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Michael Ontkean
Michael Ontkean (born 24 January 1946) is a Canadian actor.
Ontkean was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Muriel (née Cooper), an actress, and Leonard Ontkean, a boxer and actor.
Ontkean is best known for early roles in the film Slap Shot and the ABC series The Rookies. He is arguably...
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Making Love
Making Love is a 1982 film about a married man coming to terms with his homosexuality and the love triangle that develops around him, his wife and another man. It stars Kate Jackson, Harry Hamlin, and Michael Ontkean.
Zack Elliot (Ontkean) is a...
Slap Shot
Slap Shot is a 1977 film starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean and is directed by George Roy Hill. It depicts a minor league hockey team who discover that violent play makes them heroes to their declining factory town.
The movie focuses on a...
The Allnighter
The Allnighter is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs, released on May 1, 1987. The movie stars Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack and Pam Grier.
The Allnighter is well-known for the famous scene in which Susanna Hoffs...
Maid to Order
Maid to Order is a 1987 comedy/fantasy film starring Ally Sheedy.
Rich and spoiled twenty something Jessie Montgomery (Sheedy) who learns a lesson after a life of wild partying winds up with her in jail. Her father (Tom Skerritt) decides he might...
Bye Bye Blues
Bye Bye Blues is a Canadian film, released in 1989. It was written and directed by Anne Wheeler.
The film, set in World War II, stars Rebecca Jenkins as Daisy Cooper, a woman who joins a jazz band as a singer to provide for her family while her...
Just the Way You Are
Just the Way You Are is a 1984 comedy/drama film that stars Kristy McNichol and Michael Ontkean. It was directed by Edouard Molinaro. It is rated PG for brief nudity and adult language.
Susan is a professional flutist who has been handicapped since...
Clara's Heart
Clara's Heart is a 1988 movie starring Kathleen Quinlan and Whoopi Goldberg, based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Joseph Olshan. The movie tells the story of a family in crisis. The mother, Leona (Quinlan), escapes to Jamaica to grieve...
The Stepford Husbands
The Stepford Husbands is a 1996 made-for-television sci-fi/horror film inspired by the Ira Levin novel The Stepford Wives. It was directed by Fred Walton with a screenplay by brothers Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat. Donna Mills, Michael Ontkean, Cindy...
Willie & Phil
Willie & Phil is a 1980 film directed by Paul Mazursky.
The film is set in the 1970s and amidst the counterculture chic of the '70s. Willie, a high school English teacher who plays jazz piano (Michael Ontkean), and Phil, a fashion photographer (Ray...
