Acting

Michael Darbyshire

Born October 15, 1917 · St. Pancras, London, England, UK

Died November 20, 1979 · aged 62

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.

Known For

Chitty Chitty Bang BangChitty Chitty Bang Bang · 1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6.81968
MovieFamilyAdventure
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
The Slipper and the RoseThe Slipper and the Rose · 1976
The Slipper and the Rose
6.91976
MovieFantasyRomance
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.
She'll Follow You AnywhereShe'll Follow You Anywhere · 1971
She'll Follow You Anywhere
3.21971
MovieComedyRomance
By chance the perfume creators Mike and Al produce a scent that makes women go wild for sex. While they desperately try to find the recipe for their product of chance, they use it on random women they meet in the train and fuck their brains out in a hut in the forest. A central problem is to explain their absence from work to wives and colleagues.
A Little Of What You FancyA Little Of What You Fancy · 1968
A Little Of What You Fancy
8.01968
Movie
Documentary following the history of British Music Hall, its stars and architecture, interspersed with revivals of old favourites by todays performers.
Lock Up Your DaughtersLock Up Your Daughters · 1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
6.01969
MovieComedy
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
RentaghostRentaghost · 1976
Rentaghost
6.81976
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyFamily
After his death, Fred Mumford wants a second chance at achieving the success that eluded him in life. Coming back to Earth as a spirit, he recruits a Victorian gent and a medieval jester to set up 'Rentaghost', a supernatural service for wanted hauntings.
Dickens of LondonDickens of London · 1976
Dickens of London
7.31976
SeriesDrama
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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