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Norman Shelley is a Actor British born on 16 february 1903 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)
Norman Shelley (16 February 1903 – 22 August 1980) was an English actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's Children's Hour. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers.
Perhaps Shelley's single best-known role was as Winnie-the-Pooh in Children's Hour adaptations of A.A. Milne's stories; for many British people of the mid-20th century, his is the definitive voice of Pooh.
Other roles for Children's Hour included Dr. Watson (opposite Carleton Hobbs as Holmes) in a series of adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories; Toad in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows; and the role of Dennis the Dachshund in the specially written Toytown series. Shelley also played the parts of Gandalf and Tom Bombadil in the 1955-6 radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In the 1973 BBC television series Jack the Ripper Shelley played Detective Constable Walter Dew.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 16 february 1903 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)
Death 22 august 1980 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 16 february 1903 at Chelsea (United-kingdom)
Death 22 august 1980 (at 77 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Perhaps Shelley's single best-known role was as Winnie-the-Pooh in Children's Hour adaptations of A.A. Milne's stories; for many British people of the mid-20th century, his is the definitive voice of Pooh.
Other roles for Children's Hour included Dr. Watson (opposite Carleton Hobbs as Holmes) in a series of adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories; Toad in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows; and the role of Dennis the Dachshund in the specially written Toytown series. Shelley also played the parts of Gandalf and Tom Bombadil in the 1955-6 radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. In the 1973 BBC television series Jack the Ripper Shelley played Detective Constable Walter Dew.
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Gulliver's Travels (1977)
, 1h17Directed by Peter Hunt
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation
Actors Richard Harris, Catherine Schell, Norman Shelley, Rod Taylor, Meredith Edwards, Michael Bates
Roles Father / Emperor of Lilliput (voice)
Rating54%
Malgré une brillante carrière de chirurgien qui l'attend, Gulliver décide d'écouter son cœur et quitte sa famille et l'Angleterre, pour sillonner les mers à la découverte d'autres cultures. Durant son voyage, son navire est emporté par une terrible tempête. Seul rescapé, il échoue sur la plage d'une île habitée par un petit peuple aux grandes ambitions...
Made For Each Other (1971)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Paul Sorvino, Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorich, Norman Shelley
Roles le docteur Furro
Rating62%
Giggy Panimba meets Pandora Gold at a group therapy session on Christmas Eve. We learn that Pandora is there on her 4th emergency session, trying to give up her "symptom" as a failure at everything. We also learn Pandora lived in the Bronx with her Jewish eccentric mother and her philandering father. Pandora's mother was very involved in Pandora's life because her husband was always out with other women and barely paid attention to Pandora. Pandora's mother believes in astrology and often comments to Pandora throughout the whole movie "I made you a Pisces and don't you ever forget it". From a young age Pandora wanted to be a famous movie actress often imitating Rita Hayworth. She grew up and became an interpretive modern dancer and a Jackpot Quiz Clue Girl but gave up both professions to go live in England with her latest boyfriend. When she arrived home early to surprise him, she found him in bed with two other women. She now is making her comeback as a performer at a night club and invites everyone in the session to come and see her. It's Giggy's turn and we learn that he lived in Brooklyn with his Italian mother and father. His father was a barber and often got into fights claiming he "had a little score to settle" and his mother had unrealistic religious beliefs about love. From that, Giggy became a womanizer even getting kicked out of the seminary for having sex in a utility closet. As an adult he had various philanderings with women and we learn the reason he is at the session is because after breaking up with a girl, she tried to kill herself.
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
, 2h24Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Phyllis Calvert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Colin Farrell, John Clements, John Gielgud
Roles Staff Officer in Ballroom
Rating69%
Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won.
, 1h38Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones, Simon Ward, Veronica Carlson, Thorley Walters, Maxine Audley
Roles Guest - Smoking pipe
Rating66%
Baron Victor Frankenstein is staying at a boarding house while a former fellow-scientist resides in a nearby insane asylum, slowly dying through lack of oxygen in the brain.
Otley (1969)
Directed by Dick Clement
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Tom Courtenay, Romy Schneider, Alan Badel, James Villiers, Leonard Rossiter, Freddie Jones
Roles Businessman
Rating61%
Gerald Otley est un petit voyou amateur à la nonchalance étudiée et décontractée, qui s'est fait une règle de ne jamais dormir deux nuits au même endroit. À un ami qui l'héberge, il dérobe une petite boîte à tabac, sans s'apercevoir que l'objet contient une bande magnétique. Le lendemain, son hôte est retrouvé mort. Otley, soupçonné d'en savoir plus long sur les activités du défunt que ce qu'il veut bien avouer aux enquêteurs, est bientôt entraîné à son corps défendant dans les démêlés entre services d'espionnage rivaux. Enrôlé par Scotland Yard, il doit faire équipe avec la charmante Imogen.
A Place to Go (1963)
, 1h26Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Bernard Lee, Rita Tushingham, Mike Sarne, Doris Hare, Barbara Ferris, John Slater
Roles Magistrate
Rating64%
Londres, dans le quartier de Bethnal Green alors en pleine reconstruction. Matt Flint a perdu son travail et est devenu un bateleur de rue. Son fils Ricky voudrait partir ailleurs mais a besoin d'argent, il accepte alors de participer à un cambriolage organisé par un ancien ami de Matt. Jim, le beau-frère de Ricky, accepte de prêter son camion pour ce vol. Au cynodrome, Ricky rencontre Cat, une amie de Charlie, un de membres du gang. Ricky et Cat se rencontrent dans un ancien abri anti-aérien. Le cambriolage échoue car Ricky n'arrive pas à matraquer un policier. Charlie se venge en mettant le feu au camion de Jim. Ricky est brûlé en tentant d'éteindre de feu et se retrouve à l'hôpital, Cat lui rend visite mais continue à voir Charlie.
Very Important Person (1961)
, 1h38Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Prison films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Évasion
Actors James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baxter, Leslie Phillips, Eric Sykes, Richard Wattis, Colin Gordon
Rating66%
Sir Ernest Pease (James Robertson Justice) is a brilliant but acerbic scientist working on aircraft research during World War II. He needs to take a trip on a bomber to observe the results of his work. At first the plan is to fly in an RAF plane disguised as an RAF officer, but when he is told to shave off his beard he refuses and gets to go as a Royal Navy officer, as beards are allowed in the RN.
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
, 1h37Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Kenneth More, Peter Burton, Dana Wynter, Carl Möhner, Laurence Naismith, Edward R. Murrow
Roles Voice of Winston Churchill (uncredited)
Rating71%
In 1939, Nazi Germany's largest and most powerful battleship, Bismarck, is launched in a ceremony at Hamburg with Adolf Hitler attending. The launching of the hull is seen as the beginning of a new era of German sea power.
The Angry Silence (1960)
, 1h35Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig, Bernard Lee, Alfred Burke, Geoffrey Keen
Roles Seagrave
Rating71%
The Price of Silence (1959)
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn, Terence Alexander, Mary Clare, Victor Brooks, Olive Sloane
Roles Councillor Forbes
Rating62%
Roger Fenton a été libéré de prison et regardé fixement pour construire une nouvelle vie. Mais son passé le rattrape lorsqu'un visiteur âgée est assassiné dans son bureau.
The Man Without a Body (1957)
, 1h20Directed by Charles Saunders, W. Lee Wilder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Robert Hutton, George Coulouris, Julia Arnall, Peter Copley, Michael Golden, Nadja Regin
Rating46%
A financier secures the embalmed head of sixteenth-century French seer Nostradamus and persuades an esteemed surgeon to restore its tissues and substitute the brain for his own which is threatened by tumour. The financier being avaricious, also desires the seer to give him the power of prediction in business.
The Great Adventure (1953)
, 1h34Directed by Arne Sucksdorff
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Documentary, Adventure
Actors Gunnar Sjöberg, Luis van Rooten, Arne Sucksdorff, Norman Shelley
Roles Narrator
Rating70%
Quatre saisons dans la campagne et la forêt suédoises. Du côté des animaux. Du côté des hommes aussi.
The Blakes Slept Here (1953)
Actors Norman Shelley, David King-Wood, Peter Coke, Ursula Howells, David Markham, Rachel Gurney
Roles Self - Commentator
Blind Man's Bluff (1952)
, 1h7Directed by Charles Saunders
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Zena Marshall, Sydney Tafler, Russell Napier, Norman Shelley, John Le Mesurier, Michael Ward
Roles Superintendent Morley
Her Favourite Husband (1950)
, 1h19Directed by Marino Girolami, Mario Soldati
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Jean Kent, Robert Beatty, Gordon Harker, Margaret Rutherford, Max Adrian, Rona Anderson
Roles Mr. Dobson
Rating59%
Mild mannered Italian bank clerk Antonio, much dominated by his English wife Dorothy, is the double of Leo L'Americano, a local gangster. The gangster kidnaps Antonio and takes his place as husband in the family, to give him cover for a big bank robbery, which he plans to pin on Antonio. Farcical confusions ensue.