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The lives of three flat-sharing bachelors are turned upside down when they discover a baby left on their doorstep. Unfortunately, while trying to get to grips with the necessary parenting skills, they find themselves menaced by criminals searching for missing drugs. Comedy, directed by Leonard Nimoy, starring Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg and Nancy Travis
1987
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Comedy
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Peter Mitchell
Ted Danson
(Actor)
.. Jack Holden
Steve Guttenberg
(Actor)
.. Michael Kellam
Nancy Travis
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Bennington
Margaret Colin
(Actor)
.. Rebecca
Philip Bosco
(Actor)
.. Det Melkowitz
Derek de Lint
(Actor)
.. Jan Clopatz
Claire Cellucci
(Actor)
.. Angelyne
Celeste Holm
(Actor)
.. Mrs Holden
Leonard Nimoy
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Tom Selleck
(Actor)
.. Peter Mitchell
Born:
January 29, 1945
in
Detroit, Michigan
Best Known For:
Magnum, PI.
Early-life:
Thomas William Selleck was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 29, 1945 to Martha and Robert. His family moved to Sherman Oaks, California during his childhood. A talented athlete, Tom attended the University of Southern California on a basketball scholarship. He went on to study acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and was serving as a soldier in the California National Guard when he was activated for the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965.
Career:
Selleck won small parts in films and TV shows during the 1970s until his big break came in 1979 when he was cast in the lead role in detective series Magnum, PI. The popular series earned him an Emmy and a Golden Globe and it ran for eight seasons, clocking up 162 editions. He went on to star alongside Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg in the box-office smash Three Men and a Baby (1987), had a recurring role in the sitcom Friends during the 1990s and since 2005, he has played lawman Jesse Stone in a series of TV movies based on novels by Robert B Parker. Since 2010, he has played Frank Reagan in police drama Blue Bloods.
Quote:
"I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol."
Trivia:
Selleck turned down the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark to honour the contract he had just signed for Magnum, PI.
Ted Danson
(Actor)
.. Jack Holden
Born:
December 29, 1947
in
San Diego, California
Best Known For:
Playing Sam Malone in Cheers.
Early-life:
Born Edward Bridge Danson III on December 29, 1947, in San Diego, California. As a youngster he was a local basketball star, but became interested in drama while attending Stanford University. Danson later transferred to the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, and not long after graduating was cast as an understudy in Tom Stoppard's stage production of The Real Inspector Hound. Deciding it was the career for him, Danson moved to LA to train at the Actors' Institute.
Career:
After numerous small TV and film roles, including parts in acclaimed dramas The Onion Field and Body Heat, Danson's big break came in 1982 when he was cast as retired baseball player and barkeeper Sam Malone in US sitcom Cheers. The show ran for more than a decade, and during that time, Danson received nine Emmy nominations, winning twice, and two Golden Globes. He went on to star in the successful sitcom Becker, which ran for six years. He's also starred in a number of films, including Three Men and a Baby and its sequel, Made in America, Saving Private Ryan and a highly acclaimed adaptation of Gulliver's Travels. More recent TV work includes roles in Damages, Bored to Death, and CSI.
Quote:
"I am the king of the faux pas. I call everybody by their wrong name, and I congratulate women who are not pregnant."
Trivia:
Danson enjoys tap dancing.
Steve Guttenberg
(Actor)
.. Michael Kellam
Born:
August 24, 1958
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing lovable rogues in various smash-hit films.
Early-life:
Steven Robert Guttenberg was born on August 24, 1958, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother Ann was a surgical assistant, and his father Jerome was an electrical engineer. He had a Jewish upbringing and grew up in North Massapequa, Long Island, New York, where he graduated from Plainedge High School in 1976. He attended The Juilliard School, State University of New York, and the University of California in Los Angeles.
Career:
Before becoming famous, Guttenberg played the title role in the short-lived 1979 sitcom Billy, about a teenage boy with a Walter Mitty complex; in 1980, he starred in a Coca-Cola commercial. He went on to star in six films that earned over $100,000,000 in the United States. He's starred in three film franchises: Cocoon (1985), Three Men and a Baby (1987), and Police Academy (1984). He has also appeared in such films as Diner (1982), The Bedroom Window (1987), The Boys from Brazil (1978) and a string of TV movies. Guttenberg had a recurring role on second season of the TV series Veronica Mars as Woody Goodman, a wealthy businessman and community leader. He remains a busy actor and even tried pantomime in the UK for the first time in 2008. His upcoming films are At the Top of the Pyramid and Making Change.
Quote:
"I don't care about switching from comedy to drama - I just like to be able to jump from work to work. I just like to be doing good work - that's all I want to do. I just want to work."
Nancy Travis
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Bennington
Margaret Colin
(Actor)
.. Rebecca
Philip Bosco
(Actor)
.. Det Melkowitz
Derek de Lint
(Actor)
.. Jan Clopatz
Claire Cellucci
(Actor)
.. Angelyne
Celeste Holm
(Actor)
.. Mrs Holden
Leonard Nimoy
(Director)
Born:
March 26, 1931
in
Boston, Massachusetts
Best Known For:
Mr Spock, of course.
Early-life:
Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 26, 1931, the second son of Ukrainian immigrants. He came from a poor family (his father was a barber) and was raised in a tenement building. He began acting at the age of eight, making his stage debut in Hansel and Gretel. He appeared in amateur productions until he graduated from high school at 18, when he moved to California in an effort to get his professional career off the ground.
Career:
After small roles in two little-seen films, Nimoy landed the lead in the 1952 movie Kid Monk Baroni. He appeared briefly in cult classic Them! before spending two years in the US Army. When he returned to acting, he supplemented his income with odd jobs. His big break came in 1965 when Gene Roddenberry offered him the part of Mr Spock in the TV series Star Trek. When the show ended, he starred in the TV series Mission: Impossible and various long-forgotten movies and TV shows. From 1979 onwards, he returned to play Mr Spock in various projects and turned to directing, making Three Men and a Baby in 1987. He died on February 27, 2015, at the age of 83.
Quote:
"My attitude is, let the chips fall where they may."
Trivia:
Nimoy was a keen photographer.
