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James Greene
Actor 1931 - 2021

James Greene

Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

James Greene was a Northern Irish actor of film, TV and stage

Filmography

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16 titles
Loving Vincent

Loving Vincent

Hugh Welchman, DK Welchman 2017 1h 35m 7.6

In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.

The Christmas Candle

The Christmas Candle

John Stephenson 2013 1h 40m

Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Tom Hooper 2012 2h 38m 6.8

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Whole Lotta Sole

Whole Lotta Sole

Terry George 2011 1h 34m 6.5

In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colourful characters, including a man who may be his illegitimate father.

Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs

Rodrigo García 2011 1h 53m 5.7

Albert Nobbs struggles to survive in late 19th century Ireland, where women aren't encouraged to be independent. Posing as a man, so she can work as a butler in Dublin's most posh hotel, Albert meets a handsome painter and looks to escape the lie she has been living.

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie 2009 2h 9m 7.7

Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

Brothers of the Head

Brothers of the Head

Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe 2005 1h 33m 7.0

In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.

Breakfast on Pluto

Breakfast on Pluto

Neil Jordan 2005 2h 8m 8.8

In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother and in part because his trans-gender nature is beyond the town's understanding.

What A Girl Wants

What A Girl Wants

Dennie Gordon 2003 1h 45m 4.6

An American teenager learns that her father is a wealthy British politician running for office. Although she is eager to find him, she realizes it could cause a scandal and cost him the election.

The Order

The Order

Brian Helgeland 2003 1h 42m 4.9

For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely similar killings, Bernier launches an investigation that forces him to confront unimaginable evil.

Johnny English

Johnny English

Peter Howitt 2003 1h 27m 6.2

Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.

From Hell

From Hell

Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes 2001 2h 2m 7.6

From Hell is a mystery thriller with Johnny Depp in the leading roll in solving the murders of serial killer Jack the Ripper.

Janice Beard 45 WPM

Janice Beard 45 WPM

Clare Kilner 1999 1h 21m

Janice Beard is a dreamer who can't seem to quite make it big. She is working in an auto design company and falls for the mailboy, but he is hiding secrets.

Photographing Fairies

Photographing Fairies

Nick Willing 1997 1h 46m 9.0

Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies.

Tom & Viv

Tom & Viv

Brian Gilbert 1994 1h 55m

The story of the marriage of the poet TS Eliot to socialite Vivienne Haigh-Wood, which had to cope with her gynaeological and emotional problems and his growing fame.

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun

Steven Spielberg 1987 2h 33m 8.2

The novel recounts the story of a young English boy, Jim Graham, who lives with his parents in Shanghai. After the Pearl Harbour attack, the Japanese occupy the Shanghai International Settlement, and in the following chaos Jim becomes separated from his parents.

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