Alan Tilvern
Biography: Alan Tilvern (5 November 1918 – 17 December 2003) was a British film and television actor with a tough-guy image. He is possibly best known for his role as R.K. Maroon in the film Who framed Roger Rabbit. He was born in Whitechapel, in the East End of London, to Jewish Lithuanian parents, who changed their name from Tilovitch. After leaving school he became a barrow boy in Brick Lane. In the Second World War he served in the Army but was invalided out in 1945
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 05, 1918
Deathday: December 17, 2003
Popularity:
Known For
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988-06-21
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Overview: 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-21
Popularity:
A Tale of Two Cities
1958-02-07
A Tale of Two Cities
Overview: British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself jailed and condemned to the guillotine. But Sydney Carton, in love with a woman he cannot have, comes up with a daring plan to save her husband.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-07
Popularity:
Chase a Crooked Shadow
1958-01-16
Chase a Crooked Shadow
Overview: A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-16
Popularity:
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
1966-03-06
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Overview: Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. Even the Tsarina herself is seduced by his evil ways and, as his influence begins to dominate government policy, there is only one course of action left... to destroy him before he destroys them all.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-06
Popularity:
Khartoum
1966-06-09
Khartoum
Overview: English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
Genres: History War Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-09
Popularity:
Percy's Progress
1974-08-01
Percy's Progress
Overview: Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-01
Popularity:
Night and the City
1950-06-15
Night and the City
Overview: Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-15
Popularity:
Knights of the Round Table
1953-12-22
Knights of the Round Table
Overview: In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-22
Popularity:
Bhowani Junction
1956-05-01
Bhowani Junction
Overview: Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-01
Popularity:
The Stick Up
1977-04-10
The Stick Up
Overview: Duke Turnbeau (David Soul) has come to England, in the 1930s, as a way to improve his fortunes. For some reason, he believes that his larcenous ways will bring him prosperity in the country which at one time or another has had rulership over a large portion of the globe. While there, he meets Rosie McCratchit (Pamela McMyler), a lovely Irish gal who could do with some improvement in her fortunes as well. Together, they have a series of legal, quasi-legal and definitely illegal adventures, including Duke's cow-roping and Rosie's response to the mud-wrestling challenge of the Amazon Lady, as well as an attempted armored-car robbery.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-10
Popularity:
The Frozen Dead
1966-10-15
The Frozen Dead
Overview: A crazed scientist keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-15
Popularity:
House of Secrets
1956-10-23
House of Secrets
Overview: Police in Paris recruit an English ship's officer (Michael Craig) to help trap counterfeiters by joining them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-23
Popularity:
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
1984-04-23
Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-23
Popularity:
Nineteen Nineteen
1985-11-14
Nineteen Nineteen
Overview: Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-14
Popularity:
The Bespoke Overcoat
1955-11-01
The Bespoke Overcoat
Overview: A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-01
Popularity:
Danger by My Side
1962-09-01
Danger by My Side
Overview: A girl tracks down the gang who had her detective brother killed.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-01
Popularity:
Cairo Road
1950-06-21
Cairo Road
Overview: In colonial Egypt, a British police officer sets out on a daring hunt for drug smuggling gangs operating along the notorious Cairo Road.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-21
Popularity:
Love and Death
1975-06-10
Love and Death
Overview: In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-10
Popularity:
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951-04-10
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Overview: Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
Genres: Adventure War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-10
Popularity:
Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri
1987-01-23
Tropic of Ice – Jään kääntöpiiri
Overview:
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1987-01-23
Popularity:
The Master Plan
1955-09-08
The Master Plan
Overview: Following WW II, a U.S. army officer stationed in West Germany is assigned with keeping classified information away from the Communists. Unfortunately, Red spies know that he suffers from sudden black-outs and use this to hypnotise him, and make it appear that he is a traitor.
Genres: War Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-08
Popularity:
Little Shop of Horrors
1986-12-19
Little Shop of Horrors
Overview: Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-19
Popularity:
No Place Like Earth
1965-10-04
No Place Like Earth
Overview: Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists. He considers a move to an isolated outpost on Venus.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-04
Popularity:
Superman
1978-12-14
Superman
Overview: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-14
Popularity:
Tank Force!
1958-04-22
Tank Force!
Overview: During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-22
Popularity:
The Lord of the Rings
1978-11-15
The Lord of the Rings
Overview: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-15
Popularity:
Anna Karenina
1961-11-03
Anna Karenina
Overview: Anna, the wife of government minister Alexis Karenin, visits Moscow to help straighten out a family quarrel. There, Count Alexis Vronsky falls in love with her. Television adaptation of a play based on Leo Tolstoy's novel by Marcelle Maurette.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-03
Popularity:
Firefox
1982-06-18
Firefox
Overview: The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-18
Popularity:
Shadow of Fear
1963-07-01
Shadow of Fear
Overview: An American returning home from Baghdad and seeing his girl in Britain on the way agrees to take a message to the secret service. Once in London he is picked up by the gang involved, who have by then killed the original Middle East agent. He escapes, but he and his girl friend are a marked couple as they retreat to Seaford on the south coast to act as bait in an MI5 plan to catch the thugs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-01
Popularity:
Hot Enough for June
1964-01-01
Hot Enough for June
Overview: A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
Popularity:
Brass Target
1978-12-22
Brass Target
Overview: General George S. Patton died in a car accident in 1945. But was his death actually a murder. Is he targeted by Nazis angered by Germany's defeat? Or by Russians who knew that Patton had argued in favor of invading the Soviet Union towards the end of the war? Or is it because Patton is investigating the theft of a quarter of a billion dollars of Nazi gold? Or is it because his subordinate Colonels - the flamboyantly gay Colonel and his worried lover are fearful that he is getting too close to discovering the truth.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-22
Popularity:
The Revolutionary
1970-07-15
The Revolutionary
Overview: "A", a member of a student protest organization, becomes disenchanted by his group's inability to effect real change. Emboldened to pursue more radical methods by the older, experienced leftist organizer Despard, "A" unwittingly becomes party to a labor strike that turns violent. Ultimately held responsible by the authorities for the fracas, "A" allies himself with terrorist Leonard, who intends to avenge those jailed in the protest.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-15
Popularity:
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
1964-11-14
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Overview: When the TARDIS malfunctions, it and its travellers land on Earth at the size of insects. They uncover a murderous plot involving a new insecticide, but how can they stop the crime in their miniaturised condition?
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-14
Popularity:
One Bummer News Day
1978-12-12
One Bummer News Day
Overview: What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-12
Popularity:
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959-08-01
The Siege of Pinchgut
Overview: An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-01
Popularity:
Adventure Story
1961-06-12
Adventure Story
Overview: The story of Alexander the Great.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-12
Popularity:
Invasion
1980-08-19
Invasion
Overview: Docu-drama surrounding the events leading to the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Genres: TV Movie History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-19
Popularity:
The Malpas Mystery
1960-12-01
The Malpas Mystery
Overview: After Audrey leaves prison after being framed for jewel theft, she gets a job offer from the mysterious Mr. Malpas, triggering a plot involving a missing heir, diamonds and kidnapping.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
Popularity: