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Roger Avon
Actor 1914 - 1998

Roger Avon

Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Filmography

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13 titles
The Black Candle

The Black Candle

Roy Battersby 1991 1h 43m 6.0

Yorkshire in the 1880's: Joe Skinner marries Lily Whitmore, the woman he has long admired, to give a name to her illegitimate child by Lionel Fillmore, the opportunistic son of an impoverished aristocrat. Lionel, however, has his sights set on Victoria, the naive cousin of hard-working Bridget Mordaunt, and the wealth he wrongly assumes is hers.

The Dresser

The Dresser

Peter Yates 1983 1h 58m 7.0

Personal assistant Norman struggles to get deteriorating veteran actor Sir through a difficult performance of King Lear.

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.

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

David Eady 1972 1h 5m

A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.

Au Pair Girls

Au Pair Girls

Val Guest 1972 1h 25m 4.0

Four sexy young foreign girls come to England as au pairs and quickly become quite intimate with their employers, host families, and just about everyone else they encounter.

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Curse of the Crimson Altar

Vernon Sewell 1968 1h 27m 6.3

When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming - and his niece more demonstrably so - Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything.

Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

Roy Ward Baker 1967 1h 37m 7.0

An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

Gordon Flemyng 1966 1h 21m 6.3

Dr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.

A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night

Richard Lester 1964 1h 28m 7.3

A Hard Day’s Night is named after the successful Beatles album of the same name. The film tells in a mocking style the life of the modern pop stars. The film shows the Beatles at the height of their career as they move between hotel rooms, trains, and concerts.

Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

George Pollock 1963 1h 21m 6.5

Miss Marple and Mr Stringer are out soliciting donations for a charity. When they visit Mr Enderby, a rich and eccentric recluse, he appears at the top of the staircase and tumbles down, apparently the victim of a fatal heart attack...

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

Lance Comfort 1959 1h 24m 6.0

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'.

Womaneater

Womaneater

Charles Saunders 1958 1h 10m 5.0

A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.

Kill Her Gently

Kill Her Gently

Charles Saunders 1957 1h 15m 6.0

A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.

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