David Purdham

Acting

David Purdham

Born 1951-06-03 · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Acting credits

The Aviator poster
7.2

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The Aviator

2004

Fracture poster
7.3

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.

Fracture

2007

Ali poster
6.7

In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.

Ali

2001

Shade poster
6.2

Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need enough money to enter a game with Stevens, so they decide to strike a deal with fellow crook Larry Jennings to scam a local gangster -- which turns out to be a bad idea.

Shade

2003

Defending Your Life poster
6.9

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

Defending Your Life

1991

My Girl 2 poster
6.1

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.

My Girl 2

1994

Because I Said So poster
5.9

In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.

Because I Said So

2007

Santa and Pete poster
5.8

This warmhearted Yuletide tale tells the story of Grandpa Nichols who is spending his first Christmas alone as a widower. His grandson Pete is riveted by his grandfather's story of St. Nick, and Pete decides that it is his desire to do all he can to help out old St. Nick in any way he can.

Santa and Pete

1999

Lily in Love poster
6.3

Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.

Lily in Love

1984

Piaf poster
4.5

Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Édith Piaf. This recording presents the Tony Award-winning stage play with its original Broadway cast.

Piaf

1984

Coronado poster
4.5

An american woman, in search of her fiance', becomes involved in a revolution of a central-american country.

Coronado

2003

For Their Own Good poster
6.3

A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.

For Their Own Good

1993

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

Solar Flare poster
3.8

A young math genius discovers a huge solar storm on the verge of destroying the Earth's power grid and he must alert the world before a powerful businessman stops him.

Solar Flare

2008

Hart to Hart Returns poster
6.8

Jonathan Hart, the wealthy entrepreneur, and his charming investigative reporter wife, Jennifer, once again get caught up in a mystery, this time involving corrupt government contractors. Aided by their trusty servant Max, who is more family than employee, and their dog Freeway, the Harts try to resolve issues with an investigation into Jonathan’s business dealings with an old friend in the aerospace industry, and find themselves in the midst of a dark plot which will put Jonathan’s freedom, their home, and even their lives in jeopardy.

Hart to Hart Returns

1993

Judgment Day: The John List Story poster
5.7

The pious John List regularly goes to church and is respected by his neighbours. But one day the police finds his wife Helen and their three children slayed in their house - obviously by John, who left two letters for the police and his priest and disappeared. Chief Richland is disgusted by the murder and starts an intensive investigation. In flashbacks we learn about the history of the disaster.

Judgment Day: The John List Story

1993

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped poster
5.3

Arthur Milo, an IRS official with access to detailed personal and financial data, chooses his kidnap victims from his files. Pete Honeycutt is in charge of the case, and Milo taunts him with personal phone calls, eventually threatening his family.

In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped

1995

The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. poster
6.4

Detective Jim Rockford works to uncover facts of the death of a wealthy socialite whose two grown children are accused of murdering her. Complicating matters are Rockford's omnipresent "friend" Angel, and Rockford's ex-wife Kit, a lawyer who represents the children.

The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A.

1994

Alien Nation: Dark Horizon poster
5.7

Followup movie to the TV series about 250,000 aliens, or "newcomers" as they are known, who have by now settled alongside the humans in California. Most of the newcomers were slaves, and the slave masters are now looking for them. They send Aponso to earth to locate the slaves ready for the aliens to pick them up.

Alien Nation: Dark Horizon

1994

Wiseguy poster
5.9

Vinnie Terranova is back, foiling a staged kidnaping of computer mogul Paul Callendar's son in order to probe possible inside information brokering. Meanwhile, McPike is having a hard time working with his young boss, who feels Terranova and McPike are dinosaurs not worth supporting.

Wiseguy

1996

Gut Feeling poster
10.0

A young advertising executive creates the world's hottest ad campaign, only to find himself fired a week later.

Gut Feeling

1999

Munchausen poster
6.7

A mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him sick. Unfortunately, she goes too far.

Munchausen

2013

She Cried No poster
5.7

A college freshman is date-raped and tries to press charges.

She Cried No

1996

The Switch poster
9.3

Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ over the phone. The two meet each other and become friends, though Larry still wishes to end his life. The DJ reluctantly has a switch installed on Larry's life support that Larry can activate at any time (via his mouth) to end his life.

The Switch

1993