James Copeland
Also Known As: not available
Biography: James Copeland was a Scottish actor. His film career included Mackay in The Seekers, the ship's mate in The Maggie, Rockets Galore!, a police constable in The 39 Steps, Farewell Performance, Torture Garden, and the guide in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Helensburgh, Scotland, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: May 01, 1918
Age: 107 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 17, 2002
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The 'Maggie'
Overview: The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-25
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Overview: In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from Hollywood to Hong Kong cinema that spans a 20-year period. This one features action scenes from 16 action-packed movies featuring action gurus, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and many more.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-16
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Mask of Dust
Overview: An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-10
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The Privilege
Overview: A BAFTA award winning drama set in Orkney in the 19th century, depicting a wedding among the strong, hardworking, tenant farmers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Substance of Dreams
Overview: 'That man came to die here ... for a reason.' It is 33 years after Final War and an outsider has broken in to the City. Only Solus can probe his memories to discover his purpose, the substance of his dreams.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-04
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If Only We Had the Space
Overview: A look at improvements to old Glasgow tenements.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Innocents in Paris
Overview: Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-22
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The Big Catch
Overview: A story of youthful rivalry in a Highland fishing port.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Three Hostages
Overview: Retired British solider Richard Hannay is recruited by British intelligence in an attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy criminal organisation
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-27
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Brigadista
Overview: When best-selling author James Fuller Hayes comes to Glasgow to publicise his personal account of the Spanish Civil War, a surprise reunion with two of his old comrades from the International Brigade reveals contradictory & devastating information. Technically, this was the last Play For Today ever made by the BBC, but it wasn't broadcast under the strand.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-05
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The Big Man
Overview: An unemployed Scottish miner is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-31
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-29
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You Lucky People!
Overview: Reservist Tommy Smart - who has made his fortune since the war selling army surplus - arrives at an army camp, with his chauffeur/valet, for two weeks' training. Bank manager Corporal Jones is in Tommy's squad. Sylvia, Jones' daughter, wishes to marry Lieutenant Robson, a National Service officer. Smart is under the orders of his old enemy Sergeant Thickpenny and R.S.M. Brittain; various parade ground antics ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Rockets Galore
Overview: The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-19
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The Seekers
Overview: A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-22
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Doctor Who: The Krotons
Overview: The TARDIS arrives on the unnamed planet of the Gonds, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the alien Krotons — crystalline beings whose ship, the Dynatrope, crash-landed there thousands of years earlier after being damaged in a space battle. The Krotons are in suspended animation, in a crystalline slurry form, awaiting a time when they can be reconstituted by absorption of mental energy. Periodically, the two most brilliant Gond students are received into the Dynatrope, nominally to become "companions of the Krotons", but in truth to have their mental energy drained, after which they are killed.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-18
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Laxdale Hall
Overview: A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-01
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Sailor Beware!
Overview: BBC television adaptation of the Philip King and Falkland L. Cary play about an imminent wedding becoming endangered by a domineering matriarch.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-05
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Orkney
Overview: Three stories reflecting life in the Orkney Islands, two set in the past, and one in the present.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-13
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Farewell Performance
Overview: After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-17
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Queen of Scots
Overview: A dramatised account of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, performed and broadcast live on Scottish Television on 29th November 1967 to mark STV's tenth anniversary.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-29
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Shakespeare's Mounted Foot
Overview: The story of an aspiring actor's adventures around the Scottish Borders and northern England with a travelling theatre group.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-27
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