William Hootkins

William Hootkins

Born: July 5, 1948
Died: October 23, 2005
in Dallas, Texas, USA
William Michael Hootkins was born on July 5, 1948, in Dallas, Texas. He moved to London, England in the early '70s and lived there up until 2002. Hootkins was an actor at Theatre Intime while attending Princeton University where he learned how to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. He also trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, and attended St. Marks, where he was in the same theater group as Tommy Lee Jones. The imposingly bulky and heavyset Hootkins first began acting in films and TV shows alike in the mid '70s. His more noteworthy parts include the first of the Rebel fighter pilots to get killed while attacking the Death Star in "Star Wars", scientist Topol's bumbling oaf assistant in "Flash Gordon", Major Eaton, sent by the US government in "Raiders of the Lost Ark", one of Rod Steiger's demented sons in "American Gothic", a corrupt police lieutenant in "Batman", a disgusting sleazy voyeur in "Hardware", a coarse South African police chief in "Dust Devil", the mysterious and duplicitous Mr. X in "Hear My Song", a haughty corporate executive in "Death Machine", Santa Claus in "Like Father, Like Santa", and an opera-singing vampire in "The Breed". Moreover, Hootkins had small parts in two "Pink Panther" pictures: he's a taxi driver in both "The Trail of the Pink Panther" and "Curse of the Pink Panther".

Among the TV shows he did guest spots on are "Yanks Go Home", "Agony", "Play for Today", "Tales of the Unexpected", "The Life and Times of David Lloyd George", "Brett Maverick", "Cagney and Lacey", "Taxi", "Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense", "Poirot", "Chancer", "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", "The Tomorrow People", "The West Wing", and "Absolute Power". Hootkins received many accolades for his outstanding performance as Sir Alfred Hitchcock in Terry Johnson's hit play "Hitchcock Blonde". In addition to his substantial film and TV credits, Hootkins was also a popular and prolific voice artist who recorded dozens of plays for BBC Radio Drama; he supplied the voices for such iconic individuals as Orson Welles, J. Edgar Hoover, and Winston Churchill. William Hootkins died of pancreatic cancer on October 23, 2005. IMDb Mini Biography

Movies for William Hootkins...

Colour Me Kubrick
Title: Colour Me Kubrick
Character: Frank Rich
Released: October 6, 2005
Type: Movie
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
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Dear Wendy
Title: Dear Wendy
Character: Marshall Walker
Released: February 4, 2005
Type: Movie
In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunslingers led by Dick Dandelion. Following a code of strict pacifism at odds with the fact that they all carry guns, the group eventually lets in Sebastian, the grandson of Dick's childhood nanny, Clarabelle, who fears the other gangs in the area. Dick and company try to protect Clarabelle, but events transpire that push the gang past posturing.
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Blessed
Title: Blessed
Character: Detective Lauderdale
Released: May 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Heather Graham and James Purefoy play a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed as infertile, and the couple can't afford the medical treatments that might allow her to conceive. Good fortune appears to be smiling on the couple when they are given an opportunity to receive free treatments at a mysterious fertility clinic.
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Mars: Pioneering the Planet
Title: Mars: Pioneering the Planet
Released: August 10, 2003
Type: Movie
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The Magnificent Ambersons
Title: The Magnificent Ambersons
Character: Uncle George
Released: January 12, 2002
Type: Movie
The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently widowed mother rekindles her relationship with the wealthy Eugene Morgan, who she left decades earlier in order to marry George's father. As George struggles to sabotage his mother's new romance, he must deal with his own romantic feelings for Morgan's daughter and the consequences of his meddling as his once great family falls into ruin due to his machinations...
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Hamilton Mattress
Title: Hamilton Mattress
Character: Senor Balustrade (voice)
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city.
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Title: Justice League
Character: Commander (voice)
Released: November 17, 2001
Type: TV
The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.
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The Breed
Title: The Breed
Character: Fusco
Released: July 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Vampires have come out of the shadows and are living as normal citizens. Two policemen, one a vampire, are assigned to track down a serial killer who tears the throat of his victims and drains their blood.
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Town & Country
Title: Town & Country
Character: Barney
Released: April 27, 2001
Type: Movie
Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends Mona and her husband Griffin. Deciding which direction to take often leads to unexpected encounters with hilarious consequences.
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Title: American Gangster
Character: Narrator
Released: August 10, 2000
Type: TV
The "war to end all wars" was over, but a new one was just beginning - on the streets of America. In one big city alone - Chicago - an estimated 1,300 gangs had spread like a deadly virus by the mid-1920s. By 1926, more than 12,000 murders were taking place every year across America. With the bootlegging and speakeasies the "Roaring Twenties" also saw bank robbery, kidnapping, auto theft, gambling, and drug trafficking become increasingly common crimes. Some gangsters, perhaps most notably Al Capone, have become infamous. 2003 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Al Capone. Capone went on to leave a lasting impression on western culture - the American Gangster.
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Title: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Character: Sergei Diaghilev
Released: July 12, 2000
Type: Movie
In the fourteenth film in the series, sixteen-year-old Indiana Jones joins an international trio of spies plotting against their German counterparts in the neutral city of Barcelona. Then later the same year, Indiana is reassigned to Prague where he is to receive an important phone call.
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Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Title: Animated Epics: Moby Dick
Character: Starbucks (voice)
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Paint-on-glass animation of the classic novel.
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The Omega Code
Title: The Omega Code
Character: Sir Percival Lloyd
Released: October 15, 1999
Type: Movie
In this spiritual thriller, an ancient prophecy is about to be fulfilled as a secret code brings the world to the edge of Apocalypse. Gillen Lane (Casper Van Dien) is a expert on theology and mythology who has gained international fame as a motivational speaker.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: U.S. Translator
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: TV
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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Like Father, Like Santa
Title: Like Father, Like Santa
Character: Santa Claus
Released: December 1, 1998
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous businessman, embittered by years of neglect from his true father, who happens to be Santa Claus, finds that after years of taking over numerous toy factories, he must save the holidays for the children of the world.
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Something to Believe In
Title: Something to Believe In
Character: Car Dealer
Released: May 8, 1998
Type: Movie
Reports of a weeping Madonna in Italy reach Las Vegas, where blackjack dealer Maggie has just learnt she has only weeks to live. With a massive leap of faith she convinces herself that seeing the Madonna with her own eyes could lead to her salvation, and travels to Europe to find it. Hitching through Italy, she meets pianist Mike, who is also en route to what he believes could be a life-changing event - a performance at the Barbarina concert in Naples.
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This World, Then the Fireworks
Title: This World, Then the Fireworks
Character: Jake Krutz
Released: July 11, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder.
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Title: Extreme Machines
Character: Narrator
Released: April 26, 1997
Type: TV
This series features some of the world's biggest and meanest machines and examines their complex mechanics.
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Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Title: Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest
Character: The Man
Released: January 19, 1997
Type: Movie
A young man's odyssey from a small town in Colorado to Budapest, in search of his estranged girlfriend.
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The Island of Dr. Moreau
Title: The Island of Dr. Moreau
Character: Kiril
Released: August 23, 1996
Type: Movie
A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.
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Virgin Mary
Title: Virgin Mary
Character: judge Marulic
Released: October 12, 1995
Type: Movie
In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Religious tourism blossoms. The communist government is concerned and arrests the priest.
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Funny Bones
Title: Funny Bones
Character: Al
Released: September 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.
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Death Machine
Title: Death Machine
Character: John Carpenter
Released: May 2, 1995
Type: Movie
Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.
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Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
Title: Time Life Animal Oddities: The Meanest Animal Alive
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Shows the killer instinct in action in an African honey badger, a savage, relentless predator which will attack any animal, seemingly for pure sport.
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Title: Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
Character: Loch Ness Monster (voice)
Released: October 29, 1994
Type: TV
Three young monsters — Ickis, Oblina and Krumm — attends an institute for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans.
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The NeverEnding Story III
Title: The NeverEnding Story III
Character: Bark Troll / Falkor (voice)
Released: October 26, 1994
Type: Movie
A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia.
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Title: Iron Man
Character: Crimson Dynamo (voice)
Released: September 24, 1994
Type: TV
Industrialist Tony Stark leads a private team of superheroes as Iron Man against the forces of evil.
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Predators of the Wild: African Survival
Title: Predators of the Wild: African Survival
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
African survival... on the ancient killing grounds of the African savanna, life belongs to the strong, the swift, the cunning. For creatures who are none of the above, death is as close as the nearest shadow, as swift as the beat of a heart. Become an intimate observer of the astonishing drama played out around the African water hole. On the sun-baked outskirts: parched herd animals desperate for the liquid shimmering before them. Between them and the water of life: leopard, lion, hyena and python lie in wait. The climax: a breathtaking display of predatory skill and sheer killing power unmatched anywhere in nature!
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Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
Title: Predators of the Wild: Crocodiles and Alligators
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Crocodiles and alligators... gaping, saw-toothed jaws, muscular, bone-crushing tails, a Jurassic vision of armoured, flesh-eating horror. Lurking beneath the murky surface, eyes and nostrils are barely visible as the oblivious victim ventures one step too near. A sudden explosion of lunging, scaled fury, a hopeless, panicked struggle... a silent, watery death. Crocodiles and alligators reign as the supreme predators in rivers and coastal areas around the globe. With a carnivorous heritage extending back to the age of dinosaurs, these primordial relics are worthy successors to the "terrible lizards" they so closely resemble.
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Age of Treason
Title: Age of Treason
Character: Senator Garrus
Released: June 20, 1993
Type: Movie
It's 69AD in Rome and streetwise hustler Marcus Didius Falco gets caught up in the death of the son of a man close to the new emperor, Vespasian. Hired by the victim's sister to discover the truth, Falco and his newly acquired slave, the gladiator Justus, uncover plots involving a cult which reaches into the Imperial household.
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The Milky Life
Title: The Milky Life
Character: Julian Reilly
Released: February 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Retired billionaire, Rooney, feels his family loves only his money and not him. He plans to live as an adult baby with his wet nurse, Sagebrecht. When thieves break into his mansion and hit him on the head, he starts to grow younger.
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The Cement Garden
Title: The Cement Garden
Character: Commander Hunt (voice)
Released: February 20, 1993
Type: Movie
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.
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Predators of the Wild: Snake
Title: Predators of the Wild: Snake
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A variety of unusual and frightening snakes are featured in this program. These unpredictable reptiles have appeared in both nature and recorded history for thousands of years. The huge appetite of the monstrous python and the toxicity of the Gaboon Viper are examined. Experts also comment on the spitting cobra's ability to hit its distant targets. The eating and mating habits of tropical sea snakes are compared to other snakes that exist exclusively on land. There's additional information about how snakes birth their young and how likely a particular snake is to attack when provoked.
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Predators of the Wild: Tiger
Title: Predators of the Wild: Tiger
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
This video examines the tiger, one of nature's greatest predators. It is part of a multi-volume Time Warner series that markets the ferocious, killing aspects of various wild animals.
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Predators of the Wild: Hawk
Title: Predators of the Wild: Hawk
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
This video examines the hawk, one of nature's greatest predators. It is part of a multi-volume Time Warner series that markets the ferocious, killing aspects of various wild animals.
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Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
Title: Predators of the Wild: Giant Tarantula
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
The secrets of the maligned and misunderstood tarantula are brought to light in the Discovery Channel's Predators of the Wild series portrait of the Giant Tarantula. The film presents an intimate look at the largest and most venomous spider species in the world. Shot on location, viewers observe the tarantula close-up as it waits in its 3-foot burrow until its prey of insects, frogs, snakes, birds and rodents come along. Footage also captures the tarantula's deadly mating ritual.
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Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
Title: Predators of the Wild: Polar Bear
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Polar bear… immensely powerful, ferociously cunning, lethally equipped for devastating exploitation of its frozen realm. Legendary for its endurance, hunting prowess and awesome strength, it is the largest and most formidable land predator of the planet’s most brutally unforgiving environment. Venture into the trackless Arctic wastes to witness the uncanny survival strategies developed by this magnificent creature – tactics honed to a killing edge during 250,000 years of adaptation to its icy kingdom. See why the largest of these fearsome bears, weighing more than two full-grown lions, stands as the undisputed predatory monarch of a pristine, unconquered land where man still ventures at his peril.
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Predators of the Wild: Wolf
Title: Predators of the Wild: Wolf
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Wolf... archetypal symbol of untamed ferocity and elemental, almost supernatural cunning. Drawn to the chase by the eerie howls of their killing song, the pack forms a single, bloodthirsty entity, bent on relentless pursuit, inevitable capture and swift, certain death. Journey to the spectacular, isolated mountain realms of northern Spain, where the last remaining Iberian wolf pack wages a mortal battle for survival. The wolves' legendary intelligence, their lethally effective social hunting skills and awesome powers of endurance are all put to the ultimate test in a life and death struggle against man's most modern weapons... and most primitive fears.
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A River Runs Through It
Title: A River Runs Through It
Character: Murphy
Released: October 9, 1992
Type: Movie
A River Runs Through It is a cinematographically stunning true story of Norman Maclean. The story follows Norman and his brother Paul through the experiences of life and growing up, and how their love of fly fishing keeps them together despite varying life circumstances in the untamed west of Montana in the 1920s.
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Dust Devil
Title: Dust Devil
Character: Capt. Cornelius Beyman
Released: July 11, 1992
Type: Movie
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
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Title: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Character: Diaghilev
Released: March 4, 1992
Type: TV
At the dawn of the 20th century, Indiana Jones discovered the world. From globetrotting family expeditions as a 9-year-old to the battlefields of World War I as a teenager, Indy’s experiences shaped the heroic, whip-cracking archaeologist he would become. At every turn, Indy encounters history in the making, meeting true-life activists, soldiers, writers, artists, and thinkers who helped influence the world we live in today.
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Predators of the Wild: Lion
Title: Predators of the Wild: Lion
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Shot on location in the famed Etosha Basin of Namibia in southern Africa, this video examines the habitat and habits of the lion, a regal-looking big cat that lives in groups called "prides." The program is part of a multi-volume Time Warner series that markets the ferocious, killing aspects of various wild animals. As a predator, the lion has a broad range of prey to choose from. The Etosha Basin is home to elephant, zebras, giraffe, wildebeests, eland, kudu, springbok, and black-faced impala.
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Predators of the Wild: Shark
Title: Predators of the Wild: Shark
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
From the Discovery Channel comes the animal series Predators of the Wild. Shot on location, footage provides viewers an up-close look at some of the planet's most notorious beasts. The episode Sharks transports viewers to the undersea domain of these fearsome carnivorous creatures. See great whites, makos, and hammerheads and learn why they do what they do. Informative as well as entertaining, this video also addresses serious conservation and animal preservation issues.
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Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
Title: Predators of the Wild: Killer Whale
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
This video examines the killer whale, one of nature's greatest predators. It is part of a multi-volume Time Warner series that markets the ferocious, killing aspects of various wild animals.
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Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
Title: Predators of the Wild: Cheetah and Leopard
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Cheetah and Leopard... no animal can match the intensity of their power and grace. On the horizon, the next victim draws near, crouched in the grass, senses honed, an explosive rush, claws extend and then the final clamp of fangs in a jugular embrace. Discover what separates these predators from all others. The cheetah, the ultimate tactician, single minded in its abandon for the lightning-fast gazelle. And the leopard, an invincible opportunist lying in wait for the unwary. Both driven by pure instinct and the constant pressure to kill.
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Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
Title: Predators of the Wild: Hunters and Hunted
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Shot in Africa, this video is a documentation of the behavioral patterns and territories of an assortment of carnivores and their prey. The program is part of a multi-volume Time Warner series that markets the ferocious, killing aspects of various wild animals.
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Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
Title: Predators of the Wild: Grizzly Bear
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
This video examines the grizzly bear, one of nature's greatest predators. It is part of a multi-volume Time Warner series that markets the ferocious, killing aspects of various wild animals.
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Hear My Song
Title: Hear My Song
Character: Mr. X
Released: December 27, 1991
Type: Movie
Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.
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The Pope Must Die
Title: The Pope Must Die
Character: Cardinal Verucci
Released: June 21, 1991
Type: Movie
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.
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Predators of the Wild: Bats
Title: Predators of the Wild: Bats
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Fascinating footage of swooping bats, their remarkable habits and habitats, and close-up looks at their interesting yet eerie faces are featured in this documentary, volume seven of the Predators of the Wild series. Most bats eat insects, which may not always come to mind when one thinks of predators and prey -- although the fact that a swarm of bats can eat 30,000 pounds of insects in one night is staggering. Bats make up almost one-fourth of all of the mammals in the world, but only three species of bats are "true vampires" who rely on the blood of other animals for sustenance.
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Hardware
Title: Hardware
Character: Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
Released: September 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
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Batman
Title: Batman
Character: Eckhardt
Released: June 21, 1989
Type: Movie
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.
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Monkeys
Title: Monkeys
Character: James Hoffman
Released: February 8, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of John DeLorean's life, involvement in drug trafficking and eventual arrest. Based on the book 'The DeLorean Tapes' by Ivan Fallon.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: FBI Agent Burt
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Title: The New Statesman
Character: Willoughby Guzzler
Released: September 13, 1987
Type: TV
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
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American Gothic
Title: American Gothic
Character: Teddy
Released: August 17, 1987
Type: Movie
When six friends fly off on a weekend getaway and are suddenly plagued by engine trouble, they're forced to land on a remote island. Looking for shelter, they're grateful to encounter Ma and Pa and their children - an eccentric family living in the island's backwoods. But what begins as simple hospitality turns into a terrifying race for survival as the friends start disappearing one by one ... and turning up dead.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Title: Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Character: Harry Howler
Released: July 24, 1987
Type: Movie
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
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U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
Title: U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart
Character: August T. Mirch
Released: March 27, 1987
Type: Movie
Two unorthodox, anything-goes law enforcement partners, unencumbered by regulations and the law, search for the killer of a fellow U.S. Marshal in this lighthearted, busted pilot film.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Myron Spellman
Released: January 10, 1987
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes is brought back to life by Watson's female descendant after being cryogenically frozen for eighty years.
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A State of Emergency
Title: A State of Emergency
Character: Earl Linton
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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Haunted Honeymoon
Title: Haunted Honeymoon
Character: Reporter
Released: July 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
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Biggles
Title: Biggles
Character: Chuck
Released: May 30, 1986
Type: Movie
Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......
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White Nights
Title: White Nights
Character: Chuck Malarek
Released: November 22, 1985
Type: Movie
After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.
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Zina
Title: Zina
Character: Walter Adams
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Zina, the daughter of Leon Trotsky by his first wife, is undergoing freudian analysis in Berlin in the 'thirties. Meanwhile Trotsky is in exile in Prinkipo having been driven from power by Stalin. The Nazis rise to power in Germany and Austria and Zina commits suicide.
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Dreamchild
Title: Dreamchild
Character: 1st Radio Actor
Released: October 4, 1985
Type: Movie
Eighty-year-old Alice Hargreaves is about to visit Columbia University to attend a reception in honor of author Lewis Carroll. As a child, Alice had a close friendship with the writer, and their relationship was the creative catalyst for Carroll's most beloved work. However, as Alice reflects on her experiences with the author, she realizes the complexity of their bond has had lasting, deeply felt ramifications.
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Water
Title: Water
Character: Ben
Released: January 11, 1985
Type: Movie
A British diplomat to a West Indian island nation finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when a large American drilling company finds a huge source of natural mineral water there.
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Title: Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: TV
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all the episodes had American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various ITV regions.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Character: Hamilton Betts
Released: October 9, 1983
Type: TV
Spirited dialogue, posh Roaring '20s style, and devious mysteries abound as Tommy and Tuppence Beresford mix marriage and mystery solving.
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Curse of the Pink Panther
Title: Curse of the Pink Panther
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: August 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Surete's computer to select, instead, the world's WORST detective, NYPD Sgt. Clifton Sleigh. Sleigh obtusely bungles his way past assassins and corrupt officials as though he were Clouseau's American cousin.
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Title: Blackadder
Character: Monk
Released: June 15, 1983
Type: TV
Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War.
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Title: Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
Character: Frank Dorr
Released: April 16, 1983
Type: TV
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye is a British mystery series that aired on ITV in the United Kingdom under the shorter title 'Marlowe, Private Eye' and on HBO in the United States from April 16, 1983 through June 3, 1986. The series features Powers Boothe as Raymond Chandler's titular character, and was the first drama produced for HBO.
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Trail of the Pink Panther
Title: Trail of the Pink Panther
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: December 3, 1982
Type: Movie
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-route. This time, famous French TV reporter Marie Jouvet sets out to solve the mystery and starts to interview everybody connected to Clouseau.
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Title: Remington Steele
Character: Chester Harcourt
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: TV
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
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The Tempest
Title: The Tempest
Character: Caliban
Released: September 24, 1982
Type: Movie
Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
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Title: Cagney & Lacey
Released: March 25, 1982
Type: TV
Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.
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Title: American Playhouse
Character: Phil Cooper
Released: January 12, 1982
Type: TV
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Karl Goldman
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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Title: Bergerac
Character: Eugene Field
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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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Title: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Character: Major Eaton
Released: June 12, 1981
Type: Movie
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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Before Water Lilies
Title: Before Water Lilies
Character: Mel
Released: March 24, 1981
Type: Movie
For various reasons, a number of people have come see the painting Water Lilies by Claude Monet in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Two businessmen caught up in office politics discover the truth about themselves and their situation. Angie and Marcia, two elderly matrons, find a place to rest their weary feet. David, a shy English student, meets a young student museum guide, and a married couple find the peace of the room gives them the strength to talk truthfully about their relationship.
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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Title: The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Character: Winston Churchill
Released: March 4, 1981
Type: Movie
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title theme, Chi Mai, was by Ennio Morricone
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Sphinx
Title: Sphinx
Character: Don, Tour Guide
Released: February 11, 1981
Type: Movie
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!
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Flash Gordon
Title: Flash Gordon
Character: Munson
Released: September 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
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Hussy
Title: Hussy
Character: 1st. Punter
Released: May 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Beaty, a prostitute, and Emory, a lighting/sound technician, fall in love while working at the same London cabaret, but their relationship isn't easy.
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Bad Timing
Title: Bad Timing
Character: Col. Taylor
Released: March 2, 1980
Type: Movie
Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
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Charlie Muffin
Title: Charlie Muffin
Character: U.S. Embassy Photographer
Released: December 11, 1979
Type: Movie
Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in England. However, a new Director with new ideas takes over and wants Charlie out. But then a high-ranking Soviet spy-master hints that he wants to defect, and both British Intelligence and the CIA want him and will do anything to get him. Charlie may be the only man who can bring the defection off successfully, but is the whole thing an elaborate set-up? And when your so-called allies are stabbing each other and you in the back to get this prize, whom can Charlie trust on either side?
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Hanover Street
Title: Hanover Street
Character: Beef
Released: May 18, 1979
Type: Movie
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
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The Lady Vanishes
Title: The Lady Vanishes
Character: Party Guest
Released: April 30, 1979
Type: Movie
On the eve of World War II, zany heiress Amanda Kelly travels by train to Switzerland. While passing through Germany, she meets a sweet elderly lady, who suddenly vanishes. Distraught, she questions her fellow passengers who claim that the woman was never there. Unsure if it's all in her mind or if there's a more sinister plot afoot, Amanda teams up with photographer Robert Condon to discover the truth.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Harry Chester
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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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Peter Bligh
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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Title: The Lost Boys
Character: Charles Frohman
Released: October 11, 1978
Type: TV
The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas.
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The Lost Boys
Title: The Lost Boys
Character: Charles Frohman
Released: October 11, 1978
Type: Movie
The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas.
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Title: Lillie
Released: September 24, 1978
Type: TV
The Rise and Fall of a Professional Beauty. It was the affair that shook Victorian society to its core. He was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society.
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Title: Taxi
Character: Liquor Authority Agent
Released: September 12, 1978
Type: TV
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
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Title: Clouds of Glory
Character: Reverend Dewey
Released: July 9, 1978
Type: TV
Dramatization by Melvyn Bragg and Ken Russell of the lives of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge.
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The Billion Dollar Bubble
Title: The Billion Dollar Bubble
Character: Lloyd Edens
Released: June 8, 1978
Type: Movie
The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
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Come Back, Little Sheba
Title: Come Back, Little Sheba
Character: Postman
Released: December 31, 1977
Type: Movie
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
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Valentino
Title: Valentino
Character: Fatty
Released: September 7, 1977
Type: Movie
In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
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Star Wars
Title: Star Wars
Character: Red Six (Porkins)
Released: May 25, 1977
Type: Movie
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
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The Ambassadors
Title: The Ambassadors
Character: Little Bilham
Released: March 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Dramatisation of Henry James's novel. Lambert Strether comes to Europe on a difficult and delicate mission. A chance meeting on arrival with the engaging Maria Gostrey provides him with much-needed support.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
Title: Twilight's Last Gleaming
Character: Sgt. Fitzpatrick
Released: February 9, 1977
Type: Movie
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.
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Title: Laurence Olivier Presents
Character: Postman
Released: December 5, 1976
Type: TV
Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of Hindle Wakes, all starred Laurence Olivier. Some of the plays were based on productions staged at the National Theatre during the period when Olivier was Artistic Director. In addition to distinguished English actors, the casts assembled for these productions included several Hollywood stars, such as Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward and Maureen Stapleton.
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Title: Yanks Go Home
Released: November 22, 1976
Type: TV
Yanks Go Home is a British sitcom about U.S. Army Air Forcemen stationed in Lancashire, England in the Second World War. It was produced and directed by Eric Prytherch for Granada Television and broadcast on ITV between 1976 and 1977. The series ran for 2 series and 13 episodes in total before its cancellation.
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The Paradise Run
Title: The Paradise Run
Character: Party Guest
Released: April 5, 1976
Type: Movie
Johnny has joined the army because he likes canoeing, but ends up in a war-torn city and is compromised into helping the enemy. However, desertion will not be a solution, and he finds himself more distressed than ever.
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Title: NOVA
Character: Voice of Methuselah
Released: March 3, 1974
Type: TV
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
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Big Zapper
Title: Big Zapper
Character: Kono's Henchman
Released: July 5, 1973
Type: Movie
A female private detective, Harriet Zapper, is hired by a rich old man to find his missing children, and becomes involved in counterfeiting and murder.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Frank Garvin
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.