Robert Putt
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Robert Putt is a familiar faced British character actor with a career stretching for over 40 years.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Birthday: March 09, 1944
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Gender: Male
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Little Dorrit
Overview: A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film originally released in two parts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-11
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Knockback: 2
Overview: Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that, for the foreseeable future, they cannot enjoy any physical intimacy. They decide to treat their affair as a long Victorian courtship.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-03
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Silas Marner
Overview: Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he becomes a virtual hermit until his own fortune is stolen and an orphaned child is found on his doorstep.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-30
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Old Chums
Overview: A man on crutches bumps into an old acquaintance who relentlessly bombards him with small talk.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-06
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Treasure Island
Overview: Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.
Genres: Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-22
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The Little Match Girl
Overview: The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-28
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The Ruby in the Smoke
Overview: Sally Lockhart has struck a man dead with just three words, sent to her in a message from her father just before he drowned in the South China Seas. But unfortunately, Sally has no idea what the words The Seven Blessings mean. Before long, she is drawn into a mystery filled with opium, secrets from her own past and, at the heart of it all, the Ruby of Agrapur.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-27
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Two Days That Shook the Branch
Overview: Des, an enthusiastic incompetent, always promises rather more that he can deliver.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-09
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Overview: A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career. He has two crucial lines in a television film, but nothing goes according to plan.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-11
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Eskimo Day
Overview: Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-04
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The Fool
Overview: A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Vera Drake
Overview: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-22
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Hatton Garden: The Heist
Overview: Following the lead up to one of the biggest robberies of the century, Hatton Garden The Heist watches the journey of Brian Reader, John Collins, Terry Perkins, Daniel Jones and the mysterious Basil throughout the audacious heist.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-17
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Overview: Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this enjoyable family film. Sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-18
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Mike Bassett: England Manager
Overview: After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-28
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Tom's Midnight Garden
Overview: When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious, he is not allowed to play outside and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden.
Genres: Family Mystery Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-02
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Porridge
Overview: Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of it.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-12
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Hawk the Slayer
Overview: Hawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors: a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow and an elf with the fastest bow in the land; Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-27
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A Fish Called Wanda
Overview: While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-15
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The Many Lives of Albert Walker
Overview: After killing his English partner, a Canadian businessman assumes his identity. Things begin to fall apart for him when the murdered man's body is found.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-24
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A Running Jump
Overview: Gary attempts to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry, Perry's taxi-driver dad, a garage owner called Derek, Perry's wife Debbie and couple of twins.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-24
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Naked
Overview: An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-14
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A Choice of Evils
Overview: Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but struggles to reason with either the Vatican, the Nazis or his friend.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-19
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Bar Mitzvah Boy
Overview: On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wanting.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-14
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Overview: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-09
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The Paradise Run
Overview: Johnny has joined the army because he likes canoeing, but ends up in a war-torn city and is compromised into helping the enemy. However, desertion will not be a solution, and he finds himself more distressed than ever.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-05
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Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Overview: Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him than on the road.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-01
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Easy Go
Overview: A hot day by the Thames - very hot for some Deptford children. When they and some dockers spot a 'prize' in the river, the race is on between the rival factions to win it.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-07
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Under the Hammer
Overview: All seems ready for a major sale of impressionist paintings to be graced by a royal visit. But panic erupts in the boardroom when the pedigree of the Van Gogh - to be sold by the Russians - is questioned. When it causes a scene between the porters, Les and Mick, a respectable firm is forced to take drastic action to save the big day.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-27
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Occupy!
Overview: Bill Nighy, Pete Postlewaite and (briefly) Julie Walters, then all of the Everyman Theatre Company, feature in this potent reportage/dramatisation hybrid about the occupation of the Fisher-Bendix Factory in Kirkby. Dohany uses a variety of imaginative techniques to explore the longstanding dispute, and a pronounced sense of urgency pervades this act of solidarity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Waterloo Sunset
Overview: Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed on the surface but at its heart is still the same.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-23
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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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The Wicked Lady
Overview: Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-21
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