Michael Pataki


About

Birth Place
Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Born
January 16, 1938
Died
April 15, 2010
Cause of Death
Cancer

Biography

Michael Pataki was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Pataki began his acting career with roles in such films as the Marlon Brando dramatic adaptation "The Young Lions" (1958), the Gary Cooper dramatic adaptation "Ten North Frederick" (1958) and "Easy Rider" (1969). He also appeared in "The Dirt Gang" (1972), "Sweet Jesus, Preacher Man" (1972) with Roger E Mosley and "L...

Biography

Michael Pataki was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Pataki began his acting career with roles in such films as the Marlon Brando dramatic adaptation "The Young Lions" (1958), the Gary Cooper dramatic adaptation "Ten North Frederick" (1958) and "Easy Rider" (1969). He also appeared in "The Dirt Gang" (1972), "Sweet Jesus, Preacher Man" (1972) with Roger E Mosley and "Last Foxtrot In Burbank" (1973). In the seventies, Pataki devoted his time to various credits, such as "The Terror of Dr. Chancey" with Richard Basehart (1975), "The Glove" (1976) and "The Other Cinderella" (1976). He also worked on "Airport 77" with Jack Lemmon (1977). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the action film "Raise the Titanic" (1980) with Jason Robards, "Sweet Sixteen" (1981) and the James Farentino horror movie "Dead and Buried" (1982). He also appeared in the comedy "R.S.V.P." (1984) with Ray Colbert and the Fred Ward action movie "Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins..." (1985). Pataki last acted in the action picture "The Side Hackers" (2010) with Ross Hagen. Pataki passed away in April 2010 at the age of 72.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Other Cinderella (1976)
Director
The Terror of Dr. Chancey (1975)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Good Doctor: The Paul Fleiss Story (1996)
Bernie Cornfield
Stranger Than Love (1993)
Rocky V (1990)
Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal (1990)
Professor Drewton
Death House (1989)
Franco Moretti
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
The Underachievers (1987)
Murphy
American Anthem (1986)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Rocky IV (1985)
R.S.V.P. (1984)
Rex
The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984)
Valery
Cowboy (1983)
Terror at Alcatraz (1982)
Dead and Buried (1982)
Sweet Sixteen (1981)
George Martin
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Marciano (1979)
Samurai (1979)
The Survival Of Dana (1979)
Arnold Denker
Love At First Bite (1979)
Disaster On The Coastliner (1979)
The Onion Field (1979)
The Last Word (1979)
Dracula's Dog (1978)
Michael Drake--Count Dracula
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978)
Robert Najarian
Superdome (1978)
Ruby and Oswald (1978)
Spider-Man Strikes Back (1978)
Captain Barbera
Spider-Man (1977)
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977)
Airport '77 (1977)
The Call of the Wild (1976)
The Glove (1976)
Harry Iverson
Delinquent Schoolgirls (1975)
Carnal Madness (1975)
The Bat People (1974)
Grave of the Vampire (1974)
The Last Porno Flick (1974)
Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973)
Last Foxtrot In Burbank (1973)
Indict and Convict (1973)
The Dirt Gang (1972)
Snake
The Pink Angels (1971)
Biker
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Mic T
They Call It Murder (1971)
Five the Hard Way (1969)
J. C.
Easy Rider (1969)
Mime #4
The Young Lions (1958)
Private Hagstrom
Ten North Frederick (1958)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Murder in the First (1995)
Consultant

Cast (Special)

Wendy Hooper -- U.S. Army (1981)
The Chopped Liver Brothers (1977)
Friends and Lovers (1974)
Charlie Dreyfuss; Robert'S Brother

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Harold Robbins' The Pirate (1978)

Life Events

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