Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow

Nacimiento : 1937-02-17, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Muerte : 2017-09-28

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Benjamin Whitrow

Películas

El instante más oscuro
Sir Samuel Hoare
En mayo de 1940 el destino de Europa occidental depende del primer ministro británico Winston Churchill, quien debe decidir si negociar con Adolf Hitler o luchar sabiendo que podría significar una derrota humillante para Gran Bretaña y su imperio.
Bomber
Alistar
En 1943, Alastair Pennington tenía 18 años y era un joven piloto de bombardero que salía en su primera misión. No encontró su objetivo, y hostigado por aviones enemigos, decidió soltar las bombas. No sabía que en ese lugar había entonces un pequeño pueblo. Perseguido por un sentimiento de culpabilidad durante 65 años, decide realizar un viaje de expiación a Alemania, acompañado por su esposa Valerie y el inútil de su hijo Ross. Una comedia agridulce acerca de la familia, los recuerdos, la culpabilidad y el amor.
Escenas de naturaleza sexual
Eddie Wright
La historia transcurre a lo largo de una tarde y noche y muestra los enredos y escarceos amorosos de siete parejas de Londres que se reúnen en casa de una de ellas para cenar. (FILMAFFINITY)
Escenas de naturaleza sexual
Stevie
La historia transcurre a lo largo de una tarde y noche y muestra los enredos y escarceos amorosos de siete parejas de Londres que se reúnen en casa de una de ellas para cenar. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Queen's Sister
Cronin
An in-depth biopic of Princess Margaret from the days following her father's death in 1952 until the 1970s. She was known to be a flamboyant royal but she remained a stickler for protocol. She had many controversial romances and also infamously kissed the daughter of the US ambassador. Also the film gives some focus on what others thought of Margaret, from normal people of the era to a backbench MP opposed to her 1961 wedding. Written by Reece Lloyd
Chicken Run: Evasión en la granja
Fowler (voice)
La señora Tweedy es la dueña de una granja en la que la mayoría de las aves se han resignado a llevar una vida corta e infeliz: viven mientras ponen huevos y, cuando dejan de hacerlo, acaban en la mesa como comida de los domingos. Pero las cosas empiezan a cambiar con la llegada de Rocky, un gallo norteamericano, que mantiene un romance con Ginger, una gallina muy combativa que ha organizado innumerables intentos de fuga para alcanzar una vida mejor.
Un cuento de hadas
Mr. Binley
En el verano de 1917, en plena guerra mundial, Frances Griffiths (Elizabeth Earl), una niña de diez años, aplaude con gran entusiasmo los vuelos de Peter Pan y Campanilla en un teatro de Londres. La magia de los personajes es tal que Frances llega incluso a olvidar el miedo que le produce la idea de perder a su padre, que está luchando en el frente.
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
A TV schools version of the play by William Shakespeare, filmed in the studio and on location in Venice.
Restauración
Merivel's Father
Restauración de la monarquía inglesa por parte de Carlos II (mediados del XVII). Tras ser llamado por el rey a palacio, Robert Maribell, un joven médico, sucumbe hasta tal punto a los placeres de la corte que acaba perdiendo sus maravillosas aptitudes como médico y enamorándose de la favorita del rey.
Herida
Civil Servant
Peligrosa aventura de amor y sexo entre un hombre maduro y la prometida de su hijo. Él es un respetable miembro del Parlamento, pero está dispuesto a dejarlo todo por ella; ella, calculadora y pragmática, está decidida a casarse con su novio.
The Attractions
Lawson
When Danny, 'one of Maggie's wandering minstrels', visits a seaside horror museum, he is rather disappointed. 'It's all about victims. Now people are interested in who done it, not who it got done to ...' So begins a process of disintegration which culminates in a new type of exhibit, 'an attraction' for the modern age.
A Man for All Seasons
Thomas Cromwell
Story of Sir Thomas More, who refused to accept the spiritual leadership of Henry VIII, and faces death as he struggles to remain loyal to his integrity.
Sobre la colina negra
Arkwright
Historia que arranca en 1885 y que narra los habituales conflictos en los límites que separan Gales de Inglaterra. Se centra en la historia de una familia, concretamente en dos hermanos gemelos y llega hasta los años sesenta. Uno mira hacia una parte de la Colina Negra y el otro en sentido contrario. Sus conflictos son también fronterizos.
Natural Causes
Walter Bryce
Comedy thriller. Walter Bryce hires the professional services of the sinister Vincent to eliminate his rich, neurotic wife, Celia. All this to achieve a place in the sun with his secretary Angie. What seems to be a neat idea goes wrong when Vincent becomes involved on a personal level.
Hawks
Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time.
Lucky Sunil
Mr. Slipper
Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?
The Devil's Disciple
Major Swindon
Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience held dear, especially family and marriage. In 1777 as the American War of Independence rages, Dick Dudgeon returns to the family he revolted against years ago. But his life is about to take another twist as the british arrive and seem set on an execution...
Servicios muy personales
Mr. Marsden
Christine Painter es una madre soltera que trabaja como camarera, se saca un dinero extra alquilando dos pisos que tiene en su poder. Como nunca puede pagar a su casero porque sus inquilinos nunca le pagan a ella, Christine acaba por dejar que su casero se cobre en especies. Cuando una de sus inquilinas se marcha, ella decide incorporarse al negocio, hasta que gracias a un par de locas aventuras abre un burdel en las afueras de la ciudad.
Paying Guests (Part 2)
Mr. Kemp
Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold. Florence, for the first time in her life, refuses to go off with her selfish old father. Miss Howard has some momentous news, and the Colonel must make a very brisk about-turn.
Paying Guests (Part 1)
Mr. Kemp
Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and preparations for the charity concert all make time pass most pleasantly - don't they?
Siempre puntual
Headmaster
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.
The Insurance Man
Lecturer in Medical School
Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash gradually spreads over his body. After complaining to the management he is laid off work; his relationship with his fiancee is affected. In an attempt to get compensation from his former employers he goes to insurance firm Assicurazion Generali, where he encounters an enigmatic clerk called Kafka.
Hay Fever
Richard Greatham
Set in a British country house in the 1920s, Hay Fever follows the outlandish bevaiour of the Bliss family when they each invite a guest to spend the weekend. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, Hay Fever is one of Coward's most popular plays.
Sharma and Beyond
A young would-be science-fiction writer finds out that his new girlfriend's father is his favorite author.
A Shocking Accident
Headmaster
A Shocking Accident is a 1982 British short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. About a boy whose father is killed in Naples, when a pig falls on him as a balcony collapses. The incident haunts the boy through his later life until he meets a girl who understands his side of the story. The film won an Oscar at the 55th Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short and was nominated for BAFTA in 1983.
Brimstone & Treacle
Businessman
A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
On Approval
Richard
Adaptation of the play by Frederick Lonsdale
The Factory
James Sellars
"What's a lock-out, my son? A lock-out is engraved in the history of the class struggle. A lock-out is our Glencoe. It's where they try and drive a stake into our underbelly." A factory's workforce is dwindling as divisions between the workers and management widen.
Troilus & Cressida
Ulysses
The bitter Trojan War drags on - the Greeks blame Achilles' apathy for low morale, while Troy's hero Hector challenges one of the enemy to a personal duel. And after her father exchanges Cressida for a Trojan prisoner, the war becomes personal for her distraught lover Troilus.
Minor Complications
Phillips
Kay Gilbert goes into hospital for a minor operation which goes badly wrong. Based on an actual case, this play tells the story of her fight for compensation.
Quadrophenia
Mr. Fulford
Londres, 1964. El nacimiento de dos sectas juveniles rivales (los "mods" y los "rockers") tiene consecuencias devastadoras. Para Jimmy y sus compinches, una pandilla bien trajeada, adicta a las pastillas y siempre a lomos de sus scooters, ser un mod es una forma de vida, es pertenecer a su generación. La cuadrilla de Jimmy se va a Brighton, dispuesta a vivir una salvaje aventura de drogas, emociones y batallas campales contra los rockers.
One Fine Day
Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.
Afternoon Off
Father
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
One Day at a Time
Tom
An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting