Ken Parry

Ken Parry

Born: June 20, 1930
Died: December 12, 2007
in Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK

Movies for Ken Parry...

The Rainbow Thief
Title: The Rainbow Thief
Character: Snow
Released: January 19, 1994
Type: Movie
A petty crook, in search of the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune.
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Title: Filthy Rich & Catflap
Character: Spurty
Released: January 7, 1987
Type: TV
The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters respectively. It was written by Ben Elton with additional material credited to Mayall. One series of six half-hour episodes was produced. (The notion of a second series is played upon in the final episode, and the continuity announcer on the last instalment says "...and Filthy Rich and Catflap will return next year." They didn't.)
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Title: Classic Ghost Stories
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1986
Type: TV
Five partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".
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Title: The Young Ones
Character: Major Domo
Released: November 9, 1982
Type: TV
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rik, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvian the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
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Hawk the Slayer
Title: Hawk the Slayer
Character: Thomas
Released: August 27, 1980
Type: Movie
Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors: a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow and an elf with the fastest bow in the land; Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.
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Come Play with Me
Title: Come Play with Me
Character: Podsnap
Released: April 28, 1977
Type: Movie
Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in the surrounding towns and men from all over the region are frequent visitors to the small countryside home, hoping to encounter one, or preferably both, of the seductive nieces. Of course, the aunt has equally strong desires and refuses to be outdone. Soon all three are offering the many courters the chance to Come Play with Me!
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Lisztomania
Title: Lisztomania
Character: Rossini
Released: October 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Roger Daltrey of The Who stars as 19th century genius pianist Franz Liszt in this brash, loud and free-wheeling rock 'n' roll fantasia centered around an imagined rivalry between Liszt and composer Richard Wagner-- painted here as a vampiric harbinger of doom and destruction.
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The Crazy Kill
Title: The Crazy Kill
Character: Taxi Driver
Released: February 25, 1975
Type: Movie
A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his sidekick, but a journalist's arrival complicates matters.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Fat Eric
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Bequest to the Nation
Title: Bequest to the Nation
Character: Victory's Cook (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
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That's Your Funeral
Title: That's Your Funeral
Character: Railway Porter
Released: December 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Sartorius
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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Title: Love Thy Neighbour
Character: Cyril
Released: April 13, 1972
Type: TV
Love Thy Neighbour is a British sitcom, which was transmitted from 13 April 1972 until 22 January 1976, spanning seven series. The sitcom was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. The principal cast included Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper and Kate Williams. In 1973, the series was adapted into a film of the same name, and a later sequel series was set in Australia.
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A Hole Lot of Trouble
Title: A Hole Lot of Trouble
Character: Charles
Released: January 31, 1971
Type: Movie
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.
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Spring and Port Wine
Title: Spring and Port Wine
Character: Pawnbroker
Released: October 2, 1970
Type: Movie
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
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Start the Revolution Without Me
Title: Start the Revolution Without Me
Character: Dr. Boileau
Released: February 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
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Otley
Title: Otley
Character: Businessman
Released: March 11, 1969
Type: Movie
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
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The Frankie Howerd Show
Title: The Frankie Howerd Show
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: Movie
A one off Frankie Howerd Special
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The Taming of the Shrew
Title: The Taming of the Shrew
Character: Tailor
Released: March 8, 1967
Type: Movie
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
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Just for Fun
Title: Just for Fun
Character: Lift Attendant
Released: February 1, 1963
Type: Movie
When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own political party.
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My Representative
Title: My Representative
Character: Mr. Spink
Released: October 30, 1960
Type: Movie
Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.