Jim Norton

Jim Norton

Born: January 4, 1938
in Dublin, Ireland
Jim Norton (born 4 January 1938) is an Irish stage, film and television character actor, known for his work in the theatre, most notably in Conor McPherson's The Seafarer, and on television as Bishop Brennan in the sitcom Father Ted.

Movies for Jim Norton...

Title: Dalgliesh
Character: Father Barnes
Released: November 4, 2021
Type: TV
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the human psyche while investigating complex crimes in 1970s England.
bee
The Dead Hands of Dublin
Title: The Dead Hands of Dublin
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 9, 2020
Type: Movie
A failed pianist comes into possession of a pair of enchanted gloves. Upon wearing them, he finds himself playing the piano like a maestro and all his dreams come true. Just when he thinks he has everything, fate intervenes.
bee
The Last Right
Title: The Last Right
Character: Padraig
Released: December 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Daniel Murphy is lumbered with a corpse that has the same last name as his, who dies on his flight from Boston to County Cork. Travelling back to Ireland to attend his mother’s funeral, Daniel also checks on his autistic brother. What follows is an unconventional road trip with his brother and the mortuary assistant as they take the coffin from Clonakilty to Rathlin Island.
bee
Prisoners of the Moon
Title: Prisoners of the Moon
Character: Arthur Rudolph
Released: July 19, 2019
Type: Movie
Was Arthur Rudolph, a central figure in the first Moon Landing, also involved in war crimes involving the death of 20,000 slave labourers in World War 2?
bee
Mary Poppins Returns
Title: Mary Poppins Returns
Character: Mr. Binnacle
Released: December 13, 2018
Type: Movie
Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.
bee
The Boy
Title: The Boy
Character: Mr. Heelshire
Released: January 22, 2016
Type: Movie
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
bee
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Title: National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Character: Polonius
Released: October 15, 2015
Type: Movie
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father's death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
bee
Title: River
Character: Michael Bennigan
Released: October 13, 2015
Type: TV
Respected police officer John River, a gifted cop with a troubled mind, struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of a colleague, and chases a suspect across London - with tragic consequences. Now at odds with the authorities, River ends up in a precarious position as he seeks to bring closure to the mother of murdered teenager, who blames him for failing to keep his promise.
bee
Jimmy's Hall
Title: Jimmy's Hall
Character: Father Sheridan
Released: May 30, 2014
Type: Movie
Jimmy Gralton returns from New York and reopens his beloved community hall, only to meet opposition from the local parish.
bee
Homemade
Title: Homemade
Character: Tommy
Released: September 30, 2013
Type: Movie
bee
Title: Elementary
Character: Sir James Walter
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: TV
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
bee
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Title: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Character: Old Mr. Black
Released: December 25, 2011
Type: Movie
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
bee
Water for Elephants
Title: Water for Elephants
Character: Camel
Released: April 15, 2011
Type: Movie
In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.
bee
Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
Title: Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
On the 15th anniversary of its launch, this documentary follows Father Ted creators Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews on a return trip to Craggy Island to take in its location and discuss how the series was made with cast and crew.
bee
The Eclipse
Title: The Eclipse
Character: Malachy
Released: April 24, 2009
Type: Movie
Michael is a widower who is struggling to adjust to his new role as the sole caretaker of his two children. Still reeling from the death of his wife, he has been plagued by terrifying apparitions. When he volunteers at a local literary festival, he finds himself drawn to Lena, an empathetic author of supernatural fiction. While Lena tries to help Michael with the mystery of his nightmarish visions, she must contend with problems of her own, as she’s being jealously pursued by self-obsessed novelist Nicholas, her one-time lover. As the festival progresses, the three adults’ lives converge and collide.
bee
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Character: Mr. Liszt
Released: May 7, 2008
Type: Movie
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
bee
Driving Lessons
Title: Driving Lessons
Character: Mr. Fincham
Released: September 6, 2006
Type: Movie
A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
bee
Stan
Title: Stan
Character: Stan Laurel
Released: June 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Stanley Laurel's last visit to Oliver Hardy, as originally told in Neil Brand's radio play.
bee
Oyster Farmer
Title: Oyster Farmer
Character: Mumbles
Released: June 30, 2005
Type: Movie
A love story about a young man who runs away up an isolated Australian river and gets a job with eighth generation oyster famers.
bee
Conspiracy of Silence
Title: Conspiracy of Silence
Released: May 15, 2003
Type: Movie
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.
bee
Title: The Royal
Character: Rory
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: TV
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
bee
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Coroner
Released: December 26, 2002
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save him from the terrifying supernatural hound that has brought fear and death to his household.
bee
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Character: Mr Mason
Released: November 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione’s magical abilities and courage.
bee
Boxed
Title: Boxed
Character: Father Moran
Released: August 23, 2002
Type: Movie
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha a change of heart, deciding to fight for the life of the captive. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
bee
On the Nose
Title: On the Nose
Character: Patrick Cassidy
Released: October 23, 2001
Type: Movie
Brendan is a janitor at a university who has a fondness for gambling, especially betting on horse races. However, he doesn't have much skill at it, and poorly considered bets have drained the bank account he'd set aside for his daughter's education. Brendan's wife has made Brendan promise to give up gambling, but when their daughter announces she's just been accepted to Trinity College in Ireland, Brendan has to come up with the tuition money, and fast. While doing his sweeping at work, Brendan makes a remarkable discovery - the preserved head of an aboriginal tribesman who, under proper conditions, can pick the winners in horse races.
bee
Title: Waking the Dead
Character: David Dusniak
Released: June 18, 2001
Type: TV
A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
bee
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
Title: Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time
Character: (voice)
Released: June 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Aladdin and his new friend Paige visit English kings, Egyptian queens, come face to face with a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and walk the gangplank with Blackbeard the Pirate, in search of a stolen magic lamp.
bee
Mad About Mambo
Title: Mad About Mambo
Released: April 4, 2000
Type: Movie
High school student tries to improve soccer skills by practicing dance and falls for his dance partner.
bee
Rough for Theatre II
Title: Rough for Theatre II
Character: A
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Two bureaucrats discuss the potential suicide of a man standing perfectly still in front of a door that opens into the night sky and a fatal drop.
bee
Sunset Heights
Title: Sunset Heights
Character: Sam Magee, The Preacher
Released: June 4, 1999
Type: Movie
Irish thriller starring Toby Stephens. Belfast of the near future finds the city ruled by two rival law-enforcing punishment squads. When Luke Bradley (Stephens)'s son is found murdered, suspicion falls upon the local preacher (Jim Norton). Taken to Sunset Heights, a druid's circle on a hill overlooking the city, the accused is summarily executed by the boy's father. However, when another child goes missing, it appears that they have killed the wrong man - or that the preacher has come back from the dead to wreak his revenge...
bee
American History X
Title: American History X
Character: Randy
Released: July 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
bee
Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Edward Canning
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
bee
Title: The Treacle People
Character: Brendan Robinson (voice) / Silas Mitton (voice) / Digger (voice)
Released: May 3, 1996
Type: TV
The Treacle People was a children's television programme shown on CITV in the United Kingdom, from 3 May 1996 to 25 July 1997. It only had two series, each with 13 episodes. In a similar vein to other shows by the same writer, the humour worked on two levels for younger and older viewers. It was produced by The London Studios for London Weekend Television and Fire Mountain Productions in association with Link Entertainment. In 2023, the series was remastered, with full episodes posted on the show's official YouTube Channel.
bee
Title: Father Ted
Character: Bishop Len Brennan
Released: April 21, 1995
Type: TV
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
bee
Title: Wycliffe
Character: Owens
Released: July 24, 1994
Type: TV
Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and broadcast on the ITV Network, following a pilot episode on 7 August 1993, between 24 July 1994 and 5 July 1998. The series was filmed in Cornwall, with a production office in Truro. Music for the series was composed by Nigel Hess and was awarded the Royal Television Society award for the best television theme. Wycliffe is played by Jack Shepherd, assisted by DI Doug Kersey and DI Lucy Lane. Each episode deals with a murder investigation. In the early series, the stories are adapted from Burley's books and are in classic whodunit style, often with quirky characters and plot elements. In later seasons, the tone becomes more naturalistic and there is more emphasis on internal politics within the police.
bee
Title: Babylon 5
Character: Dr. Lazarenn
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: TV
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
bee
Title: Babylon 5
Character: G'Quan
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: TV
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
bee
Title: Babylon 5
Character: Ombuds Wellington
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: TV
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
bee
Title: Frasier
Character: Wentworth
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
bee
Title: Peak Practice
Character: Father Matthew Corlon
Released: May 10, 1993
Type: TV
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
bee
Into the West
Title: Into the West
Character: Superintendant O'Mara
Released: October 23, 1992
Type: Movie
Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the coolest outlaws ever to ride Into The West.
bee
Midnight's Child
Title: Midnight's Child
Character: Dr. Stefan Grossbart
Released: April 21, 1992
Type: Movie
Spooky tale of a lawyer who sees Satan in the Swiss au pair she and her artist husband have hired for their young daughter.
bee
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Title: Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Character: Dr. Bernard Wachs
Released: February 28, 1992
Type: Movie
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
bee
Title: Maigret
Released: February 9, 1992
Type: TV
Based on the novels by Georges Simenon, Michael Gambon plays the eponymous detective from the Sûreté in this 1992 revival of the 1960s BBC drama series. Maigret is an intuitutive detective, who investigates his cases by watching and listening, getting to know everyone on his list of suspects until someone makes a slip or breaks down and confesses.
bee
Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
Title: Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend
Character: Marcus's Dad
Released: December 25, 1991
Type: Movie
A lonely Omaha, Nebraska security guard named Marcus dreams of establishing some human connection, when he isn't watching cable porn in his apartment and obsessing over his weight.
bee
Hidden Agenda
Title: Hidden Agenda
Character: Brodie
Released: November 21, 1990
Type: Movie
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
bee
Title: Stay Lucky
Released: December 8, 1989
Type: TV
Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new life up north in Yorkshire. Helping widowed, self-sufficient businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (Jan Francis) when her car breaks down on the motorway, Thomas reluctantly accepts an offer of a lift to Leeds. Over the coming months, the two become involved in a series of misadventures that soon find them being drawn closer together.
bee
Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Roger Havering
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.
bee
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
Title: The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
Character: Bernard McAuley
Released: April 3, 1988
Type: Movie
The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be taken under their wing. Then she accepts their invitation to join them for a week's holiday in London ...
bee
Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Holodeck Albert Einstein
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
bee
Home Cooking
Title: Home Cooking
Character: Gordon
Released: November 8, 1986
Type: Movie
The abused neglected wife of a loutish hotelier begins to suspect that her husband is the serial rapist that has been terrorizing the area.
bee
Title: Unnatural Causes
Character: Gordon
Released: November 8, 1986
Type: TV
Series of seven psychological dramas concerning death by unnatural causes.
bee
Title: Lovejoy
Character: Father Xavier
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.
bee
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.
bee
Sakharov
Title: Sakharov
Character: Roy Medvedev
Released: June 20, 1984
Type: Movie
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
bee
Title: Nanny
Released: January 10, 1981
Type: TV
A divorced woman decides to train as a Nanny in 1930s England.
bee
Cry of the Innocent
Title: Cry of the Innocent
Character: Jasper Tooms
Released: June 15, 1980
Type: Movie
An American insurance executive, who sees his wife and children die when a plane crashes into their vacation cottage on the Irish coast, uncovers a series of suspicious clues indicating that it was no accident after a pretty financial reporter who resembles his dead wife turns up.
bee
Title: Minder
Character: O'Brady
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.
bee
Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: H.A.K. Bates
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
bee
Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Dr Mellish
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
bee
Light
Title: Light
Character: Jack Parry
Released: March 13, 1979
Type: Movie
In a Cheshire village, Jack, an electrician, is rewiring the house where a dissident Russian professor is staying. From mutual dislike and suspicion they move towards tolerance and eventually mutual respect.
bee
The Legion Hall Bombing
Title: The Legion Hall Bombing
Character: Detective Sergeant
Released: August 22, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.
bee
Title: 1990
Released: September 18, 1977
Type: TV
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.
bee
Title: Rumpole of the Bailey
Released: December 17, 1975
Type: TV
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
bee
Waiting at the Field Gate
Title: Waiting at the Field Gate
Character: Rainmarsh
Released: April 3, 1975
Type: Movie
Lightning Gallat is the village slaughterer and a man of distinction. Where does he draw the line?
bee
Title: The Venturers
Released: January 7, 1975
Type: TV
The Venturers is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1975. The series, created by Donald Bull, had started out as an edition of Drama Playhouse in 1972 before being commissioned as an ongoing series. The Venturers took place in the high pressure world of Prince's Merchant Bank and dealt with the intricacies of high finance amongst its millionaire clients. Geoffrey Keen starred as director Gerald Lang, in a virtual reprise of his role as oil executive Brian Stead in Mogul / The Troubleshooters. Other major cast members included James Kerry, David Buck, Cyril Luckham and William Squire. The Venturers lasted for a single series of ten episodes.
bee
Title: The Sweeney
Character: Phil Harrister
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.
bee
Screamer
Title: Screamer
Character: The Man
Released: November 2, 1974
Type: Movie
A young American girl on her way to visit friends in rural England is brutally attacked and raped. After spending the next few months in a mental institution trying to recover from her ordeal, she is released into the care of her friends. The police assure her that they have the man responsible in custody, and she begins to rest easy. That is until she sees her attacker wandering the streets of the town. After planning her revenge she follows the man and kills him. This, she thinks, is the end of her ordeal. That is until the man she thinks she has killed arrives at the house she is staying in.
bee
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
Title: Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
Character: Pongo
Released: June 12, 1973
Type: Movie
London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill, where he begins training to take part in the War. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes. A film adaptation of the first volume of Spike Milligan's war diaries.
bee
Title: Hunter's Walk
Released: June 4, 1973
Type: TV
Hunter’s Walk was about crime on a smaller – but no less dramatic – scale, and featured a police force in the fictional Midlands town of Broadstone (the series was actually filmed in Rushden, Northants). Devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis, Hunter’s Walk shared several similarities with the classic 1950s police drama – in particular a small-town setting, and storylines encompassing the more human aspects of police work. Hunter’s Walk offered a contrasting alternative to the 1970s more hard-hitting, action-led urban crime dramas. The small, idiosyncratic team of officers faced a typically broad spectrum of cases, from neighbours’ disputes and hooliganism to suspected murder.
bee
Title: Thriller
Character: The 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.
bee
Title: Colditz
Character: Capt. James Porteous
Released: October 19, 1972
Type: TV
Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
bee
Title: Crown Court
Character: Jeremy Williams
Released: October 11, 1972
Type: TV
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
bee
Title: The Adventurer
Character: Morgan
Released: September 29, 1972
Type: TV
The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.
bee
Title: Van der Valk
Character: Eddy
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
bee
Title: Van der Valk
Character: Hanson
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
bee
Straw Dogs
Title: Straw Dogs
Character: Chris Cawsey
Released: November 25, 1971
Type: Movie
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
bee
Title: Justice
Character: Alan Cartwright
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: TV
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
bee
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.
bee
Title: Insurrection
Character: Tom Clarke
Released: April 10, 1966
Type: TV
The events of the Easter Rising, told in the style contemporary news broadcasts and a series of dramatic reconstructions
bee
The Face of Fu Manchu
Title: The Face of Fu Manchu
Character: Mathius
Released: August 6, 1965
Type: Movie
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.
bee
Title: Tony Awards
Character: Self - Winner
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: TV
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.