John McCarthy
Actor · 1930 – 2018 · Croydon, London, England, UK
John McCarthy was born on June 17, 1930 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Public Eye (1965) and The Electronic Monster (1958). He was married to Carolyn Mary Morgan and Shirley Burniston. He died on December 6, 2018 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK.
Movies8
Movie8.1ComedyWarAfter the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 · 6.3K votes
Movie7.4AdventureActionSpecial agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
Goldfinger
1964 · 4.1K votes
Movie7.0ActionDramaDuring a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.
The Bedford Incident
1965 · 101 votes
Movie4.7HorrorA doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind," injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter whom the villagers call "The Devil's Baby" and in a fit of fear they end up burning the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite.
The Snake Woman
1961 · 18 votes
MovieDramaTV MovieThe biggest wildfire in North American history is brought to life, revealing what it means to us today, when the people of America are still figuring out how their federal government should manage and protect federal lands. It also explores how 21st century frontier technologies and people are coping with each other and with the ancient cycles of fire in a harsh yet beautiful land.
Ordeal by Fire
1957
Movie4.9MysteryCrimeAn insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual imagery in the minds of patients, ostensibly to help them relax.
Escapement
1958 · 9 votes
Movie6.6CrimeLoot goes missing in robbery double-cross. Gang members, an ex-lover and a handsome stranger are left to sort it out.
Dublin Nightmare
1958 · 6 votes
- MovieDramaComedy
Becky and her Dad are invincible chip robbers. Nothing can stand in their way. Nothing that is except her brother Tom.
Series7
TV10.0Action & AdventureDramaPulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War.
Espionage
1963 · 1 votes
TV6.8Action & AdventureThe Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.
The Adventures of William Tell
1958 · 4 votes
TV5.1Action & AdventureSir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.
Sir Francis Drake
1961 · 7 votes
TV7.2CrimeDramaMichael Strait is a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung places as Iraq, French Indochina, and Algiers.
Man of the World
1962 · 5 votes
- TV8.0Crime
In the fictional European country of Amalia, the political interests of the British, American and Communist espionage communities are explored. Eschewing the action formula of its ITV contemporaries, the series dealt more politically oriented plots such as defections to the west, awakening "sleeper" agents and the leaking of official secrets.
The Mask of Janus
1965 · 2 votes
- TVDrama
A quartet of Saturday night plays following the life of indomitable working-class Cockney woman Rosie Carr from the Edwardian era to 1960.
- TV
Charlesworth at Large is a British crime television series which originally aired on the BBC in 1958. Wensley Pithey revived his role as Detective Superintendent Charlesworth of Scotland Yard which he had played in two previous series.