Michael Hordern
Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hordern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King...
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Cleopatra
as CiceroDetermined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When...
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World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in...
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The Three Musketeers
as Treville (voice)The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and...
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Barry Lyndon
as Narrator (voice)An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century...
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El Cid
as Don DiegoEpic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without...
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Watership Down
as Frith (voice)When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver,...
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In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes...
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Alexander the Great
as DemosthenesAn engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops...
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Young Sherlock Holmes
as Older Watson (voice)Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for...
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Scrooge
as Jacob MarleyEbenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he...
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Genghis Khan
as GeenThis is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the...
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
as AsheBritish agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to...
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The Taming of the Shrew
as BaptistaItaly, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives...
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Sink the Bismarck!
as Admiral Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief - 'King George'The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser...
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Yellowbeard
as Dr. GilpinFor years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their...
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Anne of the Thousand Days
as Thomas BoleynHenry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male...
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Juggernaut
as Mr. BakerA terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs...
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Ivanhoe
as CedricIvanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy...
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Khartoum
as Lord GranvilleEnglish General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by...
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Lady Jane
as Dr. FeckenhamThe death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as SenexA wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as ScathelockYoung Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the...
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The MacKintosh Man
as Mr. BrownA member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be...
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Theatre of Blood
as George MaxwellA Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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The Medusa Touch
as Atropos - Fortune TellerA French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe...
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The Secret Garden
as Ben WeatherstaffWhen a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera...
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
as HarnsworthOne Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys...
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Squire Thomas BanksEnglish vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
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The Slipper and the Rose
as KingPrince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are...
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Cast a Giant Shadow
as British AmbassadorAn American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He...
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Passport to Pimlico
as BashfordWhen an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove...
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Joseph Andrews
as Parson AdamsLady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
as Mock TurtleAn all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale....
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Royal Flash
as HeadmasterCowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of...
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The Man Who Never Was
as Gen. CoburnThe true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before...
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The Pied Piper
as Melius, AlchemistGreed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern...
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The V.I.P.s
as Airport DirectorWealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal...
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The Card
as Bank ManagerA charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in...
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I Was Monty's Double
as Governor of GibralterThe incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General...
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Comrades
as Mr. PittThe story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed...
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The Magic Box
as Official ReceiverNow old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...
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The Missionary
as SlatterthewaiteIn 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to...
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The Dark Avenger
as King EdwardEdward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English...
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How I Won the War
as GrappleAn inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa...
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Danny the Champion of the World
as Lord ClayburySomewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life...
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Lucky Lady
as Captain RockwellWhen an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub...
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The Bed Sitting Room
as Bules MartinIn the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is...
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The Possession of Joel Delaney
as JustinManhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving...
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Memento Mori
as Godfrey ColstonSeveral elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious...
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Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as King (voice)The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked...
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The Wind in the Willows
as BadgerOne spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins...
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The Night My Number Came Up
as LindsayBritish Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a...
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I Accuse!
as Prosecutor at Second Dreyfus TrialAlfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of...
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Oliver Twist
as Mr. BrownlowThe classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be...
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The Constant Husband
as The JudgeCharles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there....
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Cymbeline
as JupiterCymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy)...
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Demons of the Mind
as PriestA physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by...
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Personal Affair
as Headmaster GriffithA British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she...
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Storm Over the Nile
as General FavershamIn 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes,...
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A Christmas Carol
as Marley's Ghost (voice)Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Mine Own Executioner
as Co-Counsel at InquestFearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
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The Jokers
as Sir MatthewBrothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London,...
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Dark Obsession
as Lord CrewneHugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting...
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The Spanish Gardener
as Harrington BrandeHarrington Brande, a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a...
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Windom's Way
as PattersonA doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their...
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Train of Events
as First Plain Clothes ManA train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved,...
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Up Pompeii
as Ludicrus SextusA funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market...
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Group Madness
as Self / Dr. GilpinA behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
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Forbidden Cargo
as Director of CustomsKenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a...
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Trio
as VicarW. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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Svengali
as Billy's UncleA man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
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I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as HeadmasterAdvertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very...
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Nightbeat
as Police Training OfficerAfter the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty...
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Good-Time Girl
as SeddonGood Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home...
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A Christmas Carol
as Ebenezer ScroogeMiser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Highly Dangerous
as Lab Director OwensA US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
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Prudence and the Pill
as Dr. Morley (uncredited)Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping...
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Sir Charles HackforthThe girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
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The Baby and the Battleship
as Capt. HughAfter a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds...
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The Heart of the Matter
as CommissionerBased on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience...
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King Lear
as King LearKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...
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Whistle and I'll Come to You
as Professor ParkinsA university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational...
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Gauguin the Savage
as Durand-HuelBased on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his...
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No Time for Tears
as SurgeonNo Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who...
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The Spaniard's Curse
as Judge MantonA convicted murderer uses an ancient curse to take his revenge on those responsible for sending...
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Scoop
as Uncle TheodorScoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938...
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The Hour of 13
as Sir Herbert Frensham1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman...
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King Lear
as King LearKing Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to...
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Romeo & Juliet
as CapuletTwo households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient...
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A Girl Must Live
as uncreditedA run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
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Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Squire Thomas Banks"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the...
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
as PsychoanalystThe evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood...
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The Little Match Girl
as Himself - IntroductionThe Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The...
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The Trouble with Spies
as Jason LockeGeorge Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald...
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Girl Stroke Boy
as George MasonMiddle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant,...
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Street Corner
as Insp. HeronLondon policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
as Edward TrentA kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop...
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Some Will, Some Won't
as Denniston RussellFour people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical...
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School for Secrets
as Lt. Cmdr. LowtherWartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They...
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The Astonished Heart
as ErnestSeveral years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret...
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
as WilkesWhen Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil...
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Portrait from Life
as JohnsonA British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to...
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Pacific Destiny
as Resident CommissionerLife is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And...
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Girl in the News
as Assistant Prosecuting Counsel (Uncredited)An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The...
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Man in the Moon
as Dr. DavidsonWilliam is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common...
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Macbeth
as BanquoHallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars...
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The Small Voice
as Dr. MennellA man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they...
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Suspicion
as Lord McLaidlawA powerfully tense remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, this British production of SUSPICION...
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A Very Open Prison
as Lord LanglandThe Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the...
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Flesh and Blood
as WebsterBased upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three...
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The Beachcomber
as The HeadmanMr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands...
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Futtocks End
as The ButlerEntirely silent, with a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story...
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Grand National Night
as Inspector AylingThe story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and...
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The Tempest
as ProsperoProspero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda,...
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Band Waggon
as (uncredited)A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless...
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England Made Me
as F. MintyA young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy...
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All's Well That Ends Well
as LafeuHelena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram...
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The Years Between
as Member of Parliament (uncredited)Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and...
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Girls at Sea
as Admiral Reginald Victor HewittWhen HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to...
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Beauty and the Beast
as Monsieur Du Blois (voice)As a merchant sets off for market, he asks his three lovely daughters what they would like as a...
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Moment of Danger
as Inspector FarrellHaving been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double...
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Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
as Narrator (voice)Paddington, having just seen Gene Kelly on the cinema screen, takes to the streets in a rain...
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Truckers
as The Abbot (voice)Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of...
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Back to Back
as uncreditedThese dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock...
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Now Voyager
as The Old ManA spoiled pop star crashes his car in an irrigation ditch and comes to in a public indoor pool...
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You Know What Sailors Are
as uncreditedThe best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays...
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The Talking Parcel
as Oswald, the Sea SerpentThe Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is...
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The Dog It Was That Died
as GeorgeRupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5....
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Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
as NarratorMr. Brown's birthday is drawing near and Paddington is worried because he can't afford to buy...
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Paddington Goes to School
as uncreditedThe local truant officer informs Mrs. Brown (Paddington's keeper) that since he is of age,...
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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
as Badger (voice)Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with...
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The Secret World of Polly Flint
as NarratorA young girl escapes her loneliness by retreating to The Magical World of Another Time, which...
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Tales of the Unexpected
as Cyril BixbyA British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...
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BBC Play of the Month
as Mr. PosketPlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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BBC Play of the Month
as GodPlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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BBC Television Shakespeare
as CapuletThe BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...
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Inspector Morse
as Doctor StarkieInspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...
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The Wind in the Willows
as uncreditedThe Wind in the Willows is a TV series that was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1987,...
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Shogun
as Friar DomingoAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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Paddington Bear
as NarratorPaddington Bear is a series of British animated shorts based on the Paddington Bear book series...
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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
as Squire BanksWalt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
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Lovejoy
as Wilfred ShotleyThe adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...
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Fall of Eagles
as Narrator"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series...
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Middlemarch
as Peter Featherstone19th century Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of...
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Edward the Seventh
as uncreditedEdward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as BanquoHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cardinal Barberini, later Pope Urban VIIIHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ben WeatherstaffHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Detective
as uncreditedA BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three...
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Six Dates with Barker
as uncreditedSix Dates with Barker is a series of six one-off, half hour situation comedies showcasing the...
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Chillers
as Colonel Eddie PhelpsBased on Patricia Highsmith short stories. Displaying a sinister atmosphere, delving into the...
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The History Man
as Prof MarvinArdently left-wing, or so it seems, Howard Kirk (Antony Sher) subtly extends his power over...
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The Green Man
as GrampsAn alcoholic pub landlord has visions of a 17th-century doctor of the occult, beginning a...
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Paradise Postponed
as Rev. Simeon SimcoxThis British series, based on books by John Mortimer, follows the rise of Leslie Titmuss from...
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