Bernard Spear

Bernard Spear

Born: September 11, 1919
Died: May 9, 2003
in London, England, UK

Movies for Bernard Spear...

The Man Who Cried
Title: The Man Who Cried
Character: Man in Sweatshop
Released: August 29, 2000
Type: Movie
A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
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One Last Chance
Title: One Last Chance
Character: Archie
Released: October 7, 1990
Type: Movie
Nick, a Greek Cypriot living in London, hits on the idea of marriage to raise some cash - the bride, according to custom, coming complete with dowry. He is forced to enlist the help of a childhood adversary, Maria. Soon realising she is giving him the runaround, Nick retaliates by wooing her.
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Geh Kinde Geh
Title: Geh Kinde Geh
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Title: Lovejoy
Character: Morrie Samuels
Released: January 10, 1986
Type: TV
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
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Yentl
Title: Yentl
Character: Tailor
Released: November 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Rebbe Mendel is a single father who teaches the Talmud, a sacred text of Judaism, to the boys of his small Polish town. Behind closed doors, he also instructs his daughter, Yentl, despite the fact that girls are forbidden to study religious scripture. When Yentl's father dies, she still has a strong desire to learn about her faith -- so she disguises herself as a male, enrolls in a religious school, and unexpectedly finds love along the way.
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Title: The Gentle Touch
Released: April 11, 1980
Type: TV
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.
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Wombling Free
Title: Wombling Free
Character: Arnold Takahashi
Released: December 31, 1977
Type: Movie
The adventures of The Wombles, strange creatures who live on Wimbledon Common and pick up the litter left by the humans. There's always time for a nice song and dance as well. This was a film version of the popular childrens TV show.
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Title: Target
Released: September 9, 1977
Type: TV
A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.
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Gulliver's Travels
Title: Gulliver's Travels
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly animated.
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Bar Mitzvah Boy
Title: Bar Mitzvah Boy
Character: Victor Green
Released: September 14, 1976
Type: Movie
On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wanting.
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Title: My Son Reuben
Released: September 8, 1975
Type: TV
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Benny
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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The Folk Singer
Title: The Folk Singer
Character: Eddie Ruebens
Released: November 7, 1972
Type: Movie
A successful folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles, as the authorities demand he identifies himself as either a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist.
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Hide and Seek
Title: Hide and Seek
Character: Fruit Vendor
Released: October 7, 1972
Type: Movie
A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.
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Title: Tomfoolery
Released: September 12, 1970
Type: TV
The Tomfoolery Show is an American cartoon comedy television series made and first broadcast in 1970, based on the works of Edward Lear. The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor Studios in London and Stroud. Though the works of other writers were also used, notably Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash, Lear's works were the main source, and characters like The Yongy Bonghy Bo and The Umbrageous Umbrella Maker were all Lear creations. Some original material was also written based on characters created by Lear, although much of the material was a straight recital of poems and limericks or songs using Lear's poems set to music. A recurring joke had a delivery boy running around trying to deliver a large plant and shouting 'Plant for Mrs Discobolus!'. The series was produced by Rankin/Bass, who also made the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.
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Title: Paul Temple
Released: November 23, 1969
Type: TV
Paul Temple is a British-German television series . It features Francis Matthews as Paul Temple, the fictional detective created by Francis Durbridge, who solves crimes with the assistance of his wife Steve. Paul Temple used overseas locations in France, Malta, Germany and elsewhere. T
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Title: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Character: Second Spy
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
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Bedazzled
Title: Bedazzled
Character: Irving Moses
Released: October 30, 1967
Type: Movie
A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
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Title: Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Released: February 18, 1967
Type: TV
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width is a British television sitcom first broadcast in 1967 as a single play in the Armchair Theatre anthology series, later becoming a series of half-hour episodes, which ran until 1971. A total of 40 episodes were made, all but one of them being believed to have aired. It was originally made by ABC Television for the ITV network, with its production being continued by Thames Television.
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Arrivederci, Baby!
Title: Arrivederci, Baby!
Character: French Inspector
Released: December 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
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Title: The Likely Lads
Character: Freddy Fyfe
Released: December 16, 1964
Type: TV
The Likely Lads was a black and white British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty-one episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three series, between 16 December 1964 and 23 July 1966. However, only eight of these shows have survived.
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Title: Barnaby Rudge
Released: September 30, 1960
Type: TV
Barnaby Rudge is a British drama television series which originally aired on the BBC in thirteen episodes between 30 September and 23 December 1960. It was an adaptation of the novel Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens set against the backdrop of the 1780 Gordon Riots.
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Night School
Title: Night School
Character: Cyril Tully
Released: July 21, 1960
Type: Movie
The plot focuses on a man returning home from prison to find his room being rented out to a tenant.
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Title: Albion Market
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Albion Market is a short-lived British soap opera, intended as a companion to Coronation Street on ITV.