Martin Jarvis
Also Known As: مارتین جارویس
Biography: Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Birthday: August 04, 1941
Age: 83 years old
Gender: Male
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Buster
Overview: Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.
Genres: Comedy Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-16
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The Bunker
Overview: Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle for the city.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-15
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Calliope
Overview: A writer begins to discover that his femme fatale character has come to life in the real world.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-06
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Taste the Blood of Dracula
Overview: Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-07
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
Overview: A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-10
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Moses
Overview: In the middle of the night, Egyptian soldiers search for Moses (Martin Jarvis) whose brother Aaron (Tony Leader) swfitly dispatches him on a camel. Back at the royal palace, Ramses warns his son Meneptah (Simon Callow) of compassion towards the Hebrews.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-15
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An Audience with Ken Dodd
Overview: Marking 40 years in show business, legendary comedian and entertainer Ken Dodd presents this comedy extravaganza, entertaining a host of celebrities including Frank Carson, Samantha Fox and Warren Mitchell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-03
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Neander Jin - Die Rückkehr des Neandertalers
Overview: The Return of The Neanderthal Man is a screwball comedy with a Freudian twist. The story of a young woman's quest to find the perfect mate, who is embodied in a 10,000 year old Neanderthal Man. A tongue in cheek look at relationships in our modern age, The Return of the Neanderthal playfully examines all of our preconceived notions about love and romance and turns them inside out and upside down.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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By Jeeves
Overview: An adventure of the hapless Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman about town with a penchant for getting himself into personal difficulties, particularly with women. It is inevitable left to his unflappable manservant Jeeves to provide tidy and elegant rescues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-17
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Brave the Dark
Overview: When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate apart. What began as a good deed becomes a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons. As Nate spirals deeper into despair, Deen must decide how far he’s willing to go to save a kid on the brink of losing everything—even himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-23
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Batman: Assault on Arkham
Overview: Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-formed Suicide Squad to break into Arkham Asylum and recover vital information stolen by the Riddler.
Genres: Thriller Animation Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-12
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Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Overview: After her husband's death, A woman starts looking for independence.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-30
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The Reluctant Dragon
Overview: A shepherd’s son befriends a dragon, who is more inclined to compose poetry than attack the frightened villagers.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-31
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Overview: Based on a Russian folk tale. A proclamation went out through all the land that whosoever could build a flying ship would win the hand of the Tsar's daughter. The youngest son of a simple peasant shows up to claim her, and the dumbfounded Tsar quickly has second thoughts, setting several 'impossible" tasks for 'The Fool of the World' and his remarkable friends.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-28
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Lorna Doone
Overview: The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of Monmouth. On the king's death, conflict is inevitable... Over seven days journey from London, Exmoor is a primitive and lawless area. Here, farmer Jack Ridd lives with his wife Sarah, son John, and two daughters. The only shadow over their simple life is cast by the notorious outlaw family the Doones. The aristocratic Doones were banished from their ancestral lands and now live through looting, theft, and murder. Their brutality is legendary...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-11
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Overview: Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-14
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The Last Escape
Overview: During World War II, American officer Capt. Lee Mitchell (Stuart Whitman) and a British military unit boldly infiltrate German-occupied enemy territory and attempt to kidnap brilliant Nazi scientist Dr. Von Heinken (Pinkas Braun) and bring him back in one piece. While shuttling their prized captive to safety, the Allied forces courageously assist desperate refugees and tussle with overpowering German and Russian forces.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-06
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The Absence of War
Overview: Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw and based on Labour's disastrous 1992 election campaign. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-18
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Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Overview: When the TARDIS is in need of repairs, the Doctor and Peri are forced to land on Varos, a mining planet whose population is entertained and enslaved by a sadistic system of public torture and execution, and find themselves the latest unwilling subjects in this most extreme form of reality TV.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-26
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Wreck-It Ralph
Overview: Wreck-It Ralph is the 9-foot-tall, 643-pound villain of an arcade video game named Fix-It Felix Jr., in which the game's titular hero fixes buildings that Ralph destroys. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game and lands in Hero's Duty, a first-person shooter where he helps the game's hero battle against alien invaders. He later enters Sugar Rush, a kart racing game set on tracks made of candies, cookies and other sweets. There, Ralph meets Vanellope von Schweetz who has learned that her game is faced with a dire threat that could affect the entire arcade, and one that Ralph may have inadvertently started.
Genres: Family Animation Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-01
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Secrets of a Windmill Girl
Overview: One Windmill girl tells the tragic history of another who took to drink and, finally, killed herself after working in strip clubs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-02
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Inside the Actor's Workshop
Overview: An on-set interview is quietly absurd.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-15
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Hallelujah!
Overview: In this recording, from the Christmas concerts held on historic Temple Square in Salt Lake City, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square present the story of George Frideric Handel’s life through song. On the verge of being broke, Handel struggled to write his celebrated oratorio, Messiah. The story behind Messiah celebrates freed debtors, charitable giving, rescued children, and the Messiah's mission to save God’s children from spiritual death. With its Christ-centered focus, Hallelujah! invites listeners to feel the true meaning of Christmas. The music includes favorites such as “Do You Hear What I Hear?” performed by Osnes, “Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Angels from the Realms of Glory,” and many more, including a breathtaking rendition of “For unto Us a Child Is Born” from Handel’s Messiah, performed by the Metropolitan Opera soloists. The Christmas story, as told in the book of Luke in the New Testament, is poetically narrated by Jarvis.
Genres: Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-07
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Sex 'n' Death
Overview: The host of a British Shock-TV Show blurs the line between show business and life.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-14
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Titanic
Overview: 101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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The Moonstone
Overview: Adaptation of the classic novel. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close to Rachel's heart.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Ruby in the Smoke
Overview: Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. But unfortunately, Sally has no idea what the words The Seven Blessings mean. Before long, she is drawn into a mystery filled with opium, secrets from her own past and, at the heart of it all, the Ruby of Agrapur.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-27
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Underfist: Halloween Bash
Overview: Irwin, Hoss Delgado, Jeff the Spider, Fred Fredburger, and General Skarr from the "Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" team up to fight an evil candy army from the Underworld on Halloween.
Genres: Action Comedy Family Fantasy Animation TV Movie Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-12
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Emily's Ghost
Overview: Emily, a young Edwardian girl stifled by the constraints put on the women of her time, moves with her family to the ancestral home in the country, and begins to see the ghost of another girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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New Chilling Tales: The Anthology
Overview: A quarter of classic horror stories presented by actor Martin Jarvis.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-01
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Beware of What You Wish For
Overview: When a couple lose their son in a factory accident, they use a magical monkey's paw to bring him back to life with horrific results...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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United Passions
Overview: An epic, untold story that brings to life the inspiring saga of the World Cup and the three determined men who created it. Driven by their vision and passion, three men, overcame their doubts and fought obstacles and scandals to make the World Cup a reality. Spanning the tumultuous 20th Century, this timeless saga celebrates the event that became the most popular sporting event in the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-06-19
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Make and Break
Overview: Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: Tensions mount in the TV studio when a take-charge anchor is reunited with a man she has a "history" with.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-07
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Doctor Who: The Web Planet
Overview: On the planet Vortis, the Doctor and his companions aid the butterfly-like Menoptra in their battle against the parasitic Animus and its mind-controlled minions, the ant-like Zarbi.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-20
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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Overview: The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs have appeared mysteriously. It turns out the dinosaurs are being brought to London via a time machine to further a plan to revert London to a pre-technological level.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-16
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Charades
Overview: An innocent game during an opulent weekend at a Scottish castle annoys the sinister housekeeper and causes several family skeletons to rattle in their cupboards.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-13
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Phil Spector
Overview: A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of Lana Clarkson.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-14
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Hamlet
Overview: The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain present an abridged version of Shakespeare's play, with explanatory links and introductions by Martin Jarvis. Following the presentation of the play, members of the company are shown in a workshop with actor-director Ron Daniels.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Look at Life: Look at Man
Overview: A visit to the Isle of Man to discover why it wants greater independence.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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True Patriot
Overview: Dietrich Bonhoeffer , theologian, academic and pastor, was convicted and hanged for being implicated in plots against Hitler. He was hanged in April 1945, one month before the end of the war in Europe.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-19
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Look at Life: Hopping Along
Overview: A look at the increasing mechanisation of hop picking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Look at Life: Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?
Overview: A look into the natural world of the butterfly and the reasons for the apparent shortage of them.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Look at Life: The Sinking City
Overview: A look at the efforts being made to prevent Venice from sinking into the mud.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Look at Life: High Living
Overview: Look at life in an estate of tower blocks in Bristol where the city council have built over a hundred in recent years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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Look at Life: On the Meter
Overview: The work of Britain's traffic wardens, through the eyes of one of them. Apart of "Look at Life" documentary films of which over 500 were produced between 1959 and 1969 by the Special Features Division of the Rank Organisation for screening in their Odeon and Gaumont cinemas. The films always preceded the main feature film that was being shown in the cinema that week.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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