Tommy Eytle

Tommy Eytle

Born: July 16, 1927
Died: June 19, 2007
in Georgetown, Guyana
Thomas Daniel Hicks "Tommy" Eytle was a Guyanese calypso musician and actor. Although born in Guyana, Eytle's career was based in the United Kingdom, where he lived after emigrating in 1951. Eytle's career began in the 1950s and culminated in him becoming a household name with his role as Jules Tavernier in EastEnders from 1990 to 1997. He died in Reading in 2007.

Movies for Tommy Eytle...

Title: The Seventh Scroll
Character: Jali Hora
Released: June 15, 1999
Type: TV
Past and present intertwine when an archaeologist and her husband find a mysterious child on the banks of the Nile and adopt him. But the more they learn about the lost tomb of Pharaoh Mamose, the more Hapi, the little child, is plagued by frightening visions. Soon it is clear that powerful forces are trying to prevent the couple from finding the tomb.
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Bob's Weekend
Title: Bob's Weekend
Character: Frances
Released: August 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Robert Askew goes to Blackpool to prepare an extraordinary end to his extra ordinary life. But this is no ordinary weekend and a succession of magical events conspire to turn a journey of despair into a voyage of discovery.
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Title: Never Say Die
Released: November 16, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: Call Me Mister
Released: September 5, 1986
Type: TV
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Playboy of the West Indies
Title: Playboy of the West Indies
Character: Phil
Released: October 13, 1985
Type: Movie
Based on J. M. Synge's Playboy of the Western World. Peggy Ford runs her father's rum bar in Mayaro, a quiet fishing village in Trinidad. Nothing much happens in Mayaro until a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father.
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Title: EastEnders
Character: Jules Tavernier
Released: February 19, 1985
Type: TV
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
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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: Wolcott
Character: Bicycle Stall Holder
Released: January 13, 1981
Type: TV
A black policeman is promoted to the CID and battles the drug trade in London's East End.
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Lucky
Title: Lucky
Character: Billy
Released: February 5, 1974
Type: Movie
“Set in Liverpool in the early 70s, the film tells the story of Samuel 'lucky' Ubooto, a half African, half Irish man in his 20s whose decidedly unlucky career as a criminal has resulted in a series of stretches in prison for theft. The story follows Lucky on the day of his release from his latest sentence. As he wanders around Liverpool, not really belonging anywhere, it becomes clear that he is still waiting for his father, a man who has long since abandoned Lucky and his family, to return and take him back 'home' to Africa.” - Richard Parkin
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On the Game
Title: On the Game
Character: Pianist
Released: February 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Comic look at the history of prostitution.
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Eyewitness
Title: Eyewitness
Character: Visiting President
Released: June 5, 1970
Type: Movie
A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone other than his granddad believe him?
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Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
Title: Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
Character: Second Bouncer
Released: October 4, 1964
Type: Movie
Things go terribly wrong for four youths, ejected from a London nightclub for rowdiness, after they decide to break into a Magic shop, where they tie up and terrorize the owner. They find to their cost that he deals in more than illusions...
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The Hi-Jackers
Title: The Hi-Jackers
Released: December 13, 1963
Type: Movie
A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Calypso Singer
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: Corrigan Blake
Released: February 2, 1962
Type: TV
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The Day of the Fox
Title: The Day of the Fox
Character: Rolando
Released: September 6, 1961
Type: Movie
"In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillusioned revolutionary who aims to destroy the remnants of white colonial rule in a new African nation. The political themes explored remain incredibly prescient." - BFI
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Naked Fury
Title: Naked Fury
Character: Steve
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves led by American Eddy (Reed de Rouen) kill a security guard during a botched safe robbery and flee with his daughter (Leigh Madison) as a hostage. They hide out in a dangerously unstable old warehouse for a couple of days awaiting their getaway ship to sail, but Johnny (Kenneth Cope) falls for the girl - provoking a serious falling-out and a violent conclusion to the disastrous heist.
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The Tommy Steele Story
Title: The Tommy Steele Story
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar.