James Ellis

James Ellis

Nacimiento : 1931-03-15, Belfast, Ireland

Muerte : 2014-03-08

Historia

Legendary Northern Irish actor who came to prominence in the 1960s for his role of Bert Lynch in the BBC TV series Z Cars.

Perfil

James Ellis

Películas

James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Himself
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
Conspiracy of Silence
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.
Best
Dickie Beal
Resurrection Man
Ivor Coppinger
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.
Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns
Patrick
Fairyhill Ireland is a place filled with mysteries and legends,Leprechauns and Magic. And for an American Kid like Mike Dennehy, it's a world of wonderous adventure. Vacationing in Fairyhill for the summer, Mike makes friends with a fascinating group of rather unlucky leprechaunsby Nula, Queen of the Dead - an unbelievably beautiful and sinister witch. can the Queen destroy centuries of Leprechaun power? Will evil triumph? Gather up your lucky charms(you'll need them!) and get ready for Spellbreaker, the adventure of Mike's lifetime... and yours!
Crossing the Floor
Andrew Carson
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
The Precious Blood
Albert McVea
Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years previously. Her teenage son John is heading for a life of delinquency fuelled by revenge. Then, he meets Billy McVea, who runs a boxing gym, affecting all their lives.
Shadow of a Gunman
The Landlord
The first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men, Donal and Seamus who share a flat in Dublin.
La magia de los gnomos
Patrick
Michael Denneny tiene un simpático hijo pequeño, llamado John. Después de un viaje por su Irlanda natal, Michael ha regresado con un extraño comportamiento. Su hijo le ha observado mientras que hablaba solo. No es que haya perdido el juicio, sino que unos graciosos duendes se colaron en su maleta, dispuestos a pasárselo en grande en Estados Unidos, la tierra de la que tanto han oído hablar. Los gnomos tienen un sentido del humor increíble, y alegrarán la vida de John, de Michael y de su esposa Sarah. Pero ya está bien de bromas, porque el hogar de los gnomos en Irlanda está en peligro, y éstos deberán utilizar todos sus conocimientos para ponerlo a salvo.
Priest (Sacerdote)
Father Ellerton
En la Irlanda actual, el padre Greg Pilkington, un joven sacerdote católico, llega a un pueblo para sustituir al antiguo párroco, recientemente fallecido. Pronto tendrá que afrontar dos espinosos problemas: el del secreto de la confesión, aun cuando se trate de delitos denunciables, y el de su homosexualidad, que mantiene en secreto.
Doctor Who: Battlefield
Peter Warmsley
Knights from a parallel universe arrive on Earth to find the legendary sword Excalibur. Only the Doctor and Ace, with the assistance of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, can save the Earth from total catastrophe.
Lorna
Norman Martin
In the follow-up to Graham Reid’s trilogy of ‘Billy’ plays, Billy's sister Lorna Martin is left to care for their Uncle Andy. Lorna feels trapped, but Andy wishes to give her the freedom she desires.
No Surrender
Paddy Burke
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
Mark of the Devil
Father Dowd
A desperate gambler in debt with a gangster robs a Chinese tattoo artist, getting stabbed and killing the man in the process. A black spot appears on his chest and begins to spread and turn into a condemning tattoo.
A Coming to Terms for Billy
Norman Martin
Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man?
A Matter of Choice for Billy
Norman Martin
Belfast 1978: the Martin family, a year on. Norman is away in England, and his eldest son, Billy, and daughter, Lorna, are in charge of their younger sisters, Ann and Maureen.
Too Late to Talk to Billy
Norman Martin
Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son.
Naming the Names
Mr McCoy
Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that...
The Long March
Joe Walsh
A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest.
High Rise Donkey
Policeman
The efforts of three children, who live in high rise flats, to save a donkey from two small-time crooks who want to sell it as horsemeat, by providing a temporary stable for the donkey in the block of high-rise flats.