John Woodvine

Born: 1929-07-21

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   John Woodvine (born 21 July 1929) is an English stage and screen actor who has appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Woodvine licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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An American Werewolf in London

as Dr. J. S. Hirsch
Released: 1981-08-21

American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on...

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Persuasion

as Admiral Croft
Released: 1995-05-01

Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break...

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Wuthering Heights

as Thomas Earnshaw
Released: 1992-10-16

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate,...

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Darling

as Customs Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1965-08-03

The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional...

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Fatherland

as Luther
Released: 1994-11-26

Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and...

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Vanity Fair

as Lord Bareacres
Released: 2004-09-01

Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving...

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as Lord Provost
Released: 2010-10-29

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable...

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The Devils

as Louis Trincant
Released: 1971-07-16

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the...

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Miss Potter

as Sir Nigel
Released: 2006-12-03

Beatrix Potter, the author of the beloved children's book "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", struggles...

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The Other Boleyn Girl

as Uncle Howard
Released: 2003-03-28

Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised...

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The Trial

as Herr Deimen
Released: 1993-06-18

Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been...

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Hamlet

as Player King
Released: 2009-12-26

David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of...

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Dragonworld

as Lester MacIntyre
Released: 1994-07-27

A young man must risk his life to save his fire-breathing friend from the unscrupulous owner of...

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Young Winston

as Howard
Released: 1972-07-20

This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill,...

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Murder with Mirrors

as Christian Gilbranson
Released: 1985-02-20

When Miss Jane Marple arrives at palatial Stonygates, one thing is certain. Before there's time...

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Spaghetti House

as Senior Officer
Released: 1982-10-22

Three black militants kidnap the waiters in an Italian restaurant in London. Soon the victims...

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Flick

as Dr Nickel
Released: 2008-10-03

Memphis cop Lieutenant McKenzie is called in to investigate a series of strange deaths and wierd...

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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

as Sir Hugh Dalrymple
Released: 1999-02-24

Acting Lieutenant Hornblower and his crew are captured by the enemy while escorting a Duchess...

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Enys Men

as The Preacher
Released: 2023-01-12

A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying...

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Danny the Champion of the World

as Tallon
Released: 1989-04-29

Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life...

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The Falklands Play

as Adm. of the Fleet Sir Terence Lewin
Released: 2002-04-10

The Falklands Play is a dramatic account of the political events leading up to, and including,...

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Macbeth

as Banquo
Released: 1979-02-02

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of...

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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

as King Antiochus
Released: 1984-12-08

When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight...

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Leon The Pig Farmer

as Vitelli
Released: 1993-02-26

An irreverent comedy is set in motion when Leon Geller, a sensitive Jewish boy from London,...

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The Walking Stick

as Bertie Irons
Released: 1970-04-15

A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a...

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Countdown to War

as Joachim von Ribbentrop
Released: 1989-04-07

Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland,...

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Deceptions

as Chief Inspector
Released: 1985-05-26

Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.

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Who Bombed Birmingham?

as Tom Clarke
Released: 1990-04-22

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris...

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A Song for Jenny

as Father
Released: 2015-07-05

A Song For Jenny is the true story of Julie Nicholson's response to her daughter Jenny’s murder...

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Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'

as Self
Released: 2009-09-14

Host Paul Davis takes a trip through some of the iconic backdrops of John Landis' 1981 werewolf...

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Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

as Marshal
Released: 1979-02-24

The final segment of the Key to Time is at the heart of a devastating war between neighbouring...

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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

as The Chamberlain / Father (voice)
Released: 1990-09-28

Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could...

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Joe Maddison's War

as Father Connolly
Released: 2010-09-19

Newcastle, 1939. Shipyard worker Joe feels emasculated and past his prime; too old to serve in...

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And a Nightingale Sang

as George
Released: 1989-04-17

Set in working class Newcastle, the Stott family fight their private battles against the...

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Glory Enough For All

as Dr. John MacLeod
Released: 1988-06-27

Glory Enough for All is the 1988 television movie depicting the discovery and isolation of...

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The Black and Blue Lamp

as uncredited
Released: 1988-09-07

Satirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police...

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The Dog It Was That Died

as Dr. Seddon
Released: 1989-01-01

Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5....

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Pirate Prince

as Kreutzen
Released: 1991-12-26

Jack Prince, a British renegade, joins a rebellion and becomes one of the most feared pirates in...

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The Trial of Tony Blair

as Judge
Released: 2007-01-15

Biting political satire starring Robert Lindsay as a beleaguered Tony Blair, who stubbornly...

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Duke Bluebeard's Castle

as Speaker of the Prologue (voice)
Released: 1989-04-12

Judith arrives at Bluebeard's dark castle hoping her love can convince him to reveal the secrets...

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The Midnight Drives

as Guesthouse Owner
Released: 2007-06-25

A divorcee takes his children on a trip to Cornwall.

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Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

as Colonel
Released: 1979-11-14

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour is a stage play by Tom Stoppard with music by André Previn. It...

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The Secret

as Frank
Released: 2002-04-13

A woman is held for ransom by a bitter past acquaintance who threatens to disclose a secret that...

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A Pinch of Snuff

as Godfrey Blengdale
Released: 1994-04-09

Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the...

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The Browning Version

as Dr. Frobisher
Released: 1985-12-31

Adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play produced for the BBC in 1985.

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Squaring the Circle

as Gierek
Released: 1984-05-23

An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist...

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Hamlet

as Claudius
Released: 1970-11-07

Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of...

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The Tripods

as Meister West 468
Released: 1984-09-15

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The Marlowe Inquest

as William Danby
Released: 1986-09-03

In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant...

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Butterflies Don't Count

as Penitent
Released: 1978-11-28

A young priest is put in an agonising dilemma when he hears a confession of a murderer.

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Assault on Agathon

as Matt Fenrek
Released: 1975-07-24

CIA team in Greece tries to capture a major drug dealer.

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Man Failure

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1971-09-09

Directed by Michael Shoring.

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Midsomer Murders

as Sir Harry Chatwyn
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Midsomer Murders

as Commodore
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Doctor Who

as Marshal
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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Vera

as Alan Kenworthy
First aired: 2011-05-01

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England,...

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The Crown

as Archbishop of York
First aired: 2016-11-04

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime...

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The Avengers

as Seagrave
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Saint

as Pilot
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Champions

as Lt. Kruger Haller
First aired: 1968-09-25

The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...

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Shameless

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-13

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by...

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Casualty

as Reg Macready
First aired: 1986-09-06

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

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Casualty

as Jack Hetherington
First aired: 1986-09-06

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

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Peak Practice

as Jackie Brown
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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Heartbeat

as Frank Armstrong
First aired: 1992-04-10

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

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Play for Today

as Penitent
First aired: 1970-10-15

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

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The Musketeers

as Abbot
First aired: 2014-01-19

Set in 17th century Paris, musketeers Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan are members of an...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Z-Cars

as uncredited
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 DI Alan Witty
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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The New Statesman

as Sir Malachi Jellicoe
First aired: 1987-09-13

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the...

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Return of the Saint

as Ray Dennis
First aired: 1978-09-10

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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BBC Play of the Month

as MacDuff
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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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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Elizabeth R

as Sir Francis Drake
First aired: 1971-02-17

This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one...

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Edge of Darkness

as Ross
First aired: 1985-11-04

Yorkshire detective Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own...

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All in Good Faith

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-12-30

British sitcom in which Reverend Philip Lambe, after becoming bored in his wealthy Oxfordshire...

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Spender

as Berry
First aired: 1991-01-08

Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed...

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Hadleigh

as Driberg
First aired: 1969-09-16

Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from...

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Tripods

as Meister West 468
First aired: 1984-09-15

In the year 2089, an alien race stalks the land in towering machines known as Tripods. They have...

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Ghost Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-09

Ghost Squad, known as G.S.5 for its third series, was a crime drama series about an elite...

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The Caesars

as Vitellius
First aired: 1968-09-22

The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in...

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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

as Ruggio Ruggeri / Henry IV / Leone
First aired: 1988-01-10

This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph...

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When the Boat Comes In

as Les Mallow
First aired: 1976-01-08

A former Army sergeant returns home to an economically depressed Gallowshields in Tyneside at...

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Bob & Rose

as William Gossage
First aired: 2001-09-10

Bob Gossage is a thirtysomething teacher who has been gay all his life. Now, however, he quite...

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The Further Adventures of the Musketeers

as Aramis
First aired: 1967-05-21

All 16 episodes of the 1967 series based on the Alexandre Dumas novel 'Twenty Years After'. “The...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as Attorney General
First aired: 1989-05-21

A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer,...

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Civvies

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-02-20

Former soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian...

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Faith

as Boss
First aired: 1994-09-07

Michael Gambon stars in this high-tension thriller of political corruption and international...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-11-07

Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister...

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Man of the World

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-29

Man of the World was an ATV drama series, distributed by ITC Entertainment. The show ran in the...

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The Second Russian Revolution

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1991-05-31

The acclaimed documentary series from 1991 that examined political in-fighting in the Soviet...

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By the Sword Divided

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-10-16

This classic period drama series follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Lacey family, living...

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Knights of God

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-06

Knights of God was a British science fiction children's television serial, produced by TVS and...

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Finney

as Bobo Sr.
First aired: 1994-11-17

Finney is a 5-hour, 6-episode made-for-British television film that follows the struggle for...

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New Scotland Yard

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-04-22

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV...

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Oliver's Travels

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-06-11

Oliver's Travels is a five-part television serial written by Alan Plater and starring Alan...

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Deceptions

as Chief Inspector
First aired: 1985-05-26

A bored U.S. housewife trades places in London with her jet-set twin, and one of them winds up dead.

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Hebburn

as Arthur
First aired: 2012-10-18

Hebburn is a warm and affectionate tale of north east family life. It tells the tale of the...

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The Dustbinmen

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-23

The Dustbinmen is a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for ITV, which starred...

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Turn Out the Lights

as Stefan
First aired: 1967-01-02

Turn Out the Lights was an ITV sitcom series made by Granada Television, that was first...

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Shadows

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-03

Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for...

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Armchair Theatre

as Fred Barrow
First aired: 1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...

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Never Better

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-01-10

Black comedy series centred on Keith Merchant, a recovering alcoholic, as he makes his way...

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