Jon Croft

Nacimiento : 1935-07-30, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK

Muerte : 2016-09-27

Películas

Arrogantes y exquisitos
Station Master
Parodia del cine británico de época, al estilo del de James Ivory (que a propósito es el apellido de la familia protagonista de la historia).
The Merrihill Millionaires
Arthur Beckham
They were a top team - five miners who together had mined a million tons of coal but now they must face up to redundancy.
The Black Velvet Gown
Thomas Froggett
In the 1830's in northern England, Riah Millican, a widow with three children, takes a job as housekeeper to a reclusive former teacher, Percival Miller. Miller makes Riah the gift of a black velvet gown, and even educates her children. But when Riah discovers the reason behind Miller's gifts, she vows to leave his house, but Miller has a hold on her, even after his death, when he leaves his house to her on the condition that she never marry. Riah's daughter, Biddy, grows up and becomes a laundress in a large house where her education keeps her from fitting in and makes her a target. But it also catches the eye of a son of the house, and with Miller's legacies, Biddy may yet find her way to happiness.
A Wreath of Roses
Station Master
Period drama based on a novel. While waiting for a train, a lonely woman is witness to a suicide on the tracks. A sympathetic man strikes up a friendship with her. At first reluctant, she is drawn in by his self-assured good looks, despite an uneasy feeling that he is not what he seems. She eventually discovers that he is hiding a deadly secret.
Blood Hunt
Police Inspector
The Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan Innes flees to the hills, pursued by Robert's brother. An old friend, Sandy Ross, tries to prevent the inevitable blood hunt.
Gandhi
Colonel
Después de defender los derechos de los ciudadanos africanos en Sudáfrica, Gandhi, considerando que también los hindúes son ciudadanos de segunda clase en su propia tierra, los incita a sublevarse contra el Imperio Británico mediante la doctrina de la no-violencia.
Remembrance
Stan
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.
Bread or Blood
Baker
Between April and May 1816, "Bread or Blood" riots erupted across East Anglia as the price of bread surpassed the wages of agricultural and industrial laborers. While food riots had a long history in Britain, industrialization, enclosure, and globalization increasingly safeguarded the nation's food supply by the early nineteenth century
Begging the Ring
George Bryant
An investigation of a family's dilemma when the 18 year old son, trained by his ambitious father for the local wrestling championships, receives his call up papers for WWI.
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Tom Girton
On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the Master summons the demon Azal: unexplained murders, a stone gargoyle come to life, and a nigh-impenetrable infernal energy dome. With the Master fully prepared to destroy the Earth, the Doctor and UNIT - aided by a benevolent practitioner of witchcraft - battle the wicked rites of a secret science wielded by an alien from another world.
When Eight Bells Toll
Durran
In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.
The Breaking of Bumbo
Guardsman James
The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.
La mente del Sr. Soames
Guard
Tras una operación, un hombre de unos 30 años que ha permanecido en coma en una cama de hospital desde su nacimiento, vuelve a la vida. El Dr. Michael Bergen intentará convertir a ese adulto con mentalidad de un bebé, a llevar una vida normal y para ello deberá enseñarle como comer, vestir, relacionarse... Surgen discusiones entre el Dr. Michael Bergen y un colega, el Dr. Maitland, sobre cual es la mejor forma de educarle. El Dr. Bergen asegura que puede acelerar el proceso de maduración del joven. Pero una vez aprendida ciertas cosas, Soames desea ver como es el mundo, y decide escaparse del hospital. Tras un largo aprendizaje, Soames aprende que él es el único responsable de sus acciones.