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Maurice Colbourne is a Actor British born on 24 september 1939 at Sheffield (United-kingdom)
Maurice Colbourne (24 September 1939 – 4 August 1989) was a British stage and television actor.
He was born Roger Middleton in Sheffield at the outbreak of the Second World War, and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He took his stage name from that of an earlier film actor called Maurice Colbourne, (24 September 1894–22 September 1965), who shared the same date of birth (in a different year) as his. He first became well known when he played the lead in a BBC drama series, Gangsters, from 1975–78, and afterwards appeared regularly on screen.
He twice appeared in the science fiction series Doctor Who as the character Lytton in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984) and Attack of the Cybermen (1985). He also appeared in the television miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids (1981), as the character Jack Coker. He also played Charles Marston, the love interest of Lady Fogarty in the seventh series of The Onedin Line screened from 22 July to 23 September 1979.
In 1972, he co-founded, together with Mike Irving and Guy Sprung, the Half Moon Theatre near Aldgate, east London. This was a successful, radical theatre company, performing initially in an 80-seat disused synagogue in Half Moon Passage, E1. In 1985, the company moved to a converted chapel in Mile End Road, near Stepney Green.
He is probably best remembered as Tom Howard, in the BBC Television serial, Howards' Way, which he played from 1985 to 1989, until he died suddenly aged 49 from a heart attack while renovating a holiday home in Dinan, Brittany, France. Colbourne also a played a mercenary in an episode of the Return of the Saint, "Duel in Venice".
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Birth name Roger Middleton
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 september 1939 at Sheffield (United-kingdom)
Death 4 august 1989 (at 49 years) at Dinan (France)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 september 1939 at Sheffield (United-kingdom)
Death 4 august 1989 (at 49 years) at Dinan (France)
He was born Roger Middleton in Sheffield at the outbreak of the Second World War, and studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He took his stage name from that of an earlier film actor called Maurice Colbourne, (24 September 1894–22 September 1965), who shared the same date of birth (in a different year) as his. He first became well known when he played the lead in a BBC drama series, Gangsters, from 1975–78, and afterwards appeared regularly on screen.
He twice appeared in the science fiction series Doctor Who as the character Lytton in Resurrection of the Daleks (1984) and Attack of the Cybermen (1985). He also appeared in the television miniseries adaptation of John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids (1981), as the character Jack Coker. He also played Charles Marston, the love interest of Lady Fogarty in the seventh series of The Onedin Line screened from 22 July to 23 September 1979.
In 1972, he co-founded, together with Mike Irving and Guy Sprung, the Half Moon Theatre near Aldgate, east London. This was a successful, radical theatre company, performing initially in an 80-seat disused synagogue in Half Moon Passage, E1. In 1985, the company moved to a converted chapel in Mile End Road, near Stepney Green.
He is probably best remembered as Tom Howard, in the BBC Television serial, Howards' Way, which he played from 1985 to 1989, until he died suddenly aged 49 from a heart attack while renovating a holiday home in Dinan, Brittany, France. Colbourne also a played a mercenary in an episode of the Return of the Saint, "Duel in Venice".
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, 2h15Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Carroll Baker, Paul Brooke, Warren Clarke, Michael Elphick, José Ferrer, Lucy Gutteridge
Roles SS Officer
Rating64%
Helmut and Karl Hoffman are two brothers who grow up in the Great Depression of the Weimar Republic, witness the coming to power of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) and the establishment of the Third Reich. Karl, an unemployed mechanic, is enthusiastic about the Nazis and joins the Sturmabteilung (SA-"Storm Battalion"), the Nazi Party militia, after hearing its commander Ernst Röhm speak at a Nazi Party rally. Helmut is reluctant and thinks the Nazis are simply another political party.
Venom (1981)
, 1h33Directed by Tobe Hooper, Piers Haggard
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about snakes
Actors Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Susan George
Roles Sampson
Rating57%
An international criminal enlists Ruth Hopkins' maid and chauffeur in a scheme to kidnap her asthmatic ten-year-old son Philip for ransom. As the plot begins to unfold, Philip has just brought home a snake from a local importer, unaware that his new pet has been accidentally switched with a deadly black mamba destined for a toxicology lab. The lab reports the mix-up, and a police officer is dispatched to the Hopkins residence, only to be shot by the panicking chauffeur. The London townhouse is surrounded by police, trapping the criminals, the child, and his grandfather inside with the mamba, which is now loose in the ventilation system.
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
, 1h34Directed by Terry Marcel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Patricia Quinn, Cheryl Campbell, William Morgan Sheppard
Roles Axe Man 1
Rating52%
The wicked Voltan kills his own father when the latter refuses to turn over the magic of the "last elven mindstone". Before the old man dies, he bequeaths a great sword with a pommel shaped like a human hand to his other son, Hawk. The hand comes to life and grasps the mindstone. The sword is now imbued with magical powers and can respond to Hawk's mental commands. Hawk then vows to avenge his father by killing Voltan.
Bloodline (1979)
, 1h52Directed by Terence Young
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Irène Papas, Claudia Mori, Michelle Phillips
Roles Jon Swinton
Rating46%
Sam Roffe, President of Roffe & Sons Pharmaceuticals, dies in what appears to be a climbing accident, leaving his daughter Elizabeth (Audrey Hepburn) a billion-dollar empire. Roffe's board members see an opportunity to settle old scores, jockey for higher position, and reap lucrative profits. However, an investigation into Sam's death discloses that it was a murder and that a power struggle is going on within the company.
The Duellists (1977)
, 1h35Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradine, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Robert Stephens, Tom Conti
Roles Feraud's Second
Rating73%
In Strasbourg in 1800, fervent Bonapartist and obsessive duellist Lieutenant Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel) of the French 7th Hussars, nearly kills the nephew of the city's mayor in a sword duel. Under pressure from the mayor, Brigadier-General Treillard (Robert Stephens) sends a member of his staff, Lieutenant Armand d'Hubert (Keith Carradine) of the 3rd Hussars, to put Feraud under house arrest. As the arrest takes place in the house of Madame de Lionne (Jenny Runacre), a prominent local lady, Feraud takes it as a personal insult from d'Hubert. Matters are made worse when Feraud asks d'Hubert if he would "let them spit on Napoleon" and d'Hubert doesn't immediately reply. Upon reaching his quarters, Feraud challenges d'Hubert to a duel. The duel is inconclusive; d'Hubert slashes Feraud's forearm but is unable to finish him off, because he is attacked by Feraud's housemaid. As a result of his part in the duel, d'Hubert is dismissed from the General's staff and returned to active duty with his unit.
The Littlest Horse Thieves (1976)
, 1h44Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses, Children's films
Actors Alastair Sim, Peter Barkworth, Maurice Colbourne, Andrew Harrison, Prunella Scales, Joe Gladwin
Roles Luke Armstrong
Rating68%
A coal mine in 1909 Yorkshire, England has used ponies to haul coal for many years. When they are to be replaced by machinery that will speed up production and increase profits, three children – Dave (Andrew Harrison), Tommy (Benjie Bolgar) and Alice (Chloe Franks) – learn the ponies are to be slaughtered so they team up in a scheme to steal the horses and give them their freedom.
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
, 1h31Directed by Gordon Hessler
Genres Horror
Actors Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Hilary Dwyer, Essy Persson, Stephen Rea, Patrick Mower
Roles Villager
Rating55%
The film is set in Elizabethan England and revolves around a wicked magistrate who tries to kill all the members of a coven of witches. It opens, like many Vincent Price movies, with a quote from Edgar Allan Poe--in this case, The Bells.
The Magic Box (1952)
, 1h58Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting, Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Robert Donat, Margaret Johnston, Maria Schell, Robert Beatty, Margaret Rutherford, Janette Scott
Roles Brides father in wedding group
Rating69%
In 1921, William Friese-Greene, in dire financial straits and separated from his wife, but still working, attends a film conference in London. He is saddened that all the attendees are businessmen interested only in moneymaking. He attempts to speak, but no-one is interested and he sits down. He thinks back to his early pioneering days.
Brother Alfred (1932)
, 1h17Directed by Henry Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Gene Gerrard, Molly Lamont, Bobbie Comber, Clifford Heatherley, Hal Gordon, James Carew
Roles Equerry
Rating56%