Acting

Rod Gist

Born 1947-11-11 · Indiana, USA

Acting credits

The Jazz Singer poster
5.9

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

The Jazz Singer

1980

Cutter's Way poster
6.5

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg and an arm. When his drifter playboy friend Richard Bone is falsely accused of murder, Cutter sets out for revenge in his own inimitable style.

Cutter's Way

1981

Shout poster
5.8

A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

Shout

1991

The Gift of Life poster
NR

A young woman is faced with local disapproval and strain on her marriage when she agrees to serve as a surrogate mother.

The Gift of Life

1982

Buddy Buddy poster
6.1

During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.

Buddy Buddy

1981

The Lady in Red poster
5.6

A farm girl's life turns upside down after she moves to Chicago and becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime.

The Lady in Red

1979

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling poster
6.5

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986

The Last Fling poster
4.5

A young woman decides to have one more romantic escapade before marrying her dull fiancé.

The Last Fling

1987

The Dreamer of Oz poster
7.6

The film is the biography of Frank Baum, the children's book author and creator of the fantasy world Oz.

The Dreamer of Oz

1990

The Comeback Kid poster
6.0

A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented playground supervisor who, against her better judgment, put the kids in his charge.

The Comeback Kid

1980

Tunnel Vision poster
4.8

A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.

Tunnel Vision

1976

J-Men Forever poster
6.8

The Lightning Bug has a multi-prong scheme to enslave the earth. First, rock and roll, which the JMen counter with Muzac, then marijuana. Finally, the JMen build a bomb to blow up the moon with, but the Bug beats them to it by self destructing the moon by playing his rock and roll too loud.

J-Men Forever

1979

Crisis in Mid-Air poster
8.0

The life of a stressed-out air controller falls apart as he battles a court case involving a mid-air collision for which an investigator is trying to hold him responsible.

Crisis in Mid-Air

1979

Leather Jacket Love Story poster
5.5

Kyle is 18, an aspiring poet hoping to find inspiration by moving to the arty Silver Lake neighborhood of LA, and maybe love too. On day one, he finds a funky coffee shop, where he hopes to do some writing, but instead meets an older hunk.

Leather Jacket Love Story

1998

Deadly Messages poster
5.8

When Laura unearths an old Ouija board in her closet, her roommate, Cindy, uses it and encounters the spirit of a man that had been murdered in their apartment. After Laura later witnesses Cindy being strangled to death, the authorities arrive to find Cindy missing and no evidence of a crime. Laura sets out to convince everyone that the murder was real while evading the man she feels is Cindy's killer.

Deadly Messages

1985