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Richard Beatty(I)

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Equal parts Dr. Strangelove, Putney Swope, and Network, Sammy-Gate takes you on a psychedelic trip into the 1970s polyester heart of darkness. On a USO tour of Vietnam, Sammy Davis Jr. stumbles upon a CIA-sponsored plot to smuggle heroin into the United States. Through comic ineptitude mixed with noble intentions, Davis triggers a chain of bizarre missteps by the FBI, the Mafia, and the Nixon Administration that result in the Watergate scandal.
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Richard Beatty is known for Sammy-Gate (2020), Deadly Target (1994) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
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    • Known for

    Sammy-Gate (2020)
    Sammy-Gate
    5.9
    • Sammy Davis Jr.
    • 2020
    Gary Daniels in Deadly Target (1994)
    Deadly Target
    5.1
    • Cop - Rick
    • 1994
    Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Small Demon
    Tonya Harding and Joe Estevez in Breakaway (1995)
    Breakaway
    4.4
    • Rick
    • 1995

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Sammy-Gate (2020)
      Sammy-Gate
      5.9
      • Sammy Davis Jr.
      • 2020
    • Get Dead (2014)
      Get Dead
      4.9
      • Bozwell
      • 2014
    • Betty & DD (2010)
      Betty & DD
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Roland
      • 2010–2012
    • Dead Man's Party (2011)
      Dead Man's Party
      6.4
      • Reggie
      • 2011
    • Dispatch (2011)
      Dispatch
      6.1
      • TV Host
      • 2011
    • Porkchop Playhouse
      TV Movie
      • 2011
    • Dylan McDermott, Nicki Aycox, Omari Hardwick, and Logan Marshall-Green in Dark Blue (2009)
      Dark Blue
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Tricky
      • 2010
    • Celebrity Impression
      7.2
      Short
      • Manager
      • 2010
    • Lil J.J. in Just Jordan (2007)
      Just Jordan
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Duck Dawkins
      • 2007
    • Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
      Buffy the Vampire Slayer
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Small Demon
      • 2001
    • Peter Greene and Camilla Overbye Roos in Under the Influence (2000)
      Under the Influence
      6.8
      • Fin
      • 2000
    • Alec Baldwin, Rebecca De Mornay, and Andre Braugher in Thick as Thieves (1999)
      Thick as Thieves
      5.8
      • Benny (as Rick Beatty)
      • 1999
    • Tonya Harding and Joe Estevez in Breakaway (1995)
      Breakaway
      4.4
      • Rick
      • 1995
    • Gary Daniels in Deadly Target (1994)
      Deadly Target
      5.1
      • Cop - Rick
      • 1994

    Casting Department

    • The Gangsters (2016)
      The Gangsters
      Short
      • casting associate
      • 2016
    • Eye of the Empress: The Fight Club (2015)
      Eye of the Empress: The Fight Club
      Short
      • casting assistant
      • 2015

    Writer

    • Porkchop Playhouse
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 2011

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    Dispatch
    Sammy-Gate Trailer
    Trailer 1:23
    Sammy-Gate Trailer
    Sammy-Gate Trailer
    Trailer 1:23
    Sammy-Gate Trailer

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Rick Beatty

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