George Tovey

George Tovey

Born: March 8, 1914
Died: January 1, 1982
in Kensington, London, England, UK

Movies for George Tovey...

Title: Hammer House of Horror
Character: Old Man
Released: September 13, 1980
Type: TV
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.
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Title: Minder
Character: Pub Landlord
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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Title: To the Manor Born
Character: Bert
Released: September 30, 1979
Type: TV
Sitcom about the love-hate relationship between upper-class Audrey fforbes Hamilton and Richard DeVere, the nouveau rich businessman who buys her manor house when she can no longer afford to keep it.
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A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
Title: A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
Character: Old Spud
Released: October 31, 1978
Type: Movie
Three a.m. A crash of breaking glass ... the slow creak of a door opening ... is it a burglar? Raymond Collis finds out the hard way.
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Title: Citizen Smith
Character: Uncle Arthur
Released: April 12, 1977
Type: TV
Classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting Popular Front. Hoping to emulate his icons, Wolfie forms the Tooting Popular Front with a small group of his friends. However, he soon finds himself struggling to get his ambitious plans off the ground due to his laid back attitude and lack of organisation.
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Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Title: Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
Character: Ernie Clements
Released: November 15, 1975
Type: Movie
In a Victorian Gothic mansion, strange things are afoot. The master of the house, away in Egypt, has been replaced by a sinister Egyptian. Cloth-wrapped Mummies roam the grounds, killing people. Beneath a pyramid, the last of the Osirans — Sutekh the Destroyer — waits to be freed, to at long last bring his gift of death to all who live.
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The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace
Title: The Ghost of Adelphi Terrace
Character: Chanting Charlie
Released: August 11, 1975
Type: Movie
J. M. Barrie has an evening with George Bernard Shaw. Later, alone at home, he hears the voice of his dead mother.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Len Watters
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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Title: My Old Man
Character: Willy
Released: May 3, 1974
Type: TV
My Old Man was a popular but short-lived British comedy programme starring Clive Dunn as retired and embittered engine driver Sam Cobbett. Set in London, England, Sam Cobbett is the last tenant to leave an old house on a council-condemned road. He goes to live with his daughter, her posh husband, and their young teenage son, in a flat nearby.
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Secrets
Title: Secrets
Character: Lorry Driver
Released: August 14, 1973
Type: Movie
Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into the chocolate vat and are fed through the production line.
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Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Title: Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Character: Percy
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
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Baxter !
Title: Baxter !
Character: George
Released: March 4, 1973
Type: Movie
A young boy struggles to overcome his speech problem and strained relationship with his parents.
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Title: Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Character: Jim Stew
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot.
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Frenzy
Title: Frenzy
Character: Neville Salt
Released: May 25, 1972
Type: Movie
After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a suspect—but he claims vehemently to be the wrong man.
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Title: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Porter
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: TV
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Otley
Title: Otley
Character: Bagman
Released: March 11, 1969
Type: Movie
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
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Poor Cow
Title: Poor Cow
Character: Photographer
Released: December 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
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The Christmas Tree
Title: The Christmas Tree
Released: December 2, 1966
Type: Movie
The adventures encountered by Gary, his brother and sister, when they try to get a Christmas tree for a hospital Christmas Eve party.
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Bindle (One of Them Days)
Title: Bindle (One of Them Days)
Character: Stallholder
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Based on the book of Herbert Jenkins, a comedy about a accident prone furniture remover and his mate.
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The Coming Out Party
Title: The Coming Out Party
Character: Tug Wilson
Released: December 22, 1965
Type: Movie
When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.
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Up the Junction
Title: Up the Junction
Character: Pubgoer
Released: November 3, 1965
Type: Movie
The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.
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Three Clear Sundays
Title: Three Clear Sundays
Character: Little George
Released: April 7, 1965
Type: Movie
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
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A Tap on the Shoulder
Title: A Tap on the Shoulder
Character: Patsy
Released: January 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Ken's Loach's first production for The Wednesday Play is a story of a group of criminals planning a robbery, with the unwitting aid of a wealthy, well-connected society acquaintance. But who is the greater villain?
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Ernie Clements
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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The Small World of Sammy Lee
Title: The Small World of Sammy Lee
Character: Poker Player
Released: April 20, 1963
Type: Movie
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
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Never Back Losers
Title: Never Back Losers
Character: Wally Sanders
Released: December 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures.
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Life In Emergency Ward 10
Title: Life In Emergency Ward 10
Character: Mr. Pryor
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series Emergency – Ward 10
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The Salvage Gang
Title: The Salvage Gang
Character: Alf
Released: August 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Four children try to raise money to replace a broken saw, taking them on an unexpected journey through the capital.
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Black Ice
Title: Black Ice
Released: December 12, 1957
Type: Movie
British B-movie adventure.