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Dennis Dugan

Highest Rated: 100% Smile (1975)

Lowest Rated: 0% Problem Child (1990)

Birthday: Sep 5, 1946

Birthplace: Wheaton, Illinois, USA

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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Highest rated movies

100% 70% Smile
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92% 76% Parenthood
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83% 71% Night Moves
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74% 60% The Howling
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63% 75% The Day of the Locust
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62% 85% Happy Gilmore
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50% 85% Brain Donors
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50% 32% Harry and Walter Go to New York
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50% 74% Can't Buy Me Love
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40% 70% Norman... Is That You?
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
3% 25% Love, Weddings & Other Disasters Eddie Stone (Character),
Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer,
Original Music
- 2020
8% 53% Grown Ups 2 Director $133.7M 2013
21% 51% That's My Boy Executive Producer $36.9M 2012
3% 36% Jack and Jill Director $74.2M 2011
19% 59% Just Go With It Director $103.0M 2011
10% 62% Grown Ups Director $162.0M 2010
38% 45% You Don't Mess With the Zohan Director $100.0M 2008
15% 69% I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Director $119.7M 2007
13% 64% The Benchwarmers Director $57.7M 2006
No Score Yet 52% Karroll's Christmas Director - 2004
11% 45% National Security Director $35.8M 2003
18% 51% Saving Silverman Director $19.4M 2001
39% 74% Big Daddy Director $163.5M 1999
13% 53% Beverly Hills Ninja Director $31.2M 1997
62% 85% Happy Gilmore Doug Thompson (Character),
Director
$38.8M 1996
No Score Yet 52% Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey Director - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Shaggy Dog Director - 1994
50% 85% Brain Donors Director $504.1K 1992
0% 42% Problem Child Director $53.5M 1990
92% 76% Parenthood David Brodsky (Character) $99.6M 1989
17% 68% The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking Mr. Settigren (Character) $2.3M 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Suitors Policeman (Character) - 1988
50% 74% Can't Buy Me Love David Miller (Character) $31.6M 1987
0% 70% Water Rob Waring (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Chasers Edgar "Benny" Benedek (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 33% The Toughest Man in the World Dick (Character) - 1984
74% 60% The Howling Chris (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 31% 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% 32% Harry and Walter Go to New York Lewis (Character) - 1976
40% 70% 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% 75% The Day of the Locust Apprentice (Character) - 1975
83% 71% Night Moves Boy (Character) - 1975
100% 70% Smile Logan (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death Race Pvt. Becker (Character) - 1973

TV

Credit
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