Walter Sparrow

Born: 1927-01-22

Walter Leonard Sparrow was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner. He began his career as a stand up comedian before turning to drama and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his movie debut in 1965's Dr.Terror's House of Horrors. As well as Robin Hood, Sparrow appeared in more than 30 films, including I Hired A Contract Killer, The Accidental Tourist, The Secret Garden, Now & Then, Jane Eyre, Ever After and Treasure Island. He also appeared in over 50 television guest spots on both American and British TV. One of his more notable guest appearances was in the 1989 episode Danger UXD of the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which had 16.1 million viewers, as porn shop owner Dirty Barry.


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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

as Duncan
Released: 1991-06-14

Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish...

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The Secret Garden

as Ben Weatherstaff
Released: 1993-08-13

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She...

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EverAfter

as Maurice
Released: 1998-07-31

Danielle, a vibrant young woman is forced into servitude after the death of her father when she...

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Now and Then

as Crazy Pete
Released: 1995-10-20

Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood...

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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

as Second Ambulance Man (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
Released: 1965-02-23

Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read...

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Young Sherlock Holmes

as Ethan Engel
Released: 1985-12-04

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for...

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I Hired a Contract Killer

as Receptionist
Released: 1990-10-12

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to...

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Shadowlands

as Fred Paxford
Released: 1993-12-25

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets...

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The Accidental Tourist

as Hot Dog Vendor
Released: 1988-12-23

After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life....

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Jane Eyre

as uncredited
Released: 1996-01-20

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in...

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Zeta One

as Stage Manager
Released: 1969-12-01

Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the...

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Hitler's SS : Portrait In Evil

as Klaus
Released: 1985-02-17

The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on...

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Let Him Have It

as Nightwatchman
Released: 1991-10-04

In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by...

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Simon Magus

as Benjamin
Released: 1999-02-17

Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and...

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Memento Mori

as Stall Holder
Released: 1992-04-19

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious...

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The Woodlanders

as Old Creedle
Released: 1998-02-06

The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber...

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Dirtysomething

as Bill
Released: 1994-04-06

Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry,...

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Treasure Island

as Ben Gunn
Released: 1999-01-01

Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis...

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Prometheus

as Grandad
Released: 1999-04-16

Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its...

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The Hunting of Lionel Crane

as Lionel's father
Released: 1970-01-21

An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.

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U.F.O. The Movie

as Old Codger
Released: 1993-12-10

The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is...

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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle

as Bernie
Released: 1984-12-31

Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score

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The Adventures Of Don Quixote

as 2nd Prisoner
Released: 1973-01-07

A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking...

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Smack and Thistle

as Waggy
Released: 1991-04-20

With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go...

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Edna: The Inebriate Woman

as Common Lodging House Proprietor
Released: 1971-10-21

A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first...

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Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video

as Grandfather
Released: 1987-12-23

Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera....

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The Kitchen

as Tramp
Released: 1977-11-02

Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen,...

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The Portland Millions

as George Hollamby Druce
Released: 1976-09-17

Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.

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Casualty

as Archie Farrell
First aired: 1986-09-06

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

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Heartbeat

as Tom
First aired: 1992-04-10

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

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Birds of a Feather

as Ernie
First aired: 1989-10-16

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on...

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Howards' Way

as Jimmy Wilde
First aired: 1985-09-01

The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound...

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Crown Court

as Jimmy Dobie
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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The Champions

as George Whetlor
First aired: 1968-09-25

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

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Peak Practice

as William
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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Rumpole of the Bailey

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-12-17

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer...

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All Creatures Great and Small

as Roland Strong
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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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Only Fools and Horses

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-09-08

The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of 'Trotters...

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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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Dalziel & Pascoe

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-03-16

British crime drama based on the "Dalziel and Pascoe" series of books by Reginald Hill, set in...

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The Storyteller

as Card Trick Beggar
First aired: 1988-05-15

The Storyteller aided by his cynical dog, narrates classic folk tales, fables, and legends.

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Angels

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-01

Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Man with basket
First aired: 1965-10-19

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

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The Wednesday Play

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-30

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...

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The Onedin Line

as George Bethell
First aired: 1971-10-15

The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was...

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The Onedin Line

as Billy Bones
First aired: 1971-10-15

The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was...

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The Paradise Club

as Barney Bailey
First aired: 1989-09-19

The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank...

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The Thin Blue Line

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-11-13

The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a police station that ran...

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The Main Chance

as Site Foreman
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Shoestring

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-30

Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his...

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The Famous Five

as Weston
First aired: 1978-07-03

The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by...

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Budgie

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-04-09

Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was...

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Anna Lee

as Alastair Draper
First aired: 1994-02-27

Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London...

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Gone to the Dogs

as Stretch
First aired: 1991-11-29

Comedy drama about rivalry in the lucrative world of greyhound racing. Self-made millionaire...

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Private Schulz

as Becker
First aired: 1981-05-06

Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and...

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Harry's Mad

as uncredited
First aired: 1993-01-04

Harry's Mad was a children's television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom of Great...

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Paris (UK)

as Hugo
First aired: 1994-10-14

Paris is a British sitcom produced by Talkback Productions for Channel 4. It was written jointly...

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