Alistair Duncan

Alistair Duncan

Born: January 1, 1926
Died: August 3, 2005
in Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Alistair Duncan (1926 - August 3, 2005) was a British film and television actor who worked mainly in Australian television.

Movies for Alistair Duncan...

Camelot
Title: Camelot
Released: March 24, 1998
Type: Movie
When King Gerlach dies, he asks Merlin the Magician to care for Baby Arthur and do his best to see that when Arthur is grown, he takes his rightful place as King. Despite Arthur's entreaties to Merlin to let him become his apprentice, Merlin insists that there are more important things in store for him. When Merlin nominates Cynthia as his new apprentice, Arthur leaves in search of his destiny. Soon after, he is captured by the evil Sir Baldrick and left in a dungeon to be devoured by a dragon. Fortunately, Cynthia, using her magic powers and guile, frees Arthur in time for him to go to Stonehenge and compete with the Knights of the Realm who try to pull the sword from the stone to become King. Of course, Arthur easily removes the sword and is crowned the new King.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
Title: The Emperor's New Clothes
Character: voice
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
When Emperor Louis offers a reward to the tailor who designs the finest outfit for him to wear for his upcoming celebration, two swindlers convince the Emperor to wear a special design made of a fabric they claim is only visible to the wise.
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Prisoners of Propaganda
Title: Prisoners of Propaganda
Character: Narrator
Released: December 1, 1987
Type: Movie
In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Secret Service made a film called Calling Australia! to show the "exemplary conditions" under which prisoners of war were kept, and to "soften up" the Australian public for the anticipated occupation of their country by Japanese forces. Prisoners of Propaganda tells why the film was made, and how it came to be forgotten.
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Title: Rafferty's Rules
Character: Rex Jacobi
Released: February 12, 1987
Type: TV
Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character: (Voice)
Released: December 17, 1985
Type: Movie
This is an Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia. The film is an adaptation on Jules Verne's classic French novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
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Fast Talking
Title: Fast Talking
Character: School Inspector
Released: August 16, 1984
Type: Movie
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
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From the Earth to the Moon
Title: From the Earth to the Moon
Character: Voice
Released: December 24, 1979
Type: Movie
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A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Title: A Journey to the Center of the Earth
Character: (voice)
Released: November 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Following the instructions on a mysterious parchment, Prof. Lindenbrock and his companion, Alex, discover and explore the center of the Earth, a mysterious place full of dangerous electrical storms, prehistoric reptiles and swamp monsters. Based on author Jules Verne's fantasy novel, this animated adventure follows the explorers' struggles to survive and prove their findings to the rest of the world.
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Ivanhoe
Title: Ivanhoe
Character: (voice)
Released: November 27, 1975
Type: Movie
A young knight returns to England to discover that King Richard the Lionheart has been replaced by the tyrannical Prince John, while Lady Rowena, his true love, is engaged to another man.
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The Mysterious Island
Title: The Mysterious Island
Character: Voice
Released: November 15, 1975
Type: Movie
March 23rd, 1885. Fighting rages in the city and the southerners gain ground. Meanwhile, five northern prisoners, accompanied by their dog Tob, manage to escape. In their escape from the enemy, they had no choice but to board a hot air balloon to survive the chaos of the terrain. It is then that the flying machine will take them to a mysterious place, perhaps even more dangerous than the war itself...
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Moby-Dick
Title: Moby-Dick
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
In 1841 young Ishmael signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod, under the command of the strict, one-legged Capt. Ahab. Ishmael soon finds out that Ahab is searching for the legendary white whale, Moby Dick, who cost Ahab his leg, and he will let nothing stand in the way of getting his revenge on the beast.
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The Black Arrow
Title: The Black Arrow
Character: (voice)
Released: December 2, 1973
Type: Movie
Animated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
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The Swiss Family Robinson
Title: The Swiss Family Robinson
Character: (voice)
Released: October 28, 1973
Type: Movie
Shipwrecked on a remote island, a family of castaways must overcome a host of challenges in their strange new environment. But with courage and ingenuity, the Robinsons build a happy home, even in the face of such dangers as wild animals and pirates. Based on the classic novel by Johann Wyss, this animated tale about love, cooperation and the joys of simple living offers wholesome entertainment for the entire family.
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Kidnapped
Title: Kidnapped
Character: (voice)
Released: October 22, 1973
Type: Movie
Animated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure in which a young Scottish boy is enslaved by his wicked uncle.
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Title: The Evil Touch
Released: June 19, 1973
Type: TV
The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode had a self-contained story and a new set of characters. Each episode feature a new cast of guest actors, although several guest stars appeared in more than one episode, playing different characters. Each story is a thriller or horror story of some variety, ranging from tales of the occult and the supernatural, science fiction horror stories, to more standard murder schemes and whodunits. Most stories feature a twist ending.
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The Gentlemen of Titipu
Title: The Gentlemen of Titipu
Character: (voice)
Released: June 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The Emperor of Japan is scheduled to visit the small fishing village of Titipu for the annual cherry blossom festival. Unfortunately, during the ceremony the town tailor, Koko, winks at the pretty Kataisha, who is to be the wife of the Emperor's son Nanki Poo. Koko is promptly arrested and thrown in a dark, dank dungeon and sentenced to death for disrespecting the Emperor. Things look bleak for Koko until Nanki Poo falls in love with the lovely Yum Yum, and Koko gets caught up in a scheme to deceive the Emperor.
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The Prince and the Pauper
Title: The Prince and the Pauper
Character: (voice)
Released: November 26, 1972
Type: Movie
1972 animated adaptation of the classic Mark Twain tale
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Robinson Crusoe
Title: Robinson Crusoe
Character: (voice)
Released: November 23, 1972
Type: Movie
The only survivor of a ship's crew, Robinson finds himself alone with his dog, his cat and his parrot on an almost deserted island...
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Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Phileas Fogg
Released: September 9, 1972
Type: TV
Around the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episodes, broadcast during the 1972-1973 season by NBC. It was the first Australian-produced cartoon to be shown on American network television. Leif Gram directed all sixteen episodes, and the stories were loosely adapted by Chester "Chet" Stover from the novel by Jules Verne.
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Title: Birds in the Bush
Released: May 3, 1972
Type: TV
Birds in the Bush is an Australian/United Kingdom situation comedy series produced in 1972. The series was set on a remote Australian property run by seven beautiful but naive young women. When the property is inherited by an English water diviner he and his Australian half-brother and an assistant begin living on the property and attempt to teach the nubile young women the ways of the world. The series focused on the physical attractiveness of the young women, who all wore skimpy blue smocks and had names like "Abigail", "Lolita", "Tuesday", "Wednesday" and "Buster", along with Carry On-style innuendo.
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Travels of Marco Polo
Title: Travels of Marco Polo
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Explorer Marco Polo is assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to China, to try to convert the "pagan" Kublai Khan to Christianity. However, on a dangerous trek through the mountains, the priests decide they don't believe that China even exists, and when Marco tries to argue the point, they abandon him and turn back. He eventually makes it through the mountains and into the fabled land of China, where he is received at the court of Kublai Khan as an envoy. Accompanied by his faithful servant Pedro, Marco spends 20 years in that country, and when he eventually returns to Europe what he brings with him changes the course of history forever.
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Demonstrator
Title: Demonstrator
Character: Ted Packard
Released: April 5, 1971
Type: Movie
The story of a university student who leads a protest against an Asian security conference in Canberra which has been organised by his father the Australian Defence Minister. His life and his demonstration become disrupted.
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I Have Been Here Before
Title: I Have Been Here Before
Character: Dr. Gortler
Released: February 5, 1964
Type: Movie
A German professor un-nerves the residents when he claims to have been in a small Yorkshire moors inn sometime previously.