David Davenport

David Davenport

Born: December 26, 1921
Died: November 27, 1995
in Fairhill, England, UK

Movies for David Davenport...

84 Charing Cross Road
Title: 84 Charing Cross Road
Character: Coronation Party Friend
Released: February 13, 1987
Type: Movie
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.
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Z for Zachariah
Title: Z for Zachariah
Character: Mr. Johnson
Released: February 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a nuclear holocaust, in which almost everyone has dies, leaving just two families. Eventually just one girl and one man are left, and the majority of the film is about how they cope with the situation and each other.
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Title: All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Head Waiter
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based directly on Herriot's books; the second was filmed with original scripts.
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The Darwin Adventure
Title: The Darwin Adventure
Character: Robert Darwin
Released: September 27, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of Charles Darwin's journey on The Beagle.
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Carry On Henry
Title: Carry On Henry
Character: Major Domo
Released: June 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...
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Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
Title: Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
Character: Sergeant
Released: December 10, 1966
Type: Movie
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "The Black Fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.
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Carry On Cleo
Title: Carry On Cleo
Character: Bilius
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Two Brits—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra.
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Becket
Title: Becket
Released: March 11, 1964
Type: Movie
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.
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That Kind of Girl
Title: That Kind of Girl
Character: Mr Millar
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
That Kind of Girl is a British cult film and the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara. Produced by Robert Hartford-Davis with a script by Jan Read, it was released in 1963. The film's subject is premarital sexual relationships and sexually transmitted diseases in an English 1960s millieu.
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The Challenge
Title: The Challenge
Character: Policeman
Released: May 17, 1960
Type: Movie
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
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Wrong Number
Title: Wrong Number
Character: Sergeant Jones
Released: June 11, 1959
Type: Movie
Because she dials the wrong number, an old lady hears information which enables the police to solve a robbery and murder.
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Title: The Adventures of William Tell
Character: Sergeant
Released: September 15, 1958
Type: TV
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.