Michael Darbyshire
Biography
He was an English actor of stage and screen. He is perhaps best known for his role as Hubert Davenport, the Victorian ghost, in the long running BBC TV children's comedy series Rentaghost.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Hubert Davenport
After his death, Fred Mumford wants a second chance at achieving the success that eluded him in life. Coming back to Earth as a spirit, he recruits a Victorian gent and a medieval jester to set up 'Rentaghost', a supernatural service for wanted hauntings.
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Mr. V
A 13-episode miniseries from Yorkshire Television, about Charles Dickens, by now an internationally renowned novelist, during an 1869 tour of America, looking back over his life.
Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Inventor
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Dancer
Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the Kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the Prince to wed no matter what. When the Prince meets Cinderella at a ball, he's sure she's the one, and when she loses her slipper upon exiting the dance, the Prince is determined to find and marry her.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Doctor
By chance the perfume creators Mike and Al produce a scent that makes women go wild for sex. While they desperately try to find the recipe for their product of chance, they use it on random women they meet in the train and fuck their brains out in a hut in the forest. A central problem is to explain their absence from work to wives and colleagues.
Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Player
Documentary following the history of British Music Hall, its stars and architecture, interspersed with revivals of old favourites by todays performers.