Brian O'Shaughnessy
Acting
Biography
Brian O'Shaughnessy was born on May 5, 1931 in Aldershot, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), Shangani Patrol (1970) and Fraud! (1974). He died on July 14, 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Born: May 5, 1931
Place of Birth: Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Known For
The Power of One
PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
Cape Rebel
Movie version cut from the TV series (Arende) Epic drama of honor, passion and freedom set during the Anglo-Boer War and follows the bound fates of rebellious Boer farmer Sloet Steenkamp and Captain of the British Army James Kerwin. A period drama of a time when Britain colonised by might in Southern Africa. Sloet was a Cape Colonist who refused to surrender to the new rule, and was one of the Cape rebels. After being captured he and many others were taken captive and sent to British concentration camps in Saint Helena where Sloet was doomed to stay forever
Auf Achse
The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.
Scene of the Crime
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Zulu Dawn
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Mr. Kingstreet's War
A couple sets up an African game preserve, only to have British and Italian armies fight over the waterholes.
The Fourth Reich
Robey Leibbrandt was a South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In1939 he led an operation to overthrow the pro-Allied government of General Jan Smuts.
Falling Rocks
6 Friends, 1 Killer, No Mercy! Slow moving thriller that builds up towards a nerve wrecking end.
Shangani Patrol
Set in the First Matabele War in what was then Rhodesia; a scouting group from the British South African Company are chasing the Ndebele king Lobengula when they are ambushed by a massive Ndebele forced and must take a desperate last stand.
Filmography
as Pilot
as Dr. Hermann Kummerow
as Admiral Norman Henshaw
as Professor Morton
as Col. van Vuuren
as Col. Bretyn
as Major Ellis
as Father Shannon
as Axelrod
as James Sullivan (as Brian O'Shaugnessy)
as John Enrlich
as 'Barracuda' Skipper
as Richard
as Herr Lüdemann
as Smidson
as Mr. Thompson
as Maj. Smith R.A.
as Colonel Duncan
as Dr. Page
as Morgan
as Alec Dudley
as Maj. Allen Wilson
as Piet Brügge
as Andrew Murdock
as Corporal Caine
as Clem
as Barrett
as Macarthy