In compensation for the jail time, Welbach has been sent on various errands by Margolese's second-in-command, Bernie Nayman ( Bob Balaban ).

Balaban has written other works that draw on his experiences in Vietnam.

In January 1978 he had met his second long term partner Nicholas Balaban who was working as a barman at the Sombrero Club in Kensington.

Sam had early partnered with Bob's uncles Abe, Barney, John, and Max to form Balaban and Katz.

In the 1990s, Balaban had a recurring role on the fourth season of Seinfeld as Russell Dalrymple, the fictional president of NBC.

Common complaints about the film were that little effort was put into getting the viewer to believe in the world, that few moments of the film could be taken seriously, and that Shyamalan was using the film as a form of self-indulgence ; instead of having a minor cameo, as in most of his films, Shyamalan cast himself as a visionary whose writing changes the world, and another character included a film critic — portrayed by actor Bob Balaban as arrogant, self-assured, and passive — who comes to a violent end.

During this time Yevin also worked in film production, as an Assistant Director in such projects as the Bob Balaban feature Bernard and Doris and the Travel Channel's food special Dahlicious.

Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama film starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, and Bob Balaban, directed by Sydney Pollack.

These include Catherine O ' Hara, Michael McKean, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Jane Lynch, John Michael Higgins, Harry Shearer, Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Begley, Jr. and Fred Willard.

* Bob Balaban as Bernie Nayman

" In the spread she appears with Lance Reddick, Celia Weston, John Slattery, Bobby Cannavale, James Rebhorn, Lynn Cohen, Matt Servitto and Bob Balaban.

* You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown – Gary Burghoff, Reva Rose, Bob Balaban, Skip Hinnant, Karen Johnson, and Bill Hinnant singing the title song and " Happiness ".

* Bob Balaban as Decker

The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey.

* Bob Balaban as David Laughlin, Lacombe's assistant and English-French interpreter.

* The Exonerated: Kerry Max Cook ( 2006 )-directed by Bob Balaban, ( Riverside Studios )

* Bob Balaban as Elliott Rosen

* Bob Balaban as Winton Chalmers ( uncredited )

It also featured Blair Brown ( as Emily Jessup ), Charles Haid and Bob Balaban.

* Bob Balaban as Arthur Rosenberg

* Bob Balaban as Sid Moscowitz

They include Eugene Levy, Catherine O ' Hara, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, Paul Dooley, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Rachael Harris, Don Lake, Jane Lynch, Larry Miller, Jim Piddock, Deborah Theaker, and Parker Posey.

* Bob Balaban as Dr. Theodore W. Millbank III

played by Bob Balaban.

* Bob Balaban as Harry Hopkins

Along with Guest, the film stars Catherine O ' Hara and Fred Willard as Ron and Sheila Albertson, a pair of married travel agents ( yet have never traveled outside of Blaine ) who are also regular amateur performers, and give their companions a little too much information at a restaurant dinner ; Parker Posey as the perpetual Dairy Queen employee Libby Mae Brown ; Bob Balaban as Lloyd Miller, the increasingly frustrated musical director who actually possesses some talent ; Lewis Arquette as Clifford Wooley, a " long time Blaineian " and retired taxidermist who is Red, White and Blaines bean-loving narrator ; Matt Keeslar as the handsome and oblivious mechanic Johnny Savage, who Corky goes out of his way to get into the play ; and Eugene Levy as Dr. Alan Pearl, a tragically square dentist determined to discover his inner entertainer.

The cast also includes Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Tim Reid, Bob Balaban, and Michael Jeter.

* Bob Balaban as Michael Janes, Cutting Edge Live producer

Shawn was portrayed in the 2005 film Capote by Bob Balaban.

* Bob Balaban, actor-writer ( lived at 95 Christopher )

Margaret hopes to become a permanent employee as an assistant to Mr. Lasky ( Bob Balaban ) but her dreams are thwarted when he suddenly dies.

* Harry Parver, played by Bob Balaban, is the representative of Pratt's publisher.

Bob Balaban's father and his uncle Harry founded the H & E Balaban Corporation in Chicago.

* Bob Balaban as Harry Farber

Harry runs into an acquaintance, Richard ( Bob Balaban ), who is worried about his health.

By acquiring the successful Balaban & Katz chain in 1926, he gained the services of Barney Balaban ( who would eventually become Paramount's president in 1936 ), his brother A. J. Balaban ( who would eventually supervise all stage production nationwide and produce talkie shorts ), and their partner Sam Katz ( who would run the Paramount-Publix theatre chain from New York City ).

Paramount, who already acquired Balaban and Katz in 1926, would answer to the success of Warner Bros. and RKO, and buy a number of theaters in the late 1920s as well, before making their final purchase in 1929, through acquiring all the individual theaters belonging to the Cooperative Box Office, located in Detroit, and dominate the Detroit theaters.

Claudia Weill is an American film director best known for her film Girlfriends ( 1978 ), starring Melanie Mayron, Christopher Guest, Bob Balaban and Eli Wallach, which she made independently, then sold to Warner Bros after multiple awards at Cannes, Filmex and Sundance.

The Gateway Theatre ( Chicago, Illinois ) | Gateway Theatre in Jefferson Park, Chicago was a Movie palace for the Balaban and Katz theater chain.

With Ossie's encouragement Balaban applied to the Byam Shaw art school and went on to start his own highly successful fashion business producing printed T-shirts for high street boutiques and multiples.

Nick Balaban and Michael Rubin, who wrote the music for the TV show, composed the live show's soundtrack.

Nick Balaban, who, along with Michael Rubin wrote the music for the show, was cast as the voice of Mr. Salt.

Rubin and Balaban encouraged the musicians who performed for the show to improvise.

My Boyfriend's Back is a 1993 American romantic black comedy / fantasy / horror film directed by Bob Balaban which tells the story of Johnny Dingle, a teenage boy who returns from the dead as a zombie to meet Missy McCloud, the girl he's in love with, for a date.

Balaban and Katz was already well known for owning several theaters in Chicago.

His uncle Barney Balaban was president of Paramount Pictures for nearly 30 years from 1936 to 1964.

In 2001, Balaban produced the Robert Altman picture Gosford Park, for which he received a nomination for Best Picture.

In September 2006, Srna was temporarily dropped from the Croatian squad for a Euro 2008 qualifying match with Russia because of a late night partying spree in a local disco along with teammates Boško Balaban and Ivica Olić.

After questioning residents Farber ( Bob Balaban ), Bell ( Mary Beth Hurt ), Dury ( Jeffrey Wright ), and five nameless smokers, Heep discovers the author, Vick Ran ( M. Night Shyamalan ), who is writing The Cookbook, containing views and ideas so significant they will inspire a future President, a great Midwestern orator, to greatly change the world for the better.

In addition, he played Wendell Balaban on Too Close for Comfort, as well as Howie Mandel's father on the series St.

After a few years, the FCC began to accept applications for channel 61 ( as a distinctly separate license from WKBF ), and Balaban Stations won the license in 1980.

In 1980, Balaban Communications purchased a new, separate license for Channel 61.

The song title was referenced for the 1993 film My Boyfriend's Back, directed by Bob Balaban.