Cannonball Run II
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Hal Needham
Burt Reynolds
Dom Deluise
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Shirley Maclaine
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Washed up race car driver J.J. McClure and his mechanic Victor Prinzim enter the cross-country Cannonball Run in a ambulance. In order to look more legitimate, they take along a doctor, Nikolas Van Helsing, and abduct a pretty photographer to pass as their patient.
Director
Hal Needham
Cast
Burt Reynolds
Dom Deluise
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr.
Shirley Maclaine
Marilu Henner
Susan Anton
Jackie Chan
Fred Dreyer
Jamie Farr
Kai Joseph Wong
John Worthington Stuart
Linda Lei
Frank Sinatra
Dub Taylor
Henry Silva
Ricardo Montalban
John Zee
Abe Vigoda
George Lindsey
Jim Nabors
Doug Mcclure
Molly Picon
Shawn Wetherly
Dale Ishimoto
Michael V Gazzo
Chris Lemmon
Arte Johnson
Fred S Ronnow
Catherine Bach
Joe Theismann
Jilly Rizzo
Tim Conway
Don Knotts
Louis Nye
Telly Savalas
Mel Tillis
Richard Kiel
Sidney Hackett
Foster Brooks
Lee Kolima
Charles Nelson Reilly
Sid Caesar
Alex Rocco
Jack Elam
Bob Sheldon
Tony Danza
Sean Alexander
Debi Greco
Jack Smith
Crew
Thomas E Azzari
Ralph Bakshi
Milton L Brown
Al Capps
Raymond Chow
Bill Coker
Tom Connors
Virginia A Cook
Judith A. Cory
Phil Cory
Ray De La Motte
Jan Dewitt
Carol Ann Digiuseppe
Steve Dorff
Teri E. Dorman
Lamont Dozier
Susan Ekins
Tom Ellingwood
Jay Engel
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Nancy Fogarty
Snuff Garrett
Snuff Garrett
Michael A. Genne
Alan Gibbs
Judith Gill
Charlene Goldman
William Gordean
Charles Graffeo
Don Hall Jr.
Jim Henrikson
Ellen Heuer
Brian Holland
Eddie Holland
Joey Ippolito
Donna Keegan
Jerry Ketcham
Charles Darin Knight
John Peter Kousakis
Carl Kress
Gregg Landaker
Don Lykins
Nick Mclean
Harvey Miller
Andre Morgan
Hal Needham
Dan O'connell
Kathy O'rear
Michael O'shea
Janice Parker
Dave Pell
Bill Petrotta
Kathleen Rose
Marlene Rubenstein
Albert S. Ruddy
Albert S. Ruddy
Tim Ryan
Norman Saling
Jack Schrader
Peter Sorel
Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens
Allen L Stone
The Supremes
Don Vargas
Bill Varney
Frank Welker
Hope Williams
Brock Yates
Jack Young
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Louis Nye (1913-2005)
Nye was born on May 1, 1913, in Hartford, Connecticut to Russian immigrants. He began his career in theater in his native Hartford before moving to New York City to break into radio. After a stint in the Army during World War II, Nye returned to find a new medium dawning, television. His start was inauspicious, just a few appearances on the Cavalcade of Stars, but little did he realize that when he was picked up for The Steve Allen Show in 1956 that he, along with other talented comedians like Don Knotts, Tom Poston and Bill Dana, were courting stardom. The program was one of the first sketch series to take off on television. It was justly celebrated for the wacky characterizations that the cast invented, and Nye's Gordon Hathaway was no exception. Sure, his take on the country club elite was a touch prissy and effete, but Nye injected Gordon with a raffish charm and child-like sensibilty that never made the character offensive. If anything, Gordon Hathaway was endearing.
His stint on Steve Allen opened up the movie offers, the first of which, the garish Mamie Van Doren vehicle Sex Kittens Go to College (1960), was not exactly a highpoint in cinema comedy, but he soon settled into some good supporting parts in a slew of films: The Facts of Life (1960), The Last Time I Saw Archie (his best film role, a terrrific comic foil for Robert Mitchum, 1961), The Wheeler Dealers, Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (both 1963), Good Neighbor Sam (another great part as an inept detective, 1964), and A Guide for the Married Man (1967).
Nye's career cooled in the '70s, with an occasional television appearance (Laverne & Shirley, Fantasy Island) and mediocre flicks (Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976), Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978). Eventually, he found solace in voice work for many animated shows, the most popular of them being his long run on Inspector Gadget (1985-99). Still, just when you thought he was out of the limelight, he returned as a semi-regular in the critically acclaimed HBO comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm where for two seasons (2000-2002), he was hilarious as comic Jeff Garlin's sardonic father. Give Mr. Nye his due, he left the stage near the top of his game. He is survived by his wife, Anita; and a son, Peter.
by Michael T. Toole
Louis Nye (1913-2005)
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Released in United States June 1984
Released in United States Summer July 13, 1984
Completed shooting December 1983.
Released in United States June 1984
Released in United States Summer July 13, 1984