David Parfitt

David Parfitt

Born: July 8, 1958
in Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK

Movies for David Parfitt...

Working With Weinstein
Title: Working With Weinstein
Character: Himself
Released: February 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Documentary exploring the harassment charges against Harvey Weinstein and his relationship with the UK film business.
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Discovering Hamlet
Title: Discovering Hamlet
Character: Himself / Rosencrantz
Released: January 7, 1990
Type: Movie
IN 1988, rising star Kenneth Branagh tackled the role of Shakespeare’s prince of Denmark for the first time in his professional career under the guidance of celebrated actor Derek Jacobi. Narrated by Patrick Stewart, this hour-long film documents how Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, two intelligent and passionate men, found new depths in Shakespeare’s classic drama, Hamlet. Filmmakers Mark Olshaker and Larry Klein follow the company through four weeks of rehearsals, from the first read-throughs to opening night.
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Henry V
Title: Henry V
Character: Messenger
Released: October 5, 1989
Type: Movie
Gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France.
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Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Title: Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Released: December 31, 1987
Type: Movie
Mr Corbett is a cruel employer to Ben Partridge. One night on New Years Eve Ben is sent out to deliver some medicine. Along the way he wishes his master was dead, little knowing that the man he is delivering to is the Collector of Souls.
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The Doctor and the Devils
Title: The Doctor and the Devils
Character: Billings
Released: October 4, 1985
Type: Movie
In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.
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To the Lighthouse
Title: To the Lighthouse
Character: Andrew Ramsay
Released: March 22, 1983
Type: Movie
A faithful dramatization of Virginia Woolf's novel. A lecturer, his family, the spinster Aunt Lily, an old friend, and a student, Charles Tansley, spend a summer in an isolated house in Cornwall just before World War I. The stern Mr. Ramsay scolds everybody, while Mrs. Ramsay is the linchpin in keeping the family together. Aunt Lily paints, and the family talk about sailing to the lighthouse, but the trip is always postponed.
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Title: Love in a Cold Climate
Character: Little Matt
Released: October 29, 1980
Type: TV
The unconventional lives and loves of the family of Lord Alconleigh, dominated by the eccentric, irascible Uncle Matthew. The story encompasses the economic and political crises of the Thirties and the upheavals of the Second World War.
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Title: Raffles
Released: February 25, 1977
Type: TV
Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one episode such as "The Gold Cup" which featured elements from both "A Jubilee Present" and "The Criminologist's Club".
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Title: ...And Mother Makes Five
Released: May 1, 1974
Type: TV
...And Mother Makes Five is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1974 to 1976. Starring Wendy Craig, it is the sequel of ...And Mother Makes Three and aired for four series. ...And Mother Makes Five was written by Richard Waring, Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. Wendy Craig also wrote some episodes under the pseudonym Jonathan Marr. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.
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Title: And Mother Makes Three
Released: April 27, 1971
Type: TV
...And Mother Makes Three is a British sitcom shown on ITV from 1971 to 1973. Starring Wendy Craig, it was written by Peter Buchanan, Peter Robinson, Richard Waring and Carla Lane. ...And Mother Makes Three was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.
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Title: Elizabeth R
Character: Philip's Son
Released: February 17, 1971
Type: TV
This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her various marital intrigues, her problems with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada.