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Dominic Guard is a Actor British born on 18 june 1956 at London (United-kingdom)
Dominic Guard (born 18 June 1956) is a former English film, television, and stage actor.
As a 14-year-old he played Leo, the title character who has his momentous 13-year-old birthday in The Go-Between (1971), a performance for which he won a BAFTA award in 1971 as Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. The film won the main prize at the Cannes film festival.
He later appeared in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), in Absolution (1978) alongside Richard Burton and Billy Connolly, in Gandhi (1982), and in P. D. James' An Unsuitable Job for a Woman alongside his cousin Pippa Guard. He appeared in a guest role as Olvir in the 1983 Doctor Who story Terminus.
In 1978 Guard voiced the role of Pippin in an animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. His brother Christopher Guard starred alongside him in the film, voicing Frodo Baggins. On stage he played Christopher in a 1982 production of The Jeweller's Shop by Karol Wotjyla, later Pope John Paul II, at the Westminster Theatre, London. He continued acting regularly until 2000.
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Dominic Guard
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Dominic Guard was born in London on 18 June 1956. His father Philip was an English stage actor. His older brother Christopher, also an actor, was born in 1953.As a 14-year-old he played Leo, the title character who has his momentous 13-year-old birthday in The Go-Between (1971), a performance for which he won a BAFTA award in 1971 as Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. The film won the main prize at the Cannes film festival.
He later appeared in Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), in Absolution (1978) alongside Richard Burton and Billy Connolly, in Gandhi (1982), and in P. D. James' An Unsuitable Job for a Woman alongside his cousin Pippa Guard. He appeared in a guest role as Olvir in the 1983 Doctor Who story Terminus.
In 1978 Guard voiced the role of Pippin in an animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. His brother Christopher Guard starred alongside him in the film, voicing Frodo Baggins. On stage he played Christopher in a 1982 production of The Jeweller's Shop by Karol Wotjyla, later Pope John Paul II, at the Westminster Theatre, London. He continued acting regularly until 2000.
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Lord Edgware dies (2000)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, John Castle, Christopher Guard, Dominic Guard
Roles Bryan Martin
Rating78%
Dans un cabaret, Poirot et Hastings assistent au spectacle donné par l'imitatrice Carlotta Adams. Poirot y fait la rencontre de la fameuse actrice Jane Wilkinson. Il accepte de rendre visite à son mari, Lord Edgware, afin de le prier de reconsidérer au plus vite la question du divorce. À sa grande surprise, Poirot apprend de la bouche de Lord Edgware que celui-ci a déjà consenti à accorder le divorce à sa femme, et de plus, qu'il lui a déjà envoyé il y a quelque temps une lettre lui faisant part de sa décision. Plus tard, l'inspecteur Japp de Scotland Yard apprend à Poirot que Lord Edgware a été assassiné et que les soupçons se portent sur sa femme. En effet la domestique d'Edgware jure avoir vu cette femme au moment du crime. Mais Jane Wilkinson participait à ce moment-là à une soirée donnée par Sir Montague Corner. Poirot commence son enquête et découvre que Lady Edgware n'est pas la seule à avoir un mobile.
The Man Who Lost His Shadow (1992)
, 1h42Directed by Alain Tanner
Genres Drama
Actors Ángela Molina, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Francisco Rabal, Dominic Guard, Jean-Gabriel Nordmann, Asunción Balaguer
Roles Marcel
Rating62%
Un journaliste de 30 ans démissionne à la suite d'un désaccord avec son chef. Il part en laissant derrière lui sa famille, et rejoint un ami en Andalousie.
Gandhi (1982)
, 3h11Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism
Actors Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, Edward Fox, Roshan Seth, John Gielgud
Roles Subaltern
Rating79%
The screenplay of Gandhi is available as a published book. The film opens with a statement from the filmmakers explaining their approach to the problem of filming Gandhi's complex life story:
Alice (1982)
Directed by Jacek Bromski
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films
Actors Sophie Barjac, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Susannah York, Paul Nicholas, Jack Wild, Tracy Hyde
Roles Gryphon
Rating53%
, 1h34Directed by Chris Petit
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Billie Whitelaw, Paul Freeman, Pippa Guard, Dominic Guard, Elizabeth Spriggs, David Horovitch
Roles Andrew Lunn
Rating59%
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
, 1h23Directed by Vincent McEveety, John Hough
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Frances Cuka
Roles Young John Keller (uncredited)
Rating60%
Helen and Paul Curtis (Carroll Baker and David McCallum) and their daughters Jan (Lynn-Holly Johnson) and Ellie (Kyle Richards), move into a manor. Mrs. Aylwood (Bette Davis), the owner of the residence, notices that Jan bears a striking resemblance to her daughter, Karen, who disappeared inside a chapel near the village 30 years previously.
The Lord of the Rings (1978)
, 2h12Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Middle-earth films
Actors Christopher Guard, William Squire, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard, Michael Graham Cox
Roles Pippin (voice)
Rating62%
Early in the Second Age of Middle-earth, elven smiths forge nine Rings of Power for mortal men, seven for the Dwarf-Lords, and three for the Elf-Kings. Soon after, the Dark Lord Sauron makes the One Ring. Following the Last Alliance of Elves and Men's fall, the Ring is seized by Prince Isildur; and after Isildur was killed by orcs, the Ring lies at the bottom of the river Anduin for over 2500 years. Over time, Sauron captures the Nine Rings and creates the Ringwraiths. The One Ring is discovered by Déagol, whose friend, Sméagol, kills him and becomes Gollum (Peter Woodthorpe). Hundreds of years later, Bilbo Baggins (Norman Bird) acquires it from him.
Absolution (1978)
, 1h35Directed by Anthony Page
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about education, Films about religion
Actors Richard Burton, Dominic Guard, David Bradley, Dai Bradley, Billy Connolly, Robert Addie
Roles Benjamin 'Benjie' Stanfield
Rating64%
The film centres on Benjamin Stanfield and his unpopular, bespectacled friend, Arthur Dyson, who wears a leg brace; their form master, Father Goddard, and a travelling motorcyclist named Blakey. The opening scenes feature Connolly’s character, Blakey, arriving at the school on his motorbike. He asks Father Goddard (Burton) whether there are any odd jobs he can do but Goddard tells him that there are none available and that he should try in the town.
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)
, 1h59Directed by David Greene
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Kate Nelligan, Tony Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Dominic Guard, Trevor Howard
Roles Albert de Morcerf Mondego
Rating68%
Un jeune marin promis à un bel avenir est emprisonné à la suite d'un complot fomenté par ses prétendus amis. Emprisonné dans un lieu reclus, il ne s'évadera que grâce à un subterfuge et à l'aide d'un autre prisonnier comme lui, un abbé défroqué. Grâce à un trésor fabuleux caché sur l'île de Monte-Cristo, il se vengera de ses ennemis sous la fausse identité d'un noble imaginaire.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
, 1h55Directed by Peter Weir
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about suicide, Transport films
Actors Anne-Louise Lambert, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, John Jarratt
Roles Michael Fitzhubert
Rating73%
At Appleyard College, a girls' private school, near the town of Woodend, Victoria, Australia, the students are dressing on the morning of St. Valentine's Day, 1900. Miranda (Anne-Louise Lambert), Irma (Karen Robson), Marion (Jane Vallis), Rosamund (Ingrid Mason), waifish Sara (Margaret Nelson), and outsider Edith (Christine Schuler) read poetry and Valentine's Day cards.
Bequest to the Nation (1973)
, 1h58Directed by James Cellan Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Michael Jayston, Anthony Quayle, Margaret Leighton, Dominic Guard
Roles Master George Matcham
Rating62%
Il s'agit d'un film historique relatant les relations entre l'amiral Nelson et Lady Hamilton durant les guerres napoléoniennes.
The Hands of Cormac Joyce (1972)
, 1h12Directed by Fielder Cook
Genres Drama
Actors Stephen Boyd, Colleen Dewhurst, Cyril Cusack, Dominic Guard, Enid Bosworth Lorimer
Roles Jackie Joyce
A proud fisherman off the Irish Coast fights to save his land from an approaching storm as other villagers evacuate to the mainland.
The Go-Between (1971)
, 1h58Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Le thème des vacances
Actors Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Margaret Leighton, Edward Fox, Dominic Guard, Michael Redgrave
Roles The Young Leo Colston
Rating71%
The story follows a young boy named Leo Colston (Dominic Guard), who in the year 1900 is invited by a school friend, Marcus Maudsley (Richard Gibson), to spend the summer holidays at a Norfolk country house occupied by his family. While Leo is there, Marcus is taken sick, and Leo finds himself becoming a messenger (go-between) carrying messages between Marcus's older sister, Marian Maudsley (Julie Christie), and a farmer neighbour, Ted Burgess (Alan Bates) with whom she is secretly in love. However, her parents want her to become engaged to the owner of the house and estate, Hugh, Viscount Trimingham (played by Edward Fox). A heatwave leads to a thunderstorm, which coincides with Leo's birthday party and the climax of the film, when Marion's mother and Leo find Marion and Burgess making love in an outbuilding. This event has a long-lasting impact on Leo, and Burgess shoots himself with his own gun in his farmhouse kitchen.