Avery Schreiber

Acting

Avery Schreiber

Born 1935-04-09 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Avery Schreiber (April 9, 1935 – January 7, 2002) was an American comedian and actor.

Acting credits

Robin Hood: Men in Tights poster
6.6

Robin Hood comes home after fighting in the Crusades to learn that the noble King Richard is in exile and that the despotic King John now rules England, with the help of the Sheriff of Rottingham. Robin Hood assembles a band of fellow patriots to do battle with King John and the Sheriff.

Robin Hood: Men in Tights

1993

Dracula: Dead and Loving It poster
6.1

When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

1995

Caveman poster
6.7

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

Caveman

1981

The Concorde... Airport '79 poster
4.7

Aviation disaster-prone Joe Patroni must contend with nuclear missiles, the French Air Force and the threat of the plane splitting in two over the Alps.

The Concorde... Airport '79

1979

Hunk poster
5.8

A "devilish" tale about an ordinary guy who is visited by a beautiful apparition promising him popularity and drop-dead good looks in exchange for his soul. Transformed overnight into a "hunk," he soon discovers there may be hell to pay for his new lifestyle!

Hunk

1987

Pinocchio poster
5.2

A lonely wood-carver named Geppetto wishes for a son one night before going to bed. The Blue Fairy comes while he sleeps and partially grants the wish by turning his latest puppet, Pinocchio, into a living marionette. Pinocchio can himself fulfill Geppetto's wish of a real human son if he can prove himself to be a good soul. However, the road to becoming a real boy seems to never end, since his innocence continuously causes a problem, especially when the Evil Gypsy and his two goons want to exploit him. Not to mention, every time that he misbehaves or lies, his nose grows...

Pinocchio

1984

Galaxina poster
3.9

Galaxina is a lifelike, voluptuous android who is assigned to oversee the operations of an intergalactic Space Police cruiser captained by incompetent Cornelius Butt. When a mission requires the ship's crew to be placed in suspended animation for decades, Galaxina finds herself alone for many years, developing emotions and falling in love with the ship's pilot, Thor.

Galaxina

1980

Scavenger Hunt poster
5.6

An eccentric games inventor dies and leaves behind an inheritance worth hundreds of millions of dollars - which will only be given to the person or team, amongst his family and hired help, who wins a madcap scavenger hunt.

Scavenger Hunt

1979

Swashbuckler poster
6.2

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Swashbuckler

1976

Escape poster
5.7

A scientist's experiment could lead to the first man-made, functioning, living organism. An elite escape artist-private investigator is working to stop him.

Escape

1971

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers poster
5.2

This engaging made-for-television movie follows the adventures of Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa, who needs money after her trucker husband, Jack, is shot by hijackers. Fortunately, she finds a partner in Flatbed Annie, a freewheelin' driver. The women form an unlikely but profitable friendship while fending off the repo man who wants the truck and the criminals who are after the cocaine hidden in it.

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

1979

The Last Remake of Beau Geste poster
5.7

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff tries to break their spirit, aware of a dark family secret concerning a fabulous jewel one of them carries. As tensions rise, Arabs attack the fort and rivalries must be thrown aside in a desperate battle for life.

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

Glory Years poster
6.0

A group of former high-school buddies have a reunion in Las Vegas. Thinking to increase their alumni fund, they proceed to use it to gamble at the casinos. Of course, they lose it all. They then get together and try to figure out a way to win it all back.

Glory Years

1987

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready poster
9.0

During World War II, an Italian POW is accidentally drafted into the American army.

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready

1977

Loose Shoes poster
3.9

Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.

Loose Shoes

1978

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special poster
6.0

Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to advertising agencies, this special showcased Martin's genius for physical comedy.

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

1980

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats poster
6.8

Beverly hills dowager leaves everything to Benny the Ball because her only rightful heir, her niece Amy, is missing. But that's only if Benny stays alive for 48 hours. If not, evil butler Snerdly and his mad Russian Wolfhound are next in line - and he's quick to pull every trick in the book to do poor Benny in and the troop sets off to rescue Benny and find the lost heir Amy.

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

1988

Don't Drink the Water poster
5.3

The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.

Don't Drink the Water

1969

Silent Scream poster
5.7

Scotty moves into Mrs. Engels' seaside mansion where three other college students are boarding. Mrs. Engels prefers to stay in her room in the attic, but her son Mason helps the students get settled. Soon one of the students is killed. The policemen on the case begin uncovering the Engels family secret as the remaining students become endangered

Silent Scream

1979

Deadhead Miles poster
6.2

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new cryptic, over-coated hitchhiker buddy.

Deadhead Miles

1972

Goldilocks poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Goldilocks

1970

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back poster
4.2

Eddie and his family have just inherited a spooky wreck of a house. What they do not know about the house is that it was built over an evil passage way, but they are soon to discover the wacky evil it releases.

Saturday the 14th Strikes Back

1988

Dying on the Edge poster
6.0

An ex cop turned insurance investigator tries to hold his life together as he investigates the death of a music producer who may have been murdered.

Dying on the Edge

2001

The Pound Puppies poster
4.0

A female dog from a wealthy family named Violet Vanderfeller is picked up and taken to the city pound, where she meets the gang and discovers their mission of uniting themselves up with homes. The special centers on Violet attempting to reunite with her family, ultimately succeeding.

The Pound Puppies

1985