Howard Goorney
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Biography: Howard Jacob Goorney (11 May 1921 – 29 March 2007) was a Manchester born Jewish actor, committed communist and a founder member of Joan Littlewood's 'Theatre Workshop'. He wrote The Theatre Workshop Story, published by Methuen - a definitive account of the company's early years, including their move to the Theatre Royal in Stratford East. He is also known for numerous theatre roles, including Bill Bryden's The Mysteries and Lark Rise to Candleford at the National Theatre in the 1970s and 1980s, TV roles such as Knock Knock in Only Fools and Horses, and films like The Hill, The Offence, Blood on Satan's Claw and Fiddler on the Roof.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Birthday: May 11, 1921
Deathday: March 29, 2007
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Gender: Male
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Three Clear Sundays
Overview: Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-07
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The Evil of Frankenstein
Overview: Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-08
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The Hill
Overview: North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-17
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Berserk!
Overview: A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-01
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The Blood on Satan's Claw
Overview: The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of a 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-28
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Bedazzled
Overview: A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-30
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The Virgin of Liverpool
Overview: In Liverpool, Joanne Conlon rescues a weeping statue of the Virgin Mary from her local church's replacement plans. As her family faces financial struggles and newfound success, the statue's tears return, turning their lives upside down and drawing crowds from near and far to witness the miraculous phenomenon.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-15
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To the Devil a Daughter
Overview: An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-04
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Crucible of Horror
Overview: A mother and daughter hatch a scheme to murder their family's domineering and sadistic patriarch.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-10
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Savage Messiah
Overview: In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-27
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The Ballad of Ewan MacColl
Overview: 1990 BBCTV documentary on the life of the late celebrated folk singer, playwright and political activist
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-25
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Marriage of Convenience
Overview: A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-01
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EastEnders: Pat and Mo
Overview: This special episode revealed what caused the feud between Pat Evans and Mo Harris that lasted until Pat's death. Pat and Mo meet at the grave of Pat's brother and Mo's husband, Jimmy Harris, and reminisce about old times through a series of flashbacks. Mo's brother, Stan Porter also appeared in the episode.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-01
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The Bespoke Overcoat
Overview: A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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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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Fiddler on the Roof
Overview: In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-03
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Blackball
Overview: Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-18
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Innocent Bystanders
Overview: Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-01
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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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Othello
Overview: Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello. Iago confides to his friend -- who had hoped to marry Desdemona -- that he serves Othello to further his own ends. Venice needs Othello to protect its commercial interests in Cyprus where the Turkish fleet is headed. Desdemona insists on going to Cyprus, too. In Cyprus, Iago plots to convince Othello that Desdemona has betrayed him with Cassio. A lot more than political ambition seems to be motivating Iago.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-10-04
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Antony & Cleopatra
Overview: Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-08
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Take a Girl Like You
Overview: Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys take a liking to her. But who will be the lucky one who wins her affections?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-16
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Just One Kid
Overview: A 1974 dramatised documentary based on the memories of Alfred Maron.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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The Offence
Overview: A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-11
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You Can't Win 'Em All
Overview: During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.
Genres: War Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-07-23
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The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls
Overview: The reputation of the Academy for the Daughters of Respectable Monarchs has, of course, always been of the highest order... then suddenly Signor Doloro de Lara— a Professor of Magic— puts in an unwelcome appearance, and the enchanting little world is turned upside down.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-28
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