Bruce Lacey

Born: 1927-03-31

Bruce Lacey was a British artist, performer and eccentric. After completing his national service in the Navy he became established on the avant-garde scene with his performance art and mechanical constructs. He has been closely associated with The Alberts performance group and The Goon Show. He made the props and had an acting part in Richard Lester's The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film.


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Help!

as Lawnmower
Released: 1965-07-29

An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts...

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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom

as Musketeer
Released: 1968-09-11

Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his...

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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film

as uncredited
Released: 1959-10-31

A short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic...

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Smashing Time

as Clive Sword
Released: 1967-12-20

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money...

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It's Trad, Dad!

as Gardener
Released: 1962-03-30

The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel...

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Just Like a Woman

as uncredited
Released: 1967-02-26

Lewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart – a situation made worse by the fact that...

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Agib and Agab

as uncredited
Released: 1953-01-01

Free-form and anarchic in a very English way, this elaborate, gothic, handmade production was...

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One Man Band

as Albert Hall - The One Man Band
Released: 1965-01-01

An early cinema influenced tale of rags to riches by Bob Godfrey. Bruce Lacey stars as the...

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Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric

as Self
Released: 1974-10-08

A 1974 documentary in which comedian Dave Allen meets a variety of eccentrics including...

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The Flying Alberts

as Self
Released: 1963-01-01

The Alberts (Bruce Lacey, Tony Gray and his brother Dougie Gray) attempt to take off. There are...

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The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising

as uncredited
Released: 1962-11-01

A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist...

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Battle of New Orleans

as uncredited
Released: 1960-01-01

Sped up footage of musicians fighting on a stretch of mudflats.

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The Preservation Man

as Self
Released: 1962-05-20

The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's...

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Double Exposure

as Self
Released: 1975-01-05

'.....invites us to experience a level of connection and intimacy between two people.' - Sam...

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L'art pour l'art

as Dotty
Released: 1966-01-01

Art for art's sake.

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Heads, Bodies and Legs

as Self
Released: 1973-01-01

Experimental cutout piece

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How to Have a Bath

as Subject 2 (as William Bruce)
Released: 1971-01-05

An instructional film by Bruce Lacey.

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The Lacey Rituals

as Bruce
Released: 1973-01-05

Bruce Lacey: 'People used to come and make documentaries about me, but they weren't interested...

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British Landing on the Moon

as Self
Released: 1973-01-01

The Lacey watch British astronauts landing on the moon

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Kissing Film

as Male
Released: 1967-01-05

An instructional film by Bruce Lacey.

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Uncle's Tea Party

as The Butler (as Prof Bruce Lacey)
Released: 1962-01-01

A performance of the band The Alberts. One of several films made especially for deaf children by...

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Head in Shadow

as Blind Man
Released: 1952-07-01

A highly impressionistic film in which a blind man (Lacey) drifts through the war-damaged...

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The Bruce Lacey Experience

as Himself
Released: 2012-01-02

A brief canter through the life and work of one of Britain's most unbelievable artists.

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The Re-Awakening of My Ancestral Spirits

as Self
Released: 1987-01-01

A ritual created and performed by Bruce Lacey.

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The Humanoid Race

as Self
Released: 1965-01-01

Mechanical statues and other pieces by Bruce Lacey.

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Castlerigg

as Self
Released: 1981-01-01

Bruce Lacey wandering around and interacting with stones

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Stella Chase

as uncredited
Released: 1974-01-01

A moody, pastoral sci-fi tale about Stella Superstar and her travels across the universe....

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If I Had a Talking Picture of You

as Self
Released: 2002-01-01

Bruce Lacey performance

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Everybody's Nobody

as The M.A.N.
Released: 1960-01-01

Starring Lacey as the Mobile Absurd Non-entity, aka M.A.N. – a “synchronized, pressurized,...

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Breaking Away to Come Together

as Self
Released: 1984-01-01

Using only one camera, remote controlled mirrors and an external tilting device, Lacey...

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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