Tony Selby
Biography: Congenial character actor, Tony Selby was the epitome of the down-to earth, friendly Londoner of stage and screen. He starred in films such as Alfie, Adolf Hitler - My Part In His Downfall, Villain and even Superman, but it is the small screen that was his more natural home; he headlined Get Some In (1975) as the memorable bully Corporal Marsh, and had a main part in Love Hurts (1992-94) opposite Adam Faith and Zoe Wanamaker. Perhaps his greatest contribution had been guest appearances where his charisma, which could be menacing when he chose, saw him pop up in several high profile and popular series - from his recurring role as the roguish Glitz in Dr Who, to Casualty, Lovejoy, Holby City, The Bill and EastEnders to name but a few.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 26, 1938
Deathday: September 05, 2021
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Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
1973-06-12
Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall
Overview: London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill, where he begins training to take part in the War. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes. A film adaptation of the first volume of Spike Milligan's war diaries.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-12
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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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Witchfinder General
1968-05-17
Witchfinder General
Overview: England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.
Genres: Drama History Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-17
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The Changeling
1974-01-20
The Changeling
Overview: Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-20
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Tomorrow, Just You Wait
1965-11-24
Tomorrow, Just You Wait
Overview: Jimmy is young, earning good money and going out with a smashing girl. What more could a man wish for?
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-24
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Silent Song
1966-02-02
Silent Song
Overview: Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-02
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In the Secret State
1985-03-10
In the Secret State
Overview: A Government Department with data on us all in its computers is not functioning quite as its ex-Head intended. Frank Strange sets out to clear his own name and finds he is investigating a murder.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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Another Day, Another Dollar
1967-03-08
Another Day, Another Dollar
Overview: A new steward on a large passenger liner finds himself subject to "charges" levied by the senior bar steward.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-08
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Press for Time
1966-01-01
Press for Time
Overview: Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in and Norman becomes the newest reporter at the seaside town of Tinmouth. After causing chaos at a local council meeting and causing the demolition of a new house he tries to organise a beauty pageant. A slapstick tale of corruption in high and low places
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Secret Garden
1987-11-30
The Secret Garden
Overview: When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-30
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If You Go Down in the Woods Today
1981-04-29
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Overview: A Boy Scout troupe led by their scoutmaster (Sykes) is on a field trip to a seemingly-peaceful English woodland. However, the woods are actually teeming with strange characters, some of whom turn out to be disguised police officers and others criminals. The police are searching for £2,000,000 in stolen banknotes and hope that the criminals will lead them to them. The criminals, on the other hand, are aware that the police are looking for them and doing their best to avoid betraying the location of their stash.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-29
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Before Winter Comes
1969-01-17
Before Winter Comes
Overview: Drama/Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. A shrewd multi-lingual interpreter who mediates between Russian and British military brass enters into a friendly rivalry with British Major Giles Burnside, who is in charge of assigning the displaced persons into either the American or Russian zones.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-17
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The Break
1974-07-08
The Break
Overview: Two strangers break into a man's house and subject him to a series of terrifying - and humiliating - mind games.
Genres: TV Movie Horror Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-08
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Nobody Runs Forever
1968-08-22
Nobody Runs Forever
Overview: Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-22
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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1984-12-31
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Overview: Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-31
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Cockneys vs Zombies
2012-08-31
Cockneys vs Zombies
Overview: A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack during a zombie apocalypse in the East End of London.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-08-31
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Gambitt's Move
1975-03-06
Gambitt's Move
Overview: Angie, an unemployed single mother moves into a new rented home. She then receives an unwelcome visitor from her past.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-06
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Soap Opera in Stockwell
1973-09-11
Soap Opera in Stockwell
Overview: A baby is snatched from outside a launderette. The manageress and customers try to work out who was responsible.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-11
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Up the Junction
1965-11-03
Up the Junction
Overview: The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-03
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The Gentleman Caller
1967-06-16
The Gentleman Caller
Overview: Visiting unemployed brothers Clack and Ged, social security inspector Mr. Hicks finds few reasons for sympathy. However, the tables are turned on the investigator: Clack defends Ged as 'a paying member of the welfare state' rather than a case for charity, and events take a sinister turn.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-16
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War-Gods of the Deep
1965-05-26
War-Gods of the Deep
Overview: A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their kidnapped friend Jill. Held captive in the underwater city by the tyrannical Captain (Vincent Price), and his crew of former smugglers, the three plot to escape...
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-26
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Nobody Ordered Love
1972-05-01
Nobody Ordered Love
Overview: During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew. The film was withdrawn from distribution shortly after it's release and is considered to be lost and may have been destroyed after the director died.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-01
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Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016-06-30
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Overview: A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-30
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In Search of Gregory
1969-11-01
In Search of Gregory
Overview: Young Catherine Morelli, who lives in Rome, goes to Geneva to find romance at her father's wedding. There she begins a near nymphomaniac pursuit of a mystery man called Gregory.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-01
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A Tap on the Shoulder
1965-01-06
A Tap on the Shoulder
Overview: Ken's Loach's first production for The Wednesday Play is a story of a group of criminals planning a robbery, with the unwitting aid of a wealthy, well-connected society acquaintance. But who is the greater villain?
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-06
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Poor Cow
1967-12-05
Poor Cow
Overview: A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-05
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Doctor Who: Dragonfire
1987-12-07
Doctor Who: Dragonfire
Overview: As trouble brews on the space trading colony of Iceworld, the Doctor and Mel encounter their sometimes-ally Sabalom Glitz and a new friend who goes by the name "Ace".
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-07
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Three Clear Sundays
1965-04-07
Three Clear Sundays
Overview: Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-07
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Loop
1997-09-19
Loop
Overview: Rachel discovers she is pregnant. Just as she is about to break the news to her stockbroker boyfriend Bill, he dumps her. Heartbroken and angry, Rachel takes Bill's cherished sports car, clears out their joint bank account and heads off to the country and to her dysfunctional family's farmhouse. By trying to sort out her own family's problems Rachel hopes to come to terms with her own predicament. But Bill discovers her whereabouts and is on the warpath.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-19
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Theban Plays: Antigone
1986-09-19
Theban Plays: Antigone
Overview: In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
1978-10-31
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
Overview: Three a.m. A crash of breaking glass ... the slow creak of a door opening ... is it a burglar? Raymond Collis finds out the hard way.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-31
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A Night Out
1967-02-13
A Night Out
Overview: Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for "a night out" with his workmates; it turns nightmarish.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-13
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I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill
1974-03-18
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill
Overview: Returning home to her flat, Ann Rogers passes a stranger leaving the building. A few moments later she discovers her neighbor lying dead in the hallway, the latest victim of a serial killer. Ann could be able to identify the killer, but the killer also knows her face and knows he needs to silence the witness... TV episode from the series, "Thriller" was also released as feature film on home video starting in the 1980s.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-18
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The Square of Three
1973-10-16
The Square of Three
Overview: An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-10-16
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The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
2008-09-30
The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord
Overview: The Making of The Trial of a Time Lord was the umbrella title for a series of four 2|entertain documentaries. Each covered a different story within the larger fourteen-part serial The Trial of a Time Lord. An instalment of the series was found on each DVD of the The Trial of a Time Lord box set.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-30
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Happy Birthday Shakespeare
2000-04-23
Happy Birthday Shakespeare
Overview: Family man Will Green, a tourist bus driver is convinced that life would be better if he and his family moved to the birthplace of his favourite man Shakespeare’s birthplace Stratford-Upon-Avon where he could open his own restaurant. Will also harboured dreams about beginning a romance with tour guide Alice.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-23
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Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
1986-09-27
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Overview: The Doctor is summoned before the High Council of Time Lords to stand trial for the charges of harmful interference to the course of events during his travels which have threatened the sanctity of the universe. Indignant at these accusations, the Doctor pleads his case to the Inquisitor with the hope that she will see him as a source of hope and goodwill for existence. However, his prosecuting attorney, a sinister Time Lord known simply as the Valeyard, begins a crusade against the Doctor with the motive of framing him as a villainous renegade.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-27
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Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
1986-12-06
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Overview: Charged with genocide by the treacherous Valeyard at his trial, the Doctor receives help from an unlikely source to turn the tide of the High Council's rulings in his favour and reveal the Valeyard as a wrongdoer: the Master. For the Valeyard's own crimes are so atrocious, even the Doctor's archenemy will help him to ensure that the villain won't see the light of day again. Cornered, the Valeyard flees to the Matrix, where he can be the Doctor's judge, jury and executioner...
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-06
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An Alligator Named Daisy
1955-12-13
An Alligator Named Daisy
Overview: Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-13
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Alfie
1966-03-29
Alfie
Overview: A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-29
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The Union
1981-02-24
The Union
Overview: A dramatised impression of the events surrounding the Electrical Trades Union ballot rigging case of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-24
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The Entertainer
1960-07-25
The Entertainer
Overview: Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-25
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The Early Bird
1965-11-30
The Early Bird
Overview: Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his horse) and the usual chaos ensues
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-30
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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
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My Summer With Des
1998-05-25
My Summer With Des
Overview: Romantic comedy set during the European football championships in 1996, where football fan Martin finds his life is going from bad to worse after losing his job and splitting up with his girlfriend. However, as the football tournament progresses his luck begins to turn, firstly because of England's successes on the pitch, and secondly because of his encounter with a mysterious woman.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-25
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Present Laughter
1967-02-28
Present Laughter
Overview: An aging and self-obsessed actor finds himself in a situation bordering on farce when he is besieged by the demands of his estranged wife, women who want to seduce him, and a crazed playwright.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-28
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Carry On Loving
1970-09-20
Carry On Loving
Overview: The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-20
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