Acting
P.H. Moriarty
Born January 27, 1939 · Deptford, London, UK
Died February 3, 2025 · aged 86
P.H. Moriarty was a British actor best known for playing hard men and gangsters. He began acting late in life, having worked for many years in several professions including a boxer and a longshoresman. It was whilst working in the latter role that his film career started; a production company, shooting on the docks spotted him one day and asked him to act in their film. Moriarty's film credits in…
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Patriot Games · 1992Patriot Games
★ 6.71992
MovieDramaAction
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Jaws 3-D · 1983Jaws 3-D
★ 4.51983
MovieThrillerHorror
A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels · 1998Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
★ 8.11998
MovieComedyCrime
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Chaplin · 1992Chaplin
★ 7.41992
MovieDrama
An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.
The Long Good Friday · 1980The Long Good Friday
★ 7.21980
MovieCrimeThriller
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
Outland · 1981Outland
★ 6.41981
MovieScience FictionAction
On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while investigating a rash of worker suicides.
Submerged · 2005Submerged
★ 4.72005
MovieActionAdventure
Chris Kody, imprisoned member of the US military, is released from prison and reunited with his old team in order to pursue a renegade scientist. The catch, the scientist has developed mind control technology that can make even your friends into heartless killers.
Quadrophenia · 1979Quadrophenia
★ 7.01979
MovieDramaMusic
Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
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The Riddle · 2007The Riddle
★ 4.82007
MovieThrillerMystery
A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub.
D.I. Willis / Constable Frederick (as P H Moriarty)


























