Joe E. Tata

Acting

Joe E. Tata

Born 1936-09-13 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Acting credits

Death Scream poster
6.6

Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.

Death Scream

1975

Which Way to the Front? poster
4.7

Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not take "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.

Which Way to the Front?

1970

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981" poster
4.8

Updated version of the Jacqueline Susann best selling 1960's novel shows the lives of three very different women who come to New York City to achieve fame and fortune in show business and get all messed up in the process.

Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls "1981"

1981

The Unholy Rollers poster
5.2

Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.

The Unholy Rollers

1972

Hickey & Boggs poster
5.9

Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl. | Al Hickey (Cosby) & Frank Boggs (Culp) are two jaded private investigators who get hired to find a missing woman and quickly find themselves submerged in a world of murder and untruths.

Hickey & Boggs

1972

High Mountain Rangers poster
10.0

Action adventure set in the High Sierra country involving an intrepid ranger who has come out of retirement and, with the special squad he has created, leads the search for a vicious escaped convict who had returned to the mountains. This TV-movie pilot aired nearly a year before the short-lived subsequent series began.

High Mountain Rangers

1987

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story poster
9.5

One of the most moving stories in the annals of sports is presented in this true drama documenting the love affair of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig and his wife Eleanor. Their romance spans the time period from his days of glory with Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees to his unsuccessful battle with an incurable disease. As the story begins, the talented but shy Gehrig is already a popular Yankee slugger when he meets the outgoing Eleanor. Their romance begins hesitantly, but blossoms as they exchange letters while Gehrig is on the road with the team. However, Gehrig's possessive mother becomes a formidable obstacle, first to their marriage and later to their happiness. But their love for one another proves triumphant. In the midst of their happiness, when Gehrig is at the peak of his career, he learns that he is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The courage and dignity exhibited by the Gehrigs during this crisis make this a powerful, memorable film.

A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story

1978

Sisters of Death poster
4.1

During an all-girl secret society initiation, one of the new members is killed playing Russian Roulette. Many years later the survivors are invited for a reunion to a lavish estate, which turns out to be owned by the crazed father of the girl who died.

Sisters of Death

1976

The Last Survivors poster
4.6

When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.

The Last Survivors

1975

Love Is Like That poster
5.5

A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.

Love Is Like That

1992

Confessions of the D.A. Man poster
NR

A dangerous campus radical may go free if the District Attorney's office can't locate any witnesses for the prosecution.

Confessions of the D.A. Man

1978

Terror Out of the Sky poster
5.6

TV sequel to "The Savage Bees" featuring more rampaging insects. This time a marching band and a school bus get in the path of the bees.

Terror Out of the Sky

1978

Mobile Two poster
7.0

A TV reporter whose career was ruined by his drinking gets another chance when he is hired by a TV news program.

Mobile Two

1975

Dead Man on the Run poster
7.5

A government agent who is investigating a colleague's murder discovers a conspiracy to cover up a political assassination.

Dead Man on the Run

1975

Terminal poster
4.8

A hospital in need of funds announces a cure for a form of brain cancer, having saved several wealthy men's lives. When a young girl with the cancer dies, one doctor notices that she and all the cured men had been treated with exactly the same medicine. Investigating further, she uncovers a plot by the administration to locate wealthy men already suffering from a serious condition, and give them the cancer, which can then be treated successfully.

Terminal

1996

Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion poster
8.0

Several cast members from the series gather to reflect on the show and its impact.

Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion

2003

Kill Me If You Can poster
NR

The story of Caryl Chessman, a convicted California rapist who spent 12 years on death row before finally being executed.

Kill Me If You Can

1977

Along Came a Spider poster
5.9

Dr. Janet Furie comes to believe that her husband and fellow scientist were set up to die in a lab accident. She blames another scientist, not only for the murder but also for taking credit for her husband's groundbreaking work. When she can't prove her husband was murdered, she spins a web of intrigue and deceit that results in the suspected scientist being framed for another murder that never actually happened.

Along Came a Spider

1970

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop poster
3.0

14 year police veteran, Evelyn Carter looks to make it to retirement while experiencing the highs and lows of police work in a male-dominated metropolitan police department.

Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop

1980

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra poster
9.0

Suddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and cracks a narcotics ring. Pilot movie for the series "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury."

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra

1971

Batgirl poster
5.5

Promotional short introducing librarian Barbara Gordon as Batgirl for the series "Batman (1966)". Barbara meets Bruce Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson at the Gotham Public Library and is able to help them battling Killer Moth and his gang.

Batgirl

1967

It's Good to Be Alive poster
7.3

This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.

It's Good to Be Alive

1974

A Clockwork Blue poster
2.4

Hapless researcher Homer travels through time, jumping through the erotic history of civilization.

A Clockwork Blue

1972

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II poster
7.0

This sequel to the highly-rated 1979 TV movie provides another fictionalized behind-the-scenes glimpse at the comely squad and the pressures put on them as they face another Super Bowl and an upcoming USO tour.

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II

1980