James Karen
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Character actor Karen has had a 40-year career as an actor. He made his Broadway bow with Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, directed by Elia Kazan. Since then, he has worked continuously in theater, television and film, with such greats as... more
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The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Cast: Will Smith Thandie Newton Dan Castellaneta James Karen Phedon Papamichael   
Tags: Drama Family Drama Inspirational Drama 
Length: 117min
The rousing, true-life story of a single dad who went from living on the streets to owning his own brokerage firm is brought to the big screen by superstar Will Smith, appearing for the first time opposite his real-life son Jaden Smith. Set in...

Cast: Billy Blanks James Karen Roddy Piper Steve Cohen Sal Landi   
Tags: Action Thriller Buddy Film Action 
Length: min
In this actioner, a smart alecky bounty hunter teams up with a G-man to take on a drug-smuggling ring. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast: James Karen Richard Stanley Miko Hughes Kathleen Lloyd   
Tags: Family-Oriented Adventure Family 
Length: 86min
A young boy named Ray (Miko Hughes) and his grandfather (James Karen) have one important thing in common -- they both love airplanes, and Gramps often joins Ray as he flies his model planes in the park. But Ray's parents think that Gramps has grown...

Cast: Georgann Johnson Michael Nouri James Karen Lindsay Wagner Robert Iscove   
Tags: Docudrama Drama 
Length: 97min
Shattered Dreams is a "based on a true story" TV movie starring Lindsay Wagner and Michael Nouri. Wagner is a Washington DC attorney; Nouri is her husband, also an attorney, but one with a profound violent streak. Suffering constant beatings, Wagner...

Cast: James Karen Ben Murphy Shari Belafonte Alan Rachins Tom Kennedy   
Tags: Drama Science Fiction Thriller 
Length: 83min
In this horror outing, a California archaeologist has obtained the sarcophagus of King Tutankhamen and has taken it to his lab to be x-rayed. Unfortunately, the radiation levels he uses are too high and something begins to happen inside the coffin....

Cast: Brooke Adams James Karen Lisa Kudrow Rodman Flender K Callan   
Tags: Science Fiction Horror 
Length: 85min
A married woman who has not been able to successfully conceive a child turns to a specialist who succeeds in inseminating her artificially. Before too long, she hears rumors of the doctor's past and present genetic experiments and when she finally...

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
Cast: Alexandre Trauner James Karen Robert Elswit Terry Frazee Ken Wiederhorn   
Tags: Parody/Spoof Horror Comedy Horror 
Length: 89min
A virtual remake of its predecessor, Return of the Living Dead (1985), which itself was a tongue-in-cheek rip-off of director George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), this follow-up adheres strictly to a gore and gags formula. Jesse Wilson...

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger Arthur A. Seidelman Arnold Stang Taina Elg James Karen   
Tags: Mythological Fantasy Fantasy Adventure Adventure Fantasy 
Length: 93min
Every movie star has to start somewhere, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, then little-known outside of body building circles, made his screen debut in this comic variation on the "sword and sandal" epics popular in the 1950's and '60's. Hercules...

Cast: Louise Fletcher Karen Black Tobe Hooper Laraine Newman Timothy Bottoms   
Tags: Alien Film Science Fiction Thriller 
Length: 102min
Invaders from Mars, horror-film director Tobe Hooper's remake of the classic 1950's science fiction film, directed by William Cameron Menzies, centers on a young boy named David (Hunter Carson) who tries to stop an invasion of his town as aliens take...

The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Cast: Alexandre Trauner John Daly Dan O'Bannon Clu Gulager James Karen   
Tags: Horror Sci-Fi Horror 
Length: 90min
Middle-aged family man Frank (Jim Karen) trains teenaged Freddy (Thom Matthews) for his new job at a medical supply warehouse. In an effort to impress and frighten his young charge, practical joker Frank reveals that the warehouse basement contains a...
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