, leading his newest client to mount an ad Read More

The F.B.I.: The Plague Merchant

Synopsis: In desperate need of money for his daughter's operation, research chemist Edward Lennan (Arthur Hill) agrees to sell some stolen vials to foreign spy Jago (Michael Strong). Lennan is convinced that the vials contain only a newly developed cosmetic base. In truth, they are contaminated with a Read More

The Fugitive: Dossier on a Diplomat

Synopsis: In Washington DC for a secret meeting with a journalist who believes in his innocence, Kimble (David Janssen) saves the life of African ambassador Unawa (Ivan Dixon). Out of gratitude, Unawa allows Kimble to hide out in his country's embassy building, where the fugitive is protected by diplomatic Read More

Gidget: A Hard Day's Night

Synopsis: Versatile composer-conductor-comic actor Frank DeVol (remember him as "Happy Kyne" on Fernwood 2-Night?) is cast in this episode as Stew, an old friend of Prof. Russ Lawrence (Don Porter). Called out of town on business, Russ invites Stew to spend the weekend as his house guest. Unfortunately Read More