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Gerry Okuneff(1932-2024)

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Gerry Okuneff was born on 4 December 1932 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Norma Rae (1979), Two-Minute Warning (1976) and Hunter (1984). He died on 8 November 2024 in the USA.
BornDecember 4, 1932
DiedNovember 8, 2024(91)
BornDecember 4, 1932
DiedNovember 8, 2024(91)
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Known for

Sally Field in Norma Rae (1979)
Norma Rae
7.3
  • Pinkerton Man(as Gerald Okuneff)
  • 1979
Charlton Heston, Martin Balsam, Beau Bridges, John Cassavetes, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, David Groh, Marilyn Hassett, David Janssen, Brock Peters, and Walter Pidgeon in Two-Minute Warning (1976)
Two-Minute Warning
6.2
  • Los Angeles Coach
  • 1976
Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer in Hunter (1984)
Hunter
6.9
TV Series
  • Cabbie
Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field in Back Roads (1981)
Back Roads
5.7
  • Oren
  • 1981

Credits

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Actor

  • Donna Mills in An Element of Truth (1995)
    An Element of Truth
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • FBI Agent
    • 1995
  • Columbo: Strange Bedfellows (1995)
    Columbo: Strange Bedfellows
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • Walter Sterling
    • 1995
  • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)
    Diagnosis Murder
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Reporter #2 (as Jerry Okuneff)
    • 1994
  • Peter Falk, Faye Dunaway, Claudia Christian, John Finnegan, Armando Pucci, and Doug Sheehan in Columbo: It's All in the Game (1993)
    Columbo: It's All in the Game
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • Plainclothes Detective
    • 1993
  • Peter Falk in Columbo: A Bird in the Hand (1992)
    Columbo: A Bird in the Hand
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Dealer
    • 1992
  • Peter Falk and Rip Torn in Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot (1991)
    Columbo: Death Hits the Jackpot
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • Patrolman
    • 1991
  • William Conrad and Joe Penny in Jake and the Fatman (1987)
    Jake and the Fatman
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Detective
    • Officer #1
    • 1989–1991
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Eddie Stone
    • First Man
    • Man
    • 1988–1990
  • Richard Dreyfuss and Barbra Streisand in Nuts (1987)
    Nuts
    6.7
    • Court Officer #1
    • 1987
  • Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)
    Matlock
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Big John's Bodyguard #2
    • 1987
  • Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer in Hunter (1984)
    Hunter
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Cabbie
    • 1984
  • Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field in Back Roads (1981)
    Back Roads
    5.7
    • Oren
    • 1981
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Coach
    • 1980
  • A Man Called Sloane (1979)
    A Man Called Sloane
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Commander
    • 1979
  • Sally Field in Norma Rae (1979)
    Norma Rae
    7.3
    • Pinkerton Man (as Gerald Okuneff)
    • 1979

Additional Crew

  • Gary Busey and Cynthia Leake in The Bear (1984)
    The Bear
    6.0
    • assistant: Mr. Elias (as Jerry Okuneff)
    • 1984
  • North Dallas Forty (1979)
    North Dallas Forty
    6.9
    • assistant football coach (uncredited)
    • 1979

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Gerald Okuneff
  • Born
    • December 4, 1932
    • New York, New York, USA
  • Died
    • November 8, 2024
    • USA

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