Tom Georgeson

Tom Georgeson

Nascimento : 1937-08-08, Liverpool, England

História

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

Filmes

Electricity
Al
A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.
As Suspeitas Do Sr. Whicher
Superintendent Foley
Um assassinato cruel de um menino de três anos de idade, Saville Kent, em 1860. A polícia local falha na investigação, o que levou o governo a enviar o detetive Jack Whicher da Scotland Yard para a pequena cidade para investigar o caso. Whicher avaliou a situação e rapidamente chegou à chocante conclusão que o assassino deve ter sido um membro da família Kent. Todos, do pai de Saville até as suas babás ficaram sob suspeita. No entanto, Whicher foi levados ao caso quase uma semana depois do assassinato. As provas eram circunstanciais e a maioria das pistas já haviam desaparecido antes mesmo de iniciado o caso.
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.
Angel - Encanto e Sedução
Marvell
Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.
Notas Sobre um Escândalo
Ted Mawson
Barbara Covett é uma professora veterena de St. George que fica amiga de Sheba Hart, a nova e carismática professora de artes da escola. Barbara descobre que a amiga está tendo um caso com um aluno e se torna a guardiã desse segredo explosivo.
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.
Um Crime de Paixão
Flint
Na Inglaterra, em plena Idade Média, um monge quebra seu voto de castidade e é alvo da ira do bispo local. Tomado por culpa e remorso, ele foge e, na estrada, testemunha o assassinato de um ator, integrante de uma trupe ambulante. O monge passa a ocupar o lugar da vítima, e o grupo continua viajando de cidade em cidade. Até chegar a um vilarejo no qual uma mulher surda-muda está sendo acusada de bruxaria e é condenada pela morte de um jovem. Ao decidirem encenar o crime, os atores descobrem que a jovem é inocente. Chegou a hora de o monge se redimir de seus pecados através do próprio sacrifício. Com um clima sombrio e uma história forte, o filme promete segurar a tensão do começo ao fim, além de contar com boas atuações de seu elenco de respeito, que inclui Willem Dafoe e Paul Bettany nos papéis principais. Juntam-se a eles rostos conhecidos de produções européias de sucesso, como Vincent Cassel, Ewen Bremner e Brian Cox.
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.
The Virgin of Liverpool
Father Keane
An unwanted statue of the Virgin Mary affects an entire community after an apparent miracle in a chip shop.
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.
Wuthering Heights
Joseph
Gipsy boy Heathcliffe is adopted by a god-fearing landowner in northern England and grows up as the soul-mate of the daughter, Cathy Earnshaw. When father dies, stern son Hindley returns and bans Heathcliffe to the stables; when they spy upon their upper class neighbors, Edgar Linton sends the dogs upon them and chases Heath but starts an affair -love comes only from him- with her. When Hindley's socialite wife Frances dies in childbirth, he is completely embittered, becomes a drunk unable to care for his son Hareton and has to sell Wuthering Hights- to Heathcliffe. After a misunderstanding Cathy marries Linton, Heath retorts by a loveless match with his sister. Even Cathy's death doesn't stop the cycle of spite, grief and harm so it poisons the next generation's lives as well while she keeps haunting Heathcliffe
No Campo das Paixões
Mr. John Lawrence
Na Inglaterra, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, três jovens mulheres, de classes sociais distintas, são chamadas para trabalhar duro nos campos de uma fazenda e desenvolvem grande amizade.
O Encanto das Fadas
Reporter
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.
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.
Ferocidade Máxima
Sealion Spectator
Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
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?'
Um Peixe Chamado Wanda
Georges Thomason
Com o intuito de seduzir Archie para descobrir o esconderijo das jóias roubadas por um de seus clientes, Wanda está pronta para agir! Infelizmente para ambos, o namorado e parceiro da moça (Kline) também está pronto para agir, mas contra Archie! Quem ficará com as jóias? Quem ficará com Wanda? Fica aqui o suspense, mas uma coisa é certa: "Um Peixe Chamado Wanda" é um filme que com certeza vai fisgar você!
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.