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Richard Brestoff

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Sully Boyar, Richard Brestoff, and Melanie Mayron in Car Wash (1976)
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Richard Brestoff is known for The Man with Two Brains (1983), The Entity (1982) and Operation Petticoat (1977).
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    Known for

    Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983)
    The Man with Two Brains
    6.4
    • Dr. Pasteur
    • 1983
    The Entity (1982)
    The Entity
    6.7
    • Gene Kraft
    • 1982
    Jamie Lee Curtis, John Astin, Bond Gideon, Richard Gilliland, Melinda Naud, and Dorrie Thomson in Operation Petticoat (1977)
    Operation Petticoat
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Yeoman Hunkle
    Tony Becker, Eric Bruskotter, Stephen Caffrey, Stan Foster, Ramón Franco, Terence Knox, and Miguel A. Núñez Jr. in Tour of Duty (1987)
    Tour of Duty
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Maj. Darling

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    • Devil's Creek
      6.9
      Short
      • Deacon
      • 2009
    • Tim Daly and Mykelti Williamson in The Fugitive (2000)
      The Fugitive
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Abe Eisenberg
      • 2000–2001
    • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
      Murder, She Wrote
      7.3
      TV Series
      • William Bailey
      • 1992
    • Northern Exposure (1990)
      Northern Exposure
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Steven Gould
      • 1991
    • William Conrad and Joe Penny in Jake and the Fatman (1987)
      Jake and the Fatman
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Dr. Morris
      • 1991
    • Ken Wahl in The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
      The Taking of Beverly Hills
      5.1
      • Executive #1
      • 1991
    • Greg Evigan and Connie Sellecca in P.S.I. Luv U (1991)
      P.S.I. Luv U
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Dr. Benning
      • 1991
    • Thirtysomething (1987)
      Thirtysomething
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Father Tierney
      • 1991
    • Sarah Jessica Parker, Debrah Farentino, James Wilder, George DiCenzo, Jane Kaczmarek, Kathleen Lloyd, Barry Miller, Joe Morton, and Jon Tenney in Equal Justice (1990)
      Equal Justice
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Steinman
      • 1991
    • Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
      Freddy's Nightmares
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Dr. Clayton Van Der Straten
      • 1990
    • Ethan Hawke, Jack Lemmon, and Ted Danson in Dad (1989)
      Dad
      6.3
      • (voice)
      • 1989
    • Tony Becker, Eric Bruskotter, Stephen Caffrey, Stan Foster, Ramón Franco, Terence Knox, and Miguel A. Núñez Jr. in Tour of Duty (1987)
      Tour of Duty
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Maj. Darling
      • 1989
    • Call from Space (1989)
      Call from Space
      5.9
      Short
      • Movie Director
      • 1989
    • Patrick Dempsey in Loverboy (1989)
      Loverboy
      6.1
      • Robot (voice)
      • 1989
    • Dennis Franz and Peter Jurasik in Beverly Hills Buntz (1987)
      Beverly Hills Buntz
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Mr. Weintraub
      • 1988

    Additional Crew

    • Lolita Davidovich and John Lithgow in Raising Cain (1992)
      Raising Cain
      6.1
      • adr loop group
      • 1992

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