Freddie Boardley

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 WatchDeath Watch · 1980
Death 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 LineEnd of the Line · 1984
End of the Line
1984
Movie
Life in a Scottish New Town
Monk's HoodMonk's Hood · 1994
Monk'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 ManThe Bogie Man · 1992
The 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' HeartYour Cheatin' Heart · 1990
Your 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 PeopleAn Enemy of the People · 1980
An 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 BoysDown Among the Big Boys · 1993
Down 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' GameJust a Boys' Game · 1979
Just 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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StrangersStrangers · 1978
Strangers
7.31978
SeriesCrimeDrama
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.

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