Acting

Paul Sparer

Born 1923-12-19 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Acting credits

Loving poster
6.0

Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful illustrator and his feeling that he might still produce something worthwhile.

Loving

1970

The House on Carroll Street poster
5.9

A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.

The House on Carroll Street

1988

Valley Forge poster
7.0

George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary War.

Valley Forge

1975

King of the Gypsies poster
5.9

Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.

King of the Gypsies

1978

Tales from the Darkside poster
5.9

A compilation of episodes from the classic '80s horror anthology TV series "Tales From The Darkside" for the VHS market.

Tales from the Darkside

1990

Murder in Black and White poster
7.0

A recently appointed black police commissioner is killed. So, Frank Janek is assigned to investigate.

Murder in Black and White

1990

No artwork available
3.3

Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason.

Medea

1983

No artwork available
9.0

The fiercely proud Cyrano may be the greatest swordsman in France - or the world - but he dares not reveal his love to the beautiful Roxanne.

Cyrano De Bergerac

1962

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure poster
6.7

In 1620, the Assembly of the Pilgrims decides to emigrate to the young America because of the persecution they suffer by the English crown. The film tells the adventurous journey of the Pilgrims to an unknown land and future.

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure

1979

You Can't Go Home Again poster
3.0

An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world of the 1920s, his married lover, and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius. The story parallels the life of Wolfe himself and his affair with stage designer Aline Bernstein.

You Can't Go Home Again

1979

The Satan Murders poster
9.0

Assured that it's a joke, a berated wife makes a deal with a local Satan occultist for the death of her irritating husband and finds that the Devil doesn't play games.

The Satan Murders

1974

Independence poster
7.5

John Huston directs this film giving relevance and life to the hallowed buildings and ground making up Independence National Historical Park. Through vignettes, the people and events are re-created for the present-day visitor. Featuring Eli Wallach as Benjamin Franklin.

Independence

1976

The Yattering And Jack poster
NR

A three-foot tall demon is sent to corrupt a virtuous, happy go-lucky salesman named Jack Polo during Christmas, but if he touches him then he falls under the man's control.

The Yattering And Jack

1987

Love and Other Sorrows poster
10.0

A drama, set in St. Louis in 1950, concerning an American family and the first courtship and sexual awakening of the teenage son. Ben Griffin lives with his widowed mother and beautiful 22-year-old sister, Dodie. The restoration of the family's affluence seems to hinge on Dodie's romances and hoped-for-marriage to a wealthy husband. But Dodie's ambivalence toward the rich and eligible Sonny confuses and upsets Ben. He wants to trust and believe in love, but worries that he may never find a girl to understand his romantic ideals.

Love and Other Sorrows

1989

Henry James' The Jolly Corner poster
6.5

Expatriate Spencer Brydon returns to his now-empty childhood home, and finds himself obsessed with what his life would have been, had he not left America.

Henry James' The Jolly Corner

1975

Nuremberg: Tyranny on Trial poster
7.3

An examination of the historic Nazi trials at Nuremberg.

Nuremberg: Tyranny on Trial

1995

No artwork available
NR

A timid man with money problems gets into a big card game with some high-rollers.

Big Deal in Laredo

1962

Trick or Treat poster
NR

Town miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare them. This year, he gets his comeuppance.

Trick or Treat

1983