Acting
Tara Buckman
Born October 1, 1956 · Pensacola, Florida, USA (age 69)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tara Buckman (born October 1, 1956) is an American television and film actress. Her active career was mainly confined to the late 1970s to the mid-1990s. Though never reaching feature status, Buckman was nonetheless a regular guest star on many television series. She also appeared in minor roles in feature films. Television Buckman is remembered mostly for…
Known For
The Cannonball Run · 1981The Cannonball Run
★ 6.21981
MovieActionComedy
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Hooper · 1978Hooper
★ 6.31978
MovieActionComedy
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
High Finance Woman · 1990High Finance Woman
★ 4.91990
MovieRomanceDrama
Brenda Baker pursues a stellar career in the stock market business. But when she falls in love with Alex, it leads to unforeseen consequences.
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter · 1990Xtro 2: The Second Encounter
★ 4.81990
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
An underground government facility is locked down by its A.I.-controlled computer when an alien entity travels through a dimensional portal and threatens the lives of everybody inside.
Silent Night, Deadly Night · 1984Silent Night, Deadly Night
★ 5.91984
MovieThrillerHorror
After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.
Rollercoaster · 1977Rollercoaster
★ 6.01977
MovieActionThriller
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession · 1994Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
★ 4.01994
MovieThrillerCrime
A therapist turns an unhappy wife on to a deadly fantasy game with her husband.
Hostile Intentions · 1995Hostile Intentions
★ 4.61995
MovieThrillerAction
A weekend of fun becomes a fight for survival when three American women land in a Mexican jail. After being sexually molested by the guards, they attempt to escape with the help of a fellow prisoner.
Movies
The Cannonball Run · 1981The Cannonball Run
★ 6.21981
MovieActionComedy
A cross-country road race is based on an actual event, the Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, organized by Brock Yates to protest the 55 mph speed limit then in effect in the U.S. The Cannonball was named for Erwin G. "Cannonball" Baker, who in the roaring 20's rode his motorcycle across the country. Many of the characters are based on ruses developed by real Cannonball racers over the several years that the event was run.
Hooper · 1978Hooper
★ 6.31978
MovieActionComedy
Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
High Finance Woman · 1990High Finance Woman
★ 4.91990
MovieRomanceDrama
Brenda Baker pursues a stellar career in the stock market business. But when she falls in love with Alex, it leads to unforeseen consequences.
Xtro 2: The Second Encounter · 1990Xtro 2: The Second Encounter
★ 4.81990
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
An underground government facility is locked down by its A.I.-controlled computer when an alien entity travels through a dimensional portal and threatens the lives of everybody inside.
Silent Night, Deadly Night · 1984Silent Night, Deadly Night
★ 5.91984
MovieThrillerHorror
After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.
Rollercoaster · 1977Rollercoaster
★ 6.01977
MovieActionThriller
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession · 1994Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
★ 4.01994
MovieThrillerCrime
A therapist turns an unhappy wife on to a deadly fantasy game with her husband.
Hostile Intentions · 1995Hostile Intentions
★ 4.61995
MovieThrillerAction
A weekend of fun becomes a fight for survival when three American women land in a Mexican jail. After being sexually molested by the guards, they attempt to escape with the help of a fellow prisoner.
Terminal Exposure · 1987Terminal Exposure
★ 4.51987
MovieComedy
Two beach combing-shutterbugs accidentally capture a murder on film. Now detectives, the boys set out to capture a murderess shot only from behind, with a rose tattoo on her behind. Fun in the sun turns dangerous when they end up shooting bullets instead of film.
Blue Angel Cafe · 1989Blue Angel Cafe
★ 5.71989
MovieDrama
Raymond Derek is a up and coming hotshot young politician who seems to have it all. A great career, a wife, friends and a expensive home. But that all changes when he encounters sexy cabaret singer Angie. The two begin a steamy affair until the press find out and it becomes front page news. As his life falls to pieces, Raymond and Angie try to build a life together, but some things just weren't meant to last.
Brave New World · 1980Brave New World
★ 6.21980
MovieScience FictionDrama
A man who grew up in a primitive society educating himself by reading Shakespeare is allowed to join the futuristic society where his parents are from. However, he cannot adapt to their repressive ways.
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 · 1987Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
★ 4.41987
MovieComedyHorror
Ricky is released from a mental hospital, taking with him the memory of his brother Billy's death and embarking on a journey of relentless revenge.
Hart to Hart · 1979Hart to Hart
★ 7.51979
MovieActionCrime
In this pilot film, a friend of Jonathan Hart's is killed in a motor accident just after he has left a health farm, apparently committing suicide. There was no warning of him being troubled so the Harts go undercover to find out what happened at the farm.
Round Trip to Heaven · 1992Round Trip to Heaven
★ 3.71992
MovieComedyCrime
Since Larry works at a garage, he gets to use one of the Rolls Royces. There is only one problem, there is a briefcase full of money in the trunk. So when Larry and his cousin Steve decide to go to Palm Springs to look for Ms. Right at a popular beauty pageant, the owner of the briefcase will do the impossible to get it back.
Never Too Young to Die · 1986Never Too Young to Die
★ 4.71986
MovieAdventureAction
Secret agent Drew Stargrove is brutally murdered by the ruthless hermaphrodite gang leader Velvet Von Ragnar. The murdered secret agent's son, Lance Stargrove is thrust into the dangerous and intriguing world of secret agents and espionage when he seeks revenge. Danja Deerling teams up with Lance as his sidekick and love interest.
The Marilyn Diaries · 1990The Marilyn Diaries
★ 4.41990
MovieDrama
A magazine reporter tries to find the mysterious author of an erotic diary.
Death Car on the Freeway · 1979Death Car on the Freeway
★ 5.21979
MovieMysteryThriller
A determined TV reporter is out to find a maniac who is methodically attacking lone women drivers on the Los Angeles Freeway by pushing them off the road with his powerful van.
The Two-Five · 1978The Two-Five
★ 9.01978
MovieCrimeComedy
A police show pilot movie dealing with two eager-beaver cops who try to set up a major narcotics bust anonymously because their eccentric commander wants to keep his precinct out of the limelight.
Night Killer · 1990Night Killer
★ 5.01990
MovieHorrorThriller
Melanie Beck is the only surviving victim of a killer-rapist who wears a Freddy Krueger-esque mask and claw. Despite having seen the killer's face, Beck has blocked it from her memory. Becoming suicidal, she tries to kill herself on the beach but is saved by Axel, another rapist sleazeball who keeps her locked in his hotel room. All this builds to a mind blowing conclusion.
Stone · 1979Stone
★ 9.01979
MovieCrimeDrama
Dennis Weaver is a Joseph Wambaugh-type novelist cop and Pat Hingle is his hard-nosed superior who wants him to stick to police work or get off the force in this pilot to the short-lived series.
Snowballing · 1984Snowballing
★ 3.61984
MovieActionComedy
Bus loads of teenagers arrive to the ski resort. Each one is eager to get out on the slopes to ski and score. One problem; the owner has all the prices jacked up, secretly ripping people for the last two years he has been in charge. The police don't do anything because the Sheriff is in on the cover-up. The teens feel their only chance to even the score is at a skiing tournament where the winner is picked to in a raffle to win a bunch of prizes.
The Man in the Santa Claus Suit · 1979The Man in the Santa Claus Suit
★ 5.01979
MovieDramaTV Movie
The mysterious owner of a costume shop rents a Santa Claus suit to three very different men: a math teacher trying to get the nerve to propose, a homeless restaurateur trying to hide from the mob, and a harried political speech writer visiting with his estranged wife and son. Their lives are inexorably changed by their experience of playing Santa Claus.
TV Shows
Quincy, M.E. · 1976Quincy, M.E.
★ 7.51976
SeriesCrimeDrama
Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
T. J. Hooker · 1982T. J. Hooker
★ 6.51982
SeriesDramaCrime
Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who turns his back on a gold badge and goes back to patrolling the streets and training recruits. Along with his young partners in blue, Hooker take on Lake City's toughest criminals.
Tales of the Unexpected · 1979Tales of the Unexpected
★ 6.81979
SeriesDrama
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
Kojak · 1973Kojak
★ 7.21973
SeriesCrime
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.
Baretta · 1975Baretta
★ 6.51975
SeriesCrimeDrama
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
Switch · 1975Switch
★ 6.61975
SeriesDrama
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century · 1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
★ 7.01979
SeriesSci-Fi & Fantasy
20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to Earth and discovering the planet is recovering from a nuclear war, Buck uses his combat skills and ingenuity to protect Earth and fight evil throughout the galaxy alongside starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering and robot companion Twiki.
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries · 1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
★ 7.11977
SeriesMystery
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew.
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.
CHiPs · 1977CHiPs
★ 6.91977
SeriesDrama
Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.
Freddy's Nightmares · 1988Freddy's Nightmares
★ 7.21988
SeriesMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.
The Master · 1984The Master
★ 5.31984
Series
An aging ninja master and his young pupil travel in a custom van helping people in need along the way.
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo · 1979The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
★ 5.91979
SeriesComedy
Mancuso, F.B.I. · 1989Mancuso, F.B.I.
★ 6.41989
SeriesDrama
Mancuso, F.B.I. is a crime drama which was aired by NBC as part of its 1989-90 schedule.
Mancuso, F.B.I. stars veteran actor Robert Loggia as Nick Mancuso, a hardened veteran of the Bureau now assigned to Washington, D.C., where he was largely regarded by his superiors and bureaucratic types as a maverick with little regard for agency rules and procedures. This charge was largely true; Mancuso's true motivation was, as a press release for the show near the time of its premiere described it, "a passionate love affair with the United States Constitution" and an overwhelming desire to see genuine justice rather than the mere appearance of it.
Sword of Justice · 1978Sword of Justice
★ 6.01978
Series
Sword Of Justice is an American action-adventure television series that aired on NBC for one season during 1978 and 1979. The series was considered a mix of The Saint, It Takes a Thief, and The Rockford Files.
Loose Change · 1978Loose Change
★ 10.01978
SeriesDrama
Follows a trio of women at UC Berkeley—journalist Kate, activist Jenny, and artist Tanya—as they navigate the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, and radical cultural shifts.
79 Park Avenue · 197779 Park Avenue
★ 5.21977
SeriesDrama
A poor New York teenager of the mid-1930 is forced into prostitution despite sincere efforts to make a living and ultimately becomes the city's most famous madam.