Dennis Stewart

Dennis Stewart

Acting
1947-07-29
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Dennis Cleveland Stewart (July 29, 1947 – April 20, 1994) was an American actor and dancer. Best known for Grease (1978), and Grease 2 (1983), and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978).

Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles

#1Hunter

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Goon with Mohawk

7.1 / 10
Action & AdventureDrama

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

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#2MacGyver

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Tom

7.7 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureCrime

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.

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#3Moonlighting

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Blond Mohawk

7.5 / 10
ComedyDramaMystery

After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.

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#4Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes as Cellmate

7.4 / 10
Comedy

Parker Lewis is a teenager who apparently can't lose. He's cool, cute, popular, hip – and seems to get away with anything. That's not to say he's got no problems. His two primary nemeses are school principal Grace Musso, whose goal is getting Parker expelled; and his little sister Shelly, whose sole purpose seems to be tattling on Parker. However, with best friends Mikey and Jerry, Parker takes on the world and makes the best of high school.

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#5Grease

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as Leo 'Craterface' Balmudo

7.4 / 10
RomanceComedy

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

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#6Grease 2

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Leo Balmudo (Craterface)

5.2 / 10
ComedyMusicRomance

It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?

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#7CHiPs

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes as Starkey

6.8 / 10
DramaAction & Adventure

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two motorcycle officers always on the street to save lives.

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#8Misfits of Science

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Taggart

7.1 / 10
Action & AdventureComedyDrama

A superhero fantasy television series featuring super-powered humans and their madcap adventures.

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#9Pete's Dragon

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Fisherman (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
FantasyAnimationComedy

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.

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#10Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales

Drama Series - 2015, 16 episodes as Leo 'Craterface' Balmudo (archive footage)

9.0 / 10
Documentary

Examines the lives of beloved celebrities through rarely seen footage and revealing interviews with the celebrities themselves along with fresh interviews from those who personally knew or worked with them.

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#11Elvis

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
DramaMusicTV Movie

This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

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#12Cop

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Lawrence D. 'Birdman' Henderson

6.3 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

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#13D.C. Cab

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Ski Mask Hoodlum

5.2 / 10
AdventureComedyCrime

The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.

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#14Zoot Suit

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m as Dennis Stewart

6.4 / 10
DramaMusic

Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case and the zoot suit riots of 1940s Los Angeles. Henry Reyna is the leader of a group of Mexican-Americans being sent to San Quentin without substantial evidence for the death of a man at Sleepy Lagoon. As part of the defense committee, Alice Bloomfield and George Shearer fight the blatant miscarriage of justice for the freedom of Henry and his friends.

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#15Fatal Charm

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as Moody

5.5 / 10
ThrillerCrimeTV Movie

Valerie's prosecutor mom is trying to put away Adam, an alleged serial killer on trial for murdering six women. But he's so charming that the teenage Valerie just can't believe he really did it, and soon they begin sending each other letters. Adam is caught up in a jailbreak and ends up on the run.

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#16The Grease Story

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m as Leo 'Craterface' Balmudo (archive footage)

8.4 / 10
Documentary

The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in the early 1970s, which starred a young Richard Gere, and the changes that occurred between stage and screen, including the addition of several new songs and toning down the original show's darker elements. Plus, a look at some of the actors who could have played the roles made famous by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

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#17Police Story: Cop Killer

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Ronnie Sample

6.5 / 10
ThrillerTV Movie

The best friend and partner of a dedicated cop is killed by a pair of holdup men during a routine traffic check.

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#18The Goldie Hawn Special

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as Dancer (uncredited)

9.0 / 10
ComedyMusicDocumentary

Goldie Hawn’s second TV special was in 1978, “The Goldie Hawn Special” and it was a sort of comeback for her, after she had been out of the spotlight for over two years. On the TV special she performed show tunes and comedy bits alongside comic legend George Burns, teen idol Shaun Cassidy, television star John Ritter and even the Harlem Globetrotters joined her on the show. The special later went on to be nominated for a primetime Emmy Award.

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