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Ballard Berkeley (born Ballard Blascheck; 6 August 1903 – 16 January 1988) was an English actor of stage and screen. He played Major Gowen in the British television sitcom Fawlty Towers.
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Birth name Ballard Blascheck
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 august 1904 at Margate (United-kingdom)
Death 16 january 1988 (at 83 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 august 1904 at Margate (United-kingdom)
Death 16 january 1988 (at 83 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Ballard Berkeley (born Ballard Blascheck; 6 August 1903 – 16 January 1988) was an English actor of stage and screen. He played Major Gowen in the British television sitcom Fawlty Towers.
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The BFG (1989)
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors David Jason, Amanda Root, Angela Thorne, Michael Knowles, Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton
Roles Head of the Army (voice)
Rating66%
Sophie is a young orphan living with many other orphan girls, in the orphanage run by the cantankerous Mrs. Clonkers. One night, Sophie sees a cloaked giant blowing something through a trumpet into a bedroom window down the street; whereupon the giant carries her to his homeland of Giant Country. There, he identifies himself as the Big Friendly Giant, who, at night, blows dreams into the bedrooms of children, while the other giants were man-eating, and they preferred children. Because the BFG refuses to eat people or steal food from humans, he subsists on a revolting vegetable known as a 'Snozzcumber'. Sophie and the BFG quickly become friends; but Sophie is soon put in danger by the sudden arrival of the Bloodbottler Giant, who suspects the BFG of harboring Sophie.When Sophie announces she is thirsty, the BFG treats her to a fizzy drink called 'Frobscottle', which causes the drinker to fart : this is known as a Whizzpopper to giants, and causes the drinker to fly.
The BFG (1989)
, 1h27Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors David Jason, Amanda Root, Ballard Berkeley, Michael Knowles, Don Henderson, Mollie Sugden
Roles Head of the Army (voice)
Rating66%
Sophie est arraché de son orphelinat tôt un matin par le BFG (Big Friendly Giant), qui elle est témoin engagés dans des activités mystérieuses. Elle est bientôt mis à l'aise, comme elle apprend que le travail de BFG est de collecter, cataloguer et livrer des rêves agréables aux enfants. Elle le rejoint ce soir-là, mais un des géants moyens de les suivre, l'intention de manger les enfants du monde.
, 1h34Directed by Amy Heckerling
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies
Actors Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux, Eric Idle
Roles 2nd Motorist
Rating61%
The Griswold family competes in a game show called Pig in a Poke and wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe. In a whirlwind tour of western Europe, chaos of all sorts ensues. They stay in a fleabag London hotel with a sloppy, tattooed Cockney desk clerk (Mel Smith). While in their English rental car, a yellow Austin Maxi, Clark drives the family endlessly around the busy Lambeth Bridge Roundabout for hours, unable to maneuver his way out of traffic. His tendency to drive on the wrong side of the road causes frequent accidents, including accidentally knocking over a bicyclist (Eric Idle), who reappears throughout the film. At Stonehenge, Clark backs the car into an ancient stone monolith, toppling all the stones like dominoes, which they do not even notice as they happily leave the scene.
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
, 1h43Directed by Jack Gold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Rick Schroder, Alec Guinness, Eric Porter, Colin Blakely, Connie Booth, Patrick Stewart
Roles Harry Lorradaile
Rating73%
Cedric Errol est un jeune Américain pauvre vivant dans le quartier de Brooklyn à New York. À l'âge de 9 ans, il apprend qu'il est le seul héritier d'un riche comté d'Angleterre. Cedric devient alors Lord Fauntleroy, destiné à être, un jour, Comte de Dorincourt.
, 1h31Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Sheila Hancock, Michael Hordern, Thorley Walters, Rodney Bewes, Maureen Lipman, Julia McKenzie
Roles Humphry Wills
Rating38%
The girls of St. Trinian's hatch yet another fiendish plot—a trade union for British schoolgirls. Their friend and mentor, Flash Harry, suggests a plan which involves kidnapping girls from other rather more respectable colleges and substituting their own "agents". Thus begins a hilarious, often bloody, battle of wits as the girls meet resistance not only from Olga Vandermeer, their Headmistress, but from the Minister of Education, a private detective, and an oil sheikh. Despite all his desperate efforts to foil the conspiracy, the Minister has to face a growing realisation that the girls' demands will have to be met—for him this will mean a very great and very personal sacrifice.
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Alan Lake, Glynn Edwards, Mary Millington, Anthony Booth, Kenny Lynch, John Moulder-Brown
Rating33%
The Playbirds (1978)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Alan Lake, Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Kenny Lynch, Windsor Davies, Derren Nesbitt
Roles Trainer
Rating43%
Deux inspecteurs sont entrainés dans le milieu de la pornographie alors qu'ils enquêtent sur des meurtres de playmates...
, 1h30Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Robin Askwith, Anthony Booth, Sheila White, Doris Hare, Windsor Davies, Bill Maynard
Roles Lord Snodley
Rating45%
The Weekend Murders (1970)
Directed by Michele Lupo
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Ida Galli, Anna Moffo, Gastone Moschin, Peter Baldwin, Lance Percival, Peter Baldwin
Roles Peter, the butler
Rating60%
Hostile Witness (1968)
Directed by Ray Milland
Genres Drama
Actors Ray Milland, Sylvia Syms, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley, Percy Marmont, Ewan Roberts
Roles Clerk of Court
Rating62%
The Murder Game (1965)
, 1h16Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Conrad Phillips, Trader Faulkner, Gerald Sim, Duncan Lamont, Ballard Berkeley, Victor Brooks
Roles Sir Colin Chalmers
Rating60%
While on his honeymoon, a husband discovers the plan of his bigamous wife with her first husband to murder him for his money and he plans counter measures to throw the blame on them.
The Night Caller (1965)
, 1h25Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Noir
Actors John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines, Alfred Burke, John Carson, Warren Mitchell
Roles Cmdr. Savage
Rating55%
Scientist Jack Costain (John Saxon) and his aides investigates a meteorite in the British countryside, discovering that it is an alien device from Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter. They capture a tall alien and take it to the lab, only to have it escape. Shortly thereafter, teenage girls begin disappearing after answering an advertisement for 'Bikini Girl' magazine. It turns out the aliens want Earth women for breeding purposes...
A Matter of Choice (1963)
Directed by Vernon Sewell
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Anthony Steel, Ballard Berkeley, James Bree
Roles Charles Grant
Rating63%
Impact (1963)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Conrad Phillips, George Pastell, Ballard Berkeley, Linda Marlowe, Anita West, Mike Pratt
Roles Bill MacKenzie
Rating52%
Cone of Silence (1960)
, 1h28Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Elizabeth Seal, George Sanders, André Morell
Roles Commissioner
Rating64%
Captain George Gort (Bernard Lee) is a pilot for British Empire Airways, flying their route London - Rome - Cairo - Ranjibad - Calcutta - Singapore. He has been found to be at fault after crashing his Phoenix 1 jetliner on takeoff from Ranjibad airport, killing his co-pilot. He is accused of rotating too early, increasing drag to such an extent that the aircraft cannot achieve flying speed.