Dennis Dugan
Dennis Dugan (born September 5, 1946) is an American director, comedian, and actor. He started his acting career after appearing in the 1973 made-for-TV movie” The Girl Most Likely to...” He is well known for his frequent collaborations with comedic actor Adam Sandler, directing several films including “Happy Gilmore” and “Grown Ups.”
Dennis has also made a career as a television and film director, and appears in cameo parts in many of his films. Dugan has directed episodes of such television series as Moonlighting (was also a guest star in some episodes), Ally McBeal, and NYPD Blue.
Dugan married actress Joyce Van Patten in 1973 and divorced her fourteen years later. Now he is married to Sharon O'Connor and has a son named Kelly Dugan.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.0276 |
| Birthday | 1946-09-05 |
| Place of Birth | Wheaton, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | Walter Bishop, |
1989
Parenthood
6.663/736
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives,...
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Parenthood
1975
Smile
5.966/44
It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who gi...
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Smile
1981
The Howling
6.6/909
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they s...
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The Howling
1984
The Toughest Man in the World
5.8/5
Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with...
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The Toughest Man in the World
1975
Night Moves
6.7/371
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress want...
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Night Moves
1996
Happy Gilmore
6.675/3411
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin —...
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Happy Gilmore
1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
7/2
A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she mig...
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Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1971
The Hospital
6.621/112
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit...
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The Hospital
1979
Unidentified Flying Oddball
5.646/41
A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble...
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Unidentified Flying Oddball
2010
Grown Ups
6.432/6798
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
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Grown Ups
2012
That's My Boy
5.801/2173
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for...
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That's My Boy
2011
Jack and Jill
4.4/2242
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit...
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Jack and Jill
2007
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
6.093/2569
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that...
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
1988
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
5.867/83
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Ne...
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The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1976
Norman... Is That You?
5.433/15
Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him right.
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Norman... Is That You?
1972
Night Call Nurses
4.353/17
The sweet and perky Barbara, the sunny Janis, and the responsible Sandra are a trio of young and attractive nurses who work in the psych ward at a hos...
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Night Call Nurses
1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York
5.741/27
Two hopelessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the 19th century — by gaining the enmity of the most famous ba...
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Harry and Walter Go to New York
1973
The Girl Most Likely To...
6.616/43
An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.
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The Girl Most Likely To...
2024
Knox Goes Away
6.98/516
A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life o...
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Knox Goes Away
1985
Water
6.081/37
The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling com...
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Water
1982
Country Gold
8/2
An aging country singer becomes irritated with the success of a popular young country singer. However, she is not yet ready to become yesterday's news...
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Country Gold
2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
5.722/4123
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan
1988
She's Having a Baby
5.943/227
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...
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She's Having a Baby
1990
Problem Child
6.181/935
Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping...
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Problem Child
2006
The Benchwarmers
5.868/952
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league...
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The Benchwarmers
1980
Deer in the Works
0/0
David Potter, owner of a small town weekly newspaper, decides to get a more secure job. Despite his wife's misgivings, he applies to be a publicity wr...
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Deer in the Works
2013
Grown Ups 2
6.187/4769
Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons...
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Grown Ups 2
1978
Last of the Good Guys
9/1
Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away fr...
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Last of the Good Guys
1975
The Day of the Locust
6.4/112
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with...
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The Day of the Locust
1999
Big Daddy
6.487/3602
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned. Now he's forced to grow up while navigating the c...
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Big Daddy
2001
Saving Silverman
5.809/633
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up the...
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Saving Silverman
1987
Can't Buy Me Love
6.9/725
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clo...
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Can't Buy Me Love
1973
Death Race
5.1/10
In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi t...
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Death Race
2020
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
6.022/93
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2024
Father There is Only One 4
7.182/121
The eldest of the family, Sara, comes of age and brings chaos to the family by announcing her intention to marry Ocho. Javier and Marisa try to avoid...
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Father There is Only One 4
1988
Channel 99
0/0
Executive returns to her hometown to try to revive the local TV station which is struggling in the ratings.
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Channel 99
2025
Happy Gilmore 2
6.508/1022
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour Championship win, Gilmore returns to finance his da...
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Happy Gilmore 2
2004
Karroll's Christmas
4.8/10
Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting...
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Karroll's Christmas
Grown Ups 3
0/0
The group & their respective partners travel to Europe to spread their close friend's ashes & prove that they can still be fun — even in their 60s.
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