Simon MacCorkindale
Biography: Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving as an Officer with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead planned to become a theatre director. Training at the Theatre of Arts in London, he started work as an actor, making his West End debut in 1974. He went on to appear in numerous roles in television, including the series I, Claudius and Jesus of Nazareth, before starring as Simon Doyle in the film Death on the Nile. This proved to be a breakthrough role and allowed him to move to the United States, where he appeared in a variety of films and TV series including Quatermass, The Riddle of the Sands, The Sword and the Sorcerer, and Jaws 3-D. In 1983, MacCorkindale starred in the short-lived series Manimal as the lead character, Dr. Jonathan Chase, before taking up the longer-running role of lawyer Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s he directed and produced many stage, TV and film productions through his company Amy International Artists, such as the film Stealing Heaven (1988). Moving to Canada, he starred as Peter Sinclair in the series Counterstrike for three years. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2002 and joined the cast of the BBC medical drama Casualty, appearing in the role of Harry Harper for six years until 2008.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 12, 1952
Deathday: October 14, 2010
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Death on the Nile
1978-09-29
Death on the Nile
Overview: As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-29
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While My Pretty One Sleeps
1997-01-12
While My Pretty One Sleeps
Overview: Delves into the rivalries and undercurrents in the world of high fashion.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-12
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Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
1978-01-01
Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette
Overview: Featurette documenting the making of the film "Death On The Nile".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Riddle of the Sands
1979-10-02
The Riddle of the Sands
Overview: In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east coast of England in a flotilla of specially designed barges. They set out to thwart this terrible scheme, but must outwit not only the cream of the German Navy, but the feared Kaiser Wilhelm himself.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-02
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Obsessive Love
1984-10-02
Obsessive Love
Overview: A woman tries to create a relationship with the soap star who is the object of her obsession.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-02
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Cabo Blanco
1980-03-13
Cabo Blanco
Overview: Giff Hoyt, a cafe owner in Cabo Blanco, Peru after World War II is caught between refuge-seeking Nazis and their enemies. After the murder of a sea explorer is passed off as accidental death by the corrupt local police, Giff becomes suspicious. The police chief also intimidates a new arrival Marie, and Giff intervenes to help her. Giff suspects Beckdorff, a Nazi refugee living in the area. Beckdorff, it emerges, is seeking to uncover sunken treasure.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-13
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Water War
1998-04-18
Water War
Overview: The tribulations of an engineer and an archaeologist who search for a lost city in the desert of the United Arab Emirates.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-04-18
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The Girl Next Door
1999-09-02
The Girl Next Door
Overview: There's someone peeping through windows so Arthur has been asked to watch the neighbour's eighteen year old daughter while her parents are away. Soon their mutual attraction develops into something that Arthur later regrets.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-02
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The Quatermass Conclusion
1979-10-24
The Quatermass Conclusion
Overview: Influenced by the social and geopolitical situation of the early nineteen-seventies and the hippie youth movement of the late nineteen-sixties, Quatermass is set in a near future in which large numbers of young people are joining a cult, the “Planet People”, and gathering at ancient sites, believing they will be transported to a better life on another planet.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-24
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Romeo and Juliet
1976-09-26
Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-26
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Manimal
1983-09-30
Manimal
Overview: Jonathan Chase is a British college professor at New York University who has the unusual ability to transform into any kind of animal he wants. He decides to use his power to assist the New York Police Department in solving unusual crimes, and in this series pilot, he teams up with cute cop Brooke and war buddy Ty to stop some terrorists from stealing a supply of toxic gas.
Genres: Fantasy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-30
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13Hrs
2010-08-28
13Hrs
Overview: Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut off from the outside world. But something comes out of the driving rain and darkness. Something that holds a dark secret so devastating that, in one night, it could wipe out the entire family.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-28
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Jaws 3-D
1983-07-22
Jaws 3-D
Overview: A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-22
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The Dinosaur Hunter
2000-08-05
The Dinosaur Hunter
Overview: A 13-year-old girl and her older brother live on a farm where paleontologists search for fossils.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-08-05
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Beasts: Baby
1976-11-06
Beasts: Baby
Overview: A young couple move to the countryside and discover a strange mummified animal in the wall of their cottage. The wife increasingly feels that she and her unborn child are in danger. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-06
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Family of Cops
1995-11-26
Family of Cops
Overview: Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to two—the victim's sexually freewheeling wife Anna, and Paul's wild-child daughter Jackie. Neither Paul nor Eddie believe that Jackie could have committed the murder, and soon Paul is using himself as a decoy in a bid to find out more about what Anna does and doesn't know about her husband's death.
Genres: Action Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-26
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At the Midnight Hour
1995-10-29
At the Midnight Hour
Overview: Wealthy widower Richard Keaton engages young widow Elizabeth 'Liz' Guinness as the 4th consecutive nanny for his pre-teen, equally science-devoted son Andrew, with instructions to disturb neither. She learns of mother Alycia's fatal fall, an official suicide but was probably murder. Dad keeps Andy at a distance, so he draws towards Liz. Real danger starts when Richard's brother, novelist Blain, arrives with his friend Jillian, to sell the ancestral estate against Richard's will.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-29
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Nile
2004-02-27
Nile
Overview: The longest river on the planet, the Nile flows from the heart of a continent uniting mountain, jungle, marsh and desert. But for such a huge and powerful river, the Nile has been reluctant to give up its secrets. The Ancient Egyptians thought it was magical – a gift of the gods, whilst obsessive Victorian explorers endured unimaginable hardships in their search for its source. Nile reveals the true nature of the river and the reasons behind its magic – a magnificent and diverse mosaic of strange places and fascinating animals, stretching far back into some of the remotest corners of Africa.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-27
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Running Wild
1998-07-26
Running Wild
Overview: A drama directed by Timothy Bond.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-26
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An Outpost of Progress
1982-10-01
An Outpost of Progress
Overview: A dramatic adaptation of a literary classic by Joseph Conrad, exploring universal themes dealing with individual morality and the responsibility of civilization.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Wing Commander
1999-03-11
Wing Commander
Overview: The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-11
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Falcon's Gold
1982-12-18
Falcon's Gold
Overview: An archaeologist travels to Mexico to investigate rumors of the discovery of the ancient statue of a fertility goddess.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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Juggernaut
1974-09-25
Juggernaut
Overview: A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-25
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No Greater Love
1995-04-11
No Greater Love
Overview: When her parents and fiancé are lost in the Titanic disaster, young Edwina Winfield shoulders the responsibility of raising her three younger siblings and taking over the reins at her father's newspaper. Although she has no shortage of new would-be suitors, the memory of her lost love continues to haunt her, so she focuses instead on providing a stable home for the children, rather than marrying. But her forcefulness alienates some of the kids, who have plans of their own and rebel against her. Can she hold her fractured family together, and will she ever overcome her ghosts to shake herself out of martyrdom and have a real life of her own?
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-11
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A Closed Book
2012-07-13
A Closed Book
Overview: Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities. But, gradually, we come aware that Jane has another agenda. Incrementally, Sir Paul's familiar surroundings are altered. His housekeeper is diverted away, strange things happen around the house and he becomes increasingly dependent on his new assistant.
Genres: Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-13
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Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
1987-06-18
Shades of Love: Sincerely, Violet
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-18
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The Way to Dusty Death
1995-09-25
The Way to Dusty Death
Overview: The protagonist, Johnny Harlow, a world champion Formula 1 racing driver, who appears to have become an alcoholic after a devastating wreck kills his best friend and fellow driver, along with maiming his girlfriend. He realizes after being involved in yet another crash on the circuit that there have been too many accidents lately, and decides to investigate, but soon finds out that a few people will do anything to prevent him from discovering the truth
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-25
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The Sword and the Sorcerer
1982-04-01
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Overview: A mercenary with a three-bladed sword rediscovers his royal heritage when he is recruited to help a princess foil a brutal tyrant and a powerful sorcerer's plans to conquer the land.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-01
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Macbeth
1981-01-01
Macbeth
Overview: An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
1983-07-15
The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die
Overview: Academy Award winner Lou Gossett Jr. takes you underwater on the trail of the great white shark and behind the scenes on the production of Jaws 3-D.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-15
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Visitor from the Grave
1980-11-22
Visitor from the Grave
Overview: A former mental patient kills her would-be rapist, but his corpse returns from its secret grave. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-22
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