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James Copeland is a Actor British born on 1 may 1923 at Helensburgh (United-kingdom)
James Copeland (1 May 1918, Helensburgh – 17 April 2002, London [1]) was a Scottish actor.
His film career included Mackay in The Seekers (1954), the ship's mate in The Maggie (1954), Rockets Galore! (1957), a police constable (at a road block) in The 39 Steps (1959), Farewell Performance (1963), Torture Garden (1967), and the guide in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970). He also appeared on TV as the Gond leader Selris in the Doctor Who story The Krotons, Captain Ogilvie in Operation Kilt, an episode of Dad's Army, and the Scottish customer in Camping In, an episode of Are You Being Served?. He later played Jamie Stewart in Take the High Road in the 1980s.
He had a son, James Cosmo, who is also an actor.
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James Copeland
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 may 1923 at Helensburgh (United-kingdom)
Death 17 april 2002 (at 78 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 1 may 1923 at Helensburgh (United-kingdom)
Death 17 april 2002 (at 78 years) at London (United-kingdom)
His film career included Mackay in The Seekers (1954), the ship's mate in The Maggie (1954), Rockets Galore! (1957), a police constable (at a road block) in The 39 Steps (1959), Farewell Performance (1963), Torture Garden (1967), and the guide in The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970). He also appeared on TV as the Gond leader Selris in the Doctor Who story The Krotons, Captain Ogilvie in Operation Kilt, an episode of Dad's Army, and the Scottish customer in Camping In, an episode of Are You Being Served?. He later played Jamie Stewart in Take the High Road in the 1980s.
He had a son, James Cosmo, who is also an actor.
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A Rage in Harlem (1991)
, 1h48Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Actors Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover, Badja Djola
Rating58%
A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail.
, 2h5Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Sherlock Holmes films, Political films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Robert Stephens, Geneviève Page, Colin Blakely, Christopher Lee, Clive Revill, Irene Handl
Roles Guide
Rating69%
The film is divided into two separate, unequal stories. In the shorter of the two, Holmes is approached by a famous Russian ballerina, Madame Petrova (Tamara Toumanova), who proposes that they conceive a child together, one who she hopes will inherit her physique and his intellect. Holmes manages to extricate himself by claiming that Watson is his lover, much to the doctor's embarrassment.
Torture Garden (1967)
, 1h33Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Natural horror films, Demons in film, Robot films
Actors Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Beverly Adams, Peter Cushing, Michael Bryant, Timothy Bateson
Rating60%
Five people visit a fairground sideshow run by showman Dr. Diabolo (Burgess Meredith). Having shown them a handful of haunted-house-style attractions, he promises them a genuinely scary experience if they will pay extra. Their curiosity gets the better of them, and the small crowd follows him behind a curtain, where they each view their fate through the shears of an effigy of the female deity Atropos (Clytie Jessop).
Rockets Galore (1958)
, 1h34Directed by Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Jeannie Carson, Donald Sinden, Roland Culver, Noel Purcell, Catherine Lacey, Ronnie Corbett
Roles Kenny Mcleod
Rating59%
In the cold-war era of post-WW2 Britain, the government decides to establish a guided missile base on the Hebridean isle of Todday. The inhabitants are not happy with this disruption of their way of life, and hamper construction as much as they can.
The 'Maggie' (1954)
, 1h32Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Paul Douglas, Andrew Keir, James Copeland, Dorothy Alison, Geoffrey Keen, Roddy McMillan
Roles the Mate
Rating68%
The Maggie is a typical Clyde puffer, a small, aged cargo boat with a varied, irascible and argumentative crew. MacTaggart (Alex Mackenzie), her rascal of a captain, is in dire need of 300 pounds to renew his licence. In a shipping office by chance, he meets Mr Pusey (Hubert Gregg). Pusey, a proper Englishman complete with bowler hat and umbrella, is trying to arrange for the transportation of some personal furniture for his boss, American Calvin B. Marshall (Paul Douglas), as a present for his wife to furnish their new home. The big company has no ships immediately available, but MacTaggart gets the job when Pusey mistakenly believes that he works for the reputable shipping company and that the more modern vessel docked next to the Maggie is MacTaggart's.
Mask of Dust (1954)
, 1h19Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films
Actors Richard Conte, Mari Aldon, Peter Illing, Alec Mango, George Coulouris, James Copeland
Roles Johnny Jackson
Rating49%
A freestyle racing driver must choose between his love for racing, and his wife. His friends's accident will help him to choose, and his loyal ways will get him a new friend - his main rival...
Sailor of the King (1953)
, 1h23Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Peter van Eyck, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Victor Maddern
Roles Chief Engineer [uncredited]
Rating66%
During the First World War, Lieutenant Richard Saville, a young British naval officer on five days leave, and Miss Lucinda Bentley, a merchant's daughter from Portsmouth, get talking on the train up to London. Halfway along their journey, they miss their rail connection and spend a romantic holiday in the countryside of southern England. When Saville proposes to her, she accepts, but on the day they are due to go back to Portsmouth, she changes her mind, asking Saville to realise that neither he nor she could bear being parted for the long periods he would be at sea. They part, seemingly forever.
Innocents in Paris (1953)
, 1h43Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Alastair Sim, Louis de Funès, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Ronald Shiner, Jimmy Edwards
Rating57%
Un groupe de personnages, absolument étrangers les uns aux autres, quittent Londres par avion pour passer le week-end à Paris. Nous suivrons les aventures et les tribulations de chacun des passagers de l'avion à son arrivée sur le sol français.