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Mr Parnes, Shillings & Pence (1986)
Character: Self
A 1986 documentary film about the life and career of Larry Parnes who managed a stable of early British rock and roll stars including Billy Fury, Tommy Steele, Joe Brown and Marty Wilde.
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Blue Suede Shoes (1980)
Character: Self (archive footage)
This documentary shows the revival of British rock n' roll as it follows a weekend pilgrimage of Teddy Boys, Rockabilly Rebels and Rockers. Bands performing include Bill Haley and the Comets, Crazy Cavan & the Rhythm Rockers, Matchbox, Flying Saucers, Freddie Fingers Lee, Ray Campi and his Rockabilly Rebels.
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The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)
Character: Tony Whitecliffe/Tommy Hudson
A Cockney lad pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess.
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It's All Happening (1963)
Character: Billy Bowles
Tommy Steele stars as a talent-spotter at a recording company who determines to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands, in order that the orphanage where he was brought up be saved from closing.
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Tommy the Toreador (1959)
Character: Tommy Tomkins
Tommy is a happy sailor, travelling the world, singing his favourite songs. When he visits Spain, he gets mistaken for a famous bullfighter. Tommy finishes up in the bull-ring facing a VERY angry bull and cheered on by the crowd. What will he do now?
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Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
Character: Himself
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
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The Album (2023)
Character: Self
A documentary about the record industry, told from the perspective of the art department. With over 40 interviews comprised of 3 generations, top creators of their day talk about the development of the art synonymous with the music you know and love. From The Beatles' Abbey Road and The Eagles' Hotel California to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Nirvana's Nevermind, hear the stories behind the most memorable art in music history.
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Året var 1957 (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
1957 - this is when the space age begins. The Soviets send up Sputnik 1 and 2. The whole world searches the sky for moving stars and the radio amateurs listen in their headphones for beeps from space. Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries are shown in cinemas. Stockholm gets its first female parking attendants and Tommy Steele comes to visit.
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Light Up the Sky! (1960)
Character: Eric McCaffey
Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.
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The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
Character: John Lawless
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible classes?
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Half a Sixpence (1967)
Character: Arthur Kipps
"If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But can his newfound wealth buy happiness?
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Where's Jack? (1969)
Character: Jack Sheppard
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
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The Tommy Steele Story (1957)
Character: Tommy Steele
A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar.
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Finian's Rainbow (1968)
Character: 'Og' the Leprechaun
An Irishman and his daughter arrive in the American South with a stolen pot of gold, hoping to make their fortune. Pursued by a leprechaun desperate to recover his treasure, they become entangled in a battle over land, love, and prejudice in Rainbow Valley—where the gold’s magic turns wishes, and lives, upside down.
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Twelfth Night (1970)
Character: Feste
Sir Alec Guinness, Sir Ralph Richardson and Joan Plowright star in this merry on-stage mix-up of identity, gender and love in Tony Award-winner John Dexter’s production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Originally broadcast on Britain’s ITV, this classic performance captures all the slapstick, puns and double entendres that have amazed and amused audiences for over four hundred years.
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Quincy's Quest (1979)
Character: Quincy
It's the night before Christmas, and all the toy store rejects are due to be tossed into the furnace. This includes Quincy, a most lifelike doll. In a last ditch effort to save himself and his "unwanted" chums from incineration, he goes on a long and perilous journey in search of the only one who can save them: Santa Claus.
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