Michael Darbyshire
Birthday: Born in 1917-10-15 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Deathday: 1979-11-20
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.
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Rentaghost
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Rentaghost was a British children's television comedy show, broadcast by the BBC between 6 January 1976 and 6 November 1984. The show's plot centred on the antics of a number of ghosts who worked for a firm called Rentaghost, which rented out the ghosts for various tasks....
Dickens of London
Character: 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....
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The Slipper and the Rose
Character: 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....
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Character: Inventor
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself....
A Little Of What You Fancy
Character: Player
Documentary following the history of British Music Hall, its stars and architecture, interspersed with revivals of old favourites by todays performers....
Lock Up Your Daughters
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Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down....
Twenty Minutes South
Character: Henry Bates
"Twenty Minutes South" is a British musical comedy from 1955, presented as a TV movie. It tells the story of young people commuting from London's suburbs to the city for work and romance. The narrative revolves around their daily lives and how they change with the arrival of a visiting relative. The show features a score by Peter Greenwell, known for his work on other British musicals....