B
Acting
Ben Thomas
No biography available.
Known For
Don Quixote · 2000Don Quixote
★ 6.32000
MovieAdventureComedy
Adapted from the work of Miguel de Cervantes, this is the story of a hidalgo, fanatic for chivalry novels, who loses his sanity and believing to be a knight named Don Quixote de La Mancha, decides to go on imaginary adventures along with his friend, the simple farmer Sancho Panza, who becomes his squire. On their journeys, they rescue dames in distress in honorable acts and fight giants among other perils, with Don longing to be with the love of his life, lady Dulcinea, and Sancho waiting to be rewarded with an island where he's about to become a governor.
Somewhere · 2005Somewhere
★ 8.02005
MovieDrama
A disturbing glimpse of the future of internet gaming and how far people will go for fame.
Gentry · 1987Gentry
★ 7.01987
MovieDramaTV Movie
Gerald and Susannah, an affluent young couple, inspect a shabby town house for sale. Gerald has plans to renovate it and sell it on for a big profit. But their expedition quickly turns into a nightmare when three criminals arrive, searching for the money they hid in the building years ago.
Bergerac · 1981Bergerac
★ 7.01981
SeriesDrama
Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way.
While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.
The Professionals · 1977The Professionals
★ 7.61977
SeriesAction & AdventureCrime
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley.
The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Dempsey and Makepeace · 1985Dempsey and Makepeace
★ 6.81985
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber, who later married each other on 18 November 1989.
The series combined elements of previous series such as the mis-matching of British and American crime-fighters from different classes as seen in The Persuaders! and the action of The Professionals.
The Gentle Touch · 1980The Gentle Touch
★ 7.21980
SeriesCrimeDrama
Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.
Filmography
Sort