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Thomas William "Tom" Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor and film producer. He is best known for his starring role as the private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980s), which was based in Hawaii. He also plays Police Chief Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B. Parker novels. Since 2010 he has appeared as the NYPD Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in the drama Blue Bloods on CBS-TV.
Selleck has acted in many TV roles, including Dr. Richard Burke on Friends and A.J. Cooper on Las Vegas. In addition to his series work, Selleck has appeared in more than fifty made for TV and general-release movies, including Mr. Baseball, Quigley Down Under, Lassiter and his most successful movie release Three Men and a Baby, which was the highest grossing movie in 1987.
Selleck, born in Detroit, Michigan, is the son of Martha S. (née Jagger), a homemaker; and Robert Dean Selleck, an executive and real estate investor. The family moved to Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California when Selleck was growing up. His siblings include brothers Robert (born 1944) and Daniel (born 1954) and sister Martha. Selleck graduated from Grant High School in 1962.
Actors: Adam Ginsberg (actor), Mike Cicchetti (director), Mike Cicchetti (editor), Mike Cicchetti (composer), Mike Cicchetti (writer), Jon Bewley (producer), Matthew Belen (actor), Matthew Belen (actor), Joshua Wheelock (miscellaneous crew), Desmond L. Jackson (actor), Anthony Shore (actor), Maribeth Powers (producer), Dylan Demarko (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Short, Western,Actors: Gine Lui (miscellaneous crew), David Albert Pierce (miscellaneous crew), Cédric Klapisch (producer), Cédric Klapisch (writer), Zinedine Soualem (actor), Cédric Klapisch (director), Peter McRobbie (actor), Cédric Klapisch (actor), Dominique Besnehard (actor), Adrian Martinez (actor), Benoît Jacquot (actor), Larry Fessenden (actor), Joseph Basile (actor), Fabien Pondevaux (miscellaneous crew), Cécile De France (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Raymond Biddle (editor), Raymond Biddle (producer), Raymond Biddle (writer), Anne Selcoe (actress), Damon Mentzer (actor), Jim Graham (director), Jim Graham (writer), Jim Graham (producer), Mark J.W. Elston (composer), Linh Nguyen (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Romance, Short, Western,Actors: Alex Whitmer (writer), Joyce White (miscellaneous crew), Eric Ragan (director), Eric Ragan (editor), Samuel Aaron Simmons (actor), Everett Thrall (actor), Ken Lockie (composer), Cort King (actor), Karolina Johansson (miscellaneous crew), Greer Ashton (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Nicholas Amer (actor), Daphne Neville (actress), Jonathan Legg (miscellaneous crew), Guy Davies (actor), Dan Gregory (actor), Jordan Pratt (actor), Chris Hetherington (editor), Chloe Austin (actress), Katrina Norbury (actress), Callum Austin (actor), Dan Cousins (actor), Jonny Buck (actor), Jack Lannie (actor), Harry Lannie (actor), Edward Smith Oakey (actor),
Genres: Mystery, Short,Actors: Elliott Cattell (writer), Elliott Cattell (director), Kieran Ridge (actor), Miles Berger (actor), Ben Davoren (actor), Sammie Gayner (actor),
Genres: Short, Thriller, Western,Actors: Carmine Caridi (actor), Todd A. Robinson (actor), Demetrius Navarro (producer), Demetrius Navarro (actor), Arif S. Kinchen (actor), Marion Kerr (actress), Veronica Grey (actress), Esteban Powell (actor), Ethan Black (producer), Robert Dryer (actor), Susan Johnston (actress), Christopher Ivins (actor), Allen Perada (actor), Lynne Jacobellis (actress), Austin O'Brien (actor),
Plot: Runaways is Steve Moore's story. He's sixteen and lives with his younger sister, mother Cheryl and her boyfriend John, in a modest house in Bakersfield, California. An abusive and often intoxicated man, John rules the household, and though his attacks on Steve result in emergency hospital visits, Cheryl's loyalty is to her boyfriend. To protect her relationship with John, she "ditches" her son, having him arrested and locked in a correctional "mental" facility, before coercing her older brother Burt, who lives in Hollywood, to take him. Steve quickly discovers that Burt cannot even provide temporary lodging, but an administrator at his new high school directs him to a shelter for runaway kids where he soon learns to navigate his way. At the shelter which offers only a two to three month respite from the streets, counselor Tony Perez tries to provide guidance to Steve and his roommates Mike and Andy. While encouraging them to try to reconcile with their parents, he insists that they take charge of their own lives and believe that a better life is possible. Angry and confused teen runaways come and go at the shelter, as Steve learns he is not alone in his predicament and that the streets offer a harsh reality. Postponing his desire to play basketball on the school team, Steve finds an after-school job to support himself and pursues a relationship with the affluent but unhappy Sally. Andy spirals down into crack addiction and becomes a homeless prostitute and Mike gains stability in his life once he moves in with his loving and supportive aunt. Mike's aunt soon opens her home to Steve as well, and the two celebrate their good fortune at having the opportunity to get their lives on track.
Keywords: abusive-stepfather, brother-sister-relationship, child-abuse, crack-addict, domestic-violence, drugs, group-home, high-school, independent-film, junkieActors: Dwayne Tarver (producer), Dwayne Tarver (writer), Dwayne Tarver (director), Dwayne Tarver (actor), Daneen Tarver (actress), Cory Dugas (actor), Ken Dugas (actor), Christina Duke (actor), Paul Dunlap (actor), Marcel Livesay (actor), Bryan Martin (actor), BJ Merge (actor), Rusty Norton (actor), Brad Pardue (actor), Kevin Tarver (actor),
Plot: The Dojo Floor series covers various aspects of martial arts including technique, self defense and philosophy.
Genres: Sport,Actors: Ernest Morrison (actor), Lincoln Stedman (actor), Mark Jones (actor), Jackie Condon (actor), Sam Lufkin (actor), Robert F. McGowan (actor), Jack Davis (actor), Joe Cobb (actor), George B. French (actor), William Gillespie (actor), Mickey Daniels (actor), Allen 'Farina' Hoskins (actor), Wallace Howe (actor), Wallace Howe (actor), Charles Stevenson (actor),
Plot: Tilford is a middle-aged bachelor in L.A. who knows nothing about children. He's also a stuffed shirt, but he dearly loves Arabella, who volunteers at the children's welfare association. When runaways from San Francisco are picked up by the cops, Arabella assigns Tilford to accompany them on the trip home. Five kids from L.A. switch places with the lads from Northern California and board the train with a dog. Two are brothers, Ernie and Farina, who've already shown creativity in their shoeshine business. Once on the train, it's horns, fireworks, sneezing powder and other mayhem. Will anyone arrive safely in San Francisco after this pleasant journey?
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, bachelor, brother-sister-relationship, child-welfare, children, dog, fiance, fiancee, fiancé-fiancée-relationship, fireworksActors: Ernest Morrison (actor), Lincoln Stedman (actor), Mark Jones (actor), Jackie Condon (actor), Sam Lufkin (actor), Robert F. McGowan (actor), Jack Davis (actor), Joe Cobb (actor), George B. French (actor), William Gillespie (actor), Mickey Daniels (actor), Allen 'Farina' Hoskins (actor), Wallace Howe (actor), Wallace Howe (actor), Charles Stevenson (actor),
Plot: Tilford is a middle-aged bachelor in L.A. who knows nothing about children. He's also a stuffed shirt, but he dearly loves Arabella, who volunteers at the children's welfare association. When runaways from San Francisco are picked up by the cops, Arabella assigns Tilford to accompany them on the trip home. Five kids from L.A. switch places with the lads from Northern California and board the train with a dog. Two are brothers, Ernie and Farina, who've already shown creativity in their shoeshine business. Once on the train, it's horns, fireworks, sneezing powder and other mayhem. Will anyone arrive safely in San Francisco after this pleasant journey?
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, bachelor, brother-sister-relationship, child-welfare, children, dog, fiance, fiancee, fiancé-fiancée-relationship, fireworksGone away and hide your eyes
Stay for me with no disguise
We should fall, still we can rise
Lay it down, your heart, tonight
Try to imagine your soul set free
Let it go and run to me
You've got my heart, now take my life
Lay it down, my love
Chorus
Runaway, runaway, runaway to me
Runaway, darlin' won't you stay with me
Runaway, runaway, runaway to me
Now I will back you up
You can hear the time slippin' away
You cry the tears for today
She screams come inside, but you can't stay
Lay it down, my love
Runaway, runaway, runaway to me
Runaway, darlin' won't you stay with me
Now I will back you up
Hey, I will back you up
Hey, I will back you up
Everyone's around us now
But still we only hear one sound
It's so intense, you just can't breathe
Lay it down, my love...