Thayer David

Acting

Thayer David

Born 1927-03-04 · Medford, Massachusetts, USA

Acting credits

Rocky poster
7.8

Rocky Balboa is a Philadelphia club fighter who seems to be going nowhere. But when a stroke of fate puts him in the ring with a world heavyweight champion, Rocky knows that it's his one shot at the big time — a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner!

Rocky

1976

The Eiger Sanction poster
6.1

A classical art professor and collector, who doubles as a professional assassin, is coerced out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

The Eiger Sanction

1975

Spider-Man poster
6.3

When an extortionist threatens to force a multi-suicide unless a huge ransom is paid, only Peter Parker can stop him with his new powers as Spider-Man.

Spider-Man

1977

Journey to the Center of the Earth poster
6.9

An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

The Story of Ruth poster
7.4

Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her.

The Story of Ruth

1960

Little Big Man poster
7.4

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

Little Big Man

1970

Night of Dark Shadows poster
6.6

Recently married, Quentin and Tracy Collins have just moved into Collinwood, a New England estate that has long been in the Collins family and which Quentin has just inherited. They soon find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.

Night of Dark Shadows

1971

Fun with Dick and Jane poster
6.6

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977

Save the Tiger poster
6.6

A businessman's professional struggles begin to conflict with his personal life over the course of two days.

Save the Tiger

1973

Baby Face Nelson poster
5.6

Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll.

Baby Face Nelson

1957

The Amazing Howard Hughes poster
6.4

The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

Fore Play poster
3.8

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

Fore Play

1975

House of Dark Shadows poster
6.6

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.

House of Dark Shadows

1970

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic poster
7.5

Sylvester Stallone and John G. Avildsen narrate behind-the-scenes footage from the making of "Rocky" to mark the film's 40th anniversary.

40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

2020

A Time to Love and a Time to Die poster
7.2

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958

Peeper poster
5.1

A detective is hired to locate a girl adopted 30 years earlier whose birth father wants to bequeath her his fortune.

Peeper

1975

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

The Werewolf of Washington poster
3.9

After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very deadly threat to the President.

The Werewolf of Washington

1973

Sudden Death poster
9.0

When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death. Deception, international intrigue and a ruthless "syndicate of businessmen" intent on raping a South Pacific Islands nation of its resources keep the pace fast.

Sudden Death

1977

The Crucible poster
4.5

Landmark TV adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.

The Crucible

1967

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox poster
6.1

A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox

1976

The Secret Night Caller poster
6.6

A man who is the pillar of his community has a secret - he has a compulsion to make obscene telephone calls.

The Secret Night Caller

1975

Happy Mother's Day, Love George poster
6.5

An adopted teen runs away to what he believes to be his birth town and mother, in the hopes of putting together the missing pieces of his identity. He arrives during a wave of disappearances and murders, only to encounter New England aloofness and some very eccentric relatives.

Happy Mother's Day, Love George

1973

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident poster
7.0

The story of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot for the CIA who was shot down in his spy plane over Russia, captured and imprisoned.

Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident

1976