Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Born: August 29, 1923
Died: August 24, 2014
in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit. He went on several bombing raids over Europe and filmed action from the rear gunner's position.

As a film director and producer, Attenborough won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street (1994) and Jurassic Park.

He was the older brother of David Attenborough, a naturalist and broadcaster, and John Attenborough, an executive at Alfa Romeo. He was married to actress Sheila Sim from 1945 until his death.

Movies for Richard Attenborough...

And the Winner Isn't
Title: And the Winner Isn't
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 8, 2017
Type: Movie
A satirical documentary charting Geoffrey Moore and his daughter Ambra’s journey through Hollywood, as the pair track down celebrities and industry insiders in their bid to find out what it takes to become an Academy Award winner.
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Diana: The People's Princess
Title: Diana: The People's Princess
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A princess so tragically taken in the prime of her life. Follow the fascinated tale of Princess Diana… The peoples Princess.
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Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Title: Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character: Self
Released: August 25, 2014
Type: Movie
The life story of the film director, movie star and industry figure who furthered the cause of cinema: Lord Richard Attenborough.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Title: Talking Pictures
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 5, 2013
Type: TV
A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.
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Return to Jurassic Park
Title: Return to Jurassic Park
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 5, 2011
Type: Movie
A multi-part documentary about the making of the Jurassic Park trilogy. Each part walks through the making of part of one of the films, including the hurricane during the shooting of the first film, and how advances in CGI for Jurassic Park helped change the world of special effects forever. All interviews for these retrospective documentaries come with comments from Spielberg, Johnston, Neill, Dern, Goldblum, the effects crews, the child actors, and Peter Stormare. This documentary is broken into six parts: Dawn of a New Era (25 min), Making Prehistory (20 min), The Next Step in Evolution (15 min), Finding the Lost World (28 min), Something Survived (16 min), and The Third Adventure (25 min).
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Strolling Into the Sunset
Title: Strolling Into the Sunset
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Chaplin (1992).
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The Most Famous Man in the World!
Title: The Most Famous Man in the World!
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at Charlie Chaplin and his rise to fame.
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Chaplin the Hero
Title: Chaplin the Hero
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2008
Type: Movie
Short documentary exploring the fame and talent of Charlie Chaplin.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Title: Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Friends, family, co-stars and admirers of actor Steve McQueen talk about his life and his movie career.
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Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Title: Toward the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary portrait of composer Malcolm Arnold. Broadcast in two parts on The South Bank Show but premiered in its entirety at the Royal Festival Hall
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Within the Way Without
Title: Within the Way Without
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
At the dawn of the new millenium, a Dutch social worker, a famous Japanese poet and a Brazilian girl has made the road to Santiago and back to their countries, they recall the experience. The trip is also a journey into themselves, sharing physical and spiritual space with millions of pilgrims have made their way from the Middle Ages.
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The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Title: The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Character: Self
Released: August 24, 2003
Type: Movie
Two-part Arena special celebrating the life and distinguished career of one of Britain's best-loved public figures. Lord Attenborough's film CV as actor stretches from Brighton Rock to Jurassic Park, while as director he has been responsible for Oh! What a Lovely War, Shadowlands and Gandhi. He has also been integral to the work of many charities, while his support for minority groups has led to the building of a Centre for Disability and the Arts. Part one examines his early career and follows Attenborough as he visits his childhood home, travels to Brighton and Hove, and reminisces with brothers John and Sir David. Part two explores his other lives as chancellor of Sussex University and vice-president of Chelsea FC, and examines the political commitment behind films such as Cry Freedom and 10 Rillington Place.
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Title: Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.
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Forever Ealing
Title: Forever Ealing
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 2002
Type: Movie
This is a history of the England's Ealing Film Studios, from its beginnings in 1902. It follows the studio's successes through the 1930's, World War II dramas, the well-known 'Ealing comedies' with Alec Guinness, and the BBC's television productions
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Puckoon
Title: Puckoon
Character: Writer/Director
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
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Title: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Character: Magog
Released: December 2, 2001
Type: TV
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Beyond Jurassic Park
Title: Beyond Jurassic Park
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Prepare to go deeper into the breathtaking adventures of the Jurassic Park Trilogy! Highlighted by fascinating, never-seen-before footage from all three Jurassic Park films, this DVD offers an exclusive look at deleted scenes, additional footage and other materials not shown on any theater screen.
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Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Title: Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.
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The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Title: The Children Who Cheated the Nazis
Character: Narrator
Released: September 28, 2000
Type: Movie
A documentary about the decisions parents made in evacuating their children out of harm's way (the Nazis), and being forced to stay behind, the parents realize that this may possibly be the last time they will see their loved ones.
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The Railway Children
Title: The Railway Children
Character: The Old Gentleman
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: Movie
Set at the turn of the 20th century, The Railway Children tells the story of three Edwardian children and their mother who move to a country house in Yorkshire after their father is mysteriously taken away by the police.
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Light Keeps Me Company
Title: Light Keeps Me Company
Character: Self
Released: August 26, 2000
Type: Movie
Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge. Written by Fredrik Klasson
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Title: Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Title: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Character: Jacob
Released: April 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt. Though beset with adversity, Joseph perseveres through wit and faith and becomes the Governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.
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The Spirit of Grey Owl
Title: The Spirit of Grey Owl
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Delves into the incredible story of the Englishman Archie Belaney who came to Canada and lived the life of an Ojibwa. He went on to become Canada’s best-known personality as an author and conservationist.
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Elizabeth
Title: Elizabeth
Character: Sir William Cecil
Released: September 13, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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Diana: Queen of Hearts
Title: Diana: Queen of Hearts
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: August 31, 1998
Type: Movie
Close friends, family and world leaders profile the life of the princess. Narrated by Sir Richard Attenborough.
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Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Title: Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century, Arena explores the rise of the legendary crooner Frank Sinatra from his early family background to overwhelming show business success. Interviews with friends, family and associates reveal a star-studded career in music and film alongside a fascinating private life of four marriages, liaison with the Kennedy family, Las Vegas business interests and an alleged association with the Mafia
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Title: The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Character: John Hammond
Released: May 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.
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The Making of 'The Lost World'
Title: The Making of 'The Lost World'
Character: Self
Released: May 8, 1997
Type: Movie
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film "The Lost World."
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: English Ambassador
Released: December 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.
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E=mc2
Title: E=mc2
Character: The Visitor
Released: January 5, 1996
Type: Movie
A physicist struggling to prove one of Einstein's theories still finds time to dabble in an extra-curricular relationship with one of his lab assistants. Meanwhile at home his under-sexed wife struggles under the assumption that he is hard at work with his experiments. All of which explodes when she discovers otherwise. Written by John Sacksteder
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The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Title: The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Character: Self / John Hammond
Released: April 23, 1995
Type: Movie
This documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Jurassic Park," one of the 90's biggest hits and a milestone in special effects development. Narrated by James Earl Jones, it includes footage of the filming process, as well as interviews with director Steven Spielberg, and other members of the cast and crew, who give their insights into what it was like working together on this project and the efforts it took to bring the film to completion.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Title: Miracle on 34th Street
Character: Kris Kringle
Released: November 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Six-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about childhood's most enduring miracle—Santa Claus. Her mother told her the secret about Santa a long time ago, but, after meeting a special department store Santa who's convinced he's the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something to believe in.
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In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Title: In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
Character: Self
Released: February 18, 1994
Type: Movie
A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.
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A Century of Cinema
Title: A Century of Cinema
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.
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Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Title: Audrey Hepburn: Remembered
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1993
Type: Movie
Audrey Hepburn was one of the movies' best-loved stars, blessed with beauty, talent, an elegant sophistication and an enduring aura of youthful innocence. As Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, she spoke for the world's suffering children and families, earning an affection and admiration that only increased with news of her untimely death. From the star herself we learn of her career and the family and friendships that were her priority.
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Jurassic Park
Title: Jurassic Park
Character: Hammond
Released: June 11, 1993
Type: Movie
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
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Picture of Europe
Title: Picture of Europe
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 1990
Type: Movie
What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between American independent and Hollywood movies and films from European directors. Featuring luminary iconoclasts from European cinema such as Agnes Varda, Bernardo Bertolucci and Pedro Almodovar, as well as American counterpoints from Paul Schrader, and those who have crossed back and forth, such as Paul Verhoeven
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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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Mother Teresa
Title: Mother Teresa
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: November 28, 1986
Type: Movie
We follow the daily activities of Mother Teresa and her nuns, in service to the poor of India and the world. Mother Teresa attends to the basic needs of her nuns and the poor, while at the same time, balances her role as world-recognized leader. Throughout the film, we witness personal and "behind-the-scenes" events, including the blessing ceremony of a nun becoming part of Mother Teresa's "Sisters of the Poor" convent.
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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Title: The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chronicles Pinewood's rise to success. - Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, Betty E. Box
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James Bond: The First 21 Years
Title: James Bond: The First 21 Years
Character: Self
Released: May 27, 1983
Type: Movie
A look back at the first 21 years of Britain's most successful film series.
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Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Title: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 1983
Type: Movie
The making of the film Gandhi (1982).
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The Human Factor
Title: The Human Factor
Character: Colonel John Daintry
Released: December 18, 1979
Type: Movie
A low-ranking Secret Service agent is conned into supplying information to Eastern Bloc countries. Although he is not a suspect due to his unimportant position, when his office partner is hauled in as a suspect he realises he has got himself into very deep water.
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The Chess Players
Title: The Chess Players
Character: General Outram
Released: October 2, 1977
Type: Movie
It is the year 1856. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the king of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British colonialists, intent on controlling this rich land, have sent general Outram on a secret mission to clear the way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political manoeuvres, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either—Court nobles Mir and Mirza, ignoring the situation of their country and all their duties towards their families, spend their days playing endless games of chess. The film is based on Munshi Premchand's short story of the same name.
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A Bridge Too Far
Title: A Bridge Too Far
Character: Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1977
Type: Movie
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
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Rosebud
Title: Rosebud
Character: Edward Sloat
Released: March 24, 1975
Type: Movie
In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.
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Brannigan
Title: Brannigan
Character: Cmdr. Charles Swann
Released: March 21, 1975
Type: Movie
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.
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Conduct Unbecoming
Title: Conduct Unbecoming
Character: Maggiore Lionel E. Roach
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack.
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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And Then There Were None
Title: And Then There Were None
Character: Judge Arthur Cannon
Released: September 24, 1974
Type: Movie
Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is killing them one by one. Could one of them be the killer?
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10 Rillington Place
Title: 10 Rillington Place
Character: John Christie
Released: February 10, 1971
Type: Movie
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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A Severed Head
Title: A Severed Head
Character: Palmer Anderson
Released: January 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Antonia Lynch-Gibbon, wife of upper-crust wine dealer Martin, falls in love with her husband's best friend, noted psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. While both Palmer and Antonia would like to remain in Martin's life, he has some secrets of his own — namely, a mistress called Georgie, whom his womanizing brother also desires. All the while, Palmer's sister Honor seems to know everyone's business.
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The Last Grenade
Title: The Last Grenade
Character: Gen. Charles Whiteley
Released: June 24, 1970
Type: Movie
British mercenaries (Stanley Baker, Alex Cord) finish their Congo feud in Hong Kong, with a woman (Honor Blackman) caught in the middle.
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Loot
Title: Loot
Character: Inspector Truscott
Released: May 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Two bank robbers, Dennis and Hal, are on the run from the police after a successful heist. Needing somewhere to hide the loot, they turn to a funeral parlour where they stash the cash in Hal's recently-deceased mother's coffin. Taking the coffin, they turn to Hal's father and hide it in the bathroom of his hotel. Before long the hotel is host to the eccentric Inspector Truscott.
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Don't Make Me Laugh
Title: Don't Make Me Laugh
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
A compilation of extracts from Children's Film Foundation productions: "The Rescue Squad", "Ali and the Camel", "The Salvage Gang", "Go Kart Go", "Danny the dragon", "A ghost of a chance" and "Peewee's pianola" (ep. from "The magnificent 6 1/2".
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Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
Title: Will the Real Mr. Sellers...
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 1969
Type: Movie
A BBC documentary portrait of Peter Sellers, filmed over a period of nine months in 1969 where director Tony Palmer interviews Sellers and friends and associates about the actor's career and life. At age 44, with 38 films already behind him, including Dr. Strangelove and two "Pink Panther" films, Sellers was then at the crest of his career. But his personal life, which included two bad marriages (and two more to come), a near-fatal 1964 heart attack, and increasingly disturbing personality disorders, was in tatters.
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The Magic Christian
Title: The Magic Christian
Character: Oxford Coach
Released: December 12, 1969
Type: Movie
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
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David Copperfield
Title: David Copperfield
Character: Mr. Tungay
Released: December 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A made for TV movie of the Charles Dickens' classic novel, turns Dickens' picaresque tale into an extended flashback, with David Copperfield Robin Phillips as a young man, brooding on a deserted beach, recalling his youth. The characters are all trotted out in choppy flashbacks as David remembers his life as a young orphan, brought to London and passed around from relatives, to guardians, to boarding school.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Title: The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Character: Robert Blossom
Released: September 11, 1968
Type: Movie
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Only When I Larf
Title: Only When I Larf
Character: Silas
Released: May 27, 1968
Type: Movie
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
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Doctor Dolittle
Title: Doctor Dolittle
Character: Albert Blossom
Released: December 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
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The Sand Pebbles
Title: The Sand Pebbles
Character: Frenchy Burgoyne
Released: December 20, 1966
Type: Movie
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
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The Flight of the Phoenix
Title: The Flight of the Phoenix
Character: Lew Moran
Released: December 15, 1965
Type: Movie
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
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Guns at Batasi
Title: Guns at Batasi
Character: Regimental Sgt. Major Lauderdale
Released: October 30, 1964
Type: Movie
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Title: Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Character: Bill
Released: June 19, 1964
Type: Movie
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
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The Third Secret
Title: The Third Secret
Character: Alfred Price-Gorham
Released: February 2, 1964
Type: Movie
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. However, the truth turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.
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The Great Escape
Title: The Great Escape
Character: Bartlett 'Big X'
Released: July 3, 1963
Type: Movie
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
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Trial and Error
Title: Trial and Error
Character: Herbert Fowle
Released: September 25, 1962
Type: Movie
After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his wife. Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall will not let go of the opportunity to plead his client as innocent and be a star in the courtroom.
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All Night Long
Title: All Night Long
Character: Rod Hamilton
Released: February 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.
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Only Two Can Play
Title: Only Two Can Play
Character: Gareth L. Probert
Released: January 19, 1962
Type: Movie
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
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The League of Gentlemen
Title: The League of Gentlemen
Character: Lexy
Released: April 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
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The Angry Silence
Title: The Angry Silence
Character: Tom Curtis
Released: March 10, 1960
Type: Movie
When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.
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SOS Pacific
Title: SOS Pacific
Character: Whitey Mullen
Released: October 14, 1959
Type: Movie
A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the passengers include a policeman and his smuggler prisoner, a slimey limey witness against him, a physicist, and a globe-hopping good-time girl. On the island they find a fleet of derelict ships, farm animals tethered, and cameras in a lead-lined bunker and a stark realisation soon dawns.
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Jet Storm
Title: Jet Storm
Character: Ernest Tilley
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
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I'm All Right Jack
Title: I'm All Right Jack
Character: Sidney De Vere Cox
Released: August 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
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Danger Within
Title: Danger Within
Character: Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Released: February 17, 1959
Type: Movie
Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.
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Sea of Sand
Title: Sea of Sand
Character: Brody
Released: November 4, 1958
Type: Movie
A small British army team is sent deep behind enemy lines to destroy a German petrol dump as part of the preparation for a major attack in the North African campaign. Sea of Sand was distributed in the US in a shortened version, Desert Patrol.
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The Man Upstairs
Title: The Man Upstairs
Character: Peter Watson
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: Movie
The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.
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Dunkirk
Title: Dunkirk
Character: John Holden
Released: March 20, 1958
Type: Movie
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
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The Scamp
Title: The Scamp
Character: Stephen Leigh
Released: October 7, 1957
Type: Movie
Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.
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Brothers in Law
Title: Brothers in Law
Character: Henry Marshall
Released: March 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
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The Baby and the Battleship
Title: The Baby and the Battleship
Character: Knocker White
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
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Private's Progress
Title: Private's Progress
Character: Pvt. Percival Henry Cox
Released: February 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.
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The Ship That Died of Shame
Title: The Ship That Died of Shame
Character: George Hoskins
Released: April 19, 1955
Type: Movie
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.
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Eight O'Clock Walk
Title: Eight O'Clock Walk
Character: Thomas Leslie Manning
Released: March 16, 1954
Type: Movie
Only a British cabdriver's (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O'Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.
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Box for One
Title: Box for One
Character: The Caller
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A man on the run from a gang of criminals makes a series of increasingly panicked calls from a phone booth.
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Father's Doing Fine
Title: Father's Doing Fine
Character: Dougall
Released: August 15, 1952
Type: Movie
Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The story revolves around the impending birth and the love affairs of the other three daughters; Bicky, with eccentric student Roly; Gerda, married to artist Wilfred; and Catherine, in love with the landlord's son, Clifford Magill. In addition, the impoverished Lady Buckering is being courted by Dr. Drew. Written by Les Adams
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Gift Horse
Title: Gift Horse
Character: Dripper Daniels
Released: June 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
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The Magic Box
Title: The Magic Box
Character: Jack Carter
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
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Hell Is Sold Out
Title: Hell Is Sold Out
Character: Pierre Bonnet
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.
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Morning Departure
Title: Morning Departure
Character: Stoker Snipe
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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Boys in Brown
Title: Boys in Brown
Character: Jackie Knowles
Released: December 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Borstal where he meets a tough crowd, tougher than anything on the outside.
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The Lost People
Title: The Lost People
Character: Jan
Released: August 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
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London Belongs to Me
Title: London Belongs to Me
Character: Percy Boon
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
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The Guinea Pig
Title: The Guinea Pig
Character: Jack Read
Released: October 26, 1948
Type: Movie
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
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Brighton Rock
Title: Brighton Rock
Character: Pinkie Brown
Released: January 9, 1948
Type: Movie
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
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Dancing with Crime
Title: Dancing with Crime
Character: Ted Peters
Released: June 25, 1947
Type: Movie
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.
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The Man Within
Title: The Man Within
Character: Francis Andrews
Released: May 19, 1947
Type: Movie
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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School for Secrets
Title: School for Secrets
Character: Jack Arnold
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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A Matter of Life and Death
Title: A Matter of Life and Death
Character: An English Pilot
Released: December 15, 1946
Type: Movie
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
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The True Glory
Title: The True Glory
Character: Commentator
Released: October 4, 1945
Type: Movie
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.
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Journey Together
Title: Journey Together
Character: David Wilton
Released: October 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
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The Hundred Pound Window
Title: The Hundred Pound Window
Character: Tommy Draper
Released: April 3, 1944
Type: Movie
An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
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Schweik's New Adventures
Title: Schweik's New Adventures
Character: Railway worker
Released: October 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Nazis are nothing to the wily good soldier Schweik (Lloyd Pearson).
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In Which We Serve
Title: In Which We Serve
Character: Young Stoker
Released: September 17, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.