Michael Aldridge
Nacimiento : 1920-09-09, Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom
Muerte : 1994-01-10
Historia
Michael William ffolliott Aldridge was an English actor. He was known for playing Seymour in the television series Last of the Summer Wine from 1986 to 1990 and he had a long career as a character actor on stage and screen dating back to the 1930s.
Neville Chamberlain
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.
The Professor
Four kids travel to the magical land of Narnia where they must battle an evil queen with the direction of the lion, Aslan.
Mr. Burns
Shanghai, 1937. Una bella misionera y un aventurero van tras la pista de un cargamento de opio desaparecido para utilizarlo con fines medicinales. Para conseguir su objetivo, los dos jóvenes tienen que enfrentarse a toda una serie de personajes de los bajos fondos que buscan el alijo.
Prior
El señor Brian Stimpson es el jefe de profesores de un instituto en Inglaterra. A pesar de la puntualidad y rectitud que exige a todos sus alumnos, él tiene problemas con llegar a tiempo a sus citas. El día que debe presidir una importante conferencia en Norwich, se da lugar una divertida conjunción de desastres.
Edmond Cork
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.
Sir Colin Brand
Roddy and Lola strike up a romance on the cruise liner SS Mara as it heads to Hong Kong from San Francisco.
Dr. Carter
Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
Headmaster
A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.
John Bourke-White
All seems ready for a major sale of impressionist paintings to be graced by a royal visit. But panic erupts in the boardroom when the pedigree of the Van Gogh - to be sold by the Russians - is questioned. When it causes a scene between the porters, Les and Mick, a respectable firm is forced to take drastic action to save the big day.
Prof. Rupert Fenton
The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary. And, of course, win the heart of a jolly nice young lady.
Sir Basil Turton
Invited to a weekend house party by Sir Basil Turton and his younger wife Natalia, John Bannister is struck by the lady's infidelity. She tries to undo his pajamas and is plainly having an affair with another guest Major Haddock. Jelks, Sir Basil's loyal butler, has also noticed and when Natalia gets her head stuck in an abstract sculpture he knows precisely how to cut her down to size.
Sir Philip Crouch
Un banquero británico con problemas personales contrata a un singular detective privado (Topol) para que siga a su esposa estadounidense, una mujer de espíritu libre (Farrow), de quien sospecha que lo está engañando.
Pistol
Guerra de los Cien Años (ss. XIV y XV). Enrique IV, primer monarca de la dinastía de los Lancaster, usurpó el trono, en 1399, arrebatándoselo a su primo Ricardo II. A su muerte, le sucede, con el nombre de Enrique V, el príncipe Hal, que reniega de Falstaff, su viejo compañero de juergas, y lo condena al exilio.
Harvard
Cuando la hija de John Harris es gravemente herida en un accidente de navegación, el hospital le dice que ella va a necesitar una transfusión de sangre urgente. Debido a sus creencias religiosas, Harris se niega a dar el permiso y la niña muere. Cuando la investigación libera a Harris de toda culpa, el médico a cargo del caso intenta llamar a la policía para presentar cargos de homicidio contra Harris.
English Officer
A group of Norwegians cross the North Sea in winter to deliver Allied soldiers and ammunition to their Nazi-occupied country.
Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.
Michael Garrod
A trio of young boys become involved in a criminal plot.
