Acting
James Ellis
Born March 15, 1931 · Belfast, Ireland
Died March 8, 2014 · aged 82
Legendary Northern Irish actor who came to prominence in the 1960s for his role of Bert Lynch in the BBC TV series Z Cars.
Known For
Doctor Who: Battlefield · 1989Doctor Who: Battlefield
★ 7.31989
MovieFantasyScience Fiction
Knights from a parallel universe arrive on Earth to find the legendary sword Excalibur. Only the Doctor and Ace, with the assistance of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, can save the Earth from total catastrophe.
Conspiracy of Silence · 2003Conspiracy of Silence
★ 4.82003
MovieDramaThriller
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken vows of celibacy. A thriller examining the internal conflicts in the modern Catholic church.
Priest · 1995Priest
★ 6.31995
MovieDramaRomance
The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Too Late to Talk to Billy · 1982Too Late to Talk to Billy
★ 7.01982
MovieDramaTV Movie
Relationships are strained in a Belfast family, particularly between a father and his son. First in a multi-year trilogy.
The Near Room · 1997The Near Room
★ 5.01997
MovieDramaThriller
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the top of his game. Their lives are smashed together by one name - Tommy Stirling, Charlie's daughter, a fostered teenage pregnancy who has become embroiled in an alleged child pornography scandal with a top ranking police officer. As the trail to Tommy begins to heat up, so the bodies begin to mount up. Allegiances fall by the wayside as Charlie's life begins to spiral out of control and the deadly world of drugs, blackmail and murder that lies in the deepest heart of the underworld threatens to consume him and his missing daughter forever.
A Coming to Terms for Billy · 1984A Coming to Terms for Billy
★ 7.01984
MovieDramaTV Movie
Belfast, 1980: July, the marching season ... Norman Martin, away for two years, returns with his 'English woman', Mavis. How will the family - particularly Billy - react? And has she achieved the impossible in mellowing the man? Third in the trilogy.
Resurrection Man · 1998Resurrection Man
★ 6.21998
MovieThrillerCrime
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.
No Surrender · 1985No Surrender
★ 6.71985
MovieComedy
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish Catholic pensioners will gather to clash and bash the new year in.
Filmography
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Heartbeat · 1992Heartbeat
★ 7.11992
SeriesCrimeDrama
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
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