Lionel Blair
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Biography: Lionel Blair was an English actor, choreographer, tap dancer and television presenter. Making regular appearances as a dancer and entertainer on British television throughout the late 1960s, the 1970s and early 1980s, he also presented the quiz programme Name That Tune, and was a team captain on Give Us a Clue.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Montreal, Canada
Birthday: December 12, 1928
Deathday: November 04, 2021
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Gender: Male
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Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
Overview: A compilation of sketches taken from the television series. Characters include Sid Snot, Angry Of Mayfair, Marcel Wave and Brother Lee Love. Guests include: Terry Wogan, Michael Aspel, Cliff Richard, David Essex and Bernard Manning.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-27
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Mission: Monte Carlo
Overview: Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys investigate crimes along the French Riviera.
Genres: Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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The Plank
Overview: Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion. TV remake of the 1967 short.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-17
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The Limping Man
Overview: An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a limping sniper.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-11
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Run For Your Wife
Overview: John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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The Beauty Jungle
Overview: A Bristol typist joins the world of beauty contests.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-25
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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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The Cool Mikado
Overview: In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yankee judge, falls in love with a Japanese girl. This enrages her Yakuza fiancé who kidnaps him.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-07
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Play It Cool
Overview: A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searching for the lover who she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-01
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A Hard Day's Night
Overview: Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-07
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Maroc 7
Overview: The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-22
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The Unforgettable Harry Secombe
Overview: A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-20
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The World of Suzie Wong
Overview: A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-10
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Larry Grayson: Shut That Door!
Overview: Documentary about the life of Larry Grayson, the English comedian and television presenter who was best known in the 1970s and early '80s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-01
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An Audience with Elton John
Overview: Elton John entertains a celebrity studio audience, answering questions and singing songs with his guests.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-27
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