Bill Gavin

Nacimiento : 1915-01-08, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Muerte : 1995-12-24

Películas

Jubilee
Producer
Billy (Cliff Curtis) is trying to organize the biggest celebration the town of Waimatua has even seen - the 75th Jubilee of their school. In doing this, feckless Billy is trying to redeem himself in the eyes of his family, especially his frustrated wife Pauline (Theresa Healey). However trouble arrives with the return of a local former All Blacks Captain, an old flame of Pauline's.
¿Qué hago yo aquí si mañana me caso?
Old Man
En una despedida de soltero, al novio lo drogan y abandonan en un lugar lejano y desértico de Escocia. La situación ya es desesperada, pero es que además su boda es al día siguiente...
The Last Tattoo
Producer
In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hotel Workers Union, who is sitting pretty, exempt from military service and living it up on black market profits. Girls under the control of the union - of whom the victim's fiancee, Rose, is one - give sexual favours to the Americans, in return for information. The marine assigned to investigate the murder, tries to find Rose through a public health nurse who traces VD infections. However they discover there it more going on than they realized, involving a conspiracy amongst the Union, the government and the U.S. military.
Tis' the Season to be Jolly
Jack Bannister
Christmas is not a jolly time for the Rev. I.M. Jolly. His wife has gone home to mother, his parisonhers are revolting, His Father Christmas has the kids in tears and his turkey is frozen solid. Is it surprising that the Swear Box is full? In this hilarious Christmas Special the inimitable Rikki Fulton takes the outrageous, cynical, Doomsday-faced Jolly on a disaster-filled seasonal odyssey bringing mayhem and mirth from Christmas Eve to Hogmanay
Soft Top Hard Shoulder
Man in Tiny Car
Eight years ago, Gavin, artistic son of an Scots/Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name illustrating children's books. Now, frustrated and broke, his Uncle Sal appears with an offer. Gavin's father has sold the family business and to get his share of the proceeds, Gavin must return home for his father's birthday party. Swayed by the money, he sets off north and picks up a hitchicker with a secret. Their journey is difficult but ultimately rewarding.
Labios ardientes
Executive Producer
Harry Madox, un enigmático y atractivo hombre, llega a un apartado pueblo de Texas. Pronto consigue empleo como vendedor de coches, pero Dolly, la apasionada mujer de su jefe urde un meticuloso plan para seducirlo y lo consigue. Sin embargo, en realidad, Harry está enamorado de Gloria Harper, la encargada del departamento de préstamos del banco local. Cuando es acusado de atracarlo, Dolly apoya la coartada de Harry, para conseguir retenerlo a su lado a cualquier precio, aunque sea a costa de la vida de su marido.
Shoot for the Sun
Old Man in Lift
Set in the bleak backdrop of Edinburgh a low level drug dealer strives for making a living and surviving the natural elements of such an environment day to day.
The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Brian
Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a dog, changing history and causing many future people to disappear. Inspired by his Great Aunt Mavis, Dominick decides to find his great great grandfather. He begins to land in 1980, where his strange clothes and speech make him seem an eccentric oddball. His quest brings him into contact with beautiful boutique owner Jane, and they fall in love. As Dominick's visits become more frequent and more prolonged, he increasingly risks his indiscretion being discovered by his boss, Caleb Line, and every moment he spends in the past increases the danger that he will catastrophically change the future
La bestia del reino
Old Man with Petition
Michael Palin interpreta a un campesino del medievo que tratará de matar a un monstruo que está arrasando los pueblos allá por donde pasa.
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Doctor
TV dramatisation of the trilogy by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.