Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow

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

Morte : 2017-09-28

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Benjamin Whitrow

Filmes

O Destino de uma Nação
Sir Samuel Hoare
Winston Churchill está prestes a encarar um de seus maiores desafios: tomar posse do cargo de Primeiro Mnistro da Grã-Bretanha. Paralelamente, ele começa a costurar um tratado de paz com a alemanhã Nazista que pode significar o fim de anos de conflito.
Bomber
Alistar
An 83 year-old man returns to Germany for a long planned journey of atonement. When Ross, his useless son agrees to drive him there, a nightmare family road trip ensues.
Cenas de Natureza Sexual
Eddie Wright
Amor e sexo. Alguns andam à procura, outros precisam. Uns rejeitam, outros compram. Mas estamos todos envolvidos. A única coisa que realmente nos une é a nossa tentativa de nos ligarmos uns aos outros. Seja emocional, física, subliminar ou sexualmente, como seres humanos precisamos de contactar uns com os outros. Mas quais são as regras? Como sabemos que alguém gosta ou está apaixonado por nós? Como é que decidimos ligar-nos a uma pessoa, por um momento ou para a vida inteira?
Cenas de Natureza Sexual
Stevie
Amor e sexo. Alguns andam à procura, outros precisam. Uns rejeitam, outros compram. Mas estamos todos envolvidos. A única coisa que realmente nos une é a nossa tentativa de nos ligarmos uns aos outros. Seja emocional, física, subliminar ou sexualmente, como seres humanos precisamos de contactar uns com os outros. Mas quais são as regras? Como sabemos que alguém gosta ou está apaixonado por nós? Como é que decidimos ligar-nos a uma pessoa, por um momento ou para a vida inteira?
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
A Fuga das Galinhas
Fowler (voice)
Na quinta de criação de galinhas do casal Tweedy, situada algures em Inglaterra, a corajosa e persistente galinha Ginger procura conduzir as restantes companheiras de cativeiro a uma fuga organizada. Todavia, as tentativas de evasão resultam sempre em fracasso até surgir na quinta um galo americano e bem-falante chamado Rocky.
O Encanto das Fadas
Mr. Binley
FairyTale: A True Story é um longa-metragem do gênero fantasia lançado em 1997 e baseado no famoso caso das Fadas de Cottingley ocorrido na Inglaterra durante o período da Primeira Guerra Mundial.
The Merchant of Venice
Antonio
A TV schools version of the play by William Shakespeare, filmed in the studio and on location in Venice.
O Outro Lado da Nobreza
Merivel's Father
Inglaterra, 1660. Carlos II sobe ao trono após os anos de terror do governo de Oliver Cromwell. É nesse cenário da Restauração que jovem estudante de medicina experimenta guinada radical em sua vida e seus amores ao ser convidado para fazer parte da corte.
Perdas e Danos
Civil Servant
O político britânico Stephen está em um casamento sem graça, mas estável, com Ingrid. Quando Stephen conhece a noiva sedutora de seu filho, Anna, ele se apaixona e começa um romance intenso, mas perigoso com ela. Dizer que Anna está noiva de seu filho e que ela é assombrada por demônios pessoais não é suficiente para parar Stephen. Continuando a relação sórdida, Stephen luta para evitar a destruição de si mesmo e sua família.
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.
O Homem Que Não Vendeu Sua Alma
Thomas Cromwell
Quando a primeira esposa de Henrique VIII, Catarina de Aragão, é incapaz de dar-lhe um herdeiro ao trono, ele usa esse motivo como pretexto para que o Papa lhe conceda o divórcio e assim, poder se casar com Ana Bolena.
On the Black Hill
Arkwright
The story covers eighty years in the lives of a pair of Welsh identical twins with an unusual bond, as they go through war, love affairs, and land disputes.
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...
Personal Services
Mr. Marsden
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men, inspired by the real experiences of Cynthia Payne. The story follows Christine Painter as the down-at-heel waitress who, with the help of prostitute Shirley and cross-dressing Wing Commander Morten, seeks to up her earnings by turning her suburban home into a brothel. Before long she and her girls are chaining up judges, spanking Generals and attending to the needs of Honourable Members. Christine sees herself as providing a vital service to these harmless pervs and when finally the house is busted and the case comes to court, it's fair to say that the presiding judge isn't unfamiliar with her work.
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?
Uma Corrida Contra o Tempo / O Homem Que Perdeu a Hora
Headmaster
An uncompromising British school headmaster finds himself beset by one thing going wrong after another.
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.
Enxofre & Melaço
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
Na Londres de 1964 Jimmy Cooper é um membro de uma gangue Mod - jovens bem vestidos que dirigem vespas Lambretta. Os mods estão sempre brigando com os Rockers, que vestem jaquetas de couro e dirigem motocicletas. Desiludido com seus pais e seu emprego, Jimmy só encontra uma válvula de escape para sua angústia adolescente quando está com seus amigos mods Dave, Chalky e Spider. Um feriado de três dias é a desculpa para a rivalidade entre as duas gangues chegar às vias de fato, enquanto ambas descem para a cidade litorânea de Brighton para o confronto definitivo.Quadrophenia é uma reflexão sobre a Grã-Bretanha pré-Tatcher, documentando o narcisismo movido a anfetaminas da cultura jovem dos anos 60. Em 2004 a revista Total Film elegeu Quadrophenia o 35º melhor filme britânico de todos os tempos.
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