Don Brockett

Actor

January 30, 1930 (60 years)

† May 2, 1990

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

Don Brockett (January 30, 1930 – May 2, 1995) was an American actor, comedian, producer, and director from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was known for his portrayal of Chef Brockett on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. He had small parts in many major films including Flashdance, Fletch Lives, The Silence of the Lambs, and Bob Roberts. Don Brockett played a zombie in the 1985 George A. Romero film Day of the Dead.

Filmography

8.3

The Silence of the Lambs

Friendly Psychopath

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.

6.5

Flashdance

Pete

Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and encourages her to fulfil her dream.

7.0

Day of the Dead

Featured Zombie

As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.

6.9

Night of the Living Dead

Zombie (uncredited)

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

5.4

Lady Beware

Locksmith

A department store window dresser starts being stalked by a married man who’s obsessed with her.

6.3

Hoffa

Police Captain

A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.

6.0

Fletch Lives

Sheriff

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.

6.5

Bob Roberts

Chairman

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk songs with lyrics espousing far-right conservative social and economic views.

5.4

Passed Away

Froggie

Thrown for a loop by the unexpected news that Dad has suddenly gone to his reward, the grieving eccentric Scanian clan are drawn together in a test of familial endurance that soon has them at each other's throats.

5.5

Houseguest

Happy Marcelli

In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.

6.0

Criminal Justice

Judge Mulino

A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?

6.8

Heart of Steel

Bill

A steel factory that employs most of the town shuts down, leaving a man desperate to keep his family and friends together while alcohol consumes him in this depressing drama.

8.0

Simple Justice

George

When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for the police to decide - and it's a puzzle that becomes more mysterious with each new clue.

6.1

Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore

Judge Mulligan

In the second dramatic case for lawyer Harmon Cobb, he defends an incarcerated woman who is wrongly imprisoned and refused release from a mental institution.

5.4

Rappin'

Store Manager

An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.

5.3

Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh

Police Chief 'Buzz Saw' Ryan

A police detective teams up with his buddy's daughter to investigate cult-ritual mutilations.

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