Ron Cook
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Biography: Ronald G. Cook (born 1 December 1948) is an English actor. He has been active in film, television and theatre since the 1970s. Cook was born in 1948 in South Shields, County Durham, the son of a school cook and a car worker. When he was 6, his family moved to Coventry; he went to Wyken Croft Junior School and then Caludon Castle School and is a graduate of Rose Bruford College.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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Birthday: December 01, 1948
Age: 76 years old
Gender: Male
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Chocolat
Overview: A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-22
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Confetti
Overview: A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-05
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Empire of Light
Overview: The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-09
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Overview: The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-13
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Lucky Break
Overview: Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-24
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Thunderbirds
Overview: Dangerous missions are the bread and butter of the Thunderbirds, a high-tech secret force employed by the government. Led by Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton), the Thunderbirds are at the top of their game, but their nemesis, The Hood (Ben Kingsley), has landed on their island and is attempting a coup by using the team's rescue vehicles. He'll soon discover that the Thunderbirds won't go down.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-23
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The King's Man
Overview: As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-22
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On a Clear Day
Overview: After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-18
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Topsy-Turvy
Overview: After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-15
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Hornblower: Loyalty
Overview: Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-05
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Hornblower: Duty
Overview: Admiral Pellew interrupts Hornblower's wedding reception and tasks him to locate a British ship which has disappeared off the French coast, where Napoleon's troops are engaged in covert activities.
Genres: War Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-06
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Scandalous
Overview: An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-29
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Overview: Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's king, Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-28
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No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 2004 movie THUNDERBIRDS.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-24
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Number One
Overview: A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Sharpe's Honour
Overview: 1813. Major Sharpe's old enemy, Major Ducos manipulates a beautiful young marquesa into falsely accusing Sharpe of rape. Her husband calls Sharpe out in a duel. But when the husband is found dead the next morning, Sharpe is arrested and brought before a court martial, and it seems not even Patrick Harper and the Chosen Men can save Sharpe from a hanging, or rescue his honour
Genres: War History Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-08
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Grenfell: Scenes from the Inquiry
Overview: Grenfell sets out to discover why the devastating fire of 14 June 2017 happened after the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, and who was responsible for the deaths of 72 people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-06-12
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Henry VI Part 2
Overview: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-09
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Henry VI Part 3
Overview: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-16
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Henry VI Part 1
Overview: The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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The Tragedy of Richard III
Overview: Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward has him imprisoned in the Tower of London; killers in Richard's pay then drown Clarence in a barrel of wine. When news of Clarence's death reaches the King, the subsequent grief and remorse bring about his death. Richard is made Lord Protector, with power to rule England while his nephew (now King Edward V) is still a minor. Before the young king's coronation he has his two nephews conveyed to the Tower, ostensibly for their safekeeping. Richard's accomplice, the Duke of Buckingham, then declares the two boys illegitimate and offers Richard the crown, which after a show of reticence he accepts. After Richard's coronation, he and Buckingham have a falling-out over whether or not to assassinate the two children.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-23
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Le Journal d'Anne Frank
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Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Bert & Dickie
Overview: Thrown together just five weeks before the final of the 1948 London Olympics, Bert Bushnell (Doctor Who's Matt Smith) and Dickie Burnell (Sam Hoare) defied all the odds and made history in the double sculls. This is the story of how they did it - not only by pushing physical and emotional limits, but also by overcoming their vast professional and personal differences.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-25
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Turbulence
Overview: An adolescent girl, sexually abused as a child by her father, runs away from home.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-24
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Sew Torn
Overview: A seamstress gets tangled in her own thread after stealing a briefcase from a drug deal gone bad. In an escalating game of cat and mouse, her different choices lead to drastically different outcomes along the way.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-10
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
Overview: After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-11
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Dead Gorgeous
Overview: Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder each others husbands.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-21
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Time Gentlemen, Please
Overview: A would-be publican decides to set up shop on a remote island with a flat-pack DIY pub, but encounters more competition than he bargained for.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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Day To Remember
Overview: Wally is spending Christmas with his wife Hilda at the house of their daughter and son-in-law. Wally is hoping that he will miraculously regain his memory during the festive season.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-21
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The Merchant of Venice
Overview: Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-03
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Hot Fuzz
Overview: Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-14
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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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Charlotte Gray
Overview: This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Fields of Gold
Overview: A two-part conspiracy thriller starring Anna Friel. An eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hack are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital. But why is the new environment minister keeping tabs on their every move? The TV movie tackles controversial topics like genetically modified plants, the role of large pharmaceutical companies and the question of control of state and government
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-08
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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Overview: The story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-27
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24 Hour Party People
Overview: Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-13
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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
Overview: Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many diaries he kept
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-16
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Quills
Overview: A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-22
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Mrs Biggs
Overview: The true story of Charmian Biggs (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-05
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save him from the terrifying supernatural hound that has brought fear and death to his household.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-26
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Secrets & Lies
Overview: After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-24
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Land of the Blind
Overview: A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-05-01
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The Magic Shop
Overview: A father and son enter a magic shop that may contain real magic.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-05
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Overview: When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is beseiged by suitors.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-28
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Let the Good Times Roll
Overview: A short autobiographical film written by Dexter Fletcher.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-09
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18% Grey
Overview: When his wife leaves him, struggling Bulgarian photographer Zack sets out on a wild trip from London to Berlin. It is a journey that reveals the truth about his lost love - and ultimately to uncomfortable discoveries about himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bg
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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National Theatre Live: King Lear
Overview: An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in Western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-03
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102 Dalmatians
Overview: Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddlesworth - a parrot who thinks he's a Rottweiler - teams up with Oddball - an un-marked Dalmatian puppy eager to earn her spots! Together they embark on a laugh-packed quest to outwit the ever-scheming Cruella De Vil.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-07
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Secrets of a Superstud
Overview: In this silly soft-core sex comedy, Tony Kenyon is Custer Firkeshaw, the owner of a girlie magazine. He stands to inherit a fortune… If he can get married and have a baby within a year. When he (and his relatives) find out from his doctor that he only has 13 more…uh, attempts-at-procreating left in him, the relatives set out to ensure that he uses them all up, so that they can inherit the property.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-07-19
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The Critic
Overview: Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-13
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