Matthew Guinness
Birthday: Born in 1940-06-06 in
Deathday: Alive
Matthew Guinness (born 6 June 1940) is an English actor. He portrayed the part of the Farmer in the 1976 film Nuts in May, appears in Ridley Scott's The Duellists (1977) and had a small role in 1986's Lady Jane. He has also worked extensively in theatre. Matthew is the only child of British actor, Sir Alec Guinness.
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Oppenheimer
Character: Hans Bethe
This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb....
Van der Valk
Character: Barman
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972....
Carrie's War
Character: Mr. Johnny
Carrie's War was an adaptation of Nina Bawden's book Carrie's War, broadcast from 28 January 1974 to 25 February 1974 on BBC1 in five, 30-minute episodes. World War II evacuees, Carrie Willow, and Nick Willow, are billeted in a small Welsh village - - with the austere Mr. Evans, and his sister Lou. Carrie becomes an unwilling go-between, embroiled in a family feud between Evans and his elder sister Dilys....
The Main Chance
Character: Merton
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds....
Van der Valk
Character: Finger-print Expert
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972....
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Character: Kilgas
Fly-on-the-wall treatment of an ordinary day in the life of a prisoner in Stalin's Gulag. Closely adapted from Solzhenitsyn's classic novel based on his own experiences. Shot entirely on location in northern Norway...
Luther
Character: Reading Knight
A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart....
Wetherby
Character: Randall
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents....
Lady Jane
Character: Dr. Owen
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall....
The Card
Character: Denry as a Boy
A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman....
Plenty
Character: SOE Man
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations....
The 14
Character: Reporter
Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true story of fourteen children who struggle against overwhelming pressures to stay together after the death of their single mother....
The Bride
Character: 1st Patron
Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed with Eva, and tries to make her a perfect victorian woman....
S.O.S. Titanic
Character: Father Byles
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board....
Nuts in May
Character: Farmer
A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them....
The Virgin Soldiers
Character: Maj Cusper
The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency....
Achilles Heel
Character: Pete Colwyn
A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career....
The Duellists
Character: Mayor's Son
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe....
Lifelike
Character: Martin, TV writer
The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor....