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Douglas Wilmer is a Actor British born on 8 january 1920 at London (United-kingdom)

Douglas Wilmer

Douglas Wilmer
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 january 1920 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 31 march 2016 (at 96 years)

Douglas Wilmer (born 8 January 1920) is an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series.

Biography

Douglas Wilmer naît le 8 janvier 1920 à Londres. Il suit des études au Stonyhurst College puis entre à la Royal Academy of Dramatic Art mais doit la quitter car il est mobilisé durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il reprend le métier d'acteur après-guerre et mène une longue carrière au cinéma et à la télévision. Son rôle le plus connu reste celui de Sherlock Holmes dans la série télévisée britannique des années 1960.

Usually with

Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards
(2 films)
Burt Kwouk
Burt Kwouk
(5 films)
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier
(2 films)
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
(3 films)
Ray Harryhausen
Ray Harryhausen
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Douglas Wilmer (33 films)

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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984)
, 1h42
Directed by Stephen Weeks
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Miles O'Keeffe, Sean Connery, Cyrielle Clair, Trevor Howard, Leigh Lawson, Peter Cushing
Roles The Black Knight
Rating44% 2.213492.213492.213492.213492.21349
The film begins with a feast in a great hall during winter. The king is ashamed of how comfortable they have all grown to live, and questions the bravery of all knights present. A knight on horseback storms through the door and the crowd falls silent as the knight, all in green and carrying a large axe, walks up to the throne. He asks if any man has enough courage to challenge him to a game. The king shames the knights around the hall for not volunteering, and in an act of showmanship announces he himself shall take the challenge given by the green knight. Finally, a young squire named Gawain speaks up and accepts the challenge in lieu of the king. The knight tells Gawain that he has one chance to behead him, but then the knight gets to return the favor. The king grants Gawain knighthood so that he can fulfill the requirements of the challenge. Gawain beheads the knight but then the knight's torso walks up and grabs the head and puts it back on his body. The crowd is stunned and the knight tells Gawain to kneel so he can make his blow. The knight then pauses and considers that Gawain is merely a boy who has not yet even grown a beard. The knight says he will return in one year, enough for the boy to grow a beard, to claim his side of the bargain. Gawain questions the knight "must I spend the year awaiting death at your hand?".
Octopussy
Octopussy (1983)
, 2h11
Directed by John Glen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Arme nucléaire
Actors Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Steven Berkoff, Desmond Llewelyn, Kristina Wayborn
Roles Fanning
Rating64% 3.2485653.2485653.2485653.2485653.248565
British agent 009 is found dead at the British embassy in East Berlin, dressed as a circus clown and carrying a fake Fabergé egg. MI6 immediately suspects Soviet involvement and, after seeing the real egg appear at an auction in London, sends James Bond—agent 007—to investigate and find out who the seller is. At the auction Bond is able to swap the real egg with the fake and engages in a bidding war with exiled Afghan prince Kamal Khan, forcing Khan to pay £500,000 for the fake egg. Bond follows Khan back to his palace in Rajasthan, India, where Bond defeats Khan in a game of backgammon. Bond escapes with his Indian colleague Vijay, evading Khan's bodyguard Gobinda's attempts to kill them both. Bond is seduced by one of Khan's associates, Magda, and notices that she has a blue-ringed octopus tattoo. Magda steals the real Fabergé egg fitted with a listening device by Q, while Gobinda captures Bond and takes him to Khan's palace. After Bond escapes from his cell he listens in on the bug in the Fabergé egg and discovers that Khan is working with Orlov, a Soviet general, who is seeking to expand Soviet control into Central Europe.
Rough Cut
Rough Cut (1980)
, 1h52
Directed by Don Siegel, Robert Ellis Miller, Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Burt Reynolds, Lesley-Anne Down, David Niven, Timothy West, Joss Ackland, Patrick Magee
Roles Maxwell Levy
Rating57% 2.8524852.8524852.8524852.8524852.852485
Jewel thief Jack Rhodes, a.k.a. "Jack of Diamonds," is masterminding a heist of $30 million worth of uncut gems. He also has his eye on lovely Gillian Bromley, who becomes a part of the gang he is forming to pull off the daring robbery. Chief Inspector Cyril Willis from Scotland Yard, however, is blackmailing Gillian, threatening her with prosecution on another theft if she doesn't cooperate in helping him bag the elusive Rhodes, the last jewel in his crown before the Chief Inspector formally retires from duty.
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
, 1h39
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Andrew Sachs, Dyan Cannon, Robert Webber, Graham Stark
Roles Police Commissioner
Rating65% 3.2981753.2981753.2981753.2981753.298175
Philippe Douvier (Robert Webber), a major businessman and secretly the head of the French Connection, is suspected by his New York Mafia drug trading partners of weak leadership and improperly conducting his criminal affairs. To demonstrate otherwise, Douvier's aide Guy Algo (Tony Beckley) suggests a show of force with the murder of Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers). Unfortunately for Douvier, his first attempt at bombing him fails; and the subsequent attempt by Chinese martial artist 'Mr. Chong' (an uncredited appearance by the founder of American Kenpo, Ed Parker) is thwarted when Clouseau successfully fights him off, believing him to be his (Clouseau's) valet Cato (Burt Kwouk) who has orders to keep his employer alert with random attacks. That night, Douvier poses as an informant to lure Clouseau into a trap, but the Chief Inspector's car and clothes are stolen by transvestite criminal Claude Russo (Sue Lloyd), who is killed by Douvier's men. Subsequently Douvier and the French public believe Clouseau is dead and, as a result of this assumption, Clouseau's former boss, ex-Commissioner Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom), is restored to sanity and is released from the lunatic asylum to perform the investigation.
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
, 1h27
Directed by Gene Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Leo McKern, Roy Kinnear, Aubrey Morris
Roles Sherlock Holmes
Rating60% 3.00013.00013.00013.00013.0001
The hero is Sigerson Holmes (Wilder), the younger and "smarter" brother of Sherlock "Sheer-Luck" Holmes. Envious of his more famous brother, Sigerson teams up with a Scotland Yard records clerk (Feldman) and a would-be opera singer (Kahn) to solve a case that Sherlock is unable to attend to, putting him up against both Moriarty (McKern) and a blackmailer (DeLuise).
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
, 1h45
Directed by Gordon Hessler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, Martin Shaw, Grégoire Aslan
Roles Vizier
Rating67% 3.39843.39843.39843.39843.3984
While sailing, Sinbad (John Phillip Law) comes across a golden tablet dropped by a mysterious flying creature. He wears the tablet as an amulet around his neck. That night, Sinbad has a strange dream in which he sees a man dressed in black, repeatedly calling Sinbad's name, and also about a mysterious girl with an eye tattooed on her right palm. During his sleep, a mysterious storm throws his ship off course, and the next day Sinbad and his men find themselves near a coastal town in the country of Marabia.
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
, 2h18
Directed by Charlton Heston
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Charlton Heston, Hildegarde Neil, Eric Porter, John Castle, Fernando Rey, Douglas Wilmer
Roles Agrippa
Rating58% 2.900712.900712.900712.900712.90071
Antoine et Cléopâtre (1972) est une adaptation cinématographique de Rank Organisation de la pièce du même nom de William Shakespeare. Elle a été réalisée par Charlton Heston et produite par Peter Snell selon un scénario de Federico De Urrutia et de Charlton Heston.
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
, 1h42
Directed by John Mackenzie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors David Hemmings, Douglas Wilmer, Tony Haygarth, Carolyn Seymour, David Jackson, Michael Kitchen
Roles Headmaster
Rating70% 3.5362953.5362953.5362953.5362953.536295
Un professeur fraîchement arrivé dans une école apprend que l’un de ses prédécesseurs a été tué par ses élèves, et commence à redouter qu’un même sort lui soit réservé.
Patton
Patton (1970)
, 2h52
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors George C. Scott, Karl Malden, Michael Bates, Karl Michael Vogler, Stephen Young, Carey Loftin
Roles Major General Francis de Guingand
Rating78% 3.947953.947953.947953.947953.94795
The film's beginning has General George S. Patton (George C. Scott) giving a speech to an unseen audience of American troops (based on his speech to the Third Army), with a huge American flag in the background. The scene then shifts to North Africa at the start of 1943, where Patton takes charge of the demoralized American II Corps in North Africa after the humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. After instilling discipline in his soldiers, he leads them to victory at the Battle of El Guettar, the first American victory over the Axis, though he is bitterly disappointed to learn afterward that Erwin Rommel (Karl Michael Vogler), whom he respects greatly as a general, was not his opponent. Patton's aide, Captain Jenson, is killed in the battle. Shortly after the battle, a new member of his staff, Lieutenant Colonel Codman assures Patton that, though Rommel was absent, that if Patton defeated Rommel's plan, then he had defeated Rommel.
Cromwell
Cromwell (1970)
, 2h19
Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Nigel Stock, Geoffrey Keen, Dorothy Tutin
Roles Sir Thomas Fairfax
Rating69% 3.4966653.4966653.4966653.4966653.496665
Oliver Cromwell is a devout Puritan, a country squire, magistrate and former member of Parliament. King Charles I's policies, including the enclosing of common land for the use of wealthy landowners and the introduction of "Popish" and "Romish" rituals into the Church of England have become increasingly grating to many, including Cromwell. In fact Charles regards himself as a devout Anglican, permitting his French Queen to practise Roman Catholicism in private but forbidding her to bring up the young Prince of Wales in that faith. Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World, but, on the eve of their departure, he is persuaded by his friends to stay and resume a role in politics.
The Vampire Lovers
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
, 1h31
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror, Historical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Vampires in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Peter Cushing, Dawn Addams, Lindsay Kemp
Roles Baron Joachim von Hartog
Rating63% 3.199583.199583.199583.199583.19958
In early 19th century Styria, a beautiful blonde (Kirsten Lindholm) in a diaphanous gown materializes from a misty graveyard. Encountering the Baron Hartog (Douglas Wilmer), a vampire hunter out to avenge the death of his sister, the girl is identified as a vampire and decapitated. Many years later, a dark-haired lady leaves her daughter Marcilla (Ingrid Pitt) in the care of General von Spielsdorf (Peter Cushing) and his family in Styria. Marcilla quickly befriends the General's niece, Laura (Pippa Steel). Laura subsequently suffers nightmares that she is being attacked, and dies of a gradual sickness; whereupon Marcilla departs.