Barbara Tarbuck

Acting

Barbara Tarbuck

Born 1942-01-15 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

Acting credits

Walking Tall poster
6.3

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

Walking Tall

2004

Short Circuit poster
6.7

After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.

Short Circuit

1986

Curly Sue poster
6.4

Bill is a penniless drifter who scams strangers out of just enough money to feed himself and his partner in crime, an orphan girl known as Curly Sue. Bill and Curly Sue target Grey, a yuppie lawyer, but their con takes an unexpected turn when the successful woman begins to like the ramshackle duo. But there's one problem—Grey's jealous, conniving boyfriend, Walker.

Curly Sue

1991

The Death of the Incredible Hulk poster
5.8

In his final attempt to free himself from the curse of the Hulk, Dr. David Banner becomes involved in a dangerous international espionage mission that may finally lead to a cure. As forces close in and the stakes rise, Banner faces an ultimate sacrifice, bringing his tragic journey to a definitive and emotional conclusion.

The Death of the Incredible Hulk

1990

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor poster
5.9

When a young mother is murdered, Chicago police sergeant Jack Reed sets out to find her killer. But the secret world of undercover operations rears its ugly head.

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993

S. Darko poster
4.3

Seven years after the events of the first film, Samantha Darko finds herself stranded in a small desert town after her car breaks down where she is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe's end. As a result, she must face her own demons, and in doing so, save the world and herself.

S. Darko

2009

Just Ask My Children poster
6.8

Based on the true story of a modern-day witch hunt, in which a couple is falsely accused and imprisoned for molesting their own children.

Just Ask My Children

2001

Scanner Cop II poster
5.2

When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind.

Scanner Cop II

1995

The Cracker Factory poster
9.3

Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a feeble suicide attempt.

The Cracker Factory

1979

Big Trouble poster
5.4

Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.

Big Trouble

1986

Mr. Murder poster
5.0

A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels that something strange is going on inside his body and mind. Seven years later, Marty discovers that his double has his same physical appearance but has the personality of a murderer.

Mr. Murder

1998

Out of Time poster
6.3

A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.

Out of Time

1988

The Tie That Binds poster
4.9

A young couple adopts a traumatized child, unaware that her parents are fugitives and murderers who will do anything to get her back.

The Tie That Binds

1995

Come Simi poster
5.0

A neurotic pregnant woman on the verge of giving birth, attempts to reunite her estranged family which includes an impossible mother riddled deeply with Alzheimer's, an aging porn star sister and an intense Aunt, whom the family hasn't seen in 18 years. All in an effort to fix her family history before giving birth. The colorful journey travels from Venice to Van Nuys to Simi Valley and in the end, love must win out.

Come Simi

2015

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story poster
7.3

A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to contact her son, she learns that he died, under questionable circumstances when he was three years old.

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

1992

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story poster
7.5

Before stalking was a well-known crime in North America, there was Theresa Saldana's story. A drifter from the U.K., Arthur Jackson, flies to the U.S. to seek Saldana out. His twisted mission: Jackson planned to murder Saldana, then request the death sentence for himself so he "could join her in paradise." The psychopathic Jackson confronts Saldana on the street in front of her home and stabs her violently several times. No one comes to Theresa's aid except water deliveryman Jeff Fenn, who overpowers Jackson and gets the knife away from him. Jackson is arrested & charged with attempted murder...and Theresa Saldana tells her story of terror and survival as herself in this TV movie.

Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story

1984

A Kiss Goodnight poster
4.0

Advertising exec Natalie engages in a passionate, but brief, love affair with a stranger named Kurt. When Natalie returns to her boyfriend, she finds that Kurt isn't so easily dismissed.

A Kiss Goodnight

1994

Mrs. R's Daughter poster
7.5

When a young woman is brutally raped and beaten, her mother sets out to find justice for her.

Mrs. R's Daughter

1979

Eye of the Stalker poster
7.8

A judge finds that the law is no help when her daughter becomes the object of a college professor's dangerous and terrifying obsession. Inspired by actual events.

Eye of the Stalker

1995

Wild Horses poster
8.0

Wild Horses tells the story of Mills, an established LA photographer, who returns to her native Nevada following an urgent call from her grandmother informing her that a band of wild horses close to their hearts, faces government roundup. In this story, that spans just one day, cruelty, courage, love and memory collide as two generations of women bear witness to the brutality common to wild horse roundups in the American West. Mills is exposed to a complex issue and follows her heart, choosing to ignore the consequences.

Wild Horses

2013

Midnight Witness poster
3.6

Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.

Midnight Witness

1993

Before He Wakes poster
4.0

Initially cleared of "accidentally" killing her husband, an idyllic wife and mother comes under suspicion when police learn that her first husband also perished under similar circumstances. As the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that she'll stop at nothing to protect her secrets.

Before He Wakes

1998

Testing Dirty poster
4.5

Having never used drugs in his life, a teenage boy is shocked to test positive for drugs.

Testing Dirty

1990

A Christmas Without Snow poster
5.7

Leaving her son behind at her parents' home in Omaha, Nebraska, recent divorcée Zoe attempts to start her life anew by moving to San Francisco. Seeking something to fill her lonely hours, she begins singing with a church choir. When new choirmaster Ephraim Adams is hired, Zoe finds his attitudes and ideas difficult to tolerate. Faced with the challenging task of satisfying Adams' unrelenting perfectionism, Zoe is tempted once more to run away from her problems.

A Christmas Without Snow

1980