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Peter Swanwick is a Actor British born on 1922 at Nottingham (United-kingdom)
Peter Swanwick (1912 – 14 November 1968) was a British actor best remembered as the "Supervisor" (sometimes called the Controller) in the 1967 TV series, The Prisoner.
Swanwick's film career began with bit parts in films such as The African Queen (1951), and he became a recognisable face on British TV during the mid-1960s when he featured in a number of series, including The Avengers and Danger Man where he first worked with later Prisoner star and co-creator, Patrick McGoohan.
According to several biographies Swanwick endured major health problems in the 1960s that resulted in him undergoing undisclosed operations that left him with a short time to live.
Swanwick played the non-singing part of Herr Zeller in the original London stage production of The Sound Of Music.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1922 at Nottingham (United-kingdom)
Death 14 november 1968 (at 46 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 1922 at Nottingham (United-kingdom)
Death 14 november 1968 (at 46 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Swanwick's film career began with bit parts in films such as The African Queen (1951), and he became a recognisable face on British TV during the mid-1960s when he featured in a number of series, including The Avengers and Danger Man where he first worked with later Prisoner star and co-creator, Patrick McGoohan.
According to several biographies Swanwick endured major health problems in the 1960s that resulted in him undergoing undisclosed operations that left him with a short time to live.
Swanwick played the non-singing part of Herr Zeller in the original London stage production of The Sound Of Music.
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The Looking Glass War (1970)
, 1h48Directed by Frank Pierson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers, Anthony Hopkins, Susan George
Roles Finnish Policeman
Rating57%
Polish defector Leiser (Christopher Jones) is offered by MI6 a chance at UK citizenship if he agrees to undertake a mission into East Germany. (This to replace an already murdered MI6 agent.) The mission, (To gather photographic intelligence on a covert East German rocket system in violation of international agreements.) begins to go wrong from the start when, having arrived in East Germany, he's forced to murder a lorry driver for rejecting his homosexual advances. Leiser's objective is further undermined when he falls in love with an East German woman looking for a way out of the country.
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 Satanist
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.
Secrets of a Windmill Girl (1966)
Directed by Arnold L. Miller
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Pauline Collins, Martin Jarvis, Derek Bond, Peter Swanwick, Harry Fowler, Dana Gillespie
Rating51%
The Trunk (1962)
, 1h12Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Philip Carey, Julia Arnall, Dermot Walsh, Vera Day, Peter Swanwick
Roles Nicholas Steiner
Rating64%
Trouble ensues when Lisa marries Henry, a British lawyer. Lisa's jealous ex-boyfriend Stephen decides to take revenge by convincing her that she has killed Diane, her husband's ex-girlfriend. Lisa gives Stephen the money he wants to keep quiet and dispose of the corpse. Unfortunately, the dead woman's other ex-lover, Nicholas, sees the two together. After getting his money from Lisa, Stephen puts Diane's body in a trunk and drives to an isolated area. There he discovers that the woman is not feigning death; she has been killed by the jealous Nicholas, in a manner that will incriminate Stephen.
The Devil's Daffodil (1961)
, 1h34Directed by Ákos Ráthonyi
Origin German
Genres Crime
Actors William Lucas, Joachim Fuchsberger, Sabine Sesselmann, Albert Lieven, Christopher Lee, Klaus Kinski
Rating56%
Grande alerte dans la police de Londres : un meurtrier manifestement fou a tué trois jeunes femmes en très peu de temps. À chaque fois, le délinquant laisse un bouquet de narcisses jaunes sur les lieux du crime. L'inspecteur en chef Whiteside prend en charge l'enquête. Cependant, Jack Tarling, agent d'une compagnie aérienne internationale, et le mystérieux Chinois Ling Chu ne croient pas en l'action d'un individu. Surtout pas quand ils viennent d'échapper à un attentat à la bombe qui a détruit une cargaison d'héroïne de contrebande qui venait d'être découverte.
Invasion Quartet (1961)
, 1h31Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Bill Travers, Spike Milligan, Cyril Luckham, John Le Mesurier, Grégoire Aslan, William Mervyn
Roles Gun Commander
Rating52%
Two wounded officers, one British and one French are deemed unfit and surplus to requirements. They leave their hospital and together with an explosives expert suffering from mental illness and a Colonel thought too old to serve in the Army make their way to France to destroy a long range German artillery piece.
Double Bunk (1961)
, 1h32Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Sid James, Janette Scott, Liz Fraser, Dennis Price, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Freighter Pilot
Rating61%
When newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) face eviction from their rented London flat, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat by its current owner Alfred Harper (Reginald Beckwith) and his put-upon wife (Irene Handl). Mr Watson (Dennis Price) owns Jack and Peggy’s mooring and soon makes their acquaintance by introducing them to his mooring tariffs and associated surcharges.
Fate Takes a Hand (1961)
Directed by Max Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Ronald Howard, Brian Cobby, Basil Dignam, Jack Watson, Peter Butterworth, Valentine Dyall
Roles Preeny
Rating59%
Circus of Horrors (1960)
, 1h32Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Themes Circus films
Actors Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton, Jack Gwillim
Roles Inspector Knopf
Rating59%
In 1940s England, Dr. Rossiter (Anton Diffring) is a plastic surgeon wanted by the police after an operation goes hideously wrong. However, believing himself to have brilliant abilities as a surgeon, he and his assistants (Kenneth Griffith and Jane Hylton) evade capture and escape to the Continent. There Rossiter changes his name to Schüler, and befriends a circus owner (Donald Pleasence) on whose deformed daughter Nicole (played by Carla Challoner as a child, Yvonne Monlaur as an adult) he operates.
Operation Amsterdam (1959)
, 1h44Directed by Michael McCarthy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox, Alfred Burke, Tim Turner
Roles Peter
Rating63%
In May 1940, as the German invasion of the Netherlands is under way, the British government decides to send a team to the Netherlands on board HMS Walpole to secure stocks of industrial diamonds before the invaders can get to them. Accordingly, two Dutch diamond experts, Jan Smit (Peter Finch) and Walter Keyser (Alexander Knox) with a British Army Intelligence officer, Major Dillon (Tony Britton), are dropped by ship off the Dutch coast. Dodging German bombs and suspicious Dutch police and soldiers, they commandeer a car driven by Anna (Eva Bartok), whom they have just saved from trying to commit suicide. The four of them drive to Amsterdam.
The Desperate Man (1959)
, 57minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Actors Conrad Phillips, Jill Ireland, William Hartnell, Charles Gray, Peter Swanwick, Patricia Burke
Roles Hoad
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
, 1h33Directed by André de Toth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Alexander Knox, Felix Aylmer, Walter Hudd
Roles Gen. Toppe
Rating68%
The story commences in 1939. Alex Schottland (Jack Hawkins), a general in the German Army, is actually a British agent who was planted in Germany toward the end of the First World War. He is growing weary of being a spy, but is urged to continue by his friend and fellow British agent, Cornaz (Felix Aylmer), who is posing as a watchmaker.
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
, 1h20Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Pat O'Brien, Lois Maxwell, George Coulouris, Wensley Pithey, Tommy Steele, Ronald Adam
Roles Harrison
Rating53%
After suffering a series of personal setbacks and in desperate need of cash, reporter Bart Crosbie tries to get his old job back. But when he returns to the newspaper offices, Crosbie discovers that his former boss has been murdered. He is then offered money by the killer, a diamond smuggler, to take the murder rap.
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
, 1h44Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley, Cyril Cusack, Laurence Payne, Wolfe Morris
Roles Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
Rating64%
During World War II, the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete was occupied by the Nazis. British officers Major Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO (Dirk Bogarde) and Captain Bill Stanley Moss MC (David Oxley) of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) land on the island. With the help of the local Cretan resistance in April 1944, they kidnap General Kreipe (Marius Goring), the commander of the island. They take Kreipe across rough country to a secluded cove on the far side of the island, where they are picked up and taken to Cairo, the Middle East headquarters of British forces.
You Pay Your Money (1957)
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hugh McDermott, Jane Hylton, Honor Blackman, Ivan Samson, Ferdy Mayne, Shirley Deane
Roles Hall Porter
Rating50%