Mort Sertner

Acting
1928-02-14
New York City, New York, USA

Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles

#1Murder, She Wrote

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Stan Hendricks

7.5 / 10
MysteryCrimeDrama

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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#2Falcon Crest

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Businessman

5.6 / 10
SoapDramaFamily

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

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#3L.A. Law

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Judge Donald Tytell

7.1 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

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#4Matlock

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Mr. Morgan

7.1 / 10
DramaCrime

Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom scenes.

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#5T. J. Hooker

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Forensic Pathologist

6.5 / 10
DramaCrime

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.

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#6Crazy like a Fox

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Dorsey

7.2 / 10
ComedyDrama

Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired on CBS from December 30, 1984 to May 3, 1986.

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#7Lady Boss

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Judge

8.0 / 10
Drama

A miniseries based on the Jackie Collins novel "Lady Boss." In this sequel to "Chances," Lucky Santangelo returns to Hollywood determined to become its most powerful woman.

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#8The Great Los Angeles Earthquake

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Sam Lombardi

6.7 / 10
DramaActionTV Movie

After a series of small tremors in Los Angeles, Dr. Clare Winslow, a local seismologist, pinpoints the exact location and time of when the long awaited earthquake--"The Big One"--will strike southern California. With this information, she must battle city officials to release this information to the general public. Also, she hopes that her family is out of harms way when the quake strikes. Subplots show how other families and people cope with the the tremors that strike before the impending "Big One."

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#9The Final Days

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m as Doctor

6.9 / 10
HistoryTV MovieDrama

The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.

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#10Maybe Baby

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Bill

5.0 / 10
TV MovieComedy

A happily married man’s life changes drastically when his wife decides to have a baby after several years of marriage.

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#11Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m as Judge Marvin Goodman

5.8 / 10
DramaRomanceCrime

A young girl falls in love with a married auto body shop worker, leading to dramatic consequences.

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#12Celebration Family

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Bailiff

7.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

When James and Janet Marston find, after the birth of their second son, that they can have no more they decide to adopt. The result is a huge family of up to sixty children of all nationalities, races and creeds and some with physical and mental disabilities. Their happiness, however, is not to continue without problems...

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#13Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

Movie - 1992, 2h 15m as Judge

4.4 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Story of attractive cop Laurencia Bembenek, who, in 1982, was sentenced to prison for killing her husband's ex-wife in Milwaukee, WI.

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#14I Married a Centerfold

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m as Reporter #1

5.1 / 10
Comedy

Tenacious young engineer flips over the centerfold model he spots on television and embarks on a romantic adventure on a bet with his buddies.

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#15Marilyn and Me

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as Rabbi

6.6 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Aspiring writer Robert Slatzer befriends Norma Jean Baker in 1946, the year she becomes Marilyn Monroe.

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#16Honor Thy Mother

Movie - 1992, 2h 15m as Judge

6.7 / 10
TV MovieThriller

Lieth Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Von Stein are attacked while sleeping in their Smallwood home in North Carolina. Bonnie Von Stein survived. Lieth was not so lucky. Bonnie has trouble dealing with the fact that her own son, Christopher Pritchard, along with two friends consipired to have her and her husband killed. Neal Henderson and Christopher Pritchard plead guilty and testified at the trial of James Upchurch, who was convicted and sentenced to die. Several years later, however, his sentence was vacated and Upchurch is now serving a life sentence.

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#17Menu for Murder

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Desk Sergeant

5.0 / 10
MysteryComedyCrime

Joanne Mayfield, head of the parental school commission, behaves like a dictator and makes all the other women her enemies. But when she suddenly falls dead on a party after having a sandwich, the main suspect is Susan, who served her the food. The handsome detective Joe Russo interrogates her repeatedly and they become friends. He invites her to help him with the investigation, what she happily accepts - too happily, says her husband.

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#18White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as Mr. Brill

7.5 / 10
TV MovieDramaMystery

When '30s film star Thelma Todd dies mysteriously, her relationship with New York mobster Lucky Luciano is investigated.

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