Preston Lockwood
Also Known As: Reginald Herbert Lockwood
Biography: Reginald Herbert Lockwood (30 October 1912 – 24 April 1996), known professionally as Preston Lockwood, was an English actor. The only son of bus driver Herbert Lewis Lockwood and his wife Ethel May (née Preston), Lockwood was born in Essex; he had two elder sisters, Sylvia (born 1908) and Phyllis (born 1909). He used his mother's maiden name as his stage name. Lockwood is best known for his television credits, including the role of Butterfield the butler in several episodes of Jeeves and Wooster. He also appeared in the first episode of The Vicar of Dibley as Reverend Pottle, whose death midway through the prayers served as the catalyst for Geraldine Granger's arrival. Other appearances include Poldark, Shoestring, Doctor Who, Tenko, Miss Marple, All Creatures Great and Small and Inspector Morse. His performances on BBC Radio include Dennis the Dachshund in Children's Hour's Toytown. One of his final roles was as Coriakin the magician in the 1989 BBC TV adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, one of Chronicles of Narnia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The IMDB informs another place of birth: Leyton, London, England, UK
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: West Ham, Essex, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 30, 1912
Age: 112 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 24, 1996
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Scandalous
Overview: An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-29
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Overview: Young Prince Caspian of Narnia wonders and dreams about the old days of Narnia when animals talked, and there were mythical creatures and four rulers in Cair Paravel. But his uncle and aunt don’t like to hear him thinking of such things, and plan to murder him and take his throne. Caspian’s tutor, Dr. Cornelius manages to save him, and not only teach him about the old ways, but bring him into the real Narnia and introduce him to the real Narnia. But Caspian’s plight is desperate, and he must use the legendary horn to call help from another world: Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. Then, Lucy and Edmund are sent back to Narnia, along with their cousin Eustace, to assist Caspian on a voyage. Along their journey the children battle dragons and sea serpents, and sail across a golden lake to reach the edge of the world.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-19
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The Black Candle
Overview: Lily Whitmore is the heir to a crumbling factory that she's determined to restore to its former glory. Unfortunately, Lily must instead turn her attention to the conniving Lionel Filmore who's determined to marry into the family no matter what.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Author of Beltraffio
Overview: A young American writer visits a famous author in the English countryside, and notices antagonism between the author and his wife over the upbringing of their young son.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-27
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Absolution
Overview: At a Catholic boys' school, domineering disciplinarian Father Goddard rules over his pupils with an iron hand. When one of his teenage charges confesses to murder, the dogmatic but deeply repressed Goddard finds his faith challenged and his life spiralling dangerously out of control.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-05
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Electric Dreams
Overview: Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-20
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The Black Windmill
Overview: A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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Paradise Restored
Overview: A fictionalised biography of the latter years of the poet, John Milton. Now an old man, blind and out of favour, Milton seeks to leave a plague-ravaged London and set-up home in the countryside.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-08
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Consuming Passions
Overview: Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-06
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The Fool
Overview: A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Pulse Pounders
Overview: In this 'sequel' anthology, the film offers a TRANCERS sequel written by original creators Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo, a new Lovecraft adaptation THE EVIL CLERGYMAN, featuring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, and finally a sequel to THE DUNGEONMASTER.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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The Girl in a Swing
Overview: A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they are married, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and he must find the best way to deal with them without destroying their relationship.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-29
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The Danedyke Mystery
Overview: In the village of Danedyke St Mary the Reverend Septimus Treloar, a former Chief Inspector, investigates mysterious goings on linked to his church.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-03
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The Ash Tree
Overview: Man of leisure Sir Richard receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these dealings Sir Richard seems to be more than a little distracted, he hears strange noises from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.
Genres: Mystery Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-23
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Overview: During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
Genres: Action Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-09
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Ransom
Overview: Following a series of bomb attacks in London, a group of terrorists seize Britain's ambassador to Scandinavia. With the ambassador now a hostage in his residence, another group hijacks an airliner at the capital's airport, announcing that the passengers will not be freed until their demands are met. Colonel Nils Tahlvik, Scandinavia's resourceful and ruthless head of security, seeks to take an uncompromising stance against the terrorists yet his attempts meet resistance from unknown forces at every turn...
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-06
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Time Bandits
Overview: Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.
Genres: Family Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-13
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Murphy's Stroke
Overview: The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-21
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Memento Mori
Overview: Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-19
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The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
Overview: The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-13
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The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Overview: Capitalising on his remarkable success in On the Buses, Reg Varney took on the contrasting role of a third-rate holiday camp entertainer dreaming of stardom in this mid-seventies comedy feature. Also starring fellow sitcom favourite Diana Coupland and Lee Montague, The Best Pair of Legs in the Business was adapted from an individual ITV Playhouse drama and scripted by Emmerdale Farm creator Kevin Laffan. 'Sherry' Sheridan, a middle-aged compère and drag artiste currently stationed at a caravan site, is low on talent but high on ambition. Convinced he just needs one decent break to launch himself into the big time, he's relentlessly optimistic - but sadly unaware that his family life is crumbling around him. Can Sherry manage to secure both his job, and his marriage?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-02-01
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The Lady and the Highwayman
Overview: During one of his robberies, a highwayman, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor, falls in love with an aristocratic lady. Now, he is forced to choose between his true love or his true cause.
Genres: Action Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-03
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Doctor Who: Snakedance
Overview: Tegan falls once more under the influence of the Mara and directs the TARDIS to the planet Manussa. There, the Federator's son Lon and his mother Tanha are preparing for a ceremony to celebrate the banishment of the Mara five hundred years earlier. The Mara takes control of Lon and uses him and Tegan to obtain from Ambril, the Director of Historical Research, the 'Great Crystal' - the large blue stone that originally brought it into being by focusing energy from the minds of the planet's one-time inhabitants. The Mara now plans to use the crystal during the ceremony to bring about its return to corporeal existence.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-26
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The Prince and the Pauper
Overview: Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other's life.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-03
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The Portland Millions
Overview: Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-17
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