Nicholas Ball
Also Known As: John Nicholas Ball
Biography: Nicholas Ball was an English actor best known for playing the title role of James Hazell in the television series Hazell. His film credits included roles in D-Day drama Overlord, Hobe Tooper's sci-fi horror Lifeforce and Mike Hodges' Croupier. In later years Ball played violent gangster Terry Bates in EastEnders between 2007 and 2009 and Garry Ryan in series five of Footballers' Wives and both series of its spin-off programme Footballers' Wives: Extra Time.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Birthday: April 11, 1946
Deathday: June 06, 2024
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Lifeforce
Overview: A space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back a malevolent race of space vampires who transform most of London's population into zombies. The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-21
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Croupier
Overview: Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-25
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Sisterhood
Overview: Catherine St.John-Burke is an independent, uptight, status obsessed, sophisticated, British woman, living alone in London's Chelsea, and doing herself no favors by having an affair with a married man. Her world is turned upside down when she comes home one day to discover an uneducated, Kiwi woman (with very hairy legs) drinking beer in her living room. Shirley Zachary claims to be Catherine's long lost half-sister and that their father, who Catherine thought died when she was a child, is still alive and trying to make claims on both of their properties following the death of their mothers! Furious and frustrated with Shirley's refusal to 'disappear', Shirley reluctantly agrees to undertake a DNA test.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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Trafficking
Overview: Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from trafficking, forcing him into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with his boss.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-24
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Overlord
Overview: During World War II, a young man is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-Day, June 6th, 1944.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-01
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Peter
Overview: Peter: A Study for a Portrait of a Serial Killer is a feature film that delivers uncompromising performances and rare, shocking archive to reveal for the first time ever the astonishing true story of The Yorkshire Ripper. Exploring his childhood, the sadistic murders of 13 women and his ongoing psychological treatment, the audience journey into the dark and twisted mind of Britain s most notorious serial killer. Psychiatrists say he is a dangerous paranoid schizophrenic, many think he is simply evil; this film challenges the audience to make up their own mind.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-01
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Claudia
Overview: Eager to escape her high-society life among the English Elite, a woman falls in love with a young musician. Her husband, however has other plans for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-12
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A New Breed of Criminal
Overview: Inspired by Stephen Sayers' rise from the backstreets of Newcastle's West End to the top of the criminal ladder and the authorities subsequent attempt to bring him crashing back down again.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-11
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Life for Christine
Overview: A teenage girl is sent to a women's prison, but should she really be there?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-02
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Perfect Gift
Overview: An erotic comedy about a man who meets a sensuous, fun-loving girl at a pajama party after separating from his dour girlfriend. His new love searches high and low to find someone to fulfill his ultimate fantasy - a menage a trois.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-05
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Running Out of Luck
Overview: A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-02
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Out of Depth
Overview: Seeking to avenge an attack on his mother, Paul decides to hire a local villain, Lenny, to give the attacker a beating. Lenny however has also been contracted to kill the same man and soon Paul is thrown into an impossible situation involving corrupt police chiefs, violence and intimidation.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-14
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Rogue Male
Overview: In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back to England where he discovers the Gestapo has followed him. Knowing that his government would turn him over to German authorities, Sir Robert goes underground in his battle with his pursuers.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-22
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Doom Room
Overview: A woman wakes up locked in a small room with no memory of how she arrived there. Unable to escape, and tormented by a series of paranormal entities, she must uncover the riddle of who she is and how she got here.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-10
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Overview: In Victorian England, handsome Dorian Gray makes a Faustian deal that his portrait painted by Basil Hallward (Jeremy Brett) will age while he remains young. But his vain bargain eventually leads to murder and destroys Gray's life. This 1976 installment of the BBC's long-running "Play of the Month" television series co-stars Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Judi Bowker and John Gielgud as Lord Henry Wotton.
Genres: Horror Drama Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-19
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Fifteen
Overview: David in twenty two, a film editor. He is well educated, his family are rich and he's bored. Then he meets Sean... the changes to his life are irreversible. He is drawn into a cocaine fueled underworld of crime, violence and murder. David must stop the horrific chain of events before his world is destroyed. But has his path already been preordained by the disturbed and dangerous Mr. Allen?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-15
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Nelly's Version
Overview: People claim to know an amnesiac who finds herself in a hotel with a suitcase full of cash.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-09
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The Krays: Dead Man Walking
Overview: Inspired by true events, the shocking story of London's most feared and notorious brothers Reggie and Ronnie Kray as they break Frank 'The Mad Axeman' Mitchell from Dartmoor Prison in December 1966.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-10
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Sorry
Overview: Play by Carol Bunyan. Two very different ladies share an office, a common enemy and a sense of humour. Sorry follows them through a day and their very different, and in one case, traumatic, lunch hour.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-03
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Muse
Overview: World-renowned author Harry Newman struggles to come to terms with the untimely deaths of his wife and daughter. Crippled by grief and isolated in his home, he forms an unhealthy attachment...
Genres: Drama Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-08
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Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce
Overview: Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. Features interviews with Hooper, producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, makeup artist Sandra Exelby, screenwriter Michael Armstrong, sound designer Vernon Messenger, artistic designers Tom Adams and Roger Stewart and effects artist John Schoonraad.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-14
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Norfolk Coast
Overview: This short film, Norfolk Coast, inspired by the album of the same name, stars JJ as Warner, a man with a difficult past. It also features Nicholas Ball as his father and Susannah York in her final feature performance. This is an everyday tale of Satanic Ritual Abuse and its consequences for all those involved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-01
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Pentagram
Overview: A group of teenagers must somehow survive the night when they find themselves trapped within a pentagram. To stay inside the candlelit confines means safety; to escape means certain death at the hands of a mysterious entity.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-08
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Video Stars
Overview: A new underground TV-Channel is set up.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-06
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Mutant Chronicles
Overview: It's the year 2707. Earth's natural resources have all but been exhausted by mankind. Battles rage for the remainder between the competing Corporations. During one such battle the seal is broken and awakens an ancient and deadly machine that was once defeated thousands of years ago. The order that awaited its return must now lead a small group of soldiers to destroy it once and for all.
Genres: Action Adventure Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-07
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Thicker Than Water
Overview: The Black Pudding Festival in Normandy, France, brings competitors from all over Europe. The British contingent is there for all the fun of the fair-and determined to win!
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-24
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Dead Man Running
Overview: A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them both
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-29
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