Alrick Riley

Alrick Riley

Directing
1962-01-21
London, England, UK

Biography

British actor turned director

Known For & Full Filmography9 Titles

#1American Playhouse

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Free Space Company

6.6 / 10
DramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

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#2Crown Court

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Richard Powell

5.7 / 10
Drama

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

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#3The Gentle Touch

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Whitey

7.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.

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#4Me & My Girl

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Wendell

5.7 / 10
Comedy

While running the advertising agency Eyecatchers, Simon Harrap explores his relationships with his daughter Samantha, his business partner Derek Yates, and a string of romantic liaisons. His mother-in-law, Nell, often interferes in his attempts to raise Samantha on his own, but usually haa her granddaughter's best interests at heart.

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#5Going Out

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Henry

8.0 / 10
DramaFamily

A group of 16-year-olds—Sean, Sammy, Roger, Dikey, Gerry, and Cathy—graduate from Meadowcroft Comprehensive School and are now out in the world looking for work.

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#6Scum

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Angel

7.1 / 10
DramaCrime

Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.

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#7Johnny Jarvis

Drama Series - 1983, 16 episodes as Paul Turner

7.3 / 10
DramaCrime

Johnny Jarvis and Alan Lipton are two teenagers in their final year of secondary school at a comprehensive in Hackney in 1977. Energetic, anxious and occasionally naïve, the unlikely pair are on the brink of entering the adult world of the late '70s and early '80s when prospects are slim.

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#8The Rear Column

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m as Boy

8.8 / 10

Set in the jungle of the Congo Free State in 1887–88, the story begins after explorer Henry Morton Stanley, has gone to relieve Emin Pasha, governor of Equatoria, from a siege by Mahdist forces. He leaves behind him a 'rear column' with supplies at the Yambuya camp on the Aruwimi River and instructs them to wait until the Arab slave trader, Tippu Tib, has brought 600 more porters before following on to Equatoria. The play follows the story of the men left waiting in the camp. The officers depicted in the play are based on historical figures.

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#9On Yer Bike!

Movie - 1981, 2h 15m as David (Omo)

8.8 / 10

Four friends fancy a cycle trip to the country. It's unknown territory for them and Benny in particular looks forward to impressing the 'natives' with a new racing bike. But the experience affects the group in ways they hadn't foreseen.

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