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Francis De Wolff is a Actor British born on 17 january 1913 at Essex (United-kingdom)
Francis de Wolff (7 January 1913 – 18 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television.
Entretemps, mentionnons Les Amants du Capricorne d'Alfred Hitchcock (1949, avec Ingrid Bergman et Joseph Cotten), Maria Chapdelaine de Marc Allégret (1950, avec Michèle Morgan et Françoise Rosay), Ivanhoé de Richard Thorpe (1952, avec Robert Taylor et Elizabeth Taylor), Moby Dick de John Huston (1956, avec Gregory Peck et Richard Basehart), Le Chien des Baskerville de Terence Fisher (1959, avec Peter Cushing et André Morell), ou encore Bons baisers de Russie de Terence Young (1963, avec Sean Connery et Robert Shaw).
À la télévision, il apparaît pour la première fois dans un téléfilm diffusé en 1951. Suivent deux autres téléfilms (1964-1970) et trente-huit séries, dont Ici Interpol (deux épisodes, 1959-1960), Doctor Who (deux épisodes, 1964-1965) et Le Saint (un épisode, 1968). Sa dernière prestation au petit écran est dans la mini-série Jésus de Nazareth de Franco Zeffirelli (avec Robert Powell et Olivia Hussey), diffusée en 1977.
Francis De Wolff joue également au théâtre en début de carrière et, par la suite, participe à des pièces radiodiffusées. En outre, un de ses rôles notables sur les ondes est celui de Smaug, dans la série radiophonique The Hobbit, diffusée en 1968.
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Birth name Francis Marie De Wolff
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 january 1913 at Essex (United-kingdom)
Death 18 april 1984 (at 71 years) at Sussex (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 january 1913 at Essex (United-kingdom)
Death 18 april 1984 (at 71 years) at Sussex (United-kingdom)
Francis de Wolff (7 January 1913 – 18 April 1984) was an English character actor. Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television.
Biography
Au cinéma, Francis De Wolff a contribué à cinquante-cinq films (majoritairement britanniques, plus des films étrangers ou co-productions), les trois premiers sortis en 1935. Le dernier est Les Trois Mousquetaires de Richard Lester (avec Michael York et Faye Dunaway), sorti en 1973.Entretemps, mentionnons Les Amants du Capricorne d'Alfred Hitchcock (1949, avec Ingrid Bergman et Joseph Cotten), Maria Chapdelaine de Marc Allégret (1950, avec Michèle Morgan et Françoise Rosay), Ivanhoé de Richard Thorpe (1952, avec Robert Taylor et Elizabeth Taylor), Moby Dick de John Huston (1956, avec Gregory Peck et Richard Basehart), Le Chien des Baskerville de Terence Fisher (1959, avec Peter Cushing et André Morell), ou encore Bons baisers de Russie de Terence Young (1963, avec Sean Connery et Robert Shaw).
À la télévision, il apparaît pour la première fois dans un téléfilm diffusé en 1951. Suivent deux autres téléfilms (1964-1970) et trente-huit séries, dont Ici Interpol (deux épisodes, 1959-1960), Doctor Who (deux épisodes, 1964-1965) et Le Saint (un épisode, 1968). Sa dernière prestation au petit écran est dans la mini-série Jésus de Nazareth de Franco Zeffirelli (avec Robert Powell et Olivia Hussey), diffusée en 1977.
Francis De Wolff joue également au théâtre en début de carrière et, par la suite, participe à des pièces radiodiffusées. En outre, un de ses rôles notables sur les ondes est celui de Smaug, dans la série radiophonique The Hobbit, diffusée en 1968.
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Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Olivia Hussey, Claudia Cardinale, Abdelmajid Lakhal
Roles Simon der Pharisäer
Rating84%
The storyline of Jesus of Nazareth is a kind of cinematic Diatessaron, or “Gospel harmony”, blending the narratives of all four New Testament accounts. It takes a fairly naturalistic approach, de-emphasizing special effects when miracles are depicted and presenting Jesus as more or less evenly divine and human. The familiar Christian episodes are presented chronologically: the betrothal, and later marriage, of Mary and Joseph; the Annunciation; the Visitation; the circumcision of John the Baptist; the Nativity of Jesus; the visit of the Magi; the circumcision of Jesus; the Census of Quirinius; the flight into Egypt and Slaughter of the Innocents; the Finding in the Temple; the Baptism of Jesus; the woman caught in adultery; Jesus helping Peter catch the fish; the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32); a dialogue between Jesus and Barabbas (non-biblical); Matthew's dinner party; the Sermon on the Mount; debating with Joseph of Arimathea; the curing of the blind man at the pool; the Raising of Lazarus (John 11:43); the Feeding of the Five Thousand; the Entry into Jerusalem; Jesus and the money changers; the Last Supper; the
The Three Musketeers (1973)
, 1h45Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay
Roles Sea Captain
Rating70%
The young d'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's musketeer. Quite unused to the city life, he makes a number of clumsy faux-pas. First he finds himself insulted, knocked out and robbed by the Comte de Rochefort, an agent of Cardinal Richelieu, and once in Paris comes into conflict with three musketeers, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel for some accidental insult or embarrassment. As the first of these duels is about to begin, Jussac arrives with five additional swordsmen of Cardinal Richelieu's guards. D'Artagnan sides with the musketeers in the ensuing street fight and becomes their ally in opposition to the Cardinal, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the king. D'Artagnan also begins an affair with his landlord's wife, Constance Bonacieux, who is the Queen's dressmaker.
The Canterbury Tales (1972)
, 1h58Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Poésie, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Adaptation d'un poème, LGBT-related film
Actors Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Laura Betti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Hugh Griffith, Alan Webb
Roles The Bride's Father (uncredited)
Rating62%
Near London, Oxford and Canterbury in the Middle Ages, stories and adventures of peasants, noblemen, clergy and demons are interwoven. In the first vignette of the film, the merchant Sir January loses his sight, allowing the bride to join with her young lover in secret. In the second story, the Devil ensures that two young peasants are killed by the arm of the Inquisition for their libertine pleasures. In the third, the fool Perkin is involved in an intrigue; he tries to find work, but his attempts ultimately wreak havoc in the city of Oxford. In the fourth story of two youths, Nicolas and Alison, seduce the wife of a carpenter, and when in danger of being caught, they pretend to be two visionaries who predicted the arrival of the new Flood. In the fifth, in the village of Bath, a matron marries Giannozzo; however, their happiness is short-lived. In the sixth story in Cambridge, two students spend fabulous nights with Molly, the wife of a miller. One night Molly, waiting to make love with each of the two boys, goes to bed believing that she is conversing with one of the youths, disclosing their secret. In fact, the one who is on the bed is the consort! In the seventh story three students, cruel in their actions, are achieved by an old man who predicts them to a bad end. Young guys do not get scared, but when the three ingest a poisoned wine, soon find themselves in the company of Gloomy Grim Reaper. In the eighth and final story, a pleasure-loving monk is trying to earn as much food in exchange for extreme unction to a dying man. That same night in the man's convent comes an angel, which leads him to Hell, to show him the terrible punishments that belong to the friars that subvert the message of Christ.
Sinful Davey (1969)
, 1h35Directed by John Huston
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Actors John Hurt, Pamela Franklin, Nigel Davenport, Fionnula Flanagan, Anjelica Huston, Robert Morley
Roles Andrew
Rating57%
En Écosse, au début du XIX siècle, le jeune Davey Haggart est le fils d'un illustre brigand qui fut pendu. Davey est bien décidé à devenir lui aussi un bandit exceptionnel, cependant il échoue dans tout ce qu'il entreprend.
The Fixer (1968)
, 2h12Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about racism
Actors Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith, Ian Holm, David Warner
Roles Warden
Rating67%
It is the story of a man named Yakov Bok, a Jew living in the Russian Empire, who was unjustly imprisoned based on prejudice and the blood libel. It was based on the incidents of the Beilis Trial in 1913, in which Menahem Mendel Beilis was wrongly accused of having murdered a Ukrainian boy named Andrei Yushchinsky, with blood libel being presented as the alleged motivation.
Ghosts, Italian Style (1967)
, 1h44Directed by Renato Castellani
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Sophia Loren, Vittorio Gassman, Aldo Giuffrè, Marcello Mastroianni, Margaret Lee, Mario Adorf
Roles The Scotsman (uncredited)
Rating55%
Lojacono Pasquale and his wife Maria are very poor, and do not have a roof over their head. One day they are invited to live free in an apartment of a building, considered by tenants cursed, because there dwells the ghost of an old Spanish nobleman. The two, however, accept coexistence with the spirit.
Triple Cross (1966)
, 2h20Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Christopher Plummer, Romy Schneider, Trevor Howard, Gert Fröbe, Claudine Auger, Yul Brynner
Roles German Colonel General
Rating62%
Early in the Second World War, an explosion occurs when safecracker Eddie Chapman (Christopher Plummer) blows open a wall safe. Outside, a car is backfiring repeatedly and a marching band is passing by. Chapman casually removes some jewels from the safe and examines them for the choicest items. He leaves a card in the safe complimenting its owners for being victims of the Gelignite Gang. The gang pulls off a series of heists before they go on the lam. Chapman is caught in Jersey and imprisoned there. After eight months, he sees German soldiers landing outside the prison and demands to see their commandant.
Licensed to Kill (1965)
, 1h36Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Tom Adams, Karel Štěpánek, Sammy Davis Jr., Veronica Hurst, Peter C. Bull, John Arnatt
Roles Walter Pickering
Rating57%
Facing numerous assassination attempts, a Swedish scientist who has invented an anti-gravity device and his daughter seek to provide the invention to the United Kingdom. With James Bond unavailable, H.M. Government provides Agent Charles Vine (Tom Adams), a former mathematician, as a bodyguard and exterminator.
Carry On Cleo (1964)
, 1h32Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey
Roles Agrippa
Rating66%
The film opens during Caesar's invasions of Britain, with Mark Antony (Sid James) struggling to lead his armies through miserable weather. At a nearby village, cavemen Horsa (Jim Dale) and Hengist Pod (Kenneth Connor) attempt to alert Boadicea of the invasion, but are captured by the Romans.
The Black Torment (1964)
, 1h22Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors John Turner, Heather Sears, Ann Lynn, Kate Jackson, Peter Arne, Jerry Orbach
Roles Black John
Rating59%
The film opens with an obviously terrified young woman Lucy Judd (Edina Ronay) running in panic through a nocturnal wood as the opening credits roll. She is finally tracked down and cornered by a figure in black who puts his hands around her throat.
Devil Doll (1964)
, 1h21Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Jeu, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about toys
Actors Bryant Haliday, William Sylvester, Yvonne Romain, Sandra Dorne, Karel Štěpánek, Sadie Corré
Roles Dr. Keisling
Rating48%
Devil Doll begins with a performance by hypnotist/magician "The Great Vorelli" (Bryant Haliday) and his dummy Hugo before a packed audience in London. The audience observes tension between the ventriloquist and his dummy. American reporter Mark English (William Sylvester) becomes fascinated with Vorelli while attending the performance. English solicits his girlfriend Marianne Horn (Yvonne Romain) to go with him to another show. From the beginning, the film drops strong hints that the dummy, Hugo, is actually alive and mobile.
The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
, 1h37Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Films about cats, Children's films
Actors Patrick McGoohan, Karen Dotrice, Susan Hampshire, Laurence Naismith, Jean Anderson, Vincent Winter
Roles King Targu
Rating71%
En 1912 en Écosse, dans une petite ville, le vétérinaire Andrew MacDhui vit seul avec sa fille Mary et leur chat Thomasina depuis la mort de sa femme. Ce décès a brisé la foi de MacDhui en Dieu et sa préférence pour les animaux de compagnie « utiles » comme les animaux de ferme ou les chiens d'aveugle comme Bruce. L’histoire est racontée par Thomasina qui explique que son nom était Thomas avant que ses maîtres s'aperçoivent de leur erreur.
From Russia with Love (1963)
, 1h55Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Sean Connery, Pedro Armendáriz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Anthony Dawson, Bernard Lee
Roles Vavra
Rating72%
SPECTRE's expert planner Kronsteen devises a plot to steal a Lektor cryptographic device from the Soviets and sell it back to them while exacting revenge on Bond for killing their agent Dr. No. The Spectre Number 1 puts ex-SMERSH operative and Number 3 Rosa Klebb in charge of the mission. Klebb recruits Donald "Red" Grant as an assassin, and Tatiana Romanova, a cipher clerk at the Soviet consulate in Istanbul, as an unwitting pawn, as Romanova thinks Klebb is still working for SMERSH.
Siege of the Saxons (1963)
, 1h25Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Actors Janette Scott, Ronald Lewis, Ronald Howard, John Laurie, Jerome Willis, Charles Lloyd-Pack
Roles the Blacksmith
Rating48%
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. Soon the soldiers of double-dealing Edmund of Cornwall slay King Arthur. However his daughter Katherine escapes with the help of outlaw Robert Marshall. Claiming she is dead Edmund makes ready to usurp the throne in league with Saxon invaders. Katherine and Robert go to find the great wizard Merlin to help them save Camelot and England. He announces that whichever Knight wishes to marry the princess must first remove King Arthur's sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
The World Ten Times Over (1963)
Directed by Wolf Rilla
Genres Drama
Actors Sylvia Syms, Linda Marlowe, Edward Judd, June Ritchie, William Hartnell, Sarah Lawson
Roles Shelbourne
Rating63%
The film depicts the lives of two prostitutes working in the Soho area of London.