Acting
Christopher Beeny
Born July 7, 1941 · London
Died January 3, 2020 · aged 78
Christopher Beeny was an English actor and dancer. He had a career as a child actor, but was best known for his work as the footman Edward Barnes on the 1970s television series "Upstairs, Downstairs", as Billy Henshaw in the sitcom "In Loving Memory", and as the incompetent debt collector and golfer Morton Beamish in "Last of the Summer Wine".
Known For
Doctor in Distress · 1963Doctor in Distress
★ 6.31963
MovieComedy
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.
A French Mistress · 1960A French Mistress
★ 6.31960
MovieComedy
The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse the teacher in revealing shorts and bikinis. As discipline crumbles, a scandal explodes when the Head discovers the mademoiselle's mother was an old flame. Madeline must be dismissed to save further embarrassments.
The Kidnappers · 1953The Kidnappers
★ 6.71953
MovieDramaComedy
After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and cantankerous grandfather in Nova Scotia. The boys want nothing more than a pet dog, but their grandfather refuses to get them one. Then, when the brothers find an abandoned baby, they decide to keep it – but the foundling may not have been abandoned after all.
The Long Memory · 1953The Long Memory
★ 6.71953
MovieCrimeThriller
An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.
Child's Play · 1954Child's Play
★ 6.01954
MovieScience FictionAdventure
A science-fiction film about children who manage to split the atom and thereby create a new form of popcorn.
Man of the Moment · 1955Man of the Moment
★ 6.61955
MovieComedy
Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress
The Square of Three · 1973The Square of Three
★ 9.01973
Movie
An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.
It's a Great Day · 1955It's a Great Day
★ 6.41955
MovieComedy
Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
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