Acting
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Born July 17, 1940 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died April 12, 2020 · aged 79
Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor OBE (17 July 1940 – 12 April 2020) was an English actor and comedian best known as a member of The Goodies. He became active in performing in comedy sketches while at the University of Cambridge and became president of the Footlights, touring internationally with its revue in 1964. Becoming more widely known to the public for his work on BBC Radio with I'm Sorry, I'll…
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory · 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
★ 7.51971
MovieFamilyFantasy
When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie Bucket seeks the golden ticket that will make him a winner.
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl · 1982Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
★ 7.41982
MovieComedy
Monty Python perform many of their greatest sketches at the Hollywood Bowl, including several from pre-Python days.
How to Irritate People · 1969How to Irritate People
★ 6.61969
MovieComedyTV Movie
A pre-Monty Python mockumentary, written by and presented by John Cleese, that provides tips on learning how to irritate people.
Twelve Plus One · 1969Twelve Plus One
★ 5.31969
MovieComedy
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.
The Statue · 1971The Statue
★ 4.81971
MovieComedy
Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to do his work, she gives the statue a spectacular phallus, telling Bolt that he wasn't its model. Thinking he's a cuckold, Bolt goes on a jealous search for a man matching the statue. The diplomat, too, wants changes in the statue to protect his conservative image. Can art and love reconcile?
One Foot in the Grave: Endgame · 1997One Foot in the Grave: Endgame
★ 8.01997
MovieComedy
The Meldrews make an effort to get on with their pleasant new neighbors; Victor buys a haunted caravan and accidentally kidnaps the mother of an Indian millionaire.
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band · 1995Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
★ 6.61995
MovieDocumentary
Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years).
One Man Band · 1999One Man Band
★ 8.01999
MovieComedy
One Man Band (1999) is a posthumous archival reconstruction created by the Munich Film Museum from unfinished footage shot by Orson Welles between 1968 and 1971. The film assembles five comic vignettes—Churchill, Swinging London, Four Clubmen, Stately Homes, and Tailors—originally produced for Welles’s abandoned television project Orson’s Bag. Edited into a 29-minute composite short for festival exhibition, the film represents a curatorial reconstruction rather than a completed work authored or released by Welles. (Note: This is a posthumous archival assembly. The original unfinished project exists separately under the working titles London / Swinging London and was never completed or released by Orson Welles.)
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Orson Welles: The One-Man Band · 1995Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
★ 6.61995
MovieDocumentary
Orson Welles' archives of unfinished/never released movies and the last years of his life from the perspective of Oja Kodar (life and artistic partner of Orson Welles in his last years).
Algy in 'Stately Homes' segment, Presenter in 'One-Man Band' segment

























