Brit movie/tv quiz.

[tex]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Ah yes, that is The Bounty, also starring Mel Gibson

Which UK #1 single from the early 70s had two (instrumental) ITV themes on it - one on each side?

tHINK YOU MAY HAVE MIS-READ THE QUESTION ZABA

[tex]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Ah yes, that is The Bounty, also starring Mel Gibson

Which UK #1 single from the early 70s had two (instrumental) ITV themes on it - one on each side?

The theme from The persuaders (A side) The girl with the sun in her hair (B side) better known as the silvikrin hairspray theme by John barry?

[zabadak]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

The theme from The persuaders (A side) The girl with the sun in her hair (B side) better known as the silvikrin hairspray theme by John barry?

Close but that didn't reach #1 and the B-side is from an advert, not a theme.

Think ITV detective show set in the Netherlands...

[zabadak]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

tHINK YOU MAY HAVE MIS-READ THE QUESTION ZABA

Ah - it said classical actor also in the film while showing a picture of Anthony Hopkins, so I thought it couldn't be him...

[tex]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Close but that didn't reach #1 and the B-side is from an advert, not a theme.

Think ITV detective show set in the Netherlands...

Eye level from van der valk/distant hills from crown court (confirmed)

[tex]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Name this brit actor

Born 1915 in Belfast, came to London as a boy with his mother and brother and served in the army during the war, spent time as a POW. appeared in a staggering 240 films and countless tv shows he died in 1982 from a respiratory disease leaving one son Jonathon who himself became an actor and writer

[Donald the Great]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Name this brit actor

Born 1915 in Belfast, came to London as a boy with his mother and brother and served in the army during the war, spent time as a POW. appeared in a staggering 240 films and countless tv shows he died in 1982 from a respiratory disease leaving one son Jonathon who himself became an actor and writer

240 films plus tv.. I am thinking a character actor. Hell the UK had so many good ones. Just a stab. Denholm Elliott. An under rated actor in my view.

[zabadak]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Eye level from van der valk/distant hills from crown court (confirmed)

Yes, well done!

[tex]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

240 films plus tv.. I am thinking a character actor. Hell the UK had so many good ones. Just a stab. Denholm Elliott. An under rated actor in my view.

No ...try again, this actor appeared but never starred in anything, instantly recognisable face

[Donald the Great]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Ah yes, that is The Bounty, also starring Mel Gibson

Which UK #1 single from the early 70s had two (instrumental) ITV themes on it - one on each side?

Mel Gibson a classical actor? Yes he graduated from NIDA.. no my classical actor is Lawrence Olivier.

[Donald the Great]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

No ...try again, this actor appeared but never starred in anything, instantly recognisable face

that could apply to hundreds. need more.

[tex]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

that could apply to hundreds. need more.

Need more? Really Donald, did you read the original post, there are NINE clues in it. He was so prolific he had a game named after him called the spot _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ game

[Donald the Great]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

240 films plus tv.. I am thinking a character actor. Hell the UK had so many good ones. Just a stab. Denholm Elliott. An under rated actor in my view.

yep tex. Still lost

[Donald the Great]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

Name this brit actor

Born 1915 in Belfast, came to London as a boy with his mother and brother and served in the army during the war, spent time as a POW. appeared in a staggering 240 films and countless tv shows he died in 1982 from a respiratory disease leaving one son Jonathon who himself became an actor and writer

Yep tex. Tend to not follow actors personal lives. So still lost. I should know him. How about one of his better known 240 staggering films? May help.

[tex]

Re: Brit movie/tv quiz.

HERE IS JUST SOME OF HIS WORK IN FILMS AND TV

Samuel Block
1952 Angels One Five
Mess Waiter
1952 Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (TV Series)
A postman / Nosey Jenkins
- Bunter's Bicycle (1952) ... A postman
- The Report (1952) ... Nosey Jenkins
1952 The Stranger in Between
Potman
1952 Judgment Deferred
Ambulance Man (uncredited)
1952 Sing Along with Me
1952 Secret People
Irish Police Sergeant
1951 Mr. Denning Drives North
Minor Role (uncredited)
1951 High Treason
Sam - Printer (uncredited)
1951 Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini-Series)
Unimpressed onlooker
- The Empty House (1951) ... Unimpressed onlooker
1951 Cheer the Brave
1951 Hell Is Sold Out (uncredited)
1951 Penny Points to Paradise
Porter / Taxi Driver
1951 The Galloping Major
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
1951 Assassin for Hire
Bert
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Seaman Garvin (uncredited)
1951 The Man in Armour (TV Series)
Fingers
- Fireworks in the Waxworks (1951) ... Fingers
1951 Pool of London
2nd Engineer (uncredited)
1951 Mr Drake's Duck (uncredited)
1951 Just William (TV Movie)
1951 The Dark Man
Sergeant Major
1950 The Second Mate
Wheeler (uncredited)
1950 The Clouded Yellow
Police Radio Operator (uncredited)
1950 The Magnet
Postman
1950 Blackout (uncredited)
1950 Cage of Gold
Waiter (uncredited)
1950 Seven Days to Noon
Soldier in House Search (uncredited)
1950 No Trace
Mechanic
1950 Treasure Island
Cady
1950 The Body Said No!
Sam (uncredited)
1950 Chance of a Lifetime
Worker
1950 The Blue Lamp
Bookmakers Assistant at White City (uncredited)
1950 For the Children (TV Series)
Weasels, Ferrets and Stoats / Welsh Rabbit
- Toad of Toad Hall (1950) ... Weasels, Ferrets and Stoats / Welsh Rabbit
1949 Movie-Go-Round
Repair Man
1949 The Cure for Love
Charlie Fox
1949 The Squeaker (TV Movie)
Sub-editor
1949 The Hasty Heart
Driver (uncredited)
1949 Madness of the Heart
Soldier at airport
1949 Saints and Sinners
Man in Bar (uncredited)
1949 The Gay Lady
'Bedford' Stage Manager (uncredited)
1949 The Hidden Room
Club steward
1949 Vengeance Is Mine
Stacy
1949 Poet's Pub
George (uncredited)
1949 Stop Press Girl
Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
1949 Passport to Pimlico
Sapper
1949 Floodtide
Barman (uncredited)
1949 Badger's Green
Uncredited (uncredited)
1949 Forbidden
Joe
1949 Hour of Glory
Crowhurst - Door Sentry
1949 Lost Daughter
Army Truck Driver
1949 Maniacs on Wheels
Johnny Briggs (uncredited)
1948 A Piece of Cake
Uncredited (uncredited)
1948 Scott of the Antarctic
Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N.
1948 It's Hard to Be Good
Husband (uncredited)
1948 Take Back Your Freedom (TV Movie)
Corporal Gosway
1948 Love in Waiting
Bit Part (uncredited)
1948 Fly Away Peter
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed, uncredited)
1948 To the Public Danger (Short)
Police Driver
1948 Colonel Bogey
Bit Role (uncredited)
1948 Trouble in the Air (uncredited)
1948 A Song for Tomorrow
Sergeant
1947 Fortune Lane (uncredited)
1947 I Became a Criminal
Eddie (uncredited)
1946 Mr Jones Takes the Air (Short)
1946 The Captive Heart
POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)