John Fortune

John Fortune

Nacimiento : 1939-06-30, Bristol, England, UK

Muerte : 2013-12-31

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John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

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John Fortune

Películas

Coup!
Writer
Dramatisation of the abortive real-life attempt by Simon Mann to organise a coup to take over Equatorial Guinea in 2004. The case achieved notoriety because one of the financial backers of the project was Sir Mark Thatcher, son of British ex-PM 'Margaret Thatcher'.
Match Point
John the Chauffeur
Chris Wilton es un ambicioso y joven profesor de tenis con escasos recursos económicos. Gracias a su amistad con Tom Hewett, consigue entrar en la alta sociedad londinense y enamorar a su hermana Chloe. Tom, por su parte, sale con Nola Rice, una atractiva americana, de la que Chris se encapricha nada más verla. El azar, la pasión y, sobre todo, la ambición llevarán a Chris a cometer acciones que determinarán su vida y la de los demás para siempre.
Las chicas del calendario
Frank
La vida de Chris da un vuelco cuando su marido muere de leucemia. La viuda decide emprender un proyecto para recaudar fondos contra la enfermedad. Su plan es publicar un calendario sensual con fotos de las mujeres del instituto de la mujer.
Between Iraq and a Hard Place
The impressionist Rory Bremner and comedians Bird and Fortune take a look at the history of Iraq through a series of sketches, monologues and jokes. They begin with the formation of Iraq by the British in the early 20th Century, through the bombing of villages to control the tribes, the establishment of a king in the area through to the modern day trade meetings with Saddam Hussein.
El sastre de Panamá
Maltby
A Andy Osnard, un seductor espía británico, lo destinan a Panamá por culpa de una aventura con la mujer de un embajador. Una vez allí, se pone en contacto con un sastre de oscuro pasado, pero muy bien relacionado con personalidades de la política y de la mafia y cuya esposa trabaja para el presidente del país. La misión de Osnard consiste precisamente en averiguar cuáles son las intenciones del presidente panameño con respecto al canal.
Maybe Baby
Acupuncturist
Lucy Bell (Joely Richardson) y Sam (Hugh Laurie) son una pareja que lleva una vida apacible y acomodada, pero a la que le falta algo fundamental: tener un niño. Tras probar toda clase de métodos posibles para la concepción del bebé, deciden recurrir a un singular ginecólogo. (FILMAFFINITY)
El jardín de la alegría
Melvyn
Tras quedarse viuda inesperadamente, Trevethyn Grace se encuentra en una situación financiera desesperada, pues hereda enormes deudas que su difunto marido había ido acumulando durante años. Frente a la pérdida de su casa, decide utilizar su talento para la horticultura y trama un plan para cultivar marihuana que puede vender a un precio astronómico, y que supondría la solución a su crisis financiera.
Giving Tongue
Chief Executive
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.
Giving Tongue
Jessie Fielding is a young MP who is trying to get an anti-hunting bill through the two Houses of Parliament, which is a little surprising as she hunted as a teenager with friend Barb Gale. Matters are complicated when she rekindles her friendship with Barb, who still works for a hunt. The plot thickens further when it becomes aparent that the House of Lords is likely break with convention and block the bill, an event which the Prime Minister hopes to use for his own ends.
A Very Open Prison
Prime Minister
The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
England, My England
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
The story of Henry Purcell.
Don't Leave Me This Way
George Saunders
British academics Loretta and Bridget run into Sandra, an old school friend at a book launch. Although Sandra appears to be gay and carefree, Loretta notices an undercurrent of tension while Sandra stays with her for a few days. Loretta is saddened to learn her friend was killed in a car accident, and comforts Sandra's estranged husband Tom, her daughter Lizzie, and emotionally disturbed son Felix. While doing so she becomes to believe the accident may not be what it seems, spurred on by the information a local policeman provides her.
Life After Life
Detective Inspector Curtin
A 70 year old man gets shunned into a retirement home.
Baño de sangre en la casa de la muerte
John Harrison
Comedia terrorífica en la que Vincent Price y sus amigos deben luchar contra unos científicos locos que poseen extraños planes.
Timon of Athens
Poet
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
The Light Princess
Prince
Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Writer
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
The Cobblers of Umbridge
Phil Cobbler
A parody of the long running radio show "The Archers", an everyday story of country-folk based in the fictional village of Umbridge.
Rentadick
Additional Dialogue
Armitage es el director de una compañía de productos químicos que está a punto de producir un gas que causa incapacidad temporal. Los militares lo codician, pero también un grupo japonés. Tanto Armitage como madame Greenfly contratan detectives en la misma agencia para robárselo mutuamente...
Take a Girl Like You
Sir Gerald
Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys take a liking to her. But who will be the lucky one who wins her affections?
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Server
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
The Drinking Party
Phaedrus
An interpretation of Plato's Symposium as a picnic organised by a University don for his students. Each guest is asked to explain the nature of love before the Don, through a series of questions, reaches a unifying conclusion.