Kenneth More
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kenneth Gilbert More CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was a highly successful English film actor during the post-World War II era and starred in many feature films, often in the role of an archetypal carefree and happy-go-lucky middle-class gentleman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth More, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: September 20, 1914
Place of Birth: Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Known For
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive this channel. It was therefore the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.
Next to No Time
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his depth, at least until he finds his personality changes every day during the hour the ship's clocks stop to make allowance for their westward passage.
A Night to Remember
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
The Longest Day
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
The Collector
A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.
Omnibus
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Scott of the Antarctic
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
Some People
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
The Rocking Horse Winner
Nigel Rhodes plays a boy who, while riding his wooden rocking horse, can predict which horse will win at the race.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Dr. Jarvis Lorry
as King Arthur
as Sir Philip James
as Narrator (voice)
as Peter Ingram
as Prof. Otto Lindenbrock
as Uncle Oscar
as Chamberlain
as Father Brown
as Ghost of Christmas Present
as Group Capt. Baker
as Kaiser Wilhelm II
as Colonel Foreman
as Doctor Wreid
as Self
as 'Young Jolyon' Forsyte
as Miranda’s Older Friend (uncredited)
as Chick Byrd
as Kenneth Shreeve
as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Badger
as David Mann
as Capt. Colin Maud
as Mr. Smith
as Eliot
as William Blood
as Captain Jonathan Shepard
as Capt. Scott
as Richard Hannay
as Jonathan Tibbs
as David Webb
as Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller
as Bill Crichton
as Wilfred Racey
as Douglas Bader
as Freddie Page
as Tony Kent
as Narrator
as Richard Grimsdyke
as Pat Plunkett
as Ambrose Claverhouse
as Steve Quillan
as Ted Palmer
as Tony Rackman
as Lionel Fallaize
as Film Director
as Stanley Peters
as Willy Shepley
as Adam
as Police Sgt. 'Bonzo'
as Spencer
as Corp. Newman the Blackmailer
as Lt. E.G.R. (Teddy) Evans R.N.
as Eddie
as Bomb Aimer (uncredited)
as Bit Part