Tom Georgeson

Tom Georgeson

Nacimiento : 1937-08-08, Liverpool, England

Historia

Liverpudlian actor Tom Georgeson is best known for his roles in several groundbreaking TV dramas including Between the Lines and Boys from the Blackstuff, Scully and G.B.H. - the last three all penned by Alan Bleasdale. For film fans he is perhaps best remembered for his role as crook George Thomason (a play on his own name) in John Cleese and Charles Crichton's 1988 comedy smash A Fish Called Wanda.

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Tom Georgeson

Películas

Electricidad
Al
Una joven con epilepsia sufre de extraordinarias alucinaciones mientras busca a su hermano perdido.
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher The Murder at Road Hill House
Superintendent Foley
En 1860, en la localidad rural de Wiltshire, en la mansión de una distinguida familia, el hijo de tres años es sacado de su cama y asesinado. Scotland Yard encarga la investigación del terrible crimen a Jack Wicher, conocido por el sobrenombre de "El Príncipe de los Detectives". (FILMAFFINITY)
Hancock & Joan
Fred
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.
Ángel
Marvell
Film basado en una novela de Elizabeth Taylor que se desarrolla en la Inglaterra de 1905, y que relata el ascenso y caída de una excéntrica escritora británica, Angel Deverell.
Diario de un escándalo
Ted Mawson
Barbara es una despótica y solitaria profesora que gobierna su aula con mano de hierro en una ruinosa escuela pública de secundaria londinense. Vive sola, con su gata Portia, no tiene amigos, pero su vida experimenta un cambio radical cuando conoce a Sheba Hart, la nueva y atractiva profesora de arte de la escuela. Barbara ve en ella al alma gemela y a la leal amiga que siempre ha estado buscando. Pero, cuando descubre que Sheba mantiene una tórrida relación con uno de sus jóvenes alumnos, la incipiente amistad da un ominoso giro, pues Barbara amenaza con contárselo todo al marido de Sheba y al mundo entero.
Irish Jam
Father Duffy
Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize -- the deed to their local pub. But what could happen when a duplicitous American rapper emerges as the best poet around?
The English Harem
Eric Pringle
Tracy a young working class girl, who - against the wishes of her parents and racist ex-boyfriend - becomes one of three wives of West London Persian restaurateur, Sam.
Under The Greenwood Tree
Geoffrey Day
Set in a rustic English village in the mid 19th century, Under The Greenwood Tree tells the story of a poor young man who falls for a middle-class schoolteacher and attempts to win her over.
El misterio de Wells
Flint
Corre el año 1380 en Inglaterra. Un sacerdote caído en desgracia se une a un grupo de actores, y todos llegan a un pequeño pueblo donde un joven chico ha sido asesinado y una mujer sordomuda es acusada de asesinato y brujería. El grupo de actores, entonces, decide ofrecer una representación que recree los sucesos acaecidos.
Man Dancin'
Father Gabriel Flynn
Tough comedy drama set in Glasgow. Former enforcer Jimmy exits jail a changed man, but both his criminal boss and a corrupt copper think he's bluffing.
La virgen de Liverpool
Father Keane
Cuando una chica de 12 años encuentra una estatua de la Virgen abandonada en un suburbio de Liverpool, no parará hasta que le encuentre un nuevo hogar, a pesar de las objeciones y reticencias de su divertida y peculiar familia. La búsqueda le reportará nuevos amigos, situaciones hilarantes y más problemas de los que ella imaginaba...
Swing
Uncle Matty
When Martin Luxford (Hugo Speer) leaves jail, he decides to form a swing band, having been taught to play the saxophone by his cellmate Jack. Returning to his native Liverpool, Martin pulls together a backing band of misfits and loners, and recruits his ex-girlfriend Joan (Lisa Stansfield) as a singer. Things are complicated somewhat by the fact that Joan is now married to the policeman who arrested Martin, and when the band's first gig - at a heavy metal pub - goes badly, it seems as though the road to musical success may be a rocky one.
Cumbres borrascosas
Joseph
Nada se sabe del pasado misterioso de Heathcliffe. Cuando el señor Earnshaw lo adopta y lo lleva a su casa, su hija Cathy se da cuenta de que son almas gemelas. Aunque separados por obstáculos de nacimiento, clase y por el hermano celoso de Cathy, nada puede romper la unión nacida entre ellos, incluso cuando Cathy se casa con el rico y apacible Edgar Linton...
Amor en tiempos de guerra
Mr. John Lawrence
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, tres mujeres de la Sección Femenina del Ejército de Tierra, de diferentes clases sociales y caracteres, coinciden en un pueblo de Inglaterra, donde asumirán el trabajo de los granjeros que han acudido a la guerra y entablarán una inolvidable relación. (FILMAFFINITY)
Un cuento de hadas
Reporter
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.
Downtime
Jimmy
Former police psychologist Rob helps to save young Chrissy when she is about to commit suicide by jumping of 21st-story balcony with her 4-year-old son Jake. When he persuades her to go on a date, they are trapped with Jake in an elevator after a drunken gang crashes into the elevator's engine room and creates havoc.
The Locksmith
Peter Thorogood
When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.
Cause of Death
Ray Peters
A QED drama special, based upon a real-life case of medical negligence. Within four days of being admitted to hospital with minor injuries, Ray Peters' son Mark is in a coma, and two weeks later he is dead. Suspecting critical mistakes by the doctors. Ray vows to find out the truth.
Criaturas feroces
Sealion Spectator
Un hombre de negocios norteamericano compra un zoo en Gran Bretaña. Su falta de escrúpulos y su desmedido afán de lucro se ponen de manifiesto cuando decide vender algunos animales muy queridos por los empleados del zoo.
Lyddie
Mr. Marsden
Lyddie (Tanya Allen) faces a daunting task: She's struggling to reunite her family and save their farm. To do that, she takes a job at a cotton mill and, with the help of Diana (who's toiled in the mills since age 10), learns that there are risks involved with being a factory girl -- namely, dangerous working conditions and low wages. Soon, Lyddie finds herself in the forefront of a suffrage movement to better those appalling conditions.
The Treasure Seekers
Bates
Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially strapped father.
Resnick: Rough Treatment
A kilo of cocaine. Hardly what two small-time crooks were expecting to find when they broke into TV director Harold Roy's shabby mansion. But nor was Harold's frustrated wife expecting to fall in love with one of the intruders. Now she's going to make a deal with him - for both her husband and the drugs. But the precious powder belongs to someone else. And he wants it back. So if he feels he's been double-crossed, there's no telling what might happen. Detective Inspector Resnick has a hunch that there's more to this story than meets the eye. And as his investigations lead him down the mean streets of the TV industry and an inner-city drugs ring, it's obvious that more than one person is dancing on thin ice
The Man from the Pru
Det. Supt. Moore
The 20 January 1931 slaying of Julia Wallace remains unsolved, despite an ongoing stream of investigative writers giving an impression that a solution to the crime has been found through a surfeit of working hypotheses.
Home Run
Goodis
Back in London from abroad, Bill English has it all - smart flat with a river view, flash car and, of course, the beautiful Anna. But he was born and brought up in these parts and everything's changed. Anna asks: 'Where are the ghosts Bill?'
Un pez llamado Wanda
Georges Thomason
Un grupo de delincuentes organizan un plan para robar una valiosa colección de diamantes en la joyería Hatton Gardens de Londres. Entre ellas se encuentra la encantadora Wanda, que va a intentar un doble juego para quedarse ella con el botín. Lo malo es que sólo George, el jefe de la banda, sabe dónde están escondidas las joyas, pero ha sido encarcelado.
Hidden Talents
Stanley
Nellie (Pat Phoenix) is weak and bedridden in her aging, decrepit house due to a bad heart. Living out of her front room, Nellie is looked after by her son Harold (Tom Bell) who is going deaf and prone to eccentric and emotional outbursts following a motorbike accident some years previous. Relations are tense and fractious between Nellie and Harold, a state of affairs which isn't helped by Nellie's affectionate recollections of her estranged son Stanley (Tom Georgeson) who left many years before, taking with him Nellie's savings.
No Surrender
Mr Ross
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
Doctor Who: Logopolis
Detective Inspector
After an encounter with the Master, an airline stewardess named Tegan Jovanka becomes an unwitting stowaway aboard the TARDIS as it travels to the planet Logopolis. There, the Doctor discovers that the Master's interference with the Logopolitans' advanced mathematics has unleashed a wave of entropy which threatens to consume the entire universe.
The Black Stuff
Dixie Dean
A Liverpool tarmac gang set off for a contract in Middlesborough. After a day of work, the group are approached by two gypsies who offer them a lucrative side job.
The After Dinner Joke
Journalist
A comic extravaganza about a young woman's adventures in the world of big business charity.
The Country Party
Adler
Comedy drama written by Brian Clark.
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
Kavell
The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure yet — to prevent the creation of the Daleks.
The Death of Glory
Barman
Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.
All's Well That Ends Well
Second Soldier
An adaptation directed by Claude Whatham for the BBC's Theatre 625 slot. Essentially a recording of John Barton's acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Catherine Lacey (the Countess), Ian Richardson (Bertram), Lynn Farleigh (Helen), Clive Swift (Parolles) and Sebastian Shaw (the King), it was broadcast on 3 June 1968.