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Derek Royle is a Actor British born on 7 september 1928 at London (United-kingdom)
Derek Royle (7 September 1928 – 23 January 1990) was a British actor born in London, England. His face was probably better known than his name to British viewers, but he acted in films and TV from the mid-1960s until his death. He had a supporting role in the Beatles' film Magical Mystery Tour in 1967, as well as a minor one with Cilla Black in the film Work Is a Four-Letter Word a year later. Most of his film appearances were in comedy films such as Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1973), Tiffany Jones (1973) and Confessions of a Sex Maniac (1974).
He appeared in a children's TV comedy series, Hogg's Back (1975) as Doctor Hogg, an eccentric general practitioner (GP). Royle acted with Wendy Richard and Pat Coombs over two series. (Hog's Back is an area in Surrey in Britain.) Royle played an unfortunate guest in a Fawlty Towers episode, "The Kipper and the Corpse", wherein he played the eponymous corpse. He also was the first actor to portray Monsieur Ernest LeClerc in the sixth series of 'Allo 'Allo!, and had a supporting role in a remake of Indiscreet (1988) and a new BBC version of a Lord Peter Wimsey story.
As a stage actor he was a mainstay of Brian Rix's Whitehall farces company. He specialised in absent minded characters and used his acrobatic skills to fall down stairs and immediately get up again as if nothing had happened.
He died from cancer aged 61. His daughters Amanda and Carol Royle became actresses.
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Derek Royle
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 7 september 1928 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 23 january 1990 (at 61 years)
Birth 7 september 1928 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 23 january 1990 (at 61 years)
He appeared in a children's TV comedy series, Hogg's Back (1975) as Doctor Hogg, an eccentric general practitioner (GP). Royle acted with Wendy Richard and Pat Coombs over two series. (Hog's Back is an area in Surrey in Britain.) Royle played an unfortunate guest in a Fawlty Towers episode, "The Kipper and the Corpse", wherein he played the eponymous corpse. He also was the first actor to portray Monsieur Ernest LeClerc in the sixth series of 'Allo 'Allo!, and had a supporting role in a remake of Indiscreet (1988) and a new BBC version of a Lord Peter Wimsey story.
As a stage actor he was a mainstay of Brian Rix's Whitehall farces company. He specialised in absent minded characters and used his acrobatic skills to fall down stairs and immediately get up again as if nothing had happened.
He died from cancer aged 61. His daughters Amanda and Carol Royle became actresses.
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Indiscreet (1988)
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Wagner, Lesley-Anne Down, Derek Royle
Roles Lawford
Rating61%
Death Watch (1980)
, 2h8Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Achache
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction
Themes Films about television, Films set in the future, La téléréalité, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard, Caroline Langrishe, William Russell
Roles Dave Matthieson
Rating65%
The film is set in a future where death from illness has become extremely unusual. When Katherine Mortenhoe (Romy Schneider) is diagnosed as having an incurable disease, she becomes a celebrity and is besieged by journalists. The television company NTV (headed by Vincent Ferriman) offers her a large sum of money if she will allow her last days to be filmed and made into a reality television show – they have already spied on her as she is told of her diagnosis (her doctor is colluding with them) and prepared posters for the show which show her face (to her annoyance when she sees the posters on display before they have contacted her).
, 1h37Genres Comedy
Actors Brian Rix, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Joanna Lumley, Derek Royle, Myra Frances
Roles Potts
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.
Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968)
, 1h33Directed by Peter Hall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors David Warner, Cilla Black, Zia Mohyeddin, Elizabeth Spriggs, Alan Howard, Jan Holden
Roles Briggs
Rating54%
Everyone is employed by the ultra-modern DICE Corporation but Valentine Brose (Warner) would rather stay at home to tend his psychedelic mushrooms. However, his bedroom is too small and his fiancee Betty Dorrick (Black) wants him to settle down. Accordingly, Brose seeks a job in DICE's boiler-room, a suitable environment to grow his mushrooms.
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
, 55minutesDirected by George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bernard Knowles, The Beatles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Road movies, Les Beatles
Actors John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Vivian Stanshall, George Harrison, Mal Evans, Ringo Starr
Roles Jolly Jimmy
Rating61%
The situation is that of a group of people on a British mystery tour (in a 1967 Bedford VAL Panorama coach), focusing mostly on Mr Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) and his recently widowed Aunt Jessie (Jessie Robins). Other group members on the bus include the tour director, Jolly Jimmy Johnson (Derek Royle), the tour hostess, Miss Wendy Winters (Mandy Weet), the conductor, Buster Bloodvessel (Ivor Cutler), and the other Beatles.