Robert Blythe
Also Known As: Bob Blythe
Biography: Robert Blythe (1947-2018) was a Welsh actor and voice over artist. He was brought up in Tan-y-groes St in Port Talbot. He was perhaps best known the role of aging agoraphobic thief 'Fagin' in the Welsh situation comedy High Hopes which ran for six series from 2002 to 2008.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
Birthday: Not available
Deathday: November 20, 2018
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Gender: Male
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The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
Overview: When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-12
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Owain Glyndŵr - Prince of Wales
Overview: A biopic of the last Prince of Wales.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: cy
Release Date: 1983-03-01
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The Snow Spider
Overview: On his ninth birthday, young Gwyn (Osian Roberts), who lives on a remote hill farm in Wales, receives five strange gifts from his grandmother (Siân Phillips): a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a metal brooch and a small broken horse. Gwyn offers the brooch to the wind and receives back a tiny silvery spider - Arianwen, the snow spider - confirming that, as his grandmother had already guessed, he has inherited magical powers from his Celtic ancestor Gwydyon, a powerful magician whose exploits are described in the fourth book ("Math Son of Mathonwy") of the Mabinogion. With the help of the snow spider, Gwyn embarks on adventures involving other worlds of snow and silver, as he attempts to solve the five-year-old mystery of his sister Beth's disappearance in a snow storm.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-26
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Emlyn's Moon
Overview: Young magician Gywn and his friend Nia have been warned to stay away from Emlyn Llewelyn, the strange boy who claims his mother lives on the moon. And yet, a mysterious magic continues to draw them to him. But why? It's up to Gwyn and Nia to solve the mystery, with the help of Arianwen, the Snow Spider.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-06
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The Chestnut Soldier
Overview: Gwyn can feel danger coming in the wind. Somehow he knows the warnings have to do with the broken toy horse that holds the evil spirit of a prince who lived long ago. When Gwyn discovers that the prince's dark soul has escaped from the horse and is seeking revenge Gwyn, Emlyn, and Nia have to figure out how to save the mysterious soldier who claims to be Nia's distant cousin. With the help of the Snow Spider, can they recapture the prince's soul without hurting the Chestnut soldier?
Genres: Fantasy Drama Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-11-20
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The Haunting of #24
Overview: After breaking-up with his girlfriend Veronica, the unemployed John Hare rents a cheap room in an old boarding house owned by the nice Martin Stone and the landlord tells him that the house is crowded by discreet persons. John does not see any other tenant but a bizarre old woman in the house and during the nights, he sees weird things on his television and hears violent knocks on his door. When John calls Veronica, she notes that he is near a breakdown after many sleepless nights and decides to stay with him. However, Veronica vanishes during the night, leading John to an ultimate decision.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-11
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Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Overview: Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme, no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-15
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Belly
Overview: Oscar is coming of age, against his better judgment. In doing so he must experience the necessary evil of leaving something behind, but he can still feel it in the pit of his stomach.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-21
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Nineteen96
Overview: Britain in the mid-1990s: a divided, violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Scotland Yard detective Commander Jack Bentham is seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers, and uncovers a complex web of deceit and corruption
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-17
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A Poet in New York
Overview: In 1953 Dylan Thomas went to New York for the last time, his marriage a wreck, his drinking out of control. He was on his way to meet Stravinsky and to wallow in New York acclaim - but what was he escaping? How did such a triumph become a requiem? The last days of a great poet.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-30
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The Shining Pyramid
Overview: When stones begin miraculously arranging themselves on the edge of one young man's private land, he and his friend begin trying to decipher them in any way possible. When they realize that it might be a dark portent, they become desperate to achieve their goal before it is too late.
Genres: Horror Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-22
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Experience Preferred... But Not Essential
Overview: A shy, introverted young girl takes a summer job at a seaside resort in Wales, where she finds the staff, the owners and patrons unlike anyone she has ever met before.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-22
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The Love Child
Overview: When he was a little boy, Dillon's rock musician father and hippie mother died in a traffic accident. Now in his twenties, Dillon wants nothing more than a normal, responsible life, working in an office and taking care of the grandmother who raised him. But his grandmother has other ideas, and Dillon finds himself lured into an alternate lifestyle of art, pleasure and rebellion.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-22
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Crossfire
Overview: A police computer expert is seconded to Belfast to track down the identity of an IRA mole.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-15
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An Ordinary Man
Overview: A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world - his maid.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-09
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The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Overview: The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title theme, Chi Mai, was by Ennio Morricone
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-04
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Love Is Thicker Than Water
Overview: Vida and Arthur come from vastly different backgrounds. Sensitive and touching, sometimes quirky and tragic, always uncompromisingly truthful, a fresh look how conflicting family ties challenge love in a modern day Romeo and Juliet tale.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-31
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The Theory of Flight
Overview: A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girl friend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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Darklands
Overview: A reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-16
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Leviathan Ages
Overview: Bound in ancient celestial ballet, nine dead Kings arise to claim a fallen Emperor.
Genres: Science Fiction Fantasy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-09
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Rebecca's Daughters
Overview: Young aristocrat Anthony Raine returns home from India to find the farmers of Pembrokeshire protesting about the rates of a tollgate run by The Whitman Turnpike Trust, headed by the drunken Lord Sarn. So Raine dons a mask and, calling himself Rebecca, instructs his followers to dress as women as they attack the tolls, leading the common people to victory over their masters.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-05
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Giro City
Overview: Welsh investigative journalists set out to cover the Troubles in Northern Ireland only to unearth censorship and corruption back home.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-01
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Whoops Apocalypse
Overview: When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it's the American President, but her closest ally the British Prime Minister appears to have gone stark raving mad.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-06
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The Old Devils
Overview: An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-16
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Only Looking
Overview: A man confronts his stalker. An unusual relationship then develops between the two, involving a mysterious third person
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-03
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