Don Fellows
Also Known As: Donald Fellows, Donald "Don" Fellows
Biography: Don Fellows was an American actor known for his roles in British theater and television. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Fellows served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and a member of the Actors Studio. He moved to London in 1973 to further his stage career. Fellows' TV appearances included Space: 1999, Z Cars, Lillie, The Sandbaggers, The Citadel, The Beiderbecke Tapes, The Bill and Inspector Morse. His film appearances included The Naked Civil Servant, Spy Story, The Omen, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Eye of the Needle and Velvet Goldmine. He featured alongside fellow American expatriate actor Ed Bishop in the radio series The BBC Presents: Philip Marlowe. Throughout his life, Fellows suffered from a stutter, which he was able to suppress while acting. He died in 2007, at the age of 84.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Birthday: December 22, 1922
Deathday: October 21, 2007
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Gender: Male
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Overview: When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-12
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Mousey
Overview: A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-24
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The Omen
Overview: Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-06-25
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Into Infinity
Overview: The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-09
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Pretty Poison
Overview: A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-18
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The Spikes Gang
Overview: Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with stories of his exciting past. The adventurous tales inspire them to start a gang of their own. Failing at their first attempt to rob a bank, the boys convince the gruff Spikes to teach them the ways of the desperado.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-11
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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Overview: In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-28
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Malice: 1999
Overview: Lieutenant Alice Turner is a brilliant young technician assigned to maintain the integrity of the Meta Probe while its primary crew recover from a mysterious virus infection. Alice finds herself unexpectedly at the helm of the awesome interstellar spacecraft when 911 hits earth on a galactic scale! This disaster is not September 11th, 2001 but rather September 13th, 1999.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-04
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Electric Dreams
Overview: Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after having champagne spilled on it. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, the computer, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbor.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-20
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Inside Out
Overview: An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former commander of his prison camp. Together they spring a Nazi war criminal from jail. He's the only one left who knows where a secret wartime cache of gold is hidden.
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-19
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Spy Story
Overview: A nuclear war specialist returns from a mission gathering data on Soviet communications and electronic warfare techniques in the Arctic Ocean to find that his flat has been broken into and mysteriously re-decorated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Overview: Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-15
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
Overview: A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-09
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Overview: With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. Using a strand of Superman's hair, Luthor synthesizes a powerful ally known as Nuclear Man and ignites an epic battle spanning Earth and space.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-24
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Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Overview: Political drama about the Gorbachev-Reagan summit at Reykjavik
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-06
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The Ambassadors
Overview: Dramatisation of Henry James's novel. Lambert Strether comes to Europe on a difficult and delicate mission. A chance meeting on arrival with the engaging Maria Gostrey provides him with much-needed support.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-13
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The London Connection
Overview: A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of American tourists caught right in the middle.
Genres: Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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Ike
Overview: Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.
Genres: Drama History War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-03
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Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt
Overview: A mockumentary taking a comic-look at how the Lewinsky scandal is perceived in the year 2028.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-02
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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Overview: A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert.The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive?
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-28
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One Fine Day
Overview: Alan Bennett's play about the mid-life crisis of an estate agent.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-17
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Horseshoe
Overview: An elderly man has his dental appointment confirmed, he walks there from a group of tall apartment blocks, has a mould made of his teeth, it is rejected and another made.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-23
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Article Five
Overview: Members of a shadowy group demonstrate techniques of enhanced Interrogation of terrorist suspects. However, the demonstration causes consternation that such techniques were approved.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-04
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Trick Baby
Overview: Two Philadelphia con men try to evade gangsters they have conned and cops who are trying to put them in jail.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-22
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Exiles
Overview: In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why this was.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-28
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Valentino
Overview: In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide...
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-07
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Superman II
Overview: Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton, who have the same powers on Earth as Superman, test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who made himself human in order to get closer to Lois, realizes he has a responsibility to save the planet.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-12
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The Nightwatch
Overview: Dark and brooding thriller. A group of mercenaries are assembled in Amsterdam by a British intelligence officer. Believing they are awaiting the details of a new mission, they decide to spend their free time in the sleazy bars and brothels. Over the course of the weekend it gradually becomes clear that all is not what it seems. Unknown to them their paths have all crossed before, and the deceit and violence of the past is about to become their own downfall.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-19
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Reunion at Fairborough
Overview: World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red Buttons, Deborah Kerr, Shane Rimmer, Robert Mitchum
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-12
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Intrigue
Overview: A spy is looking for his old colleague who now works for the other side.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-11
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Who Dares Wins
Overview: When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-26
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Monsignor Quixote
Overview: Sir Alec Guiness stars with Leo McKern in the story of a friendship between a Catholic priest and a Communist Mayor. Together they travel from their remote village to Madrid and back exploring their friendship, the demands of belief and constancy of faith. This lavish production filmed entirely on location captures the wit, warmth, and vitality that make the original novel by Graham Greene a unique work of literature.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Velvet Goldmine
Overview: Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-28
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The Man Who Cried
Overview: A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
Genres: Romance Drama Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-29
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The Last Days of Patton
Overview: Gen. George S. Patton now works a desk job for the U.S. military after World War II. In the midst of dealing with the difficulty of adapting to his dramatic change of lifestyle, Patton is involved in an auto wreck that leaves him in critical condition. While his body fails him, Patton introspectively reminisces about his relationship with his spouse, Beatrice; his childhood; and his days on the WWI battlefields.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-15
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The Billion Dollar Bubble
Overview: The Billion Dollar Bubble is a 1976 film made for the BBC series Horizon and directed by Brian Gibson about the story of the two billion dollar insurance embezzlement scheme involving Equity Funding Corporation of America. The movie stars James Woods in the role of the actuary.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-08
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The Naked Civil Servant
Overview: Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-17
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Overview: Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-02
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Inside the Third Reich
Overview: A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and his meteoric rise into the Nazi hierarchy. Based upon Speer's own monograph of the same title.
Genres: History War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-09
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Eye of the Needle
Overview: Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-24
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Enigma
Overview: Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-15
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