Robert Urquhart
Рождение : 1921-10-16, Ullapool, Scotland
Смерть : 1995-03-21
История
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Urquhart (16 October 1921 – 21 March 1995) was a Scottish character actor who mainly worked in British television during his career.
He was born in Ullapool, Scotland on 16 October 1921, educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and made his stage debut in 1947. He starred in many shows of the detective/special-agent type, such as Department S, Callan, The Professionals, Man in a Suitcase, The Avengers, and opposite Patrick McGoohan in the 1965 episode of Danger Man titled "English Lady Takes Lodgers". He also played the lead role in Jango, a short lived 1961 production by Associated Rediffusion
His first film role was in 1952 in You're Only Young Twice. He died in Edinburgh on 21 March 1995.
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Peter McVurrich
An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children to inform them of the news. During the journey, the couple rediscover their love for each other.
D.C. McKinnon
Кения времён борьбы за независимость. Сын убитого повстанцами священника из местных находит приют в доме британского офицера, но вскоре оказывается между двух огней.
Minister
A 19th Century photographer travels to the North of Scotland to document the fishing industry, where he falls in love with one of the Gaelic-speaking fish gutting girls.
Godfrey
To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English village invites a black cricket team from South London to a charity game with comical results.
(archive footage)
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Albrecht Hoffman
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".
Baird
Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.
A young would-be science-fiction writer finds out that his new girlfriend's father is his favorite author.
Headmaster
Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.
Headmaster
Light-hearted tale about an enterprising Edinburgh boarding school boy who sets up an insurance scheme for fellow pupils in 1953 against getting caned, which quickly earns him a small fortune
Attorney General
Разочарованный в жизни адвокат Сидни Картон берётся защищать эмигранта Чарльза Дарнея от обвинений в шпионаже против Англии. Невеста Дарнея Люси Мэнетт очаровывает его, и он соглашается помочь ей спасти её жениха, арестованного французскими революционерами, от гильотины.
Harry
A married couple, lost in the woods, stumbles across a creepy mansion and its inhabitants - an overly-kind old woman and deadly wolf children that scour the country-side looking for victims. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.
Jerry
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.
Sid Morton
"You've been a good man with us, Eddie. Made a lot of contacts. But two things you'd better realise. One: a salesman who doesn't sell is a liability. Two: don't charge your private life to our account." Salesman Edie Cameron experiences setbacks in his work and personal life.
Tom Stockman
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stockman, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior interests, Ibsen had no qualms remarking on the irrational nature of the masses and the corrupt political systems which encourage them.
1978 adaptation of Muriel Spark's classic novel.
3rd Agent
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A play from 1976
It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs.
Vic
Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
Auctioneer
Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor to hide his amorous yearnings.
Johnson
Молодой поляк сбежал с корабля, чтобы попросить политического убежища в Англии. На парня сразу же насели спецслужбы и вот он уже едет в Восточную Германию, чтобы проверить истинность одного странного фотоснимка, запечатлевшего ракеты там, где их быть не должно. Он входит в игру. Игру без кавычек. Профессиональным разведчикам и Запада, и Востока, как выясняется, нет дела до парня, фотоснимка, ракет и прочей политики. Их интересует только победа в игре: кто кого перехитрит? Шахматы, одним словом. А люди — пешки...
Major Kemble (uncredited)
Командир эскадрильи Квинт Манро переживает смерть своего лучшего друга Скотти в бою. Спустя время, Манро влюбляется в жену Скотти — Бет…
George Brant
Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who have formed a syndicate to search for uranium deposits. As their four-week window for digging starts to close, trouble soon starts amongst the group and there are some sinister 'accidents'... It is obvious that one of the party is trying to sabotage the expedition; but who?
George Crossfield
После похорон Ричарда Эбернети, оставшиеся члены семьи собираются для ознакомления с завещанием. Его смерть была внезапной, хотя и ожидаемой. Причиной смерти назывались естественные причины. Однако после достаточно бестактного заявления Коры: «Его ведь убили, не так ли?», адвокат семьи начинает подозревать, что было совершено преступление и решает начать расследование.
История о мужестве и борьбе за жизнь военных и дипломатов, в 1900 г. попавших в западню в закрытой зоне Пекина. С молчаливой поддержки императрицы Китая, их осадили тысячи восставших против иностранцев китайских фанатиков. Разногласия забыты перед лицом опасности, забыта и борьба за сердце прекрасной, русской графини. Все вовлечены в ужасные события…
Pearson
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
Cmdr. Clayton
Любой человек достоин любви. Даже самый никчемный и невезучий. Помощник бакалейщика Норман очень хотел любить и быть любимым, но… со вторым пунктом ему явно не повезло. От отчаяния и безысходности он вербуется на службу в Военно-Морской Флот Ее Величества. Тут-то и начинается самое интересное…
Bob
A woman with extra-sensory perception has a vision of a murder.
Major Wilson
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
What happens when an attractive girl from Paris arrives in a sleepy riverside village.
Mike
Две истории в одной: беззаботный британский капрал, находящийся во Франции, узнаёт, что он оказался ответственным за жизни своих людей после гибели их офицера. И он должен найти способ вернуть их в Англию. Тем временем британские гражданские лица оказываются втянутыми в войну при помощи операции «Динамо», целью которой было вернуть французские и британские войска на побережье Дюнкерка. Есть и те, кто готов прийти на помощь, и те, кто действует не столь охотно.
Paul Krempe
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Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Peter Darwin
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a reluctant Kay to help him bury the body in a wood. When the body is found and with the truth close to being uncovered, Darwin resorts to desperate actions to cover his crime.
Sir Philip
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
Frank, Charles' brother
Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles. Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes shocked when she attends a carnival.
Jim Dobson
Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in East Africa during the last decade of the nineteenth century.
Dr. Michael Flynn
The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.
Gawaine
Согласно «Истории Бриттов» средневекового монаха Гальфрида Монмутского, в небе над Британией появилась комета в образе чудесного дракона. Великий маг и провидец Мерлин предсказал королю Утеру Пендрагону, что у него родится великий сын Артур, которому станет подвластна вся Британия и земли, над которыми простираются лучи, исходящие от кометы. «Артур» - образ, происходящий от кельтского военачальника VI века, стал наиболее популярным персонажем в литературе Средневековой Европы, центральным героем повествований о рыцарях Круглого Стола, Святом Граале и даже мессианской фигурой. Этот фильм перенесет Вас в те великие легендарные времена когда жили герой легенд Древней Англии король Артур, Сэр Ланселот, Мерлин и красавица Женевьева и рыцари круглого стола. Несомненно, это один из самых первых и самых лучших фильмах о временах короля Артура. Великолепная игра актеров, постановка трюков и масштабные батальные сцены надолго запомнились зрителям во всем мире.
Jim Frobisher
A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspected of being poisoned.
Clifford Brett
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
Slater
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
Sheltie
Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role
Dadda Whalby
Stephen Whalby loves the moor. When a series of senseless murders of young women invades his beloved moor, he becomes intrigued...and a suspect.