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Ghost Dad

Year:
Duration:
83 min
Genres:
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
IMDB rate:
4.3
Director:
Sidney Poitier
Awards:
3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-06-29
Filming Locations: Boise, Idaho, USA
Earnings
Gross: $24,707,633 (USA) Filming Dates 26 April 1989 - 31 July 1989 Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Bill Cosby
Elliot Hopper
Kimberly Russell
Diane Hopper
Denise Nicholas
Joan
Ian Bannen
Sir Edith Moser
Christine Ebersole
Carol
Barry Corbin
Mr. Emery Collins
Salim Grant
Danny Hopper
Brooke Fontaine
Amanda Hopper
Dakin Matthews
Mr. Seymour
Dana Ashbrook
Tony Ricker
Omar Gooding
Stuart
Raynor Scheine
Curtis Burch, the Cabbie
Arnold Stang
Mr. Cohen, elderly patient
Lisa Mene Nemacheck
Jonelle
Donzaleigh Abernathy
E.R. Nurse
George Ganz
Mr. Nero
Cyndi James Gossett
E.R. Doctor
Josef Hajduk
Student #1
Kevin Lee
Student #2
Becky Katzen
Student #3
Bryant Edwards
Student #4
Trenton Teigen
Student #5
Mary Munday
Executive #1
Norman Merrill
Executive #2
Ted Hayden
Executive #3
Raymond E. Foti
Executive #4
Frank Biro
Executive #5
Amy Hill
Nurse #1
Patrika Darbo
Nurse #2
Kenny Ford Jr.
Buddy #1
Adam Jeffries
Buddy #2
Austin Garrett
Buddy #3
Douglas Johnson
Lab Technician
James McIntire
Sheriff
Eric Menyuk
Clinic Doctor
Rita Vassallo
ICU Nurse #1
Jeanne Mori
ICU Nurse #2
Jizelle Morris
Screaming Girl
Pamela Poitier
Nurse Satler, the X-ray nurse
Robin Pearson Rose
Hospital Administrator
Becky Sweet
Classmate
Robert Covarrubias
Man in Waiting Room
Meredith Gordon
Woman in Taxi
Cedric Scott
Radio Announcer
LaGloria Scott
Additional Voices (voice)
Kerry Gutierrez
Additional Voices (voice)
Kaleena Kiff
Additional Voices (voice)
Rocky Krakoff
Additional Voices (voice)
Jonathan Brandis
Additional Voices (voice)
Ryan McWhorter
Additional Voices (voice)
Suzanne Stone
Additional Voices (voice)
Barbara Harris
Additional Voices (voice) (as Barbara Iley)
Carol King
Additional Voices (voice)
Doris Hess
Additional Voices (voice)
Cathy Cavadini
Additional Voices (voice)
David McCharen
Additional Voices (voice)
David Randolph
Additional Voice (voice) (as David J. Randolph)
Greg Finley
Additional Voices (voice)
Bryan Scott
Additional Voices (voice)
J.D. Hall
Additional Voices (voice)
Joseph Chapman
Additional Voices (voice)
Ted Lothrop
Tommy
John C. McDonnell
Patient
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Trivia
Some movie posters for this film featured a long blurb that read: "He's been walking through doors. He's been falling through floors. He's been going through a lot lately, but he's still Dad".
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The movie was produced by the Universal Pictures studio. Just under a decade before, about nine years earlier in 1981, the production house had produced the similarly-titled movie Ghost Story (1981).
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The name of the book that character Sir Edwin Moser (Ian Bannen) wrote was "On Intercorporeal Maltransference".
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Goofs
Position of Elliot's daughters hair, when they first see Elliot as a ghost.
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Quotes
Curtis Burch, the Cabbie: I like you.
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Elliot Hopper: [answering phone] Hello?
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Danny Hopper: How am I doing?
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Photos from cast
Brian Stokes Mitchell
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