Lou Frizzell

Acting

Lou Frizzell

Born 1920-06-10 · Missouri, USA

Lou Frizzell (June 10, 1920 – June 17, 1979) was an American actor and music director who worked on Broadway productions, television shows and films.

Acting credits

Duel poster
7.4

Traveling businessman David Mann angers the driver of a rusty tanker while crossing the California desert. A simple trip turns deadly, as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.

Duel

1971

Capricorn One poster
6.8

In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of NASA administrators turn the first Mars mission into a phony Mars landing. Under threat of harm to their families the astronauts play their part in the deception on a staged set in a deserted military base. But once the real ship returns to Earth and burns up on re-entry, the astronauts become liabilities. Now, with the help of a crusading reporter, they must battle a sinister conspiracy that will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.

Capricorn One

1977

The Front Page poster
7.3

Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.

The Front Page

1974

The Reivers poster
6.4

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.

The Reivers

1969

Summer of '42 poster
6.7

Over the summer of 1942 on Nantucket Island, three friends -- Hermie, Oscy and Benjie -- are more concerned with getting laid than anything else. Hermie falls in love with the married Dorothy, whose husband is an army pilot recently sent to the battlefront of World War II.

Summer of '42

1971

Lawman poster
6.5

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to Sabbath unaware of his death. Bannock lawman Jered Maddox later arrives there to arrest everyone involved on a charge of murder. Sabbath is run by land baron Vince Bronson, a benevolent despot, who, upon hearing of the death, offers restitution for the incident.

Lawman

1971

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell poster
6.5

A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here poster
5.8

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here

1969

The Stalking Moon poster
5.9

While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was taken captive by an Indian named Salvaje ten years ago, he attempts to escort Sarah and her half-Native American son to his home in New Mexico. However, it soon becomes clear that Salvaje is hot on their trail.

The Stalking Moon

1968

The Other poster
6.5

A series of gruesome accidents plague a small American farming community in the summer of 1935, encircling two identical twin brothers and their family.

The Other

1972

Hickey & Boggs poster
5.9

Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl. | Al Hickey (Cosby) & Frank Boggs (Culp) are two jaded private investigators who get hired to find a missing woman and quickly find themselves submerged in a world of murder and untruths.

Hickey & Boggs

1972

Steel Cowboy poster
9.0

An independent trucker, trying to keep his marriage alive and his rig out of the hands of bill collectors, agrees to haul a cargo of stolen cattle with his good ol' buddy.

Steel Cowboy

1978

Footsteps poster
6.5

A football coach is hired by a small college to shape up its football team, and he finds himself in trouble with local gamblers who don't want the team to improve.

Footsteps

1972

The Nickel Ride poster
5.8

A world-weary crime boss is losing his grip on his organization.

The Nickel Ride

1975

Ruby and Oswald poster
8.0

The most accurate portrait ever made of the events surrounding the Kennedy assassination and the subsequent assassination of Lee Harvey Oswald.

Ruby and Oswald

1978

Rage poster
6.7

An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.

Rage

1972

Our Time poster
7.6

Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.

Our Time

1974

No artwork available
7.0

Mark and Pete Gunnison, members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Colorado State Police, seek to crack a multi-million dollar real estate swindle.

Colorado C.I.

1978

The Andersonville Trial poster
6.3

A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.

The Andersonville Trial

1970

Me poster
10.0

Tomby, a challenged teenage boy, manipulates his family who cater to his every desire. Only his twin brother Greg treats him as a human being capable of development. A powerful drama / dark comedy with a surprising ending.

Me

1973

Halls of Anger poster
5.3

An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transfered there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.

Halls of Anger

1970

Runaway! poster
5.7

A group of skiers are trapped inside a runaway train hurtling down a mountainside.

Runaway!

1973

Money to Burn poster
6.0

A convict who managed to print $1 million in counterfeit bills in the prison print shop hatches a scheme to swap them for real money.

Money to Burn

1973

No artwork available
NR

The Story of Harry S. Truman as he begins his political career in 1929.

The Man from Independence

1974