Rod Amateau

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

Release Date: 1996-08-21

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 76

Swimsuit

Mrs. Allison is the owner of the Saltare Swimsuit company. Her top man Brian, and his not so bright assitant Willard have to find men and women that can be prospective models for her swimwear. The movie looks at the personal life of many of the young hopefuls. The men and women take strenuous photo shoots and workouts, but few will be chosen.

Release Date: 1989-02-19

Department: Production

Job: Producer

Vote Count: 3

Sunset

Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.

Release Date: 1988-04-29

Department: Writing

Job: Story

Vote Count: 92

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

Seven disgusting kids but nevertheless of interesting personality are being made of the green mud coming out of garbage can. Once alive their master gives them rules to obey although they think that life is funnier without following stupid regulations like no television or no candy. Naturally this will cause some conflicts.

Release Date: 1987-08-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 102

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy is a situation comedy aired in the United States on CBS as part of its 1985 fall lineup. Stir Crazy was based on the hit 1980 film of the same name. The theme song was "Stir It Up" by Patti LaBelle.

Release Date: 1985-09-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 1

Lovelines

Greed, lust, dirty tricks and bloody fist fights... All those things that make life worth living. When Piper and Rick, the two hottest properties in the Battle of the Bands want to make it, only one thing stands in their way. They're from opposing High Schools. And Malibu High's 6'6" muscle-bound monster Godzilla is going to do everything and anything stop his sweet little sister getting it on with some jerk from the Coldwater Canyon High. When all else fails, only Lovelines answering service can keep them together.

Release Date: 1984-11-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 9

High School U.S.A.

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.

Release Date: 1983-10-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 28

Uncommon Valor

The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed by dauntless battalion chief Tom Riordan (Mitchell Ryam), the unit tries to drench a raging conflagration at County General Hospital (a disaster enhanced by some pretty good special effects). They also have to battle the villain of the piece, discreetly described in the original network press release as a "deranged arsonist."

Release Date: 1983-01-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Tow Heads

Daytona Shepherd (Will Bledsoe) and his sister, Carole Lee (Mary Davis), operators of Good Shepherd Tow Service, are pitted against a band of dishonest tow truck operators.

Release Date: 1982-08-14

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Sweeper Operator

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy with her. When her plans misfire, she is swept up into an insane frenzy that means death to anyone who comes between her and her obsession. But the investigating detective is convinced that Billy is the real killer - and determined to prove it. Madness and fanaticism work together to drag all concerned into a terrifying vortex of blood-letting that adds a nightmarish twist to the classic Oedipus story.

Release Date: 1981-11-20

Department: Crew

Job: Stunt Driver

Vote Count: 139

Enos

Enos is an American television series from the 1980–1981 season that aired on the CBS network. A spinoff of The Dukes of Hazzard, Enos focused on the adventures of Enos Strate, a former small-town deputy in Hazzard County, after having moved to Los Angeles to join the L.A.P.D. Each episode featured Enos, alongside his partner Turk, and usually began and ended with Enos writing a letter to Daisy Duke in which he told her of his adventures in Los Angeles. Enos Strate was portrayed by actor Sonny Shroyer in both series. In an attempt to boost ratings, a number of characters from The Dukes of Hazzard were brought in as guest stars but the show still failed to catch on. It was canceled after one eighteen episode season and the character consequently returned to The Dukes of Hazzard in the fall of 1982. In the CBS movie specials The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood!, it was explained that Enos had returned to the L.A.P.D. where he was now a detective after having served on the force for fifteen years.

Release Date: 1980-11-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 3

Supertrain

Supertrain is an American television drama/adventure series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a 2-hour pilot episode.

Release Date: 1979-02-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

The Dukes of Hazzard

Cousins Bo and Luke Duke and their car "General Lee", assisted by Cousin Daisy and Uncle Jesse, have a running battle with the authorities of Hazzard County (Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane), plus a string of ne'er-do-wells often backed by the scheming Hogg.

Release Date: 1979-01-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 316

Son of Hitler

The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler.

Release Date: 1979-01-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 5

The Seniors

Four college seniors open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multi-million dollar business.

Release Date: 1978-06-30

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 10

Drive-In

The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.

Release Date: 1976-05-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 18

The Wilby Conspiracy

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination

Release Date: 1975-02-01

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 33

Where Does It Hurt?

In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bill padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks. Mistrusted by patients, and resented by other staffers, his assistant Alice can no longer endure his scams and plots to have him sent to prison - but not for long enough. Sellers again steals the show with an absurd and hilarious character study.

Release Date: 1972-07-24

Department: Writing

Job: Novel

Vote Count: 9

The Statue

Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to do his work, she gives the statue a spectacular phallus, telling Bolt that he wasn't its model. Thinking he's a cuckold, Bolt goes on a jealous search for a man matching the statue. The diplomat, too, wants changes in the statue to protect his conservative image. Can art and love reconcile?

Release Date: 1971-01-27

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 9

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.

Release Date: 1970-03-25

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 16

Hook, Line and Sinker

Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.

Release Date: 1969-06-06

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 24

O.K. Crackerby

A wealthy Oklahoma widower enlists the help of an unemployed Harvard graduate to tutor his brood on becoming more refined in a stale sitcom that's notable only because it was created by Abe Burrows and Cleveland Amory.

Release Date: 1965-09-16

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

My Mother the Car

The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.

Release Date: 1965-09-14

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 12

Vote Count: 7

Gilligan's Island

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of mismatched castaways, all stranded on an uncharted desert isle after their tiny ship hit stormy weather.

Release Date: 1964-09-26

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 234

The New Phil Silvers Show

The New Phil Silvers Show is an American situation comedy starring comedian Phil Silvers which aired thirty episodes on CBS from September 28, 1963, to April 25, 1964, under the sponsorship of General Foods.

Release Date: 1963-09-28

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 17

Vote Count: 1

The Patty Duke Show

The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke. A total of 104 episodes were produced, most written by Sidney Sheldon.

Release Date: 1963-09-18

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 14

Vacation Playhouse

The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was successful during its first few seasons due to the fact that the show's concept, airing unsold and unaired television pilots, was a popular concept in the 1960s. But during its last two seasons on the air, the series did find some trouble due to the fact that the series were running out of pilots to air and, in their 4th season, they began airing repeats from the three seasons prior. During its 1966 summer run, the series aired eights new pilots and two repeats and during its last year airing five new pilots and four repeats.

Release Date: 1963-07-22

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Mister Ed

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.

Release Date: 1961-01-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 45

Rebel Without a Cause

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

Release Date: 1955-10-27

Department: Crew

Job: Stunt Double

Episode Count: [ 101 ]

Vote Count: 1630

Lassie

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.

Release Date: 1954-09-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 64

The Lone Wolf

Release Date: 1954-04-09

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Also known as 'Mirror Theater', this was an American anthology drama television series.

Release Date: 1953-06-23

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

Release Date: 1953-02-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

Your Jeweler's Showcase

Your Jeweler's Showcase is an American television anthology drama series. At least 21 episodes aired on CBS from November 11, 1952 to August 30, 1953. From January 6, 1953 to May 26, 1953 it alternated weekly with Demi-Tasse Tales.

Release Date: 1952-11-11

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 1

Monsoon

A young woman named Julia brings her fiance and his mother to a village in India to meet her father and brother. Hospitality proves in short supply and things take a turn for the worse when Julia's seductive younger sister arrives.

Release Date: 1952-11-01

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 1

The Bushwhackers

Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.

Release Date: 1951-12-07

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Vote Count: 8

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

Release Date: 1951-10-05

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 3

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.

Release Date: 1950-10-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Episode Count: 3

Vote Count: 16

Born to Be Bad

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

Release Date: 1950-09-28

Department: Crew

Job: Dialogue Coach

Vote Count: 37

In a Lonely Place

A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

Release Date: 1950-05-17

Department: Production

Job: Other

Vote Count: 593

Kiss of Death

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Release Date: 1947-08-27

Department: Crew

Job: Stunts

Vote Count: 148

The Doctor

The Doctor is a half-hour medical anthology series that aired Sunday evenings on the NBC television network from 1952-1953. Hosted by Warner Anderson, the program revolved around emotional problems. The show is notable for having Rod Serling as a writer and Charles Bronson as one of the anthology actors. Other actors who appeared included Anne Jackson, Ernest Truex, Mildred Natwick, and Lee Marvin.

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1