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Airplane!
1980
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
John David Wilder
John David Wilder is known for Airplane! (1980), The Grasshopper (1970) and R.P.M. (1970).
Variel Sánchez
Cast · Known for The Girl
Variel Alejandro Sánchez Ordóñez is a Colombian actor and airplane pilot. He stood out for Vicente Guerra, in the first season of A mano limpia. He subsequently participated in the series The Girl, series for which he won two awards for best supporting actor at the TVyNovelas Awards Colombia, and India Catalina Awards in 2017. And recently in the series El Barón, and Loquito por ti.
The Dog Stars
2026
After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.
The Dog Stars
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After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.
Lee Bryant
Cast · Known for T. J. Hooker, Airplane!
Lee Bryant (born August 31, 1945) is an American actress. She played a hysterical passenger in the 1980 film Airplane!, reprising the role in the 1982 sequel. She also appeared as Sam Waterston's wife in the 1977 conspiracy thriller Capricorn One, and as Jennifer Westfeldt's mother in the romantic comedy Friends with Kids (2011).
Al White
Allen Cliffton White (born May 17, 1942) is an American character actor. He has appeared in various movies, such as Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel, and Back to the Future Part II. Over the course of his Hollywood acting career, White has frequently portrayed police detectives in television and film.
Barbara Mallory
Barbara Mallory was born on 19 March 1948 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress, known for Airplane! (1980), Joni (1979) and Torchwood (2006). She has been married to Lloyd J. Schwartz since 4 January 1976. They have two children.
Ann Nelson
Cast · Known for Airplane!
Ann Nelson (May 27, 1916 – June 2, 1992) was an American actress, known for Airplane! (1980), My Girl (1991) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). She was married to Froyd Nelson and Stanley McDonald.
Robert Hays
Cast · Known for Airplane!
Robert Hays (born July 24, 1947) is an American actor, best known for his roles in film as pilot Ted Striker in Airplane! and its sequel, and for his role as Robert Seaver in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.
John Hancock
Cast · Known for Family Ties
John Hancock was born on March 4, 1941 in Hazen, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), The In-Laws (1979) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He died on October 12, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Ted Chapman
Ted Chapman was born on 21 May 1923 in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and editor, known for Airplane! (1980), Bananas (1971) and Airport '77 (1977). He died on 19 August 1986 in Studio City, California, USA.
Nora Meerbaum
Nora Meerbaum was born on May 13, 1921. She was an actress, known for St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Airplane! (1980) and Code Red (1981). She died on February 7, 2020 in California, USA.
David Hollander
David Hollander was born on 7 August 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Airplane! (1980), The Relic (1997) and Collateral (2004).
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2008
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane. The precariously repaired craft stays airborne just long enough to make it to the African continent. There the New Yorkers encounter members of their own species for the first time. Africa proves to be a wild place, but Alex and company wonder if it is better than their Central Park home.
Patrick Kennedy
Editor · Known for Airplane!
Patrick Kennedy is a two time Emmy nominated editor known for Mr. Mom (1983), Airplane! (1980) and Major Payne (1995).
Jonathan Banks
Cast · Known for Better Call Saul, Beverly Hills Cop, Airplane!
Jonathan Ray Banks (born January 31, 1947) is an American character actor in film and television. Banks dropped out of Indiana University to join a touring company as a stage manager. He went to Australia with the company and stayed on working in theatre there. In 1974, he moved to Los Angeles and performed on stage before picking up bit parts on television. Probably his best-known movie roles are in two films starring Eddie Murphy: 48 Hrs. and Beverly Hills Cop. In 48 Hrs. he plays a character who is a friend of the lead and is killed by the villain, beginning the lead characters' story. In Beverly Hills Cop, he plays a villain who kills the lead characters' friend and begins his story. Other movie roles include appearances in Armed and Dangerous, Freejack, Flipper, Airplane!, Gremlins, Murder Me, Murder You, and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. His biggest break on television, came with the series Wiseguy, in which he played Frank McPike for four years, a role which led to an Emmy award nomination. Although his character was primarily the hero's mentor, stories occasionally featured McPike as hero. In 1981 he appeared as Dutch Schultz on the NBC series the Gangster Chronicles. He also starred on the short-lived science fiction TV series Otherworld, as Kommander Neveen Kroll and in the sitcom Fired Up. Banks has also made guest appearances on TV shows including Alias, CSI, Day Break, Highlander: The Series, Matlock, SeaQuest DSV, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Women of the House and Walker Texas Ranger. Most recently, Banks appeared in the final Season Two episodes of Dexter, and in episodes of ER, Cold Case, and Shark, Modern Family. In the second season finale of Breaking Bad, Banks appeared as a mysterious character named Mike. Banks was made a series regular for the third season.
Pat McNamara
Patrick Sarsfield McNamara, known as Pat McNamara (22 July 1933 – 5 January 2024), was an American film, stage, and television actor born in New York City, New York. He was best known for playing Jim Malone, Eliza's weary father, in the 1996 comedy The Daytrippers, and for memorable supporting roles in Fight Club (1999, as Commissioner Jacobs), The Silence of the Lambs (1991, as Sheriff Perkins), Sleepers (1996), and Instinct (1999, as Dr. Josephson). He also appeared in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), A Chorus Line (1985), Blue Thunder (1983), Crimes of Passion (1984), and The Front (1976, with Woody Allen). He died in Santa Monica, California, at age 90. His television credits span over five decades, including guest appearances in Barney Miller (1975, 1981), M\*A\*S\*H (1972, 1982), NYPD Blue (1993), Law & Order (1991, 1992), St. Elsewhere (1982, 1984), Ally McBeal (1997), Oz (1997–1998, as Dr. Prestopnick), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993, 1995), Party of Five (1994, 1998), and The Beat (2000). His later film credits include The Guru (2002, as Mr. McGee, with Heather Graham), Ash Wednesday (2002, as Murph), Thru: The Hereafter Remains Unknown (2017), and Street to Table (2022). He also appeared on stage, including in The Poison Tree (1976) and Amadeus on Broadway.
Joyce Bulifant
Cast · Known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Match Game, Airplane!
Joyce Collins Bulifant (born December 16, 1937) is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, she is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane!. She was also a frequent panelist on game shows including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus. She has been married a total of 5 times: actor James MacArthur (m. 1958; div. 1968), actor Edward Mallory (m. 1969; div. 1974), producer/director William Asher (m. 1976; div. 1993), Glade Bruce Hansen (m. 2000; div. 2001), and actor Roger Perry (m. 2002; died 2018). She had 2 children with her first husband James MacArthur and 1 son, actor/director John Mallory Asher, with her second husband Edward Mallory. John was also adopted by her third husband William Asher.
Herb Voland
Herbert Maurice Voland (October 2, 1918 – April 26, 1981) was an American actor, best known for his various roles on the sitcom Bewitched, as General Crandell Clayton on the sitcom M*A*S*H during seasons one and two, and the film Airplane! (1980).
Lorna Patterson
Cast · Known for Airplane!
Lorna Patterson is an American film, stage and television actress and, more recently, a Jewish cantor. As an actress, her best-known roles were as Randy, the singing stewardess, in Airplane!, and as the lead in the television series Private Benjamin.
Gerard Murphy
Cast · Known for Batman Begins
Gerard Murphy was a Northern Irish actor of film, television and theatre fame. His most famous film roles included that of The Nord in Kevin Costner's ambitious Waterworld and the corruot Judge Faden in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. On television, he was famous for playing Richard Maynarde in the 1988 Doctor Who 25th anniversary serial Silver Nemesis and for the role of the airplane pilot in the classic Father Ted episode Flight Into Danger from 1996. He died of prostate cancer at the age of 64 in August 2013.
Ron Ely
Ronald Pierce "Ron" Ely (born June 21, 1938) was an American actor and novelist born in Hereford, Texas. Ely is best known for having portrayed Tarzan in the 1966 NBC series Tarzan and for playing the lead role in the 1975 film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze. Ely obtained the role after playing various bit-parts, including an airplane navigator in the 1958 film South Pacific and a guest-starring role on Barbara Eden's first television series, the romantic comedy How to Marry a Millionaire. Ely's height (6' 4") and athletic build also won him the title role in the 1975 film Doc Savage, as well as various guest shots. In a 1978 Fantasy Island episode, for example, Ely portrayed Mark Antony in a Roman military short tunic and breastplate that displayed almost as much of his physique as his Tarzan costume had. From 1960-61, Ely starred in the series The Aquanauts. In the 1980s, Ely hosted the musical game show Face the Music. Additionally, Ely hosted the 1980 and 1981 Miss America Pageants, replacing longtime host Bert Parks. In the 1990s, Ely’s roles included a retired Superman in the 1991 two-part episode "The Road to Hell" of the Superboy syndicated television series, and a big game hunter named Gordon Shaw in the 1992 episode "Tarzan the Hunted" of the syndicated Tarzán TV series (starring Wolf Larson). In recent years Ely has embarked on a successful writing career and has penned two mystery novels featuring private eye Jake Sands: Night Shadows (1994) and East Beach (1995). Until about 2001, Ely made appearances on popular TV shows, his most recent being Sheena and Renegade. He is now retired from acting. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Ely, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Daniella Kertesz
Cast · Known for World War Z
Daniella Kertesz (דניאלה קרטס ) is an Israeli actress who achieved international prominence for her breakout Hollywood film role alongside Brad Pitt in the global blockbuster zombie thriller World War Z (2013). Born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel, into a Jewish family, Kertesz began her acting career in Israeli television and theatre. She built a solid foundation starring in prominent local television series, including the popular teen drama AD 101, the thriller series Masks, and the acclaimed Israeli drama Ha-Metim (The Dead) and Custody. Her major turning point came when she was cast as Segen, a fierce and loyal Israeli soldier and military escort who assists Brad Pitt's character during a global pandemic, most notably in the tense, memorable airplane sequence. Her performance earned widespread praise for her strong screen presence and physical commitment. Following her international film debut, Kertesz has continued to work across stage and television, balancing projects in both Israel and international markets while cementing her reputation for intense, grounded dramatic performances.