John Leyton
John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English actor and singer. Leyton as a singer is best known for his hit song "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, "Wild Wind", reached number two in the charts. Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him appearing in television and films throughout the 1960s. His films included The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, Von Ryan's Express and Krakatoa, East of Java. In 2009 he also had a small role in the film Telstar, a biopic based on Joe Meek's life in which Leyton himself was portrayed by Callum Dixon.
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small...
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Von Ryan's Express
as Lt. OrdeVon Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII...
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Krakatoa, East of Java
as RigbyA team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883...
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Colour Me Kubrick
as Lord Charles BensonThe true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's...
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I'm All Right Jack
as Recruit to Detto (uncredited)Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business....
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Danger Within
as POW (uncredited)Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British...
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Schizo
as Alan FalconerA recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that...
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Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
as Sir EdwardSet against a backdrop of early '60s London, Telstar is the story of the world's first...
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The Idol
as TimothyA rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to...
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Guns at Batasi
as Private WilkesAn anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat...
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It's Trad, Dad!
as HimselfThe hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel...
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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
as Dave BootWhen D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a...
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Every Day's a Holiday
as Gerry PullmanA group of teenagers take jobs at a holiday camp for the summer and enter a TV talent show
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A Life in the Death of Joe Meek
as SelfThis documentary chronicles the rise, fall and resurrection of Joe Meek. It shows, due in equal...
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Baby Talk
as SteveIt's such a simple, natural thing to have a baby, thinks Mary. But she and husband Paul are...
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The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek
as HimselfDocumentary about the influential pop composer and record producer Joe Meek, who died in...
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Ready Steady Go!
as SelfReady Steady Go! is one of the UK's first rock/pop music television programmes and was a...
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Jericho
as uncreditedJericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton,...
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Jukebox Heroes
as SelfSeries on the unsung heroes of British pop.
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Biggles
as GingerBiggles was a Detective Air Inspector attached to Scotland Yard. Helping him was Ginger & Bertie...
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