Bill Pertwee
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Biography: William Desmond Anthony Pertwee, MBE was an English comedy actor. He played the role of the antagonist Chief ARP Warden Hodges in the sitcom Dad's Army.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Birthday: July 21, 1926
Age: 98 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: May 27, 2013
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Dad's Army
Overview: Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-12
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What's Up Nurse
Overview: When Dr. Robert "Sweeney" Todd arrives to fill his post at a new hospital, he is shocked to see the lengths that the nurses go to in caring for their patients.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-30
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Love Thy Neighbour
Overview: Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-26
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The Silent One
Overview: Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-10
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Carry On at Your Convenience
Overview: At WC Boggs' Lavatory factory, Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat. However, eventually everyone gets fed up with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-10
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Carry On Loving
Overview: The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-20
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A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe
Overview: Terry Wogan presents a compilation programme celebrating the unique talent of Arthur Lowe. Featuring interviews with those who knew him, and footage from both his classic comedy performances and his many straight roles.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-30
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Psychomania
Overview: A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. After an agreement with the devil, if they kill themselves firmly believing in it, they will survive and gain eternal life. Following their leader, they commit suicide one after the other, but things don't necessarily turn out as expected...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-01
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Run For Your Wife
Overview: John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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Carry On Girls
Overview: Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-09
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The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
Overview: He's back! Everyone's favourite big, bouncy, big blob (well how many do you know?) In his new guises, Mr Blobby is a complete hoot, hilariously bumping, bashing and bruising his way through life.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-05
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What's Up Superdoc!
Overview: A doctor fathers 837 brilliant sons through an artificial insemination program, and every woman wants a donation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-21
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Man About the House
Overview: An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-22
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Confessions of a Pop Performer
Overview: Either you've got it or you haven't - some like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), manage to get it all the time! Signing up with a pop group, our boisterous hero progresses rapidly from local gigs to scoring a titillating hit with The Climax Sisters, with plenty of ribald adventures along the way!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-01
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Overview: The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-01
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A Cup O' Tea An' A Slice O' Cake - Worzel Gummidge Christmas Special
Overview: Christmas is coming to Ten Acre Field and Worzel Gummidge (Jon Pertwee) is determined to enjoy it in style. He goes searching for Aunt Sally (Una Stubbs), hoping to invite her to the Scarecrow Ball, but before he can find her he runs into his old friend Saucy Nancy (Barbara Windsor), herself heading for a spell in panto. Then, before he gets much further, our multi-headed hero gets sidetracked again when he runs into angry Scots scarecrow Bogle McNeep (Billy Connolly) and his anti-Christmas brigade. Will Worzel ever get to enjoy the season with his beloved?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-27
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Don't Panic: The Dad's Army Story
Overview: Victoria Wood presents the true story behind Britain's timeless comedy. Includes footage of the cast on location and incredible personal tales about the making of the series. Was Arthur Lowe really just like Captain Mainwaring? Why did the warden always end up in the water? And how did Corporal Jones find a bomb down his trousers? Find out why Dad's Army was the Queen Mother's favourite show.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-28
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Dad's Army: Missing Presumed Wiped
Overview: Documentary about the lost episodes of Dad's Army (1968) and their recovery and restoration.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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