William Lawford

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles

#1Rumpole of the Bailey

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Usher

7.1 / 10
DramaComedyCrime

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.

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#2Rumpole of the Bailey

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Clerk of the Court

7.1 / 10
DramaComedyCrime

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.

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#3The Comic Strip Presents...

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as British Aerotec Officer

7.4 / 10
Comedy

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.

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#4Never the Twain

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Waiter

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four episodes out of six of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by Vince Powell and John Kane. It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also starred Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner and Maria Charles. The title is taken from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.

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#5Ooh La La!

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes as Manager

10.0 / 10
Comedy

Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identities and impeccable timing.

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#6Three Up, Two Down

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes as Park-Keeper

6.3 / 10
Comedy

Comedy series about Nick and Angie, a young married couple, Angie's snobbish mother Daphne, and Nick's cockney father Sam. Much of the humour arises from the fact that the mismatched Daphne and Sam are forced by circumstances to share the flat below that occupied by their children.

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#7The Prince and the Pauper

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Mandrake

6.1 / 10
DramaAdventure

Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they're separated and each must live the other's life.

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#8Sense and Sensibility

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Clay

7.1 / 10
Drama

A story of two sisters attempting to find happiness in the tightly structured society of 18th century England. Elinor, disciplined, restrained and very conscious of the manners of the day, represents sense. Outspoken, impetuous, emotional Marianne represents sensibility.

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#9The Slipper and the Rose

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as Dancer

6.9 / 10
FantasyRomanceMusic

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.

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#10Wish You Were Here

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Uncle Brian

6.5 / 10
ComedyDramaRomance

In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sexual encounters challenging the prevailing lower-middle class attitudes to sex.

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#11Rebecca's Daughters

Movie - 1992, 2h 15m as Footman

6.5 / 10
ComedyDrama

Young aristocrat Anthony Raine returns home from India to find the farmers of Pembrokeshire protesting about the rates of a tollgate run by The Whitman Turnpike Trust, headed by the drunken Lord Sarn. So Raine dons a mask and, calling himself Rebecca, instructs his followers to dress as women as they attack the tolls, leading the common people to victory over their masters.

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#12South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m as British Aerotec Officer

8.8 / 10

Two security van personnel plan to rob a bank in an attempt to raise enough cash to mount a rescue mission when a dictator invades the Falklands.

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#13Salad Days

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10

A boy, a girl, a tramp and a piano with the most amazing effect on people, find each other in a park in a heatwave.

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