Acting

Herman Poppe

Born 1939-10-23 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

HERMAN POPPE was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 23, 1939 and has been fortunate enough to spend most of his life as a professional actor - working on Broadway; in Regional Theatre, Equity Waiver Productions, Summer Stock and Shakespeare Festivals; in commercials and on Radio and TV and in Film He studied theatre, film, writing and acting at DePauw University in Indiana where his play, The Other Side of the Night, was the commencement play for the 1962 graduating class. After a year and a half of working on his Masters Degree at Stanford University in California, Herman decided that he wasn't an academic. When one of his professors suggested he audition for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Herman did and was accepted for the 1964 season. This was Herman's deciding moment and he never looked back

Acting credits

The Rocketeer poster
6.5

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

The Rocketeer

1991

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

Pale Rider poster
7.2

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Pale Rider

1985

Stir Crazy poster
6.5

New Yorkers Skip Donahue and Harry Monroe have no jobs and no prospects, so they decide to flee the city and find work elsewhere, landing jobs wearing woodpecker costumes to promote the opening of a bank. When their feathery costumes are stolen and used in a bank robbery, they no longer have to worry about employment — they're sent to prison.

Stir Crazy

1980

F.I.S.T. poster
6.5

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

F.I.S.T.

1978

The Island at the Top of the World poster
6.5

A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished while searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, but when they reach their destination they must escape from some Viking descendants who will kill to keep their existence a secret.

The Island at the Top of the World

1974

Nightmare at Noon poster
4.7

Scientists poison the water supply of a small town, turning the residents into homicidal maniacs who kill each other and anybody who passes through.

Nightmare at Noon

1988

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man poster
8.0

Retired marshal Matt Dillon tracks Arizona rustlers and lands in the middle of the 1880s Pleasant Valley War.

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

1992

Hearts of the West poster
5.6

Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession of the loot box of two crooks who tried to rob him.

Hearts of the West

1975

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying poster
5.3

When Danny unknowingly repossesses the car of a powerful arms merchant, it sets off a chain of violent retaliation. After his friends are killed and his daughter is kidnapped, Danny takes matters into his own hands. It does not matter that the CIA and the FBI are also involved the Dragon's fire is in his fists!

Bloodfist IV: Die Trying

1992

Mixed Blessings poster
6.1

Three couples are followed as they struggle to have children. Pilar and Brad Coleman are both very mature, Brad already has grown up a daughter and Pilar wants to have a baby of her own. Diana and Andy Douglas are a newlywed couple with great careers. It would be difficult for Diana to conceive, so they explore other options, like surrogacy and adoption. Charlie Winwood is an orphan who, like Diana, always wanted to have children. He is married to Barbie, an aspiring actress who isn't too enthusiastic to become a mother.

Mixed Blessings

1995

Carts poster
2.0

A group of misfit shopping cart attendants deal with another day at their dead end jobs.

Carts

2007