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John Leyton is a Actor British born on 17 february 1939 at Frinton-on-Sea (United-kingdom)
John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936 in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex) is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961 despite being banned by the BBC for its death references. His follow-up single, "Wild Wind", reached Number 2 in the charts.
Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him appearing in television and films throughout the 1960s. His films included The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, Von Ryan's Express and Krakatoa, East of Java. In 2009 he also had a small part in the film Telstar, a biopic based on Joe Meek's life in which Leyton himself was portrayed by Callum Dixon.
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Birth name John Dudley Leyton
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 february 1939 (86 years) at Frinton-on-Sea (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 17 february 1939 (86 years) at Frinton-on-Sea (United-kingdom)
Alongside singing, Leyton's acting career saw him appearing in television and films throughout the 1960s. His films included The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, Von Ryan's Express and Krakatoa, East of Java. In 2009 he also had a small part in the film Telstar, a biopic based on Joe Meek's life in which Leyton himself was portrayed by Callum Dixon.
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John Leyton a fait ses études à la prestigieuse Highgate School avant de partir faire son service national. À son retour il étudie l'art dramatique et il obtient son premier rôle en 1959 dans Biggles, une série produite par Granada Television. Grâce à ce succès, son manageur Robert Stigwood, lui propose de passer une audition en tant que chanteur et cela sera payant, puisque son single Johnny Remember Me (1961), sera 1er au Charts UK durant quatre semaines. Ce titre sera adapté en français en 1963 par Pierre Delanoé pour Les Chats Sauvages avec Mike Shannon et publié en mars dans leur troisième 33 T 25 cm. Leyton continue sur ces deux carrières, enchaînant les films comme La Grande Évasion (1963), Les Canons de Batasi (1964) ou Schizo (1976). Dans sa carrière musicale Wild Wind (1961), Lone Rider (1962) ou Hi Ho Come England (2006), n'auront pas le succès de Johnny Remember Me. Aujourd'hui John Leyton donne toujours des concerts au Royaume-Uni et en Scandinavie.Usually with
Filmography of John Leyton (12 films)
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Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Marc Evans, John Leyton
Roles Self
Joe Meek was one of Britain's premier independent record producers of the late fifties and early sixties, renowned for his pioneering recording techniques and for the futuristic sound of the records he produced, but notorious for his eccentric personality. His biggest success was the production of The Tornados' 1962 worldwide #1 hit "Telstar". After a long struggle with debt, paranoia and depression, he killed his landlady Violet Shenton and shot himself on 3 February 1967.
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
, 1h59Directed by Nick Moran
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris, JJ Feild, James Corden, Tom Burke
Roles Sir Edward
Rating63%
The film tells the story of record producer Joe Meek, the songwriter-producer behind the 1960s hits "Have I the Right?", "Just Like Eddie" and "Johnny Remember Me". The film charts Meek's initial success with the multi-million selling record, "Telstar", his homosexuality which was illegal in the UK at the time, and his struggles with debt, paranoia and depression, which culminated in the killing of his landlady Violet Shenton and himself, on 3 February 1967.
Colour Me Kubrick (2006)
, 1h27Directed by Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Escroquerie
Actors John Malkovich, Marisa Berenson, Marc Warren, Jim Davidson, Richard E. Grant, Ken Russell
Roles Lord Charles Benson
Rating60%
Colour Me Kubrick begins with a direct homage to A Clockwork Orange with the after-effects of one of Alan Conway's (Malkovich) minor cons: two thugs are sent to collect a bar bill that Conway has generated by impersonating Kubrick. Conway has provided the address of an elderly couple as Kubrick's home address. Conway is nowhere to be seen, and the thugs are arrested by the police for causing a ruckus outside the house.
Schizo (1976)
, 1h49Directed by Pete Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Actors Lynne Frederick, John Leyton, Stephanie Beacham, John Fraser, Jack Watson, Queenie Watts
Roles Alan Falconer
Rating57%
When figure skater Samantha Gray (Lynne Frederick) married to England's businessman Alan Falconer (John Leyton), a sinister man from her past; William Haskin (Jack Watson)started stalking her, making Samantha depressed. Then the murder start.
Krakatoa, East of Java (1968)
, 2h11Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Maximilian Schell, Diane Baker, Brian Keith, Barbara Werle, Sal Mineo, Marc Lawrence
Roles Rigby
Rating54%
In 1883, the volcano on the island of Krakatoa in the Netherlands East Indies begins to erupt, terrorizing the children at a mission school in Palembang on nearby Sumatra. Meanwhile, across the Sunda Strait at her home port of Anjer on the west coast of Java, the steamer Batavia Queen, under the command of Captain Chris Hanson (Maximilian Schell), takes aboard passengers and cargo, including a diving bell and a balloon. Among the passengers coming aboard are Douglas Rigby (John Leyton), the designer, owner, and operator of the diving bell; Giovanni Borghese (Rossano Brazzi) and his son Leoncavallo (Sal Mineo), who own and operate the balloon as "The Flying Borgheses;" Harry Connerly (Brian Keith), a diver; Connerly 's mistress Charley Adams (Barbara Werle), who is a professional soprano and former saloon hostess; four female Japanese pearl divers led by Toshi (Jacqui Chan); and Laura Travis (Diane Baker), a married woman who had an extramarital affair with Hanson in Batavia.
The Idol (1966)
, 1h49Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jennifer Jones, Michael Parks, John Leyton, Guy Doleman, Natasha Pyne, Jack Watson
Roles Timothy
Rating53%
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
, 1h57Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Rail transport films, Political films, Évasion, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carrà, Adolfo Celi, Sergio Fantoni, Brad Dexter
Roles Lt. Orde
Rating70%
Colonel Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot who is shot down over Italy. He is captured by Italian troops and taken to a POW camp, run by the cruel Blackshirt Major Basilio Battaglia (Adolfo Celi). The camp is mainly populated by British prisoners.
Every Day's a Holiday (1965)
Directed by James Hill (réalisateur britannique)
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors John Leyton, Mike Sarne, Peter Birrel, Ron Moody, Liz Fraser, Nicholas Parsons
Roles Gerry Pullman
Rating51%
Guns at Batasi (1964)
, 1h43Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton, Mia Farrow, Cecil Parker
Roles Private Wilkes
Rating70%
A group of veteran British sergeants, headed by an ultra-correct, order-barking Regimental Sergeant Major (Richard Attenborough), are caught between two dissident factions in an unnamed newly created African state (most likely Kenya, since the character of RSM Lauderdale mentions that the Turkana people live in the north, which is where they live in Kenya. The African soldiers also speak amongst themselves in Kiswahili, the lingua franca of the region). The story neatly exposes the feelings of the professional NCOs, their officers and the African soldiers and officers, who are still painfully new to both guns and political slogans.
The Great Escape (1963)
, 2h45Directed by John Sturges, John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Motocyclette, Political films, Évasion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence
Roles Willie 'Tunnel King'
Rating81%
In 1943, having expended enormous resources on recapturing escaped Allied prisoners of war (POWs), the Germans move the most determined to a new, high-security prisoner of war camp. The commandant, Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger (Hannes Messemer), tells the senior British officer, Group Captain Ramsey (James Donald), "There will be no escapes from this camp." Von Luger points out the various features of the new camp designed to prevent escape, as well as the perks the prisoners will receive as an incentive not to try. After several failed escape attempts on the first day, the POWs settle into life at the prison camp.
It's Trad, Dad! (1962)
, 1h18Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Helen Shapiro, John Leyton, Deryck Guyler, Arthur Mullard, Timothy Bateson, Ronnie Stevens
Roles Himself
Rating58%
Craig and Helen (Craig Douglas and Helen Shapiro) are two teenagers who, along with their friends enjoy the latest trend of traditional jazz. However, the mayor as well as a group of adults dislike the trend and move to have the jukebox in the local coffee shop taken away.
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
, 1h45Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas
Roles Recruit to Detto (uncredited)
Rating70%
After leaving the army and returning to university, newly graduated upper-class Stanley Windrush
Danger Within (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War
Themes Prison films, Political films, Évasion
Actors Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Donald Houston
Roles POW (uncredited)
Rating67%
A cleverly planned escape attempt, which seemed guaranteed to work, ends in disaster: the would-be escapee is caught and killed by sadistic Capitano Benucci (Peter Arne) within seconds of leaving the POW camp. This incident is witnessed by the other prisoners, who notice that Benucci seemed to be waiting for the escapee to arrive before shooting him dead in cold blood.