Ray Burdis

Ray Burdis

Born: August 23, 1958
in London, England, UK

Movies for Ray Burdis...

To Be Someone
Title: To Be Someone
Character: Dickson
Released: July 9, 2021
Type: Movie
Life couldn’t be better for entrepreneur and British Mod, Danny. That is until he’s introduced to Mad Mike, an unhinged underworld mobster who is determined to coerce Danny into pulling off an illegal drugs run.
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Title: The Afternoon Play
Character: Arnie Griffin
Released: January 27, 2003
Type: TV
The Afternoon Play is a series of individual plays which sometimes appear on BBC One during weekday afternoons. The first series began on 27 January 2003, and as of 2008 there have been five series. Each play has a separate story and cast.
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Title: Manchild
Character: Gary
Released: February 19, 2002
Type: TV
Stockbroker Terry, art expert Patrick, orthodontist James and decking supremo Gary have been friends since their schooldays. Now, having all reached the age of 50, they are intent on reliving the freedom of their youth, buying hip new clothes and dating beautiful younger women, but despite their best efforts, the concerns of middle-age still catch up with them.
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Love, Honour and Obey
Title: Love, Honour and Obey
Character: Ray
Released: April 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Jonny dreams of leaving his dead-end job as a courier. Through his childhood best friend, nephew of the notorious crime lord Ray Kreed, he wins his way into the toughest gang in North London. Hungry for action, Jonny sparks a feud between Ray's gang and a rival firm in South London headed by drug kingpin Sean and his lieutenant Matthew.
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Title: My Hero
Character: Detective Symes
Released: February 4, 2000
Type: TV
My Hero is a BBC sitcom created by Paul Mendelson. The programme ran for six series, first broadcast in February 2000, and concluding in September 2006. The series follows the antics of the dim-witted superhero "Thermoman", portrayed by Ardal O'Hanlon in series one to five and by James Dreyfus in the final series. The series was regularly directed by John Stroud. In the UK, the digital channel Gold regularly re-runs the programme, although the last series has yet to appear on the channel. In the United States it was shown on PBS and, briefly, BBC America. In Australia, UKTV offered re-runs of the first three series, while BBC Entertainment provided repeats for Scandinavia.
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Final Cut
Title: Final Cut
Character: Burdis
Released: November 13, 1998
Type: Movie
A group of friends gather for a wake, and are shown a video shot by Jude and starring them before he dies. Things go rapidly downhill.
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Title: Operation Good Guys
Released: December 29, 1997
Type: TV
Operation Good Guys is a British mockumentary, a fly-on-the-wall documentary series about an elite police unit's bid to snare one of Britain's most powerful crime lords.Blurring the line between fact and fiction, it witnesses, on camera, the total breakdown, professionally and personally, of the Operation Good Guys team. Throughout the operation, The 'Good Guys' have an unfortunate habit of embroiling into their calamitous world some of the country's best-known celebrities, from actors and footballers, to TV presenters and even the odd ex-convict.
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God's Chosen Car Park
Title: God's Chosen Car Park
Character: Steve Flower
Released: December 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Nathaniel Box, a self-styled prophet, along with his daughter Barbara and her fiancé Curtis, holds a night time press conference in an underground car park, devoutly believing that "a new Messiah for a New Age" will appear there before dawn - and their wait does not go unrewarded.
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Title: Casualty
Character: Alan 'Dusty' Binns
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: TV
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
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Title: Three Up, Two Down
Character: Nick Tyler
Released: April 15, 1985
Type: TV
Comedy series about Nick and Angie, a young married couple, Angie's snobbish mother Daphne, and Nick's cockney father Sam. Much of the humour arises from the fact that the mismatched Daphne and Sam are forced by circumstances to share the flat below that occupied by their children.
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Gandhi
Title: Gandhi
Character: Youth
Released: December 1, 1982
Type: Movie
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
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Title: Going Out
Character: Rick Tinnersley
Released: February 3, 1981
Type: TV
With Marcus Francis. Gerard Kelly, Eric Richard, Andrew Paul, Perry Benson, Michele Winstanley, Linda Robson, Ray Burdis and others It was broadcast in 1981 in various ITV regions at various times and days, usually late at night. The series showed the normal problems that faced us when we left school in the early 80s. No job, no future, no hope…. but plenty of parties, a bit of agro and the chance of a quick snog with Cathy!!
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Title: Wolcott
Character: PC Brock
Released: January 13, 1981
Type: TV
A black policeman is promoted to the CID and battles the drug trade in London's East End.
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Title: Minder
Character: Jimmy Elliot
Released: October 29, 1979
Type: TV
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
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Title: Minder
Character: Disco Youth
Released: October 29, 1979
Type: TV
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
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Scum
Title: Scum
Character: Eckersley
Released: September 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
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The Music Machine
Title: The Music Machine
Character: Joe
Released: May 1, 1979
Type: Movie
At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new film.
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The Vanishing Army
Title: The Vanishing Army
Character: Dunning
Released: November 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Career army man Bill Paterson faces discharge in this examination of the harsh treatment of British NCOs.
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20 Times More Likely
Title: 20 Times More Likely
Released: January 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Teenagers Sandy and Alan are keen motorcyclists, but while Sandy insists on getting proper training, Alan refuses, even though this makes him twenty times more likely to have an accident.
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Panic
Title: Panic
Character: Punk
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
After being harassed by a couple of punks, a young woman picks up an old lady standing at the roadside in the rain.
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Title: The Professionals
Character: Vince
Released: December 30, 1977
Type: TV
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
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Scum
Title: Scum
Character: Eckersley
Released: November 8, 1977
Type: Movie
A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders.
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A Good Human Story
Title: A Good Human Story
Released: July 17, 1977
Type: Movie
A trio of journalists look into the murder of a young girl in a seaside town. For the men though it’s more about who gets the big story than solving the crime. (Memorable TV)
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Pressure
Title: Pressure
Character: Dave
Released: November 19, 1976
Type: Movie
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
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Title: 4 Idle Hands
Character: Pete Sutton
Released: March 26, 1976
Type: TV
Two teenagers try to secure gainful employment after leaving school.
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Eleanor
Title: Eleanor
Character: Danny Price
Released: December 12, 1974
Type: Movie
Eleanor seems normal enough to her parents and teachers. Why then has she disappeared?
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The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
Title: The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
Character: Todd
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
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The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
Title: The Trouble with 2b: Part Three, Trial of Strength
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
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The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
Title: The Trouble with 2b: Part Five, Thirty Years Younger
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
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The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
Title: The Trouble with 2b: Part Six, Blackboard Jungle
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
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Title: Dream Stuffing
Character: Richard
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Dream Stuffing is a British television sitcom which aired on Channel 4 in early 1984. The series followed the exploits of two working class young women, Mo and Jude, who share a flat in a council tower block in London's East End, along with their three-legged cat, Tripod. Mo has a menial job in a glass eye factory, whilst Jude is on the dole. Part way through the series, Mo loses her job and the two girls become a thorn in the side for employment review officer Mrs Tudge. Other characters include their gay neighbour Richard, Mo's interfering mother May, who runs the local launderette, Brenda, who works with Mo at the glass eye factory, Bill and Mr Sharples. The series' theme tune, "London Girls", was written and performed by Kirsty MacColl. The series was repeated once by Channel 4 in Summer 1985. It has so far not been released on video or DVD.