Richard Syms

AKA: Richard Sims
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1943-01-01

England, UK

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {56}

George

1998-07-13 4.4

Urban Ghost Story

After a car accident, Lizzie lies dead on the roadside - slowly she is taken into the light - but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during the 184 seco ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ambrose

2005-09-08 6.6

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Recently widowed well-to-do Laura Henderson purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theater ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

2018-07-27 8

The Last Dance

In the not-too-distant future, a lonely old man works on a mysterious project, hoping to relive the not-too-distant past. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Science Fiction

Donald

1997-11-06 6.4

Stella Does Tricks

A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life. ...
Genre :Drama

Charge Nurse

1990-09-30 10

Can You Hear Me Thinking?

Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the parents of teenage boy diagnosed with schizophrenia ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Vicar

1994-07-08 5.192

Staggered

Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil encountering many obstacles as he makes his way to Lon ...
Genre :Comedy

Board Member

2016-05-25 6.6

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter. ...
Genre :Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Vicar

1996-05-24 7.571

Secrets & Lies

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman. ...
Genre :Drama

Vicar

2013-06-13 5.357

Summer in February

The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which included Alfred Munnings and Laura and Harold Knight. Th ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Head Waiter

2017-02-19 6.6

Their Finest

During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sis ...
Genre :Romance, War, Drama

Churchman

2003-02-23 5.5

The Gathering

Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with partial memory loss. The deeply regretful driver allows her to convalesce at a large rural home, where she bec ...
Genre :Horror, Thriller

Man in Pinstripe

2011-09-15 6.242

Johnny English Reborn

The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the targe ...
Genre :Crime, Action, Comedy

Analyst

1991-03-17 2

Do Not Disturb

When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of literary enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story writer Eleanor Mont other forces start to stir. ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, TV Movie

Reg

2017-03-10 5

The Time of Their Lives

Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover's funeral on glamorous French hideaway Île de Ré, former Hollywood siren Helen escapes her London retirement home with help of repressed English housewife Priscill ...
Genre :Comedy

Symonds

1991-05-03 6.9

Truly Madly Deeply

Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good as it used to be – hey, even the rats that infested ...
Genre :Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance

Drunken Repeater

2002-12-14 7.314

Gangs of New York

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigran ...
Genre :Drama, History, Crime

Reverend

2009-12-25 7.2

Nowhere Boy

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s Liverpool, England. Mimi's husband suddenly dies, and John spies his mother Julia at the funeral. D ...
Genre :Drama

Frank

2017-05-15 0

The 13th

When Chris finds out his dead father's legacy is no more than a mysterious riddle only he can solve, he's not interested. He just wants to pay a flying visit to the remote Greek island where his estra ...
Genre :

Newscaster #1

2004-10-01 6.566

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Priest

2006-12-28 5.6

Dracula

The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with ...
Genre :Drama, Horror, TV Movie

Hugo

8

The Last Dance

In the not-too-distant future, a lonely old man works on a mysterious project, hoping to relive the not-too-distant past. ...
Genre :

young Hugo

8

The Last Dance

In the not-too-distant future, a lonely old man works on a mysterious project, hoping to relive the not-too-distant past. ...
Genre :

Head Waiter

1990-11-09 6

102 Boulevard Haussmann

In 1916 author Marcel Proust is leading a reclusive life in Paris. He hires a quartet of musicians and befriends one of them, a wounded serviceman. ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Caretaker

2002-03-21 6.1

Ali G Indahouse

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as ...
Genre :Comedy

House of Commons Speaker

2011-12-26 6.362

The Iron Lady

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power. ...
Genre :History, Drama

Mrs. Beeton Fan

2006-10-23 7.143

Fear of Fanny

The bizarre tale of Fanny Cradock, Britain's famous and maligned TV chef from 50s to the 70s. ...
Genre :

Vicar

2008-11-07 8

Gone Fishing

The touching story of a boy and old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing, and the legend of Goliath, the biggest pike ever caught. ...
Genre :Drama

Alwin

1986-01-10 7.3

Lovejoy

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers f ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Winston Churchill

2013-10-27 8.2

The Czech Century

Czech Century brings the key moments of the history of the Czech nation from 1918 to 1989. ...
Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Rev. Toft

1996-01-03 7.3

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on a ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Drummond

1979-10-29 6.8

Minder

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

Humanist Officant

1999-06-01 7.5

Bad Girls

Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and ma ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Davis

1991-09-03 7.184

2Point4 Children

They're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens. Plus just a few crazy ideas, escapades and mishaps. The classic 90s sitcom. ...
Genre :Comedy

Janitor

1993-01-27 6.7

The Detectives

The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs. ...
Genre :Comedy

Vicar

2010-07-25 8.512

Sherlock

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Courtier

2006-01-22 6.382

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of tr ...
Genre :Drama

Building Society Manager

1989-09-19 5.8

The Paradise Club

The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were broadcast between 1989 and 1990. The show focuses upon ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Mr. Crawford

1978-01-08 7.756

All Creatures Great and Small

The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Marco

2018-09-27 6.633

Sick of It

A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Mr. Roberts

2012-01-15 7.512

Call the Midwife

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth. ...
Genre :Drama

College Porter

2002-04-08 7.2

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Delivery Man

1992-01-12 7.5

As Time Goes By

Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding. ...
Genre :Comedy

Cornelius

2001-01-22 7.5

As If

Jamie, Sooz, Nicki, Alex, Sasha and Rob - all friends, all around eighteen, and all stars in their own drama. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Board Man

1999-11-28 6.3

Oliver Twist

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Durma

2016-05-26 6.2

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

A unique collection of extraordinary fantastical short stories from the pen of Neil Gaiman, directed by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. With a score by Jarvis Cocker and starring a host of British acting ...
Genre :Drama

Ensemble Actor

2013-11-10 7.5

Yonderland

A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun. ...
Genre :Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Lord Hailsham

2016-11-04 8.189

The Crown

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famou ...
Genre :Drama

Priest

2017-01-07 7.892

Taboo

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Mr. Bream

1997-03-23 7.5

Midsomer Murders

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Earl of Essex

2015-01-21 7.493

Wolf Hall

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry A ...
Genre :Drama

Vicar

2002-10-27 7.9

Foyle's War

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later ser ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, War & Politics, Crime

Tax Man

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

Cyril

2012-08-24 0

BBC Comedy Feeds

Comedy Feeds is a sitcom / sketch show featured on BBC Three since 2014. Each Comedy Feed showcases emerging new talent by making their pilot shows available exclusively on BBC iPlayer. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Myers

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

Parson

1992-03-05 5.5

The Camomile Lawn

The Camomile Lawn is a 1992 British miniseries based on Mary Wesley's novel of the same name, following five cousins and their family in Cornwall as they navigate the start of World War II. The story ...
Genre :Drama

Ballroom MC

1992-11-13 2.6

Gone to Seed

Gone to Seed is a British comedy-drama series created by Tony Grounds, a standalone spin-off to his earlier Gone to the Dogs. With much of the cast returning—albeit in new roles—the six-episode series ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama