1. Buddy Detectives. Legmen (1984). Two college student bros moonlight as bail bondsmen. This premise would be revisited 30 years later in Teenage Bounty Hunters on Netflix.
2. Gay Angst. Consenting Adult (1985), with Marlo Thomas and Martin Sheen as the concerned parents. John doesn't play the Consenting Adult.
4. Sword and Sorcery. Put a man-mountain in a loincloth and have him fight sorcerers and rescue naked babes. Deathstalker II (1987)
5. Late Night Porn. Display a lot of naked ladies, with a man-mountain in the background somewhere. All Nighter (1988).
7. Vacation From Hell. Damned River (1989). John's tour guide turns out to be a psycho-killer.
9. No One Believes That She Was Raped. When He's Not a Stranger (1989), with John as the college boy who rapes his girlfriend's roommate.
10.Comedies Starring Dudley Moore. Crazy People (1990)
11. Female Buddy Comedy. Battling for Baby (1991), with Suzanne Pleshette and Debbie Reynolds as the buddies.
I've never seen any of these movies and tv series, so bear with me if some of these photos are of different guys. I have no idea what John Terlesky looks like.
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In the 1990s,when acting roles began to dry up, John moved into directing. His 45 credits on IMDB are equally eclectic.everything from Ugly Betty to Criminal Minds. He's also produced some tv series, like Bluff City Law (Jimmy Smits as a lawyer specializing in civil rights cases). and written some movies, like Guardian (buddy cops fight drugs and a demonic force).
But why does his hair color keep changing?
I just watched him in "Chopping Mall" (1985) a funny horror sci-fi movie in which he plays one of the teens terrorized by a killer robots. There is a sort of gay scene in which his older daddy like boss catches him with his girlfriend and does not approve- as if the boss wanted Terlesky ass and who can blame him. Terlesky did not get a break into A movies maybe he did not sleep with the right producers. He has aged very well and still looks hot at 58.
ReplyDeleteI've seen Chopping Mall. It's a parody of the genre. I did see Deathstalker, but not Deathstalker II.
ReplyDeleteTerlesky played the best friend of Barry Tub in "Consenting Adults" (1985) too bad he did not play Tub's boyfriend.
ReplyDeleteI saw When He's Not a Stranger from 1989 and John Terlesky did a good job playing the creepy rapist, so good in fact it was hard to like him other roles, but I don't think I have seen him in anything since. But I know I saw him in a few other things and that he was a good-looking guy and I do believe all your pictures are of him.
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