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David Jason is a Actor and Executive producer British born on 2 february 1940 at Edmonton (United-kingdom)
Sir David John White, OBE (born 2 February 1940), better known by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor. He played Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the long-running BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses, and Detective Inspector Jack Frost on the ITV crime drama A Touch of Frost. Other high-profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom Open All Hours, and Pa Larkin in the comedy drama The Darling Buds of May as well as the voices of Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. His last original appearance as Del Boy was in 2003, while Jason retired his role as Frost in 2010.
Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993, and knighted in 2005, both for services to drama. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four British Comedy Awards (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and six National Television Awards (1997, 2001, 2002 twice, 2003, 2011). These included the British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 2003. In 2006, Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations.
In 2001, Jason became a father for the first time at the age of 61 when his girlfriend, 41-year-old Gill Hinchcliffe, gave birth to a baby girl. Jason and Hinchcliffe married on 30 November 2005.
Jason is a patron of The Shark Trust, a UK registered charity working to advance the worldwide conservation of sharks through science, education, influence and action. He has also been Honorary Vice Patron of the Royal International Air Tattoo since 1999, and on 29 May 2014 presented a cheque on behalf of the Fairford-based RAF Charitable Trust for £125,000 to the British Air Cadet Organisation to fund flight simulators for Air Cadets.
Jason is a qualified helicopter pilot. In October 2013, Jason released his autobiography called David Jason: My Life. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards "Best Book of the Year".
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David Jason
Birth name David John White
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 february 1940 (84 years) at Edmonton (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 february 1940 (84 years) at Edmonton (United-kingdom)
Awards Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993, and knighted in 2005, both for services to drama. Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs), (1988, 1991, 1997, 2003), four British Comedy Awards (1990, 1992, 1997, 2001) and six National Television Awards (1997, 2001, 2002 twice, 2003, 2011). These included the British Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001, and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 2003. In 2006, Jason topped the poll to find TV's 50 Greatest Stars, as part of ITV's 50th anniversary celebrations.
Biography
Jason lived with his long-term girlfriend, Welsh actress Myfanwy Talog, for eighteen years and nursed her through breast cancer until her death in 1995. This experience inspired him to organise his own charity, The David Jason Trust for terminally ill children.In 2001, Jason became a father for the first time at the age of 61 when his girlfriend, 41-year-old Gill Hinchcliffe, gave birth to a baby girl. Jason and Hinchcliffe married on 30 November 2005.
Jason is a patron of The Shark Trust, a UK registered charity working to advance the worldwide conservation of sharks through science, education, influence and action. He has also been Honorary Vice Patron of the Royal International Air Tattoo since 1999, and on 29 May 2014 presented a cheque on behalf of the Fairford-based RAF Charitable Trust for £125,000 to the British Air Cadet Organisation to fund flight simulators for Air Cadets.
Jason is a qualified helicopter pilot. In October 2013, Jason released his autobiography called David Jason: My Life. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Specsavers National Book Awards "Best Book of the Year".
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, 3h9Directed by Vadim Jean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, Christopher Lee, Jeremy Irons, Brian Cox
Roles Rincewind
Rating69%
The plot of the adaptation largely follows the first two Discworld novels, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. The story follows the exploits of Rincewind, a wizard who is expelled from Unseen University after spending 40 years failing to learn even the most basic magic. In fact, Rincewind's head holds one of the eight spells from the Octavo, the most powerful spellbook in the Discworld, and he has been unable to learn others because "they were afraid to be in the same head" as the Octavo spell. Rincewind is forced to act as a local guide for Twoflower, a property insurance salesman and the Discworld's first tourist, who is visiting Ankh-Morpork, and Twoflower's luggage, which is made from sapient pearwood and can run on its own legs.
Ghostboat (2006)
, 2h13Directed by Stuart Orme
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Ghost films, Political films
Actors David Jason, Ian Puleston-Davies, Tony Haygarth, Julian Wadham, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Jonathan Cullen
Roles Jack Hardy
Rating64%
HMS Scorpion, a British submarine that had gone missing in the Baltic Sea during World War II, surfaces in the path of a Russian freighter in 1981. The vessel is returned to British custody. Naval Intelligence is interested in the case because it seems that, for the first time, a ship has returned from "the Devil's Triangle of the North". The submarine opens its own hatch to let the investigating team in, where they find the vessel in a state of perfect preservation, but find no sign of the crew.
All the King's Men (1999)
, 1h50Directed by Julian Jarrold
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors David Jason, Maggie Smith, David Troughton, William Ash, Sonya Walger, Stuart Bunce
Roles Capt. Frank Beck
Rating70%
The film and book are based on the story of the 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion of the Norfolk Regiment which included men from the King's estate at Sandringham House. These were grouped in a "Sandringham Company", following recruiting practices of the period which sometimes attempted to keep "pals" of similar background together in the same unit.
The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996)
, 1h5Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Julia McKenzie, Ellie Beaven, Rik Mayall, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Elizabeth Spriggs
Rating52%
The plot is picking up where the previous film left off. After the evil Snow Queen was defeated and frozen solid, Dimly the flying reindeer arrives back at the village with Ellie, her brother Tom, and Peeps the sparrow. By now it is almost spring. Back at the Queen's palace, her now uncontrolled three trolls, Eric, Baggy and Wardrobe, prepare for Dimly to take Freda back to the flying school and return for the trolls. As the trolls try to figure out where to go, the Snow Queen's bats take her magic staff and place it in her hand, setting her free moments after Dimly returns. The furious Queen decides to kidnap Dimly so Ellie will come to her and she can get her revenge. She moves with Dimly and the trolls to the South Pole, as it is now too warm in the North Pole.
The Snow Queen (1995)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Helen Mirren, Ellie Beaven, Julia McKenzie, David Jason, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton
Roles Eric
Rating58%
Ellie and her brother Tom listen to their grandmother reading them a story about the evil Snow Queen. When their younger sister Polly asks Tom if the Queen is coming to their house, Tom says that she only exists in the story. However, the Snow Queen really does live in an icy palace in the North Pole with her three troll servants: Eric, Baggy, and Wardrobe. Her plan is to set up her huge magic mirror on a mountain to reflect the sunlight away so the entire world will become her kingdom. But the mirror falls down the mountain and lands on the trolls' flying machine where it shatters into pieces. Two of the pieces hit Tom in the eye and the heart that he falls into an evil curse.
The Bullion Boys (1993)
, 1h30Directed by Christopher Morahan
Origin United-kingdom
Actors David Jason, Tim Pigott-Smith
Rating73%
The BFG (1989)
, 1h27Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors David Jason, Amanda Root, Ballard Berkeley, Michael Knowles, Don Henderson, Mollie Sugden
Roles The BFG (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.
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 The BFG (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 Wind in the Willows (1983)
, 1h19Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors David Jason, Richard Pearson, Ian Carmichael, Michael Hordern, Beryl Reid, Una Stubbs
Roles Toad
Rating75%
Fed up with spring cleaning, Mole ventures out of his underground home. He goes for a walk in the countryside and soon comes to a river where he meets and befriends Ratty (who lives there). Rat takes Mole on a picnic where they notice Badger (who appears behind the bushes) and ask him to join them, but he just mutters "Hmmm! Company!" and walks off home (though he still is their friend). Rat starts to warn Mole of the Wild Wood and its inhabitants, but they are interrupted by the arrival of the Chief Weasel and his henchman. While the Chief distracts them, his henchmen steals a jar of potted meat and they make their getaway. Ratty then takes Mole to visit their friend Toad at Toad Hall, and Toad asks them to come with him on a caravan trip on the Open Road; with his horse Alfred pulling it. Ratty really misses his home on the river but does not want to disappoint his friends. On the Open Road, disaster strikes as a passing motorcar sends Alfred into a panic and the caravan into a ditch. Toad suddenly decides he no longer wants to travel by Alfred and the caravan cart, and thinks that motor cars are the only way to travel. As time goes by, Rat and Mole can do nothing but look on as Toad buys and then almost immediately crashes his cars one after another. In winter, Rat and Mole are extremely worried and they decide to call on Badger to see if he has any suggestions; if there's anyone Toad will listen to, it's Badger. But Rat fell asleep, refusing to take Mole to the Wild Wood.
The Water Babies (1978)
, 1h45Directed by Lionel Jeffries
Origin Pologne
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors James Mason, Bernard Cribbins, Billie Whitelaw, Joan Greenwood, Jon Pertwee, David Tomlinson
Roles (voice)
Rating60%
When a 12-year-old chimney sweep is wrongfully blamed for being a thief, he makes a run for it and ends up jumping into a violent river. There he encounters a civilization of anthropomorphic underwater creatures. Before he can return to the surface and clear his name, however, he must help rescue his new friends, the Water Babies, from their nemesis. Featured voices include those of James Mason, Bernard Cribbins and Tommy Pender. The film starts and ends similarly to the book, though in the book Tom actually dies, and is only allowed above the sea on a temporary basis. The movie also adds a whole new subplot, involving a Killer Shark, an Electric Eel and the mythical Kraken, who decides whether or not Tom can return to the surface. There are also several invented characters, which Tom befriends on his quest: Jock, a Scottish lobster, Terence, an effeminate starstruck Seahorse, and Claude, a foppish French swordfish.
The Odd Job (1978)
, 1h21Directed by Peter Medak
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Graham Chapman, David Jason, Diana Quick, Simon Williams, Bill Paterson, Michael Elphick
Roles The Odd Job Man
Rating62%
Wombling Free (1977)
, 1h36Directed by Lionel Jeffries
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors David Tomlinson, Jon Pertwee, Frances de la Tour, Bonnie Langford, David Jason, Bernard Spear
Rating49%
Based on the popular BBC children’s series, this film charts the adventures of the Wombles, a colony of small litter-picking creatures who live on Wimbledon Common. Only seen by those who believe in them, their work goes largely unnoticed until a young girl, Kim, spots them and their worthwhile purpose. As she invites them to her birthday party, her mother is forced to believe as she comes face to face with Orinoco, Tobermory and the rest. A public meeting is set to prove to the local population that the Wombles do exist and should be aided in their anti-rubbish campaign. But on the day in question, a storm breaks out over the Common.
Royal Flash (1975)
, 1h42Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Florinda Bolkan, Joss Ackland, Tom Bell
Roles Mayor
Rating62%
The film begins with Flashman making a patriotic speech to the boys of Rugby School framed by a giant Union Flag, in a scene which appears to be a parody of the opening sequence in the 1970 film Patton. There is a brief flashback to the events of the original Flashman, with the head of the Rugby School (Michael Hordern) recounting Flashman's exploits in Afghanistan.
Under Milk Wood (1972)
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, Glynis Johns, Vivien Merchant, Victor Spinetti, Siân Phillips
Roles Nogood Boyo
Rating58%
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, 3h9Directed by Vadim Jean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, Christopher Lee, Jeremy Irons, Brian Cox
Roles Executive producer
Rating69%
The plot of the adaptation largely follows the first two Discworld novels, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. The story follows the exploits of Rincewind, a wizard who is expelled from Unseen University after spending 40 years failing to learn even the most basic magic. In fact, Rincewind's head holds one of the eight spells from the Octavo, the most powerful spellbook in the Discworld, and he has been unable to learn others because "they were afraid to be in the same head" as the Octavo spell. Rincewind is forced to act as a local guide for Twoflower, a property insurance salesman and the Discworld's first tourist, who is visiting Ankh-Morpork, and Twoflower's luggage, which is made from sapient pearwood and can run on its own legs.