John Boswall

John Boswall

Born: May 2, 1920
Died: June 6, 2011
in Oxfordshire, England, UK

Movies for John Boswall...

Morris: A Life with Bells On
Title: Morris: A Life with Bells On
Character: Mr. Staveley
Released: January 9, 2009
Type: Movie
The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Character: Burser (uncredited)
Released: July 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.
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Title: The Ten Commandments
Character: Egyptian Priest
Released: April 10, 2006
Type: TV
One biblical figure is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. His name is Moses, the man who rose in power to defend a people, to free them, and to live in history like no other... The Ten Commandments dramatizes the biblical story of Moses.
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Ladies in Lavender
Title: Ladies in Lavender
Character: Very Old Man 2
Released: November 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.
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The Statement
Title: The Statement
Character: Father Léo
Released: December 12, 2003
Type: Movie
The film is set in France in the 1990s, the French were defeated by the Germans early in World War II, an armistice was signed in 1940 which effectively split France into a German occupied part in the North and a semi-independent part in the south which became known as Vichy France. In reality the Vichy government was a puppet regime controlled by the Germans. Part of the agreement was that the Vichy Government would assist with the 'cleansing' of Jews from France. The Vichy government formed a police force called the Milice, who worked with the Germans...
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Ca$hino
Title: Ca$hino
Character: Johnny Niagra
Released: November 1, 2001
Type: Movie
They're bringing Las Vegas closer than you ever imagined.
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Hotel Splendide
Title: Hotel Splendide
Character: Bellboy
Released: September 21, 2000
Type: Movie
The film tells the story of the Blanche family who run a dark and dismal health resort on a remote island which is only accessible by ferry. The spa program consists of feeding the guests seaweed and eel-based meals, then administering liberal colonic irrigation. The spa is run by the family matriarch Dame Blanche until her death. Things continue on with her children running the resort until Kath, the resort's former sous chef and love interest of one of the sons, comes back to the island unannounced. Stranded between monthly ferries, she is a catalyst for a series of events that turns life as it is known at Hotel Splendide on its ear.
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The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Title: The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Character: Old Priest
Released: October 27, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1429 a teenage girl from a remote French village stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. Following her mission to reclaim god's diminished kingdom - through her amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
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Stiff Upper Lips
Title: Stiff Upper Lips
Character: Don 2
Released: June 12, 1998
Type: Movie
Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties. Although it specifically targets A Room with a View, Chariots of Fire, Maurice, A Passage to India, and many other films, in a more general way Stiff Upper Lips satirises popular perceptions of certain Edwardian traits: propriety, sexual repression, xenophobia, and class snobbery.
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The Wind in the Willows
Title: The Wind in the Willows
Character: The Elderly Gentleman
Released: October 16, 1996
Type: Movie
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.
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Poldark
Title: Poldark
Character: Cary Warleggan
Released: October 3, 1996
Type: Movie
The Cornish military captain, now a member of Parliament, is drawn into the war with France while his son falls in with smugglers. Historical drama, starring John Bowe and Mel Martin, and featuring a young Ioan Gruffudd in one of his earliest roles.
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Title: Virtual Murder
Released: July 24, 1992
Type: TV
John Cornelius (called JC) is a university don who also works for his city police force as a consultant psychologist. Samantha Valentine is his offbeat personal assistant and lover, while Inspector Cadogan is their police contact and Professor Owen Griffiths is Cornelius's head of department.
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Title: Murder Most Horrid
Character: Judge
Released: November 14, 1991
Type: TV
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!
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3 Men and a Little Lady
Title: 3 Men and a Little Lady
Character: Barrow
Released: November 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.
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Sitting Targets
Title: Sitting Targets
Character: Caretaker
Released: March 19, 1989
Type: Movie
Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things begin to look hopeless. But the tenants begin to fight back...
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Dr Belvedere
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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A Hazard of Hearts
Title: A Hazard of Hearts
Character: Meadows
Released: December 27, 1987
Type: Movie
When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he realises that he only has one thing left of value: his daughter Serena. In a final game, he stakes his daughter's hand in marriage, convinced that this time he will not lose. Unfortunately, however, he does lose; to the evil Lord Wrotham. Unable to return home and tell his daughter that he has lost her in a game of dice, Sir Giles kills himself there and then. Lord Vulcan, who has witnessed the events, takes pity on Serena Staverley, although they have never met. He challenges Lord Wrotham to a game of dice in which the winner takes both Staverley Court and Miss Serena.
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Title: The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Character: Dr. Reifmann
Released: July 15, 1987
Type: Movie
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
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Title: Lovejoy
Character: Peter Horsham
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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Title: EastEnders
Character: Harry
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: EastEnders
Character: Harry Osbourne
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: EastEnders
Character: Harry Osborne
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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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Title: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Character: Goldstein
Released: November 9, 1984
Type: Movie
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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Sakharov
Title: Sakharov
Released: June 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
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Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Sir Charles Baskerville
Released: October 3, 1982
Type: TV
When a young heir inherits a noble title that apparently has a deadly curse to it, Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate. A British television serial based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Old Man
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: TV
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
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Lady Killer
Title: Lady Killer
Released: January 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her.