Edward Underdown

Edward Underdown

Born: December 3, 1908
Died: December 15, 1989
in London, England, UK

Movies for Edward Underdown...

Doctor Who: Meglos
Title: Doctor Who: Meglos
Character: Zastor
Released: October 18, 1980
Type: Movie
On the lush planet Tigella, two opposing factions are divided over the usage of the Dodecahedron, an ancient and powerful artefact which provides the entire planet's energy. The Doctor is summoned to arbitrate the conflict, but the power-crazed Meglos intercepts the call and impersonates him in order to steal the Dodecahedron.
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Tarka the Otter
Title: Tarka the Otter
Character: Hibbert
Released: November 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from his birth into adulthood. We witness his close shaves, and his struggle with a man who tries to keep our furry hero as a pet.
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The Price of Coal: Part 1 – Meet the People
Title: The Price of Coal: Part 1 – Meet the People
Character: Sir Gordon Horrocks
Released: March 29, 1977
Type: Movie
The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.
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Title: Days of Hope
Character: John Pritchard
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: TV
Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives of a working-class family from the turmoils of the First World War in 1916 to the General Strike in 1926. It was written by Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.
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Title: Survivors
Character: Frank
Released: April 16, 1975
Type: TV
Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague – referred to as "The Death" – that kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.
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The Abdication
Title: The Abdication
Character: Christina's Father
Released: October 3, 1974
Type: Movie
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
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Title: Colditz
Character: Col. Mansell
Released: October 19, 1972
Type: TV
Colditz is a British television series co-produced by the BBC and Universal Studios and screened between 1972 and 1974. The series deals with Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at the supposedly escape-proof Colditz Castle when designated Oflag IV-C during World War II, and their many attempts to escape captivity, as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their German captors.
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Running Scared
Title: Running Scared
Character: Mr. Betancourt
Released: May 1, 1972
Type: Movie
When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a choice his friend had a right to make.
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Title: The Regiment
Released: February 21, 1972
Type: TV
The Regiment was a British television drama series produced by the BBC. First broadcast on BBC One in 1972 it starred Christopher Cazenove and followed the story of a British Army regiment from the view of two families.
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Title: Upstairs, Downstairs
Character: General Nesfield
Released: October 10, 1971
Type: TV
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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Title: Doomwatch
Character: Chairman of Tribunal
Released: February 9, 1970
Type: TV
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
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Title: Hadleigh
Character: Mr. Fawcett
Released: September 16, 1969
Type: TV
Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a sequel to the writer's earlier Gazette for the same company. The theme music was composed by Alan Moorhouse and, from series 3, Tony Hatch. James Hadleigh played by Gerald Harper, was "the perfect squire, paternalistically careful of his tenantry's welfare, beloved in the village, respected in the council." A "knight in a shining white Aston Martin V8, he sets about correcting local injustices." His wife, from a lower-class background, was played by Hilary Dwyer. The series attracted around 17 million viewers at its peak.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Judge
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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The Hand of Night
Title: The Hand of Night
Character: Gunther
Released: August 11, 1968
Type: Movie
A tourist travelling through Morocco discovers an ancient curse and must choose between light and dark.
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The Great Pony Raid
Title: The Great Pony Raid
Character: Snowy
Released: March 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Wild pony rustling on Dartmoor.
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Title: Man in a Suitcase
Released: September 27, 1967
Type: TV
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.
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Title: Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Character: Pollux O'Donnell
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre [French title: Le comte Yoster a bien l'honneur] is a TV series which followed the adventures of the title’s amateur gentleman detective. It was a success in particular in Germany and in France. Originally the show was a German production in black-and-white but it evolved into a European co-production in colour.
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Triple Cross
Title: Triple Cross
Character: Air Marshall
Released: December 9, 1966
Type: Movie
A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
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Khartoum
Title: Khartoum
Character: Colonel William Hicks
Released: June 9, 1966
Type: Movie
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
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Thunderball
Title: Thunderball
Character: Air Vice Marshall (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1965
Type: Movie
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Title: Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Character: Tod (segment 1 "Werewolf")
Released: February 23, 1965
Type: Movie
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
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Traitor's Gate
Title: Traitor's Gate
Character: Inspector Adams
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
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Man in the Middle
Title: Man in the Middle
Released: January 27, 1964
Type: Movie
In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Zastor
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Dr. Crippen
Title: Dr. Crippen
Character: The Governor
Released: August 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Jack Laurie
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Title: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Character: Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
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Information Received
Title: Information Received
Character: Drake
Released: August 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Drama of an underworld double-cross as a man and woman set a death trap from which only one could possibly escape.
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The Third Alibi
Title: The Third Alibi
Character: Dr. Peter Murdoch
Released: March 15, 1961
Type: Movie
A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Rupert
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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Title: One Step Beyond
Character: Mr. Hayes
Released: January 20, 1959
Type: TV
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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The Two-Headed Spy
Title: The Two-Headed Spy
Character: Kaltenbrunner
Released: November 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
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The Camp on Blood Island
Title: The Camp on Blood Island
Character: Major Dawes
Released: April 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
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The Rainbow Jacket
Title: The Rainbow Jacket
Character: Geoffrey Tyler
Released: May 27, 1954
Type: Movie
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
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Beat the Devil
Title: Beat the Devil
Character: Harry Chelm
Released: November 26, 1953
Type: Movie
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
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Street of Shadows
Title: Street of Shadows
Character: Det. Insp. Johnstone
Released: October 16, 1953
Type: Movie
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
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Recoil
Title: Recoil
Character: Michael Conway
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
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The Promise
Title: The Promise
Character: Stephen Harker
Released: December 12, 1952
Type: Movie
A much loved Prison Missioner has died. His replacement struggles to live up to his predecessor's saintly reputation until he receives inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
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The Voice of Merrill
Title: The Voice of Merrill
Character: Hugh Allen
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
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The Woman's Angle
Title: The Woman's Angle
Character: Robert Mansell
Released: February 12, 1952
Type: Movie
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light.
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The Dark Man
Title: The Dark Man
Character: Detective Inspector Viner
Released: January 22, 1951
Type: Movie
A killer called 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the way. Detective Inspector Viner of Scotland Yard investigates the murders.
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They Were Not Divided
Title: They Were Not Divided
Character: Philip
Released: April 24, 1950
Type: Movie
The film begins in a WW II training depot of a British Guards armoured regiment where recruits from many walks of life learn to survive the strict discipline and training together before going into battle in tanks. There is a cameo appearance by the real Sgt. Major Brittain who was famous in the British guards regiments.
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Man on the Run
Title: Man on the Run
Character: Slim Elfey
Released: May 20, 1949
Type: Movie
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
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Brass Monkey
Title: Brass Monkey
Character: Max Taylor
Released: December 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
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The Woman in the Hall
Title: The Woman in the Hall
Character: Neil Inglefield
Released: October 27, 1947
Type: Movie
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
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The October Man
Title: The October Man
Character: Passport Official
Released: August 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Title: Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Released: May 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
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Lucky to Me
Title: Lucky to Me
Character: Malden's friend
Released: November 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Lucky to Me is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show So This is Love which he had co-written with Arthur Rigby. The film was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. It was the last film of Lupino who had made a string of successful musical comedies during the Thirties.
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Inspector Hornleigh
Title: Inspector Hornleigh
Character: Peter Dench
Released: March 7, 1939
Type: Movie
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man. When Hornleigh examines the case, inside it he finds a bag that was used to carry important government documents. The documents have been taken, and to make things even more confusing, a duplicate of the stolen bag soon turns up.
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Wings of the Morning
Title: Wings of the Morning
Character: Don Diego
Released: February 19, 1937
Type: Movie
A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
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Annie, Leave the Room!
Title: Annie, Leave the Room!
Character: John Brandon
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
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The Warren Case
Title: The Warren Case
Character: Hugh Waddon
Released: July 30, 1934
Type: Movie
Chided by his boss for a conspicuous lack of sensational stories, Lewis Bevan takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career.