Tony Sympson
Actor · 1906 – 1983 · London, England, UK
Tony Sympson was born on July 10, 1906 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Mutiny on the Elsinore (1937) and Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor (1935). He was married to Florence Kettle. He died on March 30, 1983 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
Movies22
Movie6.9ComedyCrimeCharles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976 · 651 votes
Movie7.5DramaCrimeLondoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
Night and the City
1950 · 297 votes
Movie6.0ComedyCrimeAfter spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975 · 175 votes
Movie6.0ComedyThree sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969 · 3 votes
Movie6.5DramaAn aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
King Lear
1982 · 6 votes
Movie6.0FantasyMusicPeter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
Peter Pan
1976 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedySir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident.
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980 · 11 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Aristocrat Lord Dawlish is told by his girlfriend's father that he must find a job if he wishes to continue seeing her. He finds employment as a dancing partner at a dance club and prospers in his new role, despite facing a jealous rival.
Partners Please
1932 · 1 votes
Movie4.0ComedyThree young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....
Eskimo Nell
1975 · 24 votes
MovieDramaTV MovieSusan and Jenny are aged 13 and 14 and in care. Jenny's mother has died, Susan hasn't seen hers for years. Both influence the close, stormy relationship that develops between the two girls.
Movie9.0TV MovieIsabella and Henry were childhood sweethearts. Isabella dreams of the arrival of a vulgar woman named Emily.
The Love of a Good Woman
1976 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Mystery
In this mystery, ace detective Sexton Blake returns to solve the puzzling murder of a prominent violinist.
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyA black comedy, in mime, about the funeral of an old man who dies from an overdose of excitement while watching a young girl strip.
It’s the Only Way to Go
1970 · 3 votes
Movie9.0ComedyUnbeknownst to the Spencer Davis Group, their manager is upper class, grew up in a haunted manor, and is called Algernon. When they visit his home, they find out that the family is broke, they don't have the money to pay the servants, and their home is going to ruin. Spencer suggests that they advertise the home (and the ghost) and charge admission.
The Ghost Goes Gear
1966 · 1 votes
Movie8.0RomanceComedyA young riveter working high up on a steel girder watches a girl practising a tap-dance in a building opposite, and while applauding her, he loses his balance and falls.
Rhythm in the Air
1936 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ActionAdventureThe story of a surly crew, an honest God-fearing captain, a hardboiled-but-loyal Scotch mate, a scoundrelly second-mate, and then a mutiny, the fight and the final voyage to a safe harbor. But not before the Captain has been murdered, his pretty daughter in peril, her rescue by the single passenger on board, and a member of the crew thrown overboard by another crew member.
The Mutiny Of The Elsinore
1938 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Mystery
In this lively detective drama, Sexton Blake, private eye, must find out who stole the bonds of a prominent financier.
Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
1935 · 1 votes
Movie5.6DramaCrimeA saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
Street of Shadows
1953 · 11 votes
Movie6.0CrimeThrillerSexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938 · 8 votes
Movie6.3RomanceAdventureDuring an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.
The Challenge
1938 · 9 votes
Movie7.5A small English village is in turmoil with the arrival of a pop star and his wife. He soon becomes the conductor of the local brass band after the previous conductor is criticized for the false notes played by the brass band.
The Shillingbury Blowers
1980 · 6 votes
Movie10.0ComedyMusicEve and Peter fall in love at first sight at a New Year's Eve party, but are separated by Eve's jealous fiancé, Ralph. With neither knowing the other's name, they both spend the following day searching frantically for each other around London. Peter's only clue is a set of shop mannequins, all perfect likenesses of Eve - and all made by Ralph's factory.
Indiscretions of Eve
1932 · 1 votes
Series12
TV7.0DramaA one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse
1974 · 1 votes
TV7.8ComedyDramaThe trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.
All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · 49 votes
TV8.1Action & AdventureDramaJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
The Sweeney
1975 · 28 votes
TV6.7ComedyClassic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.
Sykes
1972 · 6 votes
TV7.9ComedyThe misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
The Young Ones
1982 · 153 votes
TV7.0Whack-O! was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and broadcast from 1956 to 1960 and 1971 to 1972. The series ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960 and from 1971 to 1972. Edwards took the part of Professor James Edwards, M.A., the drunken, gambling, devious, cane-swishing headmaster who tyrannised staff and children at Chiselbury public school. The Edwards character bore more than a passing resemblance to Sergeant Bilko as he tried to swindle the children out of their pocket money to finance his many schemes.
Whack-O!
1956 · 1 votes
TV6.8ComedyMiddle-aged, middle-class couple Terry and June Fletcher expect to settle down in domestic bliss when their children leave home and they are left with a quiet, peaceful house. Their peace, however, is short-lived when ditzy Aunt Lucy decides she’s moving in.
Happy Ever After
1974 · 4 votes
TV8.0DramaComedyA half-hour anthology series.
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955 · 1 votes
TV7.0DramaNicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
Nicholas Nickleby
1977 · 3 votes
- TVDrama
A series of eight dramatic reconstructions of stories which made the headlines.
Life at Stake
1978
- TVComedy
A series of one-off sitcoms intended to be developed into series.
- TV8.0Action & AdventureDrama
A former army officer tries to adapt to life on 'Civvy Street'.
Fair Game
1958 · 1 votes