Ivor Roberts

AKA:
0.3718

1925-07-19

Nottingham, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {71}

Mr Lee

1976-04-10 0

Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration

David lives with a woman nearly twice his age, who decides to make him her fantasy child. It is a role our young hero cannot resist, especially when David's parents come to dinner and he reads an extr ...
Genre :Drama

Jimmy Quinn

1977-05-03 0

Twelve Off the Belt

Grand Challenge pie-eating contest : ' Winner finishes most whole pies off the belt in half-an-hour. Ties decided on a raw cabbage '. The Bedworth Hog faces tough competition. ...
Genre :

Mr Coleman

1977-05-24 0

In The Dead Spell

When Mr Coleman was alive he found it hard to talk to his son. Since his death he finds it strangely easier. ...
Genre :

Vicar

1982-01-02 6.361

Murder Is Easy

American computer whiz Luke Williams meets elderly Lavinia Fullerton on a London-bound train. She reveals she's discovered the identity of a serial killer in her village and is going to report it to S ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

Mr Thackeray

1991-08-09 0

Killing Time

When Martin meets Harry he doesn't know what to expect. Is it love the boy is offering or a one-way ticket to heartbreak? ...
Genre :Thriller, TV Movie

Glossop

1987-02-12 6.045

Personal Services

Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become the madam of a brothel and earn her financial freedom: she opens a house of spanking to fabulous revie ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr Chirkham

1988-07-13 0

No Further Cause for Concern

Prison inmate Danny Monk does not foresee the circumstances when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with Prison Officer Green as hostage. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, TV Movie

1975-03-05 6.7

The Evacuees

The experiences of two young Jewish boys evacuated from Manchester to Blackpool during the Blitz. ...
Genre :War, Drama, TV Movie

Mr Drake

1976-09-22 6.5

Rogue Male

In 1939, Sir Robert Thorndyke takes aim at Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle, but the shot misses its mark. Captured and tortured by the Gestapo and left for dead, Sir Robert makes his way back t ...
Genre :Drama, War, TV Movie

1971-06-08 0

A Breed of Men

The story was inspired by the stay-down strikers in the 1930s who refused to leave the mines for three weeks. Ernie Bailey, one of the miners, relayed the story to director Karl Francis, but declined ...
Genre :

1977-06-20 5.9

Alternative 3

Purporting to be an investigation into the UK's contemporary "brain drain", Alternative 3 uncovered a plan to make the Moon and Mars habitable in the event of climate change and a terminal environment ...
Genre :TV Movie, Documentary, Science Fiction

Ludlum

1980-09-26 7.003

Hopscotch

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria wher ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Reginald Barnes

1985-08-18 0

The Moon Over Soho

A wily publisher of arts magazines tries to cope with ever-growing financial problems - and also his formidable German mother. ...
Genre :

Reporter #3

1988-05-05 6.7

Without a Clue

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watso ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Chief Judge

1984-06-01 6.5

Another Country

In Moscow in 1983, an American journalist interviews Guy Bennett, who recalls his last year at public school, fifty years before, and how it contributed to him becoming a spy. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mr Tranter

1980-12-23 6

The Bells of Astercote

An adaptation of the novel by Penelope Lively. The plot revolves around the ghosts of plague victims in a sleepy wood. ...
Genre :Fantasy, TV Movie

Cooke

1974-03-21 7.5

Penda's Fen

Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Inspector Gray

1979-10-18 5.231

Home Before Midnight

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him. ...
Genre :Drama

Harry

1988-12-22 6.294

We Think the World of You

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home ...
Genre :Drama

Henry

1981-10-27 0

London Is Drowning

A fictional look at what might happen if the Thames were to flood before completion of the Thames Barrier at the end of 1982. A series of freak weather conditions coincide and there is a real possibil ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Chairman

1973-11-01 0

Jack Point

Rivalry at a local Gilbert and Sullivan Society over who will play Jack Point in the Silver Jubilee production. Rowland Matthews has always been the main star, but he is getting on, and the young Cliv ...
Genre :Drama, Music, TV Movie

Doctor

1973-01-18 6.7

Lady Killer

A shy, lonely American girl marries a charming man she meets while on vacation in England, unaware that he has sinister plans for her. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Thriller, Horror

Schoolmaster

1981-01-08 0

Fothergill

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brighte ...
Genre :

Arthur Collings

1978-01-25 0

Foreign Affairs

Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Susan and Viktor - a reunion which leads to unforeseen complications. ...
Genre :

Inspector

1983-01-01 6

The Unvarnished Truth

A couple's row leaves a woman dead, a hectic evening ensues when no woman can enter the cottage without rapidly becoming deceased. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mogran

1975-04-12 8.767

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure yet — to prevent the creation of the Daleks. ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama

Sgt. Jones

1982-11-13 0

A Walk in the Dark

A blind man is tormented by a mysterious visitor who moves into his house and kills his dog but seems only interested in playing vicious mind games. ...
Genre :

Jethro (voice)

1996-10-15 6

Moses

In the middle of the night, Egyptian soldiers search for Moses (Martin Jarvis) whose brother Aaron (Tony Leader) swfitly dispatches him on a camel. Back at the royal palace, Ramses warns his son Menep ...
Genre :

Uncle Walter

1980-04-11 3.3

Sweet William

William is a dashing and eccentric Scotsman whose charms rapidly overwhelm the sweet and naïve Ann, but she nearly as quickly begins to comprehend that her new beau is anything but a one-woman man. In ...
Genre :Drama

Talbot

1982-05-02 0

Nye

Drama following the turbulent career of Labour politician Nye Bevan, founder of the National Health Service. ...
Genre :

Doctor

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

Sale

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

Alan Fouchet

1981-10-18 6.7

Bergerac

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes cau ...
Genre :Drama

1984-10-16 6.7

The Bill

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

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

1962-01-02 7

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in J ...
Genre :Drama

Gas Inspector

1979-03-24 6.7

Tales of the Unexpected

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plet ...
Genre :Drama

Arnold Thomas

1996-07-01 7.3

Oh, Doctor Beeching!

The trials and tribulations of the staff at Hatley railway station, who are all wondering if Dr Beeching will close them down. ...
Genre :Comedy

George de Villefort

1978-01-28 7.8

Enemy at the Door

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of th ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Mr. Waugh

1987-01-06 7.8

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

1985-04-12 5.8

C.A.T.S. Eyes

C.A.T.S. Eyes is a British television series made by TVS for ITV between 1985 and 1987. A spin-off of the series The Gentle Touch, Maggie Forbes leads an all-female detective agency called "Eyes" that ...
Genre :Drama

Peter Royce Williams

1975-12-17 6.9

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

1980-02-25 8.341

Yes Minister

Satirical sitcom set in the office of a UK Cabinet minister, Jim Hacker MP, who struggles with Civil Service bureaucracy and political machinations as he tries to get on with government business. ...
Genre :Comedy, War & Politics

1979-05-11 6

Two Up, Two Down

Two Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Paul Nicholas and Su Pollard. It aired for one series in 1979 and marked the television comedy debut of Su Pollard, later to become well known as Peggy in ...
Genre :

1973-06-07 5.5

Warship

Written and filmed to reflect the reality of life in the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines in the 1970s, most stories focus on the Captain and his fellow officers, with subplots dealing with life on th ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Dr. Moffett

1978-06-13 0

Life of Shakespeare

Biography of William Shakespeare. ...
Genre :Drama

1982-09-07 6.7

The Agatha Christie Hour

This ten episode program was based on ten short stories written by Agatha Christie but with wide-ranging themes. Some were romances, some had supernatural themes and a couple were adventures. The comm ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Crime

Prison Visitor

1974-09-05 8.1

Porridge

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La ...
Genre :Comedy

1975-09-22 4.7

Madame Bovary

Francesca Annis and Tom Conti star in this acclaimed UK miniseries adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic tale of one woman's attempts to mold her own unfulfilling life in the shape of her favorite ...
Genre :Drama

Mogran

1963-11-23 7.887

Doctor Who

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Jack Hodgson

1979-10-29 6.8

Minder

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

Victor

1977-09-07 7.5

Secret Army

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo. ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Mr. Dobson

1993-05-10 6.1

Peak Practice

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 ...
Genre :Drama

Jacobsen

1983-04-13 6

Shackleton

A four-part drama adaptation about the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Based on Shackleton’s own journals. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton chooses to lead a team on their famous journey aboard ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

Phillip Thomas

1985-09-12 6

The New Statesman

George Vance, custodian of an agricultural museum near Aylesbury, receives news that is about to change his life. Much to his surprise, George inherits the Earldom of Ynys Enlli. ...
Genre :Comedy

Inspector Blakelock

1983-04-08 6.9

Dalgliesh

Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published poet and an intensely private man. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Rupert Robinson

1965-01-23 7.8

Public Eye

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the inves ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Duke / Lodovico (voice)

1992-11-09 6.3

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's ...
Genre :Animation

Jesse (voice)

1996-10-16 6.4

Testament: The Bible in Animation

A nine-part series of Old Testament stories for younger viewers using various animation techniques, including stop-motion, cel animation and computer animation. ...
Genre :Animation, Drama

Jethro / Hebrew Elder (voice)

1996-10-16 6.4

Testament: The Bible in Animation

A nine-part series of Old Testament stories for younger viewers using various animation techniques, including stop-motion, cel animation and computer animation. ...
Genre :Animation, Drama

Mr Thackeray

1988-01-19 6

The Play on One

A series of plays specially written for television. ...
Genre :Drama

Inspector Blakelock

1983-04-08 6.5

Death of an Expert Witness

When Dr. Edwin Lorrimer, a forensic scientist working at a private laboratory is found killed, Detective Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is sent to investigate. Dalgliesh had been in the area a few mont ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Mr. Barnes

1990-01-14 7.053

You Rang, M'Lord?

You Rang, M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! It was broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC. ...
Genre :Comedy

Arthur Collings

1977-09-21 7

BBC2 Play of the Week

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Bank Manager

1977-09-09 6.3

Target

A crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Insp. Woods

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

Arthur Peglar

1978-09-13 6

Born and Bred

Two large, interrelated south London families struggle to believe that blood is thicker than water. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Harold (The President)

1989-06-05 5.5

The Nineteenth Hole

A harassed secretary at a private golf club steeped in bigotry faces challenges amidst its desperate financial straits. Key events unfold in the club's bar, The Nineteenth Hole. The series was widely ...
Genre :Comedy

Dr. MacDonald

1970-07-29 5.5

Ace of Wands

Ace of Wands is a fantasy-based British children's television show broadcast on ITV between 1970 and 1972, created by Trevor Preston and Pamela Lonsdale and produced by Thames Television. The title, t ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Family

Dr Thompson

1977-05-08 5.5

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (often referred to simply as Murder Most English) is a seven-part British detective miniseries based on Colin Watson's Flaxborough novel series. While Mart ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Mr Motshill

1975-12-29 6.5

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley is a six-part television miniseries adapted by Elaine Morgan, based on Richard Llewellyn's eponymous 1939 novel. The serial is produced by the BBC and 20th Century Fox Televisi ...
Genre :Drama