Joe Seneca

Joe Seneca

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joe Seneca (January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996) was an American film and television actor who had a lengthy Hollywood career, portraying bit parts in many major films and television sitcoms spanning from the 1970s to the 1990s. Seneca was born Joel McGhee in Cleveland, Ohio. Prior to his Hollywood career, Seneca belonged to the R&B singing group "The Three Riffs", performing at upscale supper clubs in New York City. He was also a songwriter and had big hits with "Talk to Me" which was sung by Little Willie John and "Break It to Me Gently", which was a smash twice, once by Brenda Lee in 1962, and once by Juice Newton in 1982. His song "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" was recorded by Ike & Tina Turner, Manfred Mann and The Spencer Davis Group. Arguably his most well-known roles are that of bluesman Willie Brown in Crossroads and Dr. Meddows in The Blob, the evil head of a government team sent to contain the title creature. Seneca also made multiple appearances on The Cosby Show as Hillman President Dr. Zachariah J. Hanes. He also played Alvin Newcastle [1]on an episode of The Golden Girls entitled "Old Friends." Joe appeared in Spike Lee's "School Daze" as the Mission College President McPherson in 1988. Joe appeared on Matlock: The Blues Singer Episode May 9, 1989. Joe also appeared in Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel" Music Video In the late 80's. He died from asthma at the age of 77. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Seneca, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Joe Seneca
  • Popularity: 2.99
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-01-14
  • Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Joe Seneca Movies

  • 1986
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    Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

    Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

    1 1986 HD

    Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to...

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  • 1982
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    The Verdict

    The Verdict

    7.4 1982 HD

    Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a...

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  • 1985
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    Silverado

    Silverado

    6.955 1985 HD

    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...

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  • 1988
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    The Blob

    The Blob

    6.8 1988 HD

    In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it...

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  • 1991
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    Mississippi Masala

    Mississippi Masala

    6.3 1991 HD

    Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land...

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  • 1988
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    School Daze

    School Daze

    5.9 1988 HD

    Fraternity and sorority members clash with other students at a historically black college during homecoming weekend.

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  • 1986
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    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    7.305 1986 HD

    A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

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  • 1987
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    Big Shots

    Big Shots

    6.3 1987 HD

    Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a...

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  • 1994
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    The Vernon Johns Story

    The Vernon Johns Story

    8.5 1994 HD

    In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice...

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  • 1974
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    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    7.5 1974 HD

    In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?

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  • 1977
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    Wilma

    Wilma

    6.4 1977 HD

    The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.

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  • 1984
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    The Evil That Men Do

    The Evil That Men Do

    5.801 1984 HD

    Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a...

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  • 1989
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    Tarzan in Manhattan

    Tarzan in Manhattan

    3.9 1989 HD

    The ape man flies to New York, where cabby Jane and her father help him rescue Cheetah from a madman.

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  • 1981
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    The Gentleman Bandit

    The Gentleman Bandit

    6 1981 HD

    Based on the real-life ordeal of Baltimore priest Bernard Pagano, who was accused of several armed robberies in the late Seventies.

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  • 1987
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    A Gathering of Old Men

    A Gathering of Old Men

    6 1987 HD

    A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. A group of old, black men takes a...

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  • 1984
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    The House of Dies Drear

    The House of Dies Drear

    1 1984 HD

    A young black man and his family move into a home in rural Ohio and discover that during the Civil War it was used by a Dutch immigrant to smuggle...

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  • 1992
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    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    7.5 1992 HD

    A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

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  • 1979
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    Kramer vs. Kramer

    Kramer vs. Kramer

    7.574 1979 HD

    Ted Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes before his family. His wife Joanna cannot take this anymore, so she decides to leave him. Ted is...

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  • 1996
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    A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

    7.4 1996 HD

    A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

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  • 1984
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    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    Solomon Northup's Odyssey

    6.2 1984 HD

    This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works...

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  • 1993
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    The Saint of Fort Washington

    The Saint of Fort Washington

    6.5 1993 HD

    Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even...

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  • 1979
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    The Tenth Month

    The Tenth Month

    8 1979 HD

    An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidentally gets pregnant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.

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  • 1987
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    Moments Without Proper Names

    Moments Without Proper Names

    1 1987 HD

    Moments Without Proper Names makes Parks makes himself the subject, tracing his development as a person and an artist through an hourlong,...

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  • 1990
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    Law & Order

    Law & Order

    7.4 1990 HD

    In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until...

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  • 1985
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    Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

    6.6 1985 HD

    Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new...

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  • 1985
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    The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

    7.552 1985 HD

    Four Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake. Bright, promiscuous, clueless and hilarious, these lovely,...

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  • 1987
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    Friday the 13th: The Series

    Friday the 13th: The Series

    7.265 1987 HD

    Micki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.

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  • 1986
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    Matlock

    Matlock

    7.2 1986 HD

    Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced...

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  • 1993
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    seaQuest DSV

    seaQuest DSV

    7.067 1993 HD

    In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine...

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  • 1988
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    China Beach

    China Beach

    7.339 1988 HD

    Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach filled with wounded soldiers and...

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  • 1989
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    Doogie Howser, M.D.

    Doogie Howser, M.D.

    6.588 1989 HD

    Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a...

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  • 1984
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    The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show

    7.006 1984 HD

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until...

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  • 1985
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    227

    227

    6.8 1985 HD

    A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her...

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  • 1985
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    The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

    7.1 1985 HD

    Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself...

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  • 1994
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    Christy

    Christy

    8.1 1994 HD

    Christy is an American historical fiction drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to August 1995, for twenty episodes. Christy was based on...

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  • 1986
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    Throb

    Throb

    5.7 1986 HD

    Throb is an American television sitcom broadcast in syndication from 1986 to 1988, created by Fredi Towbin. It revolved around thirty-something...

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  • 1985
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    Amazing Stories

    Amazing Stories

    7.474 1985 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

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