Bob Todd
Also Known As: Боб Тодд
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kent, England
Adult: No
Birthday: December 15, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 21, 1992
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Scars of Dracula
Overview: The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-08
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Mutiny on the Buses
Overview: Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea ...if only the inspector hadn't taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-02
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It's Your Move
Overview: A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tommy Cooper, Bernard Cribbins, Jimmy Edwards, Irene Handl, Bob Todd and Andrew Sachs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-18
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Come Play with Me
Overview: Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in the surrounding towns and men from all over the region are frequent visitors to the small countryside home, hoping to encounter one, or preferably both, of the seductive nieces. Of course, the aunt has equally strong desires and refuses to be outdone. Soon all three are offering the many courters the chance to Come Play with Me!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-28
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Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Overview: Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands off her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-01
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Postman's Knock
Overview: Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-02-22
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Go for a Take
Overview: Two inept gamblers on the run from their debts and a gang of crooks find refuge in a film studio.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-12
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The Ups and Downs of a Handyman
Overview: A young handyman and his wife move to a small village and set up business. There, the handyman encounters numerous strange characters, including a local constable more inept than a squad car full of Keystone Kops; an elderly magistrate whose primary passion is spanking young women; a schoolmistress with a closetful of kinks; and more predatory housewives than the young man can handle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-31
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A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine
Overview: Sharon is a young office worker who sexually teases, seduces and then cries 'rape' on various men just to see them emotionally suffer for her own man-hating, twisted amusement leading to one lovestruck boyfriend being sent to prison, the financial ruin of another, and the meltdown and death of a third victim.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-10
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Rhubarb Rhubarb
Overview: During a game of golf between a police inspector and a vicar the inspector cheats by having a constable move his ball into favourable positions and the vicar's into hazardous ones. when the vicar discovers this he prays for divine intervention which turns the tables.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-15
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The Four Musketeers
Overview: The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-31
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Jemima + Johnny
Overview: A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-26
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Carry on Again Christmas
Overview: The second of the four Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island with Sid James as Long John Silver and Barbara Windsor, strangely, as Jim Hawkins. This special was filmed in black and white -- strangely, since the previous one was in color.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-24
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Just Like That!
Overview: Just Like That! is a celebration of the comic genius of Tommy Cooper] - just like that! But nobody could do it just like that apart from the unique Mr Cooper himself, and despite his claim never to have used those words. Was Tommy really Henry Coper's brother? Can Tommy's performance as Hamlet, clown prince, compare with the greats? Was Tommy a ventriloquist at heart? Rare and classic routines and contributions from famous fans help solve the mystery. The friends and fans who take part (many of them confirming that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery) include Adrian Edmondson, Lenny Henry, Henry Cooper, former Goons Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan, writer Dick Hills, Tommy's brother David Cooper (who has himself sadly since died), alternative comedian Steve Murray, The Wow Show and magician Paul Scott. A title montage sequence features further impersonations of the great man from Alexei Sayle, Bob Todd, Patricia Hayes, and Jess Conrad.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Bachelor of Arts
Overview: An artist from Continental Europe arrives in England and proceeds to cause havoc.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-27
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Gabrielle and the Doodleman
Overview: A wheelchair bound little girl gets involved with characters from her computer game that help her though a difficult time.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Best Of Benny Hill
Overview: A theatrical film compilation of the popular Benny Hill show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-23
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Benny Hill: The Lost Years - The Good, the Bawd and the Benny
Overview: Part 3 of 3, featuring sketches never broadcast in America, this hilarious medley contains vintage material from Benny when his cheeky humor established him as one of England's funniest - and naughtiest - comedians. Filled with riotous musical send-ups, fractured fairy tales, wacky commercial spoofs and pitch-perfect impressions, this collection captures the vast range of one of England's most inspired comics!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-19
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Le Petomane
Overview: The incredibly true story of the legendary French entertainer Joseph Pujol, who performed impersonations with his self-described 'elastic anus' and a surfeit of wind.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-31
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The Flying Sorcerer
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value
Overview: Spike stars with Bob Todd, Bill Kerr, Graham Stark, Valentine Dyall, and Sheree Winton & a final TV outing for moustachioed 'token Italian' comedy actor Mario Fabrizi, who died 18 months later, aged just 38.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-05
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Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Overview: Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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Confessions of a Pop Performer
Overview: Either you've got it or you haven't - some like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), manage to get it all the time! Signing up with a pop group, our boisterous hero progresses rapidly from local gigs to scoring a titillating hit with The Climax Sisters, with plenty of ribald adventures along the way!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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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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The Over-Amorous Artist
Overview: Sexploitation comedy about an aspiring artist. Alan and Sue switch roles: she goes out to work while he looks after the home and concentrates on his painting. However, he fails to anticipate the time-consuming attentions of various female neighbours.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-23
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Benny Hill - Unseen
Overview: One-off special Benny taped in 1990, with outdoor scenes made in New York. Highlights of this part include Hill playing Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Roseanne Barr and an audience member in a parody of "Ask Dr. Ruth," Chow Mein showing up for an audition, and Benny getting into a tangle with gangsters.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-16
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Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Overview: Mr. Hill's last TV work, taped and aired before his death, with outdoor scenes taped in New York City. Highlights of this show include "A Streetcar Named Desirée" (a Tennessee Williams takeoff) and a spoof of "Ask Dr. Ruth" (where he impersonated Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Roseanne).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-30
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Raising the Wind
Overview: 'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-06
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The Return of the Musketeers
Overview: It's 1649: Mazarin hires the impoverished D'Artagnan to find the other musketeers: Cromwell has overthrown the English king, so Mazarin fears revolt, particularly from the popular Beaufort. Porthos, bored with riches and wanting a title, signs on, but Aramis, an abbé, and Athos, a brawler raising an intellectual son, assist Beaufort in secret. When they fail to halt Beaufort's escape from prison, the musketeers are expendable, and Mazarin sends them to London to rescue Charles I. They are also pursued by Justine, the avenging daughter of Milady de Winter, their enemy 20 years ago. They must escape England, avoid Justine, serve the Queen, and secure Beauford's political reforms.
Genres: Comedy Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-12
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Carry On Again Doctor
Overview: Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-05
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That's Your Funeral
Overview: Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-01
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Superman III
Overview: Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-17
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Mr. H Is Late
Overview: A team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time. An undertaker is in charge of moving a coffin from a home to the church. The home is on the 26th floor of a skyscraper; the stairs are narrow; the lift is small and prone to stop working. Chaos ensues.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-15
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Burke & Hare
Overview: Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
Genres: Horror Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-03
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Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Overview: Mr. Hill's last TV work, taped and aired before his death, with outdoor scenes taped in New York City. Highlights of this show include "A Streetcar Named Desirée" (a Tennessee Williams takeoff) and a spoof of "Ask Dr. Ruth" (where he impersonated Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Roseanne).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-05-30
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