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Kenneth Fortescue

Kenneth Fortescue

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1931-06-08
Kew, Surrey, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography20 Titles

#1BBC Play of the Month

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Charles Wilcox

5.3 / 10
Drama

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

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#2Theatre 625

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as Frank de Souza

7.2 / 10
Drama

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

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#3Lawrence of Arabia

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Allenby's Aide (uncredited)

8.0 / 10
AdventureHistoryWar

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

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#4Till Death Us Do Part

Drama Series - 1966, 16 episodes • as Lord Farrel

7.6 / 10
Comedy

This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.

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#5The Mirror Crack'd

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m • as Charles Foxwell ("Murder at Midnight")

6.1 / 10
MysteryCrimeThriller

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

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#6Londoners

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Arnold Fitzgerald

8.8 / 10
Drama

London itself takes the starring role in this series of plays from the BBC – a role which varies between hero and villain, enchantress and harpy. The series features extensive location filming, ranging from Soho to the Law Courts, Wembley to the docks. Of the twelve episodes, eleven are believed to be lost.

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#7The Best of Enemies

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Lt. Thomlinson

6.9 / 10
ComedyWar

During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.

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#8Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Director

6.1 / 10
ComedyCrimeMystery

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.

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#9The Brides of Fu Manchu

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Sergeant Spicer

5.9 / 10
CrimeAdventure

This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.

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#10One Good Turn

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m • as Minor Role (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
Comedy

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do

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#11Tank Force!

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • as Cpl. Johnson

6.4 / 10
DramaWar

During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.

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#12How to Murder a Rich Uncle

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Albert Clitterbern

7.0 / 10
ComedyCrime

A broke British nobleman targets his Canadian uncle, but other relatives get in the way.

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#13Desert Mice

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Peter Ribston

6.2 / 10
ComedyWar

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to camp.

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#14Petticoat Pirates

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Paul Turner

6.6 / 10
Comedy

Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're the equal of their male counterparts.

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#15Up the Front

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as General Burke's Aide-de-Camp

4.4 / 10
Comedy

In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say "titter ye not." Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans' plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear...! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.

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#16Don't Bother to Knock

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Ian

4.8 / 10
RomanceComedy

An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a joke. She gives them to him as he leaves for a holiday. He gives the keys to several women he romances across the continent. He gets engaged again by phone and arranges to meet his fiancé at his flat, but the flat isn't empty...

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#17High Flight

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as John Fletcher

6.2 / 10
WarDrama

The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.

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#18Clue of the Twisted Candle

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m • as Secretary (C.I.D.)

7.0 / 10
Crime

A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside.

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#19Playback

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as First Tennis Player

8.8 / 10
Crime

A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.

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#20Pity About the Abbey

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Arnold Fitzgerald

9.0 / 10
TV MovieComedyDrama

Satirical play in which businessmen want to destroy Westminster Abbey to make way for a bypass.

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