Acting
Freddie Boardley
Born September 21, 1950 · Ayr, Scotland, UK
Died December 22, 2016 · aged 66
Freddie Boardley was a hedonistic, hellraising Scottish actor of stage, film and TV who often played gangsters.
Known For
Death Watch · 1980Death Watch
★ 6.31980
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
End of the Line · 1984End of the Line
1984
Movie
Life in a Scottish New Town
Monk's Hood · 1994Monk's Hood
1994
MovieMysteryTV Movie
When an unpleasant and cruel nobleman spites his stepson by ceding his estate to the abbey, he ends up being poisoned by one of Brother Cadfael's medications.
The Bogie Man · 1992The Bogie Man
★ 6.71992
MovieTV MovieComedy
A mental patient who believes he is Humphrey Bogart escapes from his institution and sets up in business as a private eye. Based on the the comic book series created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant.
Your Cheatin' Heart · 1990Your Cheatin' Heart
★ 8.01990
MovieMusicComedy
In this fondly remembered mini series John Byrne, creator of Tutti Frutti, explores the country music scene in an unsentimental portrait of Glaswegian life and culture. Local food and wine correspondent Frank McClusky falls in love with waitress Cissie Crouch. Unfortunately for him, she’s the wife of a convict, who is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. As Frank’s life becomes more embroiled with Cissie’s he goes on a mission to track down the guilty men.
An Enemy of the People · 1980An Enemy of the People
★ 7.01980
MovieDrama
Ibsen wrote An Enemy of the People as a direct response to the public's outcry over his earlier play Ghosts. Channeling his feelings into on Dr. Stockman, whose single voice of reason is drowned out by those with paranoid and ulterior interests, Ibsen had no qualms remarking on the irrational nature of the masses and the corrupt political systems which encourage them.
Down Among the Big Boys · 1993Down Among the Big Boys
★ 8.01993
MovieCrimeDrama
Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy and compulsive thief who attempts a spectacular robbery. Louie is put in charge of the investigation of JoJo's latest enterprise. JoJo learns of his peril and begins an exercise in risk management.
Just a Boys' Game · 1979Just a Boys' Game
★ 9.01979
MovieDramaComedy
Jake lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who was once the town's toughest hard man. Despite their hatred of each other, Jake's sole aim is to be as tough as the old man was. One day in Jake's life, as he drifts, drinks and fights, leads to a bleak realisation.
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