Jay Benedict
Biography: Jay Benedict (April 11, 1951 – April 4, 2020) was an American actor who spent most of his life and career in the United Kingdom. He was frequently cast as American characters in British films and television programmes. He was best known for his television roles as Doug Hamilton in the soap opera Emmerdale, and as Captain/Major John Kieffer in the detective drama Foyle's War, in the episodes "Invasion" and "All Clear". He also played Russ Jorden, Newt's father, in the special "Extended Edition" of the film Aliens. Benedict was born in Burbank, California. He moved to Europe with his family in the 1960s, and spent most of his working life in England. He was of half German descent. His theatrical credits include The Rocky Horror Show in the Kings Road in the early 1970s, Harold Pinter's production of Sweet Bird of Youth, The Reverend Lee in The Foreigner and Riccardo in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Filumena in which he played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the latter's first stage role, and Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in a touring production of "One Day at a Time". In 2013, he appeared opposite Steven Berkoff and Andree Bernard in the world premiere of the former's one act play An Actor's Lament at The Berkoff Performing Arts Centre at Alton College, followed by a second performance at The Sinden Theatre, Homewood School, Tenterden in Kent, two nights at The Maltings Theatre & Cinema in Berwick-upon-Tweed and then a three-week run at the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In May 2014, it was revived with a short run at the Theatre Royal, Margate with a further one-week run scheduled at The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in September 2014. In August 2014, he returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the world premiere of Terry Jastrow's The Trial of Jane Fonda, playing World War II veteran Archie Bellows. He also appeared widely on television, most notably as Frank Crowe in an episode of the BBC's award-winning 2003 television miniseries Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, John E. Jones III in Nova's Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, Alan Kalanak in the 2001 Christmas Special edition of Jonathan Creek and Yves Houdet in Thames Television's mini-series of Angus Wilson's Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Other television appearances include Lilyhammer as Agent Becker, Queen Victoria's Men (Lord Melbourne), Sharpe's Honour (General Verigny), Bergerac (Martin Colley), Death Train (Halloran), Harnessing Peacocks (Eli Drew) and Only Love (Roger). He provided the voice for Shiro Hagen in Star Fleet, the English adaptation of the Japanese X-Bomber. His first film role, at the age of 11, was in the 1963 Tony Saytor film La Bande à Bobo. In 1977, he played Deak in the Tosche Station scenes in Star Wars, which were deleted from the film before release. Subsequent film appearances include The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (Didier le Clair), Icon (Carey Jordan), The White Knight (Turkish Ambassador), The Russia House (Spikey), Saving Grace (the MC), Rewind and The Dark Knight Rises (Rich Twit). In 2003 he was third lead in Vicente Aranda's version of Carmen, playing Don Prospero. ... Source: Article "Jay Benedict" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Birthday: April 11, 1951
Deathday: April 04, 2020
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Secret Agents
2004-03-03
Secret Agents
Overview: From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-03-03
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Carmen
2003-05-16
Carmen
Overview: A french writer documents the seductive power of the beautiful Carmen, who has enchanted José, a young soldier, awakening his most fervent passions leading to tragedy. A path chained to obsession, jealousy, betrayal, and blood.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
1985-02-04
The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission
Overview: Major Reisman is "volunteered" to lead another mission using convicted army soldiers, sentenced to either death or long prison terms. This time their mission is to kill a Nazi general who plans to assassinate Hitler.
Genres: Action War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-04
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The Maidens' Conspiracy
2006-04-07
The Maidens' Conspiracy
Overview: Constantinople, 1401. The emperor of Byzantium asks the famous knight Tirant lo Blanc to free the city from the siege of the Turks. After his victory, Tirant will have to face a more difficult task: to overcome the natural opposition of Carmesina, heiress to the Ottoman Empire, to surrender her most precious treasure.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2006-04-07
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Only Love
1998-05-10
Only Love
Overview: Two young lovers whose romantic dreams were shattered, are reunited years later in this sweeping story of fobidden love.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-10
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Victor/Victoria
1982-04-25
Victor/Victoria
Overview: A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-25
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Dark Obsession
1990-02-01
Dark Obsession
Overview: Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money problems and is paranoid that his wife is cheating on him. After a boozy night at a party, Hugo hits and kills a woman with his car -- and at his friends' urging, keeps driving. When Hugo starts receiving letters from someone who knows about the accident, he begins to suspect that he has been set up.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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The Apocalypse Code
2007-10-02
The Apocalypse Code
Overview: Terrorist Jaffad Ben Zayidi steals four nuclear bombs from a sunken American submarine and hides them in four major cities throughout the world. The charges can be activated by an 11-digit code. Zayidi dies and his accomplice, nicknamed "The Executioner," is about to blow up the bombs. The Executioner is chased by FSB, whose agent Marie has previously infiltrated Zayidi's team.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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Nature Unleashed: Earthquake
2005-01-11
Nature Unleashed: Earthquake
Overview: An earthquake destroys a Russian Nuclear Power plant.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-01-11
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Mosquito Man
2005-03-05
Mosquito Man
Overview: Police lieutenant detective Thomas 'Thom' Randall's steady girl-friend, Dr. Jennifer 'Jen' Allen, is Dr. Aaron Michaels's main assistant on his pharmaceutical firm Bellion's research program to cure the highly contagious, fatal infection Guinin. A convicted murderer, whom Thom arrested, is one of their special drug test subjects, but escapes. The convict and Jen are affected by radioactively altered DNA from an experimental reactor used on mosquitoes which transfer quinine. The convict soon mutates into a mosquito-like monster, which sucks its victims dry. By the time Thom and his junior murder brigade partner Charlie Morrison figure out what happens, Jen starts mutating herself.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-05
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Come Back, Little Sheba
1977-12-31
Come Back, Little Sheba
Overview: An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-31
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The Hostage of Europe
1989-09-29
The Hostage of Europe
Overview: On the island of Saint Helena, a prisoner Napoleon resisted allies who, through the voice of the English governor, Hudson Lowe, tried to humiliate him, break him, poison him in the figurative sense of the word, and perhaps literally.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-09-29
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The Lonely Lady
1983-10-02
The Lonely Lady
Overview: A young screenwriter allows others to exploit her in the hopes of "making it" in Hollywood.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-02
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La bande à Bobo
1963-12-11
La bande à Bobo
Overview: In Castallet, a village in Provence, cats are swarming and disturbing the peace and quiet of the inhabitants. The municipality decides to get rid of these invasive felines, but a group of children nicknamed "la bande à Bobo" (Bobo's gang) comes to their defense.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1963-12-11
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Where Is Parsifal?
1984-01-01
Where Is Parsifal?
Overview: Tucked away in his castle, a hypochondriac inventor plays generous host to a revolving cast of wacky guests. But to pay off his mounting debts, he must sell either a powerful businessman or a rich gypsy on his latest creation: a laser skywriter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012-07-17
The Dark Knight Rises
Overview: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-17
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Aliens
1986-07-18
Aliens
Overview: Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-18
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Djihad!
2006-12-01
Djihad!
Overview: A hard-hitting French drama detailing the intersecting destinies of five characters whose lives cross over the current war in Iraq: three young French Arabs who each for a different reason joins a jihadi group to fight against the Americans; a 40-something French woman running an NGO in Baghdad at the outbreak of the war who gets kidnapped and held by the jihadi insurgents; and a mid-level French diplomat who uncovers the corruption of the UN Oil for Food program while gathering evidence to support the French effort to prevent the war.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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The Alien Saga
2002-11-13
The Alien Saga
Overview: In 1979, Alien burst onto the scene with a strong female lead in the form of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) battling the ultimate biomechanical creature. The brilliant and terrifying result reinvented the horror and science fiction genres, creating one of the most successful and celebrated film franchises in Hollywood history. This award-winning, feature-length documentary explores the series.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-13
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Moonwalkers
2015-03-14
Moonwalkers
Overview: What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent will never find Kubrick but is forced to team up with a lousy manager of a seedy rock band to develop the biggest con of all time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-14
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The Gamechangers
2015-09-15
The Gamechangers
Overview: The struggle of Houser's legal feud against American lawyer Jack Thompson, over the morality of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-15
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I.T.
2016-09-09
I.T.
Overview: Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. consultant, Ed, starts using his skills to stalk Mike’s daughter and endanger his family, his business, and his life. In a world where there is no privacy, and personal secrets can go viral by the click of a mouse, Mike needs to rely on his old connections to defeat a new kind of nemesis.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-09
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Two Is a Family
2016-12-07
Two Is a Family
Overview: A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-12-07
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Hostile
2018-03-08
Hostile
Overview: Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.
Genres: Drama Horror Romance Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-08
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Shining Through
1992-01-31
Shining Through
Overview: Spirited New Yorker Linda Voss goes to work for international lawyer and secret Office of Strategic Services operative Ed Leland just before World War II. As they fall in love, the United States enters the fight against Hitler, and Linda volunteers to work for Ed spying undercover behind Nazi lines. Assigned to uncover information about a German bomb, Linda also has personal motives to fulfill: discovering the fate of her Jewish family members in Berlin.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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Madame
2017-08-17
Madame
Overview: Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid as a noblewoman to even out the number of guests. When the maid runs off with a wealthy guest, Anne must chase her around Paris to thwart the joyous and unexpected love affair.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-17
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Hanover Street
1979-05-18
Hanover Street
Overview: Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Genres: Drama Romance War Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-18
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Page Eight
2011-08-28
Page Eight
Overview: Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-28
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Saving Grace
2000-01-24
Saving Grace
Overview: Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-24
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Double Team
1997-04-04
Double Team
Overview: A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together they're a two-man arsenal... with enough voltage to rock the free world.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-04
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The Patriots
1994-05-18
The Patriots
Overview: Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-05-18
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The Russia House
1990-12-21
The Russia House
Overview: Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
Genres: Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-21
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RKO 281
2000-04-07
RKO 281
Overview: In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first film.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-07
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Hotel!
2001-02-17
Hotel!
Overview: The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to by a host of wacky characters who obviously don't get out much.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-17
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Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996-03-20
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Overview: Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.
Genres: Adventure History Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-03-20
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Death Train
1993-04-14
Death Train
Overview: When a renegade Russian general sends a nuclear bomb hurtling toward the Middle East aboard a hijacked train, special agents are dispatched to disarm the deadly device. Ten tons of steel and one ounce of hot plutonium are now riding roughshod through Europe. With time running out, the agents launch a desperate, bullet-packed assault on a deadly moving target piloted by a cold-blooded mercenary.
Genres: TV Movie Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-14
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Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
2007-11-01
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
Overview: Award winning documentary on the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, which concentrated on the question of whether or not intelligent design could be viewed as science and taught in school science class.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-01
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Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
2003-12-02
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Overview: This feature-length documentary, made especially for the 2003 Aliens (1986) DVD release, is incredibly informative with all its interviews with both the cast and crew, as well as behind the scenes footage filmed during the making of the film. Every possible element towards what went into making the movie is included here and gives fans an overload of information to fill their brains with.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-02
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Un métier de seigneur
1986-12-06
Un métier de seigneur
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Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-12-06
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Icon
2005-01-01
Icon
Overview: A former US Operative, who lived in Russia in his earlier years and had been married there with a child, comes out of retirement to face down a former enemy, now running as a candidate for President in modern Russia. Working with a Russian policewoman, they work to uncover a plot to use biological weapons against certain factions of the Russian people to commit genocide. The virus would also be released in other populations, but would be treated making the candidate a hero. A side plot has the agent being reunited with his long lost daughter.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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