Wayne Crawford

Writing

Wayne Crawford

Born 1947-02-11 · Geneva, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wayne Crawford is an American film and television actor, and film producer, screenwriter, and director. Crawford has appeared in nearly thirty films, produced 15, written 9, and directed 7. Crawford received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University and has served at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts teaching directing for their School of Filmmaking . The Variety Movie Guide called his portrayal of the title character in the film Jake Speed "well played" and stated he delivered his lines "as an old-fashioned paperback hero would - in cliches". He directed and starred in Crime Lords, which was called "predictable" by DVD & video guide 2005 while the Variety TV Review called it unpretentious and entertaining. He co-wrote and co-produced the film Valley Girl with Andrew Lane He fought against the studio to ensure that Martha Coolidge was maintained as the director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wayne Crawford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Valley Girl poster
6.0

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Valley Girl

1983

Diary of a Hitman poster
5.4

A veteran hitman, Dekker is ready to call it quits and leave the profession. His final job, however, proves to be trickier than expected when a sadistic man recruits the assassin to kill his wife, Jain, and their baby, but he can’t bring himself to do the job, complicating all of their lives.

Diary of a Hitman

1991

Jake Speed poster
4.6

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.

Jake Speed

1986

The Crime Lords poster
6.1

Two ex-cops find themselves alone in their fight against the largest crime syndicate in the world - the Crime Lords. The action takes us from the streets of Los Angeles to the back alleys of Hong Kong in this buddy movie.

The Crime Lords

1991

White Ghost poster
4.8

July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.

White Ghost

1988

Forget About It poster
5.1

Welcome to Sunrise Village, a little piece of trailer park heaven where retired war vets Sam, Carl and Eddie are enjoying their golden Years while vying for the affection of their sexy neighbor. When they stumble upon a stash of mob money, they find themselves on the run from the Mafia and the Feds in this hilarious farce about the myth that age brings wisdom.

Forget About It

2006

No artwork available
6.7

While navigating life with his hyper-protective mother along the enigmatic Outer Banks of North Carolina's coast (site of the first attempted English settlement in the New World), conflicted teen Loren learns of his expecting girlfriend's ambivalence toward him. After a near tragic accident, he must learn to assemble the broken pieces into a stronger, wiser form and approach a more worldly consciousness. A searchlight cast upon the earliest traces of America and the mystery of settlers vanished, Lost Colony scans a once virgin watershed for signs of life.

Lost Colony

2015

No artwork available
9.0

A retrospective of the 1983 film "Valley Girl," featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later

2003

Barracuda poster
4.2

Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.

Barracuda

1978

3:15 the Moment of Truth poster
5.8

Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage reign of terror. Welcome to Lincoln High! Here the cobras rule the school and everyone in it. Everyone except for Jeff Hanna.

3:15 the Moment of Truth

1986

Snake Island poster
3.6

A group of American tourists heading down an African river make a brief stop at Snake Island, an island that has been virtually abandoned for years. When they end up getting trapped on the island overnight, they find thousands of deadly snakes intent on reclaiming the tropical island for themselves.

Snake Island

2002

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve poster
5.9

LA's finest have crossed the thin blue line between Cop and Criminal. Based on a true story.

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

2001

God's Bloody Acre poster
4.1

Three mountain men live a simple life in a forest, until a construction crew shows up to make a park, and the men are prepared to defend their land and lifestyle by any means necessary.

God's Bloody Acre

1975

Headhunter poster
4.1

A Miami cop finds out his wife has a female lover, so he starts crashing on the couch of his female partner. Meanwhile, a voodoo demon from Africa arrives among Miami's Nigerian community and begins decapitating some people and possessing others.

Headhunter

1989

Dog Days of Summer poster
4.8

A mysterious drifter lures two boys into uncovering the secrets of a sleepy southern town.

Dog Days of Summer

2007

Rising Storm poster
5.0

The year is 2099. The United States is ruled by the Reverend Jimmy Joe II, in a dictatorship where big guns and fundamentalist religion are used to keep the masses in control. The Reverend's troopers patrol the streets and the slums with assault rifles, ready to prevent any trouble from the revolutionary Kropfelders.

Rising Storm

1989

Trial by Terror poster
5.0

A couple moves into a new home and find success and happiness, but soon their dream becomes a nightmare when they hear chilling voices in the night, vandalous attacks and a faceless, nameless menace threatens to destroy them. The law won't help, and when an intruder is shot and killed, their ordeal has just begun.

Trial by Terror

1983

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things poster
4.9

Two eccentric fugitives become roommates in Miami to avoid the law, while one dresses in drag as the other's aunt, leading to deception and murder.

Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things

1971

Quiet Thunder poster
6.0

A bush pilot and a senator's wife try to survive in the jungles of Africa after witnessing an assassination.

Quiet Thunder

1988

The Evil Below poster
3.8

A down-on-his-luck sea captain goes treasure hunting for a wrecked Spanish galleon that is rumored to be cursed by God and protected by supernatural forces.

The Evil Below

1989

Tomcats poster
4.0

When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.

Tomcats

1977

Americanski Blues poster
6.0

An LA cop on vacation in Russia is mistaken for a US federal agent and gets pulled into involvement with the Russian Mafia.

Americanski Blues

1995

No artwork available
9.0

A student film production is threatened when its faculty advisor unexpectedly dies. A guest artist agrees to help them, but the star of their movie -- a ravenous monster -- is not amused.

South of Hell

2005

Behind the camera

Valley Girl poster
6.0

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Valley Girl

1983

Valley Girl poster
6.0

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

Valley Girl

1983

Night of the Comet poster
6.2

After a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.

Night of the Comet

1984

Jake Speed poster
4.6

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.

Jake Speed

1986

Jake Speed poster
4.6

Jake Speed (Wayne Crawford) is the lead character in some of the biggest page-turners of the 1940s. A chiseled, heroic action figure, Speed saves lives on paper, but when a young girl is kidnapped and her sister (Karen Kopins) begs the real-life Speed for help, he must find a way to be as gallant as the book hero whose creation he's inspired. Accompanied by the victim's sibling, Speed flies to Africa to see if he's up to the task.

Jake Speed

1986

The Crime Lords poster
6.1

Two ex-cops find themselves alone in their fight against the largest crime syndicate in the world - the Crime Lords. The action takes us from the streets of Los Angeles to the back alleys of Hong Kong in this buddy movie.

The Crime Lords

1991

White Ghost poster
4.8

July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.

White Ghost

1988

Barracuda poster
4.2

Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.

Barracuda

1978

Barracuda poster
4.2

Little coastal town is being terrorized by deadly Barracudas.

Barracuda

1978

Snake Island poster
3.6

A group of American tourists heading down an African river make a brief stop at Snake Island, an island that has been virtually abandoned for years. When they end up getting trapped on the island overnight, they find thousands of deadly snakes intent on reclaiming the tropical island for themselves.

Snake Island

2002

Snake Island poster
3.6

A group of American tourists heading down an African river make a brief stop at Snake Island, an island that has been virtually abandoned for years. When they end up getting trapped on the island overnight, they find thousands of deadly snakes intent on reclaiming the tropical island for themselves.

Snake Island

2002

Snake Island poster
3.6

A group of American tourists heading down an African river make a brief stop at Snake Island, an island that has been virtually abandoned for years. When they end up getting trapped on the island overnight, they find thousands of deadly snakes intent on reclaiming the tropical island for themselves.

Snake Island

2002

Cheering Section poster
4.7

A high school football star tries to romance the new girl at the school who happens to be his coach's daughter.

Cheering Section

1977

Cheering Section poster
4.7

A high school football star tries to romance the new girl at the school who happens to be his coach's daughter.

Cheering Section

1977

Peacemaker poster
5.4

Two aliens arrive on Earth trying to kill each other. This is not easy, since they seem to be able to regenerate lost body parts and survive bullet wounds. Both of them happen to meet a young pathologist Dori Caisson, and each alien tells her that he is a peacemaker (an intergalactic cop) and that the other one is a bad guy. Whom can she trust?

Peacemaker

1990

God's Bloody Acre poster
4.1

Three mountain men live a simple life in a forest, until a construction crew shows up to make a park, and the men are prepared to defend their land and lifestyle by any means necessary.

God's Bloody Acre

1975

God's Bloody Acre poster
4.1

Three mountain men live a simple life in a forest, until a construction crew shows up to make a park, and the men are prepared to defend their land and lifestyle by any means necessary.

God's Bloody Acre

1975

Trial by Terror poster
5.0

A couple moves into a new home and find success and happiness, but soon their dream becomes a nightmare when they hear chilling voices in the night, vandalous attacks and a faceless, nameless menace threatens to destroy them. The law won't help, and when an intruder is shot and killed, their ordeal has just begun.

Trial by Terror

1983

Sweet Bird of Aquarius poster
3.7

A TV cameraman is having marital problems with his beautiful blonde wife. He comes up with the idea of going to a nudist camp as a way to help with their marital and sexual problems.

Sweet Bird of Aquarius

1970

The Evil Below poster
3.8

A down-on-his-luck sea captain goes treasure hunting for a wrecked Spanish galleon that is rumored to be cursed by God and protected by supernatural forces.

The Evil Below

1989

Tomcats poster
4.0

When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.

Tomcats

1977

Tomcats poster
4.0

When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.

Tomcats

1977

Americanski Blues poster
6.0

An LA cop on vacation in Russia is mistaken for a US federal agent and gets pulled into involvement with the Russian Mafia.

Americanski Blues

1995

No artwork available
9.0

A student film production is threatened when its faculty advisor unexpectedly dies. A guest artist agrees to help them, but the star of their movie -- a ravenous monster -- is not amused.

South of Hell

2005