Derek Royle

Derek Royle

Born: September 7, 1928
Died: January 23, 1990
in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, UK

Movies for Derek Royle...

Title: Young Charlie Chaplin
Character: Workhouse Registrar
Released: January 25, 1989
Type: TV
The challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin, is portrayed. The innately talented young Charlie must overcome a wayward life of poverty and familial chaos to reach the pinnacle of stardom.
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Indiscreet
Title: Indiscreet
Character: Lawford
Released: October 24, 1988
Type: Movie
A British movie star falls for an American diplomat. Unfortunately, he is still married...or so she believes. It turns out that his claims of marriage are just a way of ensuring his bachelorhood.
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Title: The Bill
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Title: 'Allo 'Allo!
Character: Ernest Leclerc
Released: September 7, 1984
Type: TV
The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.
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Death Watch
Title: Death Watch
Character: Dave Matthieson
Released: January 23, 1980
Type: Movie
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
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Title: Life of Shakespeare
Character: William Kempe
Released: June 13, 1978
Type: TV
Biography of William Shakespeare.
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Title: Fawlty Towers
Character: Mr. Leeman
Released: September 19, 1975
Type: TV
Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.
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Title: Hogg's Back
Released: September 8, 1975
Type: TV
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Confessions of a Sex Maniac
Title: Confessions of a Sex Maniac
Character: Sir Bernard Storm
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A prominent architect, Sir Bernard Storm, has accepted a lecture tour in the USA when he receives an offer, from Australia, to design a new leisure center. Unable to do the work himself he leaves it in the hands of his slacker assistant Henry, assisted by their efficient secretary Hilary. Henry, having trouble coming up with an idea for the design, in a drunken stupor hits upon the idea of modeling the building on the shape of a woman's breast. Naturally he then has to search for the perfect female breast.
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Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Title: Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Character: Potts
Released: October 17, 1973
Type: Movie
Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK but that doesn't stop him having an affair with both his secretary, Miss Parkyn and Wendy, the wife of a high-up reporter. Opponents to the bill - mainly some hippy girls, lead by Johnny, kidnap the Minister's best friend and co-founder of the bill, Barry Ovis just as he was getting married to his fiancee, Joan. Barry escapes, just before the police raid the hippies hiding place - to claim that Ovis was in a orgy and get the bill defeated - and dashes back to his and Joan's flat followed by Inspector Ruff, who is investigating the kidnap and Damina, one of the hippies. Meanwhile, the Minister is also trying to use the flat to carry on his affairs with both Wendy and Miss Parkyn. The Minister, Barry & Joan tries to keep the truth from Ruft, Wilfred Potts, an old and honest MP, Birdie, the Minister's wife and stop the hippies, and this causes no end of trouble.
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Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Title: Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Character: Briggs
Released: September 15, 1968
Type: Movie
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project.
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Magical Mystery Tour
Title: Magical Mystery Tour
Character: Jolly Jimmy
Released: December 25, 1967
Type: Movie
Originally produced for television, this short film as an off-the-wall road movie starring the Beatles and a couple dozen friends on a psychedelic bus tour.
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The End of Arthur's Marriage
Title: The End of Arthur's Marriage
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: November 17, 1965
Type: Movie
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.