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Derek Newark is a Actor British born on 8 june 1933 at Great Yarmouth (United-kingdom)
Derek Newark (8 June 1933—11 August 1998) was an English actor.
He appeared in a large number of film and television roles, including The Baron (1967), The Avengers (three episodes in the 1960s), Z-Cars (six episodes between 1969 to 1972), Barlow in the regular role of Det. Insp. Tucker (1974–1975) and various other minor roles. He appeared in episodes two to four of the first Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child in 1963. Later he appeared opposite Jon Pertwee in the 1970 story Inferno. Newark also played the role of Spooner, an ill-tempered former Red Devil (Britain's elite paratroopers) turned professional wrestler in the series Rising Damp.
In the 1970s he became more involved in the theatre, spending nearly a decade at the Royal National Theatre. While there he was part of the company that opened the current home and was a cornerstone of the residential company that worked in the smaller Cottesloe Theatre under Bill Bryden's direction. His most important roles there were Bottom in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and the world premiere of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross' where he played Shelley Levene (a role later played on screen by Jack Lemmon) and Malcolm in Alan Ayckbourn's 'Bedroom Farce', which also played in the West End and on Broadway. He also a created the role of Roote in Harold Pinter's play 'The Hothouse' which premiered in 1980 in a production directed by Pinter himself. Pinter went on to play the part himself in a later revival. In 1982, he played Martin Bormann in the TV series Inside the Third Reich.
In the cinema Newark was particularly effective as Jessard, Sgt. Johnson's (Sean Connery) sidekick in the powerful police drama The Offence (Sidney Lumet 1972).
Derek Newark died of a heart attack, brought on by liver failure after years of alcoholism, on 11 August 1998 in West London.
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Birth name Derek John Newark
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 june 1933 at Great Yarmouth (United-kingdom)
Death 11 august 1998 (at 65 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 june 1933 at Great Yarmouth (United-kingdom)
Death 11 august 1998 (at 65 years) at London (United-kingdom)
He appeared in a large number of film and television roles, including The Baron (1967), The Avengers (three episodes in the 1960s), Z-Cars (six episodes between 1969 to 1972), Barlow in the regular role of Det. Insp. Tucker (1974–1975) and various other minor roles. He appeared in episodes two to four of the first Doctor Who story An Unearthly Child in 1963. Later he appeared opposite Jon Pertwee in the 1970 story Inferno. Newark also played the role of Spooner, an ill-tempered former Red Devil (Britain's elite paratroopers) turned professional wrestler in the series Rising Damp.
In the 1970s he became more involved in the theatre, spending nearly a decade at the Royal National Theatre. While there he was part of the company that opened the current home and was a cornerstone of the residential company that worked in the smaller Cottesloe Theatre under Bill Bryden's direction. His most important roles there were Bottom in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and the world premiere of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross' where he played Shelley Levene (a role later played on screen by Jack Lemmon) and Malcolm in Alan Ayckbourn's 'Bedroom Farce', which also played in the West End and on Broadway. He also a created the role of Roote in Harold Pinter's play 'The Hothouse' which premiered in 1980 in a production directed by Pinter himself. Pinter went on to play the part himself in a later revival. In 1982, he played Martin Bormann in the TV series Inside the Third Reich.
In the cinema Newark was particularly effective as Jessard, Sgt. Johnson's (Sean Connery) sidekick in the powerful police drama The Offence (Sidney Lumet 1972).
Derek Newark died of a heart attack, brought on by liver failure after years of alcoholism, on 11 August 1998 in West London.
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Bellman and True (1987)
, 1h52Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Kieran O'Brien, John Kavanagh, Peter Howell, Richard Strange
Roles Guv'nor
Rating67%
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by a group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.
, 2h15Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Carroll Baker, Paul Brooke, Warren Clarke, Michael Elphick, José Ferrer, Lucy Gutteridge
Roles Theodor Eicke
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.
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
, 4h10Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Derek Jacobi, Rutger Hauer, Maria Schell, Blythe Danner
Roles Martin Bormann
Rating72%
Inside the Third Reich (1982)
, 4h10Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Derek Jacobi, Rutger Hauer, Maria Schell, Blythe Danner
Roles Martin Bormann
Rating72%
The Black Windmill (1974)
, 1h46Directed by Don Siegel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Michael Caine, John Vernon, Janet Suzman, Donald Pleasence, Delphine Seyrig, Clive Revill
Roles Monitoring Policeman
Rating62%
Two schoolboys are playing with a model plane on an abandoned military base in the English countryside. They are approached by two RAF personnel who rebuke them for trespassing, and take them to see their commanding officer. It soon becomes apparent that they are not really in the military and the two boys are kidnapped.
The Offence (1973)
, 1h58Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen, Peter Bowles, Derek Newark
Roles Frank Jessard
Rating68%
Detective-Sergeant Johnson (Connery) has been a police officer for 20 years, and is deeply affected by the murders, rapes, and other violent crimes he has investigated. He is plagued by images of violence, and is losing his mind under the strain.
Diamonds on Wheels (1973)
, 1h24Directed by Jerome Courtland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Patrick Allen, George Sewell, Barry Jackson, Peter Firth, Derek Newark, Dudley Sutton
Roles Mercer
Rating63%
Trois enfants se mélangent avec des voleurs de bijoux et de diamants dans un rallye routier de 24 heures de vol.
Dad's Army (1971)
, 1h35Directed by Norman Cohen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Arthur Lowe, Clive Dunn, John Le Mesurier, John Laurie, James Beck, Arnold Ridley
Roles Regimental Sergeant-Major
Rating68%
1940 - Operation Dynamo has just taken place. From the newly conquered French coastline, a Wehrmacht colonel looks out over the English Channel with powerful binoculars. Surveying the white cliffs of Dover, he spies Godfrey emerging from a lavatory. Godfrey joins the rest of his platoon, who are defiantly waving the Union Flag. The colonel fumes contemptuously, "How can the stupid British ever hope to win?!"
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Richard Warwick, Joanna Lumley, Natasha Pyne, Jeremy Child, John Bird, Donald Pickering
Roles CSM Peters
Rating50%
Newly commissioned Guards Ensign Bumbo learns the facts of life from his new girl friend in Swinging London as well as from his platoon and commanding officer.
Fragment of Fear (1970)
, 1h34Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers
Actors David Hemmings, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gayle Hunnicutt, Flora Robson, Adolfo Celi, Zakes Mokae
Roles Sgt. Matthews
Rating60%
Tim Brett (Hemmings) is a former drug addict who has written a book about his experience and has been published. He has been clean for about a year. He had recently become acquainted with his aunt (Robson), a philanthropist who expresses interest in helping some of Tim's former acquaintances. She is found murdered soon after. Tim starts a relationship with Juliet (Hunnicutt), the woman who found his aunt's body, and they are soon engaged.
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
, 2h24Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Phyllis Calvert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Colin Farrell, John Clements, John Gielgud
Roles Shooting Gallery Proprietor
Rating69%
Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won.
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
, 2h38Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, William Squire
Roles German Major (uncredited)
Rating75%
In the winter of 1943–44, U.S. Army Brigadier General George Carnaby (Robert Beatty), a chief planner of the second front, is captured by the Germans when his aircraft is shot down en route to Crete. He is taken for interrogation to the Schloss Adler, a fortress high in the Alps of southern Bavaria. A team of Allied commandos, led by British Major John Smith (Richard Burton) and U.S. Army Ranger Lieutenant Morris Schaffer (Clint Eastwood), is briefed by Colonel Turner (Patrick Wymark) and Admiral Rolland (Michael Hordern) of MI6. Their mission is to parachute in, infiltrate the castle, and rescue General Carnaby before the Germans can interrogate him. MI6 Agent Mary Elison (Mary Ure) accompanies the mission in secret, her presence known only to Major Smith.
The Blue Max (1966)
, 2h36Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Jeremy Kemp, Karl Michael Vogler, Harry Townes
Roles Ziegel
Rating70%
German Corporal Bruno Stachel (George Peppard) leaves the fighting in the trenches to become an officer and fighter pilot in the German Army Air Service. Joining a squadron in spring 1918, he sets his sights on winning Imperial Germany's highest military decoration for valor, the Pour le Mérite, nicknamed the "Blue Max", for which he must shoot down 20 aircraft.
War-Gods of the Deep (1965)
, 1h25Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Actors Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Susan Hart, David Tomlinson, John Le Mesurier, Tony Selby
Roles Dan
Rating52%
Côte des Cornouailles au début du XX siècle. Partis à la recherche de Jill Tregellis, une jeune Américaine, ses amis se retrouvent dans une cité engloutie, dirigée d'une façon despotique par Sir Hugh…
The Little Ones (1965)
, 1h6Directed by Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Dudley Foster, Derek Newark, Kim Smith, Derek Francis, Cyril Shaps, John Chandos
Roles Det. Wilson
Two poor boys from London, Ted, an abused child and Jackie, the son of a prostitute run away to Liverpool in an attempt to stowaway on a ship bound to Jamaica. Arriving in Liverpool tired and hungry, they steal a suitcase which they hope to pawn for money to provide food. The owner of the suitcase, a wealthy shipping businessman, alerts the police and the boys are subsequently caught, scolded and sent home. Recognizing their dire life at home, a friendly superintendent tells that the boys that many ships leave here for Jamaica.