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Burton Gilliam

Burton Gilliam

Highest Rated:
91% Paper Moon (1973)
Lowest Rated:
0% Gator (1976)
Birthday:
Aug 9, 1938
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
Burton Gilliam achieved fame long before his film career, setting the record for most wins as a Golden Gloves boxer. Gilliam worked as a fireman in Dallas before turning to acting in the early 1970s. His toothy grin, braying voice and village-buffoon demeanor was effectively harnessed for such roles…

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Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 91%
Number of Movies: 34
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2010 Breaking The Press
  • Kirby Hunt
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2008 Killing Down
  • Actor
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2007 Retribution Road
  • Actor
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2006 Killing Down
  • Actor
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2004 Fangly's
  • Actor
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2004 The Fangly's
  • Actor
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2003 Shtickmen
  • Actor
  • Director
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2002 Drive-in Movie Memories
  • Actor
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2002 Mi Amigo
  • Actor
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2001 The Journeyman
  • Actor
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1999 Soccer Dog: The Movie
  • Actor
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1997 The Love Bug
  • Actor
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1995 Born to Be Wild
  • Dwayne
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1995 41% Wild Bill
  • Bartender
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1994 33% The Getaway
  • Gollie
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1992 61% Honeymoon in Vegas
  • Roy
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1992 Quake (Aftershock) (The Stalker)
  • Willie
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1990 71% Back to the Future Part III
  • Colt Gun Salesman
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1990 The Terror Within II
  • Actor
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1990 The Terror Within
  • Dewitt
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1988 Underachievers
  • Red
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1986 Convicted: A True Story
  • Lieutenant Nance
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1985 Uphill All the Way
  • Corporal
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1985 75% Fletch
  • Bud
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1984 Foxfire Light
  • Actor
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1980 Follow That Car
  • Delbart Huggins
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1977 Telefon
  • Gas Station Attendant
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1976 0% Gator
  • Smiley
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1975 Hearts Of The West (Hollywood Cowboy)
  • Lester
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1975 10% At Long Last Love
  • Man At Racetrack
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1975 83% Farewell, My Lovely
  • Cowboy
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1974 89% Blazing Saddles
  • Lyle
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1974 86% Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
  • Welder
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1973 91% Paper Moon
  • Floyd the Desk Clerk
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    1. Lyle: Come on, boys. Where's your spirit? I don't hear no singing. When you was slaves, you sang like birds. Come on, how about a gold ole nigger work song?
    2. Bart: I get no kick from champagne. [back up singers vocalize] 'Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all So tell me why should it be true That I get a belt out of you. [back up singers throw some rhythm into it] Some get a kick from cocaine.
    3. Lyle: Hold it, hold it. What the hell is that shit? I meant a song. A real song. Something like, Swing low Sweet chariot. [the workers don't have a clue] Don't know that one, huh? How about "De Camptown Ladies?
    4. Bart: De Camptown Ladies? [other workers echo what Bart said].
    5. Lyle: Yeah. You know. De Camptown ladies sing this song Doo dah doo dah De Camptown race is five miles long Oh the doo dah day [joined by all his cohorts] Going to run all night, going to run all day I'd wage my money on a bobtail nag Somebody bet on the bay Going to run all night, going to run all day I wage my money on a bobtail nag [GUNSHOT in the distance]
    6. Taggart: [rides up] What in the wide world of sports is a-goin' on here? I hired you people to get a little track laid.
    From Blazing Saddles. Submitted by Jordan P (11 days ago)
    1. Lyle: Come on, boys! The way you're lollygaggin' around here with them picks and shovels, you'd think it was 120 degrees. Can't be more than 114. [his friends laugh, and a Chinaman falls over from exhaustion] Dock that Chink a day's pay for nappin' on the job.
    From Blazing Saddles. Submitted by Jordan P (30 days ago)

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