Simon Ward

Simon Ward

Nascimento : 1941-10-19, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

Morte : 2012-07-20

História

Simon Anthony Fox Ward was an English stage and film actor. He was known chiefly for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 1972 film Young Winston. He played many other screen roles, including those of Sir Monty Everard in Judge John Deed and Bishop Gardiner in The Tudors.

Perfil

Simon Ward

Filmes

Nightshade
Peter Brady
After his wife is murdered and his house torched, a judge becomes the vigilante title character and seeks revenge on the criminals who destroyed his life.
O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes
Mr. Linton
No final do século XVIII, em uma área rural da Inglaterra, surge com o tempo uma violenta paixão entre Catherine Earnshaw (Juliette Binoche) e o cigano Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes), seu irmão adotivo. Criados juntos, eles são separados pela morte do pai de Catherine e a crueldade de como Hindley Earnshaw (Jeremy Northam), seu irmão, trata Heathcliff. Quando Heathcliff fica sabendo que ela vai casar com Edgar Linton (Simon Sheperd), um homem rico e gentil, Heathcliff foge para fazer fortuna, ignorando o fato de que Catherine o ama, e não o futuro marido. Dois anos depois, Heathchliff retorna para vingar-se de Hindley e Edgar e do abandono que Catherine lhe infligiu.
Double X: The Name of the Game
Edward Ross
Expert safecracker Arthur Clutten masterminds heists for a criminal syndicate he belongs to. But after witnessing the brutal methods of persuasion being meted out by gang leader, Ignatius Smith Clutten decides to quit. But he realizes the gang would sooner see him killed than quitting. After stealing some documents incriminating Smith and his boss, Edward Ross, Clutten then puts his family in hiding and goes on the run...but his daughter has been kidnapped by the gang and a hitman has been hired and is close to finding Clutten.
Leave All Fair
young John
John Middleton Murry visits France to finalize the publication of a collection of his late wife, Katherine Mansfield's, letters and journals. The publisher's girlfriend Marie (who physically resembles Mansfield) and Murry become friends. Marie gradually learns that Murry not only profited greatly from his publication of Mansfield's writings, but that as her editor he sacrificed the real Mansfield to his own romantic dream, and even that he published her letters and journals against her expressed wishes.
The Corsican Brothers
Duc Dechateau-Renaud
In the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feelings of hate and reconciliation in their blood.
Supergirl
Zor-El
Supergirl (Helen Slater) parte rumo à Terra para tentar recuperar o Omegahedron, a fonte de energia necessária para salvar seu planeta Krypton. O objeto cai em mãos inimigas, em posse de bruxa Selena (Faye Dunaway), que deseja conquistar o mundo. Para complicar as coisas, Selena usa um feitiço para fazer um jardineiro se apaixonar por ela, porém a magia não dá certo e o rapaz se apaixona pela Supergirl, disfarçada pela identidade secreta de Linda Lee. A missão da Supergirl fica mais difícil…
L'étincelle
Mike
A beautiful DJ starts a romantic relationship with an older antiquarian. The only problem: she's pregnant and already hitched.
Supergirl: The Making of the Movie
Himself
A documentary filmed during production of the film "Supergirl" showing the world how and who made it. This interesting featurette includes interviews with the cast and crew along with footage from the film and excerpts from the musical score.
An Inspector Calls
Gerald Croft
An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1945 (in Russia) and 1946 (in the UK). It is considered to be one of Priestley's best known works for the stage and one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre. The play's success and reputation has been boosted in recent years by a successful revival by English director Stephen Daldry for the National Theatre in 1992. This is the 1982 BBC TV film adaptation
O Clube dos Monstros
George, Angela's Boyfriend
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him with three stories, each interspersed with musical performances at the club.
La Sabina
Philip
English scholar visits a small Spanish town in the Andalusian mountains to investigate the disappearance of another English scholar long ago. He learns of the legend of Sabina, a mysterious dragon woman who becomes his obsession.
The Last Giraffe
Jock Leslie-Melville
An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe of Kenya by adopting an orphaned animal whose mother had been slain by a notorious poacher.
Alvorada Sangrenta
Lt. Vereker
Na sombra de uma colina chamada Isandlwana, o confiante exército britânico tristemente vai compreender o quanto têm subestimado a habilidade tática e a força da nação Zulu. Na África do Sul de 1879, os administradores da Colônia do Cabo Britânica têm projetos para eliminar os zulus que são um obstáculo para a sua economia colonial. Para atingir esse objetivo, os britânicos apresentam ao rei dos zulus, Cetshwayo, um ultimato impossível de ser cumprido. Querem provocar uma guerra que eles têm certeza de que podem vencer facilmente com seus fuzis e peças de artilharia contra as lanças nativas. No entanto, essa guerra se mostra mais difícil do que o arrogante comandante britânico, Lord Chelmsford, esperava porque seu exército sobrecarregado inutilmente procura um inimigo extremamente evasivo.
Dominique
Tony Calvert
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
The Four Feathers
William Trench
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.
The Standard
Fähnrich Herbert Menis
During the final days of the First World War, Officer Menis does his duty in defending the battle flag of the defeated Austro-Hungarian empire, while his fellow troops, a motley gang recruited from several different countries not loyal to the royal family, simply try to survive by any means possible.
Exterminação 2000
Angel Caine
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
Ases do Espaço
Lt. Crawford
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.
Valley Forge
George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary War.
All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot
James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who—together with his mischievous brother Tristan—already have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county, including the Farnon brothers, as the animals in his care.
Children of Rage
Yaacov
The viscous conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is now a generation old. For many of the children of the region, the terrorist war has been going on for their entire lifetimes, killing their family and friends, and overshadowing their lives. They are the Children of Rage
Deadly Strangers
Stephen Slade
After she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a ride by a good-looking but somewhat mysterious young man, who she comes to suspect may be a dangerous escapee from a mental asylum.
The Breakthrough
Saunders
An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1966 short story of the same title, broadcast as part of the BBC's "BBC2 Playhouse".
A Vingança de Milady
Duke of Buckingham
Continuação da saga "Os Três Mosqueteiros", que agora são quatro! Depois de recuperar as jóias da Rainha, D’Artagnan (Michael York) tornou-se um mosqueteiro. Os protestantes ocupam La Rochelle e a Rainha (Geraldine Chaplin) está apaixonada pelo Duke de Buckingham (Simon Ward), que logo enviará navios de apoio aos rebeldes. O Cardeal Richelieu (Charlton Heston) recruta Rochefort (Christopher Lee) para sequestrar Constance (Raquel Welch), mensageira secreta da Rainha e amor de D´Artagnan. E para distrair o mosqueteiro, o Cardeal convoca a esperta e amoral Milady de Winter (Faye Dunaway). Mas logo, eles se tornam arque inimigos. Milady vai à Inglaterra para liquidar Buckingham e destronar a Rainha Anne, enquanto os quatro Mosqueteiros lutam contra os rebeldes. Conseguirá D´Artagnan salvar Constance, defender Rochefort, escapar da ira de Winter e se manter livre do Cardeal? Um por todos e todos por um!
Dracula
Arthur
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
Os Três Mosqueteiros
Duke of Buckingham
Adaptação da obra de Alexandre Dumas, em que o jovem D’Artagnan se une aos mosqueteiros Athos, Portohos e Aramis contra o Cardeal Richelieu, que deseja expandir seus poderes, e seu braço direito, Rochefort.
Hitler: Os Últimos Dez Dias
Hauptmann Hoffmann
Baseada em testemunhas oculares, o filme acompanha os últimos dias de Hitler (Alec Guinness) antes de ter cometido suicídio, percorrendo desde os momentos em que passou no bunker com seus capangas militares até sua relação conturbada com Eva Braun (Doris Kunstmann).
As Garras do Leão
Winston Churchill
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
Busca Desesperada
Jeremy
After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the other world. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.
I Start Counting
Conductor
An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is the serial killer at large.
Frankenstein Tem Que Ser Destruído
Dr. Karl Holst
A experiência do Barão Frankenstein deu errado, muito errado. Assim, outra vítima repousa em um túmulo provisório. De repente, uma corrente de água estoura, forçando o braço do cadáver para a superfície. Logo a corrente leva o corpo para cima. Em pânico, o ajudante do Dr. Frankenstein tenta esconder o corpo novamente. mas não é que cadáveres podem mesmo ser incontroláveis? Essa cena assustadora é destaque em Frankenstein Tem que Ser Destruído, quinto filme de Frankenstein da estrela do terror Peter Cushing, produzido pela lendária Hammer Studios. Com o então estreante Simon Ward (Young Winston) e Freddie Jones (The Elephant Man), como a mais nova criação do inventivo e mais célebre cientista do cinema.
Se…
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Em uma escola pública inglesa estuda o jovem Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell). Ele lidera um grupo de alunos rebeldes, os Crusaders. Insatisfeitos com o opressor sistema educacional, eles planejam uma grande vingança.