Michael Carter
Also Known As: Mike Carter
Biography: Michael Carter (born 29 June 1947) is a Scottish actor of film, stage and television, known for portraying Gerald Bringsley in An American Werewolf in London, Bib Fortuna in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, and Von Thurnburg in The Illusionist.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dumfries, Scotland, UK
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Birthday: June 29, 1947
Age: 77 years old
Gender: Male
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The Illusionist
Overview: With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-18
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Operation Julie
Overview: A TV movie directed by Bob Mahoney. Based on the book by Dick Lee & Colin Pratt it tells the true story of a long running Police investigation which resulted in the arrests of 120 people and jail sentences of 170 years for the manufacture and distribution of £100M of LSD.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-02
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Blood Hunt
Overview: The Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan Innes flees to the hills, pursued by Robert's brother. An old friend, Sandy Ross, tries to prevent the inevitable blood hunt.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-16
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She's Been Away
Overview: A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in other words, she did what she wanted and didn't care what anyone else thought about it) is finally released to the custody of her family, consisting of her grand-nephew and his family. At first she keeps a self-imposed distance from the relatives, but she soon finds herself coming around to her nephew's wife, a free spirit who is under the thumb of her cold and controlling husband
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-09
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Centurion
Overview: Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-15
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Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London'
Overview: Host Paul Davis takes a trip through some of the iconic backdrops of John Landis' 1981 werewolf classic An American Werewolf In London. The original cast and crew tell the story of how the film was made over a quarter of a century ago featuring rare footage and never before seen photos.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-14
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Falling into Place
Overview: A love story set in Scotland and London that follows a romance between Kira and Ian, two 30-somethings who meet while on the run from themselves.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2023-12-07
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Return of the Jedi
Overview: Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-05-25
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Dreaming
Overview: Unemployed Ayrshire teenager Sammy Nelson is a dreamer, using his vivid imagination to conjure up a gallery of heroes. But far from simply providing an escape from grim reality, his dreams become weapons to confront it. With appearances by Deacon Blue. Billy Connolly and Marianne Faithful
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-24
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Mary Rose
Overview: A young woman vanishes on a visit to an island with her husband and child, only to turn up decades later apparently unchanged in age or appearance and her once infant son is now older than she is…
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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The Flipside of Dominick Hide
Overview: Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers, and are strictly forbidden to land their flying saucers. One time traveller who broke this rule accidentally killed a dog, changing history and causing many future people to disappear. Inspired by his Great Aunt Mavis, Dominick decides to find his great great grandfather. He begins to land in 1980, where his strange clothes and speech make him seem an eccentric oddball. His quest brings him into contact with beautiful boutique owner Jane, and they fall in love. As Dominick's visits become more frequent and more prolonged, he increasingly risks his indiscretion being discovered by his boss, Caleb Line, and every moment he spends in the past increases the danger that he will catastrophically change the future
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-09
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A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: Drama Fantasy TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-09
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Maul Dogs
Overview: Three store owners discover their strip mall has been gambled away to a thug who loves to bowl. After unsuccessful attempts to pay the thug back they enter a bowling tournament to win the money, despite having no previous bowling skills.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-06
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An American Werewolf in London
Overview: American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-21
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The Cloning of Joanna May
Overview: Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love each other, but had to divorce after Joanna was caught on an incidental love affair. Since then Carl has made Joanna's life impossible. 10 years later she's fed up with the situation and decides to visit him, only to find that once he made three copies of her
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-16
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The Keep
Overview: Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.
Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-16
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A Most Public Affair
Overview: A re-creation of some of the confrontations and sketches in the remarkable background of the Windscale Enquiry. The dialogue is taken from the Official Verbatim Transcript of Proceedings. It was filmed on location in the Lake District and at Whitehaven Civic Hall where the Enquiry took place.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-08
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Heather Ann
Overview: Cornish fisherman John Lewis is waiting for a stroke of luck which will give him the money to pay his debts and rid himself of his wife and his trawler Heather Ann. One day he nets a torpedo...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-30
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Reeling
Overview: A man mutters to himself, checks his to-do list, introduces himself to old friends, and grasps for a memory that always slips away. A pig slowly roasts in an IMU pit, a birthday luau devolves into chaos and heartbreak when Ryan, a permanent scar on his head, finally remembers a glimpse of the accident that destroyed his memory to begin with.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-08
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Grass
Overview: A petty criminal decides to turn into an informant, a grass, after he learns about a crooked chief inspector. But instead of getting paid all he gets is trouble for himself and his family.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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