Cyril Shaps
Acting
Biography
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Born: October 13, 1923
Place of Birth: Highbury, London, England, UK
Known For
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the parents of teenage boy diagnosed with schizophrenia
The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Porridge
Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
Aided by his two assistants Jamie and Victoria, the Doctor lands the TARDIS on Telos, last resting place of the infamous Cybermen. There he discovers a band of archaelogists on a secret expedition to unearth the reason for his old enemies' extinction. In the underground shadowy depths, they find the icy tomb. A whole army in hibernation. A threat to no one, if the temperature remains low. But if the traitor in their midst gets his way, things could really heat up.
Tennis Court
Maggie and Harry Dowl arrive in England to inspect a house left to Maggie. The house has a dilapidated tennis court, but this seems to have some force which takes over the daughter of the local holy man, as well as causing tennis balls to gush blood and kill people with animated nets.
Raffles
Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one. In Victorian-era London, gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, a renowned cricketer, and his friend, the eager but naive Bunny Manders, test their skills in relieving the wealthy of their valuables whilst avoiding detection, especially from the persistent Inspector Mackenzie.
Lawrence of Arabia
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
Filmography
as Mr. Grün
as Pew Opener
as Bent Little Man
as Joshua Orgelbrand
as Older Man in Sweatshop
as Waiter
as Jeweller
as Canton
as Mr. Spitz
as Ephraim
as Chiam
as Doctor
as Mr Riah
as Mr. Samuel Gruber
as Mr. Gruber
as Sebastian Renwick
as Pepys
as Franz Joseph
as Mr. Polzinski
as Martyr
as Shammas
as Gisli the Chiseller
as Apfel
as Wisener
as Watchmaker
as Manny Rosenthal
as Dr. Magnusson
as Magnusson
as Landlord
as Old Man Next Door
as Solly
as Sedov
as Archimandrite
as Weinberg
as Marcus Fleischman
as Tom Helliwell
as Cariello
as Marcus Fleischmann
as Dr. Bechmann
as Obsessed Boy's Father
as Cariello
as Grandad Wax
as Professor Ganguin
as Father Petrek
as Turner
as Tauber's Voice (voice)
as Wildenstein
as Jackdaw
as Professor Clegg
as Mr. Lavender
as Doctor
as Arthur Simmons
as Doctor
as Feers
as Senor Braganza
as Senhor Braganza
as Polsen
as Hunter
as Professor Ganguin
as Lennox
as Police Doctor
as East German Detective
as Esplin
as Leonard Larch
as Mr. Pinkus (uncredited)
as Foxy Face (uncredited)
as Phil Myers
as Joel Brand
as Herbin
as Feers
as Dr. Duval
as Child Welfare Officer
as Giovanni Bertuccio
as Porcellio
as Morry Swartz
as Syme
as Schmidt
as Moynier
as John Viner
as Lennox
as Professor Klegg
as Archimandrite
as Morrie
as Bartender in Officer's Club (uncredited)
as Jonkheer
as Zapata
as Luther
as Homer Trent
as Bank Clerk
as Cypriot
as Louis
as Gamel
as Slade
as Lt. Cyriakos Coutoules
as Willie
as Miguel
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
as Mr Swoboda
as Warden
as Green
as Master Salmon
as Samuel Crompton