Michael Bentine

Michael Bentine

Born: January 26, 1922
Died: November 26, 1996
in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Michael Bentine CBE (born Michael James Bentin; 26 January 1922 – 26 November 1996) was a British comedian, actor and founding member of the Goons.

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The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Title: The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
This documentary revealed Peter Sellers obsession with the occult. Sellers was a highly superstitious man who consulted fortune tellers, clairvoyants and mediums to help him make key decisions in his life and work. Many of Sellers important decisions were influenced by Maurice Woodruff - a clairvoyant and astrologer based in London. Advice from the other side was taken on his marriage to Britt Ekland, accepting film roles such as Inspector Clouseau and dealing with his near fatal heart attack.
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The Filth and the Fury
Title: The Filth and the Fury
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 29, 2000
Type: Movie
Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
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Title: The Garden Party
Released: July 11, 1998
Type: TV
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Spike
Title: Spike
Character: Himself
Released: June 11, 1996
Type: Movie
Spike personally tells the story of his life from India, World War II to The Goons and his Q series
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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: Daytime Live
Released: October 21, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: March Hare
Released: March 26, 1985
Type: TV
Anglia Television's 5 episode adaption of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland was inspired and based upon an early production put on by the famous Da Silva Puppets group at the Norwich Puppet Theatre.
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Title: Six Fifty-Five Special
Character: Self
Released: July 13, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Tell Me Another
Character: Guest
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: TV
Personal anecdotes as told to Dick Hills.
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Title: Michael Bentine's Potty Time
Released: November 12, 1973
Type: TV
Michael Bentine's Potty Time was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets, comically re-enacting famous historical situations. The Potties' faces were always obscured by facial hair, with only their noses protruding. They were operated from beneath and had two distinct sizes - approximately two feet and one foot tall. All of the Potty characters were designed by Bentine, who also provided all of their voices. Their operators were from The Barry Smith Theatre of Puppets. In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows poll. Several Region 2 DVDs of the series have been released by Network DVD.
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Title: Michael Bentine's Potty Time
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 1973
Type: TV
Michael Bentine's Potty Time was a long-running British children's show, starring Michael Bentine, and directed and produced by Leon Thau for Thames Television on ITV. It ran from 1973 to 1980. The episodes consisted largely of distinctive, bearded puppets, comically re-enacting famous historical situations. The Potties' faces were always obscured by facial hair, with only their noses protruding. They were operated from beneath and had two distinct sizes - approximately two feet and one foot tall. All of the Potty characters were designed by Bentine, who also provided all of their voices. Their operators were from The Barry Smith Theatre of Puppets. In 2001, it was voted into 71st place in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows poll. Several Region 2 DVDs of the series have been released by Network DVD.
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Rentadick
Title: Rentadick
Character: Husein
Released: December 31, 1972
Type: Movie
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
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Title: Michael Bentine Time
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 1972
Type: TV
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Bachelor of Arts
Title: Bachelor of Arts
Character: Miklos Durti
Released: September 27, 1971
Type: Movie
An artist from Continental Europe arrives in England and proceeds to cause havoc.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Title: All Square
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1966
Type: TV
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The Sandwich Man
Title: The Sandwich Man
Character: The Sandwich Man
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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Title: The Hollywood Palace
Character: Self - British Comedian
Released: January 4, 1964
Type: TV
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.
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We Joined the Navy
Title: We Joined the Navy
Character: Psychologist
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
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Title: It's a Square World
Released: April 26, 1961
Type: TV
It's a Square World was a groundbreaking British comedy show starring Michael Bentine and produced by the BBC. It ran from 1960 till 1964. The series led Bentine to a BAFTA award in 1962 for Light Entertainment and a compilation show, screened by the BBC in 1963, won that year's Press Prize at the Rose d'Or Festival in Montreux. The shows were devised and written by Michael Bentine and John Law. Some sketches were released on an LP.
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Mildred
Title: Mildred
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Comic cartoon for BP.
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Title: After Hours
Released: October 5, 1958
Type: TV
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I Only Arsked
Title: I Only Arsked
Character: Fred
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protectorate of Darawa. Their frustrations and disappointment at landing one of the harshest territories is compensated when they discover a secret passage to the King's harem.
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Title: Yes, It's The Cathode-Ray Tube Show!
Released: February 11, 1957
Type: TV
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Raising a Riot
Title: Raising a Riot
Character: The Professor
Released: February 21, 1955
Type: Movie
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.
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Forces' Sweetheart
Title: Forces' Sweetheart
Character: John Robinson
Released: November 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Wartime musical comedy.
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Down Among the Z Men
Title: Down Among the Z Men
Character: Prof. Osrick Pureheart
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
The Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard", as Harry calls himself, finds it and attempts to return it to the Professor.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Lights Out... and the Stars Appear
Title: Lights Out... and the Stars Appear
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Here is a short film produced by the UK 9.5mm film club 'Group 9.5' to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the 9.5mm 'home movie' film size in 1972. Entitled "Lights Out ... And The Stars Appear", (the title is based on a Pathescope advertisement fron the 1930s), it describes the start and history of this unique film gauge originally developed by the French Pathe-Freres company.