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Acting

Basil Hoffman

Career: Active from 1978 to 2023, with a break from 1998 to 2009, busiest in 1984 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles: 7
top three billing

Average score: 46/100

Highest rated: Kidco
68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Basil Hoffman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.8, average 4.1
Melancholy
3.6, average 4.7
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Tension
5.1, average 6.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

L
Lee Chambers
Director
The Pineville Heist, When Life Gives You Lemons

Movies and TV shows

75

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles

Lucky Louie

as Wilbert Moser

Discovering Ella

as Bob Stephens

Third Act

as Uncle Paul

2010s

12 titles · average score 48

Mr. Roberts

as Mr. Roberts

The Last Word

53

as Christopher Georrge

Mommy I Didn't Do It

41

as Otis Pell

The Pineville Heist

62

as Principal Parker

Hail, Caesar!

68

as Stu Schwartz (Accounting)

The French American

as Monsieur Tissot

Rio, I Love You

31

as James

Throwdown

26

as Judge Eller

3 Geezers!

21

as Victor

The Artist

85

as Auctioneer

as Mr. Black

When Life Gives You Lemons

as Calvin Adams

2000s

3 titles · average score 53

The Box

46

as Don Poates

Down with Love

59

as C. W. (uncredited)

TV show · as Judge Olsen

1990s

12 titles · average score 62

The West Wing

83

TV show · as Congressman

Hefner: Unauthorized

48

as Lawyer

The Practice

76

TV show · as Tucker's Atty. Art Hardiman (uncredited)

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

77

TV show · as Gerald Stanley (segment "The Dresser")

Culture

as Editor

Kindred: The Embraced

45

TV show · as Charon the Coroner

The Elvira Show

63

as Dr. Marvin Zislis

The Ice Runner

54

as J.C. Kruck

Eerie, Indiana

88

TV show · as Bert (uncredited)

Switch

44

as Higgins

as Professor Sauer

Lambada

43

as Superintendent Leland

1980s

23 titles · average score 71

Seinfeld

87

TV show · as Wig Salesman

Matlock

54

TV show · as Gary Springer

Sledge Hammer!

86

TV show · as Sam Steinway

The Twilight Zone

79

TV show · as Mr. Steward (segment "Button, Button")

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

74

TV show · as Dr. Michaels

Kidco

68

as Sid Fein

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Milton Overguard

Night Court

74

TV show · as Duane Sedgwick

All of Me

71

as Court Clerk

Hill Street Blues

90

TV show · as Ed Greenglass / Ed Greenglass (archive footage) (uncredited)

Falcon Crest

59

TV show · as Reverend Mustafa

Ordinary People

83

as Sloan

1970s

22 titles · average score 66

Love at First Bite

55

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Love’s Dark Ride

as Dr. Kanlan

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

84

as Longly (uncredited)

All the President's Men

82

as Assistant Metro Editor

Barney Miller

52

TV show · as Allen Korbel

Ellery Queen

79

TV show · as Technical Print Man, Harry

The Rockford Files

82

TV show · as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Kojak

72

TV show · as Charlie Winston

M*A*S*H

78

TV show · as Major Pfiefer

The Waltons

65

TV show · as Prof Ranney

Sanford and Son

51

TV show · as Store Owner

Columbo

83

TV show · as Jason Danziger