James Beck

James Beck

Born: February 21, 1929
Died: August 6, 1973
in Islington, North London, England, UK

Movies for James Beck...

Title: Dad's Army: The Missing Episodes
Character: Pte. Joe Walker
Released: November 6, 2023
Type: TV
A new series of animated Dad's Army (1968) episodes, created using archive audio recordings of original (now lost) early television episodes.
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
Title: Hitler: The Comedy Years
Character: Pte. Joe Walker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: May 10, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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Johnny Flynton
Title: Johnny Flynton
Character: Artie Duane
Released: September 21, 2002
Type: Movie
Johnny Flynton is a 2002 American short film directed and co-written by Lexi Alexander. Johnny Flynton is good at one thing: boxing. He's not too bright, and there's clearly some issues in his past, but what's worse, when he's boxing, his temper flares up. His wife, Samantha, tells him she's pregnant. Meanwhile, he's got an exhibition match with local boy Artie Duane. Johnny lets him get a few punches in to look good, but when Artie starts taking cheap shots, Johnny can't stand by and overreacts. He runs home, where he's in high spirits, but that proves his downfall. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Love Thy Neighbour
Title: Love Thy Neighbour
Character: Cyril
Released: August 26, 1973
Type: Movie
Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...
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Title: Romany Jones
Released: February 15, 1972
Type: TV
Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by LWT, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally designed as a vehicle for James Beck, involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Following the death of Beck in August 1973, aged just 44, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series, and Jonathan Cecil and Gay Soper took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones. The show had a pilot broadcast in 1972 and was followed by a spin off sequel in 1976 entitled Yus, My Dear, starring Mullard and Watts.
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Dad's Army
Title: Dad's Army
Character: Pte. Joe Walker
Released: March 12, 1971
Type: Movie
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.
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A Couple of Beauties
Title: A Couple of Beauties
Character: Sidney
Released: January 2, 1971
Type: Movie
A witness to a mob murder hides out in a nightclub dressed in drag.
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I Am a Groupie
Title: I Am a Groupie
Character: Brian
Released: December 1, 1970
Type: Movie
A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band's groupie isn't as glamorous or exciting as she thought it would be.
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Carry On Loving
Title: Carry On Loving
Character: Mr. Roxby
Released: September 20, 1970
Type: Movie
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
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Dayton's Devils
Title: Dayton's Devils
Character: Mark Scott
Released: October 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Frank Dayton (Leslie Nielsen) leads a group of crooks in a caper to steal $2,500,000 from an Air Force base. Dayton is the tough-guy military leader who recruits Mike (Rory Calhoun), ex-Nazi Max (Hans Gudegast), sadistic killer Barney Barry (Barry Sadler), and failed French artist Claude (Pat Renella) in the scheme.
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There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Title: There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: September 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.
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Title: Dad's Army
Character: Private Joe Walker
Released: July 31, 1968
Type: TV
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
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Star!
Title: Star!
Character: Drunken Sailor (uncredited)
Released: July 18, 1968
Type: Movie
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
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Title: Mild And Bitter
Released: March 19, 1966
Type: TV
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Title: Outbreak of Murder
Released: July 21, 1962
Type: TV
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Title: Z-Cars
Released: January 2, 1962
Type: TV
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.