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Leon Greene is a Actor British born on 1 january 1931 at West Ham (United-kingdom)
Leon Greene (born Lenard George Green, 1931 in West Ham) is an English opera singer and film actor.
At the age of twenty he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and sang bass with them for just over a year. After leaving the D'Oyly Carte, he appeared in bass roles for several productions between 1954 and 1962 with the Sadler's Wells Opera. In 1963 he moved on to musical comedy, appearing in the West End production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as the Roman captain, Miles Gloriosus. As a result of that performance, he was asked to reprise the role for the film version of the show to begin his career in films.
His films include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), The Devil Rides Out (1968, in which he was dubbed by Patrick Allen), The Squeeze (1977), Flash Gordon (1980) and several Carry On comedies.
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Birth name Lenard George Green
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1931 (93 years) at West Ham (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1931 (93 years) at West Ham (United-kingdom)
Leon Greene (born Lenard George Green, 1931 in West Ham) is an English opera singer and film actor.
At the age of twenty he joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and sang bass with them for just over a year. After leaving the D'Oyly Carte, he appeared in bass roles for several productions between 1954 and 1962 with the Sadler's Wells Opera. In 1963 he moved on to musical comedy, appearing in the West End production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as the Roman captain, Miles Gloriosus. As a result of that performance, he was asked to reprise the role for the film version of the show to begin his career in films.
His films include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), The Devil Rides Out (1968, in which he was dubbed by Patrick Allen), The Squeeze (1977), Flash Gordon (1980) and several Carry On comedies.
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The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
, 1h42Directed by Richard Lester
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Actors Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Cattrall
Roles Captain Groslow
Rating59%
Twenty years after the events of The Four Musketeers, Cardinal Mazarin has imprisoned the Duke of Beaufort. Mazarin hires d'Artagnan to bring together Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, to work for him. Porthos accepts, but Athos and Aramis decline. By this time, Athos has a son named Raoul.
Flash Gordon (1980)
, 1h48Directed by Mike Hodges, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Superhero films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Chaim Topol, Timothy Dalton, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti
Roles Colonel of Battle Control
Rating64%
Emperor Ming the Merciless declares that he will first play with and then destroy the Earth using natural disasters. On Earth, New York Jets football star "Flash" Gordon boards a small plane, where he meets travel journalist Dale Arden. Mid-flight, the cockpit is hit by a meteorite and the pilots are lost. Flash takes control and manages to crash land into a greenhouse owned by Dr. Hans Zarkov. Zarkov, who believes the disasters are being caused because an unknown source is pushing the Moon towards Earth, has secretly constructed a spacecraft which he plans to use to investigate. Zarkov's assistant refuses to go, so he lures Flash and Dale aboard. The rocket launches, taking them to the planet Mongo, where they are captured by Ming's troops.
The Human Factor (1979)
, 1h54Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Spy, Politic
Themes Spy films, Politique, Political films
Actors Richard Attenborough, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Iman, Nicol Williamson, Robert Morley
Roles Tall Man
Rating60%
Maurice Castle (Nicol Williamson) is a mid-level bureaucrat in MI6 whose life seems completely without peculiarity, peccadillo, or any highlighting quality to suggest he’s anything but a dull bureaucrat, except for the interesting, casually introduced detail that he has an African wife, Sarah (Iman), and son, Sam (Gary Forbes). Meanwhile, the company regime, represented by corpulent, bluffly cheery Dr. Percival (Robert Morley), who’s actually an expert in assassinations and biological toxins, and grey eminence Sir John Hargreaves (Richard Vernon), advise newly appointed security chieftain Daintry (Richard Attenborough) that, thanks to a source they have cultivated in their Moscow enemy headquarters, they believe they have a traitor at the MI6 African desk. The duo determine that the mole must be quietly killed, rather than be allowed publicity in a trial or a flight to Moscow. They determine quickly that the most likely candidate for the traitor is Arthur Davis (Derek Jacobi), Castle’s playboy office partner. Actually, Castle is the mole, but the information he leaks is entirely unimportant financial documents. He became involved in leaking to the Soviets when he was an MI6 agent in South Africa, seven years earlier: he met and fell in love with Sarah, and when their affair was discovered by the authorities, Castle was all but thrown out of the country, and he entrusted Sarah’s smuggling out of the country to a mutual communist acquaintance. Ever since, he’s been repaying the favor by filtering insignificant data to the Soviets. Castle makes one last informational drop to his communist handlers and he is summarily whisked off to Moscow for protection. However, Castle's primary problem is that he is not a communist, is not a communist sympathizer, and has absolutely no interest in politics, socialism, the Russian language, Slavic history or culture, geopolitical power plays, Moscow nor the Soviet Union. His only interest is in his wife and his son, who are left in London — where they will remain separated from him.
, 1h28Directed by Stanley Long
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Arthur Mullard, Christopher Biggins, Elaine Paige, Anna Quayle, Stephen Lewis, Willie Rushton
Roles Biggs
Rating42%
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
, 1h42Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Kabir Bedi, Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov, Frank Finlay, Marina Vlady
Roles Jaudur's Guard
Rating58%
Soon after mysterious death of his father, Prince Taj of Sakkar is persuaded to compete for the hand of Princess Yasmine of Baghdad. He is ambushed by agents of his own Wazir, Jaudur. His royal seal is stolen and an innocent man is murdered in his place. Arriving in Baghdad, dressed in rags and hungry, he befriends Hasani, magician and thief.
Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
, 1h36Directed by Stanley Long
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Suzy Kendall, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors, Hilary Pritchard, Fred Emney, Liz Fraser
Roles Rosco
Rating43%
The Squeeze (1977)
, 1h44Directed by Michael Apted
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Stacy Keach, David Hemmings, David Hemblen, Stephen Boyd, Edward Fox, Carol White (actrice anglaise)
Roles Commissionaire
Rating62%
Un ancien policier apprend, après une cure de désintoxication pour alcoolisme, que son ex-femme et sa fille ont été enlevées par des gangsters.
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
, 1h53Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Sherlock Holmes films, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse, Buddy films, Tennis films
Actors Nicol Williamson, Robert Duvall, Alan Arkin, Georgia Brown, Samantha Eggar, Charles Gray
Roles Squire Holmes
Rating65%
Dr. John H. Watson (Robert Duvall) becomes convinced that his friend Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) is delusional—particularly in his belief that Professor James Moriarty (Laurence Olivier) is a criminal mastermind—as a result of his addiction to cocaine. Indeed, Moriarty visits Watson to complain about being harassed by Holmes. Watson enlists the aid of Sherlock's brother, Mycroft (Charles Gray), to trick Holmes into traveling to Vienna, where he will be treated by Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin). During the course of his treatment, Holmes investigates a kidnapping case with international implications, and Freud uncovers a dark personal secret suppressed in Holmes's subconscious.
The Ritz (1976)
, 1h31Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jack Weston, Rita Moreno, Jerry Stiller, Kaye Ballard, F. Murray Abraham, Treat Williams
Roles Muscle Bound Patron
Rating68%
The farce is set in a gay bathhouse in Manhattan, where unsuspecting heterosexual Cleveland businessman Gaetano Proclo has taken refuge from his homicidal mobster brother-in-law, Carmine Vespucci. There Gaetano stumbles across an assortment of oddball characters, including a rabid chubby chaser, go-go boys, a squeaky-voiced detective, and Googie Gomez, a third-rate Puerto Rican entertainer with visions of Broadway glory who mistakes him for a famous producer and whom he mistakes for a man in drag. Further complications arise when Gaetano's wife Vivian tracks him down and jumps to all the wrong conclusions about his sexual orientation.
Royal Flash (1975)
, 1h42Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Florinda Bolkan, Joss Ackland, Tom Bell
Roles Grundwig
Rating62%
The film begins with Flashman making a patriotic speech to the boys of Rugby School framed by a giant Union Flag, in a scene which appears to be a parody of the opening sequence in the 1970 film Patton. There is a brief flashback to the events of the original Flashman, with the head of the Rugby School (Michael Hordern) recounting Flashman's exploits in Afghanistan.
11 Harrowhouse (1974)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Candice Bergen, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Trevor Howard, John Gielgud, Helen Cherry
Roles Max Toland
Rating61%
Un petit joaillier est contraint par un escroc a un vol de quatre tonnes de diamants.
The Four Musketeers (1974)
, 1h48Directed by Richard Lester
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Actors Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay
Roles Swiss Officer
Rating68%
During a war between France and the Protestant rebels of La Rochelle, Cardinal Richelieu orders Count de Rochefort to kidnap Constance Bonancieux. The evil Milady de Winter, who wants revenge on d'Artagnan, seduces him to keep him occupied. D'Artagnan soon discovers her true nature, however, and also that she was once married to Athos, who had supposedly killed her after discovering that she was a branded criminal.
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
, 1h30Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw
Roles Chef
Rating61%
In bathroom ceramics factory W.C. Boggs & Son, the traditionalist owner W.C. Boggs (Kenneth Williams) is having no end of trouble. Bolshie and lazy union representative Vic Spanner (Kenneth Cope) continually stirs-up trouble in the works, to the irritation of his co-workers and management. He calls a strike for almost any minor incident – or because he wants time off to attend a local football match. Sid Plummer (Sid James) is the site foreman bridging the gap between workers and management, shrewdly keeping the place going amid the unrest.
Carry On Henry (1971)
, 1h29Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Barbara Windsor
Roles Torturer
Rating61%
The film opens with a passage, which states: This film is based on a recently discovered manuscript by one William Cobbler, which reveals that Henry VIII did in fact have two more wives. Although it was first thought that Cromwell originated the story, it is now known to be definitely all Cobbler's... from beginning to end.
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
, 1h36Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Christopher Lee, Charles Gray, Nike Arrighi, Patrick Mower, Leon Greene, Sarah Lawson
Roles Rex Van Ryn
Rating68%
Set in London and the south of England in 1929, the story finds Nicholas, Duc de Richleau, investigating the strange actions of the son of a friend, Simon Aron, who has a house replete with strange markings and a pentagram. He quickly deduces that Simon is involved with the occult. Nicholas de Richleau and Rex Van Ryn manage to rescue Simon and another young initiate, Tanith, from a devil-worshipping cult. During the rescue, they disrupt a ceremony on Salisbury Plain, in which the Devil (Baphomet) himself appears.