Roy Evans
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Biography: Roy Evans is an English actor who has appeared in British television from the 1960s to 2004, appearing in a wide range of productions including Doctor Who (The Daleks' Master Plan as Trantis, The Green Death as Bert and The Monster of Peladon as a miner), Blake's 7 ("Redemption" as a Slave), Porterhouse Blue (as Arthur), Only Fools and Horses (The Jolly Boys' Outing as Harry the coach driver), as well as peasant roles in The Black Adder. Born in Fishponds, he was adopted by Edmund Evans and Clarice Augusta Georgina May Evans (née Gowen). As a teenager, Evans went to London to become a dancer and actor. His dancing work includes visiting the Nottingham Theatre Royal with the International Ballet Company in 1951, gaining a long run in A Girl Called Jo at Piccadilly Theatre followed by a six-month engagement as principal male ballet dancer with the Swedish national ballet company. In film he is particularly known for roles in The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Oliver! (1968), Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968), Where's Jack? (1969), Loving Memory (1971), Dark Places (1973), Jabberwocky (1977), The Prince and the Pauper (1977), Raise the Titanic (1980), The Elephant Man (1980) and The Company of Wolves (1984).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK
Birthday: January 10, 1930
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Gender: Male
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The Doctor and the Devils
Overview: In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to look for a more simple way to get the job done.
Genres: Horror History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-04
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Imaginary Friends
Overview: Ellen Pitblado is a widow who lives in recluse in 1930s Gloucestershire. When her scummy journalist nephew, Douglas, tries to force her to give him her money, she calls her mysterious lookalike gentlemen friends to her aid.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-13
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Flyaway
Overview: A concise and poetic story of a man whose model airplane vanishes over the sea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The House That Dripped Blood
Overview: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-22
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Les Misérables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Drama History Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-27
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Loving Memory
Overview: An isolated brother and sister live with their memories and a grisly secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-21
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Dark Places
Overview: A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. The only problem is that the house they plan to hide it in is haunted.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-01
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Hamlet
Overview: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-19
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The Big Sleep
Overview: Private eye Philip Marlowe investigates a case of blackmail involving the two wild daughters of a rich general, a pornographer and a gangster.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-13
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Death of a Son
Overview: The true story of Pauline Williams, who struggled to bring the people who supplied her son with the illegal drugs that caused his death to justice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-08
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Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher
Overview: Spoof documentary looking at the life of Normal Stanley Fletcher, the star of 1970s sitcom Porridge played by Ronnie Barker. Featuring fictional footage and interviews with the character's family, friends and associates, the film documents Fletcher's chequered career.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-29
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The Elephant Man
Overview: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-09
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Mel Gibson Goes Back to School
Overview: Mel Gibson teaches Hamlet to a group of high school drama students.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Jabberwocky
Overview: A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-28
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The Company of Wolves
Overview: An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-21
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Schalcken the Painter
Overview: Can Schalcken save his love, Rose, from the clutches of a ghastly suitor before it is too late?
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-22
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The Fearless Vampire Killers
Overview: A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-13
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Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Overview: Robert of Locksley is harbouring a runaway serf. A warrant is then issued for Robert's arrest: he is now an outlaw. Stars David Warbeck, Kathleen Byron and Ciaran Madden
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-01
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Where's Jack?
Overview: Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
Genres: Adventure Crime History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-01
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Oliver!
Overview: Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-26
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Coming Out
Overview: Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to a huge amount of reactions, mainly from other gay men who are leading a double life. He decides to meet a number of these letter writers and eventually is forced to come out.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-10
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Lost In London
Overview: Facing his parent's impending divorce and emotional upheaval, a young boy runs away and joins a gang of London street urchins who live by their wits, begging, and thievery.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-20
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Return to Waterloo
Overview: A man taking the train to work one morning is overcome by melancholy memories and morbid fantasies.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-01
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No Hard Feelings
Overview: This short feature, an early directing credit for Alan Parker, shows the reality of life during the WWII air raids with none of the traditional 'Blitz spirit' so often portrayed. Eric spends the nights crammed into a brick shelter with his dad, sister and her screaming kids, and every bombardment brings tears over the loss of his mother in an earlier raid. When he learns his sweetheart is to be evacuated, he finally buckles under the stress.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-13
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Global Conspiracy?
Overview: Investigative reporter Terry Scanlon follows up the strange goings on in Llanfairfach, with interviews with people there at the time, including Professor Clifford Jones and mysterious boss, Stevens.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-10
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Doctor Who: The Green Death
Overview: The Doctor and UNIT investigate a deadly infection lurking underneath the Welsh mining town of Llanfairfach. It's an adventure that will change Jo Grant's life forever...
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-23
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Doctor Who: The Monster of Peladon
Overview: The Doctor returns to Peladon fifty years after his last visit, to find Queen Thalira, daughter of the late King Peladon, on the throne. A tense labour dispute between Pel nobility and miners is worsened when apparitions of their deity Aggedor attack and kill several miners. The Galactic Federation desperately needs trisilicate for its war against Galaxy 5 and sends in brutal Ice Warrior troopers to ensure production. The Doctor discovers a devious plot at the heart of Aggedor's appearances.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-27
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Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan
Overview: In the year 4000, the Daleks conspire to conquer the Solar System. Their scheme involves treachery at the highest levels and a weapon capable of destroying the very fabric of time. Only the Doctor and his friends can prevent catastrophe — and there is no guarantee they will escape with their lives...
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-29
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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 Blood Beast Terror
Overview: A Scotland Yard Detective must investigate a series of murders perpetrated by a giant blood-sucking moth that can take human form.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-01
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The Gathering
Overview: Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with partial memory loss. The deeply regretful driver allows her to convalesce at a large rural home, where she becomes friends with the woman's stepson, Michael. As Cassie delves into Michael's research about an old, newly discovered area church, it triggers some strange premonitions and offers gradual clues about her deeper links to this British community.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-23
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Half a Sixpence
Overview: "If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But can his newfound wealth buy happiness?
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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A Ghost of a Chance
Overview: Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Restoration
Overview: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Baal
Overview: Baal is an amoral poetic genius who, after a life of debauchery, betrayal and violence, is about to cut his ties to the world and meet his doom. A high society party is where the end begins.
Genres: Music Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-02
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Border
Overview: Czechoslovakia, 1952. For some, life under the post-war Stalinist regime is hardly worth living and although the escape route to the West is almost suicide, the rewards - prosperity, political freedom, even luxury - make it a risk worth taking.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-07
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The Hour of the Pig
Overview: In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.
Genres: Drama History Thriller Crime Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-25
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Santa Claus: The Movie
Overview: In ancient times, a man named Claus, who delivers toys in his small village, fulfils his destiny to become Santa Claus after meeting an expert toy-making elf, Patch, in the North Pole. In the present day, Santa Claus has become overwhelmed by his workload, and the disgruntled Patch flees the workshop to New York City. There, Patch unknowingly threatens the fate of Christmas by taking a job at a failing toy company run by a scheming businessman.
Genres: Family Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-29
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The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids
Overview: The gang build a raft to ferry them across a canal, with just one problem; getting the raft to the canal.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-01
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The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
Overview: An errant cricket ball causes mayhem as the gang try to recover it.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-01
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