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G.D. Spradlin

G.D. Spradlin

24 movies on Netflix

Biography

G.D. Spradlin was an American actor who came to the screen relatively late, after earlier careers as an attorney and an independent oil producer. Born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, in 1920, he completed a law degree at the University of Oklahoma in 1948 and joined the Oklahoma Repertory Theatre in 1964. Television work in the 1960s, much of it through casting director Fred Roos, led to film roles, and he became known for playing devious authority figures and high-ranking officers. He was Senator Pat Geary in The Godfather: Part II (1974) and General Corman in Apocalypse Now (1979), and he appeared in Zabriskie Point (1970), North Dallas Forty (1979), The Lords of Discipline (1983), Tank (1984), The War of the Roses (1989), Ed Wood (1994), Nick of Time (1995) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), retiring from acting after Dick (1999). He died in 2011.

90years old at death

  • Born Pauls Valley
  • Died San Luis Obispo
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Gervase Duan Spradlin and Gervase Spradlin

Movie Career

Films
24
Career span
32 years1967 to 1999

Genres

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Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Godfather: Part II1974 Crime, Dramaas Senator Pat Geary

    IMDb rating 9.01.5M votes

  2. Apocalypse Now1979 Drama, Waras General Corman

    IMDb rating 8.4778K votes

  3. Ed Wood1994as Reverend Lemon

    IMDb rating 7.8191K votes

  4. The Long Kiss Goodnight1996as President

    IMDb rating 6.894K votes

  5. The War of the Roses1989as Harry Thurmont

    IMDb rating 6.963K votes

  6. Zabriskie Point1970as Lee's Associate

    IMDb rating 6.919K votes

  7. Nick of Time1995as Mystery Man

    IMDb rating 6.348K votes

  8. Canadian Bacon1995as R. J. Hacker

    IMDb rating 5.920K votes

Most often with

Francis Ford Coppola directed two of these films, Marvin J. Chomsky two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Robert Duvall, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Robert DuvallMarlon Brando, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Marlon BrandoBruce Dern, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Bruce DernDennis Hopper, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Dennis HopperLaurence Fishburne, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Laurence FishburneMartin Sheen, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Martin SheenFrancis Ford CoppolaDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Francis Ford CoppolaMarvin J. ChomskyDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Marvin J. Chomsky

Films together

  • Robert Duvall3 films together, 1974 to 1987
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    • Apocalypse Pooh1987IMDb rating 6.4Spradlin as General CormanDuvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore (archive sound)
    • Apocalypse Now1979IMDb rating 8.4Spradlin as General CormanDuvall as Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
    • The Godfather: Part II1974IMDb rating 9.0Spradlin as Senator Pat GearyDuvall as Tom Hagen
  • Marlon Brando3 films together, 1979 to 1987
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    • Apocalypse Pooh1987IMDb rating 6.4Spradlin as General CormanBrando as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
    • The Formula1980IMDb rating 5.6Spradlin as Arthur ClementsBrando as Adam Steiffel
    • Apocalypse Now1979IMDb rating 8.4Spradlin as General CormanBrando as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
  • Bruce Dern2 films together, 1967 to 1991
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    • Carolina Skeletons1991IMDb rating 6.2Spradlin as Hiram StokerDern as Junior Stoker
    • Will Penny1967IMDb rating 7.0Spradlin as Anse HowardDern as Rafe Quint
  • Dennis Hopper2 films together, 1979 to 1987
    Dennis Hopper's page
    • Apocalypse Pooh1987IMDb rating 6.4Spradlin as General CormanHopper as Photojournalist (archive sound)
    • Apocalypse Now1979IMDb rating 8.4Spradlin as General CormanHopper as Photojournalist
  • Laurence Fishburne2 films together, 1979 to 1987
    Laurence Fishburne's page
    • Apocalypse Pooh1987IMDb rating 6.4Spradlin as General CormanFishburne as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller (archive sound)
    • Apocalypse Now1979IMDb rating 8.4Spradlin as General CormanFishburne as Tyrone 'Clean' Miller
  • Martin Sheen2 films together, 1979 to 1987
    Martin Sheen's page
    • Apocalypse Pooh1987IMDb rating 6.4Spradlin as General CormanSheen as Captain Benjamin L. Willard (archive sound)
    • Apocalypse Now1979IMDb rating 8.4Spradlin as General CormanSheen as Captain Benjamin L. Willard
  • Francis Ford CoppolaDirector, 2 films, 1974 to 1979
    All films by Francis Ford Coppola
  • Marvin J. ChomskyDirector, 2 films, 1984 to 1993
    All films by Marvin J. Chomsky
    • Telling Secrets1993IMDb rating 5.8Spradlin as Walter Jefferson
    • Tank1984IMDb rating 5.8Spradlin as Sheriff Buelton
  • Also two films together10 more actors

    When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What G.D. Spradlin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$622 million

14 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 24 films: 14 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.

  • 14Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 5Figure not found

Top grosser

The War of the Roses1989as Harry Thurmont$160 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The War of the Roses1989as Harry Thurmont
    $160M25.7% of the total
  2. 2
    Apocalypse Now1979as General Corman
    $150M24.1% of the total
  3. 3
    The Godfather: Part II1974as Senator Pat Geary
    $103M16.5% of the total
  4. 4
    The Long Kiss Goodnight1996as President
    $89M14.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Dick1999as Ben Bradlee
    $28M4.4% of the total
  6. 6
    North Dallas Forty1979as B. A. Strothers
    $26M4.2% of the total
  7. 7
    MacArthur1977as General Eichelberger
    $16M2.6% of the total
  8. 8
    Tank1984as Sheriff Buelton
    $14M2.3% of the total
The Lords of Discipline (1983), $11.8 millionThe Formula (1980), $8.9 millionNick of Time (1995), $8.2 millionEd Wood (1994), $5.9 millionZabriskie Point (1970), $1.0 millionCanadian Bacon (1995), $178,104

$35.9 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total

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