|
The Old Devils (1992)
Character: Gareth Pumphrey
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
|
|
|
Old Scores (1991)
Character: Lloyd Thomas
Former Welsh rugby hero Bleddyn Morgan has his life in New Zealand interrupted by a deathbed confession that leads to a replay of a controversial 1966 All Blacks/Wales rugby match - with the original teams. The now old men pull on their jerseys one more time while Morgan deals with his past on his return home.
|
|
|
|
|
The Coming Out Party (1965)
Character: Prison Gatekeeper
When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.
|
|
|
Defrosting the Fridge (1989)
Character: Chief Buffalo Coach
The Lowesthorpe Trawlers, an English American football team, hire American coach Hunter McCall and persuade local firm Salty Sea Fish Foods to be their sponsors, in an attempt to improve their game.
|
|
|
The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)
Character: Angry Driver
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 happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
|
|
|
Mr. Nice (2010)
Character: George the Scout
Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
|
|
|
Only Two Can Play (1962)
Character: Library Policeman
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
|
|
|
The Hallelujah Handshake (1970)
Character: Bob
Henry sets out to join a church and passionately help the parish. Slowly but surely his habits of exaggeration and lying begin to catch up with him.
|
|
|
Down Among the Z Men (1952)
Character: N/A
The Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard", as Harry calls himself, finds it and attempts to return it to the Professor.
|
|
|
Three Clear Sundays (1965)
Character: Prison Officer Morgan
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
|
|
|
Undertaking Betty (2002)
Character: Dr. Owen
A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together.
|
|
|
Arthur's Dyke (2001)
Character: Retired Husband
Twenty years ago, three men set out on the longest walk of their lives. They vowed to repeat the walk, but this time they are joined by a forty year old wife and mother who is in the midst of a mid-life crisis.
|
|
|
|
|
The Ipcress File (1965)
Character: First Agent (uncredited)
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
|
|
