Don Shanks
Birthday: Born in 1950-02-26 in Piasa, Illinois, USA
Deathday: Alive
Don Shanks was born on 26 February 1950 in Piasa, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989), Dumb and Dumber (1994) and The World's Fastest Indian (2005).
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Grizzly Adams
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An innocent fugitive from the law lives in the wilderness with a grizzly bear companion and helps passers-by in the forest....
The Secret Of Lost Creek
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The Secret of Lost Creek is an American adventure television series that aired from February 1 until March 1, 1992....
The Secret of Lost Creek
Character: Charlie Little Elk
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The Incredible Hulk
Character: Little Jim
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail....
Great Performances
Character: Don Magnifico
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries....
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I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
Character: The Fisherman
Several teenagers in a small-town in Colorado concoct a July 4th prank based on a frightening legend that goes awry when their friend ends up accidentally killed; however, the teens agree to keep their involvement a secret from the authorities, who continue to search for the man who apparently killed their friend. A year later, with the July 4th celebration coming up again, the teenagers realize that they're being stalked by someone who clearly intends on keeping the horrible legend alive by kil...
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
Character: Michael Myers
One year later, Michael Myers' traumatized young niece is horrified to discover she has a telepathic bond with her evil uncle... and that he is on the way back to Haddonfield to begin the carnage again....
The Indian Runner
Character: Young Indian Runner
Two brothers cannot overcome their opposite perceptions of life. One brother sees and feels bad in everyone and everything, subsequently he is violent, antisocial and unable to appreciate or enjoy the good things which his brother desperately tries to point out to him....
Made Men
Character: Caleb
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the money is hidden but instead leads them into a trap at a backwoods crystal-meth factory. The gangsters and the drug dealers start a shoot-out for unknown reasons and both go gunning for Belushi. Meanwhile an unscrupulous cop is secretly having an affair with the girl friend and planning to make off with the money....
The Last Sin Eater
Character: Indian Chief
In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia....
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
Character: Charlie
Rocky, Colt and TumTum must battle an evil wealthy toxic waste dumper in order to save a local Indian tribe and their friend Joe. The 3 Ninjas must help find Joe's father and find a secret disk that contains evidence that could stop the toxic landfill that is destroying the Indian community. However the town is owned by the rich man and he controls the police and even the mayor. They must fight a motorcycle gang and renegade cowboys in this non-stop ninja adventure....
4: GO
Character: Warden Bishop
On the eve before Halloween, four escaped murderers head to the woods with a hostage they didn't count on. With an inept posse searching in the wrong area they will be lucky if they live through the weekend....
Revenge of the Ninja
Character: Chief
After his family is killed in Japan by ninjas, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When he finds out that his friend has betrayed him, Cho must prepare for the greatest battle he has ever been involved in....
Spirit of the Eagle
Character: Running Wolf
A frontier mapmaker, apart from his son for one year, renews his bond with him and then heads into the deep woods to make maps together. But when his son is kidnapped, his new mission is to find him and exact revenge on those who took him and sold him to an Indian tribe....
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror
Character: Self
Follow the evolution of the 'Halloween' movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular and revisits many of the original locations used in the films - seeing the effects on the local community. For the first time, cast, crew, critics and fans join together in the ultimate 'Halloween' retrospective....
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Character: Ashawakie
Two young survivors of a wagon-train massacre battle horse thieves as they take a prize stallion through Utah....
Dead Man's Party: The Making of Halloween 5
Character: Self
In-depth Scream Factory documentary; one that doesn't sugarcoat any aspect of the production, from its rushed beginnings to the assembling of its cast and crew, its rocky production, and the many difficulties the filmmakers encountered along the way. Interviews with producer Malek Akkad, line producer Rick Nathanson, composer Alan Howarth and actors Danielle Harris, Ellie Cornell, Wedny Kaplan, Jeffrey Landman, Jonathan Chapin, Frankie Como, Tamara Glynn, Matthew Walker and Don Shanks (the fifth...
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Character: Santa Climbing in Window (archive footage)
Ricky is released from a mental hospital, taking with him the memory of his brother Billy's death and embarking on a journey of relentless revenge....
Last of the Mohicans
Character: Uncas
During the French and Indian War in colonial America, a white scout, with two of his Indian brothers, helps a British officer escort two women through dangerous territory, with both French troops and hostile Indians after them....
Legend of the Wild
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Patchwork movie edited from episodes from the TV series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977)....
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Character: Vago Wiseguy #3
Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars worth of drugs from him....
The Tempest
Character: Overseer
An adaptation of Shakespeare's classic is set in the Mississippi bayous during the Civil War....
Walking Thunder
Character: Blood Coat
In the 1850's, a young boy and his family on their way West become stranded in the Rockies. With the help of a local mountain man, a Sioux medicine man, and a legendary bear known as "Walking Thunder," the boy learns to become a man, and his family's survival is secured....
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
Character: Nakoma
After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman "Grizzly Adams" discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife of the region after rescuing an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he adopts and calls "Ben"....
Smothered
Character: Don Shanks
Five horror icons ditch an unprofitable autograph signing convention to earn some extra cash haunting an RV park, but find themselves being haunted instead....
Il trovatore
Character: Ferrando
Elijah Moshinsky's production of Verdi's "Il trovatore", filmed live at the Australian Opera in 1983. Joan Sutherland stars as Leonora, with Kenneth Collins as Manrico, Jonathan Summers as Count di Luna, and Lauris Elms as Azucena. Richard Bonynge conducts the Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra....
The Shape
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A murder is shown in three different points of view in La Plata....
Dream Machine
Character: Juan Valdez
As a reward from a jilted millionairess, Davis is given the $100,000 Porsche of the unfaithful husband. Unknown to Davis and the wife, the body of the husband is in the Porsche. The killer tries in vain to recover the body before it is discovered....
Ride with the Devil
Character: George
Ride with the Devil follows four people who are fighting for truth and justice amidst the turmoil of the American Civil War. Director Ang Lee takes us to a no man's land on the Missouri/Kansas border where a staunch loyalist, an immigrant's son, a freed slave, and a young widow form an unlikely friendship as they learn how to survive in an uncertain time. In a place without rules and redefine the meaning of bravery and honor....
The Crow: Salvation
Character: Guard #1
Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer....
Sweet Sixteen
Character: Jason Longshadow
A beautiful lonely girl named Melissa tries to make new friends from a town she's currently living in. The only problem is, each of the boys that she spends time with end up brutally murdered. Her sixteenth birthday is on the way, but Melissa turns out to be a suspect when it seems she's the last person who has seen her boyfriends alive....
Wind Dancer
Character: Halfmoon
When a young girl is injured by a riding accident, she overcomes her injury with the help of her family and her beloved horse....
Guardian of the Wilderness
Character: Teneiya
In 1861, miner Galen Clark (Denver Pyle) learns he has consumption and decides to travel west in his final months. During the journey, he meets naturalist John Muir (John Dehner), who encourages him to live. Along with Native American Teneiya (Don Shanks), Galen builds a cabin and settles with his daughter, Kathleen (Cheryl Miller). When loggers threaten to destroy their community and the forest, Galen joins forces with Muir and Teneiya to advocate for the area's preservation as Yosemite Park....
Tripwire
Character: Indian Fighter
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weaponry capable of threatening world peace. The only hero who can stop the terrorists' scheme for world domination is Jack DeForest. During the battle between good and evil the hero DeForest accidentally kills the son of the Szabo. Seeking revenge Szabo locates DeForest’s family, murders his wife and kidnaps their teenage son thereby turning their fight...
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Character: Coach Jacoby
On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences....
Resilience and the Lost Gems
Character: Sheriff Leigh Brackett
Eleven-year-old adventurer, "Rizzy" O' Neal (AKA Resilience), is separated from her family while in pursuit of a mysterious local legend. Using only her training and the gear on her back, Rizzy races against time, the elements and the deadly dangers of the desert to save herself, her family, as well as history....
The Rogue & Grizzly
Character: Tonora
A 19th-century New Englander becomes a mountain man friendly with an Indian and a bear....
Dumb and Dumber
Character: Waiter #3 (uncredited)
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart....
Paranormal Prison
Character: Mannequin
A paranormal investigation YouTube channel is getting ready to shut down if they don't have a video that goes viral in time. In this last ditch attempt, a long-time mystery is solved....