Andrew Sachs

Andrew Sachs

Born: April 7, 1930
Died: November 23, 2016
in Berlin, Germany
Andrew Sachs was a German-born British actor. He made his name on British television and is best known for his portrayals of Manuel in Fawlty Towers, a role for which he was BAFTA-nominated and also as Ramsay Clegg in Coronation Street.

Movies for Andrew Sachs...

Breaking the Bank
Title: Breaking the Bank
Character: Jenkins
Released: June 3, 2016
Type: Movie
With ruthless US and Japanese investment banks circling Tuftons, a struggling two-hundred-year-old, family-run British bank, can its bumbling, incompetent chairman, Sir Charles Bunbury, fend off the onslaught and save the bank?
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Title: Spies of Warsaw
Character: Herschenson
Released: January 9, 2013
Type: TV
A military attaché at the French embassy is drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal and intrigue in the diplomatic salons and back alleys of Warsaw. A classic tale of spying, intrigue, and romance, based on the novels of Alan Furst and adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
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Quartet
Title: Quartet
Character: Bobby Swanson
Released: December 26, 2012
Type: Movie
Cissy, Reggie, and Wilf are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean, who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.
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Run For Your Wife
Title: Run For Your Wife
Character: Clumsy Waiter
Released: May 16, 2012
Type: Movie
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!
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Title: Going Postal
Character: Groat
Released: May 30, 2010
Type: TV
Moist von Lipwig is a con-man with a particular talent-- he is utterly unremarkable. When his execution is stayed in Terry Pratchett's remarkable Discworld, he must work off his debt to society as the land's head Postman. Things are not always as they seem, and soon Lipwig is delivering mail for his very life!
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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Title: Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Character: Self / Manuel
Released: May 10, 2009
Type: Movie
30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making of this classic sitcom.
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We Are Most Amused
Title: We Are Most Amused
Character: Self
Released: November 15, 2008
Type: Movie
We Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour of the 60th birthday of Charles, Prince of Wales, in aid of The Prince's Trust. Prince Charles attended the event with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and younger son Prince Harry. The show had a similar format to the Royal Variety Show and showcased a variety of comedy acts. The performance was televised by ITV to the public on 15 November 2008. Robin Williams made his first UK stage appearance in more than 25 years. Tickets were sold to the general public and the event sold out in one hour.
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Title: All Star Mr & Mrs
Released: April 12, 2008
Type: TV
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Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Title: Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Character: Mr. Loveday
Released: May 7, 2006
Type: Movie
Satirical drama by Evelyn Waugh, adapted by Sam Hobkinson. Visiting her father Lord Moping in the county asylum, Angela meets a fellow inmate who appears far too sane to be locked up in an institution. She manages to get him released, but he returns two hours later, having achieved a terrible ambition.
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Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David
Title: Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David
Character: Himself - Narrator (voice)
Released: January 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Ricky Gervais meets one of his comedy heroes, Larry David, much-lauded writer and co-creator of the huge hit series Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Fawlty Towers Revisited
Title: Fawlty Towers Revisited
Character: Himself
Released: December 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Fawlty Towers Revisited features the 80-minute, 30th anniversary retrospective TV special on one of the world’s funniest and best-loved comedies, as well as an additional 10 minutes of behind-the-scenes stories and recollections from recent interviews with Fawlty Towers’ cast and crew.
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Benjamin's Struggle
Title: Benjamin's Struggle
Released: November 26, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1930s Germany, a young boy attempts to steal the original manuscript of Hitler's Mein Kampf in the hope that it will end the suffering of his family.
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Title: Egypt
Character: Narrator
Released: October 30, 2005
Type: TV
Television drama serial about various archaeological discoveries taking place in that country's history, with the occasional 'flashback' scene involving actors portraying the ancient Egyptians themselves.
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Title: This World
Released: January 4, 2004
Type: TV
The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing "Correspondent".
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Doctor Who: Shada
Title: Doctor Who: Shada
Character: Skagra (voice)
Released: May 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Where the Fourth Doctor left off, the Eighth Doctor comes to finish the job. With Romana and K9 by his side, they have to stop the evil Skagra. A remounted version of the abandoned Fourth Doctor serial, rewritten to feature the Eighth Doctor and fit in with the Big Finish audio drama continuity.
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Nowhere in Africa
Title: Nowhere in Africa
Character: Mr. Rubens
Released: December 11, 2001
Type: Movie
A Jewish woman named Jettel Redlich flees Nazi Germany with her daughter Regina, to join her husband, Walter, on a farm in Kenya. At first, Jettel refuses to adjust to her new circumstances, bringing with her a set of china dishes and an evening gown. While Regina adapts readily to this new world, forming a strong bond with her father's cook, an African named Owuor.
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Title: Attachments
Released: September 26, 2000
Type: TV
Claudia Harrison and Justin Pierre star as Mike and Luce, a married couple who also run a startup company that produces a music website.
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Title: That Peter Kay Thing
Released: January 12, 2000
Type: TV
That Peter Kay Thing is a series of six spoof documentaries shown on Channel 4 in January 1999. Set in and around Bolton, these follows the lives of different characters and stars Peter Kay as the subject of each documentary. All of the episodes display Kay's penchant for nostalgic humour and unsympathetic lead characters. The series was narrated by Andrew Sachs. Many of the plot lines were based around actual events from Kay's life. At least six of the characters appear in the spin-off series Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights.
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Title: Jack of Hearts
Character: Peter Pryce
Released: August 4, 1999
Type: TV
Jack Denby, a tough-talking probation officer born and raised in London, finds that life - and crime - takes on a very different face when he is forced to move to Cardiff when his partner accepts her dream job as a university lecturer.
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Title: The Legend of the Lost Keys
Character: George Gardener
Released: January 12, 1998
Type: TV
The Legend of the lost keys is an educational BBC Look and Read production, which was first aired on BBC Two on 12 January 1998, and has been shown regularly ever since.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
Title: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: The First 50 Years
Character: Presenter
Released: June 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Go behind the scenes with one of London's most important musical institutions.
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Title: Incredible Journeys
Released: January 2, 1997
Type: TV
BBC Natural History documentary narrate by Andrew Sachs
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Title: The Forgotten Toys
Character: Additional Voices (voice)
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: TV
The Forgotten Toys is an animated series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment, featuring the voices of Joanna Lumley and Bob Hoskins. The voice of Andrew Sachs is also featured. It is a poignant tale of abandoned toys who are searching for a child to love them.
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Taxandria
Title: Taxandria
Character: André / Superintendent
Released: February 21, 1996
Type: Movie
A lighthouse guardian leads a young prince towards an imaginary world, Taxandria, where the boy learns about the power of love and the value of liberty. A totalitarian regime has forbidden time: time watches have been confiscated, photo cameras are illegal as they freeze a point in time. A typical Servais theme: a power is oppressed by a constraint that denies what is best in the individual, and therefore has to be twisted in various ways, to establish an entirely artificial world, that has rules that may question some of the rules of our world at this side of the mirror.
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Title: Silent Witness
Character: Josef Horowitz
Released: February 21, 1996
Type: TV
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
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The Forgotten Toys
Title: The Forgotten Toys
Character: Chef / Old Man (voice)
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
A festive tale about two lost toys searching for a new home.
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Title: William's Wish Wellingtons
Character: Narrator
Released: October 25, 1994
Type: TV
William's Wish Wellingtons is an animated BBC children's television series made by Hibbert Ralph Entertainment that was first aired from 25 October 1994 to 28 November 1997. It was narrated by Andrew Sachs of Fawlty Towers fame. It was also translated into Gaelic and aired as Botannan Araid Uilleim on BBC Two Scotland during the morning. It was also shown on the American TV show Big Bag
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Title: Pirates
Released: October 6, 1994
Type: TV
Pirates is a British children's television sitcom about a family of pirates living in a council house. It featured a number of bizarre characters, such as the "Man in a Sack" and a baby in a pram which was never seen, but gave off a mysterious green glow. The series ran from 1994 to 1997 on Children's BBC, and featured Liz Smith as "Gran".
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Faust
Title: Faust
Character: All Voices (voice)
Released: September 10, 1994
Type: Movie
A very free adaptation of Marlowe's 'Doctor Faustus', Goethe's 'Faust' and various other treatments of the old legend of the man who sold his soul to the devil. A nondescript man is lured by a strange map into a sinister puppet theatre, where he finds himself immersed in an indescribably weird version of the play, blending live actors, clay animation and giant puppets.
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Title: Eyewitness
Character: Narrator
Released: September 5, 1994
Type: TV
Dive into the field of natural science, Discover the Solar System or the various functions of the human body. The information is presented in the "Eyewitness Museum", a computer-generated science museum. Various exhibits are shown, and stock video footage is usually seen through large windows or other depressions in the wall.
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Title: Every Silver Lining
Released: May 27, 1993
Type: TV
Nat Silver (Andrew Sachs) and his wife Shirley (Frances De La Tour) run a cafe, the Silver Diner in the East End of London. With the help of their daughter Lorraine (Sarah Malin) and waiters Dean (Danny Swanson) and Willie (Oscar Quitak), the Silvers struggle to make a living.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.
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Title: The Dream Machine
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: November 17, 1991
Type: TV
A five-part series about the origins, history and impact of the computer, a machine that changed the world.
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Title: Cluedo
Character: Himself
Released: July 25, 1990
Type: TV
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.
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Title: Under the Sun
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: May 25, 1989
Type: TV
BBC series exploring cultures around the world.
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Title: This Morning
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: TV
This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.
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Consuming Passions
Title: Consuming Passions
Released: April 6, 1988
Type: Movie
Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
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Spirits of the Forest
Title: Spirits of the Forest
Character: Narrator
Released: September 20, 1987
Type: Movie
Documentary on the species of lemur to be found on the island of Madagascar.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Father Morgan
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: Casualty
Character: Mendel Lan
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: Architecture at the Crossroads
Character: Narrator - (Voice)
Released: January 12, 1986
Type: TV
Ten films examining the main themes running through the world of contemporary architecture (1986)
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Title: There Comes A Time...
Released: February 20, 1985
Type: TV
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The Galactic Garden
Title: The Galactic Garden
Character: Vector
Released: January 2, 1985
Type: Movie
A pair of space travellers arrive on Earth to study the planet's lifeforms, landing in an English garden. However, on Earth they are about three quarters of an inch tall and therefore find themselves encountering its natural and giant indigenous life, such as worms, spiders, goldfish and a tortoise. A drama documentary on natural history with a science fiction twist.
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Title: Big Deal
Character: MC
Released: October 14, 1984
Type: TV
The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.
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Title: Tom O'Connor
Released: August 14, 1984
Type: TV
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Title: Natural World
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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Title: Countdown
Released: November 2, 1982
Type: TV
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
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It's Your Move
Title: It's Your Move
Character: Roadsweeper
Released: October 18, 1982
Type: Movie
A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Jimmy Edwards, Irene Handl, Bob Todd and Andrew Sachs.
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Title: Timewatch
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: September 29, 1982
Type: TV
Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 September 1982 and is produced by the BBC, the Timewatch brandname is used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can be found on US cable channels without the branding.
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Title: Dead Ernest
Released: February 15, 1982
Type: TV
Dead Ernest was a 1982 UK TV supernatural sitcom set in heaven starring Andrew Sachs in the role of Ernest Springer. It was broadcast on ITV from 15th February 1982 and was the first sitcom made by the newly formed Central Television. Ernest wins half a million pounds on the football pools. Unfortunately he is killed by a blow to the head from a stray champagne bottle cork. He subsequently ascends to heaven. Although the authorities in heaven admit that his death was an administrative error, as his kidneys have already been donated he cannot go back down to earth. The notion of a sitcom set in the afterlife was an intriguing one, but despite the original idea, some promising comic setpieces, Sachs' undoubted comedic abilities, and support from other seasoned comic actors such as Ken Jones, it was regarded as a disappointing effort, and only lasted for one series of seven episodes.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Moise Davidson
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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The Tempest
Title: The Tempest
Character: Trinculo
Released: February 27, 1980
Type: Movie
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a sorm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage. to the island. Prospero contrives his revenge.
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Title: Minder
Character: Sidney
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.
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Title: BBC Television Shakespeare
Released: December 3, 1978
Type: TV
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
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Title: Monkey
Character: Voice of Horse / Yu-Lung
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: TV
Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by Buddha, and getting these scriptures will bring peace to the people of the world.
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Revenge of the Pink Panther
Title: Revenge of the Pink Panther
Character: Hospital Inmate
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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Are You Being Served? The Movie
Title: Are You Being Served? The Movie
Character: Carlos
Released: June 10, 1977
Type: Movie
In this feature film version of the popular BBC sitcom, the staff of Grace Brothers go on holiday to Costa Plonka, where they find themselves in the middle of a revolution.
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James and the Giant Peach
Title: James and the Giant Peach
Character: Interviewer / 1st Naval Officer / Security Chief
Released: December 28, 1976
Type: Movie
A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.
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House of Mortal Sin
Title: House of Mortal Sin
Character: Man in Church
Released: February 3, 1976
Type: Movie
Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional hypocrisy, in which a troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, including blackmail and murder, just to get close to her.
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Title: Fawlty Towers
Character: Manuel
Released: September 19, 1975
Type: TV
Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.
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Robin Hood Junior
Title: Robin Hood Junior
Character: Friar
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Robin Hood Junior helps Maid Marion to escape from her wicked uncle.
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Title: Rising Damp
Character: Snell
Released: September 2, 1974
Type: TV
Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.
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Romance with a Double Bass
Title: Romance with a Double Bass
Character: Musician Zhuchkov
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A bassist shows up early for the betrothal ball of a beautiful princess, and whiles away the time having a dip in the river. The princess is doing the same, unbeknownst to the bass player, but when someone steals their clothes, the bass player helps the princess to preserve her dignity by transporting her back to the castle in his bass case, and along the way they discover they have feelings for each other. Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov.
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Title: Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Character: Walter Wagner
Released: April 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
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Title: Codename
Character: Stein
Released: April 7, 1970
Type: TV
Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge College. Eventually the series attained a more international flavour, although its base was always in Great Britain. Primarily Codename dealt with the themes of espionage and counter-espionage at the time of the Cold War of the sixties. Its cast contained many of Great Britain's most versatile and talented actors.
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If Only the Trains Came
Title: If Only the Trains Came
Character: Sergei Sergeich
Released: December 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Play based on a story by Chekhov. For Gromov, behind the bars of a mental ward, the railway is the one hope of escape. For the doctor in charge, Andrei, it is the link with civilisation which alone could rose him from the lethargy of life in provincial Russia.
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Number Ten
Title: Number Ten
Character: Nigel Fenn
Released: October 7, 1968
Type: Movie
The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African state, or referring the matter to the United Nations.
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Title: Callan
Released: July 8, 1967
Type: TV
Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.
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We Joined the Navy
Title: We Joined the Navy
Character: Short-Changed US Seaman
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Jacques
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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Title: Dial RIX
Released: September 12, 1962
Type: TV
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Nothing Barred
Title: Nothing Barred
Character: Convict
Released: October 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?
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Title: Coronation Street
Character: Ramsay Clegg
Released: December 9, 1960
Type: TV
The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.
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The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Title: The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Character: A.C. 2 Briggs
Released: October 10, 1959
Type: Movie
The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double for him and thereby draw attention to North Africa . An unlikely airman is found and tutored in the ways of an English officer.