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Albert Samuel Waxman, CM OOnt (March 2, 1935 – January 18, 2001) was a Canadian actor and director of over 1000 productions on radio, television, film, and stage. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series King of Kensington (CBC) and Cagney & Lacey (CBS).
Waxman was born in Toronto to Jewish immigrants from Poland. His parents operated and owned Melinda Lunch, a small restaurant. His father, Aaron Waxman, died when Al was nine.
Waxman's career began at the age of twelve on CBC Radio, but it was not until 1975, when he began playing the role of Larry King on CBC's King of Kensington, that he became a Canadian icon.
In the 1980 award winning film Atlantic City starring Burt Lancaster, Waxman appeared as a rich cocaine buyer with a seemingly endless amount of cash.
During the 1980s, Waxman starred as the gruff but endearing Lt. Bert Samuels in the highly successful CBS television drama Cagney & Lacey.
During the 1990s, Waxman appeared in a variety of films and television shows, but began spending more time acting and directing in the theatre. In 1991, Al hosted Missing Treasures, a TV show which profiled missing children in Canada. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
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King of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980. The show starred Al Waxman as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. The show's gentle but politically conscious humour is seen by some critics as a Canadian version of the topical Norman Lear sitcoms of the 1970s, such as All in the Family and Maude. This clip is from Season 5, Episode 1 - "King's Brave New World" which originally aired on September 13, 1979. As the fifth season opens, Larry begins a new job as athletic director of the Kensington Community Center....
(Live Wire) Film -- regia di Christian Duguay, con Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Ben Cross, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Plana, Al Waxman. Azione, col., 82', Usa 1992.
Director: Al Waxman Cast Martin Kove, Allison Hossack, Martha Henry An undercover cop gets killed, goes to heaven, meets a beautiful woman there, then inexplicably returns to life. There he is haunted by visions of this woman and her death, and tries to track her down...
A 1984 television spot for Miracle Food Mart featuring the King of Kensington himself, Al Waxman.
These video clips were taken during my walking tour with famous Toronto historian and tour guide Bruce Bell on July 16, 2007. After meeting at the famous and eclectic OCAD Building (I call it the "gift box on stilts") just south of the University of Toronto, Bruce took us past the Grange, Toronto's oldest building, past the Art Gallery of Toronto to some of the mansions along Beverley and Baldwin Streets. Along the way Bruce explained to us the early history of Toronto, and the family compact -- a group of extremely wealthy and powerful English families that used to rule Toronto in the early days. We then walked westwards to Chinatown and the ethnic mix of the Kensington Market area which started as a Scottish market, then became a popular Jewish residential area in the 1910s and 1920s ...
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A 1984 television spot for Miracle Food Mart featuring the King of Kensington himself, Al Waxman.
In 1992 I did an impersonation of Pee-wee Herman on a CBC talk show. It was lame but it got me on TV and I had a bunch of friends in the audience who got a kick out of it. Al Waxman sat across the aisle from me and did an impersonation of… Al Waxman! Back then, the Barenaked Ladies were the house band for the show. I appear 5 minutes into the video.
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King of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980. The show starred Al Waxman as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. The show's gentle but politically conscious humour is seen by some critics as a Canadian version of the topical Norman Lear sitcoms of the 1970s, such as All in the Family and Maude. This clip is from Season 5, Episode 1 - "King's Brave New World" which originally aired on September 13, 1979. As the fifth season opens, Larry begins a new job as athletic director of the Kensington Community Center....
(Live Wire) Film -- regia di Christian Duguay, con Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Ben Cross, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Plana, Al Waxman. Azione, col., 82', Usa 1992.
Director: Al Waxman Cast Martin Kove, Allison Hossack, Martha Henry An undercover cop gets killed, goes to heaven, meets a beautiful woman there, then inexplicably returns to life. There he is haunted by visions of this woman and her death, and tries to track her down...
A 1984 television spot for Miracle Food Mart featuring the King of Kensington himself, Al Waxman.
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The Hitman is a 1991 action/crime film starring Chuck Norris.[2] It was directed by Aaron Norris and written by Don Carmody, Robert Geoffrion and Galen Thompson.
On her way home in a plane to New York, the teenage Sarah gets very ill. She realizes too late that it's more than a cold and with her parents still on vacation Kate Jackson, Al Waxman, Jeffrey Nordlin
Based on Victor Malarek's best-selling autobiography, this is the true story of a streetwise kid who emerges from a violent and unjust background to become one of journalism's top reporters. Director: Roger Cardinal 1988 Stars: Elias Koteas, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman
Regia: William Fruet Attori: Oliver Reed, Peter Fonda, Al Waxman, Kerrie Keane, Miguel Fernández Nuova Guinea: un gigantesco e mostruoso serpente, evocato ogni sette anni dagli indigeni, semina morte e terrore non solo tra gli abitanti, ma anche tra gli scienziati inviati per studiare il fenomeno.
The Hitman USA 1991 durata 95' di Aaron Norris Con Chuck Norris, Michael Parks, Al Waxman, Alberta Watson Dopo averci quasi rimesso la pelle in un'azione di polizia, il protagonista (Chuck Norris) si infiltra in una banda di trafficanti di droga di Seattle, con implicazioni in Canada e in Iran. Sarà dura venirne a capo e far trionfare la legge, ma nulla spaventa il nostro eroe e, soprattutto, nulla per lui è impossibile. Naturalmente, senza contare i cadaveri.
French-Canadian http://littleheaven0012.blogspot.com/0080388 romantic crime film directed by Louis Malle. Filmed in late 1979, it was released in France and Germany in 1980 and in the United States in 1981. The script was written by John Guare. It stars Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Robert Joy, Hollis McLaren, Michel Piccoli, and Al Waxman.
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within. Director: Aaron Norris Writers: Robert Geoffrion, Don Carmody Stars: Chuck Norris, Michael Parks, Al Waxman |
Millennium - Die 4. Dimension: Sprache: Deutsch Lauflänge: ca. 91 min. AT: Millenium, Eine Reise durch Zeit und Raum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regie: Michael Anderson Darsteller: Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy, Lloyd Bochner, Brent Carver, David McIlwraith, Maury Chaykin, Al Waxman.
Iscriviti a Film&Clips ** Sunscribe Film&Clips; aka On the Edge - The Hitman USA 1991 Regia di Aaron Norris Con Chuck Norris, Michael Parks, Al Waxman, Alberta Watson Dopo averci quasi rimesso la pelle in un'azione di polizia, il protagonista (Chuck Norris) si infiltra in una banda di trafficanti di droga di Seattle, con implicazioni in Canada e in Iran. Sarà dura venirne a capo e far trionfare la legge, ma nulla spaventa il nostro eroe e, soprattutto, nulla per lui è impossibile. Naturalmente, senza contare i cadaveri.