Gareth Hunt

Gareth Hunt

Born: February 7, 1942
Died: March 14, 2007
in Battersea, London, England, UK
Alan Leonard Hunt was a British actor, known as Gareth Hunt, best remembered for playing the footman Frederick Norton in Upstairs, Downstairs and Mike Gambit in The New Avengers.

Movies for Gareth Hunt...

The Riddle
Title: The Riddle
Character: Roy McBride
Released: October 14, 2007
Type: Movie
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub.
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Title: Powers
Released: January 7, 2004
Type: TV
Two teens with special powers solve mysteries: Mark has the ability to read minds, while Song Li has the ability to read feelings. They are in a project run by Professor Henry Powers, who experiments with kids with special powers like the ones Mark and Song Li have. The professor's first experiment was Dr. Mary Holland, who helps Mark and Song Li solve the mysteries with Professor Powers.
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Title: New Tricks
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: TV
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
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Title: Night and Day
Released: November 6, 2001
Type: TV
Night and Day is a British soap opera which was produced by Granada Television for LWT and ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. Its theme-song, "Always & Forever", was sung by Kylie Minogue.
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Parting Shots
Title: Parting Shots
Character: Inspector Bass
Released: May 14, 1999
Type: Movie
Harry Sterndale, a failed photographer, is given a diagnosis of cancer and told that he has only three months to live. After thinking things over, he decides that since he is dying anyway, he will kill or destroy all the people that ever crossed or hurt him during his life - after all, he will be dead anyway long before he can come to trial and get his just desserts from society. Harry hires an assassin to finish himself off in style, and even has time to fall in love with Jill. However, there's just one small problem with Harry's master plan - the cancer diagnosis is totally inaccurate and now he's got a hitman on his trail and several policemen wanting to talk to him about some murders...
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The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Title: The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo
Character: Grand Master
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In this globe-trotting adventure, Marco Polo (Don Diamont) plays the famous 13th Century explorer who sets out from Italy to find his missing father, and along the way finds danger, excitement, and amazing discoveries at every turn. The supporting cast includes Oliver Reed, Jack Palance, and Herbert Lom.
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Another Audience with Freddie Starr
Title: Another Audience with Freddie Starr
Released: October 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Featuring the outrageous and unpredictable Freddie Starr, as he performs more stunts in front of a celebrity audience including Jeremy Beadle, Lisa Riley, Vanessa Feltz, plus others.
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The Forgotten Wells
Title: The Forgotten Wells
Character: Craig Lammar
Released: September 12, 1994
Type: Movie
A TV team ends up at an old farm to make a film about the place. At the same time a couple of armed desperados come to the farm and the trouble begins. The hero must rip off his shirt, take an UZI from the van and enter the series of sewers under the farm to rescue his friends. Down in the sewers lives a man who has lived down there since he was a kid. Now he is a psychotic half beast half man murder machine.
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Title: Sooty & Co.
Released: September 6, 1993
Type: TV
Second incarnation of the childrens puppet show, picking up almost directly where "The Sooty show" left off Sooty, Sweep, Soo and little cousin Scampi continue their adventures with Matthew.
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Riders
Title: Riders
Character: Commentator (voice)
Released: May 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Arrogant aristocrat Rupert Campbell-Black has high social position, women at his feet, money and fame in the world of show jumping. But Rupert has a rival - the brooding gypsy Jake Lovell, whose loathing for the "Pin Up of Penscombe" has driven him to the top of the riding world to match Rupert's skills. A bitter feud festers between the two stars, who have fought and fornicated their way round the show rings of the world, and now comes to a showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics. As rivals in love and sport, the stage is set for what becomes a compulsive blend of sex, romance, and adventure.
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Title: The Detectives
Character: Mr. Sharpe
Released: January 27, 1993
Type: TV
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
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Title: Side by Side
Released: April 27, 1992
Type: TV
Side by Side is a British sitcom starring Gareth Hunt and Louisa Rix that was broadcast for two series from 1992 to 1993. It was written by Richard Ommanney, who had also written Three Up, Two Down.
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Title: The Castle of Adventure
Character: Bill Cunningham
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Based on the children's adventure novel by Enid Blyton, five young children come to learn the secrets of a ruined castle.
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The Castle of Adventure
Title: The Castle of Adventure
Character: Bill Cunningham
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Movie version of the star studded TV series, starring Brian Blessed, Gareth Hunt, Susan George, Rosie Marcel and Bethany Greenwood. Based on the popular Enid Blighton Novel of the same name, following the adventures of a group of children as they discover the mysteries surrounding a ruined castle.
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A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Title: A Ghost in Monte Carlo
Character: Dalton
Released: April 2, 1990
Type: Movie
A chance meeting between British nobleman and lovely young Mistral foils a plot by her manipulating Aunt Emilie to avenge the death of her sister, Mistral's mother, who died in childbirth. But when an unscrupulous blackmailer and a rapacious Rajah enter the plot, the growing attraction between Lord and convent girl becomes yet more fraught with Danger.
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A Chorus of Disapproval
Title: A Chorus of Disapproval
Character: Ian Hubbard
Released: August 18, 1989
Type: Movie
Guy Jones (Irons) moves to a small British town and joins the local amateur dramatics society as a way to meet people. However he soon finds the drama offstage far outweighs those onstage.
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The Lady and the Highwayman
Title: The Lady and the Highwayman
Character: Coachman / Sgt. Potter
Released: December 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Set in old England, Hugh Grant ("Four Weddings & a Funeral", "Notting Hill") plays a highwayman who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. But during one of his robberies, he falls in love with an aristocratic lady, Emma Samms ("Star Quest", "Delirious"). Now, he is forced to choose between his true love or his true cause. This swash-buckling romantic adventure will have you on the edge of your seat with every swing of Hugh's savage sword.
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It Couldn't Happen Here
Title: It Couldn't Happen Here
Character: Uncle Dredge / postcard seller / ventriloquist
Released: June 8, 1988
Type: Movie
Pet Shop Boys Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant embark upon a journey across England - but which England? Is it the half-remembered England of their childhoods, or the brutal reality of Mrs Thatcher's late-eighties England? Along the way they come across many familiar (and sinister) faces. The movie also features some of the Pet Shop Boys' most popular records.
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A Hazard of Hearts
Title: A Hazard of Hearts
Character: Joker
Released: December 27, 1987
Type: Movie
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena. In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Wrotham. Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Vulcan, who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes both Staverley Court and Miss Serena.
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Title: Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: TV
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all the episodes had American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various ITV regions.
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Bloodbath at the House of Death
Title: Bloodbath at the House of Death
Character: Elliot Broome
Released: March 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.
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Title: Shaping Up
Released: March 20, 1984
Type: TV
Shaping Up is a short-lived American sitcom created by writer-producers Sam Simon and Ken Estin, which ran for five weeks on ABC.
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Gabrielle and the Doodleman
Title: Gabrielle and the Doodleman
Character: Mike / King / Baron Hardup
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A wheelchair bound little girl gets involved with characters from her computer game that help her though a difficult time.
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Title: Cuffy
Character: Tom
Released: March 13, 1983
Type: TV
Cuffy was a British sitcom from 1983. It spawned off from the 1980-1981 ATV comedy-drama Shillingbury Tales, and both series were created by Francis Essex. In Shillingbury Tales, the character of Cuffy appeared in two episodes and was played by Bernard Cribbins, who reprised this role, now given centre stage, for this series, alongside with the rest of the main Shillingbury cast: Jack Douglas as farmer Jake, Linda Hayden as his daughter Mandy, Nigel Lambert as the Reverend Norris, and Diana King as the local spinster Mrs. Simkins. In as much the Shillingbury Tales were made by ITC Entertainment and seen on the ITV network via its parent company ATV, Cuffy was made by ATV's successor company Central Independent Television also for the ITV network.
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Title: The Kenny Everett Television Show
Character: Various
Released: February 25, 1982
Type: TV
Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett.
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Funny Money
Title: Funny Money
Character: Keith Banks
Released: January 8, 1982
Type: Movie
Crime, drama. In Las Vegas, young Barry Nichols inadvertently steals a fortune from the Mob and is slashed to death by a limping hood. Later, his girlfriend Cass arrives in London with a stack of stolen credit cards looking for Ben Turtle, a talented pianist whose fingering is famous in the world of credit card crime. Their stormy relationship is hindered by hotel detective Keith Banks and assistant manager Diana Sharman. -- BFI synopsis from http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69480238
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Title: That Beryl Marston...!
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: TV
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Title: Minder
Character: Ted Standen
Released: October 29, 1979
Type: TV
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
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Licensed to Love and Kill
Title: Licensed to Love and Kill
Character: Charles Bind
Released: August 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A British secret agent sent to America to rescue a nobleman comes up against an evil genius who is replacing people in important positions with clones who will do his bidding.
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The World Is Full of Married Men
Title: The World Is Full of Married Men
Character: Jay
Released: June 3, 1979
Type: Movie
David Cooper works in advertising but spends more time on his love life despite the fact that he is married. When his wife Linda discovers his girlfriends, she decides to get revenge by having an affair.
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The House on Garibaldi Street
Title: The House on Garibaldi Street
Character: Kadem
Released: May 28, 1979
Type: Movie
When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.
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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 New Avengers
Character: Mike Gambit
Released: October 22, 1976
Type: TV
The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
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Title: Space: 1999
Character: Eagle Pilot (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1975
Type: TV
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
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Title: The Hanged Man
Character: Eddie Malone
Released: February 15, 1975
Type: TV
After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Title: Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Character: Arak
Released: June 8, 1974
Type: Movie
The blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately sought by the Eight Legs, a race of mutated spiders, as the final element in their plan for universal domination. With help from an old mentor, the Doctor realises the only way to foil the plot is to make the ultimate sacrifice. The Doctor must risk death to return to the cave of the Great One and save the universe.
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Title: Upstairs, Downstairs
Released: October 10, 1971
Type: TV
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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Title: Upstairs, Downstairs
Character: Frederick
Released: October 10, 1971
Type: TV
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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Title: Upstairs, Downstairs
Character: Trooper Norton
Released: October 10, 1971
Type: TV
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Arek
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Arak
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Mike Gambit
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.