Rolf Harris

Rolf Harris

Born: March 30, 1930
Died: May 10, 2023
in Bassendean, Australia
Rolf Harris was an Australian entertainer whose career has encompassed work as a musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality. Harris was widely known for his musical compositions "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" and "Jake the Peg" and his recording of "Two Little Boys".

His career hid a darkness. It ended in disgrace after he was found guilty of the indecent assault of teenage girls over many years. He was jailed in 2014.

Movies for Rolf Harris...

Callum Adams: And The Noncy Nine
Title: Callum Adams: And The Noncy Nine
Character: The Colonel
Released: September 26, 2024
Type: Movie
Sanjay “Cal 'Adams” Bennett is a famed explorer and detective of times far lost. After the destructive downfall of Blackpool, Callum locates the last remaining “Bean Boozled” in history, encased with abilities of time travel, hidden in a temple long untouched by man... After eating nine of the pills, Callum is sent to nine different realities, learning of a secret organization that ran underneath the roots of Blackpool which led to its destruction... The famed organization only known as... “The Noncy Nine”
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Title: Rolf Harris: Hiding in Plain Sight
Released: May 18, 2023
Type: TV
This two-part documentary tells the extraordinary truth behind the rise and fall of former national treasure Rolf Harris using rare archive and exclusive testimony from those closest to the trial.
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National Treasure, National Disgrace: Savill, Harris & Hall
Title: National Treasure, National Disgrace: Savill, Harris & Hall
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 31, 2022
Type: Movie
For years Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall and Gary Glitter were adored by fans - but the horrifying truth of how they abused vulnerable fans and junior employees has now emerged. These men were serial abusers, getting away with it in plain sight. With contributions from those who suffered at the hands of these predatory men, this documentary reveals how this was allowed to happen. Did entertainment bosses turn a blind eye to the offences? Were the authorities slow to react? And did the Britain of the time dismiss anyone who dared to 'speak out'?
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Title: Rolf's Animal Clinic
Character: Host
Released: October 23, 2012
Type: TV
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Produced By George Martin
Title: Produced By George Martin
Released: September 11, 2012
Type: Movie
A profile of Sir George Martin, Britain's most celebrated record producer, from his early days at EMI/Parlophone to his work with The Beatles.
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Run For Your Wife
Title: Run For Your Wife
Character: Busker
Released: May 16, 2012
Type: Movie
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!
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The Wiggles: Ukulele Baby!
Title: The Wiggles: Ukulele Baby!
Character: Himself
Released: August 8, 2011
Type: Movie
The Wiggles have set sail on a new adventure with the sweet sound of ukuleles and paln trees in the distance. Set on an island near Wiggle Bay, The Wiggles have launched twenty-one new songs and paddled into a harbour of hits including You Can Play the Ukulele, Hawaiin Boogie and Hula, Hula Baby. There's a band on the island: Peter from Mental as Anything on mandolin, Nicolina on the accordion, George on bouzouki and Murray joins them on the ukulele. Of course, The Wiggles sing about things children love in teh songs When I'm Painting, My Curly Sue Doll and Everybody Loves a Puppy. There are songs about dancing such as Round and Round, Round and Round and Henry's Spinning, and then the usual Wiggle fun in Cluck, Cluck City and How Many You Want? Together with songs about The Wiggles characters, Ukulele Baby! will surely be a family favourite!
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Title: Live from Studio Five
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 2009
Type: TV
Live from Studio Five was an early-evening British magazine programme which was produced by Sky News for Channel 5. It was presented by Kate Walsh and a line-up of other co-presenters during its run. It consisted of interviews and discussing topical issues, with an emphasis on showbusiness news and celebrity gossip, after originally covering stories from a popular news agenda. It aired its final edition on 4 February 2011 and was replaced by OK! TV in February 2011 which lasted just nine months on air before itself being axed.
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Title: My Family at War
Character: Himself
Released: November 3, 2008
Type: TV
Celebrities investigate their families' roles during the Great War.
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Title: The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2007
Type: TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.
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Title: Legends
Character: Self
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: TV
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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The Queen, by Rolf
Title: The Queen, by Rolf
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A documentary about the painting of a portrait of Elizabeth II.
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Title: The Paul O'Grady Show
Character: Himself
Released: October 11, 2004
Type: TV
The Paul O'Grady Show is a British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4, where the show was produced by Olga TV. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, and occasionally viewer competitions.
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Title: Rolf on Art
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: September 26, 2004
Type: TV
Rolf on Art is a British Art television series made by the BBC. It was hosted by Rolf Harris, the Australian television presenter. The series began in 2001, and the most recent episode was made in 2007. It was followed by Harris's other art programme, Star Portraits with Rolf Harris, which was released after the success of Rolf on Art. Each episode revolved around Harris looking at a various notable artist from history, and both investigating their life as well as imitating their style of art.
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Title: Star Portraits with Rolf Harris
Character: Host
Released: January 4, 2004
Type: TV
Star Portraits with Rolf Harris was a BBC television series that has so far had three series, the most recent in March 2007. In it, three artists each paint a picture of a celebrity, and then the celebrity gets to choose to keep one of the paintings. It is presented by artist / television personality Rolf Harris.
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Title: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: TV
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
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Title: My Family
Released: September 19, 2000
Type: TV
Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality of raising teenage children. His wife Susan seems quite happy, enjoys her job as a London tour guide, however at home her ability to find her way around a cookbook or pantry is less successful. Their three children Nick, Janey, and Michael are as different as chalk and cheese. Nick (19) is on his gap year, but doesn't get much further than the sofa or job centre, Janey is as sharp as a tack and 16 going on 25, while Michael is a very bright, computer-nerdish 12 year old who is just discovering girls.
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Title: Fetch the Vet
Character: Ralph Morris (voice)
Released: September 18, 2000
Type: TV
Fetch the Vet is a British stop motion children's television programme created by Gail Penston and Stephen Thraves. 26 episodes were produced by Cosgrove Hall Films, Flextech Television, and London Weekend Television for ITV's children's strand CITV. The show concerned Tom Fetch, who lived in the countryside working as a vet and was respected by everyone because of his duties to help cure injured or sick animals
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The Wiggles: It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World!
Title: The Wiggles: It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World!
Character: Himself
Released: July 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Sail with Tim Finn and Captain Feathersword on the high seas of fun, dance with Dorothy and Slim Dusty, jump like a kangaroo with Rolf Harris, move to the sounds of the Torres Strait with Christine Anu, take a Morningtown Ride with Jimmy Little, hear Dorothy sing for the first time ever with Kamahl then enjoy a taste of Japan with Atsuko Arai.
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Title: City Hospital
Released: October 12, 1998
Type: TV
City Hospital was a medical documentary television series that aired on BBC1, the United Kingdom's National Network from 1998 till 2007. It ran over nine series with over 360 hours of film broadcast every weekday from 10 am.
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Title: The Garden Party
Character: Himself
Released: July 11, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Rolf's Amazing World Of Animals
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: May 24, 1998
Type: TV
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Title: Animal Hospital
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: August 29, 1994
Type: TV
Animal Hospital was a television show starring Rolf Harris that ran on the BBC from 1994 until 2004. The series featured animal welfare stories from RSPCA hospitals.
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Title: Shooting Stars
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 1993
Type: TV
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
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Title: Goodnight Sweetheart
Character: Rolf Harris
Released: November 18, 1993
Type: TV
Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.
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Title: Pebble Mill
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: TV
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
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Title: Have I Got News for You
Character: Host
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: TV
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
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Title: Rolf's Cartoon Club
Character: Host
Released: April 6, 1989
Type: TV
Rolf's Cartoon Club was a television show presented by Rolf Harris on CITV between 1989 and 1993.
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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Kids Can Say No
Title: Kids Can Say No
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Kids Can Say No! is a 1985 British short educational film produced and directed by Jessica Skippon and written by Anita Bennett. It is intended to teach children between ages five and eight how to avoid situations where they might be sexually abused, how to escape such situations, and how to get help if they are abused. In the film, the pedophile Australian celebrity Rolf Harris is in a park with a group of four children and tells them about proper and improper physical intimacy, which he calls "yes" and "no" feelings. The film has four role-playing scenes in which children encounter paedophiles, with Harris and the children discussing each scene.
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An Audience with Dudley Moore
Title: An Audience with Dudley Moore
Released: December 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Outstanding comedian and musician Dudley Moore regales his spellbound audience in typical fashion with his hilarious edition of the long-running An Audience With series. Backed by a full orchestra - and interrupted by both Peter Cook and the Dagenham Girl Pipers - Dudley entertains his audience of celebrities (including Stanley Baxter, Martin Shaw, Clive James, Lulu and Rolf Harris) and duets with singer-songwriter Christopher Cross on the award-winning 'Arthur's Theme'.
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The Little Convict
Title: The Little Convict
Character: The Storyteller / Grandfather
Released: December 20, 1979
Type: Movie
In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga’s animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby’s sister, Polly.
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Title: Rolf Harris's Cartoon Time
Character: Host
Released: September 25, 1979
Type: TV
Rolf Harris Cartoon Time is a British children's television show presented by Rolf Harris
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Title: The Paul Daniels Magic Show
Character: Self
Released: June 9, 1979
Type: TV
A British magic show and variety show that aired on BBC1 from 9 June 1979 to 18 June 1994. Daniels' assistant throughout the series was Debbie McGee, whom he married in 1988. At its peak in the 1980s, the show regularly attracted viewing figures of 15 million and was sold to 43 countries.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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Title: The Val Doonican Music Show
Character: Himself
Released: April 9, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Rolf On Saturday Ok?
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: April 9, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Seaside Special
Released: July 5, 1975
Type: TV
A BBC light entertainment show broadcast from 1975 to 1979, filmed in a big top at various British seaside resorts. Originally the big top belonged to various circuses, but in later seasons, the BBC bought its own to be the venue. The programme was developed by producer Michael Hurll.
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Title: ZDF Werkstatt
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 1970
Type: TV
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Title: Top of the Pops
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: TV
The biggest stars, the most iconic performances, the most outrageous outfits – it’s Britain’s number one pop show.
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Title: Musical Box
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: July 1, 1959
Type: TV
Children's programme featuring animated nursery rhymes.
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Title: Hancock's Half Hour
Released: July 6, 1956
Type: TV
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
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Title: The Sooty Show
Character: Himself
Released: January 16, 1955
Type: TV
The Sooty Show is a British children's Puppet series which aired on the BBC from 1955 to 1967 and ITV from 1968 to 1992. It follows the adventures and comedic day to day life of puppets Sooty, Sweep and Soo with their owner Harry Corbett, and in later years, his son Matthew.
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You Lucky People
Title: You Lucky People
Character: Pvt. Proudfoot
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Reservist Tommy Smart - who has made his fortune since the war selling army surplus - arrives at an army camp, with his chauffeur/valet, for two weeks' training. Bank manager Corporal Jones is in Tommy's squad. Sylvia, Jones' daughter, wishes to marry Lieutenant Robson, a National Service officer. Smart is under the orders of his old enemy Sergeant Thickpenny and R.S.M. Brittain; various parade ground antics ensue.
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Title: The Liberace Show
Character: Himself
Released: May 16, 1952
Type: TV
This is a real treasure for the countless fans of this flamboyant pianist and singer whose talent was almost overshadowed by his glittering stage productions. With his dazzling piano virtuosity and sparkling personality, Liberace endeared himself to millions. Dressed in his exotic suits and with a candelabra always present on the piano, he brought a special magic and charm to everything he played, whether it be the classics or the latest popular song. Here he runs the full gamut... from Chopin to Tin Pan Alley and all in his own unique style.
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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.