"Escape from Alcatraz (film) Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American prison thriller film directed by Don Siegel. It is an adaptation of the 1963 non-fiction book of the same name by J. Campbell Bruce and dramatizes the 1962 prisoner escape from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. The film stars Clint Eastwood, Jack Thibeau and Fred Ward as prisoners Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin. Allen West was played by Larry Hankin; his character's name was changed to Charley Butts. Patrick McGoohan portrays the suspicious, vindictive warden and Danny Glover appears in his film debut. ""Escape from"
"co-starred as Bugs Moran in a recurring role. Jack Thibeau Jack Thibeau (born January 14, 1946) is an American film and television actor best known for playing the prisoner Clarence Anglin in the 1979 film ""Escape from Alcatraz"". During his career, he frequently appeared in other movies that starred Clint Eastwood, such as ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980), ""Sudden Impact"" (1983), and ""City Heat"" (1984). Thibeau also played a number of characters in such films as ""48 Hrs."" (1982), ""The Hitcher"" (1986), ""Lethal Weapon"" (1987), and ""Action Jackson"" (1988). In addition Thibeau also appeared on such TV-series as ""Miami"
"Jack Thibeau Jack Thibeau (born January 14, 1946) is an American film and television actor best known for playing the prisoner Clarence Anglin in the 1979 film ""Escape from Alcatraz"". During his career, he frequently appeared in other movies that starred Clint Eastwood, such as ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980), ""Sudden Impact"" (1983), and ""City Heat"" (1984). Thibeau also played a number of characters in such films as ""48 Hrs."" (1982), ""The Hitcher"" (1986), ""Lethal Weapon"" (1987), and ""Action Jackson"" (1988). In addition Thibeau also appeared on such TV-series as ""Miami Vice"", ""Sledge Hammer!"" and ""The Untouchables"" where he"
"Island served as a prison. The film ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979) stars Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward, and Jack Thibeau as Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin, respectively. West (fictionalized as a character named Charley Butts) was played by Larry Hankin. The escape was shown in a two-part 1980 TV movie made by Telepictures Corporation (now owned by Warner Bros.): """", which starred Ed Lauter as Morris, and Louis Giambalvo and Antony Ponzini as the Anglins. ""Terror on Alcatraz"" (1987) starring Aldo Ray as Morris, returning decades later to the scene of his escape from Alcatraz, scours his old prison cell"
"his later years in the penitentiary as his mind deteriorated. Edwin B. Swope, Warden of Alcatraz from 1948 to 1955, once said, in response to an inmate who complained to him on the yard about his term of 199 years, which was really a life sentence, ""My boy, we're all doing life. Every one of us is doing life."" The Alcatraz recreation yard has been a setting for scenes in numerous films and novels. Scenes have featured prison inmates hatching schemes or being involved in bloody conflicts. The yard featured several times in the 1979 Clint Eastwood film ""Escape from"
"escape. The first warden, James A. Johnston, always entered the dining hall alone and unarmed, due to heavy guarding around him. Several riots did break out in the dining hall during Alcatraz's history. Those prisoners who were not involved in the fighting hid under the dining hall tables to escape possible retribution. The dining hall in Alcatraz has appeared as a scene in numerous films, television programmes and novels, often where criminals hatch plots to escape or crimes to commit upon escaping. It has appeared in films such as Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood's ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979), and """""
"Robert Franklin Stroud (the ""Birdman of Alcatraz""), George ""Machine Gun"" Kelly, Bumpy Johnson, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Mickey Cohen, Arthur R. ""Doc"" Barker, Whitey Bulger, and Alvin ""Creepy"" Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). It also provided housing for the Bureau of Prisons' staff and their families. A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts during the 29 years of the prison's existence, the most notable of which were the violent escape attempt of May 1946 known as the ""Battle of Alcatraz"", and the arguably successful ""Escape from Alcatraz"" by Frank Morris, John Anglin, and"
"Larry Hankin Larry Michael Hankin (born August 31, 1940) is an American actor, performer, director, comedian and producer. He is known for his major film roles as Charley Butts in ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979), Ace in ""Running Scared"" (1986), and Carl Alphonse in ""Billy Madison"" (1995). He had smaller roles as Doobie in ""Planes, Trains and Automobiles"" and as Mr. Heckles in ""Friends"". Hankin is known for his roles in TV shows ""Breaking Bad"", Matlock, ""Friends"" (as ""Mr. Heckles"") and ""Seinfeld"" (as ""Tom Pepper""), as well as for his major role in ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979) with Clint Eastwood. He"
"married Silvia Ward and had a son, Django Ward. After they divorced, he married Marie-France Boisselle in 1995 and she filed for divorce in August, 2013, but they reconciled later that year. Fred Ward Freddie Joe ""Fred"" Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American character actor, producer and model. He began his film career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in ""Escape from Alcatraz"". His notable roles include ""Southern Comfort"", ""The Right Stuff"", """", his self-produced movie ""Miami Blues"", ""Tremors"", ""Henry & June"", ""The Player"", ""Short Cuts"", ""Big Business"", """", """", ""Chain Reaction"", ""Road Trip"", ""Management"" as well as character"
"in Italy, he dubbed Italian movies and worked as a mime until he made his debut in two Roberto Rossellini films. Upon returning stateside in the early 1970s, Ward spent time working in experimental theatre and doing some television work. He made his first American film appearance playing a cowboy in ""Hearts of the West"" (1975). His first major role came in the Clint Eastwood vehicle ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979) as fellow escapee John Anglin. He was also notable as a violent National Guardsman in Walter Hill's ""Southern Comfort"" (1981). His first starring role in a motion picture was """""
"Fred Ward Freddie Joe ""Fred"" Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American character actor, producer and model. He began his film career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in ""Escape from Alcatraz"". His notable roles include ""Southern Comfort"", ""The Right Stuff"", """", his self-produced movie ""Miami Blues"", ""Tremors"", ""Henry & June"", ""The Player"", ""Short Cuts"", ""Big Business"", """", """", ""Chain Reaction"", ""Road Trip"", ""Management"" as well as character roles in many action, drama, comedy and thriller movies. Ward has also done model shootings with Lara Stone, Linda Evangelista, Dree Hemingway and Beri Smither as well as appearing in the 1998"
"which were viewed in the chapel every other weekend, although at some stage movies were shown in the auditorium above the dining room. At the age of 66, he resigned from his post at Alcatraz on January 21, 1955 shortly before his death. Edwin B. Swope Edwin Burnham Swope (May 6, 1888 – December 26, 1955), nicknamed ""Cowboy"", was the second warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, which was situated on Alcatraz Island, California, US. He was a native of New Mexico, having been born at Santa Fe in 1888. His earlier posts as warden included New Mexico State Prison, Washington"
"known whether the three escapees survived. The film implied that the escape had been successful. The film portrayed both the conditions of life in the prison and the difficulty of escaping from it. The 1996 action film ""The Rock"", with Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage and Ed Harris, takes place at Alcatraz Island, featuring a rogue U.S. Marine Brigadier General stealing dangerous missiles and threatening to eradicate large parts of San Francisco unless his demands are met, forcing a government strike team to recruit John Mason (Connery), a former SAS operative and the only man to ever escape ""the Rock"", in"
"Olin G. Blackwell Olin Guy Blackwell (February 15, 1915 – March 7, 1986) was the fourth and final warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, which was situated on Alcatraz Island, California, US. Associate Warden to Paul J. Madigan from April 1959, Blackwell served as warden of Alcatraz at its most difficult time from 1961 to 1963 when it was facing closure as a decaying prison and financing problems and at the time of the infamous June 1962 escape from Alcatraz. At the time of the 1962 escape he was on vacation in Lake Berryessa in Napa County, and he didn't believe"
"and Indiana. In January 1954, he was transferred to the U.S. Penitentiary at Alcatwaz, where he became the Superintendent of Industries in 1958. Dollison worked on Alcatraz for nine years, eventually becoming the associate warden in late 1961, under Warden Olin G. Blackwell. His was a controversial appointment, in part because his promotion from superintendent of industries to associate warden was unusual but also because the Bureau of Prisons ignored its former custom of promotions with transfer for training purposes. During his term as Associate Warden, the iconic June 1962 dummy mask escape from Alcatraz occurred. Mr. Dollison was Acting"
"Eric Winter Eric Barrett Winter (born July 17, 1976) is an American actor, producer, author and former fashion model, best known as ""TV's Eric Winter"". Also known for his television roles as FBI Special Agent Craig O'Laughlin on CBS drama series ""The Mentalist"" (2010–2012), and Dash Gardiner on the Lifetime fantasy-drama series ""Witches of East End"" (2013–2014). He is known for his film roles in ""Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"" (2008) and ""The Ugly Truth"" (2009). Winter was born on July 17, 1976 in La Mirada, California. Winter graduated from UCLA with a degree in Psychology. To pay"
"of a longstanding rumor that the Anglin brothers had fled to Brazil following the escape; a facial recognition analyst concluded that the one piece of physical evidence, a 1975 photograph of two men resembling John and Clarence Anglin, did support that conclusion. The prison initially had a staff of 155, including the first warden James A. Johnston and associate warden Cecil J. Shuttleworth, both considered to be ""iron men"". None of the staff were trained in rehabilitation but were highly trained in security. The guards and staff of Alcatraz were subject to varying salaries. A new guard arriving in December"
"Paul J. Madigan Paul Joseph Madigan (March 13, 1897 – December 25, 1974) was the third warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, which was situated on Alcatraz Island, California, US. He was born in Maple Lake, Minnesota in 1897. Madigan served as warden of Alcatraz from 1955 to 1961, and had earlier served as the last Associate Warden during the term of James A. Johnston, the first Warden of Alcatraz. He has been cited as the only warden who had worked his way up from the bottom of the ranks of the prison staff hierarchy, having worked originally as a Correctional"
"Edwin B. Swope Edwin Burnham Swope (May 6, 1888 – December 26, 1955), nicknamed ""Cowboy"", was the second warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, which was situated on Alcatraz Island, California, US. He was a native of New Mexico, having been born at Santa Fe in 1888. His earlier posts as warden included New Mexico State Prison, Washington State's McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary, and the Federal Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana. Swope served at Alcatraz from 1948 to 1955. A member of the Democratic Party, Swope was Chairman of the City Commission of Albuquerque, New Mexico from February 1923 through February"
"Edward J. Miller Edward Joe Miller, (born May 7, 1899, date of death unknown), also known as E. J. Miller, was an American prison administrator. A native of Kansas, he was the second Associate Warden of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary under James A. Johnston in the late 1930s and 1940s, both men known for their strict discipline. Miller arrived on Alcatraz on June 23, 1934 as a Correctional officer, and by the end of the decade had been promoted to Associate Warden. Miller was Associate Warden during numerous escape attempts at Alcatraz. He was once challenged by Henri Young who complained"
"E. Shuttleworth, both considered to be ""iron men"". The staff were highly trained in security, but not rehabilitation. During the 29 years it was in use, the jail held some of the most notorious criminals in American history, such as Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud (the ""Birdman of Alcatraz""), George ""Machine Gun"" Kelly, Bumpy Johnson, Rafael Cancel Miranda (a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party who attacked the United States Capitol building in 1954), Mickey Cohen, Arthur R. ""Doc"" Barker, and Alvin ""Creepy"" Karpis (who served more time at Alcatraz than any other inmate). It also provided housing for"
"Charlie Butts is fictional. A fourth inmate, Allen West, did participate in the real escape but was left behind when he couldn't remove his ventilator grille on the night of the escape. He aided the FBI's official investigation of the escape. The warden is a nameless, fictional character. The film is set between the arrival of Morris at Alcatraz in January 1960 and his escape in June 1962. Shortly after arriving Morris meets the warden, who remains in office over the course of the entire movie. In reality, warden Madigan had been replaced by Blackwell in 1961. The warden character"
"before arriving at Alcatraz (and indeed went on to leave Alcatraz, to serve the remainder of that murder sentence later in life). Henri Young Henri Theodore Young (born June 20, 1911 – missing since 1972) was a convicted bank robber and murderer who, while serving one of a series of prison terms, attempted a 1939 escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary with four other inmates. During the escape attempt two inmates were shot, and one died of his wounds. All surviving were quickly recaptured. Two, Young and Rufus McCain, received sentences of solitary confinement and served them at Alcatraz for a"
"mentions his predecessors Johnston (1934–48) and (incorrectly) Blackwell (1961–63). ""Escape from Alcatraz"" was well received by critics and is considered by many as one of the best films of 1979. Frank Rich of ""Time"" described the film as ""cool, cinematic grace"", while Stanley Kauffmann of ""The New Republic"" called it ""crystalline cinema"". Vincent Canby of ""The New York Times"" called it ""a first-rate action movie,"" noting that ""Mr. Eastwood fulfills the demands of the role and of the film as probably no other actor could. Is it acting? I don't know, but he's the towering figure in its landscape."" ""Variety"""
"as, ""plotless junk heap of moronic gags, sour romance and fatuous fisticuffs. In 1979, Eastwood starred in the fact-based movie ""Escape from Alcatraz"", based on the true story of Frank Lee Morris, who, along with John and Clarence Anglin escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison in 1962. The inmates dug through the walls with their spoons, made papier-mache dummies as decoys and made a raft out of raincoats and escaped across San Francisco Bay, never to be seen again. The script to the film was written by Richard Tuggle, based on the 1963 non-fiction account by J. Campbell Bruce. Eastwood"
"Experiment Alcatraz Experiment Alcatraz is a 1950 American crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Orville H. Hampton. The film stars John Howard, Joan Dixon, Walter Kingsford and Robert Shayne. The film was released on November 21, 1950, by RKO Pictures. A number of Alcatraz prisoners have volunteered to take an experimental serum that could cure a fatal blood disease, promised a parole if they take part. During the experiments, notorious racketeer Barry Morgan steals one of lieutenant nurse Joan McKenna's scissors and stabs convict Eddie Ganz to death, then escapes. The medical tests are abandoned, the"
"E. Gaddis and then adapted into a film in 1962, with Burt Lancaster playing the lead role. The 1995 film ""Murder in the First"" depicts a man who spends three years in solitary confinement at the prison. One of the prisoners, Kyle Oberholzer, was charged with rape, murder and fornicating. Many films and television series have exploited Alcatraz Island's reputation as a prison from which it was almost impossible to escape. Don Siegel's 1979 thriller ""Escape from Alcatraz"" chronicles the story of Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin, who escaped from Alcatraz in 1962, although it is not"
"James C. Lucas James Crittenton Lucas (June 11, 1912 – November 28, 1998) was an American criminal who served a life sentence in Alcatraz. He is best known for being part of an attempted escape from Alcatraz Penitentiary in 1938, and for attacking Al Capone in the prison's laundry room on June 23, 1936. Lucas was originally sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment for robbing First National Bank in Albany, Texas, and violation of the Dyer Act (interstate trafficking of stolen vehicles). He arrived at Alcatraz in January 1935 from the Texas State Prison and was known there as James ""Texas"
"Clarence Carnes Clarence Victor Carnes (January 14, 1927 – October 3, 1988), known as The Choctaw Kid, was a Choctaw best known as the youngest inmate incarcerated at Alcatraz and for his participation in the bloody escape attempt known as the ""Battle of Alcatraz"". Clarence Carnes was born in Daisy, Oklahoma, the oldest of five children. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at the age of 16 for the murder of a garage attendant during an attempted hold-up. In early 1945, he escaped from the Granite Reformatory with a number of other prisoners, but was recaptured and sentenced to an"
"two ""Columbo"" episodes in which he appeared are ""Identity Crisis"" (1975) and ""Agenda For Murder"" (1990). McGoohan began to specialise in villains: ""A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe"" (1975), ""Silver Streak"" (1976); ""The Man in the Iron Mask"" (1977). In 1977, he starred in the television series ""Rafferty"", playing a former army doctor who has retired and moved into private practice. He had the lead in a Canadian film ""Kings and Desperate Men"" then had support parts in ""Brass Target"" (1978) and the Clint Eastwood film ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979), portraying the prison's warden. He had the lead in"
"Warden while Mr. Blackwell was on vacation. The three escapees, Frank Morris, Clarence and John Anglin, were never seen again. Mr. Dollison was transferred to a Texas federal prison in December 1962 because Alcatraz was closing and retired three years later. He died in 1982. He was married for over 50 years to Evelyn E. O'Brien. They had three children, Corinne Dollison Edwards, Philip Francis Dollison and Jolene Babyak. Ms Babyak has written several books about Alcatraz, including, 1) Eyewitness on Alcatraz, 2) Birdman, the Many Faces of Robert Stroud, 3) Breaking the Rock, The Great Escape from Alcatraz, and"
"time as the President's Secretary of State. Gunton portrays Leland Owlsley in the 2015 TV series ""Daredevil"". Gunton made a guest appearance on in January 2017. Bob Gunton Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. (born November 15, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters, with his best known roles as Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison film ""The Shawshank Redemption"", Chief George Earle in 1993's ""Demolition Man"", Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in ""Patch Adams"", and President Juan Peron in the original Broadway production of ""Evita"", for which he received a"
"Sasha is incarcerated along with Nick in the newly reopened Alcatraz prison. Run by the charismatic warden, Juan Ruiz ""El Fuego"" Escarzaga (Tony Plana), the place is known for its new state of the art death chamber where the condemned can choose from five different ways to die: lethal injection, gas chamber, hanging, firing squad, or electric chair. Lester McKenna (Bruce Weitz), is the first death row prisoner brought to the new Alcatraz and also the first prisoner scheduled to be executed. An older man, he stole $200,000,000 worth of gold bricks in a heist that resulted in five deaths,"