Bill Grant Nutrition - Filmography

He has appeared in numerous movies (ABC’s Friday Night Movie of the Week, Hustler of Muscle Beach and the new release of Pumping Iron starring Arnold Schwarzenegger), theatrical productions, television shows (Runaway Train and Smokey Robinson Review) and commercials (Toyota, McDonald’s, Bally’s/Jack Lalane). He has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN, WOR, ESPN, Fox News, "The Big Story" with Rita Cosby and is also featured in a new ebook called "Fit Over 40". His complete filmography on DVD and VHS:

PUMPING IRON 25th ANNIVERSARY (1977)

Documentary (85 minutes)

Directed by George Butler, Robert Fiore

Cast: Bill Grant (himself), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Matty Ferrigno, Serge Nubret, Mike Katz, Ed Corney, Paul Grant, Joe Weider, Roger Callard, Victoria Ferrigno, Robbie Robinson, Ken Waller, Jimmy Williams, Marianne Claire, Bud Cort.

Plot: Arnold Schwarzenegger gained his first real notoriety outside body-building circles with this documentary about a group of men training for the Mr. Olympia contest. Arnold had already won the title six times before, and was training for his seventh victory before retiring to fully pursue his acting career (which began to catch fire with his likable turn in Stay Hungry, released the same year) when this was shot. Here he displays an easy charm and wicked sense of humor as he plays mind games with his competitors. Future Incredible Hulk Lou Ferrigno is also on hand, and his fierce determination as he goes through a brutal weight lifting regimen shouting "Arnold! Arnold!" speaks both to his own desire to win and how strong a presence Schwarzenegger was in body-building at the time. You don't have to be a body building fan to enjoy Pumping Iron, though Arnold is the one contestant who shows obvious star quality.

Productions Credits: Harry Lapham (Sound/Sound Designer), Charles Gaines (Book Author, Consultant/advisor), Robert Fiore (Cinematographer, Director), Michael Small (Composer Music Score), Lawrence Silk (Editor), Jerome Gary (Producer), Peter Davis (Consultant advisor), George Butler (Book Author, Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Geoff Bartz (Editor).

THE HUSTLER OF MUSCLE BEACH (1980)

Drama (97 minutes)

Directed by Jonathan Kaplan

Cast: Bill Grant, Richard Hatch, Kay Lenz, Jeanette Nolan, Joe Santos, Jack Carter, Franco Columbu, Frank Zane, Tim Kimber, Bobby Van, Kenneth McMillan, Veronica Hamel

Plot: The hustler in Hustler of Muscle Beach is fast-talking New York promoter Nick Demec (Richard Hatch). Hoping to cash in on the bodybuilding craze, Demec stages a muscleman -- and musclewoman -- contest in Venice, CA (where the film was shot). The hero's get-rich-quick scheme gets him into hot water when he selects a most unusual candidate for his protégé. Several real-life male bodybuilders appear onscreen, including Franco Columbu and Frank Zane, but the film's ad campaign focused on the bikini-clad female contestants. Hustler of Muscle Beach was first broadcast May 16, 1980, on ABC.

Productions Credits: Tim Maschler (Screenwriter), LaReine Johnston (Editor),
Charles G. Arnold (Cinematographer), Neil T. Maffeo (Producer), Robert J. Koster (Production Manager), John Furia, Jr. (Executive Producer), Barry Oringer (Executive Producer), David Smilow (Screenwriter), Archie J. Bacon (Art Director), Earle H. Hagen (Composer Music Score), Leon Carrere (Editor).

GRUNT: THE WRESTLING MOVIE (1985)

Sport (91 minutes)

Directed by Allan Holzman

Cast: Bill Grant (Capt. Carnage), Jeff Dial, Steve Capello, Robert Glaudini, Greg Magic Schwarz, Armando Guerrero, Dick Murdoch, Exotic Adrian Street, John Tolos, Wally George, Victor Rivera, Ray Stern, Danny Spivey, Ian Shoals, Miss Linda, Great Goliath, Woody Farmer, Dick Beyer, Egil Aalvik, Adrian Street, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Lydie Denier.

Plot: In this routine sports-dominated, low-budget drama, real wrestling footage with all its comic sideshow elements supplement the simple story. Lesley Uggams (Dial) is a documentary filmmaker out to do a project on a wrestler who supposedly killed himself after decapitating his opponent in the ring. Uggams suspects that the suicide was hype - something unknown to the wrestling world, of course - and that the killer wrestler is back in action as "The Mask."

Productions Credits: Barry Zetlin (Editor), Eddy van der Enden (Cinematographer), Lisa Tomei (Short Story Author), James G. Robinson (Producer), Tony Randel (Short Story Author), Anthony Randel (Producer), Don Normann (Producer), Roger D. Manning (Screenwriter), Susan Justin (Composer Music Score), Allan Holzman (Editor, Director), J. Rae Fox (Art Director), Lynda Burbank (Art Director)

RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985)

Thriller (111 minutes)

Directed by Andrei Konchalowsky

Cast: Bill Grant (Bodybuilder), Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle T. Heffner, John P. Ryan, Stacey Pickren, Walter Wyatt, Edward Bunker, Reid Cruickshanks, John Bloom, Big Yank, Obie Weeks.

Plot: Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. They hop aboard a speeding train, making a clean escape. But the engineer has suffered a heart attack, and the train goes out of control. To prevent a disastrous head-on collision, the railroad heads decide to derail the runaway train, killing its occupants to save the lives of hundreds of others. Once Manny catches on to what's happening, he tries to jump off the train, only to be talked out of such a foolhardy act by railroad employee Sara (Rebecca DeMornay). As doom approaches, Manny apparently goes mad, viciously preventing any attempts to stop the train or rescue its passengers: if he's to die, and if the others are to be saved, it will be on his terms, or no terms. Runaway Train was slated as a project for Akira Kurosawa in 1970, but for various creative and scheduling reasons, it remained on the back burner for 15 years.

Productions Credits: Alan Hume (Cinematographe), Menahem Golan (Producer), Yoram Globus (Producer), Trevor Jones (Musical Direction/Supervision, Composer Music Score), Ray Brown (Special Effects), Henry T. Weinstein (Executive Producer), Mati Raz (Associate Producer), Paul Zindel (Screenwriter), Bob Riggs (Special Effects), Keith Richins (Special Effects), Henry Richardson (Editor), Djordje Milicevic (Screenwriter), Stephen Marsh (Production Designer), Luigi Marchione (Production Designer), Mony Mansano (Makeup), Loren Janes (Stunts)

STAND TALL (1997)

Documentary (86 minutes)

Directed by Mark Nalley

Cast: Bill Grant (himself), Lou Ferrigno, Boyer Coe, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ed Corney, Mike Katz, Carla Ferrigno, Chris Dickerson, Eddie Giuliani, Don Ross, Ira Bankofsky, Robbie Robinson, Joe Weider, Lonnie Teper, Ben Weitz, Troy Zuccolotto, Brunson T.H. Achiu.

Plot: STAND TALL is based on actual events leading up to the unprecedented return of Lou to bodybuilding after a nineteen year retirement from the sport. His story evolves from emotional weakness to personal triumph as he faces his fears in the ‘Masters Olympia’ competition at the age of 43. STAND TALL reveals Lou’s battle within to overcome the largest obstacle of them all - the value of trophy versus the value of Lou Ferrigno the man. STAND TALL presents a cast of legends including Arnold Schwarzenegger who exposes to the viewer the elements of rivalry and competition as well as the diverse backgrounds and aspirations of each athlete in the competition.

Productions Credits: Mark Nalley (Producer, Cinematographer), Jim Beasley (Editor), David Booth (Production Audio), Jim Griffith & Mark Matthews (Original Music Score), FLEX Inc. (Executive Producer).