Bill Flynn
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Biography: Bill Flynn was born in Cape Town in 1948 and had a passion for show business from an early age. He was also an excellent sportsman and played first team rugby while studying drama at the University of Cape Town. As a founder member of the historic Space Theatre he worked with the legendary Yvonne Bryceland in Athol Fugard's 'Hello and Goodbye'. It was for the role of Johnnie that he received his first Best Actor award in South Africa, as well as the Dublin Best Actors Award. Bill was extremely versatile with roles in over 150 stage plays. He tackled tragedy, farce, dramas, pantomime and musicals earning 13 Best Actor Awards along the way. More than anything he loved to try and make his fellow actors laugh on stage. His comedy talents were used in over 42 movies, including 'Oh Shucks, Here Comes UNTAG'.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa
Birthday: December 13, 1948
Deathday: January 01, 2007
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Gender: Male
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Oh Schucks...! Here Comes UNTAG
Overview: Kwagga Robertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion, thus earning him the nickname 'Urumbo' (Lion Killer) from the country's natives. Kwagga is upset when the UN sends a platoon of incompetent soldiers with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (U.N.T.A.G.), to monitor the peace process, and ensure free and fair elections after the Nambabwean War for Independence. The U.N.T.A.G's American leader, Major Bradick D. Mackay and his second-in-command, Captain Zapman are offered a diamond worth a lot of money in the U.S., and they must pay 200,000 USD to Duan Robertse, Kwagga's competitive brother trying to buy a farm left to them by their dead father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-30
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House of the Living Dead
Overview: On a South African plantation, a maniac is on the loose, first killing the estate's animals, then starting on the human members.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-12
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Running Riot
Overview: Tjokkie and Crispin decide to take a bet with their rival, Ratkas Koekemoor that Crispin can beat him in the Comrades marathon.His wife suspect he really wants to go to Durban to fool around, so she hires a private detective to keep an on him. In Durban, he meets and falls for a stunning Russian athlete, but her ex-KGB trainer also has his eye on her. One thing leads to another, and after the race, things come to a head as the competing lovers, coach, and private detective find themselves in compromising and complicated situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-14
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Heel Against the Head
Overview: Two rugby fans, Tjokkie and Crispin arrive in Wales for the Rugby World Cup in search of sport and females. All hell breaks loose when Crispin's wife arrives unexpectedly and Tjokkie has to cover for his friend.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-15
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Kill and Kill Again
Overview: Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before it's too late.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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City Lovers
Overview: This socially conscious film, set in South Africa, presents an interracial love story between a German geologist and a young black woman. The German is only visiting South Africa. He meets his new love in a shop where he hires her as his housekeeper. She soon becomes his lover and this infuriates their nosy neighbors who report them to the police.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-30
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Die Winter van 14 Julie
Overview: During his military service, a young man meets a woman and she becomes pregnant.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: af
Release Date: 1977-10-05
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Kalahari Harry
Overview: Kalahari Harry is a noble story of the plight of the Kalahari bushman in their struggle for land and survival. A rich Johannesburg business man Mr. Kowalski is sent to the Northern Cape (home of the indigenous bushman), to asses the potential of building a state-of-the-art casino. Kalahari Harry, a member of the local Bushman tribe is decidedly opposed to this corporate move and sets into motion a series of ingenious plans to prevent this from happening.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-12-06
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Options
Overview: An MBA goes to Africa to make a deal, but comes out with a Princess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-27
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Jewel of the Gods
Overview: While doing field work in Australia’s Gibson Desert, Snowy Grinder meets up with a weirdo named Archie. Together they set off to find the missing Dr. Jim Hartwell and Monomotapa, the Palace of Purple Diamonds...but they haven't accounted for the Gods.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-18
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A Private Life
Overview: Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood, but their son Paul will suffer when he is unable to marry his white girlfriend Andrea.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-11-14
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Saturday Night at the Palace
Overview: South African drama set at a roadhouse in Apartheid.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-12
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Funny People II
Overview: "Funny People" is packed with scenes which will make you double up with laughter! What would you do if you were walking along the street and a cute little lady rushed up to you and gave you a smashing kiss, as if you'd known each other for years? And how does one remain cool as a cucumber when you're busy with an important audition and the chair you are sitting on gets hotter until you have to jump up in discomfort to save your behind? Then there is the case of the bank note sticking out from under the wheel of a car. People will always be human and no-one will walk past without trying to pull it out, even if the mudguard comes off or the hooter suddenly starts blowing. The antics to get this note out will make you laugh until tears roll down your cheeks!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-27
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Oh Schuks... I'm Gatvol
Overview: Schucks is back and this time he's Gatvol. The rampant crime rate and unprecedented violence have finally become too much and Schucks together with his sidekick, little Alf, is joining the chicken run to Australia. However this promises to be the flight of his life given that the evil despot Samoosa Woestyn is stalking him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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What You Sow
Overview: A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: af
Release Date: 1979-08-29
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Deadly Jaws
Overview: Two divers find a treasure map, which apparently points to a sunken treasure below the ocean. They hire a professional to help them get the gold but this guy turns out to have a few secrets of his own.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1974-03-15
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You Gotta Be Crazy!
Overview: This is a South African candid camera style movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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The Prince of Pretoria
Overview: Based on actual events. In 1990, a restaurant waiter from Pretoria pretended to be an official VIP visitor to the government of South Africa (as the Crown-Prince of Lichtenstein). He is treated like royalty for two weeks until he disappears as suddenly as he appeared.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-03
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Live Wire: Human Time Bomb
Overview: A computer chip turns an FBI agent into a lethal weapon.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-27
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