James Ellis

Born: 1931-03-15

Legendary Northern Irish actor who came to prominence in the 1960s for his role of Bert Lynch in the BBC TV series Z Cars.


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Priest

as Father Ellerton
Released: 1995-03-24

Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret...

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Conspiracy of Silence

as uncredited
Released: 2003-05-15

When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts...

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Best

as Dickie Beal
Released: 2000-05-10

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Crossing the Floor

as Andrew Carson
Released: 1996-10-05

Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving...

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The Near Room

as Pat
Released: 1997-04-11

Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at...

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No Surrender

as Paddy Burke
Released: 1985-09-11

It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in...

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Naming the Names

as Mr McCoy
Released: 1987-02-08

Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes...

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Mark of the Devil

as Father Dowd
Released: 1984-09-05

A desperate gambler in debt with a gangster robs a Chinese tattoo artist, getting stabbed and...

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The Precious Blood

as Albert McVea
Released: 1996-06-08

Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years previously. Her teenage son John...

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Resurrection Man

as Ivor Coppinger
Released: 1998-02-13

Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that...

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A Coming to Terms for Billy

as Norman Martin
Released: 1984-02-21

Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his...

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A Matter of Choice for Billy

as Norman Martin
Released: 1983-05-10

Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son,...

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Leapin' Leprechauns

as Patrick
Released: 1995-07-26

A man tries to build a theme park on top of land that's secretly the home to friendly Leprechauns.

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Too Late to Talk to Billy

as Norman Martin
Released: 1982-02-16

Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First...

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James Ellis: An Actor's Life

as Himself
Released: 2007-07-02

Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.

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Lorna

as Norman Martin
Released: 1987-06-02

In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left...

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Doctor Who: Battlefield

as Peter Warmsley
Released: 1989-09-27

Knights from a parallel universe arrive on Earth to find the legendary sword Excalibur. Only the...

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Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns

as Patrick
Released: 1996-10-19

Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an...

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Shadow of a Gunman

as The Landlord
Released: 1995-10-07

The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages,...

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The Long March

as Joe Walsh
Released: 1980-01-01

A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison...

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Z-Cars

as PC Bert Lynch
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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Z-Cars

as Bert Lynch
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...

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Casualty

as Reg
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Softly, Softly

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-01-05

Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1...

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Doctor Who

as Peter Warmsly
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Play for Today

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Heartbeat

as Bagger / Winston Parker
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Roddy Travers
First aired: 1978-01-08

All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British...

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The Detectives

as Customs Officer
First aired: 1993-01-27

The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence -...

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Lovejoy

as Niall Sheehan
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Thin Man
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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In Sickness and in Health

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-09-01

Sequel to 'Till Death Us Do Part' with the bad tempered Alf Garnett, who has not mellowed with...

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Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

as Father Dowd
First aired: 1984-09-05

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer...

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Nightingales

as Sarge
First aired: 1990-02-27

Nightingales is a British situation comedy set around the antics of three security guards...

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The Scales of Justice

as Bill Kenton
First aired: 1962-01-11

Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for...

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Troubles

as Murphy
First aired: 1988-05-01

In 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer....

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Big Bad World

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-06-20

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So You Think You've Got Troubles

as Charlie Adamson
First aired: 1991-10-17

Six-part comedy series about a Londoner, and non-practising Jew, is sent by his boss to Northern...

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Common As Muck

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-09-07

Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men...

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Boys from the Blackstuff

as Wino
First aired: 1982-10-10

Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian...

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The Gathering Seed

as Jim Larkin
First aired: 1983-09-07

The saga of Manchester lad Joe Henshaw, a story that takes in family life, the trials and...

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The Marksman

as Doyle
First aired: 1987-12-04

Twelve-year-old Gordon Weaver is killed on waste-ground in Liverpool. His grandfather, Doyle,...

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