Arthur English

AKA: Arthur Leslie Norman English
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1919-05-09

Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Biography

Arthur English (9 May 1919 - 16 April 1995) was an English television, film and stage actor and comedian from the music hall tradition.

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Mr. Harry Harman

1977-06-10 4.8

Are You Being Served? The Movie

In this feature film version of the popular BBC sitcom, the staff of Grace Brothers go on holiday to Costa Plonka, where they find themselves in the middle of a revolution. ...
Genre :Comedy

Charlie

1975-04-07 0

The Frank Crank Story

Can the Night Hoppers revive the jazz age at the Café Elegant? ...
Genre :

Cockney Spiv

1974-12-12 5.179

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will ...
Genre :Comedy

Punter in Betting Shop

1963-05-01 5.2

Echo of Diana

When a woman begins to investigate her husband's mysterious death in a plane accident she discovers the involvement of a woman known simply as Diana. ...
Genre :Mystery

Carter

1973-08-26 6.2

Love Thy Neighbour

Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' c ...
Genre :Comedy

Arthur

1972-01-01 7.3

For the Love of Ada

Walter and Ada Bingley celebrate their first wedding anniversary, unaware that that friends and family are planning a surprise party. Based on the 1970-71 sitcom of the same name. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1963-12-13 7.1

The Hi-Jackers

A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him. ...
Genre :Crime

Arthur Doolittle

1981-12-27 0

Pygmalion

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. ...
Genre :

Man on Motorbike

1982-09-20 5.2

The Boys in Blue

Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. When the station is threatened with closure due to a lack of crime, they decide to invent ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Pub Comic

1971-02-18 3.833

Percy

Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of ...
Genre :Comedy

Carlyle

1973-10-23 0

Vérité

A married couple have their preconceptions of life tested by their guest ...
Genre :

Freddy

1974-05-31 8.3

A Coffin for the Bride

Mark Walker is in the lucrative business of marrying wealthy older women and murdering them after the honeymoon. That all changes when he falls for cool blonde Stella McKenzie. He considers giving up ...
Genre :TV Movie, Thriller, Horror

Jack Combes

1973-10-01 6.1

Malachi's Cove

A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertilizer. A cocky young neighboring boy decides ...
Genre :Drama

2005-07-11 0

The Best Of Dick Emery

Compilation of classic clips, featuring the best performances from across the much-loved comedian's long BBC career, including examples of Emery's best-known slapstick routines and catchphrases. All ...
Genre :Comedy

Albert

1983-03-15 0

Wayne and Albert

When Wayne has to go and live with his grandfather Albert, they both initially resent the arrangement. Hostilities soften when they discover some common interests. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Newspaper Seller

1980-12-11 7.302

Magnum, P.I.

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's th ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bodkin, 'Boddikins'

1976-04-28 6.8

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for Granada Television, and broadcast between 1976 ...
Genre :Comedy

1980-04-11 6.9

The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for bei ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1978-09-15 0

3-2-1

3–2–1 was a popular British game show that was made by Yorkshire Television for ITV. It ran for ten years, between 29 July 1978 and 24 December 1988, with former Butlins Redcoat Ted Rogers as the host ...
Genre :

Tug Wilson

1975-01-02 7.8

The Sweeney

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Crime

1972-10-11 5.4

Crown Court

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Harman

1972-09-08 7.2

Are You Being Served?

This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of t ...
Genre :Comedy

Slugger

1971-06-28 5.5

Follyfoot

Follyfoot is a children's television series co-produced by the majority-partner British television company Yorkshire Television and the independent West German company TV Munich. It aired in the Unite ...
Genre :Family, Drama

1987-11-16 0

Never Say Die

Genre :

1979-02-27 7

How's Your Father

Genre :

1972-04-09 6

Doctor in Charge

Doctor in Charge is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of doctors. The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor ...
Genre :Comedy

Freddy

1973-04-14 6.6

Thriller

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, e ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Mr. Sampson

1972-10-11 5.4

Crown Court

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in ...
Genre :Drama

Fred Whattle

1987-01-07 6

High & Dry

It's 1946, and when Ron Archer discovers that the pier at the nearby seaside town of Midbourne is up for sale, he sets out with his son Trevor to find the money to buy it. ...
Genre :Comedy

Albert

1970-10-15 6.3

Play for Today

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original tel ...
Genre :Drama

Landlord

1971-02-19 0

Coppers End

Coppers End is a police station where the policemen work very hard to avoid work. A crime would involve them filling in forms, making out reports and, heaven forbid, giving evidence in court. ...
Genre :Comedy

Arthur

1985-09-01 7.8

In Sickness and in Health

This final follow-up to 'Till Death Us Do Part' follows an aged Alf Garnett, now dealing with his wife Else's declining health and mobility, as well as the challenges of navigating the social security ...
Genre :Comedy

Man in Pub

1985-09-01 7.8

In Sickness and in Health

This final follow-up to 'Till Death Us Do Part' follows an aged Alf Garnett, now dealing with his wife Else's declining health and mobility, as well as the challenges of navigating the social security ...
Genre :Comedy