Charles Lamb

AKA:
1.1785

1900-11-20

London, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {55}

Henry Gorbet

1965-11-24 2

Tomorrow, Just You Wait

Jimmy is young, earning good money and going out with a smashing girl. What more could a man wish for? ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama, Romance

Man in Village Hall (uncredited)

1980-02-06 6.1

The Mirror Crack'd

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Old Man

1971-12-09 0

The Pigeon Fancier

When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Ernie Smart

1951-05-07 6

The Galloping Major

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper. ...
Genre :Comedy

uncredited

1954-01-01 4.346

Impulse

An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Snack Bar Customer (uncredited)

1960-01-01 5

Jackpot

Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Sam (as old man)

1978-01-12 0

A Question of Time

Set in 1914, lodger Sam and his married landlady, Ann (10 lears his senior), fall in love. He marries a tart who falsely claims to be pregnant. But, when he returns from the war that killed his landla ...
Genre :

George

1983-11-29 5.65

An Englishman Abroad

Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Mr. Peck (uncredited)

1962-08-21 7.3

Jigsaw

A woman is found murdered in a seaside house along the coast from Brighton in the county of East Sussex, England. Local D.I. Fred Fellows and D.S. Jim Wilks lead an investigation methodically followin ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama

Pascin (uncredited)

1959-06-18 7.2

The Nun's Story

After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II. ...
Genre :Drama

Dad

1965-11-17 4.833

The End of Arthur's Marriage

In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is hap ...
Genre :Music, TV Movie, Comedy, Drama

Mr. Steele

1957-06-01 5.2

The Tommy Steele Story

A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Newsvendor

1967-11-09 6.6

Quatermass and the Pit

A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around. ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery

Chef

1961-05-01 6.5

The Curse of the Werewolf

A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges. ...
Genre :Horror

Contractor

1957-09-17 5.354

Lucky Jim

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled w ...
Genre :Comedy

Old Man in Wheelchair

1989-02-01 5.69

The Tall Guy

An American actor in England tries to find love and work. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Grandad

1984-07-17 0

Dog Ends

A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding and needs a lot of medical treatment. Then a neighbour suggests a painless way to be rid of him. This ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Mr. Noseworthy

1968-02-11 6.382

Charlie Bubbles

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Wincastle

1965-12-14 5.781

Life at the Top

Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disi ...
Genre :Drama

George

1952-03-12 7.2

Curtain Up

In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. T ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr Able

1960-09-13 6.3

The Criminal

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences. ...
Genre :Crime

Elderly Man

1988-05-29 5.6

Tumbledown

The film centers on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC, an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the he ...
Genre :TV Movie, Drama, War

Old Bowyer

1960-12-26 6

Sword of Sherwood Forest

Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an am ...
Genre :Adventure, History

Publican (Uncredited)

1953-05-28 6.622

Genevieve

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home. ...
Genre :Comedy

Carpenter

1960-03-24 6.884

School for Scoundrels

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by uns ...
Genre :Comedy

Lock-Keeper

1959-02-01 6.6

Model for Murder

An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Mr. Lamb

1955-03-01 5

One Jump Ahead

Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated trail. ...
Genre :Crime

Todd

1969-03-04 6.2

The Southern Star

Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900. George Segal is the appealing hero-heel and Ursula Andress is visually stunnin ...
Genre :Adventure

Mr. Hapgood

1952-10-31 6

Come Back Peter

There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay. ...
Genre :Comedy

Henry

1958-01-02 5

Davy

The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music

Bank clerk

1954-07-01 5.2

Delayed Action

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and t ...
Genre :Crime

Jean - The Cowman

1951-10-08 5.1

Appointment with Venus

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. ...
Genre :Romance

Caretaker

1975-11-18 7

Dial a Deadly Number

A young woman tormented by murderous dreams decides to call a psychiatrist for help but accidentally dials a desperate out -of-work actor. ...
Genre :TV Movie, Mystery, Horror

Jenkins

1956-06-19 6

The Feminine Touch

Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in ...
Genre :Drama

Dad

1982-12-10 0

Marks

Les is an aimless young man, unemployed and still living with his mother. He decides to give her a present - her name tattooed on his arm… ...
Genre :

Pinza

1960-01-01 5.7

The Shakedown

Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Man in Train

1955-07-26 4.6

John and Julie

The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth. ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Arnold

1972-09-04 0

Thrills Galore

They were all there for the beer. (BBC Genome) ...
Genre :

Walter

1962-03-01 6

Design for Loving

Follows a beatnik artist who becomes a top fashion designer. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Orderly

1979-10-24 6.6

Quatermass

In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult. ...
Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Harris

1971-10-10 7.759

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighbo ...
Genre :Drama

Harry

1986-09-06 6.1

Casualty

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives. ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

Locksmith

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

Nicholas Appleyard

1972-04-12 6

The Black Arrow

Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow tells the tale of Richard Shelton, a knight who avenges the death of his father during the War of the Roses. Richard is surrounded by enem ...
Genre :Family, Action & Adventure

Grandad

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

Dad

1982-11-12 7

Objects of Affection

A series of plays written by Alan Bennett. ...
Genre :Drama

Gardener

1979-01-08 8

Danger UXB

Danger UXB is a 1979 British television series developed by John Hawkesworth and starring Anthony Andrews as Lieutenant Brian Ash, an officer in the Royal Engineers. The programme is titled and partly ...
Genre :Drama

George

1972-09-14 6.4

Sykes

Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life. ...
Genre :Comedy

Sam Spicer

1967-01-15 0

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories embodying the author's interest in boxing, the supernatural, and medical matters. ...
Genre :Drama

Clockmender

1972-11-05 7.6

Dead of Night

Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It ran for a single series; of its seven 50-minute episodes, only th ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Stage Doorkeeper

1967-02-24 0

The World of Wodehouse

The World of Wodehouse was a comedy television series, based on the Blandings Castle and Ukridge comedy stories by P. G. Wodehouse. The series, which followed The World of Wooster, was shown on BBC T ...
Genre :Comedy

Billy

1972-11-21 5.667

The Edwardians

The Edwardians is an eight-part miniseries broadcast in 1972–73. An anthology, each 90-minute episode explores influential figure(s) of the Edwardian era: Charles Rolls and Henry Royce; Horatio Bottom ...
Genre :Drama

Father

1964-05-03 7.2

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and ...
Genre :Drama

Hawker

1954-10-01 7

Mark Saber

Mark Saber refers to a half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. Tom Conway portrayed Mark Saber as a plainclothes English detective working with ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Pensioner

1985-01-06 6.8

Screen Two

Series of single made-for-television dramas. ...
Genre :Drama