Donald Chaffin

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography14 Titles

#1Beverly Hills Cop

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m as Detective (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
ComedyCrimeAction

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, he heads to sunny Beverly Hills to work the case like only he can.

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#2Blazing Saddles

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
WesternComedy

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

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#3Just Our Luck

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
Comedy

Just Our Luck is a short-lived American sitcom which aired on the American Broadcasting Company in the fall of 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the classic 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. The series stars Richard Gilliland as a mild-mannered TV weatherman for KPOX-TV, and T. K. Carter as a hip, fun-loving 3,000-year-old genie who is freed by Gilliland after being imprisoned in his bottle for nearly two centuries. The series was produced by Lorimar Productions, and initially promoted by ABC as one of its new ambitious comedies along with Webster. Just Our Luck was created to compete against The A-Team on NBC but earned low ratings for much of its run. It was poorly received by critics, however, and was the subject of controversy when the NAACP charged the show with promoting negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The NAACP originally campaigned to have the show removed but later settled for a degree of creative control in the show's development. This included changes to Carter's dialogue, the hiring of black staff writers and the addition of Leonard Simon to the cast. The show was cancelled after three months.

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#4The Wings of Eagles

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Spectator at Screening (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
DramaWar

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

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#5The Best Man

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Supporter (uncredited)

7.3 / 10
Drama

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

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#6There Was a Crooked Man...

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Prisoner

6.8 / 10
Western

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

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#7Zandy's Bride

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Man (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Western

Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.

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#8Americathon

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

3.6 / 10
Comedy

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.

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#9Moonrise

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Drama

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s girlfriend, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

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#10Decision at Sundown

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Western

A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.

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#11The Tattered Dress

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
CrimeDrama

After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her dress in rags; murder results. Top New York defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly.

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#12The Black Arrow

Movie - 1948, 2h 15m as Guard (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
ActionAdventureHistory

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.

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#13Brainstorm

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Orderly (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
Thriller

Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.

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#14A Slight Case of Murder

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m as Orphan (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
ComedyCrime

Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.

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