Colin Jeavons
Biography: Colin Jeavons is a respected British actor known for his versatile performances across film, television, and theater. With a career spanning several decades, Jeavons showcased his talent in various roles, demonstrating a wide range of characters and genres. While not directly associated with "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," his notable appearances in numerous British television series and stage productions contributed to his recognition in the entertainment industry. Jeavons' dedication to his craft and his ability to portray diverse characters with depth and authenticity earned him respect among peers and audiences alike.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 29, 1929
Deathday: N/A
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The Island
1980-06-13
The Island
Overview: David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.
Genres: Thriller Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-13
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981-02-09
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Overview: An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-09
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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
2023-11-13
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Overview: The Doctor and his friends find themselves in the lost city of Atlantis, where the crazed Professor Zaroff has convinced the people of Atlantis that he can raise their sunken city from beneath the sea. However, the Doctor discovers a terrible secret behind Zaroff's plan — a secret that could destroy all life on Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-13
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Destiny
1978-01-31
Destiny
Overview: A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election and later discovers his financed by the corporation that has dispossessed him of his business.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-31
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The Master Blackmailer
1992-02-02
The Master Blackmailer
Overview: For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is creating, he adopts a campaign to thwart his evil scheming. The campaign astonishes Dr. Watson by its strangeness and finds Holmes falling in love.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-02
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The Hero of My Life
1970-06-09
The Hero of My Life
Overview: The rise of Charles Dickens, from poverty to prosperity, traced and reflected in his writings.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-09
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The Water-Baby
1975-08-25
The Water-Baby
Overview: Charles Kingsley experiences turmoil.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-25
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Bartleby
1970-10-30
Bartleby
Overview: An asocial and enigmatic office clerk refuses to do his work, leaving it up to his boss to decide what should be done with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-30
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Squaring the Circle
1984-05-23
Squaring the Circle
Overview: An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-23
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Schizo
1976-11-11
Schizo
Overview: A recently-married woman who has been labeled as mentally unstable, begins to suspect that someone close to her is the culprit in a sudden string of murders.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-11
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Kinvig (TV pilot)
1981-09-04
Kinvig (TV pilot)
Overview: Lazy repairman Des Kinvig's life changes when he imagines meeting a glamorous alien from Mercury, who looks a lot like his latest customer Miss Griffin.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-04
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Shove Tuesday
1976-01-01
Shove Tuesday
Overview: A supermarket offers free groceries to the winner of a Shrove Tuesday pancake race. The kids, after messy experiments with pancake batter, enter Susie in the race; she wins, despite the efforts of the unscrupulous "Mrs. Shove".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Magpie's Talking Duck
1978-01-01
Magpie's Talking Duck
Overview: Magpie wins a duck which proves to be alive and no use for the Sunday dinner. The kids invent a device which makes the duck seem to talk.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Absolute Beginners
1986-04-04
Absolute Beginners
Overview: A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-04
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1985-02-17
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
Overview: The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".
Genres: TV Movie Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-17
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The Widowmaker
1990-12-29
The Widowmaker
Overview: The Widowmaker is a 1990 made for television film starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong, David Morrissey and Kenneth Welsh. The film deals with a woman whose husband has been arrested after going on a killing rampage and the reaction of her local community. It was produced In the United Kingdom by Central Independent Television for the ITV Network and aired on 29 December 1990. It received a nomination for Best Single Drama at the 1991 BAFTA Awards.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-29
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K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
1981-12-28
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Overview: Sarah Jane Smith arrives at the home of her Aunt Lavinia in the cozy village of Moreton Harwood, only to find that Lavinia is nowhere to be found and that the Doctor has left her a parting gift in K·9 Mark III. With the help of K·9 and Lavinia's young ward Brendan Richards, Sarah Jane starts investigating her aunt's disappearance. In the process, they discover that Moreton Harwood is home to a coven worshipping the pagan god Hecate and preparing for a human sacrifice...
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-28
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Stalin
1992-11-21
Stalin
Overview: The life and career of the brutal Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-21
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The Oblong Box
1969-06-11
The Oblong Box
Overview: Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-11
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981-08-28
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Overview: In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-28
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Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man
1978-05-01
Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man
Overview: When he finds himself plagued with nightmares about a historic battle fought on the site of the village he lives in, delinquent Cornish teenager Jonah Grattan becomes obsessed with a potential link to a local homeless man.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-01
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Skin Deep
1971-11-25
Skin Deep
Overview: Gerry Muddiman works for a large American corporation, supposedly modern and forward-thinking, but whose style of modern business paternalism and methods ends up driving a wedge between him and his wife.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-25
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The Games
1970-08-07
The Games
Overview: From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world. They are also the pawns of powerful nations, the victims of dangerous drugs and the object of many men's ambitions. Once every four years they come together... for the Olympic Games.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-08-07
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Frankenstein Created Woman
1967-03-15
Frankenstein Created Woman
Overview: A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-15
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Diagnosis: Murder
1974-01-01
Diagnosis: Murder
Overview: A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife so he can be with his mistress, but his wife mysteriously disappears before he can carry out his plan.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
1967-02-04
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Overview: The TARDIS arrives on an extinct volcanic island. Before long, the travellers are captured and taken into the depths of the Earth, where they find a hidden civilisation — the lost city of Atlantis.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-04
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The Out of Town Boys
1979-01-02
The Out of Town Boys
Overview: A self-made man finds his building firm in trouble as a new office block nears completion.
Genres: Crime Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-02
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Atlantis
1983-03-29
Atlantis
Overview: Goff and Lytton have a dream - a canal boat of their own on which to cruise the inland waterways: The reality is the boatyard of Josh Adkins and a rusting hulk called Atlantis.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-29
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Secret Friends
1991-06-21
Secret Friends
Overview: During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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Blue Remembered Hills
1979-01-30
Blue Remembered Hills
Overview: On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war, at other times revealing their own insecurities and petty vindictiveness.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-30
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An Ordered Life
1980-08-10
An Ordered Life
Overview: Colin Jeavons is the German composer Anton Webern who survives Naziism only to be shot by an American GI in the closing days of WW2. Daniel Gerroll plays his son Stephen who, against his father's wishes, joined the Wehrmacht and was killed in a railway accident in 1943.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-10
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