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David John Battley is a Actor British born on 5 november 1935 at Battersea (United-kingdom)
David John Battley (5 November 1935 – 20 January 2003) was a British actor specialising in laconic, lugubrious comedy roles.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 5 november 1935 at Battersea (United-kingdom)
Death 20 january 2003 (at 67 years) at Epsom (United-kingdom)
Birth 5 november 1935 at Battersea (United-kingdom)
Death 20 january 2003 (at 67 years) at Epsom (United-kingdom)
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Krull (1983)
, 2h1Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Space opera
Actors Kenneth Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Francesca Annis, Alun Armstrong, David John Battley
Roles Ergo the Magnificent, "short in stature, tall in power, narrow of purpose and wide of vision"; favours magic
Rating60%
A narrator describes a prophecy regarding "a girl of ancient name that shall become queen, that she shall choose a king, and that together they shall rule their world, and that their son shall rule the galaxy".
The London Connection (1979)
, 1h40Directed by Robert Clouse
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeffrey Byron, Larry Cedar, Roy Kinnear, Lee Montague, Mona Washbourne, David Kossoff
Roles Peters
Rating57%
The description on the back of the Disney home video release reads: "An exciting adventure begins for a young American government agent after he witnesses the kidnapping of a noted European scientist in London. The only item left behind in this startling incident is a gold ring, inscribed with an address that leads the youth into a massive conspiracy of international proportions. A baffling series of clues and a high-speed boat chase in the Port of London add up to a superlative Disney mystery thriller!"
, 1h37Genres Comedy
Actors Brian Rix, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Joanna Lumley, Derek Royle, Myra Frances
Roles Country Yokel
Rating45%
Sir William Mainwaring-Brown, a British Government Minister, puts forward a bill to battle filth (permissive behaviour) in the UK. However, that doesn't stop him having an affair with both Miss Parkyn (his secretary) and Wendy (the wife of a high-up reporter). Opponents to the bill - mainly some hippies, led by Johnny - kidnap the Minister's best friend and co-sponsor of the bill, Barry Ovis, just as he is on the way to the church to marry his fiancee, Jean.
Up the Chastity Belt (1972)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Frankie Howerd, Graham Crowden, Bill Fraser, Norman Beaton, David Prowse, Roy Hudd
Roles Yokel
Rating51%
Howerd played dual roles as King Richard the Lionheart and cowardly peasant Lurkalot (his character in Up Pompeii was the slave Lurcio). The plot served as an excuse to serve up the usual collection of puns and double entendres that characterised most British film comedy in the 1970s, but did feature Eartha Kitt singing "A Knight for My Nights" and Hugh Paddick (of Julian and Sandy fame in the Round the Horne BBC radio series) as a notable Robin Hood, leader of a band of men who were camp homosexual rather than merry.
Up the Front (1972)
, 1h29Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Bill Fraser, William Mervyn, Hermione Baddeley, Jonathan Cecil, Madeline Smith
Roles Midgeley the Cook
Rating45%
Set during World War I, Lurk, a lowly servant in the household of Lord and Lady Twithampton (William Mervyn & Linda Gray), is hypnotised by The Great Vincento (Stanley Holloway) and travels to the Western Front to 'save England'. Lurk is inspired to bravery, and upon receiving the German master plan for the entire war, which has through an unlikely series of events been tattooed onto his posterior, is pursued across France by German intelligence. After breaking into the British military headquarters to deliver the plans into the hands of General Burke (Robert Coote), he is confronted by the sensuous German spy Mata Hari (Zsa Zsa Gabor). After foiling Mata Hari's scheme to relieve him of the plan, a hilarious scene develops in which he is pursued by the nefarious Von Gutz (Lance Percival) and his henchmen Donner and Blitzen (Gertan Klauber and Stanley Lebor). Accompanied by the Can-Can, performed by the Famous Buttercup Girls, Lurk is pursued around the Allied headquarters.
, 1h40Directed by Mel Stuart
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Cooking films, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson
Roles Mr. Turkentine
Rating77%
In an unnamed European town, children go to a candy shop after school. Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), whose family is poor, can only stare through the window as the shop owner sings "Candy Man". The newsagent for whom Charlie works after school gives him his weekly pay, which Charlie uses to buy a loaf of bread. On his way home, he passes Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. A mysterious tinker (Peter Capell) recites the first lines of William Allingham's poem "The Fairies", and tells Charlie, "Nobody ever goes in, and nobody ever comes out." Charlie rushes home to his widowed mother (Diana Sowle) and his four bedridden grandparents. After he tells Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson) about the tinker, Joe tells him that Wonka locked the factory because his arch-rival, Mr. Slugworth, and other candy makers sent in spies disguised as employees to steal Wonka's recipes. Wonka disappeared, but three years later began selling more candy; the origin of Wonka's labour force is a mystery.
Crossplot (1969)
, 1h36Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Roger Moore, Claudie Lange, Alexis Kanner, Martha Hyer, Bernard Lee, Derek Francis
Rating54%
Roger Moore is Gary Fenn, a talent scout for a London modeling agency who finds the perfect target and calculates the events which mean that only one girl will be good enough for his bosses, a Hungarian Marla Kugash (Lange). He finds her among the anti-war movement in the bohemian depths of swinging London. She is in the company of a young man, Tarquin, who is extremely protective of her and overtly aggressive to Fenn.
Hotel Paradiso (1966)
, 1h38Directed by Peter Glenville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alec Guinness, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, David John Battley, Anne Beach, Marie Bell
Roles George
Rating60%
Playwright Monsieur Feydeau is staying in the Parisian Hotel Paradiso. He needs to write a new play, but has writer's block. He takes the opportunity to observe his fellow guests: Monsieur Boniface, henpecked by his domineering wife, and Marcelle, the beautiful but neglected wife of Henri, a building inspector. Henri is sent to the hotel to investigate rumours of ghosts (which turn out to be caused by drains). However, the hotel is the trysting place of Marcelle and Boniface, who are having an affair.
Alice in Wonderland (1966)
, 1h12Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films
Actors John Gielgud, Peter Cook, Leo McKern, Peter Sellers, Alison Leggatt, Peter Eyre
Rating67%
Actors Morgan Freeman, Julia Foster, Robin Wright, Kenneth Haigh, Stockard Channing, Ian Ogilvy
Roles Henry Haydock
Rating80%