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Dervis Ward
Actor 1923 - 1996

Dervis Ward

Dowlais, Wales, UK

Dervis Ward was born on December 5, 1923 in Dowlais, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and To Sir, with Love (1967). He died on March 27, 1996 in Ascot, Berkshire, England, UK.

Filmography

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Crossed Swords

Crossed Swords

Richard Fleischer 1977 1h 53m

Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, George C. Scott, Rex Harrison, David Hemmings and Charlton Heston costar in this dazzling adventure film adapted from Mark Twain's classic, The Prince and the Pauper.

Mutiny on the Buses

Mutiny on the Buses

Harry Booth 1972 1h 29m 6.0

London bus driver Stan Butler wants to get married and takes his chance to earn more money when he is given a new job driving a tour bus on a safari park.

To Sir, With Love

To Sir, With Love

James Clavell 1967 1h 45m 6.0

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.

Deadlier Than the Male

Deadlier Than the Male

Ralph Thomas 1967 1h 41m 5.0

British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Tony Richardson 1962 1h 44m 8.5

A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.

Gorgo

Gorgo

Eugène Lourié 1961 1h 18m 5.0

Never take a baby from his mother. You'll see why in this action-packed monster thriller as young Gorgo, a creature from the sea, is relocated to London from Ireland, with rampaging mommy-dearest not far behind.

The World of Suzie Wong

The World of Suzie Wong

Richard Quine 1960 2h 6m 5.0

A Hong Kong sex worker tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.

Danger Tomorrow

Danger Tomorrow

Terry Bishop 1960 1h 1m 6.0

A doctor and his wife move into an old house in an English village where he is to start a new job. Over the next few days his wife begins to experience strange visions which make her fear that her life is in danger.

Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

William Wyler 1959 3h 32m 8.5

Ben Hur is the critically acclaimed monumental masterpiece historical film starring Charlton Heston as a chariot racer in the first century. The film is a cult classic.

Violent Playground

Violent Playground

Basil Dearden 1958 1h 48m 7.0

The struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a dangerous young pyromaniac.

Gideon's Day

Gideon's Day

John Ford 1958 1h 31m 7.0

A typical day for Scotland Yard Chief Inspector George Gideon consists of working on several cases at the same time.

Time Without Pity

Time Without Pity

Joseph Losey 1957 1h 28m 7.3

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row.

The Long Haul

The Long Haul

Ken Hughes 1957 1h 28m 7.0

An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by a conniving criminal.

The Chiltern Hundreds

The Chiltern Hundreds

John Paddy Carstairs 1949 1h 24m 6.0

Young Viscount Tony Pym manages to get an army leave on the pretence of running for the Conservatives in the next local election. His only aim in fact is to marry June, a rich American heiress, before she returns to America. Due to unexpected circumstances, he is driven to take part in the election campaign but loses the vote.

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