Michael Ontkean Trailers
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Michael Leonard Ontkean (born January 24, 1946) is a Canadian retired actor. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ontkean relocated to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire on a hockey scholarship before pursuing a career in acting in the early 1970s.
He initially came to prominence portraying Officer Willie Gillis on the crime drama series The Rookies from 1972 to 1974, followed by lead roles in the hockey sports comedy film Slap Shot (1977) and the romantic comedy Willie & Phil (1980). In 1982, he had a starring role opposite Harry Hamlin and Kate Jackson in the drama Making Love, in which he portrayed a married man who comes to terms with his homosexuality. Ontkean continued to appear in films, such as Clara's Heart (1988) and Postcards from the Edge (1990) before being cast as Sheriff Harry S. Truman on David Lynch's Twin Peaks (1990–1991), the role for which he is best known.
Most Popular Michael Ontkean Trailers
Total trailers found: 42
25 November 1983
This is Gordon's re-edit of his 1972 horror film Necromancy starring Orson Welles and Pamela Franklin.
11 March 1993
A computer software designer becomes obsessed with his now-married high-school crush of 20 years before.
22 April 1992
A famous orchestra director was killed by the mafia when he left a restaurant. But the policeman who is in charge of this case discovers that there is more but just an assassination because it was an error.
01 March 1997
Rose Hindmarsh finds herself at the centre of a controversy when she meets author Sarah Maloney as she investigates the life of Mary Swann, an obscure poet who was brutally murdered in a small town in rural Ontario.
07 March 1972
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life.
29 January 2002
When Reed Gallagher, dean of Journalism at Lanholme College, is found dead of asphyxiation in an apparent attempt at autoerotic suffocation, Joanne Kilbourn is pulled into the murky world of kinky sex, academic competitiveness and ruthless ambition.
09 September 2011
With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.
16 July 2014
A feature-length compilation of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.
25 February 1977
To build up attendance at their games, the management of a struggling minor-league hockey team signs up the Hanson Brothers, three hard-charging players whose job is to demolish the opposition.
01 January 1987
A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.
14 September 1990
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in with her mother to avoid unemployment.
08 December 1989
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
01 May 1987
Molly, Val and Gina are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired. Molly is still looking for real love and Val is beginning to doubt if that is what she has found.
07 September 1977
This NBC Special from 1977 pitted celebrities from the worlds of film and TV in the United States against stars from the U.
07 December 1998
After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and daughters for a flight to her mother's home.
12 February 1982
A perfect typical LA couple find their happily-ever-after life broken when the husband confronts his long-repressed attraction for other men.
25 August 1984
In the German-occupied Paris, Helene is torn between the love for her boyfriend Jean, working for the resistance and the German administrator Bergmann, who will do anything to gain her affection.
26 October 2003
Wes Merritt and his daughter Natalie (14) get more than they bargained for when they buy an old house that was formerly inhabited by the nice old Mrs.
16 September 2000
An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild.
21 June 1972
Two girls pick up a crazed hitchhiker who may or may not be the serial killer murdering hippies in the area.
16 November 1984
Despite her success as a professional flute player and the constant attention of men around her, Susan Berlanger feels insecure because of her lame right leg.
22 September 1972
After Lori suffers a stillbirth, her husband Frank obtains a job with a northern California toy company.
15 August 1980
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of "Jules et Jim," Truffaut's classic film about a decades-long ménage à trois.
07 October 1988
David is a teenager whose parents are in a deteriorating marriage after their infant daughter dies. Clara is a chambermaid at a Jamaican resort who's hired to be a housekeeper.
01 January 1998
As an 11-year-old boy struggles to cope with a disability, he finds a pony who gives birth to a unicorn which he takes care of.
07 February 1971
Two young boys must retrieve a church bell from the depths of a murky lagoon in a Louisiana swamp. Complicating matters is the fact that the lagoon is home to a large and deadly alligator.
26 September 1993
Based on the infamous "Baby Jessica" case, A heated custody battle between her biological and adoptive parents leaves a little girl caught in the crossfire.
14 October 1990
When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him.
30 October 1998
One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.
14 May 1996
Something sinister is going on in the town of Stepford, and this time the men should watch their backs.
10 July 1987
Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he never had her, is visited by fairy godmother Stella.
05 March 1985
When a documentary-maker begins to make a film about child sexual abuse, the subject begins to eat into him and affect his relationship with those around him, particularly his wife.
18 January 1996
Residents of a small town struggle when a paroled rapist moves into the area.
09 September 1989
During World War II, Daisy Cooper returns home to Canada with her children after her British husband, soldier Teddy, is assigned to Singapore.
01 May 1972
An elderly wanderer, a sexy young girl running away from home and a folk singer looking for stardom hitch-hike their way cross-country, trying to get to California.
29 September 1971
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in.
14 March 1979
An up-and-coming nightclub singer falls in love with a shy young deaf teacher who aspires to be a dancer.
11 June 1999
A young married couple faces a serious break-up when the husband is caught committing adultery with a prostitute.
29 September 1989
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
13 January 1986
The Second Amendment of the Constitution forms the basis of this drama that follows the crusade of a lawyer to allow citizens to carry handguns.
01 January 2000
When ambitious CCT exec Will Patterson uncovers a corporate conspiracy, his life spirals out of control.
