Ken Kercheval

Acting

Ken Kercheval

Born 1935-07-15 · Wolcottville, Indiana, USA

Acting credits

Network poster
7.8

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

Network

1976

The Seven-Ups poster
6.4

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

The Seven-Ups

1973

F.I.S.T. poster
6.5

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

F.I.S.T.

1978

Pretty Poison poster
6.7

A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.

Pretty Poison

1968

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

Dallas: J.R. Returns poster
5.7

Years after J.R. Ewing lost Ewing Oil and apparently committed suicide, we learn that he is alive and well. He returns to Dallas, and plots what could be his greatest scheme: Bringing his family back together, and regaining control of Ewing Oil from arch-enemy Cliff Barnes. Will he be successful?

Dallas: J.R. Returns

1996

Woman on the Ledge poster
3.3

Three longtime friends each struggle with a major life crisis threatening to destroy her.

Woman on the Ledge

1993

Beretta's Island poster
3.5

Franco Armando - code name Beretta - is forced out of retirement to avenge the cold-blooded murder of a cop. The killer's trail leads to Franco's hometown on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where drugs are turning the peaceful village into a hell hole. The sinister druglord has a sadistic welcome for Franco: the kidnapping of his best friend's beautiful daughter.

Beretta's Island

1994

Too Far to Go poster
3.5

Love and passion, anger and heartbreak, laughter and happiness, all complex textures woven into the fabric so many have come to know as marriage. For behind the seemingly comfortable well-trimmed hedges of suburban Americana, live and often love, Richard and Joan Maple. Adapted from a series of stories appearing in the New Yorker Magazine over a period of twenty three years by Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike ("The Witches of Eastwick", "Rabbit Run"), "Too Far To Go" garnered overwhelming critical praise in its theatrical debut. With its exceptional cast, this film envelops us in a poignant, sometimes funny, sometimes exasperating journey through this most important relationship.

Too Far to Go

1979

Corporate Affairs poster
3.3

An executive discovers that his former lover has given their firm's CEO a fatal heart attack during sex.

Corporate Affairs

1990

I Still Dream of Jeannie poster
6.3

Col. Nelson is on a long-term, top-secret space mission. Jeannie cannot bring him home (temporarily) to hear their son's important academic presentation without knowing exactly where he is in the first place. The general in charge of the mission won't reveal anything. Things are further complicated when Jeannie's sister (Jeannie II) reminds Sham-Ir, the head of the genies, that a genie on Earth cannot go more than 3 months without an earthly master. (Col. Nelson is no longer Earthly, being in space.) Sham-Ir give Jeannie I a fortnight (14 days) to either find Col. Nelson or get a new master, a single male. (Col. Healy can't help, since he's now married.)

I Still Dream of Jeannie

1991

The Patricia Neal Story poster
6.5

The dramatic account of actress Patricia Neal's miraculous recovery from a near-fatal stroke in 1966 with the help of her then-husband, author Roald Dahl, and their close friend, veteran actress Mildred Dunnock.

The Patricia Neal Story

1981

The Promise poster
NR

Mackenzie Miller, a 25-year-old successful beauty, is looking for her Mr. Right but fears she will never find him because of a promise she made to her dying grandmother.

The Promise

2017

Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork poster
9.0

The original cast of Dallas reunites at Southfork Ranch to remember the popular 1980's drama nighttime serial that became notorious for its 1980 cliffhanger "Who Shot J.R.?"

Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork

2004

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor poster
6.4

The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

1994

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter poster
7.1

A young woman from Las Vegas wants Perry Mason to defend her father.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter

1990

Cover Me Babe poster
4.7

Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.

Cover Me Babe

1970

Rabbit, Run poster
4.2

Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom comes home one day from his dead-end job to find his pregnant wife Janice asleep, splayed in front of the TV, highball glass in hand. After a moment's contemplation, he decides to leave. Taking his coat and car keys, he's off and running on a rambling, aimless journey.

Rabbit, Run

1970

The Demon Murder Case poster
6.2

A young boy is taken over by demons who force him to commit murder.

The Demon Murder Case

1983

Walking Through the Fire poster
5.5

A young wife discovers that she has Hodgkin's Disease. It can be treated, but complicating the situation is the fact that she is pregnant, and the treatment can endanger the life of her unborn baby, as well as herself.

Walking Through the Fire

1979

The Disappearance of Flight 412 poster
5.0

Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft. To ferret out the problem, he sends a four-man crew on Flight 412. Shortly into the test, the jet picks up three blips on radar, and subsequently, two fighters scramble and mysteriously disappear. At this point, Flight 412 is monitored and forced to land by Digger Control, a top-level, military intelligence group that debunks UFO information. The intrepid colonel, kept in the dark about his crew, decides to investigate the matter himself.

The Disappearance of Flight 412

1974

An Enemy of the People poster
10.0

Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are contaminated. But with the community relying on the spa for tourist dollars, his warning to the powers-that-be falls on deaf ears.

An Enemy of the People

1966

Calamity Jane poster
7.0

An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild Bill Hickock, with whom she had an unorthodox courtship, and the flamboyant Buffalo Bill Cody, between the 1870s and the turn of the century.

Calamity Jane

1984

Blind Obsession poster
6.4

Police officer Jack Fletcher is injured in a gun battle resulting in the loss of his sight.

Blind Obsession

2001