Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley

Born: September 24, 1931
Died: April 14, 1999
in London, England, UK
Anthony Newley was born in Hackney, London, England, to Frances Grace Newley and George Kirby, a shipping clerk. He was attracted to acting, after seeing an ad for a child actor in a Fleet Street window. He attended the Italia Conti Stage School from the age of 14 and, two years later, played the Artful Dodger in David Lean's film, Oliver Twist (1948). Newley was called up to the Army for his National Service and, by the late 1950s, had a hit song Idol on Parade (1959), while in the movie of the same name. He married his first wife, Tiller Girl Ann Lynn in 1956 but it was a rocky marriage and they divorced in 1963. He was in the pop charts seven times in 1960, twice at Number One with "Why?" and "Do You Mind?" written by Lionel Bart. In 1961, he collaborated with Leslie Bricusse on the hit stage show, Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1966). After long runs in London and on Broadway, it was made into a film, starring Millicent Martin, with the hit song "What Kind of Fool Am I?".

Movies for Anthony Newley...

This Is Joan Collins
Title: This Is Joan Collins
Character: archive footage
Released: January 1, 2022
Type: Movie
A feature-length documentary on the life of one of the last surviving actresses from the golden age of Hollywood – Joan Collins. This epic film is told from the ringside as Joan narrates her rollercoaster life story with her inimitable wit and verve. A worldwide television phenomenon with her decade-defining role in Dynasty, Collins shares her extraordinary archive and never before seen home movie footage, giving an intimate glimpse into one of the world’s most iconic figures. Against a backdrop of Collins’s own narration, her story showcases the extraordinary life of a woman who has lived through the glitz, the glamour and the enduring moments of Hollywood history, and survived it all with panache.
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David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Title: David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 22, 2012
Type: Movie
BBC documentary telling the story of how David Bowie arrived at one of the most iconic creations in pop history - Ziggy Stardust - with contributions from colleagues and famous fans.
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Title: Legends
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: TV
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
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Title: The Lakes
Character: The Bishop
Released: September 14, 1997
Type: TV
Compelling BBC1 drama series embracing sex, death and Catholic guilt, set in a small community in the Lake District. The first four-part series centred on newcomer Danny Kavanagh; the second 10-part series featured other characters in the community.
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Title: Style Challenge
Released: September 2, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Anna Lee
Character: Frederick Slinger
Released: February 27, 1994
Type: TV
Anna Lee is a British television series produced by Brian Eastman and Carnival Films for London Weekend Television. Following a 1993 pilot, five two-hour programmes were produced in 1994, loosely based on the detective novels of Liza Cody. These were broadcast in the U.S. on the A&E cable network. The title role was played by Imogen Stubbs. Music was by Anne Dudley with theme song "Sister, Sister" and some additional songs by Luciana Caporaso. Considerable alterations were made from the original books so that sometimes they seem to share only their titles. According to actor Ken Stott's webpage:
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Boris and Natasha
Title: Boris and Natasha
Character: Sal Manelli
Released: April 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Sent by Fearless Leader to America to find an important microchip, dastardly Pottsylvanian spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale begin questioningvwho they're working for and why.
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Title: Pebble Mill
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: TV
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.
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Polly: Comin' Home!
Title: Polly: Comin' Home!
Character: Dabney Mayhew
Released: November 18, 1990
Type: Movie
Broadway style songs are used to tell this interesting story of an ingenious orphan who gets involved in matchmaking and striving for inter-racial understanding in 1956 Alabama.
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Coins in the Fountain
Title: Coins in the Fountain
Character: Alfred Bancroft
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: Movie
In this remake of the Oscar-winning film, "Three Coins in the Fountain," three vacationing American women find fun and romance during their visit to Rome.
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Title: The Upper Hand
Character: Nick Murray
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: TV
The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.
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Title: The Upper Hand
Character: Nick
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: TV
The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.
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The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Title: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Character: Captain Manzini
Released: August 22, 1987
Type: Movie
Seven disgusting kids but nevertheless of interesting personality are being made of the green mud coming out of garbage can. Once alive their master gives them rules to obey although they think that life is funnier without following stupid regulations like no television or no candy. Naturally this will cause some conflicts.
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Stagecoach
Title: Stagecoach
Character: Trevor Peacock
Released: May 18, 1986
Type: Movie
Story follows a stagecoach ride through Old West Apache territory. On board are a cavalry man's pregnant wife, a prostitute with a broken heart, a Marshal taking in his prisoner Johnny Ringo, a crooked gambler, and the infamous Doc Holliday
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Outrage!
Title: Outrage!
Character: Victor Coles
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
After a technicality results in the release of a man being tried for the rape and murder of a young woman, her father murders the man. Admitting his guilt and refusing to use temporary insanity, the father places his attorney in a virtual no-win situation. In an extreme effort, the attorney decides to call the judge who released the murderer originally and to challenge the entire legal system that would permit such a travesty.
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Title: Alice in Wonderland
Character: The Mad Hatter
Released: December 9, 1985
Type: TV
Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always too much pepper in the soup! Nothing is quite right since Alice chased a very unusual White Rabbit and stumbled into an adventure that grows curiouser and curiouser. One of the greatest childhood fantasies is captured in Irwin Allen's colorful production adapted from Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Originally aired over two nights in 1985 on CBS.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Phil Halloran
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Blade in Hong Kong
Title: Blade in Hong Kong
Character: Tommy T
Released: March 15, 1985
Type: Movie
Joe Blade is an unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his adoptive father Chang Chin-tzu. When Chang Chin-tzu is killed and a wealthy man is kidnapped, Blade springs into action.
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Title: Murder, She Wrote
Character: Insp. Frost
Released: September 30, 1984
Type: TV
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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Malibu
Title: Malibu
Character: Wilson Mahoney
Released: January 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A young couple from Milwaukee moves into the fabled, high-society Malibu beach community and becomes involved with the lives of the various people living in the community.
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Title: Madame's Place
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1982
Type: TV
Madame's Place is an American sitcom that featured the misadventures of Madame, a puppet in the form of a bawdy old movie star with a naughty sense of humor.
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Title: Fame
Released: January 7, 1982
Type: TV
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
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Title: Simon & Simon
Released: November 24, 1981
Type: TV
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24, 1981 to January 21, 1989. The series was broadcast on CBS and starred Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker as two brothers who run a private detective agency together.
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Title: Magnum, P.I.
Released: December 11, 1980
Type: TV
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
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Linda in Wonderland
Title: Linda in Wonderland
Character: Himself
Released: November 27, 1980
Type: Movie
“Linda In Wonderland” is Linda Lavin’s variety television special that aired on Thanksgiving Day, 1980. Special guests include; Lynn Redgrave, Anthony Newley and Ron Leibman. Her characters of “Alice Hyatt” and “Sam Butler” from her television show “Alice” also make appearances as Ms. Lavin plays dual roles for both. Ms. Lavin and her guests perform Broadway and other musical numbers in various settings and medleys, mixed in with solo performances and Linda giving us a little background about herself growing up, along with some humor and pizzazz.
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Title: CBS Library
Character: Doctor Doolittle
Released: October 21, 1979
Type: TV
Short-lived live-action anthology series based on stories from children's books.
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Title: Hart to Hart
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: TV
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.
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The Beatles Forever
Title: The Beatles Forever
Character: Self
Released: November 24, 1977
Type: Movie
A musical salute to The Beatles.
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Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
Title: Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
Released: October 23, 1977
Type: Movie
Hosted by Don Meredith & Cindy Williams with Eddy Arnold, David Brenner, Foster Brooks, Charo, Norm Crosby, Rodney Dangerfield, John Davidson, Sammy Davis Jr., Lola Falana, Redd Fox, Robert Goulet, Jack Jones, the Lennon Sisters, Liberace, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers, Doc Severinson, Rip Taylor, Dionne Warwick, Andy Williams and many more.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Title: The Old Curiosity Shop
Character: Daniel Quilp
Released: November 7, 1975
Type: Movie
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Title: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Character: Sweeney
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgia. She is remarried to a rich but vile construction developer, but Sweeney and Gorgina are still in love.
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Title: Cher
Character: Self
Released: February 16, 1975
Type: TV
Emmy Award nominated American variety show.
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Title: The Don Knotts Show
Character: Self
Released: September 15, 1970
Type: TV
The Don Knotts Show was a variety program aired by NBC as part of its 1970-71 lineup. Long relegated to the role of sidekick, which he had portrayed for many years in several television series and films, Don Knotts was the headliner here. Each week, he and his guests put on standard TV variety fare of the era. Two recurring features were a skit about the effort involved in putting a weekly television series on the air, much in the spirit of The Jack Benny Show, and The Front Porch, in which Don and a guest would sit in rocking chairs and quietly discuss their philosophies of life. Notable regulars in his cast included Elaine Joyce and Gary Burghoff, who had previously portrayed "Radar O'Reilly" in the film version of M*A*S*H and was about to achieve his greatest fame in reprising that role for the television version of it.
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Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Title: Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
Character: Heironymous Merkin
Released: March 19, 1969
Type: Movie
Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a seashore in front of his two toddlers and aged mother. Merkin's promiscuous relationships with women are explored, particularly Polyester Poontang and the adolescent Mercy Humppe. Merkin is constantly surrounded by a Satan-like procurer, Goodtime Eddie Filth, and an angelic 'Presence' who interrupts Merkin's biography with cryptic Borscht Belt-level jokes to denote births and deaths in Merkin's life. Newley periodically steps out of character to complain about his 'Merkin' role with an unseen director, two screenwriters, the film's producers and a trio of blasé movie critics who are turned off by the story's eroticism and lack of plot.
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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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Sweet November
Title: Sweet November
Character: Charlie Blake
Released: February 8, 1968
Type: Movie
A woman refuses to let her romances last longer than one month.
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Doctor Dolittle
Title: Doctor Dolittle
Character: Matthew Mugg
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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Title: The Carol Burnett Show
Character: Self - Guest / Various Characters
Released: September 11, 1967
Type: TV
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
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Title: The Carol Burnett Show
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 1967
Type: TV
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
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Lucy in London
Title: Lucy in London
Character: Anthony Armstrong Fitz-Faversham
Released: October 24, 1966
Type: Movie
Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads.
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Title: The Hollywood Palace
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 4, 1964
Type: TV
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.
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The Small World of Sammy Lee
Title: The Small World of Sammy Lee
Character: Sammy 'Lee' Leeman
Released: April 20, 1963
Type: Movie
The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self - Guest
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self - Co-Host
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: Stryker of the Yard
Released: November 2, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Released: October 22, 1960
Type: TV
Anthony Newley stars as an actor who walks off the set of a banal sit-com and into a fantasy world of his own imagination in this surreal odyssey through one man's personal alternative reality.
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In The Nick
Title: In The Nick
Character: Dr Newcombe
Released: June 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A gang of smalltime criminals is sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished.
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Jazz Boat
Title: Jazz Boat
Character: Bert Harris
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A bumbling gang of thieves crash a jazz party.
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Let's Get Married
Title: Let's Get Married
Released: March 22, 1960
Type: Movie
A medical student who is thrown out of his university, ends up working in a laundry and rebuilds his confidence with a relationship with a fashion model.
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Title: The Anthony Newley Show
Released: January 30, 1960
Type: TV
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Killers of Kilimanjaro
Title: Killers of Kilimanjaro
Character: Hooky Hook
Released: October 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While the work continues, will have to face several obstacles, especially violent local tribes, Arabs slave traders and wild animals.
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The Heart of a Man
Title: The Heart of a Man
Character: Johnnie
Released: August 6, 1959
Type: Movie
Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.
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The Bandit Of Zhobe
Title: The Bandit Of Zhobe
Character: Cpl. Stokes
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
British soldiers in India must contend with an outlaw bandit.
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Idol on Parade
Title: Idol on Parade
Character: Jeep Jackson
Released: March 24, 1959
Type: Movie
A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
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The Lady is a Square
Title: The Lady is a Square
Character: Freddy
Released: February 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who has fallen for Baring's daughter Joanna, played by a young Janette Scott.
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The Man Inside
Title: The Man Inside
Character: Ernesto
Released: September 7, 1958
Type: Movie
A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.
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Tank Force!
Title: Tank Force!
Character: Private "Tiger" Noakes
Released: April 22, 1958
Type: Movie
During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.
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High Flight
Title: High Flight
Character: Roger Endicott
Released: September 17, 1957
Type: Movie
The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
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How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Title: How to Murder a Rich Uncle
Character: Edward
Released: June 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A broke British nobleman targets his Canadian uncle, but other relatives get in the way.
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Fire Down Below
Title: Fire Down Below
Character: Miguel
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
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The Good Companions
Title: The Good Companions
Character: Maurice Milbrau
Released: April 22, 1957
Type: Movie
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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The Battle of the River Plate
Title: The Battle of the River Plate
Character: Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Released: October 30, 1956
Type: Movie
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
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X the Unknown
Title: X the Unknown
Character: LCpl. 'Spider' Webb
Released: September 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims were radioactively burned and why, shortly thereafter, a series of radiation-related incidents are occurring in an ever-growing straight line away from the fissure.
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The Last Man to Hang
Title: The Last Man to Hang
Character: Cyril Gaskin
Released: August 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
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Port Afrique
Title: Port Afrique
Character: Pedro
Released: June 18, 1956
Type: Movie
An army veteran with a shattered leg returns to his home in Port Afrique after war only to find his wife has been murdered. He's determined to find the killer, even if it means uncovering family secrets he never knew about.
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Title: Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Character: Ned
Released: February 22, 1956
Type: TV
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
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The Cockleshell Heroes
Title: The Cockleshell Heroes
Character: Marine Clarke
Released: November 16, 1955
Type: Movie
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
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The Blue Peter
Title: The Blue Peter
Character: Fred Starling
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.
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Above Us the Waves
Title: Above Us the Waves
Character: Engineer, X2
Released: March 29, 1955
Type: Movie
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
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The Weak and the Wicked
Title: The Weak and the Wicked
Character: Bob Baden
Released: February 2, 1954
Type: Movie
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
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Up to His Neck
Title: Up to His Neck
Character: Tommy
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A maritime farce set in the South Seas. A strong supporting cast includes Brian Rix, Anthony Newley & Harry Fowler.
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Those People Next Door
Title: Those People Next Door
Character: Bob Twigg
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
The Twiggs are a typical working-class family: Sam (Jack Warner) and Mary (Marjorie Rhodes) are trying to bring their family up in the shadow of the Blitz whilst taking everything in good humour. Their neighbours Joe (Charles Victor) and Emma (Gladys Henson) are constantly in the Twiggs house, borrowing a cup of sugar or using their Anderson shelter and between them the two working class families put the world to rights. But when their daughter falls for an upper class RAF pilot the Twiggs are asked by his mother, Lady Diana Stephens to tell their daughter to call the romance off, as the social gap between the families is too large. Incensed by Lady Diana s offer of money, Sam Twigg throws her out of the house. But events take a sudden turn as the war enters the Twiggs own living room. Will the two families manage to overcome their disdain for each other and let true love find its way?
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Top of the Form
Title: Top of the Form
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A con man hides out in a boys' school, posing as a professor. When the undisciplined and lazy boys have to pass a few tests, cheating becomes the only option.
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Highly Dangerous
Title: Highly Dangerous
Character: Operator (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1950
Type: Movie
A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Don't Ever Leave Me
Title: Don't Ever Leave Me
Character: Jimmy Knowles
Released: July 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Title: A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Character: Charlie Ritchie
Released: May 23, 1949
Type: Movie
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
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Vote for Huggett
Title: Vote for Huggett
Character: Dudley
Released: February 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.
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The Guinea Pig
Title: The Guinea Pig
Character: Miles Minor
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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Oliver Twist
Title: Oliver Twist
Character: Artful Dodger
Released: June 28, 1948
Type: Movie
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Vice Versa
Title: Vice Versa
Character: Dick Bultitude
Released: January 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.
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The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Title: The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Character: Dusty Bates
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.
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Henry V
Title: Henry V
Character: Boy in English Camp (uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1944
Type: Movie
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.