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Arlen Dean Snyder

Highest Rated: 68% Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Lowest Rated: 18% Kansas (1988)

Birthday: Mar 5, 1933

Birthplace: Rice, Kansas, USA

Arlen Dean Snyder was a prolific actor who created a name for himself largely on the big screen. Snyder started off his acting career mostly in film roles, appearing in "False Face" (1976), the romance "Yanks" (1979) with Richard Gere and "Deadly Force" (1983) with Wings Hauser. He also appeared in the TV movie "Young Love, First Love" (CBS, 1979-1980). He worked in television in his early acting career as well, including parts on "M*A*S*H" (CBS, 1972-1983) and "Dear Detective" (CBS, 1978-79). He continued to act in productions like the action film "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) with Clint Eastwood, the action movie "No Man's Land" (1987) with Charlie Sheen and the Forest Whitaker biopic "Bird" (1988). He also worked in television around this time, including a part on "Trauma Center" (ABC, 1983-84). During the latter part of his career, he continued to act in "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (1991) with Kristy McNichol and the action picture "Running Cool" (1993) with Andrew Divoff. Additionally, he appeared on the television special "Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story" (CBS, 1989-1990). Most recently, Snyder acted in "Brooklyn Lobster" (2005).

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Highest rated movies

68% 74% Heartbreak Ridge
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57% 62% Yanks
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50% 61% No Man's Land
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27% 50% Marked for Death
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18% 20% Kansas
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92% Running Cool
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The Overlookers
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34% Wheels of Terror
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Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
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Coopersmith
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Overlookers Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 80% Cora Unashamed Dr. Siebels (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mommy 2: Mommy's Day Lt. March (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 92% Running Cool Sheriff (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story Unknown (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Coopersmith Cal Murray (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet 60% Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys Murry (Character) - 1990
27% 50% Marked for Death Duvall (Character) $43.1M 1990
No Score Yet 34% Wheels of Terror Detective Drummond (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guts & Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North Unknown (Character) - 1989
18% 20% Kansas George Bayles (Character) $2.3M 1988
50% 61% No Man's Land Lieutenant Curtis Loos (Character) $1.1M 1987
68% 74% Heartbreak Ridge Sergeant Major Choozoo (Character) $41.0M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Night Partners Glen McGuire (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 50% Deadly Force Ashley Maynard (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 50% Red Flag: The Ultimate Game Col. Anderson (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 80% No Place to Hide James Stockwood (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 76% The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Andy (Character) - 1981
57% 62% Yanks Henry (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Love, First Love Howard (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dear Detective Prof. Richard Weyland (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 33% Scalpel Uncle Bradley (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Rod Hullabaloo Unknown (Character) - 1966

TV

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No Score Yet 90% Quantum Leap Sheriff Mundy (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Franz Kaufmann (Guest Star) 1988 1991
No Score Yet 88% The Wonder Years Lloyd Arnold (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter John Griffin (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet 80% Full House Colonel Gladstone (Guest Star) 1990
No Score Yet 70% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Designing Women Unknown (Guest Star) 1986 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet North and South, Book II Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet It's a Living Dad (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet 95% Magnum, P.I. Mr. Shelby (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dallas Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet 87% M*A*S*H Major Finch (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nero Wolfe Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flo Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet B.J. and the Bear Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1980