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James Beck is a Actor British born on 21 february 1929 at Islington (United-kingdom)
Stanley James Carroll "Jimmy" Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English actor best remembered for his role as Private Joe Walker, the cockney spiv in the popular BBC sitcom Dad's Army.
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Birth name Stanley James Carroll Beck
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 february 1929 at Islington (United-kingdom)
Death 6 august 1973 (at 44 years) at Roehampton (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 21 february 1929 at Islington (United-kingdom)
Death 6 august 1973 (at 44 years) at Roehampton (United-kingdom)
Stanley James Carroll "Jimmy" Beck (21 February 1929 – 6 August 1973) was an English actor best remembered for his role as Private Joe Walker, the cockney spiv in the popular BBC sitcom Dad's Army.
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Johnny Flynton (2002)
, 37minutesDirected by Lexi Alexander
Origin USA
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Dash Mihok, James Beck
Roles Artie Duane
Rating63%
Love Thy Neighbour (1973)
, 1h25Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams, Bill Fraser, Charles Hyatt, Patricia Hayes
Roles Cyril
Rating59%
Eddie and Joan Booth live next door to Bill and Barbie Reynolds. Whilst Joan and Barbie are best friends as well as neighbours, Bill and Eddie are complete opposites in all things, including colour. Unbeknown to their husbands Joan and Barbie enter a Love Thy Neighbour competition to win a cruise, but are unsure how to get around the problem of their antagonistic husbands. To add to the problems Joan's Mother In Law is coming to stay, and Barbie has her Father In Law Coming from Trinidad. What will Bill and Eddie do when they realise their parents get on?
Dad's Army (1971)
, 1h35Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Arthur Lowe, Clive Dunn, John Le Mesurier, John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley
Roles Pte. Joe Walker
Rating68%
1940 - Operation Dynamo has just taken place. From the newly conquered French coastline, a Wehrmacht colonel looks out over the English Channel with powerful binoculars. Surveying the white cliffs of Dover, he spies Godfrey emerging from a lavatory. Godfrey joins the rest of his platoon, who are defiantly waving the Union Flag. The colonel fumes contemptuously, "How can the stupid British ever hope to win?!"
I Am a Groupie (1970)
, 1h27Directed by Derek Ford
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre
Actors Donald Sumpter, James Beck
Roles Brian
Rating48%
Carry On Loving (1970)
, 1h28Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott
Roles Mr. Roxby
Rating58%
Various events involve a dating agency run by Sid Bliss (Sid James) and his longtime girlfriend Sophie Plummett (Hattie Jacques). Their "Wedded Bliss" agency purports to bring together lonely hearts using computer-matching technology, but couples are actually paired up by Sophie. Bliss consistently avoids marrying Sophie, enthusiastically pursuing Esme Crowfoot (Joan Sims), a seamstress and client who consistently rejects his advances.
Dayton's Devils (1968)
, 1h43Directed by Jack Shea
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Rory Calhoun, Leslie Nielsen, Lainie Kazan, Eric Braeden, Rodolfo Acosta, Georg Stanford Brown
Roles Mark Scott
Rating56%
Frank Dayton (Leslie Nielsen) leads a group of crooks in a caper to steal $2,500,000 from an Air Force base. Dayton is the tough-guy military leader who recruits Mike (Rory Calhoun), ex-Nazi Max (Hans Gudegast), sadistic killer Barney Barry (Barry Sadler), and failed French artist Claude (Pat Renella) in the scheme. Singer Lainie Kazan plays the romantic interest for Dayton as the nightclub songbird Leda.
Star! (1968)
, 2h56Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Daniel Massey, Michael Craig, Robert Reed, Bruce Forsyth
Roles Drunken Sailor (uncredited)
Rating63%
The film opens in 1940, with Lawrence in a screening room watching a documentary film chronicling her life, then flashes back to Clapham in 1915, when she leaves home to join her vaudevillian father in a dilapidated Brixton music hall. Eventually she joins the chorus in André Charlot's West End revue. She reunites with close childhood friend Noël Coward who provides witty commentary on Gertie's actions.
40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967)
, 1h35Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Kenneth Tobey, Michael Burns, Michael Blodgett, James Beck, Kenneth MacDonald
Roles Higgins
Rating56%
The Arizona Territory 1868: The Apaches, led by Cochise (Michael Keep), are on the warpath. Army Captain Bruce Coburn (Audie Murphy) is tasked with escorting homesteaders to Apache Wells where they can concentrate their defense against the Apache. But there is dissension in the ranks as some of the men under Coburn’s command feel they are being driven too hard. Coburn has to discipline corporal Bodine (Kenneth Tobey) for stealing rationed water. In an attack at Apache Wells, one of the homesteaders, Harry Malone (Kenneth MacDonald), is killed. His two sons, Mike (Michael Blodgett) and Doug (Michael Burns), then join the Army.
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
, 1h19Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Dorothy Provine, Jack Hogan, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Turkel, Ken Lynch, Douglas Kennedy
Roles Alvin (as Jim Beck)
Rating57%
Diner waitress Bonnie Parker is just as tired of her job in 1932 Texas as she is of customers like Guy Darrow, who try too hard to make her acquaintance. When she goes too far, fending off Guy with hot oil, Bonnie is fired.