John Curless
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 16, 1950
Place of Birth: Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
Known For
The Winter's Tale
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.
Enemy at the Door
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.
Richard II
Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements
An exciting three-part series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world is made of. Three hour-long episodes tell the story of seven of history’s most important scientists as they seek to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter.
NYPD Blue
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.
American Experience
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
Vibrations
A musician who lost his hands falls for a woman whose technologically adept friends help him make a comeback.
Light
In a Cheshire village, Jack, an electrician, is rewiring the house where a dissident Russian professor is staying. From mutual dislike and suspicion they move towards tolerance and eventually mutual respect.
'That Crazy Woman'
In 1960, at the age of 56, Dr. Barbara Moore became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics, even though she was Russian.
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
One man's view of the British Army in Germany - the social life, discipline, drink, women and, occasionally, the defence of the West.
Filmography
as Ernest Rutherford
as Salesman
as Victor Charles
as David Hosack
as Cleomenes
as Trevor
as Reporter
as Tad
as Detective Constable
as Lord Fitzwater
as Denis
as Oberfunker