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Roy Dotrice is a Actor British born on 26 may 1923
Roy Dotrice, OBE (born 26 May 1923) is a British actor known for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten. Film audiences know him best for his role as Leopold Mozart in the Oscar winning film Amadeus.
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Birth name Roy Louis Dotrice
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 may 1923
Death 16 october 2017 (at 94 years)
Awards Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, British Academy Television Awards
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 may 1923
Death 16 october 2017 (at 94 years)
Awards Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, British Academy Television Awards
Biography
Dotrice was married to Katherine "Kay" Newman, a television and stage actress, from 1947 until her death in 2007. They had three daughters—Michele, Yvette and Karen—all of whom acted at various points in their lives. He was the father-in-law of actor Edward Woodward, the deceased husband of Michele.Best films
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Eliminators (1986)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Robot films
Actors Andrew Prine, Denise Crosby, Patrick Reynolds, Roy Dotrice, Tadashi Horino, Gabino Diego
Roles Abbott Reeves
Rating49%
After returning from a scouting mission in a time machine, the Mandroid gives a Roman centurion shield to his master Abbot Reeves. Reeves orders the Mandroid to be dismantled (killed), but Reeves' assistant Takada tries to help the Mandroid to escape. Although Takada dies in the escape attempt, he tells the Mandroid to seek scientist Col. Nora Hunter for help in stopping Reeves from enacting an evil plan. In the U.S., the Mandroid finds Hunter and reveals himself to her. She believed Reeves to be dead and recognizes her designs for a Mars probe in the Mandroid. She repairs damage done to the Mandroid in his escape. The Mandroid plans to return to stop Reeves' evil plans (whatever they may be) and Hunter insists on accompanying him as his mechanic. She also brings along S.P.O.T., a small flying scout robot of her own design.
Amadeus (1984)
, 2h11Directed by Miloš Forman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole
Roles Leopold Mozart
Rating83%
The story begins in 1823 as the elderly Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) attempts suicide by slitting his throat while loudly begging forgiveness for having killed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) in 1791. Placed in a lunatic asylum for the act, Salieri is visited by Father Vogler (Richard Frank), a young priest who seeks to hear his confession. Salieri is sullen and uninterested but eventually warms to the priest and launches into a long "confession" about his relationship with Mozart.
, 1h22Directed by Tommy Chong
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Roy Dotrice, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Shelby Chong, Edie McClurg, Robbi Chong
Roles The Evil Fuckaire / Ye Old Jailer
Rating46%
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers opens with a rock band called Los Guys (whose two lead members are played by Cheech and Chong) performing with their band in the streets throughout parts of France. Disliking their brand of music, the locals pay off the band to vacate and shortly after the two lead band members meet a gypsy storyteller. She tells them the story of the Corsican brothers who attempt to overthrow a cruel member of a monarchy. After the story, they continue to play in the streets and give an epic final performance in a spot where their music seems to be much more accepted as no one tries to pay them to vacate.
Saturn 3 (1980)
, 1h28Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera, Robot films
Actors Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel, Roy Dotrice
Roles Benson
Rating51%
In the distant future, an overcrowded Earth relies on research conducted by scientists in remote stations across the solar system. One of these, a small experimental hydroponics research station on Saturn's third moon, is run solely by Adam (Douglas) and his colleague and lover Alex (Fawcett). Adam, the younger Alex and their dog Sally enjoy their isolation, far from an overcrowded and troubled Earth. The couple have been on Saturn 3 for three years, but Alex has spent all her life in space.
Alien Attack (1980)
, 1h44Directed by Lee H. Katzin, Charles Crichton, Bill Lenny
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera
Actors Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Nick Tate, Roy Dotrice, Isla Blair
Roles Commissioner Gerald Simmons
Rating61%
Des chercheurs installés sur la Lune doivent effectuer une mission vers une planète considérée comme habitable. Cependant, la mort inexpliquée de plusieurs astronautes compromettent fortement leur voyage.
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
, 1h32Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Zombie films, Comedy horror films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry
Roles Charles Gregory
Rating68%
Five strangers go with a tourist group to view old catacombs. They do not realise that they are all dead. Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper (Ralph Richardson), who details how each of the strangers have died.
Hide and Seek (1972)
Genres Adventure, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Gary Kemp, Robin Askwith, Roger Avon, Richard Coleman, Frances Cuka, Roy Dotrice
Roles Mr. Grimes
Rating67%
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
, 3h9Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about royalty
Actors Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Roderic Noble, Ania Marson, Lynne Frederick, Candace Glendenning
Roles General Alexeiev
Rating71%
The story begins with the birth of Tsarevich Alexei on 12 August 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Tsar Nicholas (Michael Jayston) is warned by the Prime Minister Count Witte (Laurence Olivier) and his uncle Grand Duke Nicholas (Harry Andrews) that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They tell him the Russian people want representative government, health care, voting and workers' rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin (Michael Bryant), Joseph Stalin (James Hazeldine) and Leon Trotsky (Brian Cox) have formed.
The Buttercup Chain (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Hywel Bennett, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jane Asher, Sven-Bertil Taube, Clive Revill, Roy Dotrice
Roles Martin Carr-Gibbons
Rating55%
France and Manny are cousins, born on the same day to twin sisters. They grow up feeling a bond as if brother and sister. When he returns to London from boarding school, France and Manny make a pact in which each finds a suitable romantic partner for the other. But when they go away to the countryside with Margaret and Fred, a strange incestuous impulse seems to exist between the cousins, while Manny also must deal with a pregnancy.
Toomorrow (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Olivia Newton-John, Roy Dotrice, Imogen Hassall, Margaret Nolan, Roy Marsden, Shakira Caine
Roles John Williams
Rating52%
A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow; sonic vibrations from a special instrument called a "tonaliser" cause an extraterrestrial to abduct the group, and have them entertain the Alphoid population. According to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com) this movie is based on the 1967 film The Gang.
Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)
, 1h42Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, Glynis Johns, Ian Bannen, Tom Bell, Jim Dale
Roles Gossip
Rating50%
A bawdy yarn concerning three sex-starved sailors on leave and on the rampage in a British town.
A Twist of Sand (1968)
, 1h30Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Johnson, Honor Blackman, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Vaughan, Roy Dotrice, Guy Doleman
Roles David Garland
Rating54%
Geoffrey Peace, a former British Naval Officer, makes his living as a smuggler around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly being caught by the authorities in Malta, Peace is desperate to regain his loss. When an ex-colleague appears and tells him of an idea about smuggling diamonds out of South West Africa, he sees his chance to make a lot of money.
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
, 2h11Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, Roy Dotrice, John Golightly
Roles Jensen
Rating65%
The Norwegian resistance sabotage the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan in the county of Telemark, Norway, which the Nazis are using to produce heavy water, which could be used in the manufacture of an Atomic bomb.