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John Scott Martin is a Actor born on 1 april 1926
John Scott Martin (1 April 1926 – 6 January 2009) was an English actor born in Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire. He made many film, stage and television appearances, but one of his most famous, though unseen, roles was as a Dalek operator in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
Martin operated Daleks from 1965's The Chase through to 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks making him the longest-running Dalek operator. He worked with eight different actors in the title role of The Doctor from William Hartnell to Sylvester McCoy, and also Richard Hurndall, who took on the role of the First Doctor in The Five Doctors. Typically, Martin would operate the first Dalek when a group of three entered a scene, due largely to his long tenure on the programme. He also operated other Doctor Who monster costumes including the insectoid Zarbi in The Web Planet, and the robotic Mechanoids in The Chase. In the episode The Dæmons Martin made his first on screen appearance, he appeared (uncredited) as Charlie in three episodes. Martin also had a cameo in the BBC series The Tripods.
Some of his other television appearances include I, Claudius, Z-Cars, Quatermass and the Pit, Softly, Softly and the comedy Mine All Mine, written by Russell T. Davies.
His film credits include a dancing instructor in a brief scene in Alan Parker's film adaption of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and small roles in Ali G Indahouse, Little Shop of Horrors, Erik the Viking and The Crimson Permanent Assurance segment of The Meaning of Life.
He appeared on the West End stage in shows like Kismet, Oliver! and The Streets of London. In the Manchester Opera House production of Fiddler on the Roof featuring Topol in the starring role, he played the Rabbi.
Martin also appeared in the music video for the Catatonia single "Dead from the Waist Down". His daughter, Catriona Martin is also an actress.
Martin suffered from Parkinson's disease in later life. When Doctor Who was revived in 2005, he said he would have been happy to play a Dalek again if asked. He died on 6 January 2009. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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Birth 1 april 1926
Death 6 january 2009 (at 82 years)
Death 6 january 2009 (at 82 years)
Martin operated Daleks from 1965's The Chase through to 1988's Remembrance of the Daleks making him the longest-running Dalek operator. He worked with eight different actors in the title role of The Doctor from William Hartnell to Sylvester McCoy, and also Richard Hurndall, who took on the role of the First Doctor in The Five Doctors. Typically, Martin would operate the first Dalek when a group of three entered a scene, due largely to his long tenure on the programme. He also operated other Doctor Who monster costumes including the insectoid Zarbi in The Web Planet, and the robotic Mechanoids in The Chase. In the episode The Dæmons Martin made his first on screen appearance, he appeared (uncredited) as Charlie in three episodes. Martin also had a cameo in the BBC series The Tripods.
Some of his other television appearances include I, Claudius, Z-Cars, Quatermass and the Pit, Softly, Softly and the comedy Mine All Mine, written by Russell T. Davies.
His film credits include a dancing instructor in a brief scene in Alan Parker's film adaption of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and small roles in Ali G Indahouse, Little Shop of Horrors, Erik the Viking and The Crimson Permanent Assurance segment of The Meaning of Life.
He appeared on the West End stage in shows like Kismet, Oliver! and The Streets of London. In the Manchester Opera House production of Fiddler on the Roof featuring Topol in the starring role, he played the Rabbi.
Martin also appeared in the music video for the Catatonia single "Dead from the Waist Down". His daughter, Catriona Martin is also an actress.
Martin suffered from Parkinson's disease in later life. When Doctor Who was revived in 2005, he said he would have been happy to play a Dalek again if asked. He died on 6 January 2009. He was survived by his wife and daughter.
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Ali G Indahouse (2002)
, 1h28Directed by Mark Mylod
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Sacha Baron Cohen, Martin Freeman, Michael Gambon, Gina La Piana, Charles Dance, Rhona Mitra
Roles Mr. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Rating61%
Ali G is the leader of Da West Staines Massiv, a fictional gang composed of a group of wannabe gangsters from Staines (a suburban town in north Surrey, to the west of London); their chief rivals are Da East Staines Massiv. Ali and Da West Staines Massiv are heartbroken to learn that their beloved local leisure centre (where they like to chill out and also where Ali teaches his "Keep it Real" classes) will be demolished by the local council. Ali and his friends decide to protest at this injustice. After he goes on a hunger strike and is spotted chained to some railings by the nefarious Chancellor of the Exchequer and Deputy Prime Minister David Carlton, he is drawn into a world of seedy political intrigue, as the Deputy Prime Minister tries to use Ali as a tool to destroy the Prime Minister's credibility. Ali is put forward as a candidate to be the next MP for Staines in a crucial by-election and manages to alienate most who cross his path, including feminists and the elderly. During a debate with his rival candidate, Ali tries to insult his rival by claiming that he "sucked off a horse". Unknown to Ali and the public, it turns out that the rival did indeed do such a thing, and trying to explain it away, he claims when he was out hunting with a friend he slipped, and his mouth landed on a horse's penis, which due to the mating season was erect. Ali then wins.
Bullseye! (1990)
, 1h35Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Escroquerie
Actors Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Sally Kirkland, Lee Patterson, Deborah Moore, Mark Burns
Roles Old Jeweller
Rating45%
Moore and Caine play dual roles—a pair of small time con-men and a pair of inept nuclear physicists who believe they have invented a limitless supply of energy. The con men use their resemblance to the scientists to con their way into the scientists' safe deposit boxes and steal the formula, but in so doing, they become entangled in a shady world of spies and international intrigue. The film includes a number of cameo appearances, including Jenny Seagrove (Winner's partner at the time) playing two different roles, John Cleese, Patsy Kensit, Alexandra Pigg and Nicholas Courtney. The film also features Roger Moore's daughter, Deborah Moore, in a supporting role.
Erik the Viking (1989)
, 1h19Directed by Terry Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology
Actors Tim Robbins, Freddie Jones, Terry Jones, John Cleese, Eartha Kitt, Mickey Rooney
Roles Ingemund the Old
Rating60%
The film is based largely upon Norse mythology. In the film's opening scene Erik (Tim Robbins), a young Viking, discovers that he has no taste for rape and pillage, and suffers guilt over the death of Helga (Samantha Bond), an innocent woman.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
, 1h34Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Comic science fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, James Belushi, Levi Stubbs
Roles 'Downtown' Bum #3
Rating70%
In September 1963, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis) and his colleague, Audrey (Ellen Greene), work at Mushnik's Flower Shop, lamenting they cannot escape the slums of New York City, living in a run-down, beat up neighborhood referred to as "Skid Row." Struggling from a lack of customers, Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia) prompts to close the store, only for Audrey to suggest displaying an unusual plant Seymour owns. Immediately attracting a customer, Seymour explains he bought the plant, which he dubbed "Audrey II", from a Chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse. Attracting business to Mushnik's shop, the plant soon starts dying, worrying Seymour. Accidentally pricking his finger, he then discovers Audrey II needs human blood to thrive.
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
, 1h49Directed by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Christmas films, Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Anthony Higgins, Sophie Ward, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Freddie Jones
Roles Cemetery Caretaker
Rating67%
Teenagers Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) and John Watson (Alan Cox) meet and become good friends as students at London's less-than-prestigious Brompton Academy. Watson is introduced to Holmes’ mentor, Rupert T. Waxflatter (Nigel Stock), a retired schoolmaster and inventor. Waxflatter's niece Elizabeth Hardy (Sophie Ward) is also Holmes’ close friend and love interest. Holmes is generally recognized as brilliant but considered an undisciplined troublemaker by most of the school administration. He is closest to Professor Rathe (Anthony Higgins), his fencing instructor, who warns Holmes that he is too emotional and impulsive.
Out of the Darkness (1985)
, 2hDirected by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Crime, Politic
Actors Martin Sheen, Héctor Elizondo, Charlie Sheen, Matt Clark, Jennifer Salt, Robert Trebor
Roles Hector
Rating61%
, 1h47Directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about religion, Musical films
Actors Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
Rating74%
The film begins with a stand-alone 17-minute supporting feature entitled The Crimson Permanent Assurance (directed by Gilliam). A group of elderly office clerks in a small accounting firm rebel against their emotionlessly efficient, yuppie corporate masters. They commandeer their building, turn it into a pirate ship, and sail into a large financial district, where they raid and overthrow a large multinational corporation (before ultimately sailing to the edge of the earth and falling off).
, 15minutesDirected by Terry Gilliam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors John Scott Martin, Myrtle Devenish, Ross Davidson, Matt Frewer, Eric Idle, Michael Palin
Rating77%
The elderly British employees of the Permanent Assurance Company, a staid London firm which has recently been taken over by the Very Big Corporation of America, rebel against their corporate masters when one of them is sacked. Having locked the surviving supervisors in the safe, and forced their boss to walk a makeshift plank out a window, they commandeer their Edwardian office building, which suddenly weighs anchor, uses its scaffolding and tarpaulins as sails, and is turned into a pirate ship. The stone office building starts to move as if it were a ship. Sailing through the City of London, they then proceed to attack The Very Big Corporation of America's skyscraper, using, among other things, wooden filing cabinets which have been transformed into carronades and swords fashioned from the blades of a ceiling fan. On ropes, they swing into the board room and engage the executives of VBCA in hand-to-hand combat, vanquishing them.
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
, 1h35Directed by Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins, Michael Ensign, John Scott Martin
Roles Dancing Teacher
Rating79%
Pink, the protagonist, is a rock star, one of several reasons behind his apparent depressive and detached emotional state. He is first seen in an unkempt hotel room, motionless and expressionless, watching television. The opening music is the Vera Lynn recording of "The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot". It is revealed that Pink's father, a British soldier, was killed in action while defending the Anzio bridgehead during World War II, in Pink's infancy.
No Sex Please: We're British (1973)
, 1h31Directed by Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ronnie Corbett, Ian Ogilvy, Susan Penhaligon, Beryl Reid, Arthur Lowe, Deryck Guyler
Roles White Line Workman
Rating54%
Runnicles, a clerk in a small-town British bank (openly depicted in the film as the branch of Barclays Bank in Windsor High Street), is horrified when a package arrives containing pornography rather than the new calculator he expected. His efforts to dispose of it, while avoiding detection, turn into a farcical series of events including a bank inspector, the police and a local criminal to whom the pornography actually belongs.