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Frank Skinner is a Actor and Sound born on 28 january 1957
Frank Skinner (born Christopher Graham Collins; 28 January 1957) is an English writer, comedian, TV and radio presenter, and actor. At the 2001 British Comedy Awards, he was awarded the Best Comedy Entertainment Personality.
He is a supporter of the Labour Party. He was a victim of the credit crunch in the late 2000s after investing in AIG, losing millions of pounds as a result.
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Birth name Christopher Graham Collins
Birth 28 january 1957 (67 years)
Birth 28 january 1957 (67 years)
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Skinner and his longtime girlfriend, Cath Mason, have a son, Buzz Cody. Raised Roman Catholic, he reconnected with the faith in his 20s, and remains a practising Catholic. He is also a lifelong supporter of West Bromwich Albion, and regularly attends games.He is a supporter of the Labour Party. He was a victim of the credit crunch in the late 2000s after investing in AIG, losing millions of pounds as a result.
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The Flint Street Nativity (1999)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Mark Addy, Frank Skinner, Mina Anwar, Dervla Kirwan, Neil Morrissey, Jane Horrocks
Roles Herod
Rating76%
The film is set in the fictitious inner city Flint Street Primary School, on the Welsh-Cheshire borders. It focuses on the seven and eight year-old pupils in that evening's sole performance of the school nativity play, from the pre-performance classroom preparations to the final stage performance, which culminates in calamity.
The Flint Street Nativity (1999)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Mark Addy, Frank Skinner, Mina Anwar, Dervla Kirwan, Neil Morrissey, Jane Horrocks
Roles Herod
Rating76%
The film is set in the fictitious inner city Flint Street Primary School, on the Welsh-Cheshire borders. It focuses on the seven- and eight-year-old pupils in that evening's sole performance of the school nativity play, from the pre-performance classroom preparations to the final stage performance, which culminates in calamity.
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Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
, 2h6Directed by Robert D. Webb, David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Eddie Albert, Marc Cavell
Rating68%
In 1944, Captain Josiah Newman (Peck) is head of the neuro-psychiatric Ward 7 at the Colfax Army Air Field military hospital, located in the Arizona desert. As he explains to a visiting VIP who wanders in: "We're short of beds, doctors, orderlies, nurses, everything ... except patients." He will use unconventional tactics to treat his patients and to recruit much needed personnel, as when he hijacks a new and very reluctant orderly, Corporal Jackson Leibowitz (Curtis), a wheeler-dealer from New Jersey. Leibowitz promptly has the entire ward participating in a sing-along of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm.
Back Street (1961)
, 1h47Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Natalie Schafer
Rating65%
Wealthy department-store heir Paul Saxon has a romantic fling with a Nebraska dress-shop owner, Rae Smith, who breaks it off when she discovers he is married.
Back Street (1961)
, 1h47Directed by David Miller
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Reginald Gardiner
Rating65%
Paul Saxon, riche héritier d'une chaîne de magasins, rencontre Rae Smith à son retour de guerre. Attendant un avion pour New York, ils passent une journée ensemble et tombent mutuellement amoureux. Rae rate l'avion, et découvre par la suite que Paul est marié. Rae décide de tenter sa chance à New York et trouve du travail auprès du fameux styliste Dalian. Elle rencontre Paul par hasard et ils se rendent compte qu'ils sont encore amoureux l'un de l'autre. Ne voulant pas devenir sa maîtresse cachée, Rae décide alors de fuir et de poursuivre sa carrière à Rome.
Portrait in Black (1960)
, 1h52Directed by David Lowell Rich, Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, John Forsythe, Sandra Dee, John Saxon
Rating62%
Sheila Cabot (Lana Turner) becomes increasingly disturbed as she cares for her ailing, disagreeable husband (Lloyd Nolan). Along the way, she falls in love with Dr. David Rivera (Anthony Quinn), who is tending her husband. This leads to a series of unfortunate events, resulting in the death of the husband and an ensuing murder investigation.
This Happy Feeling (1958)
, 1h32Directed by Blake Edwards
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Curd Jürgens, John Saxon, Alexis Smith, Mary Astor, Estelle Winwood
Rating58%
Nita Holloway, a woman romantically involved with veteran actor Preston "Mitch" Mitchell, tries to persuade him to come out of retirement to appear in a Broadway play as the father of a character played by a new teen idol, Tony Manza.
Battle Hymn (1957)
, 1h48Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Films about children, Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer, Richard Loo
Rating62%
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dean Hess (Rock Hudson) was a minister in Ohio. The attack prompts him to become a fighter pilot. Hess had accidentally dropped a bomb on an orphanage in Germany during World War II, killing 37 orphans. At the start of the Korean War, Hess volunteers to return to the cockpit and is assigned as the senior USAF advisor/Instructor Pilot to the Republic of Korea Air Force, flying F-51D Mustangs.
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
, 2h2Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about television, Films about disabilities, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Jim Backus, Robert Evans, Troy Donahue
Rating70%
In the early 1900s, actor Lon Chaney (James Cagney) is working in vaudeville with his wife Cleva (Dorothy Malone). Chaney quits the show and Cleva announces that she is pregnant. Lon is happy and tells Cleva that he has been hired by the famous comedy team Kolb and Dill for an upcoming show.
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
, 1h29Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Adam West
Rating68%
Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree (Debbie Reynolds) is a seventeen-year-old girl living in a houseboat in
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
, 1h27Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, Alan Reed
Rating70%
Disillusioned World War I flying ace Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) spends his days during the Great Depression making appearances as a barnstorming pilot at rural airshows with his parachutist wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone) and worshipful son Jack (Christopher Olsen) and mechanic Jiggs (Jack Carson) in tow.
Away All Boats (1956)
, 1h54Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes, Richard Boone
Rating61%
C'est l'histoire de l'USS « Belinda », lancé en 1943 avec le commandant Hawks et le capitaine MacDougall, comme commandants de bord. Malgré des mésententes, les deux parviennent à réaliser leur voyage d'essai, et partent enfin au combat. Malgré une incompétence qui tend à s'améliorer, l'équipe demeure loin d'être parfaite quand ils passent à l'action en envoyant leurs Marines sur la tête de pont.
Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Paul Frees, David Janssen, Timothy Carey, James Flavin, Paul Cavanagh
Rating57%
Francis witnesses a murder and then befriends bumbling reporter David Prescott (Mickey Rooney), who may be next in line. With Francis' help and guidance, Prescott uncovers a mystery involving murder, an inheritance, and a spooky old mansion on the edge of town.
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
, 1h36Directed by Douglas Sirk, Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Cornell Borchers, George Sanders, Ray Collins, Shelley Fabares, David Janssen
Rating62%
Dr. Mike Parker must leave California to speak at a conference in New York. A widower, he and daughter Suzy have a deal with each other to never actually say goodbye. She remains behind with Miss Tucker, her governess.
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
, 1h48Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer
Rating69%
Spoiled playboy Bob Merrick's (Rock Hudson) reckless behavior causes him to lose control of his speed boat. Rescuers send for the nearest resuscitator, located in Dr. Phillips's house across the lake. While the resuscitator is being used to save Merrick, Dr. Phillips suffers a heart attack and dies. Merrick ends up a patient at Dr. Phillips's clinic, where most of the doctors and nurses resent the fact that Merrick inadvertently caused Dr. Phillips's death.