Tom McDermott

Acting

Tom McDermott

Born 1912-07-20 · McHenry, Illinois, USA

Tom McDermott was an American stage and screen actor.

Acting credits

Ghostbusters poster
7.5

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

Ghostbusters

1984

The Crucible poster
6.6

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

The Crucible

1996

Jumpin' Jack Flash poster
6.1

Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day, she gets a strange coded message from an unknown source. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout, she remains in contact with this mysterious person, who needs Terry's help save his life.

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986

Liebestraum poster
5.3

A man returns to his hometown and a series of dark secrets are revealed.

Liebestraum

1991

Fore Play poster
3.8

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

Fore Play

1975

Victoria Regina poster
8.0

Julie Harris portrays the famed Queen Victoria over a 60 year span, from the age of 18 through her romance with Prince Albert through her diamond jubilee in 1897.

Victoria Regina

1961

Over the Brooklyn Bridge poster
5.1

A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his domineering father and his haughty fashion-model girlfriend by buying his own restaurant in midtown Manhattan.

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

1984

Playing for Keeps poster
4.0

An ambitious trio of inner-city high school grads tries to hit the big time by turning a run-down country hotel into a rock & roll resort with around-the-clock music and live entertainment. Standing in their way are fearful townsfolk, unscrupulous businessmen and the tax collector, all threatening to bring the curtain down on the teens' aspirations. But this is one threesome who refuses to give up on their lifelong goal without a fight — and a song.

Playing for Keeps

1986

The Substance of Fire poster
6.4

Isaac Geldhart is a Holocaust survivor who, overcome by grief at the recent death of his wife, seems determined to run his publishing firm into the ground by printing books that have no hope of financial success. His son Aaron, who also works at the company, grows frustrated with Isaac's emotional decline and attempts to take over the firm. The resulting crisis involves Isaac's other two children, his daughter Sarah and his dying son Martin.

The Substance of Fire

1996

Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right poster
6.4

Rodney Dangerfield hosts a showcase of comics including himself, Robert Schimmel, Bill Hicks, and Andrew Dice Clay, among others.

Rodney Dangerfield: Nothin' Goes Right

1988