Scott Glenn
Actor
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1941) is an American actor. His roles have included Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), and Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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The Barber (2015)
As: Eugene Van Wingerdt
Eugene is a small town barber, beloved by the local community, but hiding a deadly secret. John is hunting for a serial killer not to expose him but to learn the business! They form a twisted bond and turn the town upside down as Eugene teaches John to kill.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Basel Owies
Stars: Stephen Tobolowsky | Scott Glenn | Kristen Hager | Max Arciniega | Chris Coy
Grizzly (2015)
As: Sully
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: David Hackl
Stars: Thomas Jane | Scott Glenn | Piper Perabo | James Marsden | Michaela McManus
The Paperboy (2012)
As: W.W. Jansen
As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Lee Daniels
Stars: Nicole Kidman | John Cusack | Zac Efron | Matthew McConaughey | David Oyelowo
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
As: Ezra Kramer
New CIA operative, Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Tony Gilroy
Stars: Edward Norton | Stacy Keach | Scott Glenn | Jeremy Renner | Rachel Weisz
Magic Valley (2011)
As: Ed Halfner
As one warm October day unfolds, the sleepy town of Buhl, Idaho will never be the same. A fish farmer finds his crop destroyed, a couple of kids are playing an unusual game in the sun-dappled fields, and after a wild party a sleepless teenager is harboring an awful secret….
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Jaffe Zinn
Stars: Scott Glenn | Johnny Lewis | Brad William Henke | Alison Elliott | Kyle Gallner
Sucker Punch (2011)
As: The Wise Man / The General / The Bus Driver
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Stars: Vanessa Hudgens | Abbie Cornish | Jamie Chung | Jena Malone | Emily Browning
Secretariat (2010)
As: Chris Chenery
Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery - with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin - manages to navigate the male-dominated business, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Randall Wallace
Stars: John Malkovich | Diane Lane | Dylan Walsh | Scott Glenn | Fred Dalton Thompson
W. (2008)
As: Donald Rumsfeld
Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. W takes viewers through Bush’s eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush’s decision to invade Iraq.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Toby Jones | Ioan Gruffudd | Elizabeth Banks | Josh Brolin
Camille (2008)
As: Sheriff Foster
A twisted honeymoon adventure about a young couple on their way to Niagara Falls.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Gregory Mackenzie
Stars: Scott Glenn | James Franco | Ed Lauter | David Carradine | Sienna Miller
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
As: Ezra Kramer
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Stars: Matt Damon | Scott Glenn | Paddy Considine | David Strathairn | Julia Stiles
Freedom Writers (2007)
As: Steve Gruwell
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Richard LaGravenese
Stars: Scott Glenn | Patrick Dempsey | Hilary Swank | Imelda Staunton | Mario
Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
As: Sinatra
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Sinatra and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a client is killed by his wife in their establishment, they find a suitcase with drugs.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Eric Eason
Stars: Alice Braga | Scott Glenn | Catalina Sandino Moreno | Brendan Fraser | Yasiin Bey
Faith of My Fathers (2005)
As: Jack McCain
Faith of My Fathers is based on the story of Lieutenant Commander John McCain's experiences as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for five and a half years during the Vietnam War, interleaved with his memories of growing up in a heritage rich with military service.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Peter Markle
Stars: Joe Chrest | Scott Glenn | Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | Shawn Hatosy | Erin Cottrell
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
As: Charles Duke
Twelve men who belong to one of the world's most exclusive fraternities -- people who've walked on the surface of the moon -- are paid homage in this documentary. Using newsreel footage, rare NASA photographs, and digitally animated re-creations, Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon examines the Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972 which put astronauts on the moon.
Runtime: 40 min.
Directed by: Mark Cowen
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Tom Hanks | Scott Glenn | Bill Paxton | Paul Newman
Gone But Not Forgotten (2005)
As: Martin Darius
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.
Runtime: 150 min.
Directed by: Armand Mastroianni
Stars: Scott Glenn | William Atherton | Brooke Shields | Lou Diamond Phillips | Marilu Henner
Homeland Security (2004)
As: Joe Johnson
Admiral McKee (Tom Skerritt) is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as a senior member of the Office of Homeland Security under Tom Ridge. Once in office Admiral McKee faces the challenge of organising this new office so as ...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Daniel Sackheim
Stars: Tom Skerritt | Scott Glenn | Andrew Robinson | Grant Show
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)
As: Clayton Price
An American government hit man on the run makes a pact with two travelers to help him disappear in the Mexican jungle.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Stars: Scott Glenn | Harvey Keitel | Giovanna Zacarías | Craig Wasson
A Painted House (2003)
As: Eli 'Pappy' Chandler
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Alfonso Aráu
Stars: Logan Lerman | Scott Glenn | Robert Sean Leonard | Arija Bareikis | Melinda Dillon
Page to Screen: The Silence of the Lambs (2002)
As: Interviewee
Documentary about the adaptation of the 1988 novel by Thomas Harris into the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme. Originally presented in two parts on Bravo Television.
Runtime: 41 min.
Directed by: David Snyder
Stars: Peter Gallagher | David Hibbard | Ted Tally | Richard Marek | Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
The Shipping News (2001)
As: Jack Buggit
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Stars: Pete Postlethwaite | Kevin Spacey | Cate Blanchett | Julianne Moore | Judi Dench
Training Day (2001)
As: Roger
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Stars: Tom Berenger | Harris Yulin | Scott Glenn | Denzel Washington | Ethan Hawke
Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
As: Sergeant Lee
Set just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, Sgt. Ray Elwood is an American soldier stationed at a German army camp. A soldier because a judge gave him a choice between the army and jail, Ray spends much of his free time cooking cocaine for the MPs. When a soldier dies and a toxicology screen shows an alarming level of illegal narcotics, someone is sent in to investigate.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix | Ed Harris | Anna Paquin | Scott Glenn | Elizabeth McGovern
Vertical Limit (2000)
As: Montgomery Wick
Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base camp for help. Brother Peter hears Annie's message and assembles a team to save her and her group before they succumb to K2's unforgiving elements. But, as Annie lays injured in an icy cavern, the rescuers face several terrifying events that could end the rescue attempt -- and their lives.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Stars: Scott Glenn | Bill Paxton | Chris O'Donnell | Robin Tunney | Izabella Scorupco
The Last Marshal (1999)
As: Cole McClary
Marshall McClary, one of the most violent, racist, foul- mouthed Marshalls in Texas, is in the middle of resolving a hostage situation (by shooting everyone he sees) when the FBI agents show up, interfering with his negotiation, and ending the event with McClary being wounded and two of the criminals escaping. After hearing that the two fugitives has fled to Miami, McClary follows behind them, working with ...
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Mike Kirton
Stars: Raymond Cruz | Scott Glenn | Lisa Boyle | Randall Batinkoff | Constance Marie
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
As: Father Moody
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Sofia Coppola
Stars: A.J. Cook | Kirsten Dunst | James Woods | Kathleen Turner | Josh Hartnett
Naked City: Justice with a Bullet (1998)
As: Sgt. Daniel Muldoon
A pair of taxi-driving NYC detectives take up the case of tourists who are robbed of their money and luggage by a shady limo driver. Things get dicey when the tourists accidentally get mixed up in a drug dealer's murder and money heist, while the detectives go after a hit man posing as a friend from the `hood'.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Jeff Freilich
Stars: Giancarlo Esposito | Scott Glenn | Kathryn Erbe | Courtney B. Vance | Robin Tunney
Firestorm (1998)
As: Wynt Perkins
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted killer Earl Shaye, who escaped from the prison with several of his inmates posing as firefighters to recover $37,000,000 in stashed loot.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Dean Semler
Stars: William Forsythe | Scott Glenn | Suzy Amis | Christianne Hirt | Howie Long
Lesser Prophets (1997)
As: Iggy
The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his brother, now a suicide, had lost to them
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: William DeVizia
Stars: Michael Badalucco | John Turturro | Scott Glenn | Jimmy Smits | Elizabeth Perkins
Absolute Power (1997)
As: Bill Burton
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller from and starring Clint Eastwood and based on a novel by David Baldacci.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Ed Harris | Laura Linney | Scott Glenn | Gene Hackman | Clint Eastwood
Carla's Song (1996)
As: Bradley
A Glasgow man (Robert Carlyle) visits war-torn Nicaragua with a refugee (Oyanka Cabezas) tormented by her memories.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Ken Loach
Stars: Louise Goodall | Scott Glenn | Robert Carlyle | Salvador Espinoza | Oyanka Cabezas
Courage Under Fire (1996)
As: Gartner
A US Army officer had made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up and he was reassigned to a desk job. Later he was tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness to be awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. At first all seemed in order then he begins to notice inconsistencies between the testimonies of the witnesses....
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Stars: Matt Damon | Denzel Washington | Lou Diamond Phillips | Meg Ryan | Michael Moriarty
Edie & Pen (1996)
As: Harry
In this comedy, two women head for Reno to get simultaneous quicky divorces and end up becoming friends. Edie was married years ago, but her husband abandoned her two weeks after the wedding. Pen spent nine years married to an ice-cold businessman who neglected her.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Matthew Irmas
Stars: Stuart Wilson | Jennifer Tilly | Stockard Channing | Chris Sarandon | Scott Glenn
The Flight of the Dove (1996)
As: William B. Rickman
A beautiful spy trades sex for secrets. A reclusive explosives expert is haunted by a tragic past. When these two meet, the sparks fly...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Steve Railsback
Stars: Scott Glenn | Theresa Russell | Lane Smith | Terence Knox | Katherine Helmond
Reckless (1995)
As: Lloyd
On Christmas Eve, a relentlessly cheerful woman escapes from the killers hired by her husband, and embarks on a series of strange encounters.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Norman René
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker | Scott Glenn | Mia Farrow | Tony Goldwyn
Tall Tale (1995)
As: J.P. Stiles
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Stars: Oliver Platt | Nick Stahl | Scott Glenn | Roger Aaron Brown | Patrick Swayze
Night of the Running Man (1995)
As: David Eckhart
A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he will stop at nothing to recover the money and dispose of all witnesses.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Stars: Andrew McCarthy | Don Stark | Scott Glenn | Matthew Laurance | Antony Ponzini
Past tense (1994)
As: Gene Ralston
A former cop who is now a novelist notices an attractive young woman move in next door to him. He strikes up a conversation, one thing leads to another and he spends the night. She asks him to come back the next evening, but when he does he discovers that she has been killed. When he reports the murder, he is told that no such woman ever lived there, and when he gets back to the house there's a ...
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Graeme Clifford
Stars: Scott Glenn | Anthony LaPaglia | Lara Flynn Boyle | Sheree J. Wilson | David Ogden Stiers
Shadowhunter (1993)
As: John Cain
An L.A. cop tracks down a seemingly mystic murderer on an Indian reservation.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: J.S. Cardone
Stars: Scott Glenn | Benjamin Bratt | Angela Alvarado | Robert Beltran | Tim Sampson
Extreme Justice (1993)
As: Dan Vaughn
Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the job done, even if it means murder.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Stars: Andrew Divoff | Scott Glenn | Lou Diamond Phillips | Chelsea Field | Yaphet Kotto
Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
As: Stephen Broderick
A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: James Glickenhaus
Stars: Scott Glenn | Darlanne Fluegel | Zitto Kazann | Sheila Tousey | Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus
The Player (1992)
As: Himself
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Tim Robbins | Whoopi Goldberg | Greta Scacchi | Peter Gallagher | Fred Ward
Backdraft (1991)
As: John 'Axe' Adcox
They say a blast of flames can take a life ... and hide a secret. But now firemen brothers Brian and Stephen McCaffrey are battling each other over past slights while trying to stop an arsonist with a diabolical agenda from torching Chicago.
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Ron Howard
Stars: Kurt Russell | Robert De Niro | Donald Sutherland | Jennifer Jason Leigh | William Baldwin
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)
As: H.D. Dalton
Scott Glenn is H.D., a champion rodeo rider whose career is ruined after being gored by a bull. He returns home to discover things have drastically changed -- the family farm has been abandoned, his old girlfriend Julie (Kate Capshaw) is a now a widowed mother, and his sister Cheryl (Tess Harper) has put his father (Ben Johnson) in a nursing home. H.D. rescues his father from the home and returns him ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Stuart Rosenberg
Stars: Scott Glenn | Gary Busey | Ben Johnson | Kate Capshaw | Tess Harper
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
As: Jack Crawford
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Scott Glenn | Ted Levine | Anthony Hopkins | Jodie Foster | Anthony Heald
The Hunt for Red October (1990)
As: Commander Bart Mancuso
A new Soviet nuclear missile sub (a Boomer) heading out on her maiden voyage that is being tracked by a Los Angeles class American submarine suddenly goes silent and "disappears". This focuses the attention of both U.S. Intelligence and the U.S. Navy on the Russian Sub Commander . When it is determined that the silent Soviet Boomer may be headed for American coastal waters panic ensues. A CIA analyst, ...
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: John McTiernan
Stars: Sean Connery | James Earl Jones | Scott Glenn | Sam Neill | Alec Baldwin
Miss Firecracker (1989)
As: Mac Sam
A girl from Yazoo City, Mississippi pins all her hopes on winning the local beauty pageant.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Thomas Schlamme
Stars: Tim Robbins | Scott Glenn | Mary Steenburgen | Alfre Woodard | Holly Hunter
The Verne Miller Story (1988)
As: Verne Miller
Upon his release from prison, Verne Miller works his way into Al Capone's organization. He becomes a top assassin and earns Capone's trust. However, Miller's failing health and an over-sized ego get him into trouble with the law and Capone.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Rod Hewitt
Stars: Scott Glenn | Lucinda Jenney | Thomas G. Waites | Barbara Stock | Sonny Carl David
Off Limits (1988)
As: Colonel Dexter Armstrong
McGriff and Albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world - they are plain clothes U.S. military policemen on duty in war-time Saigon. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. Their prime suspect is high ranking U.S. Army officer which brings their lives in danger.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Christopher Crowe
Stars: Willem Dafoe | Scott Glenn | Fred Ward | Gregory Hines | Amanda Pays
Intrigue (1988)
As: Crawford
A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: David Drury
Stars: Scott Glenn | William Atherton | Cherie Lunghi | Robert Loggia | Martin Shaw
Man on Fire (1987)
As: Creasy
An ex-CIA agent is hired to protect the daughter of a rich American family.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Élie Chouraqui
Stars: Joe Pesci | Scott Glenn | Jonathan Pryce | Brooke Adams | Jade Malle
As Summers Die (1986)
As: Willie Croft
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Jean Claude Tramont
Stars: Scott Glenn | Jamie Lee Curtis | Bette Davis | Ron O'Neal | John Randolph
Wild Geese II (1985)
As: John Haddad
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Peter R. Hunt
Stars: Scott Glenn | Edward Fox | Robert Webber | Barbara Carrera | Laurence Olivier
Silverado (1985)
As: Emmett
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.
Runtime: 133 min.
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Stars: Brian Dennehy | Danny Glover | Scott Glenn | Kevin Kline | Kevin Costner
The River (1984)
As: Joe Wade
Farming family battles severe storms, a bank threatening to reposses their farm, and other hard times in a battle to save and hold on to their farm.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Stars: Mel Gibson | Scott Glenn | Sissy Spacek | Billy Green Bush | Shane Bailey
Countdown to Looking Glass (1984)
As: Michael Boyle
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an on-going news broadcast.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Fred Barzyk
Stars: Scott Glenn | Michael Murphy | Helen Shaver
The Keep (1983)
As: Glaeken Trismegestus
Nazis take over an ancient fortress that contains a mysterious entity that wreaks havoc and death upon them.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Michael Mann
Stars: Scott Glenn | Jürgen Prochnow | Gabriel Byrne | Robert Prosky | Alberta Watson
The Right Stuff (1983)
As: Alan Shepard
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra.
Runtime: 193 min.
Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Stars: Ed Harris | Scott Glenn | Fred Ward | Sam Shepard | Dennis Quaid
The Challenge (1982)
As: Rick
Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows the traditional path of the samurai and the other a businessman. At the behest of the businessman, Rick undertakes samurai training from the other brother, but joins his cause. He also becomes romantically involved ...
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Scott Glenn | Calvin Jung | Atsuo Nakamura | Donna Kei Benz | Toshirō Mifune
Personal Best (1982)
As: Terry Tingloff
This film chronicles the relationship of two female world-class athletes. Mariel Hemingway and real-life Olympian pentathlete Patrice Donnelly play runners who train together, compete against each other and eventually become lovers. Scott Glenn plays their coach in this film that culminates with the trials for the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Robert Towne
Stars: Scott Glenn | Mariel Hemingway | Jim Moody | Kenny Moore | Patrice Donnelly
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981)
As: Bill Dalton
Cattle Annie and Little Britches is a 1981 American film[1] starring Burt Lancaster, Rod Steiger, Diane Lane, and Amanda Plummer, based on the lives of two adolescent girls in the late 19th century Oklahoma Territory, who became infatuated with the Western outlaws that they had read about in Ned Buntline's stories and left their homes to join the criminals. It was scripted by David Eyre and Robert Ward ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Lamont Johnson
Stars: Diane Lane | Scott Glenn | Amanda Plummer | Rod Steiger | Burt Lancaster
Urban Cowboy (1980)
As: Wes
After moving to Pasadena, Texas, country boy Bud Davis starts hanging around a bar called Gilley's, where he falls in love with Sissy, a cowgirl who believes the sexes are equal. They eventually marry, but their relationship is turbulent due to Bud's traditional view of gender roles. Jealousy over his rival, Wes, leads to their separation, but Bud attempts to win Sissy back by triumphing at ...
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: James Bridges
Stars: Barry Corbin | Scott Glenn | John Travolta | Debra Winger | Madolyn Smith Osborne
Apocalypse Now (1979)
As: Lieutenant Richard M. Colby
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Runtime: 147 min.
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Stars: Martin Sheen | Robert Duvall | Marlon Brando | Frederic Forrest | Sam Bottoms
More American Graffiti (1979)
As: Newt
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Bill L. Norton
Stars: Ron Howard | Paul Le Mat | Candy Clark | Bo Hopkins | Mackenzie Phillips
She Came To The Valley (1979)
As: Bill Lester
Based on the book by Cleo Dawson, this film follows the struggle of a female settler as she becomes involved in a political conflict during the Spanish-American War.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Albert Band
Stars: Scott Glenn | Dean Stockwell | Ronee Blakley | Freddy Fender
Fighting Mad (1976)
As: Charlie Hunter
An evil corporation tries to pressure a bunch of Arkansas farmers and ranchers to sell their land so they can strip-mine it for coal. The fiercely proud and stubborn Hunter family refuse to give in. This leads to a bitter conflict that results in several casualties. Eventually the take-charge no-nonsense Tom Hunter exacts a harsh revenge on the villains with the help of his bow and arrow.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Scott Glenn | Harry Northup | Peter Fonda | Philip Carey | Gino Franco
Nashville (1975)
As: Pfc. Glenn Kelly
This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal is a British journalist touring the area. These and other stories come together in a dramatic climax.
Runtime: 160 min.
Directed by: Robert Altman
Stars: Karen Black | Ned Beatty | David Arkin | Barbara Baxley | Ronee Blakley
Hex (1973)
As: Jimbang
Set in rural Nebraska following the First World War, six veterans on motorcycles ride into the sleepy little town of Bingo. The locals are friendly until one of the vets beats a local kid in a drag race, after which the six are driven out of town. After coming upon a small farm, the fugitives are allowed to hide out by the two sisters who run the place. Things go smoothly until one of the vets, after ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Leo Garen
Stars: Keith Carradine | Scott Glenn | Cristina Raines | Hilary Thompson | Robert Walker, Jr.
Gargoyles (1972)
As: James Reeger
After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the town, are besieged by a colony of gargoyles living in some nearby caverns.
Runtime: 74 min.
Directed by: Bill L. Norton
Stars: Scott Glenn | Bernie Casey | Cornel Wilde | Jennifer Salt | Grayson Hall
Angels Hard as They Come (1971)
As: Long John
A group of crazy bikers meet up with a group of drug-addicted hippies in a small town, but the two roving factions are soon at odds with one another and chaos ensues.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Joe Viola
Stars: Scott Glenn | Charles Dierkop | James Iglehart | Gary Littlejohn | Gilda Texter
The Baby Maker (1970)
As: Tad Jacks
Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: James Bridges
Stars: Scott Glenn | Barbara Hershey | Jeannie Berlin | Sam Groom | Collin Wilcox Paxton