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Tony Aitken is a Actor British born on 20 june 1946 at Solihull (United-kingdom)
Tony Aitken (born 20 June 1946 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England) is an English actor, known for playing a variety of parts in popular television programmes.
He attended Belmont Abbey School, Hereford, 1959–64. He was active in the amateur dramatic society, appearing in many revues, plays and Gilbert and Sullivan productions. He acted with Neville Buswell another student at the school. Trained as a Drama and Art Teacher at St. Mary's University College, London 1964–67.
Over a forty-year career in theatre and TV, he has appeared regularly in series such as Porridge, The Mistress, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Holby City, Casualty, End of Part One and No. 73, in films such as Robin Hood Junior, Jabberwocky, Quincy's Quest and The Remains of the Day in which he played the Postmaster.
His best-known role is perhaps as the "Merry Balladeer" in the closing titles of Blackadder II, in which he also played the madman ("pity poor Tom") in "Money".
In addition to his acting career, he now runs a broadcast audio studio, producing and voicing radio and TV commercials.
In 2011 he played the part of solicitor "Ben Dean" in several episodes of Coronation Street.
He played "Professor Aubrey" in the Feature Film "The Arbiter" 2013.
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He attended Belmont Abbey School, Hereford, 1959–64. He was active in the amateur dramatic society, appearing in many revues, plays and Gilbert and Sullivan productions. He acted with Neville Buswell another student at the school. Trained as a Drama and Art Teacher at St. Mary's University College, London 1964–67.
Over a forty-year career in theatre and TV, he has appeared regularly in series such as Porridge, The Mistress, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Holby City, Casualty, End of Part One and No. 73, in films such as Robin Hood Junior, Jabberwocky, Quincy's Quest and The Remains of the Day in which he played the Postmaster.
His best-known role is perhaps as the "Merry Balladeer" in the closing titles of Blackadder II, in which he also played the madman ("pity poor Tom") in "Money".
In addition to his acting career, he now runs a broadcast audio studio, producing and voicing radio and TV commercials.
In 2011 he played the part of solicitor "Ben Dean" in several episodes of Coronation Street.
He played "Professor Aubrey" in the Feature Film "The Arbiter" 2013.
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Black Plague (2002)
, 1h45Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Lena Headey, David La Haye, Jason Flemyng, Jon Finch, Christopher Fairbank, Anthony O'Donnell
Rating52%
En 1348, des soldats anglais reviennent à Mellerby sans leur seigneur, mais avec un otage. La présence de ce dernier est l'occasion de phénomènes mystérieux et terribles, qui renvoient à des jugements sans pitié accomplis dans le bourg une vingtaine d'années auparavant... et ce qui s'ensuit serait à l'origine de la peste de 1349...
Sharpe's Justice (1997)
, 1h40Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden, Alexis Denisof, Caroline Langrishe, Philip Glenister
Rating75%
It is 1814. There is peace in Europe as a defeated Napoleon is sent into exile on the island of Elba. Major Sharpe (Sean Bean) is assigned to head the Scarsdale Yeomanry in his native Yorkshire, depriving him of a chance to settle the score with his adulterous wife Jane (Abigail Cruttenden) and her lover, Lord Rossendale (Alexis Denisof).
The Remains of the Day (1993)
, 2h14Directed by James Ivory
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin
Roles Postmaster
Rating77%
In 1950s post-war Britain, Mr. Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, receives a letter from Miss Kenton, a recently divorced former co-worker employed as the housekeeper some twenty years earlier. Lord Darlington has died a broken man, his reputation destroyed after he had been denounced as a Nazi-sympathiser in the Daily Mail, and his stately country manor has been sold to a retired American Congressman, Mr. Lewis. Stevens is granted permission to borrow his Daimler, and he sets off to the West Country to meet Kenton.
Quincy's Quest (1979)
Directed by Robert Reed
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Tommy Steele, Mel Martin, Lila Kaye, Tony Aitken, Lance Percival, Aubrey Woods
Roles Father Christmas
Rating71%
Jabberwocky (1977)
, 1h45Directed by Terry Gilliam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Michael Palin, Harry H. Corbett, Warren Mitchell, John Le Mesurier, Annette Badland, Terry Gilliam
Roles Flagellant
Rating60%
Le Jabberwock, bête immonde, ravage le royaume de Bruno le Contestable. Ce dernier promet la main de sa fille à celui qui réussira à tuer le monstre.