Alan Gifford

Alan Gifford

Born: March 11, 1911
Died: March 20, 1989
in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

Movies for Alan Gifford...

Title: Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: TV
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense series had feature-length episodes, usually running around 70 minutes without commercials. The series was a co-production by Hammer Studios with 20th Century Fox Television, and is known in the United States as Fox Mystery Theater. Unlike 1980's Hammer House of Horror, all the episodes had American actors as either the leads or in key roles. It was first aired in the UK by ITV in 1984, though was not simulcast and was shown in different timeslots throughout the various ITV regions.
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Who Dares Wins
Title: Who Dares Wins
Character: Sen. Kohoskie
Released: August 26, 1982
Type: Movie
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
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Ragtime
Title: Ragtime
Character: Judge
Released: November 20, 1981
Type: Movie
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Edward
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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Phase IV
Title: Phase IV
Character: Mr. Eldridge
Released: September 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
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The Legend of Nigger Charley
Title: The Legend of Nigger Charley
Character: Hill Carter
Released: March 16, 1972
Type: Movie
A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
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Along the Way
Title: Along the Way
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A young singer from Wales becomes a pop star but soon tires of his success and returns home.
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The Male Animal
Title: The Male Animal
Character: Dean Frederick Damon
Released: October 13, 1968
Type: Movie
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Lost episode of BBC Play of the Month.
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Title: The Champions
Character: Admiral
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: TV
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
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Only When I Larf
Title: Only When I Larf
Character: Poster
Released: May 27, 1968
Type: Movie
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Character: Poole's Father
Released: April 2, 1968
Type: Movie
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Dark of the Sun
Title: Dark of the Sun
Character: Jansen
Released: February 8, 1968
Type: Movie
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
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Arrivederci, Baby!
Title: Arrivederci, Baby!
Character: American Brasshat
Released: December 28, 1966
Type: Movie
Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
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Where the Spies Are
Title: Where the Spies Are
Character: Security
Released: January 26, 1966
Type: Movie
A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
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Carry On Cowboy
Title: Carry On Cowboy
Character: Commissioner
Released: November 26, 1965
Type: Movie
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
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The Ambassadors
Title: The Ambassadors
Character: Lambert Strether
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Lambert Strether goes to France to rescue a young American from a European adventuress - only to fall under the spell of Europe himself. 1965 BBC adaptation of the Henry James novel.
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Devil Doll
Title: Devil Doll
Character: Bob Garrett
Released: September 1, 1964
Type: Movie
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
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Title: The Sentimental Agent
Released: September 28, 1963
Type: TV
The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated Television and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It stars Carlos Thompson as Argentinian Carlos Varela, a successful import-export agent based in London. The series ran for 13 one-hour monochrome episodes. Some of the episodes were edited into a 1962 feature film Our Man in the Caribbean.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: The Guide
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: TV
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Inspector Fernack
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 Road to Hong Kong
Title: The Road to Hong Kong
Character: American Official
Released: March 29, 1962
Type: Movie
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.
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Town Without Pity
Title: Town Without Pity
Character: General Stafford
Released: October 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.
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Visa to Canton
Title: Visa to Canton
Character: Charles Orme
Released: December 26, 1960
Type: Movie
A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son.
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No Kidding
Title: No Kidding
Character: Edgar Treadgold
Released: November 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.
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Too Young to Love
Title: Too Young to Love
Character: Mr. Elliot
Released: March 8, 1960
Type: Movie
A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.
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Title: International Detective
Character: Lindsay Somerset
Released: December 26, 1959
Type: TV
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
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Title: International Detective
Character: Buck Guthrie
Released: December 26, 1959
Type: TV
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
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South
Title: South
Character: Broderick
Released: November 24, 1959
Type: Movie
The earliest surviving gay-themed British TV drama, South stars Peter Wyngarde as Lt Jan Wicziewsky, who visits a southern plantation as the American Civil War looms. The arrival of Eric MacClure (Gould) forces Wicziewsky to face up to his darkest secret: his love for another man. Barely two years after the Wolfenden Report, homosexuality was still taboo – making Wyngarde’s impassioned performance all the more extraordinary.
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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: Interpol Calling
Character: Bonnier
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: TV
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
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The Mouse That Roared
Title: The Mouse That Roared
Character: Air Raid Warden
Released: July 17, 1959
Type: Movie
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
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Chain of Events
Title: Chain of Events
Character: Lord Fenchurch
Released: September 30, 1958
Type: Movie
When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
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Title: The Larkins
Character: Henry B. Rogers
Released: September 19, 1958
Type: TV
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 1964.
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Paris Holiday
Title: Paris Holiday
Character: American Consul
Released: April 5, 1958
Type: Movie
Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is targeted for death by a powerful European counterfeiting ring.
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Escapement
Title: Escapement
Character: Wayne
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual imagery in the minds of patients, ostensibly to help them relax.
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The Flying Scot
Title: The Flying Scot
Character: Phil
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the "Flying Scotsman" in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent stateroom, but find themselves up against numerous unexpected drawbacks, including interference by their fellow passengers.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Dr. Fisher
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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A King in New York
Title: A King in New York
Character: School Superintendent
Released: September 12, 1957
Type: Movie
A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
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Time Lock
Title: Time Lock
Character: George Foster
Released: August 27, 1957
Type: Movie
A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
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Across the Bridge
Title: Across the Bridge
Character: Cooper
Released: August 20, 1957
Type: Movie
In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.
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Hour of Decision
Title: Hour of Decision
Character: J. Foster Green
Released: April 30, 1957
Type: Movie
A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper columnist.
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The Iron Petticoat
Title: The Iron Petticoat
Character: Colonel Newton Tarbell
Released: September 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
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Satellite in the Sky
Title: Satellite in the Sky
Character: Colonel Galloway
Released: July 21, 1956
Type: Movie
A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).
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No Smoking
Title: No Smoking
Character: American Ambassador
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
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A Prize of Gold
Title: A Prize of Gold
Character: Maj. Bracken
Released: October 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
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Title: Gunsmoke
Character: Major Harris
Released: September 10, 1955
Type: TV
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.
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Barbados Quest
Title: Barbados Quest
Character: Henry Warburg
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or her hands on the stamp, which puts a crimp in Duke's efforts to romance every beautiful woman he meets.
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A Yank in Ermine
Title: A Yank in Ermine
Character: Col. M'Gurk
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An American airman inherits an Earldom in England along with the small matter of $3 million on the proviso that he gives up his US citizenship. Unsure if he is prepared to make the sacrifice he takes a trip with his two best friends to try our his new title, but will he be able to cope with the British aristocracy?
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Lilacs in the Spring
Title: Lilacs in the Spring
Character: Hollywood Director
Released: December 21, 1954
Type: Movie
A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
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No Highway
Title: No Highway
Released: June 28, 1951
Type: Movie
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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The Kangaroo Kid
Title: The Kangaroo Kid
Character: Steve Corbett
Released: October 22, 1950
Type: Movie
A 19th-century San Francisco detective named Tex Kinnane is sent "Down Under" to nab shyster lawyer Vincent Moller. Several comparisons are made between the American Wild West and the equally treacherous Australian outback.