Max Wall

Max Wall

Born: March 12, 1908
Died: May 22, 1990
in Brixton, London, England
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Max Wall (12 March 1908 – 21 May 1990), was an English comedian and actor, whose performing career covered music hall, theatre, films and television.

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Strike It Rich
Title: Strike It Rich
Character: Bowles
Released: January 26, 1990
Type: Movie
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
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Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
Title: Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do
Character: Self
Released: February 16, 1989
Type: Movie
A celebration of Max Miller , comedian and star. Presented by Gerald Scarfe with Max Bygraves Charlie Chester , Doris Hare Jean Kent , Alec McCowen, Tommy Trinder , Max Wall, Bernie Winters and Max Miller 'I'm ready for bed - anybody?' Max Miller , dazzling in chintz and gaudy plus-fours, one foot on the footlights, leering and howling with delight, confronted his audience. Sexual innuendo was his game. He trod a dangerous line, just this side of respectability, across the Music Halls of the 30s and 40s. On the stage of the Hackney Empire, with chorus girls and full supporting acts, Gerald Scarfe re-creates Max Miller 's rise from the back streets of Brighton to the top of the bill. The most outrageous comedian of his day, Max was banned by the BBC, in trouble over the Royal Command Performance, admired and hated by the comics of his age - and ours
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We Think the World of You
Title: We Think the World of You
Character: Tom
Released: December 22, 1988
Type: Movie
An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.
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Little Dorrit
Title: Little Dorrit
Character: Flintwinch
Released: December 11, 1987
Type: Movie
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
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Title: Zastrozzi: A Romance
Character: Oliver the Priest
Released: April 13, 1986
Type: TV
In a heady tale of revenge and obsession, the outlaw Zastrozzi, assisted by courtesan, Matilda, abducts his half-brother, Verezzi, and torments him into believing his lover, Julia, has been murdered. His campaign of vicious psychological abuse signals a grisly bloodbath of greed, envy, betrayal, retribution, and eternal damnation.
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Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Title: Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Character: Mr. Godsall
Released: November 17, 1985
Type: Movie
Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
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It's Got to Be Funny, Hasn't It?
Title: It's Got to Be Funny, Hasn't It?
Character: Himself
Released: December 24, 1983
Type: Movie
A documentary examining the life and career of comedian, Max Wall.
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Title: Jane
Released: August 2, 1982
Type: TV
Jane is an early 1980s British animated military comedy television series. It was produced for two series, in 1982 and 1984. Set during World War II, it was created by Norman Pett as a comic strip in the Daily Mail in 1932. The animated series was produced in 10 minute episodes. The cast providing the voices including the likes of Glynis Barber, Bob Danvers Walker, Max Wall, Dean Allen, Robin Bailey, and Clive Mantle. Graham McCallum won BAFA Awards for Best Graphics in 1983 and 1985 for his work on the two series.
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Hanover Street
Title: Hanover Street
Character: Harry Pike
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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Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
Title: Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
Character: O
Released: April 4, 1979
Type: Movie
A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Arthur Barrymore
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: Movie
The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to uncover the truth about a hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the heir to the Baskerville estate.
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Title: Born And Bred
Released: September 13, 1978
Type: TV
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Jabberwocky
Title: Jabberwocky
Character: King Bruno the Questionable
Released: March 28, 1977
Type: Movie
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Title: One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Character: Juggler
Released: July 9, 1975
Type: Movie
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
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A Killer in Every Corner
Title: A Killer in Every Corner
Released: November 19, 1974
Type: Movie
A criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Jorg Kesselheim / George Thibedon
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: TV
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
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The Bouncing Boy
Title: The Bouncing Boy
Character: Les
Released: December 11, 1972
Type: Movie
A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
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Franklin's Farm
Title: Franklin's Farm
Character: Reinhardt
Released: September 19, 1972
Type: Movie
A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Title: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Character: Inventor
Released: December 17, 1968
Type: Movie
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
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The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101
Title: The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101
Character: Professor Cecil Havelock-Montague, Ph.D., LL.D., B.A.T.
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
From the study of his rundown English manor, an old British Professor instructs the audience as to the dangers associated with vampires, and exactly how to kill them. Scenes from Roman Polanski's horror/comedy classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers, are interspersed throughout.
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Save a Little Sunshine
Title: Save a Little Sunshine
Character: Walter
Released: October 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.