Alastair Hunter

Alastair Hunter


in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK

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Title: Upstairs, Downstairs
Character: Sir Percy Devenish
Released: October 10, 1971
Type: TV
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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The Italian Job
Title: The Italian Job
Character: Cinema Warder
Released: June 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.
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The Assassination Bureau
Title: The Assassination Bureau
Character: Exp!oding Casket Victim (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.
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Assignment K
Title: Assignment K
Released: February 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies.
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Calamity the Cow
Title: Calamity the Cow
Character: Kincaid
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
The adventures of Calamity the cow, who is bought by a farmer for his children, stolen by rustlers, and eventually wins a prize for her part in ridding the area of a gang of cattle thieves.
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Life for Ruth
Title: Life for Ruth
Character: Jury Foreman
Released: September 6, 1962
Type: Movie
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
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What a Whopper
Title: What a Whopper
Character: 1st Scot
Released: October 17, 1961
Type: Movie
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.
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The Giant Behemoth
Title: The Giant Behemoth
Character: Dr. C. A. Morris, the village doctor
Released: March 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
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A Night to Remember
Title: A Night to Remember
Character: Steward at Steerage Gate (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1958
Type: Movie
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
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Satellite in the Sky
Title: Satellite in the Sky
Character: Technician (uncredited)
Released: July 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).
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Wicked as They Come
Title: Wicked as They Come
Character: Connor
Released: May 22, 1956
Type: Movie
A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Armourer
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Monk
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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The Dark Avenger
Title: The Dark Avenger
Character: Libeau
Released: April 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
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The Embezzler
Title: The Embezzler
Character: Bank Manager
Released: July 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
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Flannelfoot
Title: Flannelfoot
Character: Superintendent Carter
Released: November 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Ace crime reporter Watling tries to discover the identity of a notorious jewel thief, but his informant is murdered. At a house party, Watling helps detective Adam expose the criminal.
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The Runaway Bus
Title: The Runaway Bus
Character: Detective Spencer
Released: September 28, 1953
Type: Movie
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.
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Three Steps In The Dark
Title: Three Steps In The Dark
Character: Inspector Forbes
Released: August 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically that he intends to change his will before he dies. Before he can do this, he is murdered. His niece (Gynt), a detective story writer, has to put her theories into practice by solving a real-life murder mystery.
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Martin Luther
Title: Martin Luther
Character: Carlstadt
Released: May 8, 1953
Type: Movie
A biopic of Martin Luther, covering his life between 1505 and 1530, and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
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Lady in the Fog
Title: Lady in the Fog
Character: Det. Sgt. Reilly
Released: October 13, 1952
Type: Movie
In this murder mystery, a woman's brother is killed in a freak accident, or so she believes. Fortunately for her, an American journalist is more suspicious and so begins roaming the London streets in search of the killer.
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The Big Frame
Title: The Big Frame
Character: Commissionaire
Released: September 1, 1952
Type: Movie
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
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Chance of a Lifetime
Title: Chance of a Lifetime
Character: Groves
Released: April 24, 1950
Type: Movie
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
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Morning Departure
Title: Morning Departure
Character: Capt. Jenner
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
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The Spider and the Fly
Title: The Spider and the Fly
Character: Watchman at Legation
Released: December 1, 1949
Type: Movie
"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Whisky Galore!
Title: Whisky Galore!
Character: Captain MacKechnie
Released: June 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
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Castle Sinister
Title: Castle Sinister
Character: McTavish
Released: February 19, 1948
Type: Movie
During the War, a British agent travels to the remote Glennye Castle in the wilds of Scotland to investigate a mysterious murder by a masked phantom. Who or what is the phantom? And how are the Germans involved?
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Men Without Honour
Title: Men Without Honour
Character: John Hardy
Released: January 9, 1939
Type: Movie
A lawyer, who has been accused of being dishonest, works with the police to expose two share pushers who have employed him, saving the investors from ruin.