August Schellenberg

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jul 25, 1936 (88 years old)
Death date
Aug 15, 2013

August Schellenberg

Known For

45 R.P.M.
1h 31m
Movie 2008

45 R.P.M.

In the Autumn of 1960, a fluke atmospheric weather condition allows a young teenager, Parry Tender, to receive a radio broadcast from New York City. Nestled in the Northern town of Goose Lake, Saskatchewan, Parry believes the contest the New York radio D.J. is running may be his ticket out of town, and away from a life to which he feels he never belonged. When Debbie Baxter, a young girl from California, arrives in the town by way of her father's position with the military, Parry soon discovers love, loss, and the magic of rock and roll.

Our Spirits Don't Speak English
1h 20m
Movie 2008

Our Spirits Don't Speak English

Told from the Native American perspective, this documentary will uncover the dark history of the U.S. government and will give a voice to the countless Indian children forced through the system.

The Green Chain
1h 30m
Movie 2007

The Green Chain

The battle between loggers and environmentalists is defining, dividing and destroying communities in Canada and around the world. The Green Chain is a powerful, funny and thought-provoking film about the people who love trees.

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2h 5m
Movie 2007

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Beginning just after the bloody Sioux victory over General Custer at Little Big Horn, the story is told through two unique perspectives: Charles Eastman, a young, white-educated Sioux doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of assimilation, and Sitting Bull the proud Lakota chief whose tribe won the American Indians’ last major victory at Little Big Horn.

Mission to Mir
0h 40m
Movie 1997

Mission to Mir

This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russians were our "enemies". And to them the Americans were their "enemies" who couldn't be trusted. Somewhere in all this a young girl in Oklahoma named Shannon set her sights on becoming one of those space explorers, even though she was told "girls can't do that." But she did.

September 1972
1h 35m
Movie 1997

September 1972

Welcome to September 28, 1972. Let us take you back to what is called by many to be one of "the greatest month in the history of Canadian sport". Relive those incredible 27 days of September which culminated with Paul Henderson's winning goal in Game 8 of the Canada-U.S.S.R. Summit Series. September 1972 defies the historic conventions of a documentary and unfolds as a drama, placing you in the arena and in the hearts of the players and spectators that witnessed this momentous occasion. This September 1972 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition includes digitally enhanced game footage, restored sound and "never-before-seen on video" archival film that will put you in a front row seat for the "shot heard 'round the world."

Free Willy 3: The Rescue
1h 26m
Movie 1997

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain John Wesley and his son, Max, who isn't really pleased about his father's job, but doesn't have the gut to say so. Along the way, Willy reunites with Jesse

What Love Sees
1h 25m
Movie 1996

What Love Sees

Jean Treadway, a beautiful young girl in her twenties, comes from a world of wealth and privilege. Gordon Holly is a handsome but humble rancher, the pride of his small town and honest to a fault. But they share something which makes the love that blossoms between them all the more pure and intense, they are both totally blind.

Crazy Horse
1h 30m
Movie 1996

Crazy Horse

The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.

Grand Avenue
2h 47m
Movie 1996

Grand Avenue

When Mollie's boyfriend Jack dies on the reservation, she is asked to leave the reservation by her boyfriend's sister for not being one of their own, aside from Mollie's son. Mollie is forced to pack up her belongings and her children and move to northern California, right into a gang infested neighborhood.

Biography

August Werner Schellenberg (July 25, 1936 – August 15, 2013) was a Canadian actor. He played Randolph in the first three installments of the Free Willy film series (1993–1997) as well as characters in Black Robe (1991), The New World (2005), and dozens of other films and television shows. During his career, Schellenberg won a Gemini Award in 1986 and a Genie Award in 1991, as well as being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007.

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