Dennis Dugan
Born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois, Dennis Dugan began acting in high school and, after graduating from Chicago's Goodman Theater School in 1969, relocated to NYC where he appeared off-Broadway in productions of "A Man's Man" and "The House of Blue Leaves." Moving to Hollywood in 1973, he worked in episodics, as well as TV-movies like "Death Race" and "The Girl Most Likely To . . ." (both ABC, 1973), before making an auspicious feature debut with an excellent comic performance in Jonathan Kaplan's light-hearted, drive-in sex comedy "Night Call Nurses" (1974), followed by appearances in "The Day of the Locust," "Night Moves" and "Smile" the following year. Dugan raised his profile significantly in 1976, first portraying Nick Nolte's best friend in the most-watched miniseries of its time, "Rich Man, Poor Man" (ABC), and later creating the title character of "Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours," an NBC TV-movie that also marked important career connections with executive producers Stephen J Cannell and Steven Bochco. He later reprised that role on episodes of NBC's "The Rockford Files" and in the short-lived 1978 spin-off series "Richie Brockelman, Private Eye."
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Dennis Dugan
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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3% |
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters |
Eddie Stone (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Original Music |
- | 2020 |
8% |
|
Grown Ups 2 | Director | $133.7M | 2013 |
21% |
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That's My Boy | Executive Producer | $36.9M | 2012 |
3% |
|
Jack and Jill | Director | $74.2M | 2011 |
19% |
|
Just Go With It | Director | $103.0M | 2011 |
10% |
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Grown Ups | Director | $162.0M | 2010 |
38% |
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You Don't Mess With the Zohan | Director | $100.0M | 2008 |
15% |
|
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Director | $119.7M | 2007 |
13% |
|
The Benchwarmers | Director | $57.7M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
|
Karroll's Christmas | Director | - | 2004 |
11% |
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National Security | Director | $35.8M | 2003 |
18% |
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Saving Silverman | Director | $19.4M | 2001 |
39% |
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Big Daddy | Director | $163.5M | 1999 |
13% |
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Beverly Hills Ninja | Director | $31.2M | 1997 |
62% |
|
Happy Gilmore |
Doug Thompson (Character), Director |
$38.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey | Director | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Shaggy Dog | Director | - | 1994 |
50% |
|
Brain Donors | Director | $504.1K | 1992 |
0% |
|
Problem Child | Director | $53.5M | 1990 |
92% |
|
Parenthood | David Brodsky (Character) | $99.6M | 1989 |
17% |
|
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking | Mr. Settigren (Character) | $2.3M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Suitors | Policeman (Character) | - | 1988 |
50% |
|
Can't Buy Me Love | David Miller (Character) | $31.6M | 1987 |
0% |
|
Water | Rob Waring (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow Chasers | Edgar "Benny" Benedek (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Toughest Man in the World | Dick (Character) | - | 1984 |
74% |
|
The Howling | Chris (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court | Tom Trimble (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last of the Good Guys | Officer Johnny Lucas (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Broken Badge | Officer Brett Loebner (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diary of Richie Brockelman | Richie Brockleman (Character) | - | 1978 |
50% |
|
Harry and Walter Go to New York | Lewis (Character) | - | 1976 |
40% |
|
Norman... Is That You? | Garson Hobart (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Richard "Richie" Brockelman (Character) | - | 1976 |
63% |
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The Day of the Locust | Apprentice (Character) | - | 1975 |
83% |
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Night Moves | Boy (Character) | - | 1975 |
100% |
|
Smile | Logan (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Race | Pvt. Becker (Character) | - | 1973 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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27% | No Score Yet | The Mullets | Director | 2004 |
83% | 95% | NYPD Blue | Director | 1993-1994 1997 2003-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shasta | Director | 1999-2000 |
14% | No Score Yet | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Director | 1998 |
43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Director | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Columbo |
Sergeant Theodore `Mac' Albinsky (Guest Star), Director |
1976 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Director | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire | Ben Christian (Character) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Pvt. Danny McShane (Guest Star) | 1975 1983 |
97% | 85% | Hill Street Blues | Captain Freedom (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | It's a Living | Lloyd Hoffmeyer (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Officer Brett Loebner (Character) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Heavens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | George Peters (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Stuart Lee Claybourne (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Chris Norton (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |