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Complaint Review: Buddy Dolan - ocoee Florida

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Buddy Dolan / aka Albert M. Dolan / aka Armada Entertainment Scams

This is information is an opinion and personal conclusions drawn from an experience with investing and interacting with Buddy Dolan (aka Albert M. Dolans) / Armada Entertainment and Buddy Dolans supposed movie projects or other investments. As always you should check all sources before forming your own opinion and its always a good idea to do both a background check and your own fact check on any resume credits and Buddy Dolans arrest and court records. These are strictly my findings and conclusions.
Out of dozens of claims I could find only ONE true studio funded movie credit and he was not much more than an extra in the background for a split second.

Here is my experience and research:

Some of us have lost a lot of money believing Buddy Dolan and his charming personality. But as I learned the hard way people are not always who they seem or claim to beNow, its one thing to lie on your resume because you might have low self-esteem issues.
But, its quite another to take credit for another persons work or use false credits in order to mislead people into thinking you are a producer to get them to give you money or con your way into a job that someone else really earned. When you find out that someone you trusted lies to you like Buddy Dolan did it seems like it cant get any worse, but it can, especially when you find out it is without remorse and he still adding to his list of lies.

So here are the clarifications that have been found on Mr. Buddy Dolan (aka Albert M. Dolan)s resume and his August 2010 World Physique interview which can be found here: http://www.worldphysique.com/interviewwithbuddy.html?reloaded=true. Buddy Dolan Resume and what I concluded are Misrepresentations (most of us would call them lies):

PROBABLE AND RESEARCHED FALSE RESUME LISTINGS:

HARVARD: Graduated from Harvard : NOPE Harvard denies any affiliation or formal student status with Buddy Dolan under any of his names.

JUILLIARD: His story alternates between graduating from Juilliard and attended Summer Stock: But either way Julliard says NO HE DIDNT.

MARINES: Claims to be a former Marine and fought for our country (occasionally even throws in being a Marine pilot): But NOPE. Military says it aint true! When confronted about this one Buddy Dolan says the records were erased because he was on a secret mission. The Military guy I talked with wanted to know if Buddy Dolan needed the name of a good psychiatrist (he was making a joke).

BLACK BELT: So far there is no registration or record that can be found and in one case, when a guy next to him threw a playful punch Buddy Dolan didnt know the first thing about blocking or technique so it aint looking good for Dolan on that one either.

SEMI-PRO BASEBALL: Doesnt look real since there are no records that could be found anywhere so far and Mr. Dolan wont say which team.

Now onto the BUDDY DOLAN FALSE MOVIE CREDITS. Creating false movie credits is easier than you think all Buddy Dolan had to do was go onto www.imdb.com and post them and the other websites which copy from www.imdb.com did the rest to spread the lies throughout the internet and make it look legit but the studios arent thrilled with the lies. If it says uncredited there is a much greater possibility it isnt true and a few that are posted on imdb.com as credited still arent true. So if in doubt watch the film and look on the end credits and for Buddy in the movie. If there is no Buddy Dolan in any part of the films or their credits; or the studio had NO records, I considered that a false credit. I dont think buddy understands that when he outright takes credit from a person who is the real stunt man- who paid his dues and was really working on the film that is a twisted thing to do to another person. You dont take credit for someone elses work.

Onto the MOVIE CREDITS and HOLLYWOOD CREDITS: Be careful of sudden photo proof with photo shop its easy to fake something. For most of these credits there were no records from the studio that Buddy Dolan was ever on set.

PROBABLE AND RESEARCHED FALSE CREDITS:

THE EXPENDABLES : Buddy Dolan claims to be a stunt double for Jason Statham: Studio says: NO! The studio says Guillermo Grispo is the real stunt double for Jason Statham and has no current record of a Buddy or Albert Dolan working as a stunt man on the film.

SPIDERMAN : Buddy Dolan claims to have done stunts for the movie. Studio says NOPE!

PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: Buddy Dolan claims to be a character; studio says (you guessed it) NOPE!

WEST WING: Studio says NO Records or Footage of a Buddy Dolan.

JAG: Producer Office says NO Buddy Dolan in the episode Persian Gulf or a character named Major Polk.

CSI: MIAMI: Producer Says: NO Peter Taylor in episode Hell Night

CROSSING JORDAN: Studio Says: No featured actor named Buddy Dolan in Justice Delayed.

CSI: NY: Producer says: NOPE

TRANSPORTER 2: Producers office says NOPE and says real credit should go to Phil Culotta.

WE ARE MARSHALL: Buddy claims to be a character named Spoon. Producers office says there is no such character.

THE DEPARTED: Studio says no record of Buddy and no character named Sean.

COLD CASE: Casting Department says no record of a Buddy Dolan on any episode.

Claims to be 510 is 58 really that desperate to lie about your height?

Claims to be He was the ripped sexy hunk in Calvin Klein's "LA's photo shoot" video. Calvin Kleins legal department says Buddy Dolan has never been hired by Calvin Klein to represent its products.

Imdb took down the following credits presumably because they were also false: JUST CAUSE THE DEPARTED BAD BOYS ALIAS THE LONGEST YARD DAYS OF THUNDER STARGATE

Other credits: Well he had a lot more but IMDB wised up to some of them and took them down but here is what he posted on his professional resume:

http://landrumcreations.smugmug.com/ACTORS-Credited/ACTORS-MEN-30/1573434_mwciL/1/453320787_xggCX/Medium

BUDDY DOLAN Height: 510

FILM THE DEPARTED Sean Warner Brothers WE ARE MARSHALL Spoon Warner Brothers MIAMI VICE SWAT Sergeant Universal PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2 Henge Bruckheimer THE LONGEST YARD Stone Paramount BAD BOYS Stunts Simpson/Bruckheimer JUST CAUSE Cop (Featured) Stunts Warner Brothers DAYS OF THUNDER Pit Crew & Stunts Simpson/Bruckheimer CHINA MOON Featured & Ed Harris Body Double Orion/TIG POINT OF CONTACT Jake Armada Entertainment

TELEVISION LAS VEGAS Lucas NBC/Dreamworks COLD CASE Det. Ramos CBS/Warner Bros CSI: MIAMI Cop CBS/Bruckheimer CROSSING JORDAN Cop NBC/Universal TV ALIAS (multiple) Doug Hayes Touchstone STARGATE SG-1 (multiple) Lt. Cmdr. Langley MGM Television LAX FBI Agent/Stunt Driver NBC/Universal TV JAG Maj. Polk Universal WEST WING Secret Service Agent to President NBC/Universal TV JANE DOE (multiple) Nick Hallmark Channel

COMMERCIAL Heineken Universal Studios Islands of Adventure Dunkin Donuts. AT&T. Ray Ban

EDUCATION AND TRAINING Julliard Summer Stock. (THEATRE)

UNVERIFIED CREDITS: Unverified: BURN NOTICE: Unverified: SWAMP THING: Could not find footage of Buddy Dolan in the episode

SO WHAT IS REAL? Buddy Dolan was in fact an extra and stand-in on China Moon. Buddy Dolan was an actor in what might be called a soft porn film called Animals. Buddy Dolan did try to write, star and film a B-film movie called Point of Contact.  As far as I can tell these three things are the only genuine credits with only one being a real Hollywood movie. Which makes sense considering none of us have actually been able to find him in any of the episodes and the studios dont seem to have any records of him but heymaybe it was that secret mission thing from the marines that erased all his identifying informationor hes just run out of lies. You know the sad part is Buddy has worked hard on his personal athletic skills but somehow that wasnt good enough and he felt that that he had to twist his accomplishments.

What else is real?  Buddy Dolan was ARRESTED for the felony of impersonating a Police Officer. It appears he doesnt really know who he really is and since his arrest has scaled down his claim from being a police office to just claiming to be a former Marine. For those of us with family who really did risk their lives this is a disgusting pretense.  I hope with a spark of hope, that Buddy will have a grand moment of resolution but in case he doesnt there is a list of things to consider if someone wonders what others have experienced.

Next time Ill do a little research before I trust someone who starts dropping credits and names.

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#4 Author of original report

$100,000 not $3,000

AUTHOR: Buddy Dolan Scam - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, June 19, 2011

Its around $100,000 not $3,000.

Nice try but the money in one set of projects from various investors was upwards of $100,000 to Buddy Dolan (and keep in mind that was just one) so trying to make it sound like it was around $3,000 is more than slightly inaccurate but perhaps that one situation was brought up because it is in the court records.

Please keep in mind. More responses just keep the conversation going. It might be better to call it a day, especially since people can look up information for themselves and verify the truth.

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#3 Author of original report

Finally the Truth!

AUTHOR: Buddy Dolan Scam - (United States of America)

POSTED: Saturday, June 18, 2011

Want the Truth about Buddy Dolan ?

Its easy to find out the truth for yourself- Just call these numbers:

Harvard University: (617) 495-1551  

Julliard School: (212) 799-5000

Marines Corp: (813) 827-7010      

Free Access to Buddys Criminal Record: ( note that it is recorded as Albert Dolan ) Free Court Access to his Civil, Family and Criminal Records:

http://www.myorangeclerk.com/enu/Pages/orange-county-clerk-of-court-home.aspx

Go to Look up Cases on Myclerk left hand side. You can check criminal, civil or family.  Albert Dolan appears to have multiple records in each category. Orange County Clerk of the Court; Orlando, Florida. I never checked Maine for any records but it might be worth a background check.

You can call the studios, producers and directors for movie and television credits.

Addressing the Responses (my experience and opinion):

The HARVARD story began years ago with him claiming he  graduated from Harvard, he would even put it on his producers resume adding that he then went on to graduate with a masters from Syracuse. When he got caught - he didnt actually have a degree from Harvard or Syracuse he downgraded it to telling people he attended Harvard.  The problem is Harvard (and yes, their LEGAL department too) have confirmed that Buddy Dolan ( Albert Dolan ) has NEVER been accepted, attended nor has any record of Buddy as a student of Harvard University or its colleges. Syracuse University also denied any knowledge or records of Buddy Dolan or Albert Dolan and firmly denied him obtaining a masters degree.

JULLIARD School further stated that Buddy Dolan ( Albert Dolan ) has NEVER been accepted into Julliard.

THE MARINES may have been patient with his claims, at first, but impersonating a Marine is actually illegal and could lead to an arrest.

The SEMI-PRO BASEBALL story keeps changing from (triple A) to (double A) but either way- he has NEVER disclosed and in-fact refused to admit the name of the team or dates he played so no one can verify leaving it presumably to be false.

BLACKBELT story- same as the semi-pro baseball- Just tell us where you studied and where you registered your black belt since it was claimed to have been in the mid- 1990s the record will still exist.

ACTING: The vast percentage of movies and TV shows Buddy Dolan claimed to appear in or be a stunt man in seem to be fluff (In my opinion I would call them lies) - whatever goal or objective he had in doing it, whether it was to scam people, make him look important or another reason- only he knows. However, if it makes you feel better perhaps he was in a background shot for Burn Notice (I said that Burn Notice was unverified) and if he can show the footage for CJ and  Alias no problem, just post it on youtube and show where he was actually acting (and which we can verify in the episode)- Ill be more than happy to concede being wrong in those couple instances because my objective was to find the truth not to create misinformation. However, I would also like Buddy Dolan to explain the other 18-20 credits that he did not (according to the producers and casting directors) work on and was never part of- One credit still does not explain a dozen false ones.

It is admirable to try to defend people we care about, but it may not be helpful if you were duped and are defending a false claim. Its kind of really easy to find out the truth just call Harvard or the Marines.

Despite what you assume, this isn't malicous, Buddy made these claims himself. If he was the one who claimed to have gone to Harvard and be a Marine or to have starred in television and film that have no record of him-  why don't you ask him why?

HERES THE THING ABOUT ALL THIS- this came about because Buddy Dolan had an article published and posted resumes about himself claiming these credits. Buddy Dolan publically made these claims and comments.

He put himself out as a public figure and this whole thing was a rebuttal of those claims.

If Buddy Dolan gets caught in a lie its because he lied, no other motivation.  If he continues to lie, people will continue to call him on it.

If he continues to claim to be a Marine, and is not, he could get arrested. again.

I dont know if Buddy Dolan did these things to scam people or because he felt insecure and wanted to be more than he was maybe it was both or maybe it was for a reason only he knows but what I do know- is that people can change and that Buddy Dolan has some extraordinary and likable qualities- we liked Buddy not his credits.  Who he is as a father, an athlete, a friend, and in his real creative works- is amazing and its enough. A lie just casts a shadow over those qualities.

The skeletons are now out of the closet. They can crumble and fade away.  Many people love a great I did something dumb and learned my lesson story so unless new lies are started or old ones are resurrected again- this all can just become part of the past.

That is in the hands of Buddy Dolan himself.

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personal attack not a buisness complaint

AUTHOR: CS - (USA)

POSTED: Thursday, May 26, 2011

I actually read most of that post; snickering, then just got bored.  Amazing that someone would take so much time to write such libel, what's more pathetic is that this website (rip off report) allows for such personal attacks and won't separate such, from a legitimate business complaint - when valid
 
I found everything negative you wrote to be quite the opposite.  I invested finishing funds into a project Buddy produced.  Didn't get rich but got my money back and then some.  I found everything about him honorable, and your research (all your phone calls, horribly inaccuracte)
 
Knowing Buddy for about 6 years, I called him and asked him if he was going to respond.  He said he had notified his attorney, but felt that responding to such garbage would be a waste of time. 
 
Well I don't.  (he did approve me responding, my name is Carin Stewart carin.stewart@yahoo.com)

I asked him if he knew who the author of the post is; he said Cheri L. Melchione, or Shari Melchione (apparently she's varied her name a few times). 
 
Although for this post I'll have to "presume" it is Cheri L. Melchione.   Ironically this person is listed as a hostile influence in the private placement deal I received, along with several legal documents signed by her including a "Settlement Agreement", "Transfer of Rights" and "Hold Harmless Agreement" on her investment of $3,125.00 into a film she invested with Buddy.   I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but did get some background on their dealings back in 2001 - 2002.  It makes more sense now, and apparently she holds a personal grudge.  (ya think?)
 
So, it's been over ten years, and this individual still has some deep rooted issues and chooses to use the vast power of the web to attack Buddy on events that hadn't occurred in their dealings.  Sad for her and unfortunate for Buddy because she obviously picked the right website, one which won't verify facts without a sizeable monetary payment, and even then nothings guaranteed to be removed or substantiated.
 
I will say this; from information I received, her (presumably Melchione) investment was to Parrot Bay Entertainment January 28th 2002.   Not Armada Entertainment as she lists.  Armada wasn't incorporated until later that year.   Pretty much everything she writes after that seems to be a diversion.
 
Funny, she wrote about a film he was in titled, "Animals" as 'soft porn', I got a little curious to see Buddy in that movie!  Bummer.It has nothing to do with porn, but it's an excruciating horrible exploitation of junk movie to watch and to my disappointment, Buddy never took his shirt off.  He shows more skin in Point of Contact, CSI, Alias, 24 (where he was uncovered *see below* scroll down) and Burn Notice. 
 
http://www.411mania.com/movies/dvd_reviews/36755/The-Cool-Channel-DVD-Review:--24-Season-Four.htm

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#1 Consumer Comment

Report contains numerous errors and malicious falsehoods

AUTHOR: gansett - (United States of America)

POSTED: Sunday, February 20, 2011

I know Buddy Dolan professionally and personally for over 15 years. Comments in the report discrediting his SAG acting credits (for example) for TV shows such as the WEST WING and CROSSING JORDAN are untrue as I was there when he was acting on the set in both cases. I also know first hand the editor of CJ who worked on Buddy's scenes and I have seen the actual episodes on Television. I have seen the episode of ALIAS as well in which Buddy acted. For the person who wrote the report saying she could not find anyone who had actually seen any of the episodes it is likely they never tried.I have seen the pictures from the set of EXPENDABLES (not taken by Buddy but another actor on the set) and personally have met Jason Statham on three occasions who remembers working with Buddy Dolan for one day in a warehouse set for this movie in Louisiana. As concerns the show BURN NOTICE, I just saw the episode on USA Network the other night and talked to Buddy about it. It has run at least three times ( I am a fan of the show) since it was filmed. Buddy is unmistakable as a muscular villian with a notable role including speaking parts throughout the episode. I personally shot the Calvin Klein photo as a test shot that was sent to an ad agency to consider Buddy Dolan as a model for their campaigns. I know he attended JUILLIARD in their summer program, attended Harvard but graduated from University of Maine. He is a former Marine and also was in the Army. As concerns the claims he has no martial arts training, again a falsehood, as I have seen him do martial arts first hand and he is more than effective in the discipline. As for the "guy who threw a playful punch" Buddy shared this story and did not react because it was someone he knew. Anyone who truly knows Buddy knows he is an extremely physical tough guy, extremely strong and agile and is quite restrained because he has the power and training to easily hurt someone. As concerns his semi-pro baseball career, it was a farm team (triple A ) and he played until he had a leg injury. I could rebuff many of the other accusations as well but honestly do not have the time to do so. My objective is to show that this report is simply full of many inaccuracies and appears strictly to have been posted for malicious intent. I will encourage Buddy to take on whomever wrote this report full of falsehoods to clear his name. Such unsubstantiated reports particularly when the individual hides behind a "screen" name should be addressed and the individuals punished. To me this is not Freedom of Speech when the intent is to harm rather than to accurately inform.

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