Dennis Dugan
Date of birth: 1946-09-05
Place of birth: Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Walter Bishop
Biography
Dennis Dugan (born September 5, 1946) is an American director, comedian, and actor. He started his acting career after appearing in the 1973 made-for-TV movie” The Girl Most Likely to...” He is well known for his frequent collaborations with comedic actor Adam Sandler, directing several films including “Happy Gilmore” and “Grown Ups.” Dennis has also made a career as a television and film director, and appears in cameo parts in many of his films. Dugan has directed episodes of such television series as Moonlighting (was also a guest star in some episodes), Ally McBeal, and NYPD Blue. Dugan married actress Joyce Van Patten in 1973 and divorced her fourteen years later. Now he is married to Sharon O'Connor and has a son named Kelly Dugan.
Movie Credits
Parenthood
1989-07-31
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjo
Smile
1975-05-10
It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year
The Howling
1981-01-21
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitati
The Toughest Man in the World
1984-11-07
Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted,
Night Moves
1975-06-11
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard mis
Happy Gilmore
1996-02-16
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on th
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976-10-27
A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a
The Hospital
1971-12-14
Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his perso
Unidentified Flying Oddball
1979-07-19
A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arth
Grown Ups
2010-06-24
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite
That's My Boy
2012-06-14
While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18
Jack and Jill
2011-11-11
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, d
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007-07-12
Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when wido
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988-03-01
After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded
Norman... Is That You?
1976-09-29
Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him
Night Call Nurses
1972-06-01
The sweet and perky Barbara, the sunny Janis, and the responsible Sandra are a trio of young and att
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976-06-17
Two hopelessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the 19th cen
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973-11-06
An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the peop
Knox Goes Away
2024-03-15
A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the
Water
1985-01-11
The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existen
Country Gold
1982-11-23
An aging country singer becomes irritated with the success of a popular young country singer. Howeve
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008-06-05
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstyl
She's Having a Baby
1988-02-05
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full re
Problem Child
1990-07-27
Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon dis
The Benchwarmers
2006-04-07
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseb
Deer in the Works
1980-01-01
David Potter, owner of a small town weekly newspaper, decides to get a more secure job. Despite his
Grown Ups 2
2013-07-11
Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time ar
Last of the Good Guys
1978-03-07
Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that
The Day of the Locust
1975-05-07
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the l
Big Daddy
1999-06-25
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned.
Saving Silverman
2001-02-09
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted b
Can't Buy Me Love
1987-08-14
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after s
Death Race
1973-11-10
In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to tak
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020-12-04
A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner sear
Father There is Only One 4
2024-07-17
The eldest of the family, Sara, comes of age and brings chaos to the family by announcing her intent
Channel 99
1988-08-04
Executive returns to her hometown to try to revive the local TV station which is struggling in the r
Happy Gilmore 2
2025-07-25
Happy Gilmore isn't done with golf — not by a long shot. Since his retirement after his first Tour C
Karroll's Christmas
2004-12-25
Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of p