Richard Ireson

Richard Ireson

Born in 1946, Richard Ireson is a former actor who since 1986 has run Narrow Road, an agency for actors and creatives with offices in London and Manchester.

Movies for Richard Ireson...

Title: Tales of the Tardis
Character: Soldier
Released: November 1, 2023
Type: TV
Classic Doctor Who duos are reunited as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time.
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The Object of Beauty
Title: The Object of Beauty
Character: Night Porter
Released: April 12, 1991
Type: Movie
American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavish dinner bill and Jake's card is declined, he suggests they sell Tina's tiny, expensive Henry Moore sculpture to cover the debt. After they hatch a scheme to claim the sculpture was stolen in order to collect insurance on it, the sculpture mysteriously goes missing.
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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Title: Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Character: Reporter 1
Released: May 16, 1990
Type: Movie
During World War II, an American serviceman in London decides to impress his English girlfriend by acting as an American gangster, which soon turns deadly.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Inspector Fournier
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Border
Title: Border
Character: Lorry Driver
Released: February 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Czechoslovakia, 1952. For some, life under the post-war Stalinist regime is hardly worth living and although the escape route to the West is almost suicide, the rewards - prosperity, political freedom, even luxury - make it a risk worth taking.
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Title: The New Statesman
Character: Inspector Radford
Released: September 13, 1987
Type: TV
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
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Prick Up Your Ears
Title: Prick Up Your Ears
Character: Man Outside Lavatory
Released: April 17, 1987
Type: Movie
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.
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Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Title: Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Character: Barry
Released: January 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Inspired by the true story of Mary Bell; Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the real world for the first time in years, She clings to an ideal : 'What I want most in the whole world is to be in love and to be loved'. Reality can be harsh and unforgiving.
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Christmas Present
Title: Christmas Present
Character: Ned
Released: December 19, 1985
Type: Movie
A Christmas black comedy based on the tradition in Hammond's Bank that a member of the board should take a turkey and 6 pence to a deserving poor family.
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Title: EastEnders
Character: Sparrow
Released: February 19, 1985
Type: TV
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
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Scandalous
Title: Scandalous
Character: 2nd Taxi Driver
Released: January 29, 1984
Type: Movie
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
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Title: Reilly: Ace of Spies
Character: Tyrkov
Released: September 5, 1983
Type: TV
Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies ever to work for the British. Among his exploits, in the early 20th century, were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of the Bolsheviks in 1918. His reputation with women was as legendary as his genius for espionage.
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The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Title: The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final
Character: Father
Released: September 5, 1982
Type: Movie
A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.
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Sons and Lovers
Title: Sons and Lovers
Character: Doctor
Released: January 14, 1981
Type: Movie
An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel
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Title: Minder
Character: Market Stallholder
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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Bet Your Life
Title: Bet Your Life
Character: Jonathan Ross
Released: September 21, 1976
Type: Movie
Like alcoholism, gambling is a disease. Ches, a compulsive gambler, is sent for medical help. A wonder drug perhaps? Or hypnosis maybe? Ches finds that his psychiatrist has other ideas.
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Title: Bill Brand
Character: Wellburn
Released: June 7, 1976
Type: TV
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
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Sunshine in Brixton
Title: Sunshine in Brixton
Character: Keir Fewkes
Released: April 19, 1976
Type: Movie
Sixteen-year-old Otis loathes school. He wants to be a professional footballer, but is good at drawing, so his mother wants him to be a draughtsman. Then, a new sports teacher appears at his South London comprehensive school, and life starts to look a little more hopeful...
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Nuts in May
Title: Nuts in May
Character: Policeman
Released: January 13, 1976
Type: Movie
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
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Through the Night
Title: Through the Night
Character: Dr Mount
Released: December 2, 1975
Type: Movie
The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of her post-operative care.
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Title: Soldier and Me
Character: Henchman Greasy
Released: September 15, 1974
Type: TV
Two teenage boys witness the murder of an old man, only for the old man to turn up alive after the boys notify the police.
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The Darwin Adventure
Title: The Darwin Adventure
Character: Wickam
Released: September 27, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of Charles Darwin's journey on The Beagle.
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Title: The Onedin Line
Character: Carlaw
Released: October 15, 1971
Type: TV
The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.
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Doctor Who: The Krotons
Title: Doctor Who: The Krotons
Character: Axus
Released: January 18, 1969
Type: Movie
The TARDIS arrives on the unnamed planet of the Gonds, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the alien Krotons — crystalline beings whose ship, the Dynatrope, crash-landed there thousands of years earlier after being damaged in a space battle. The Krotons are in suspended animation, in a crystalline slurry form, awaiting a time when they can be reconstituted by absorption of mental energy. Periodically, the two most brilliant Gond students are received into the Dynatrope, nominally to become "companions of the Krotons", but in truth to have their mental energy drained, after which they are killed.
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Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Title: Doctor Who: The Mind Robber
Character: Soldier
Released: October 12, 1968
Type: Movie
To escape from the volcanic eruption on Dulkis, the Second Doctor uses an emergency unit. It moves the TARDIS out of normal time and space. The travellers find themselves in an endless void where they are menaced by white robots. Having regained the safety of the TARDIS, they believe they have escaped — until the ship explodes. They find themselves in a land of fiction, where they are hunted by life-size clockwork soldiers and encounter characters like Rapunzel, the Karkus, and Swift's Lemuel Gulliver.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Soldier
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.