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Michael Bilton is a Actor British born on 14 december 1919 at Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire (United-kingdom)
Michael Bilton (14 December 1919 – 5 November 1993) was an English actor best known for his roles in the British television sitcoms To the Manor Born (playing the gardener and sometime butler Ned) and Waiting for God (playing Basil, a septuagenarian satyr).
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Birth name Robert Michael Bilton
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 december 1919 at Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire (United-kingdom)
Death 5 november 1993 (at 73 years) at Berkhamsted (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 december 1919 at Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire (United-kingdom)
Death 5 november 1993 (at 73 years) at Berkhamsted (United-kingdom)
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The Fourth Protocol (1987)
, 1h59Directed by John Mackenzie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Ned Beatty, Joanna Cassidy, Julian Glover, Michael Gough
Roles Kim Philby
Rating64%
In 1968 the East-West agreement is established to halt nuclear proliferation. One of the clauses, the Fourth Protocol, forbids the non-conventional delivery of a nuclear weapon to a target.
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
, 1h42Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills, Miles Anderson
Roles Vicar
Rating65%
In 1914, German spies are everywhere in London. After a spate of assassinations of important British politicians, a retired British intelligence officer, Colonel Scudder, realises his life and his mysterious black notebook are in danger. He turns to Richard Hannay, a mining engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, who happens to be staying in a flat in the same building. Scudder tells Hannay of a plot by Prussian 'sleeper' agents, who are planning to pre-empt a war against the Triple Entente powers by assassinating a foreign minister of state visiting the UK.
Full Circle (1978)
, 1h38Directed by Richard Loncraine
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Mia Farrow, Keir Dullea, Tom Conti, Jill Bennett, Cathleen Nesbitt, Anna Wing
Roles Salesman
Rating61%
As Julia Lofting (Mia Farrow) eats breakfast with her family, her daughter Kate (Sophie Ward) begins to choke on her food. Unable to dislodge the food, Julia attempts to save her by performing a tracheotomy which results in the child's bleeding to death.
Frenzy (1972)
, 1h56Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Roles Trial Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Rating73%
In London, a serial killer is raping women and strangling them with neckties. Most of the film takes place in Covent Garden, which at the time was still the wholesale fruit and vegetable market district. Fairly early in the film, the audience sees that fruit merchant Robert Rusk (Barry Foster) is in fact the murderer. However, circumstantial evidence has already built up around his friend Richard Blaney (Jon Finch).
Arabesque (1966)
, 1h47Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films
Actors Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, Alan Badel, John Merivale, George Coulouris, Kieron Moore
Roles Microscope Salesman
Rating63%
In an undercover mission, Sloane (John Merivale), posing as an eye doctor, kills Oxford University Professor Ragheeb (George Coulouris), an ancient hieroglyphics expert. Sloane steals a hieroglyph-encrypted message Ragheeb wrote and concealed within his glasses.
Press for Time (1966)
, 1h42Directed by Robert Asher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Derek Francis, Allan Cuthbertson, Angela Browne, Noël Dyson
Roles Councilor Hedge
Rating58%
Norman Shields (Norman Wisdom) is a local newspaper seller in London. He is happy with his current job, but is sent by his grandfather, the Prime Minister (also played by Wisdom), to take up a new job as a newspaper reporter in the fictional seaside town of Tinmouth.
The Early Bird (1965)
, 1h38Directed by Robert Asher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Edward Chapman, Norman Wisdom, Jerry Desmonde, Paddie O'Neil, Bryan Pringle, Richard Vernon
Roles Nervous Man
Rating67%
Wisdom's character works for Grimsdale's Dairy as a milkman, in competition with Consolidated Dairies, an ever-growing rival company under the management of Walter Hunter (played by Jerry Desmonde).
A Taste of Honey (1961)
, 1h40Directed by Tony Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens, Murray Melvin, Rita Tushingham, Michael Bilton, Rosalie Williams
Roles Landlord
Rating73%
Jo is a 17-year old schoolgirl, with an abusive, forty-year-old alcoholic mother, Helen. After sustaining a fall after school, Jo meets a black sailor called Jimmy who invites her on to his ship to attend to her grazed knee. They soon start a brief relationship, after which Jimmy returns to his ship and departs. Relations between Jo and her mother become strained when her mother meets and marries a new man, Peter Smith.