Louis Gossett Jr.

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Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-05-27

Popularity

15.7

Louis Gossett Jr.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Louis Gossett Jr.

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-05-27

Popularity

15.7

Biography

Louis Gossett Jr. (born May 27, 1936 - March 29, 2024) was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman" and as Fiddler in the television miniseries "Roots". He has won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards in an acting career that spans over five decades.

Movie Credits

Iron Eagle III

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4.1

1992

Freeman

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5.0

1977

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

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0.0

2007

The Principal

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6.5

1987

An Officer and a Gentleman

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7.0

1982

Toy Soldiers

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6.5

1991

Momentum

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4.8

2003

The Deep

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6.0

1977

Iron Eagle

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5.5

1986

Finders Keepers

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5.3

1984

Delgo

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4.5

2008

Skin Game

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6.6

1971

Travels with My Aunt

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5.8

1972

The White Dawn

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6.5

1974

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

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5.3

2000

Iron Eagle II

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4.4

1988

Enemy Mine

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6.9

1985

The Punisher

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5.7

1989

Firewalker

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5.3

1986

The New Girl

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0.0

1960

Solar Attack

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5.4

2006

Iron Eagle on the Attack

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3.3

1995

Why Did I Get Married Too?

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6.5

2010

I Love Liberty

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0.0

1982

The Laughing Policeman

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6.2

1973

A Raisin in the Sun

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7.6

1961

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

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8.0

2009

J.D.'s Revenge

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5.9

1976

Daddy's Little Girls

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6.8

2007

Left Behind: World at War

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4.0

2005

The Landlord

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5.8

1970

Y2K

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5.3

1999

Club Soda

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0.0

2006

Jaws 3-D

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4.5

1983

The Least Among You

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5.0

2009

Miracle in East Texas

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0.0

2020

The Choirboys

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5.3

1977

All In

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4.6

2006

Diggstown

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6.3

1992

El Diablo

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5.6

1990

Dog Jack

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4.0

2011

Cover

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4.9

2007

Three Months

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7.0

2022

Managua

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4.3

1996

The Perfect Game

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7.0

2009

The River Niger

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7.3

1976

A Gathering of Old Men

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6.0

1987

Smitty

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6.1

2012

Cover-Up

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4.0

1991

The Josephine Baker Story

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6.3

1991

Roots: The Gift

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7.3

1988

Gridiron Gang

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0.0

Deceived

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4.2

2002

Monolith

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4.4

1993

The Color Purple

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7.1

2023

The Lazarus Syndrome

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4.6

1978

Little Ladies of the Night

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3.3

1977

Carolina Skeletons

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6.8

1991

Black Bart

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3.7

1975

It's Good to Be Alive

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6.6

1974

Sudie and Simpson

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6.5

1990

Lackawanna Blues

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6.3

2005

In His Father's Shoes

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6.0

1997

Legend of the Mummy

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4.4

1998

Flashfire

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5.7

1994

The Bushbaby

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Curse of the Starving Class

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4.1

1994

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

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0.0

1996

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

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6.0

1993

A Father for Charlie

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7.0

1995

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

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7.0

2000

Sidekicks

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6.0

1974

The Guardian

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4.2

1984

I Forgive

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4.7

2021

The Father Clements Story

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0.0

1987

The Inspectors

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5.8

1998

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

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8.6

1995

The Dependables

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3.1

2014

Sidney

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7.7

2022

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

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0.0

1988

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

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0.0

1975

Blue Chips

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6.1

1994

Inside

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4.6

1996

For Love of Olivia

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0.0

2001

Miracle at Gate 213

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6.0

2013

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

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4.8

1980

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

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0.0

2008

A Good Man in Africa

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5.2

1994

Everbrook (The Home)

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0.0

Outlaw Johnny Black

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6.0

2023

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

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0.0

1988

Boiling Pot

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5.8

2015

Companions in Nightmare

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5.5

1968

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

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3.2

1996

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

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5.0

1992

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

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4.6

2004

A Fighting Man

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5.6

2014

To Dance with Olivia

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0.0

1997

Straight Up

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0.0

Double Play

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4.0

2017

The Highwayman

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4.7

2000

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

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0.0

1995

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

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7.9

2016

Lawman Without a Gun

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0.0

1979

Undercover Grandpa

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5.6

2017

Breaking Brooklyn

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7.8

2018

Zora is My Name!

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0.0

1990

King of the Dancehall

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8.4

2017

Hal

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6.5

2019

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

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6.2

2017

The Black List: Volume One

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6.5

2008

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

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0.0

1994

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

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0.0

1995

Keeper of the City

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5.5

1991

Strange Justice

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6.0

1999

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

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7.0

2002

Supervized

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5.0

2019

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

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0.0

2016

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

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6.0

1981

The Gang Activists

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0.0

2019

And the Oscar Goes To...

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7.0

2014

Zooman

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6.0

1995

The Cuban

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5.2

2020

Jasper, Texas

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6.1

2003

Love Songs

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8.0

1999

Benny's Place

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10.0

1982

The Grace Card

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7.2

2011

Foster Boy

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7.0

2019

The Reason

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7.4

2020

A Love Story of Today

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0.0

2008

A Special Kind of Love

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0.0

2008

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

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5.0

1983

Stories USA

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4.3

2007

Crimes of Violence

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0.0

Forget to Remember

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0.0

Not to Forget

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6.7

2021

To Kill a Cop

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0.0

1978

The Undershepherd

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2.0

2012

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

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0.0

1998

Tv Credits

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

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6.8

1990

Good Times

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7.9

1974

The Rookies

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6.9

1972

Half & Half

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8.3

2002

Family Guy

‌

7.4

1999

The Dead Zone

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7.2

2002

Little House on the Prairie

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8.0

1974

The Batman

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7.9

2004

Early Edition

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7.3

1996

The Jeffersons

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7.3

1975

Alias Smith and Jones

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6.9

1971

The Merv Griffin Show

‌

5.6

1962

The Bill Cosby Show

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5.0

1969

Stargate SG-1

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8.3

1997

Return to Lonesome Dove

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6.8

1993

Backstairs at the White House

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Gideon Oliver

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5.5

1989

Harry O

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4.6

1974

Police Story

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7.1

1973

McCloud

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7.1

1970

The Young Rebels

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4.5

1970

The Powers of Matthew Star

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5.6

1982

Roots

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7.4

1977

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

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5.5

1980

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

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6.3

1973

The Oscars

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7.0

1953

The Lazarus Syndrome

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5.0

1979

Black in the 80s

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0.0

2005

Saturday Night Live

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6.9

1975

Madam Secretary

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7.0

2014

Psych

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7.9

2006

Extant

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6.3

2014

Hawaii Five-0

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7.7

2010

The Book of Negroes

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6.4

2015

The Spoils Before Dying

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5.8

2015

The Good Fight

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7.6

2017

The Ed Sullivan Show

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6.6

1948

The Six Million Dollar Man

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7.2

1974

Sadat

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7.0

1983

Bonanza

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7.5

1959

Promised Land

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6.6

1996

The Rockford Files

‌

7.5

1974

The Rockford Files

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7.5

1974

Celebrity Ghost Stories

‌

7.3

2009

American Experience

‌

7.5

1988

Hercules

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6.8

1998

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

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6.3

1971

The Partridge Family

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6.7

1970

Petrocelli

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7.0

1974

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

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4.0

1969

Petrocelli

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7.0

1974

Love, American Style

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5.8

1969

Cowboy in Africa

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5.0

1967

The Mod Squad

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6.5

1968

The Mike Douglas Show

‌

5.1

1961

The Mod Squad

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6.5

1968

Daktari

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7.0

1966

Cowboy in Africa

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5.0

1967

The Mod Squad

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6.5

1968

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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7.4

1962

The Invaders

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6.8

1967

The Critical List

‌

0.0

1978

Bitte umblättern

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6.0

1977

Ellen

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6.4

1994

Touched by an Angel

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7.2

1994

Watchmen

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7.7

2019

Golden Globe Awards

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6.8

1944

Golden Globe Awards

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6.8

1944

Golden Globe Awards

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6.8

1944

Golden Globe Awards

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6.8

1944