Martin Boddey
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 16, 1907
Place of Birth: Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
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.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
The Doctor and Jo visit the Master in his high-security prison on an island off the south coast of England. The governor, Colonel Trenchard, says ships have been disappearing mysteriously at sea. The Doctor discovers that Trenchard and the Master are in league to contact the Sea Devils, a race of reptiles in hibernation in a base beneath the sea, who have been awoken by recent work on a nearby sea fort. The Master intends to use his new allies to help him conquer the world!
Fortune in Diamonds
As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.
A Man for All Seasons
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.
The Kitchen
In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German cook, who is in love with waitress Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and when Peter realises that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband his grief and pain cause him to run berserk!
Z-Cars
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
Mark Saber
A half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. From October 1951 to June 1954, ABC Mystery Theater stars Tom Conway as the titular character, a plainclothes English detective working with the NYPD Homicide Division. The Vise (seasons 1–4): Donald Gray portrays Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. Broadcast on ABC from October 1954 to June 1957. Saber of London (seasons 5–7): Gray reprises his role in this final iteration, broadcast on NBC from September 1957 to May 1960.
The Third Man
Filmography
as Magistrate
as Gent
as Mr. O'Brien
as Sgt. Riley
as Coroner
as Walker
as Husband
as Sgt. Wall
as Lt. Colonel Stevens
as Major Mathieson
as Mr. O'Brien
as Harry Finch
as Gilbert Ellnet
as Gregson
as Cardinal (uncredited)
as Governor of Tower
as Chief Officer Carmichael
as Policeman with Dog (uncredited)
as Walker
as Inspector
as Superintendent J.S. Forest
as Mr. Dougal
as The Colonel
as Max
as Jason Roote
as Mr. Arpels
as Henry Crow
as Mertons
as Inspector Richards
as Sir John Middleburgh
as Gunther
as Num Yum's Executive
as Brigadier
as Perkins
as Colonel (uncredited)
as Gen. Optiz
as Bus Inspector
as Sixth Specialist
as Albert
as SS Colonel
as Mortimer
as Captain
as Cafferty
as Police Sergeant
as Police Sergeant
as Michael O'Dell
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
as Detective
as Grisha
as Police Sgt.
as Detective Sgt. Horne
as Inspector Crane
as Squire Marlowe, the Wrestler
as Mark Taylor
as Marco (uncredited)
as Waterman
as Doctor
as Sub-Director Holt
as Demonstrator at Pedal Machine
as Insp. Mulrooney
as General Cadogan
as Police Inspector Fred Garland (uncredited)
as Stumpy
as Russian Security Officer
as Gufo
as Sitter in Bath Studio
as Sgt. Vogel
as Chief of the Lost Valley
as Desk Sgt.
as Store Shopwalker
as Chief Engineer
as Inspector Hallam
as Adams
as Clubman
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Maj. Ahmed Mustafa
as Major