Neil McCarthy

Neil McCarthy

Nacimiento : 1932-07-26, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Muerte : 1985-02-06

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Neil McCarthy

Películas

Muerte en el safari
Anthony Marston
Unos turistas, que se encuentran de safari en plena jungla africana, ven como son asesinados uno detrás de otro. Adaptación del clásico de la célebre escritora inglesa Agatha Christie.
Los héroes del tiempo
Robber #2
A Kevin, un chico con una imaginación desbordante, una noche lo despierta un grupo de enanos que sale de su propio armario. Estos personajes eran antiguos criados del "Ser Supremo", pero, cansados de trabajar para él, decidieron robarle un mapa para poder viajar a través del tiempo y del espacio con la intención de robar grandes tesoros en distintas épocas. Además, sus viajes les han permitido conocer a diversos personajes históricos: Napoleón, Agamenón, el rey de Micenas, e incluso Robin Hood.
Furia de titanes
Calibos
Cuando el rey de Argos decide sacrificar a su hija y a su nieto Perseo, Zeus (padre del niño) decide salvarlos y arrasar la ciudad. Perseo crece feliz hasta que la diosa Thetis, para vengarse de Zeus, que ha castigado a su hijo Calibos con una horrible deformidad, lo secuestra y lo abandona a su suerte. Al conocer la noticia, Zeus ordena a los demás dioses que ofrezcan a su hijo regalos que le permitan defenderse. Así es como una mañana el héroe encuentra una espada capaz de cortar la piedra, un casco que lo vuelve invisible y un escudo que lo hace invulnerable. Con estas armas se dirige a la ciudad de Joppa, cuya princesa es víctima de una maldición.
George & Mildred
Eddie
Big screen spin-off of the Seventies sitcom. Mildred Roper is determined to make husband George celebrate their wedding anniversary in style, at a posh hotel in London. However, upon arrival George is mistaken by a gangland criminal for a rival hitman, and soon the Ropers find themselves up to their necks in trouble on the wrong side of the law!
Measure for Measure
Abhorson
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His sister, Isabella (a nun-in-training), however, is a very persuasive pleader. She goes to Angelo, but instead of freeing her brother, she gets an offer from Angelo to save Claudio's life if Isabella sleeps with him. The only sympathetic friend Isabella has is a priest who, in actuality, is the Duke in disguise...and he has a plan.
Doctor Who: The Power of Kroll
Thawn
The Doctor and Romana arrive on the marsh moon of Delta Magna in search of the next segment of the Key to Time. They are caught in the conflict between the native Swampies and the crew of a chemical refinery. The presence of a gun runner complicates matters; to make things worse, the Swampies intend to awaken Kroll, the giant god that lives beneath the swamps.
Las aventuras del ladrón de Bagdad
Jaudur's Aide
Un resuelto ladrón ayuda a un guapo príncipe a luchar contra un mago maligno y a ganar la mano de una bella princesa.
The Ghost of Ardachie Lodge
Jamie
An old house appears to be haunted - but only one woman can sense it.
Trial by Combat
Ben Willoughby
A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.
Siete hombres al amanecer
Man at Quarry (uncredited)
En 1942, el general de las SS Reinhard Heydrich es nombrado gobernador de la Checoslovaquia ocupada por los nazis. Pero un grupo de siete soldados checos, exiliados en el Reino Unido, son enviados a su país para eliminarlo. La película detalla la planificación del atentado, su ejecución y la dura represión que sufrieron los checos tras la muerte de Heydrich.
Steptoe and Son Ride Again
Lennie
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
Platonov
Osip
The title character is a married provincial schoolmaster and a notorious philanderer. He is a russian Don Juan except that he himself doesn't seek to seduce; the women around him simply find him irresistibly attractive, and he is only too happy to go along. The play predates the realism of Chekhov's later works in its desjointedness, but many of its scenes show the seeds of brilliance that would eventually emerge.
When the Bough Breaks
Eddie Gosse
NSPCC social worker Margaret Ashdown is given the case of investigating into the Gosse family, when the young mother, Sheila, is unable to explain her baby's fractured skull at the hospital. She discovers the family live in poverty and ignorance, and have a tradition of instability.
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
George Patrick Barnham
Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong - especially when they discover that the Doctor's old enemy the Master is responsible for the machine.
El desafío de las águilas
Sgt. Jock MacPherson
En plena Segunda Guera Mundial, John Smith es el jefe de un grupo de élite, cuya misión es infiltrarse en las líneas enemigas alemanas para rescatar a un general americano, prisionero de los nazis, para evitar que hable del plan de invasión de Normandía.
Siete veces siete (7 veces 7)
En una cárcel de Londres se celebra una protesta inusual, todos los detenidos se niegan a regresar a sus celdas después de una hora en el patio. Pasan las horas y, a pesar de todo, incluso de las inclemencias del tiempo, el "motín" de los condenados continúa hasta que el director favorece la concesión para volver a sus celdas. En realidad, la protesta, tan finamente orquestada por Bodoni, ha servido para que sólo estos seis detenidos, con el fin de beneficiarse, con la complicidad del departamento de medicina interna, con un único fin, escapar temporalmente de prisión.
The Cuckoo Patrol
Superman No2
Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.
La colina de los hombres perdidos
Burton
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de prisioneros ingleses se encuentra encarcelado en un campo militar del norte de África. Allí sufren la ira de un sádico sargento.
Two Left Feet
Ted
Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen (Nyree Dawn Porter), the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes.
Zulú
Pvt. Thomas
Sudáfrica, 1879. Un centenar de soldados ingleses esperan el ataque de 4.000 guerreros zulúes. Tienen órdenes de resistir en su puesto y, a pesar de la aplastante superioridad numérica del enemigo (40 a 1), están dispuestos a luchar hasta el final.
Kidnapped
"Hammer" Harris
When three year old Willy wanders away from home he falls among thieves. They are forced to kidnap him. The police ask Dickie, his elder brother and his friend, Johnny to help in the search. Johnny's friends all join in and meet with varied adventures. The children find Willy in a disused warehouse but cannot rescue him. Three more are caught by the gang who lock them in with the now unconscious gang leader and escape with the jewels. The police, alerted by the children, capture the gang, recover the jewels and finally rescue the children, including Willy
The Searchers
When three year old Willy wanders away from home he falls among thieves. They are forced to kidnap him. The police ask Dickie, his elder brother and his friend, Johnny to help in the search. Johnny's friends all join in and meet with varied adventures. The children find Willy in a disused warehouse but cannot rescue him. Three more are caught by the gang who lock them in with the now unconscious gang leader and escape with the jewels. The police, alerted by the children, capture the gang, recover the jewels and finally rescue the children, including Willy
In Deep Water
When three year old Willy wanders away from home he falls among thieves. They are forced to kidnap him. The police ask Dickie, his elder brother and his friend, Johnny to help in the search. Johnny's friends all join in and meet with varied adventures. The children find Willy in a disused warehouse but cannot rescue him. Three more are caught by the gang who lock them in with the now unconscious gang leader and escape with the jewels. The police, alerted by the children, capture the gang, recover the jewels and finally rescue the children, including Willy
Trapped
When three year old Willy wanders away from home he falls among thieves. They are forced to kidnap him. The police ask Dickie, his elder brother and his friend, Johnny to help in the search. Johnny's friends all join in and meet with varied adventures. The children find Willy in a disused warehouse but cannot rescue him. Three more are caught by the gang who lock them in with the now unconscious gang leader and escape with the jewels. The police, alerted by the children, capture the gang, recover the jewels and finally rescue the children, including Willy
We Joined the Navy
Sergeant
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
The Cracksman
Van Gogh
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!
The Young Detectives
Adventure of stolen jewels and the kidnapping of a little boy who saw the robbery. Serial in 8 episodes.
The Pot Carriers
Bracket
New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend Wendy. After being assigned to kitchen duty, he becomes involved in a food-trading racket. When the scheme is betrayed to the prison's governor, its prime mover is threatened with an extended sentence - unless Rainbow can come up with a way to save him.
Offbeat
Leo Farrell
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
El criminal
O'Hara
Johnny Bannion se ha pasado los tres últimos años en prisión tramando el robo más importante de su carrera. Cuando sale de la cárcel, lleva a cabo su plan. Entierra el botín en el campo, pero es arrestado antes de poder revelarle el escondrijo a su banda.
Gugu and Andile
Father John
The year is 1993, democracy is at hand, and South Africa's townships are burning. Gugu, a sixteen year-old from a Zulu speaking family falls in love with Andile, an eighteen year-old Xhosa youth. Their love is frowned upon by both communities.