Michael Bentine
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Biography: Michael Bentine CBE (born Michael James Bentin; 26 January 1922 – 26 November 1996) was a British comedian, actor and founding member of the Goons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bentine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: January 26, 1922
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 26, 1996
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The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Overview: This documentary revealed Peter Sellers obsession with the occult. Sellers was a highly superstitious man who consulted fortune tellers, clairvoyants and mediums to help him make key decisions in his life and work. Many of Sellers important decisions were influenced by Maurice Woodruff - a clairvoyant and astrologer based in London. Advice from the other side was taken on his marriage to Britt Ekland, accepting film roles such as Inspector Clouseau and dealing with his near fatal heart attack.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Sandwich Man
Overview: A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-01
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Down Among the Z Men
Overview: The Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard", as Harry calls himself, finds it and attempts to return it to the Professor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-01
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Forces' Sweetheart
Overview: Forces sweetheart, Judy James, is back in town and that means various admirers are showing up at the hotel where she stays.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-01
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Lights Out... and the Stars Appear
Overview: Here is a short film produced by the UK 9.5mm film club 'Group 9.5' to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the 9.5mm 'home movie' film size in 1972. Entitled "Lights Out ... And The Stars Appear", (the title is based on a Pathescope advertisement fron the 1930s), it describes the start and history of this unique film gauge originally developed by the French Pathe-Freres company.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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I Only Arsked
Overview: A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protectorate of Darawa. Their frustrations and disappointment at landing one of the harshest territories is compensated when they discover a secret passage to the King's harem.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Raising a Riot
Overview: Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-21
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Bachelor of Arts
Overview: An artist from Continental Europe arrives in England and proceeds to cause havoc.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-27
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Rentadick
Overview: Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively... confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-31
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We Joined the Navy
Overview: Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-17
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Spike
Overview: Spike personally tells the story of his life from India, World War II to The Goons and his Q series
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-11
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The Filth and the Fury
Overview: Julien Temple's second documentary profiling punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols is an enlightening, entertaining trip back to a time when the punk movement was just discovering itself. Featuring archival footage, never-before-seen performances, rehearsals, and recording sessions as well as interviews with group members who lived to tell the tale--including the one and only John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten).
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-29
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The Laughing Lady
Overview: A musical set during the French Revolution.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-10-16
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Look at Life: Funny Business Is No Joke
Overview: A peek behind the scenes at the business of the comedian and how it is being expanded for film and television.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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