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James Bree is a Actor British born on 20 july 1923 at East Coker (United-kingdom)
James Bree (20 July 1923 – 1 December 2008) was a British actor who played many supporting roles in both film and television.
Bree was educated at Radley College near Abingdon, Oxfordshire and during World War II served in the RAF. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He changed his surname to Thomson-Bree after inheriting land from his great-uncle, Archdeacon William Bree.
He was probably best known for playing Gumbold in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service and for his role as Uncle Arthur in The Jewel in the Crown.
Bree notably played three roles in the classic Doctor Who series. He played the Security Chief in the 1969 Patrick Troughton story The War Games, Nefred in the 1980 Tom Baker story Full Circle and Keeper of the Matrix in the 1986 Colin Baker story The Ultimate Foe.
He died in December 2008, aged 85, after a long illness.
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Birth name James Rutherfoord Worsfold Thomson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 20 july 1923 at East Coker (United-kingdom)
Death 1 december 2008 (at 85 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 20 july 1923 at East Coker (United-kingdom)
Death 1 december 2008 (at 85 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Bree was educated at Radley College near Abingdon, Oxfordshire and during World War II served in the RAF. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He changed his surname to Thomson-Bree after inheriting land from his great-uncle, Archdeacon William Bree.
He was probably best known for playing Gumbold in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service and for his role as Uncle Arthur in The Jewel in the Crown.
Bree notably played three roles in the classic Doctor Who series. He played the Security Chief in the 1969 Patrick Troughton story The War Games, Nefred in the 1980 Tom Baker story Full Circle and Keeper of the Matrix in the 1986 Colin Baker story The Ultimate Foe.
He died in December 2008, aged 85, after a long illness.
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, 3hDirected by Peter Sasdy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, Morgan Fairchild, John Bennett, Michael Siberry, Dominic Jephcott
Roles Franz Dietrich
Rating57%
Un ingénieur autrichien, le Dr Froelich, met au point un détonateur télécommandé, offrant un important avantage technique à l'État qui le possédera. Froelich offre cette invention à l'ambassadeur du Royaume-Uni, Sir Reginald, mais le prototype ainsi que les plans sont volés par deux inconnus. Un papier tombé d'une poche indique que les bandits vont se rendre à l'opéra le soir même. Froelich s'y rend pour récupérer son invention, rencontre l'un des voleurs, mais leur confrontation se termine par la chute fatale de l'ingénieur depuis les coulisses techniques en hauteur.
On the Black Hill (1988)
, 1h57Directed by Andrew Grieve
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Bob Peck, Gemma Jones, Mike Gwilym, Patrick Godfrey, Catherine Schell, Benjamin Whitrow
Roles Colonel Bickerton
Rating65%
Without a Clue (1988)
, 1h47Directed by Thom Eberhardt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films, Faux-monnayeur
Actors Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Paul Freeman, Nigel Davenport
Roles Barrister
Rating68%
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Dr. John Watson (Ben Kingsley) as the central character in a series of short stories published in Strand Magazine. Watson uses the character to enable him to solve crimes incognito, so as not to disrupt his career as a doctor during a period when he was applying for a post at an exclusive hospital, one in which the senior staff would frown on Watson's "hobby". Although he does not secure the job, Watson decides to satisfy public demand to see Holmes in person by hiring unemployed actor Reginald Kincaid (Michael Caine) to play the part of the fictional detective.
Satan's Slave (1976)
, 2hDirected by Norman J. Warren
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning, Barbara Kellerman, Michael Craze, James Bree
Roles Malcolm Yorke
Rating53%
A young girl, Catherine Yorke (Candace Glendenning), shares a ride with her parents to visit her uncle Alexander (Michael Gough), that no one had met before. But the drive ends in tragedy when Catherine's parents die in a car accident.
, 2h16Directed by Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Christmas films, Sports films, Films about terrorism
Actors George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lois Maxwell
Roles Gumbold
Rating66%
In Portugal, James Bond – agent 007, sometimes referred to simply as '007' – saves a woman on the beach from committing suicide by drowning, and later meets her again in a casino. The woman, Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo, invites Bond to her hotel room to thank him. The next morning, Bond is kidnapped by several men while leaving the hotel, who take him to meet Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the European crime syndicate Unione Corse. Draco reveals that Tracy is his only daughter and tells Bond of her troubled past, offering Bond a personal dowry of one million pounds if he will marry her. Bond refuses, but agrees to continue romancing Tracy under the agreement that Draco reveals the whereabouts of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE.
A Matter of Choice (1963)
Directed by Vernon Sewell
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Anthony Steel, Ballard Berkeley, James Bree
Roles Alfred
Rating63%