Murray Langston

Actor

June 27, 1945 (81 years)

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Biography

Murray Langston was born in 1945 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Night Patrol (1984), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) and Wishful Thinking (1990).

Filmography

6.7

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self (uncredited)

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

8.1

The Midnight Special

Self

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.

9.0

The Big Show

Self

The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by NBC for several months in 1980. The series aimed to revitalize the moribund variety television genre, which had been in a downward spiral since the cancellations of The Ed Sullivan Show and The Carol Burnett Show a few years earlier. The Big Show took its title seriously, using a huge stage set and filling a 90-minute time-slot, with at least one two-hour installment broadcast. Although the first broadcast received high ratings, poor reviews and low ratings of succeeding episodes resulted in the program being cancelled after only a few months. The series nonetheless was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning for Outstanding Costume Design. Regular performers included Joe Baker, Graham Chapman, Mimi Kennedy, Shabba-Doo and Pamela Myers. Guest hosts included Steve Allen, Nell Carter, David Copperfield, Geoffrey Holder, Gary Coleman, and Sid Caesar. Skaters who performed in the show included Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, John Curry, and Toller Cranston.

6.7

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Actual Unknown Comic

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

5.3

Repossessed

Man in Car

It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess her! With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller plans to air the exorcism live on TV.

7.0

The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show

Self

American TV variety show hosted by singing group The Hudson Brothers. It ran from 1974-1975.

4.3

Night Patrol

Officer Melvin White / The Unknown Comic

Melvin White, a neurotic, accident-prone cop who gets demoted to the night shift, secretly moonlights as the Unknown Comic, an anonymous stand-up comedian who performs with a paper bag over his head. When someone using the same guise commits a string of bar robberies in town, some begin to suspect that White is the culprit.

4.9

The Being

Arn

Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.

4.0

The Gong Show Movie

The Unknown Comic

A week in the life of "The Gong Show" host and creator Chuck Barris.

5.2

Skatetown, U.S.A.

The Drunk

A street-gang leader challenges a handsome young skater in a championship contest at the local roller-disco rink.

3.9

The Sex and Violence Family Hour

The Unknown Comic / Various Personalities

A jumble of sexual skits such as The Big Salami, The Brady Bang, And Leather And Chains.

5.8

Double Blast

Ticketman

Two kids with martial arts training and their black belt father rescue a professor from gangsters who want a stone tablet that she has discovered may lead to untold riches.

3.5

Stitches

Ramon the Florist

The misadventures of three students in medical school.

4.7

Lightning, the White Stallion

Gorman

When a stolen white stallion escapes his captors, young Stephanie Ward gives him a new home and a new name: Lightning. As she grooms the horse for show-jumping competition, the pair forms an unbreakable bond. But when Stephanie finds herself in need of an expensive operation, and Lightning's original owner tracks him down, Stephanie sets all her hopes on first prize at the Nationals - and on the horse who's become her best friend!

6.0

Up Your Alley

David

Vickie Adderly is an enterprising young newspaper reporter looking for that big story to boost her career. A chance encounter with an adventurous drifter leads her into a world she never imagined... on the streets of L.A. Suddenly, her days are filled with a cast of colorful characters, including Marilyn, an eccentric femme fatale, and a bewildered Russian. Add the attentions of a handsome admirer and it's easy to see how Vickie gets her story and a whole lot more in this charming romantic fable.