Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert (born April 11, 1947) is an Oscar-nominated American actor, screenwriter, and film director. Best known as "Boone" from Animal House. Born in The Bronx, Riegert grew up in Hartsdale, NY, graduated Ardsley High School in 1964...

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...musical number based on "When You Wish upon a Star. " When a Jewish man named Max Weinstein (Peter Riegert) has car trouble outside the Griffin house, Peter takes it as a sign. After a foot chase, Peter pressures Max into helping him...

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Americathon (also known as Americathon 1998) is a 1979 comedy starring John Ritter, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Harvey Korman, and Nancy Morgan, with narration by George Carlin, based on a play by Firesign Theatre alumni Phil Proctor and...

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...a student at Pt. Pleasant Beach High School, wrote a short novel, The Runestone, which has since been adapted into a 1990 starring Peter Riegert and Joan Severance. At the University of Delaware he continued his interest in writing, graduating...

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...spoofing everything from personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories. Growing Yourself has a confused family man (Peter Riegert) who throws his wife (Candy Clark) out of the house in order for him to "grow" a new path in...

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...his executioner, Malcolm, into obscenity-laced fits of apoplexy. You'd hardly recognize Capaldi from his most famous movie role, as Peter Riegert's lovelorn Scottish assistant in the sublime 1983 comedy Local Hero. The cords in his neck...

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...Eastern European immigrants, had on what is now considered the world's second most popular sport (soccer is first). As narrator Peter Riegert asks at the start of the film, "Who knew?" The movie features a wide range of nostalgic archival...

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...debut as John "Bluto" Blutarsky is filled with unforgettable performances from a host of future stars: Stephen Furst (Class Reunion), Peter Riegert (Traffic), Thomas Hulce (Amadeus), Tim Matheson ("The West Wing"), Karen Allen (Indiana Jones...

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I wanted to wrestle dramatically with those ideas. What's the point of being an actor if you're not going to take risks?" Peter Riegert, who has made regular appearances on the "L&O" franchise, took a guest slot on FX's "Damages" opposite...

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Also appearing are Kate Mulgrew, who starred as Capt. Kathryn Janeway for seven seasons on "Star Trek: Voyager," and Peter Riegert, who gained fame in "Animal House" and more recently played a lawyer on "Law & Order: Special Victims...

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