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Donald Douglas (born 7 March 1933) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in films and many well known television shows including Doctor Who, Blake's 7, and The Avengers.
He was educated at Falkirk High School, Edinburgh College of Art and RADA. His first professional stage appearance was at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. He then appeared in repertory theatres in England and on the West End stage.
His film appearances include A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander: Endgame (2000) and the role of Admiral Darcy in the Bridget Jones's Diary movies.
He played Tsar Alexander I in the 1972 BBC television adaptation of War and Peace, starring Anthony Hopkins. In 1992 he played Franklin Clarke in the Agatha Christie's Poirot movie The ABC Murders. He has also played Dr. Gordon McKendrick on several episodes of Monarch of the Glen, and has appeared in episodes of EastEnders, Kavanagh QC and Casualty.
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Donald Douglas (born 7 March 1933) is a Scottish actor who has appeared in films and many well known television shows including Doctor Who, Blake's 7, and The Avengers.
He was educated at Falkirk High School, Edinburgh College of Art and RADA. His first professional stage appearance was at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. He then appeared in repertory theatres in England and on the West End stage.
His film appearances include A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander: Endgame (2000) and the role of Admiral Darcy in the Bridget Jones's Diary movies.
He played Tsar Alexander I in the 1972 BBC television adaptation of War and Peace, starring Anthony Hopkins. In 1992 he played Franklin Clarke in the Agatha Christie's Poirot movie The ABC Murders. He has also played Dr. Gordon McKendrick on several episodes of Monarch of the Glen, and has appeared in episodes of EastEnders, Kavanagh QC and Casualty.
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Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
, 2h3Directed by Peter Cattaneo, Sharon Maguire
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Sally Phillips
Roles Admiral Darcy
Rating64%
Bridget Jones a désormais la quarantaine et est redevenue célibataire. Séparée de Mark Darcy, elle se concentre sur sa carrière et sur ses amies, et délaisse sa vie amoureuse. Alors que tout va pour le mieux, Bridget rencontre Jack mais retrouve aussi Mark. Tout bascule lorsqu'elle apprend qu'elle est enceinte... mais de qui ?
, 1h48Directed by Beeban Kidron
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Jacinda Barrett
Roles Admiral Darcy
Rating60%
The film begins shortly before Bridget's mother's (Gemma Jones) annual Turkey Curry Buffet. Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is ecstatic about her relationship with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). However, Bridget's confidence in her relationship is shattered when she meets Mark's colleague, the beautiful Rebecca Gilles (Jacinda Barrett). Bridget meets her ex, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), at her job for Sit-Up Britain and is offered a position as the "Smooth Guidess". Bridget initially refuses, quoting that Daniel Cleaver is a "deceitful, sexist, disgusting specimen of humanity". Bridget is delighted to be asked by Mark to go to the "Law Council Dinner", assuming he will propose afterwards, but because balding Tories quietly take offense at her ad hominem claim that depriving the poor of welfare is something advocated by balding Tories, the night does not end well.
A Is for Acid (2002)
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Martin Clunes, Keeley Hawes, Celia Imrie, Rowena Cooper, Barbara Marten, Matyelok Gibbs
Roles William McSwan
Rating69%
John George Haigh is raised in a Yorkshire village by sheltering parents who fellowship with the strict Plymouth Brethren. His father teaches him that their family is different from others, being among "God's elect"; but as an adult John turns to petty crime. He marries Beatrice 'Betty' Hamer, who becomes pregnant with his child. While serving a prison sentence for fraud, Haigh reads about the term corpus delicti, wrongly assuming it means murder cannot be proven without the presence of a body. He subsequently dreams up what he believes to be the perfect murder and experiments by dissolving mice in sulphuric acid. After learning that Betty gave birth to a daughter and moved away, Haigh travels to London upon his release, where he finds employment as an engineer.
From Hell (2001)
, 1h57Directed by Albert et Allen Hughes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, Children's films, Lobotomie
Actors Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian William Richardson, Jason Flemyng
Roles Hospital Director
Rating66%
In 1888, Mary Kelly (Heather Graham) and her small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery. When their friend Ann Crook (Joanna Page) is kidnapped, they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Martha Tabram (Samantha Spiro); and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one as various prostitutes are murdered and mutilated post-mortem.
Greenfingers (2001)
, 1h31Directed by Joel Hershman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Environmental films, Prison films
Actors Clive Owen, Helen Mirren, Lucy Punch, David Kelly, Natasha Little, Warren Clarke
Roles Nigel
Rating67%
When Colin Briggs is placed in an experimental program to finish off his prison sentence, all he wants is peace and quiet. After his wise, elderly roommate Fergus introduces him to gardening, Colin uncovers a talent and passion for plants. Teaming up with his fellow inmates, Colin gets the attention of celebrated gardener Georgina Woodhouse. Soon, the unexpected gardeners are preparing to compete for the Hampton Court Flower Show. When Colin meets Georgina's beautiful daughter Primrose, he discovers another reason to fight for his freedom: true love.
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
, 1h37Directed by Sharon Maguire
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Nouvel an
Actors Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Embeth Davidtz, Gemma Jones
Roles Mr. Darcy
Rating67%
Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is frustrated: she is in her early thirties, single, very accident-prone and worried about her weight. She works in publicity at a book publishing company in London where her main focus is fantasizing about her boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). At a New Year party hosted by her parents, she re-meets Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the barrister son of her parents' friends. They had known each other as children. After their initial encounter, Mark thinks that Bridget is a fool and vulgar and Bridget thinks that he is arrogant and rude, and is disgusted by his novelty Christmas jumper. After overhearing Mark grumble to his mother about her attempts to set him up with Bridget "A verbally incontinent spinster who smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and dresses like her mother", she decides to turn her life around. She starts her own diary, which covers all her attempts to stop smoking, lose weight and find her Mr.
Highlander: Endgame (2000)
, 1h27Directed by Douglas Aarniokoski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Time travel films
Actors Adrian Paul, Christophe Lambert, Bruce Payne, Lisa Barbuscia, Donnie Yen, Peter Wingfield
Rating46%
In A.D. 1555, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) returns to his former home in Glenfinnan, Scotland, to save his mother from his former friend and village priest Jacob Kell (Bruce Payne). Kell executes Connor's mother for witchcraft. Connor kills both Kell and Kell's adopted father, Father Rainey, and sets Glenfinnan ablaze. Jacob Kell is reborn as an Immortal, and vows vengeance against Connor for Rainey's death. He spends the next four centuries killing people Connor cares about. Kell amasses great power by ignoring the rules of The Game; he recruits several lesser Immortals as disciples, who overpower other Immortals so Kell can take their heads. By the turn of the century, Kell has 661 Immortal kills (compared to 262 for Connor MacLeod, and 174 for Duncan MacLeod).
Diana: Her True Story (1993)
Directed by Kevin Connor
Genres Drama
Actors David Threlfall, Serena Scott Thomas, Elizabeth Garvie, Donald Douglas, Jemma Redgrave, Jeremy Child
Roles Prince Philip
Rating47%
The ABC Murders (1992)
, 1h40Directed by Andrew Grieve
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Donald Sumpter, Donald Douglas, Nicholas Farrell, Pippa Guard
Roles Franklin Clarke
Rating83%
Hastings est de retour en Angleterre après une longue absence. Poirot lui montre la lettre de défi d'un certain ABC qui lui donne rendez-vous à Andover le 21 du mois. Poirot craint le pire et en effet, Mrs Ascher est retrouvée assassinée dans cette ville. S'ensuit une correspondance des plus macabres où le meurtrier indique chaque fois à Poirot le lieu et la date du prochain crime. Il semble que les meurtres aient lieu dans l'ordre alphabétique : Ascher à Andover, Barnard à Bexhill... Et chaque fois l'assassin laisse sur les lieux du crime un guide des chemins de fer ABC. La police recherche un fou, mais pour Poirot c'est l’œuvre de quelqu'un de bien plus méthodique.
She's Been Away (1989)
Directed by Peter Hall, Stephen Poliakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Geraldine James, Rosalie Crutchley, Rachel Kempson, Rebecca Pidgeon
Roles Lillian's Father
Rating72%
, 1h48Directed by Peter Webber
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Tracey Ullman, Ralph Richardson
Roles Police Detective
Rating52%
Paul (Paul McCartney) is driving around the countryside when he gets a call from Steve (Bryan Brown) that Harry (Ian Hastings), a reformed criminal, is missing along with the master tapes he was supposed to give to the factory the previous day. Paul races to the studio to find that the police are already there investigating the matter, thinking that Harry is back to his old ways and plans to bootleg the tapes. The news gets worse when Mr. Rath (John Bennett), whom the studio owes loans from, arrives with the news that he will take over the studio if the tapes aren't found by midnight. Following the meeting, the film follows a day in the life of Paul and his work with wife Linda McCartney and friend Ringo Starr, which includes filming two videos, rehearsing in a loft, and playing for the BBC. In between this, Paul wonders what Harry might have done: did he give the master tapes to be bootlegged, did he just run off, or was he murdered? Once the day is done, Paul goes out driving around London while the studio braces for the take over as midnight approaches. While driving towards Broad Street, Paul remembers the last time he saw Harry, proclaiming that he was "off to Broad Street". He gets an idea and goes inside Broad Street, where he sits next to the train tracks, and then sees the blue case containing the tapes in the seat right next to him. In the small maintenance building next to that, he hears cries for help and opens the locked door to see Harry. He reveals that he'd been trapped in the building after the train failed to arrive, and thought the building contained a bathroom. They both laughed, and as they drive off, Paul informs Linda, and Linda later informs the studio, that the tapes have been found and the takeover is averted.
Peter and Paul (1981)
, 3h14Directed by Robert Day
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Robert Foxworth, Eddie Albert, Raymond Burr, Denis Lill, José Ferrer
Roles Sextus Afranius Burrus
Rating75%
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
, 2h50Directed by Richard Attenborough, Sidney Hayers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Pont, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Michael Byrne, Edward Fox
Roles Brigadier Gerald Lathbury
Rating73%
The film begins with a montage of archival film footage narrated by a Dutch woman, Kate ter Horst, describing the state of affairs in September 1944. The Allied advance is being slowed by overextended supply lines.
The Reckoning (1970)
Directed by Jack Gold
Genres Drama
Actors Nicol Williamson, Paul Rogers, Douglas Wilmer, Ann Bell, Rachel Roberts, Christine Hargreaves
Roles Garner
Rating67%
Murder, My Sweet (1945)
, 1h35Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger, Mike Mazurki, Douglas Walton
Roles Police Lt. Randall
Rating74%
Temporarily blinded with his eyes bandaged, private detective Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is being interrogated by police lieutenant Randall (Don Douglas) about two murders.