John Comer
Biography: John Comer (died 1984) was a British comic actor. He starred in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays. Born and brought up in Stretford, Lancashire, Comer gained an engineering apprenticeship at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park. Comer began his career performing a comedy routine around local social clubs and pubs in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1952, with his younger brother Tony, he performed in a children's theatre production for local schools in Stretford.[citation needed] The siblings then formed a double act named the Comer Brothers. In 1957 the brothers began a regular slot at the Manchester Apollo, performing a variety act entitled Comer's Cottage. In 1958 the Comer Brothers participated in an ITV talent show called Bid for Fame and began working for Butlin's. In 1959 they won first prize in the Butlin's National Talent Contest, winning £1,000 and a film contract with the Boulting Brothers. In 1959 the Boulting Brothers cast John and Tony Comer in the film I'm All Right Jack, in which they starred alongside Peter Sellers and Richard Attenborough as trade union shop stewards. Their next film roles were in 1961, when they featured alongside Rita Tushingham in A Taste of Honey. However shortly afterwards Tony decided to leave showbusiness and returned to full-time work at Metropolitan-Vickers, while John decided to continue pursuing his film career. He appeared in the Boulting Brothers' 1967 film The Family Way as a father-of-the-bride to Hayley Mills's character, whose father John Mills portrayed her father-in-law. He gained a recurring role in 1973 as the primary supporting role of Sid in the new BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine. He also starred in a long-running advertising campaign for Home Brew Beer. 1977 saw him appear as Bill Malley in the BBC series "Murder Most English". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 01, 1924
Deathday: February 11, 1984
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Happy DeathDay
1968-12-12
Happy DeathDay
Overview: An old man has his birthday. On this occasion he is given a present by his grand daughter who is fond of him. On the other hand, she hates her parents and the atmosphere in the family is quite tense.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-12
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The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1970-01-21
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Overview: An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-21
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I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18
I'm All Right Jack
Overview: Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-18
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The Fishing Party
1972-06-01
The Fishing Party
Overview: Three miners plan a weekend fishing.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-01
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Kisses at Fifty
1973-01-22
Kisses at Fifty
Overview: A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from his four children.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-22
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Battle of Britain
1969-09-15
Battle of Britain
Overview: In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Genres: War History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-15
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Vinegar Trip
1973-04-24
Vinegar Trip
Overview: The title is taken from a Liverpool saying, "Off on a vinegar trip," which is applied to a person behaving strangely. Barrie plays Sammy Chester, a pensioner who shocks his daughters and whose cavorting leads to a heart attack. His eldest daughter takes him to live with her, and calls a family conference to decide what is to be done Sammy is far from happy with the arrangements.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-24
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The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
1968-12-28
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Overview: A dull vacation at a holiday camp becomes interesting when the holidaying teenagers bump into 'Sherry', a female impersonator.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-28
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Our Terry
1975-07-28
Our Terry
Overview: Arnold wants to relax watching TV, but Terry is missing. Terry is the cat of his mother-in-law, who left it with Arnold and his family when she went on holiday. Now Arnold's wife, Hilda, is frantic with worry.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-28
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South Riding
1974-09-16
South Riding
Overview: An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-16
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The Visitors
1968-01-05
The Visitors
Overview: good Samaritan who gives a stranded family a lift off the road, finds his life gets complicated when they move in on him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-05
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Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
Heavens Above!
Overview: A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the conservative and narrow-minded locals, and he soon creates social ructions by appointing a black dustman as his churchwarden, taking in a gypsy family, and persuading the local landowner to provide free food for the church to distribute free to the people of the town. When the congregation leaders realise the mistake and call for the Church of England to remove him, this turns out to be a very, very difficult issue - until one clergyman realises that a British project to send a man into space is in need of an astronaut...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-20
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Villain
1971-05-26
Villain
Overview: In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-26
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A Little Outing
1977-10-20
A Little Outing
Overview: Mam likes to make the weekly visit to Grandad into a proper little outing.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-20
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Leeds United!
1974-10-31
Leeds United!
Overview: The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-31
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Memoirs of a Survivor
1981-09-01
Memoirs of a Survivor
Overview: Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a catastrophic nuclear war; lawlessness and violence rule the day, and gangs of brutal youth roam the streets. With the help of her teenage companion Emily (Leonie Mellinger), D tries to make her way, and in order to cope, she often escapes into a fantasy world in which she lives in genteel Victorian surroundings in the 19th century.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-01
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The Lovers!
1973-01-01
The Lovers!
Overview: Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Family Way
1966-12-18
The Family Way
Overview: Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they have to spend their first night together at the home of Arthur's parents. The couple are prevented from having any intimacy, but it only gets worse. They find out that their trip to Spain is canceled, which sets the tone for a rocky few weeks.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-18
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again
1972-07-01
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Overview: The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-01
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Wuthering Heights
1970-06-09
Wuthering Heights
Overview: A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-09
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There's a Girl in My Soup
1970-12-15
There's a Girl in My Soup
Overview: TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-15
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Song at Twilight
1973-02-05
Song at Twilight
Overview: Eddie Ritchie once ' played for England,' or did he? The team have their doubts.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-05
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Rotten to the Core
1965-07-14
Rotten to the Core
Overview: Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-14
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Hell Is a City
1960-04-10
Hell Is a City
Overview: Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-10
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