Eddie Egan

Acting

Eddie Egan

Born 1930-01-03 · New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Edward Walter "Eddie" Egan (January 3, 1930 in New York City – November 4, 1995 in Miami, Florida) was a New York City Police Department detective whose exploits were the subject of a book and movie, both entitled The French Connection. After retiring from the NYPD, Egan became an actor, portraying small roles in 22 movies and television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eddie Egan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The French Connection poster
7.5

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

The French Connection

1971

Prime Cut poster
6.5

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.

Prime Cut

1972

Cold Steel poster
5.0

On Christmas Eve, Johnny Modine's father is murdered by a psycho cutthroat. The cop swears bloody revenge, though he's taken off the case. He doesn't suspect yet that he's also the target in a diabolic plan of revenge.

Cold Steel

1987

Badge 373 poster
5.7

When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the experience only emboldens him. Ryan eventually learns that his partner was caught up in a Puerto Rican gun-running scheme masterminded by a crook named Sweet Willie, who wants to foment revolutionary war.

Badge 373

1973

Murder Me, Murder You poster
7.3

Private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.

Murder Me, Murder You

1983

To Kill a Cop poster
NR

Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are on a crime spree including the killing of a police officer. He is also trying to battle with a mayor and police commissioner that want him out of his job.

To Kill a Cop

1978

Crazy Times poster
NR

Follows the exploits of three teenage friends sharing the good times back at Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York during the summer of 1955.

Crazy Times

1981

Out of the Darkness poster
6.3

A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.

Out of the Darkness

1985

Cop on the Beat poster
4.7

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."

Cop on the Beat

1975

Night of Terror poster
6.1

A hired killer hunts down a schoolteacher to get something she has. She doesn't know what it is, but he's already killed twice to get it.

Night of Terror

1972

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

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection poster
7.0

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the character of Buddy 'Cloudy' Russo, played in the film by actor Roy Scheider.

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

2001

Let's Go for Broke poster
NR

A TV reporter gets kidnapped to Haiti and fights a series of criminals to rescue other victims and save the world from a secret formula that turns people into ground meat.

Let's Go for Broke

1974

Behind the camera