Joe Seneca

Date of Birth: 14 Jan 1919
Country: USA
Biography: Prior to his illustrious Hollywood and television careers, Joe Seneca (nee Joel McGhee) belonged to a top flight singing group - The Three Riffs - that worked the better supper clubs in New York City. He was also a fine songwriter and had a big hit with "Talk to Me" sung by Little Willie John.
Total Credits at Criticker: 16 (Actor)
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A just divorced man must learn to care for his son on his own, and then must fight in court to keep custody of him. (imdb)
A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling. (imdb)
Eugene is an extraordinary talent in classic guitar, but he dreams of being a famous Blues guitarist. So he investigates to find a storied lost song. He asks the legendary Blues musician Willie Brown to help him, but Willie demands to free him from the old-people's prison first and to really learn the blues on the way to it's origin: Mississippi Delta. Eugene doesn't know yet about Willie's deal with the devil, that he now wants to revoke. (imdb)
An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it. (imdb)
In the South of the United States are taking place confrontations between two groups of students who have different ideas and are not able to accept the one of the oponent. (imdb)
A professional killer comes out of retirement to investigate and avenge the brutal murder of an old friend. (imdb)
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire straits, when he is threatened by Little Leroy, a thug who is one of the tough denizens of the Fort Washington Shelter for Men. He reaches out to Jerry, a streetwise combat veteran, who takes Matthew under his wing as a son. The relationship between these two men grows as they attempt to conquer the numbing isolation of homelessness. (imdb)
House of Dies Drear (1984) - TV Movie
Quasisupernatural TV-movie, produced by the Children's TV Workshop, depicts the plight of young Walter when he and his family move into an old rural Ohio home once owned by a Dutchman who helped slaves escape through the pre-Civil War underground. The house's reputation for being haunted results in a spectral-like image scaring the black family half to death on a stormy night as well as the appearance of an old man., Pluto, who could be a ghost too. (John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again)
Following the death of his father, suburbanite Obie runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, he befriends con artist Scam. The two then embark on a Down South adventure involving gangsters, the police, and a search for Scam's father. (imdb)
A Gathering of Old Men (1987) - TV Movie
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot. A group of old, black men takes a courageous step by coming forward en masse to take responsibility for the killing of a white racist, whom one of their members has shot.
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986) - TV Movie
Fact-based story about Mitch Snyder (Martin Sheen), a Washington crusader for the homeless, who took their case to Congress. Working for the Community for Creative Non-violence, Snyder became outraged at the number of homeless people who had been dumped on the Washington streets without shelter from mental institutions and other care facilities. His advocacy drew national attention to the "missing persons" that live among us. (imdb)
Wilma (1977) - TV Movie
The story of American track sprinter Wilma Rudolph, who overcame physical handicaps to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics.
The Vernon Johns Story (1994) - TV Movie
The Vernon Johns Story is the inspirational saga of the man who preceded Martin Luther King Jr. as pastor of a Montgomery, Alabama Baptist Church. Described as "one of God's most brilliant preachers," Johns campaigned tirelessly for Civil Rights long before the cudgel was taken up by the "mainstream." Before leaving his post, Johns passed the torch to young Reverend King, who is but a minor character in this positive, uplifting TV-movie.
The Tenth Month (1979) - TV Movie
An unmarried, middle-aged woman accidently gets pregenant by an internationally renowned pianist and decides to keep and raise the baby on her own.