George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Nascimento : 1903-10-01, Manchester, England, UK

Morte : 1989-04-25

História

George Alexander Coulouris (1 de outubro de 1903 - 25 de abril de 1989) foi um ator de cinema e teatro inglês. Em Cidadão Kane (1941), Coulouris interpretou Walter Parks Thatcher, um financista semelhante a JP Morgan . Coulouris e Welles receberam um prêmio do National Board of Review de 1941 por suas performances. Durante as décadas de 1930 e 1940, Coulouris permaneceu uma figura regular no palco e na tela, estrelando sua própria produção da Broadway de Richard III em 1943. Seus filmes neste período incluíram "Quando os Destinos Se Cruzam" (1945), "A Dama Desconhecida" (1945) e À Noite Sonhamos (1945).

Perfil

George Coulouris
George Coulouris

Filmes

The Sets of Marinus
Arbitan (archive footage)
The Sets of Marinus is a BBC documentary looking at set design for the Doctor Who story The Keys of Marinus. It was released on the DVD of the serial.
The Daedalus Equations
Hans Daedalus
Hans Daedalus has defected from East Germany to the West. Is it possible that his opacity equations live on after his death?
A Sauna das Loucas
Old Man Vespucci
No leito de morte, o pai de Carmine Vespucci diz para ele "buscar Proclo". Com "o golpe", Gaetano diz a um motorista de táxi para levá-lo onde Carmine não o encontra. Ele chega ao Ritz, um balneário gay, onde é perseguido amorosamente pelo "caçador gordinho" Paul B. Price e pelo artista Googie Gomez, que acredita que ele é um produtor da Broadway. Seus guias através do Ritz são o porteiro Abe, o habitual Chris e o mensageiro Tiger e Duff. O detetive Michael Brick e seu empregador Carmine localizam Gateano no Ritz, assim como sua esposa Vivian.
A Batalha da Vingança
El Keb
Aventureiro americano e rico inglês que se juntam para destruir um navio de guerra alemão antes da Primeira Guerra Mundial.
The Antichrist
Father Mittner
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
Assassinato no Expresso Oriente
Doctor
O detetive Hercule Poirot está a bordo do Expresso do Oriente quando um passageiro é encontrado morto. Amplamente desprezada, a vítima tinha muitos inimigos, e Poirot tem que peneirar um grupo excêntrico de suspeitos para encontrar o assassino.
Percy's Progress
Professor Godowski
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
Mahler, Uma Paixão Violenta
Doctor Roth
Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.
Papillon
Dr. Chatal
Na década de 1930, Papillon (Steve McQueen) foi acusado de assassinato e mandado para cumprir prisão perpétua na Guiana Francesa. As regras da prisão são claras: Qualquer um que tentar fugir ganhará como punição dois anos de solitária. Isso não é o bastante para assustar Papillon, que vai tentar fugir de qualquer maneira com a ajuda de Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman). Em uma das vezes ele quase consegue e vai parar incialmente em uma colônia de hansenianos e depois em uma tribo de índios caribenhos, até chegar na Ilha do Diabo.
The Final Programme
Dr Powys
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Programme", developed by his father. The programme, a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being, is contained on microfilm. A group of scientists, led by the formidable Miss Brunner (who consumes her lovers), has sought Cornelius's help in obtaining it. After a chase across a war-torn Europe on the verge of anarchy, Brunner and Cornelius obtain the microfilm from Jerry's loathsome brother Frank. They proceed to an abandoned underground Nazi fortress in the Arctic to run the programme, with Jerry and Miss Brunner as the subjects.
Coffee, Tea or Me?
Doctor
An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in London.
The Stranger
Max Greene
In this unsold TV pilot, an astronaut enters a vortex and crash-lands on a parallel planet where he's not welcome.
The Suicide Club
A young gambler seeking greater challenges joins a card club where the members literally gamble for their lives.
Tower of Evil
John Gurney
Um grupo de arqueólogos experientes viajam para uma ilha, em busca de um tesouro fenício. Entretanto, eles são surpreendidos por uma série de assassinatos misteriosos.
Sangue no Sarcófago da Múmia
Professor Berrigan
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.
Unfair!
Judge
This incredibly strange short film was commissioned by the union ACTT (Association of Cinematograph, Television and allied Technicians, of which the filmmaker and novelist B.S. Johnson was a member) as part of its action against the Industrial Relations Bill passed by parliament in 1971.
A Mais Cruel Batalha
Mr. Sturdevant
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
Scruggs
Ben Scruggs is an intellectual gangster who lives his life like a poker game.
A Luta pela Terra
Cardenas
Um bandido que comete uma série de roubos e assassinatos consegue culpar os apaches pelos crimes, provocando uma guerra indígena.
O Sindicato do Crime
Swiss Peasant
Em busca de uma grande reportagem, uma jovem jornalista (Diana Rigg) põe em polvorosa uma organização de assassinos profissionais, envolvendo-se com o charmoso chefe da gangue (Oliver Reed).
Koroshi
Controller
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder. - This film was originally conceived as part of the fourth season of the "Secret Agent" TV series. However, this was the first episode of the season and Patrick McGoohan quit shortly after filming it. Thus it was decided to package a double-episode from a TV show as a full-length movie. Patrick McGoohan quit "Secret Agent" to create "The Prisoner" TV series. - The original individual episodes of "Danger Man" that made up this movie were released for the first time on video in the 1990s. - The original two one-hour episodes that made up this film were broadcast in limited fashion in the UK in 1968.
Too Many Thieves
Andrew
When some priceless Macedonian treasures are swiped, lawyer Falk arrives to get to the bottom of things.
Arabesque
Ragheeb
História de intriga internacional envolvendo um professor universitário, um primeiro-ministro árabe, um homem de negócios impiedoso, uma bela espiã, e hieróglifos.
A Maldição da Caveira
Dr. Londe
An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.
The Crooked Road
Carlo
An investigative reporter travels to a small European country with the hope of exposing its dictator's family secrets.
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Arbitan
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
Das russische Wunder
(English version narrator)
O Rei dos Reis
Camel Driver
Quando a notícia se espalha pela Judéia de que o filho de Deus deve nascer em Belém, o rei Herodes (Frank Thring) exige que todas as crianças sejam mortas. Maria (Siobhan McKenna) foge com seu filho, Jesus (Jeffrey Hunter), que cresce pregando, realizando milagres e adquirindo devotos. Um dos seus seguidores, Judas (Rip Torn), o trai e ele é condenado à crucificação. Mas Jesus sempre soube do seu destino e se preparou para a morte.
Presente de Gregos
Dr. Panzer
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.
The Boy Who Stole a Million
Bank Manager
A boy gets involved in a bank robbery
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Lacoste
A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.
O Arqueiro Misterioso
Alan A Dale
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.
Espionagem no Espaço
Col. Benedict
Women distract a U.S. agent fighting Soviet spies over a German scientist and his secret plans.
Law and Disorder
Sergeant Bolton
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
Law and Disorder
'Bennie' Bensuson
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
The Big Money
The Colonel
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
Tank Force!
Italian POW camp commandant
During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.
Womaneater
Dr. James Moran
A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.
I Accuse!
Colonel Sandherr
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
Seven Thunders
Paul Bourdin
Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.
The Man Without a Body
Karl Brussard
A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The business man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt.
Kill Me Tomorrow
Heinz Webber
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
Tarzan e a Expedição Perdida
Carl Kraski
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
Doctor at Large
Pascoe
The third of the "Doctor" films. Newly qualified doctor Simon Sparrow goes in search of a job. He applies for a surgery position at the hospital where he studied, but manages to insult the senior surgeon and one of the hospital's governors. So, instead he ends up as assistant to with a niggardly and rather scary GP with an amerous wife, followed by cushy but rather unmedical job with a Harley Street doctor, and then a job with a very nice GP whp is the opposite to the first one. But after getting the chance to rescue the hospital governor from a group of angry ladies at a resort in France, he finally lands a job at his beloved hosdpital.
Private's Progress
Padre
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.
Doctor at Sea
"Chippie" the Carpenter
The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Brigitte Bardot is around.
Mask of Dust
'Pic' Dallapiccola
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
The Teckman Mystery
Andrew Garvin
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.
Duelo na Selva
Capt. Malburn
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.
Doctor in the House
Briggs
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
A Day to Remember
Foreign Legion Captain
Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
The Heart of the Matter
Portuguese Captain
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
The Dog and the Diamonds
A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.
The Runaway Bus
Ernest Schroeder
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.
Venetian Bird
Chief of Police Spadoni
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.
Outcast of the Islands
Babalatchi
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.
Appointment with Venus
Captain Weiss
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.
Kill or Be Killed
Victor Sloma
An innocent man accused of a murder hides out aboard a steam ship in South American.
Joana D'Arc
Sir Robert de Baudricourt, Governor of Vaucouleurs
No século XV, a França é uma nação derrotada e arruinada após a Guerra dos Cem Anos contra a Inglaterra. A menina de fazenda de 14 anos de idade Joana D'Arc afirma ouvir vozes do Céu pedindo-lhe para levar Exército de Deus contra Orleans e coroando o fraco Delfim Charles VII como Rei da França. Joana arregimenta as pessoas com a sua fé, forma um exército e conquista Orleans. Quando seu exército está pronto para atacar Paris, o corrupto Charles vende seu país para a Inglaterra e dissolve o exército. Joana é presa, vendida ao Burgundians Ingleses e submetida a um julgamento político vergonhoso no castelo de Rouen.
A Southern Yankee
Maj. Jack Drumman aka The Grey Spider
Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civil War.
Beyond Glory
Lew Proctor
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.
Sonha, Meu Amor
Charles Vernay
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
Que Rei Sou Eu?
Prime Minister Krivoc
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
Califórnia
Capt. Pharaoh Coffin
Uma caravana dirige-se para o Oeste, guiada pelo ex-tenente Jonathan Trumbo e seu amigo irlandês Michael Fabian. No caminho, junta-se a eles a aventureira Lily Bishop, com quem Jonathan se envolve. Todavia, quando chega a notícia de que foi descoberto ouro na Califórnia, Lily e a maioria dos colonos partem, atrás de fortuna fácil. Mais tarde, Jonathan a reencontra em Pharaoh City, cidade dominada pelo ex-traficante de escravos Pharaoh Coffin, que arranca até a última gota de sangue dos mineiros. Pharaoh também deseja tornar o território uma nação independente, para fortalecer sua posição. Entretanto, seus planos são frustrados por Jonathan, Michael e Lily, agora a rica proprietária do saloon The Golden Lily.
Mr. District Attorney
James Randolph
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.
O Veredito
Supt. John R. Buckley
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Regeneração
Doc Ganson
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
Confidential Agent
Captain Currie
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
Lady on a Train
Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Hotel Berlin
Joachim Helm
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany.
À Noite Sonhamos
Louis Pleyel
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
Apenas um Coração Solitário
Jim Mordinoy
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
The Master Race
Von Beck
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary people back on their feet. There are mental and physical wounds to heal, fields to plough, the church to rebuild. But a top Nazi, knowing the War is lost, has infiltrated the town and is fostering dissent and disunity.
Vaidosa
Dr. Byles
A popular e bela Fanny Trellis é forçada a um casamento sem amor com um homem mais velho, o banqueiro judeu Job Skeffington, a fim de salvar seu amado irmão Trippy de uma acusação de peculato e as consequentes complicações previsíveis. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
Between Two Worlds
Mr. Lingley
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
Horas de Tormenta
Teck Brankovic
Após 18 anos vivendo na Europa, o casal Sara e Kurt Muller vai visitar a mãe dela em Washington DC. Lá, um conde romeno descobre que a mala de Kurt está cheia de dinheiro e que ele trabalha para um grupo anti-nazista. O conde decide chantagea-lo, mas Kurt o mata. Agora o casal e os filhos precisam escapar.
Por Quem os Sinos Dobram
André Massart
Guerra Civil Espanhola, anos 30. O idealista Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper) se engaja no conflito para defender os princípios de liberdade e democracia. Numa missão de altíssimo risco, ele aguarda o melhor momento de explodir uma ponte de importância vital para as tropas inimigas. Neste cenário de idealismos e tensões quase insuportáveis, a mística Pilar, líder das forças da resistência civil, encoraja a bela e jovem Maria (Ingrid Bergman) a ajudar Robert em sua missão. Durante uma noite debaixo das estrelas, o medo da morte e a possibilidade do amor caminham lado a lado, em pleno horror da guerra.
Esta Terra é Minha
Prosecutor
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
Encontro com o Perigo
Capt. Hans Holz
Um capitão francês (Jean-Pierre Aumont) se apresenta como nazista para localizar uma base de submarinos na costa da França, enquanto assume a identidade de um cidadão francês "Parecido com ele".
Cidadão Kane
Walter Parks Thatcher
Charles Foster Kane foi um menino pobre que acaba se tornando um dos homens mais ricos do mundo. O filme inicia com a sua morte, momentos antes da qual pronuncia a palavra "Rosebud". Após dias de sensacionalismo em cima da notícia de sua morte, o jornalista Jerry Thompson é enviado por seu chefe para investigar a vida de Kane, a fim de descobrir o sentido de sua última palavra, a qual ninguém sabia. Entrevistando pessoas do passado de Kane, o jornalista mergulha na vida de um homem solitário, que desde a infância é obrigado a seguir a vontade alheia. Ninguém a seu redor importa-se com Kane, que busca por meio da aquisição de bens a adoração das pessoas. Ao final, Thompson, após a exaustiva investigação da vida de Kane através de entrevistas, se vê incapaz de descobrir o significado da palavra, concluindo que "Charles Foster Kane foi um homem que possuiu tudo o que quis e depois perdeu tudo. Talvez Rosebud seja algo que ele nunca tenha possuído ou algo que tenha perdido".
Protegida de Papai
Defense Attorney
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Tudo Isto, e o Céu Também
Charpentier
Adaptação do best-seller de Rachel Field. Bette Davis é a professora Henriette, que relembra sua história em flashbacks, trazendo à tona o tempo em que trabalhava como governanta do Duque de Praslin. Dominada por um ciúme doentio, a duquesa acusou Henriette de manter um caso com o duque. A governanta achou melhor deixar o emprego ao invés de criar confusão, mesmo com a promessa não cumprida da duquesa em escrever uma carta de referências. Logo depois, porém, a duquesa foi encontrada morta.
The Streets of New York
Gideon Bloodgood
The story revolves around the efforts of the middle-class family Fairweather, newly impoverished by the financial panic, to survive against the villainous banker Gideon Bloodgood.
Christopher Bean
Tallent
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of their value.
The Impassive Footman
Daventry's Butler (uncredited)
A woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a concert.