Ken Parry
Actor · 1930 – 2007 · Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
Kenneth Parry (20 June 1930 – 5 December 2007) was an English actor, born in Wigan, Lancashire. Bald, portly and cherubic, Parry portrayed mainly comic character parts in a number of films, but was more prolific on television, in such series as The Army Game, The Avengers, The Baron, The Newcomers, Dixon of Dock Green, Nearest and Dearest, Love Thy Neighbour, Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Coronation Street, Hazell and Children's Ward
Movies19
Movie6.2HorrorScience FictionA race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Lifeforce
1985 · 776 votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceItaly, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
The Taming of the Shrew
1967 · 188 votes
Movie6.0ComedyHistoryTwo sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are poor and dim-witted. On the eve of the French Revolution, both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigue.
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970 · 49 votes
Movie4.8ComedyTwo alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in the surrounding towns and men from all over the region are frequent visitors to the small countryside home, hoping to encounter one, or preferably both, of the seductive nieces. Of course, the aunt has equally strong desires and refuses to be outdone. Soon all three are offering the many courters the chance to Come Play with Me!
Come Play with Me
1977 · 30 votes
Movie4.8FantasyAdventureHawk the Slayer, after seeing both his father and bride die at the hands of his malevolent brother, Voltan, sets out for revenge and the chance to live up to his title. Tooling himself up with the "mind-sword" and recruiting a motley band of warriors — a giant, a dwarf, a one-armed man with a machine-crossbow, and an elf with the fastest bow in the land — Hawk leads the battle against Voltan to free the land from the forces of evil and avenge his loved ones.
Hawk the Slayer
1980 · 70 votes
Movie4.2ComedyTwo funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
That's Your Funeral
1972 · 4 votes
Movie5.3FantasyDramaA petty crook, in search of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash in by befriending an heir to a huge fortune.
The Rainbow Thief
1994 · 49 votes
Movie6.5DramaHistorySet before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
Bequest to the Nation
1973 · 4 votes
Movie6.0MusicComedyIn the 19th century, Romantic composer/pianist Franz Liszt tries to end his hedonistic ways but keeps getting sucked back in by his seductive fellow composer Richard Wagner.
Lisztomania
1975 · 41 votes
Movie7.8ComedyThree workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.
A Hole Lot of Trouble
1971 · 4 votes
Movie5.8DramaA stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
Spring and Port Wine
1970 · 15 votes
Movie4.8ComedyWhen 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.
What's Up Nurse
1977 · 8 votes
Movie5.4RomanceComedyLady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
Joseph Andrews
1977 · 14 votes
Movie5.2MusicWhen the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own political party.
Just for Fun
1963 · 4 votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaA doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his sidekick, but a journalist's arrival complicates matters.
The Crazy Kill
1975 · 1 votes
Movie6.3ComedyThrillerA petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
Otley
1969 · 24 votes
MovieMusicComedyA variety-style show designed around Frankie Howerd, featuring musical guests, comedic monologues, and his characteristic interaction with the audience, promising a "star-studded" feel despite his ironic complaints about the lineup.
Movie9.0TV MovieDramaThe future. Criminals serve prison sentences before they commit their crimes. Prisons are on new planets that are being colonised. After serving their time, the former prisoners return to their home planet.
Time in Advance
1965 · 1 votes
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Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.
Series11
TV5.2DramaA BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · 8 votes
TV7.2DramaTheatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Theatre 625
1964 · 5 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
TV6.2DramaVan der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
Van der Valk
1972 · 10 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 · 154 votes
TV6.3DramaAn orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Oliver Twist
1999 · 24 votes
TV7.7ComedyLove Thy Neighbour is a British sitcom, which was transmitted from 13 April 1972 until 22 January 1976, spanning seven series. The sitcom was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. The principal cast included Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Nina Baden-Semper and Kate Williams. In 1973, the series was adapted into a film of the same name, and a later sequel series was set in Australia.
Love Thy Neighbour
1972 · 12 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
TV6.7ComedyRichie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent.
Filthy Rich & Catflap
1987 · 31 votes
- TV6.0Comedy
PR man Max Kelvin is hired by Prince Charles to change the Monarchy's image. His first task: to tackle the web of intrigue spun by the staff of Buckingham Palace under the lead of Lord Bermondsey.
The House of Windsor
1994 · 2 votes
TVDramaFive partially-dramatized readings of classic M.R. James ghost stories by actor Robert Powell. Including "The Mezzotint", "The Ash-Tree", "The Rose Garden", "Wailing Well" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".