A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Richard A. Parker
Richard Parker
Birthplace:
Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Born:
June 7, 1963
Born Richard Clarence Parker in the small town of Webster, Massachusetts. Being the son of a Marine forced multiple relocations up and down the eastern seaboard in the early years. Once a teenager he found himself settled down in Oxford, Massachusetts, ironically less than 10 miles from where he was born. After graduating from Oxford High School he spent 2 years at Worcester State College. Finding no satisfaction there he then spent 4 years in the United States Air Force, the bulk of which in Idaho. Moving back to Massachusetts after an Honorable Discharge he worked as an electronic technician during the day, attending classes at Northeastern University at night. While pursuing a Degree in Electrical Engineering he enrolled in a drama class. Night classes, a local audition, and subsequent acceptance to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts propelled Rick from Worcester, Massachusetts to Pasadena, California.
Animal Wrangler:
1998 Half Baked
2003 Nothing
2006 16 Blocks
2010 Repo Men
2013 Carrie
Stunt Coordinator:
1998 Half Baked
1998 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie
1999 The Secret Path
2001 Serendipity
2003 Nothing
2006 16 Blocks
2010 Repo Men
2013 Carrie
2016 Valentine Ever After
2023 Bordello
Stunt Double:
1998 Half Baked
1998 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie
1999 The Secret Path
2001 Serendipity
2003 Nothing
2006 16 Blocks
2010 Repo Men
2013 Carrie
2016 Valentine Ever After
2020 Becky
2023 Bordello
Stunt Driver:
1998 Half Baked
1998 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie
1999 The Secret Path
2000 Deadly Appearances
2001 Serendipity
2003 Nothing
2006 16 Blocks
2010 Repo Men
2013 Carrie
2016 Valentine Ever After
2020 Becky
2023 Bordello
Stunts:
1987 3 Men and a Baby
1987 Rolling Vengeance
1989 Renegades
1989 Sea of Love
1995 Senior Trip
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight
1996 Two If by Sea
1997 End of Summer
1998 Half Baked
1998 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
1998 Sleeping Dogs Lie
1999 The Secret Path
2000 Deadly Appearances
2000 Harlan County War
2000 The Stalking of Laurie Show
2000 X-Men
2001 Serendipity
2002 Death to Smoochy
2002 John Q
2002 Rollerball
2003 Nothing
2003 The In-Laws
2004 Dawn of the Dead
2006 16 Blocks
2007 Diary of the Dead
2007 Shoot 'Em Up
2010 Repo Men
2013 Carrie
2014 Pompeii
2014 RoboCop
2016 Valentine Ever After
2020 Becky
2023 Bordello
Animal Wrangler:
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Stunts:
1994 Due South
2022 Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
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Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.