Joe Stewardson

Acting

Joe Stewardson

Born January 1, 1927 · Southport, Lancashire, England, UK

Died January 1, 1997 · aged 70

No biography available.

Known For

Flatfoot in AfricaFlatfoot in Africa · 1978
Flatfoot in Africa
★ 6.21978
MovieActionComedy
Inspector Rizzo in Napoli gets a message from a policeman from South Africa who wants to meet him. Immediately before this meeting the South African policeman is killed. Dying he shows Rizzo a picture of his young son Bodo. Rizzo travels to Johannesburg to find out what the policeman was working on and to find Bodo.
Act of PiracyAct of Piracy · 1988
Act of Piracy
★ 3.91988
MovieActionCrime
A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide to capture the vessel. The original owner, who was delivering it to Sydney, Australia, is believed dead but is in fact very much alive, and determined to recover the yacht...
April 1980April 1980 · 1980
April 1980
1980
MovieDrama
She was innocent, but in control of their devious plans. As a spy, he was in a perfect position on campus. As an activist, everything had to be according to his distorted ideals.
Funny PeopleFunny People · 1976
Funny People
★ 6.01976
MovieComedy
What would you do if you were walking along the street and a cute little lady rushed up to you and gave you a smashing kiss, as if you’d known each other for years? And how does one remain cool as a cucumber when you’re busy with an important audition and the chair you are sitting on gets hotter and hotter until you have to jump up in discomfort to save your behind?
Target of an AssassinTarget of an Assassin · 1977
Target of an Assassin
★ 5.11977
MovieActionThriller
An ailing African leader is kidnapped by a nurse after being admitted to hospital, and finds himself stuck between two men who have different ideas of what to do with him.
Circles in a ForestCircles in a Forest · 1989
Circles in a Forest
★ 6.11989
MovieDramaRomance
Saul Barnard grew up in a family of woodcutters. The woodcutters are scared of the elephants in the forest, but there's one elephant that never seems to threaten Saul. Tired of being exploited by wood buyers, Saul takes a stand and his father chases him away. He goes to work on the wood buyer MacDonald's wood yard, where he gets to know MacDonald's daughter, Kate, and falls in love with her. After a few years he leaves MacDonald and joins the first prospectors in the forest, searching for gold. Millwood becomes a small town with hotels and bars and houses. Kate appears again.
Jewel of the GodsJewel of the Gods · 1989
Jewel of the Gods
★ 5.01989
MovieComedyAdventure
While doing field work in Australia’s Gibson Desert, Snowy Grinder meets up with a weirdo named Archie. Together they set off to find the missing Dr. Jim Hartwell and Monomotapa, the Palace of Purple Diamonds...but they haven't accounted for the Gods.
White GhostWhite Ghost · 1988
White Ghost
★ 4.81988
MovieAction
July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.

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Funny People IIFunny People II · 1983
Funny People II
★ 6.31983
MovieComedy
"Funny People" is packed with scenes which will make you double up with laughter! What would you do if you were walking along the street and a cute little lady rushed up to you and gave you a smashing kiss, as if you'd known each other for years? And how does one remain cool as a cucumber when you're busy with an important audition and the chair you are sitting on gets hotter until you have to jump up in discomfort to save your behind? Then there is the case of the bank note sticking out from under the wheel of a car. People will always be human and no-one will walk past without trying to pull it out, even if the mudguard comes off or the hooter suddenly starts blowing. The antics to get this note out will make you laugh until tears roll down your cheeks!

Narrator

'Lelik' Is My Sacrifice'Lelik' Is My Sacrifice · 1975
'Lelik' Is My Sacrifice
1975
MovieDrama
Hannes Lombard is a medical doctor who was struck off the roll for substance abuse. He takes refuge on a farm in northern Natal, where his farming efforts are unsuccessful. Buks, his godson is sent to live with him. He’s quite happy to swop city life for a carefree life on the farm with new playmates in a new school. He and Sproetie, the neighbours’ little girl soon become great friends and their laid-back existence becomes even more idyllic when Hannes gives them each a horse. But the serpent sneaks into paradise. Lelik, Buks’s dog startles Sproetie’s horse, who throws her. The fall leaves Sproetie paralysed, and Buks is consumed by selfreproach. But it is old Willem, the farmhand, and his simple wisdom who makes life bearable again for everyone.

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