Dudley Sutton

Dudley Sutton

Born: April 6, 1933
Died: September 15, 2018
in Kingston, Surrey, England
Dudley Sutton was a British actor famous for his work with directors such as Sidney J. Furie, Ken Russell, Derek Jarman and Sally Potter and for playing Tinker Dill in the long running BBC drama series Lovejoy.

Movies for Dudley Sutton...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Older Fairy
Released: December 23, 2022
Type: Movie
Young lovers living under an oppressive state-rule flee their home-city to change their lives, and end up changing the world. After all, love changes everything.
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Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Title: Steven Berkoff's Tell Tale Heart
Character: Old Man
Released: April 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Steven Berkoff's own feature length interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe's original short story about a servant who plots to murder his master because of his 'vulture' eye.
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Joe Orton Laid Bare
Title: Joe Orton Laid Bare
Character: Himself
Released: November 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Exploring the wit, work and world of Joe Orton through his own words, and the testimony of those who knew him and worked with him.
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The Future of Work and Death
Title: The Future of Work and Death
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 25, 2016
Type: Movie
The documentary focuses on how future technology could significantly change the two inevitable features of the human experience: punching the clock and fading away. With advanced automation and artificial intelligence, the utopia of the end of human labor or the dystopia of widespread unemployment could not be a thing of science fiction. Scientists, engineers and academics all come together to share their thoughts on the future.
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Respectable: The Mary Millington Story
Title: Respectable: The Mary Millington Story
Character: Himself
Released: April 7, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and tragic death of Mary Millington - Britain's most famous pornographic actress of the 1970s.
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Tin
Title: Tin
Character: Zachariah Bennett
Released: April 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Cornwall 1895: a blatant swindle by the local bank threatens the life of a remote mining village. The fate of its whole community hangs on the courage of one feisty young maid.
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The Film That Buys the Cinema
Title: The Film That Buys the Cinema
Released: October 14, 2014
Type: Movie
A collection of films from an eclectic array of contributors commissioned to raise funds for the Bristol independent cinema The Cube.
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Katherine of Alexandria
Title: Katherine of Alexandria
Character: Marcellus
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West. Contains the last film role of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released.
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Title: Father Brown
Character: Father Francis Palfreyman
Released: January 14, 2013
Type: TV
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.
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The Door
Title: The Door
Character: Henry
Released: October 12, 2012
Type: Movie
A man of incredible wealth and power is haunted by a childhood memory.
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Cockneys vs Zombies
Title: Cockneys vs Zombies
Character: Eric
Released: August 31, 2012
Type: Movie
A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack during a zombie apocalypse in the East End of London.
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Swandown
Title: Swandown
Character: Himself
Released: July 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Director Andrew Kötting and writer Iain Sinclair sail a swan-shaped pedalo from Hastings to Hackney in London in the build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Outside Bet
Title: Outside Bet
Character: Alfie Hobnails
Released: April 27, 2012
Type: Movie
A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.
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Director of Devils
Title: Director of Devils
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 2012
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes of the making of Ken Russell's 1971 film 'The Devils. Shown are the construction of the sets, filming of the courtroom scene, the performance of the musical score for the execution scene.
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Weekend Retreat
Title: Weekend Retreat
Character: Paulie
Released: November 5, 2011
Type: Movie
Weekend Retreat is a darkly comic thriller set in an isolated house in the picturesque Cornish countryside. Karen Campbell has brought her husband Duncan away for a 'quiet weekend', a chance to communicate and rebuild their fractured marriage. Duncan plays along but seems distant. During their first night they're taken hostage by Kevin and Gary, estrange brothers desperate for money who thought the house was empty. Gaffer taped back to back the Campbell's marriage is pushed to the limit while the brothers can't stop bickering long enough to get the job done. As the weekend draws on the stakes are raised as secrets are revealed and body parts lost.
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Billy the Kid
Title: Billy the Kid
Character: Billy
Released: October 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Michael Morpurgo's heart warming story of a champion Chelsea footballer set against the backdrop of the Second World War.
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Irish Jam
Title: Irish Jam
Character: Pat Duffy
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize -- the deed to their local pub. But what could happen when a duplicitous American rapper emerges as the best poet around?
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The Football Factory
Title: The Football Factory
Character: Bill Farrell
Released: May 13, 2004
Type: Movie
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough and using their fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.
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Title: Keen Eddie
Released: June 3, 2003
Type: TV
Keen Eddie is an American action, comedy-drama television series that aired in 2003 on the Fox Network. The series follows a brash NYPD detective who goes to London when one of his cases goes sour and remains to work with New Scotland Yard. The basic premise of the show bears a close resemblance to the popular 1980s British series Dempsey & Makepeace, the only notable difference being that the female partner has been replaced by a female housemate. Stylistically, the series derived inspiration from British feature films by Guy Ritchie, such as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. The soundtrack and incidental music for the first episode was provided by British techno duo Orbital. Daniel Ash of Love and Rockets scored the rest of the series.
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Song for a Raggy Boy
Title: Song for a Raggy Boy
Character: Brother Tom
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: Movie
William Franklin is a teacher who was born in Ireland and moved to the United States only to repatriate in 1939 after his leftist political views cause him to lose his job. Franklin becomes the first non-cleric instructor at St. Jude's, a school for wayward boys run by Brother John, who is a firm believer in strong discipline.
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Tomorrow La Scala!
Title: Tomorrow La Scala!
Character: Dennis
Released: December 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Members of a British opera troupe mount a production of "Sweeney Todd" within a maximum-security prison.
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Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Title: Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Character: Self
Released: November 24, 2002
Type: Movie
Hell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark Kermode chats to Russell as well as two of the film’s stars, Georgina Hale and Murray Melvin. Also included are scenes that were cut from the released film for being too controversial.
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Mapping Perception
Title: Mapping Perception
Released: July 28, 2002
Type: Movie
A documentary examining the causes and effects of Joubert syndrome – a rare hereditary brain disorder, which affects both the motor and intellectual development of its sufferers.
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David Copperfield
Title: David Copperfield
Character: Mr. Dick
Released: December 25, 2001
Type: Movie
After the death of his father and a second wedding of his mother, David Copperfield suffers from his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone. The mother dies shortly after the death of another child, whereupon Mr. Murdstone sends David to London, where he has to work for a starvation wage.Here he makes some new friends, but soon flees from the capital of England to his aunt Traddles in Canterbury, where he is adopted by her.
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This Filthy Earth
Title: This Filthy Earth
Character: Papa
Released: November 10, 2001
Type: Movie
The tragic story of two sisters whose lives are disrupted by two men. Amidst a landscape of rural hardship and a community consumed with superstition, events unfurl which threaten their sibling bond.
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Up at the Villa
Title: Up at the Villa
Character: Harold Atkinson
Released: April 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
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Title: Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Released: March 18, 2000
Type: TV
A modern day version of the 1969 detective series about Private Investigator Jeff Randall, who is aided in cases by the ghost of his deceased partner Marty Hopkirk.
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The Tichborne Claimant
Title: The Tichborne Claimant
Character: Onslow Onslow
Released: August 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.
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Incognito
Title: Incognito
Character: Offul
Released: November 14, 1997
Type: Movie
Harry Donovan is an art forger who paints fake Rembrandt picture for $500,000. The girl he meets and gets into bed with in Paris, Marieke, turns out to be an arts expert Harry's clients are using to check the counterfeit picture he painted.
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Moses
Title: Moses
Character: Hoherpriester
Released: December 18, 1995
Type: Movie
When Pharaoh Rameses II begins to tighten the noose on his Jewish slaves, Israelite Moses, called upon by God, leads his people to freedom.
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Orlando
Title: Orlando
Character: King James I
Released: December 11, 1992
Type: Movie
England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.
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Title: Highlander: The Series
Character: Father Robert
Released: October 3, 1992
Type: TV
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
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Title: Tales From The Poop Deck
Released: April 7, 1992
Type: TV
Tales from the Poop Deck is a CITV children's comedy programme about Connie Blackheart's adventures as a pirate, and her battles with Admiral De'Ath. It is set in the 18th century. Premiering in April 1992 with 25-minute episodes, it was cancelled later that same year.
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Edward II
Title: Edward II
Character: Bishop of Winchester
Released: October 18, 1991
Type: Movie
England, 14th century. King Edward II falls in love with Piers Gaveston, a young man of humble origins, whom he honors with favors and titles of nobility. The cold and jealous Queen Isabella conspires with the evil Mortimer to get rid of Gaveston, overthrow her husband and take power…
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Nineteen96
Title: Nineteen96
Character: Dep. Commissioner Sir Harry Streeter
Released: September 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption
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The Rainbow
Title: The Rainbow
Character: MacAllister
Released: May 5, 1989
Type: Movie
Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beautiful young woman full of imagination and ambition. The free-spirited Ursula begins to feel trapped by her prim surroundings, but her life changes when she has an erotic experience with Winifred, a bisexual teacher. From then on, Ursula puts all of her passion and creativity into the pursuit of sexual fulfillment. But her insatiable quest becomes a source of anguish.
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Title: The Beiderbecke Connection
Character: Mr Carter
Released: November 27, 1988
Type: TV
The Beiderbecke Connection is a four-part British television serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1988. It is the third and final part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. Now with a baby in tow, Jill and Trevor are asked by Big Al to look after a refugee called "Ivan".
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Water's Edge
Title: Water's Edge
Character: Vicar
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Lucy discovers the body of a Second World War pilot in the village pond.
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Title: The Beiderbecke Tapes
Released: December 13, 1987
Type: TV
The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part British television drama serial written by Alan Plater and broadcast in 1987. It is the second serial in The Beiderbecke Trilogy and stars James Bolam and Barbara Flynn as schoolteachers Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne. When a tape recording of a conversation about nuclear waste inadvertently falls into Trevor's hands, Trevor and Jill find themselves being pursued by national security agents.
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A State of Emergency
Title: A State of Emergency
Character: Mikhail S. Petrov
Released: November 1, 1986
Type: Movie
This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Martin Sheen) is a physicist who becomes convinced that if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to test nuclear weapons, eventually one of these tests will set off an atomic chain reaction that will obliterate the world. Carmody travels to Portugal where he tries talks to one of the women who in 1911 saw a vision of the Virgin Mary that spoke to her and her two companions about the future. Carmody is certain that the Virgin Mary predicted the very chain reaction he and his co-worker Dr. Kenneth Parrish (Peter Firth) envision. Failing in his attempt to talk to the woman, Carmody then travels to Paris and elsewhere, warning Soviet and American officials that the tests they are planning should be cancelled before they become their last.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Arthur
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Lovejoy
Character: Tinker Dill
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: Dempsey and Makepeace
Character: Bailey
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: TV
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989. The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
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Title: The Beiderbecke Affair
Character: Mr. Carter
Released: January 6, 1985
Type: TV
The Beiderbecke Affair is a television series produced in the United Kingdom by ITV during 1985, written by the prolific Alan Plater, whose lengthy credits to British Television since the 1960s included the preceding 4 part mini series Get Lost! for ITV in 1981. The Beiderbecke Affair has a similar style to Get Lost!, where Neville Keaton and Judy Threadgold played in an ensemble cast. Although The Beiderbecke Affair was intended as a sequel to Get Lost!, Alun Armstrong proved to be unavailable and the premise was reworked. It is the first part of The Beiderbecke Trilogy with the two sequel series being The Beiderbecke Tapes and The Beiderbecke Connection.
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The House
Title: The House
Character: Mr. Janek
Released: September 27, 1984
Type: Movie
Set in 1884, and based on the assumption that Britain is one of the Baltic states between Russia and Latvia, making it part of Europe instead of an off-shore island. It is winter 1884. To gain access to the sea, England has declared war on Latvia and believes herself to be winning. But Russia has sided with Latvia and England is doomed. The action takes place on New Year’s Eve in a country house on the Anglo-Latvian border. The guests are a cross section of the ruling classes.
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Slags
Title: Slags
Character: Marlon's Father
Released: February 11, 1984
Type: Movie
Teen-age gang leaders Passion and Little Sister are released from prison, only to find that their gang the Slags has disbanded due to a rival gang, the Hawaiians, who wear garlands and drink Pina Coladas.
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Those Glory Glory Days
Title: Those Glory Glory Days
Character: Arthur - Journalist
Released: November 17, 1983
Type: Movie
Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
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Title: Widows
Character: Boxer Davis
Released: March 16, 1983
Type: TV
Three armed robbers--Harry Rawlins, Terry Miller, and Joe Pirelli--die when the security van that they are robbing catches fire in the Kingsway Tunnel in London. Their widows--Dolly Rawlins, Shirley Miller, and Linda Pirelli--find their husbands' plans for the robbery and decide to stage it themselves.
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Title: Widows
Released: March 16, 1983
Type: TV
Three armed robbers--Harry Rawlins, Terry Miller, and Joe Pirelli--die when the security van that they are robbing catches fire in the Kingsway Tunnel in London. Their widows--Dolly Rawlins, Shirley Miller, and Linda Pirelli--find their husbands' plans for the robbery and decide to stage it themselves.
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The Disappearance of Harry
Title: The Disappearance of Harry
Character: Stan Harris
Released: December 8, 1982
Type: Movie
Harry Webster (David Lyon) is an apparently normal husband and father who resides in contemporary Nottingham, England, which was once host to a flourishing textile industry. One day, Harry leaves his house and vanishes. A note he left behind alludes to a double life he no longer wishes to lead. His wife Liz (Annette Crosbie) conducts a search for her husband. Her findings raise a disturbing question: Did Harry have anything to do with a series of recent factory bombings?
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Title: The Comic Strip Presents...
Character: Marlon's Father
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.
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Brimstone & Treacle
Title: Brimstone & Treacle
Character: Stroller
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
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Title: Smiley's People
Released: September 20, 1982
Type: TV
Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization, the Circus, so overwhelmed by political considerations that it doesn't want to know what happened. He begins to follow up the clues of his friends past days, discovering that the clues lead to a high person in the Russian Secret service, and a secret important enough to kill for.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Neldricken
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: TV
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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George & Mildred
Title: George & Mildred
Character: Jacko
Released: October 10, 1980
Type: Movie
Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper is determined to make husband George celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. However, upon arrival George is mistaken by a gangland criminal for a rival hitman, and soon the Ropers find themselves up to their necks in trouble on the wrong side of the law!
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The Island
Title: The Island
Character: Dr. Brazil
Released: June 13, 1980
Type: Movie
David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.
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Title: The Gentle Touch
Character: Ted Oates
Released: April 11, 1980
Type: TV
The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.
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The London Connection
Title: The London Connection
Character: Goetz
Released: December 21, 1979
Type: Movie
A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of American tourists caught right in the middle.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Detective Sergeant Jack Sherrard
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.
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The Playbirds
Title: The Playbirds
Character: Hern
Released: July 6, 1978
Type: Movie
In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.
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The Big Sleep
Title: The Big Sleep
Character: Lanny
Released: March 13, 1978
Type: Movie
Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
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No. 1 of the Secret Service
Title: No. 1 of the Secret Service
Character: K.R.A.S.H. Leader
Released: October 31, 1977
Type: Movie
No. 1 is fearless, irrestible, and licensed to kill. No. 1 is assigned to capture a madman killing international financiers. Before getting the bad guy, No. 1 encounters mercenaries from the evil organization K.R.A.S.H. (Killing, Rape, Arson, Slaughter, and Hit).
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The Prince and the Pauper
Title: The Prince and the Pauper
Character: Hodge
Released: June 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other's life.
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Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Title: Porridge: The Desperate Hours
Character: Reg Urwin
Released: December 24, 1976
Type: Movie
Fletcher and Godber are in trouble for brewing liquor in the lead-up to Christmas, but are caught up in a hostage situation in the Governor's office.
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The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Title: The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Character: McClaren
Released: December 15, 1976
Type: Movie
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
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Fellini's Casanova
Title: Fellini's Casanova
Character: Duca di Wuertemberg
Released: December 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person? Is he really alive?
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Pure as a Lily
Title: Pure as a Lily
Character: Jack
Released: March 11, 1976
Type: Movie
Anthony M. Wilson is an English gentleman. He has a string of restaurants in London plus a beautiful house decorated with all the trendy art he can get.
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One Hour to Zero
Title: One Hour to Zero
Character: Mike Ellis
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Steve runs away from home, having argued with his father, and hides in a slate mine where his friend Paul finds him and brings him back. However, on returning to their village the two boys find the place completely deserted. Or so they think.
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Kill Two Birds
Title: Kill Two Birds
Released: October 28, 1975
Type: Movie
Two female tourists are taken hostage by an ex-con attempting to recover money he once robbed from a bank.
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Title: Cilla's Comedy Six
Released: January 15, 1975
Type: TV
In a similar vane to Ronnie Barker’s Seven Of One, Cilla Black dips her toe into the world of sitcom, each week playing a different character in six one off comedy plays.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Max Deller
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: Porridge
Character: Reg Urwin
Released: September 5, 1974
Type: TV
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Criminal
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
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Diamonds on Wheels
Title: Diamonds on Wheels
Character: Finch
Released: August 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Three kids get mixed up with jewel thieves and stolen diamonds in a 24-hour road rally.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Gadder
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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Paganini Strikes Again
Title: Paganini Strikes Again
Character: Raddings
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Two schoolboy musicians help to catch a jewel thief
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Madame Sin
Title: Madame Sin
Character: Monk
Released: January 15, 1972
Type: Movie
A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
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A Town Called Hell
Title: A Town Called Hell
Character: Spectre
Released: October 27, 1971
Type: Movie
A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
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Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Title: Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
Character: Starshot
Released: July 29, 1971
Type: Movie
Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that... Living in Shackleton’s derelict hut, Forbush is alone at the frozen edge of the world, his only links to civilisation a two-way radio and letters to his elusive, would-be girlfriend, Tara, in London. Through an often ferocious winter in the company of the penguins, he grows increasingly attached to his hardy, endearing subjects – learning profound lessons in endurance and humility.
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The Devils
Title: The Devils
Character: Baron de Laubardemont
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by a sexually repressed nun.
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One More Time
Title: One More Time
Character: Wilson
Released: May 1, 1970
Type: Movie
London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.
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The Walking Stick
Title: The Walking Stick
Character: Ted Sandymount
Released: April 15, 1970
Type: Movie
A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her life she is truly happy. This happiness is short lived, however, as little by little she discovers her partner has been lying to her about his past. It is soon revealed that he and his friends have been planning to rob the auction house that she works for and they require her inside knowledge in order to pull off the crime.
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Crossplot
Title: Crossplot
Character: Warren
Released: November 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous killers.
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Title: Department S
Character: Sonny
Released: September 9, 1969
Type: TV
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
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Death of a Private
Title: Death of a Private
Character: Private Watt
Released: December 13, 1967
Type: Movie
An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.
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The Baron: The Island
Title: The Baron: The Island
Character: Bran Carlton
Released: January 11, 1967
Type: Movie
TV episode released in theaters.
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Title: Mystery and Imagination
Released: January 29, 1966
Type: TV
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 by the ITV network and produced by ABC and Thames Television.
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Rotten to the Core
Title: Rotten to the Core
Character: Jelly
Released: July 14, 1965
Type: Movie
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins
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The Leather Boys
Title: The Leather Boys
Character: Pete
Released: March 8, 1964
Type: Movie
An immature teenager marries a young biker but becomes disenchanted with the realities of working class marriage and her husband's relationship with his best friend.
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Title: The Human Jungle
Character: Leigh
Released: March 30, 1963
Type: TV
The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Eddy Black
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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The Boys
Title: The Boys
Character: Stanley Herbert "Stan" Coulter
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
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Go to Blazes
Title: Go to Blazes
Character: Boy Lover
Released: April 18, 1962
Type: Movie
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.
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Title: Z-Cars
Released: January 2, 1962
Type: TV
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Dexter
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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The Cupboard
Title: The Cupboard
Character: Police Constable
Released: December 11, 1960
Type: Movie
When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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A Night to Remember
Title: A Night to Remember
Character: Lookout (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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Title: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Character: Finch
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.