Oliver Tobias
Acting
Biography
Oliver Tobias is a Swiss-born UK-based film, stage, and television actor and director.
Born: August 6, 1947
Place of Birth: Zurich, Switzerland
Known For
The Knock
The Knock is a British television drama series, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise. The series derived its name from the distinctive 'knock knock knock' command used over the radio to synchronise a raid.
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.
Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow
Go back to the 1980s and discover the extraordinary true story of Cliff Twemlow! You’ve never heard of him… but polymath Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, singer, screenwriter, producer and actor who was the most prolific indie filmmaker in the UK for a decade! Witness how this 20th-century Renaissance man created his own innovative micro-film industry in Manchester. Shooting his feature films on clunky early pioneering video technology, G.B.H. (1983) was even branded a Video Nasty! A warmly hilarious portrait that will take you back to an era where literally anything could happen. And did!
Jesus of Nazareth
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
Robin of Sherwood
Robin of Sherwood was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel Showtime and on PBS. The show starred Michael Praed and Jason Connery as two different incarnations of the title character. Unlike previous adaptations of the Robin Hood legend, Robin of Sherwood combined a gritty, authentic production design with elements of real-life history, 20th century fiction, and pagan myth. The series is also notable for its haunting title music by Clannad, which won a BAFTA award.
Dick Turpin
Richard O'Sullivan stars as Dick Turpin in this action-filled adventure series chronicling the exploits of England's most celebrated highwayman.
Lord Montagu
As the youngest member in parliament and sole heir to his family’s 7,000-acre English estate, Lord Edward Montagu’s life was rich and privileged. However, in 1954, Edward Montagu, then aged twenty-five, became England’s most infamous aristocrat when he was arrested for homosexual offenses and became the focus of a landmark trial known as “The Montagu Case”.
Hunkeler macht Sachen
Two dead with their earlobes slashed. Inspector Hunkeler believes that the brothel owner Garzoni is the culprit. However, his colleagues Madörin and Lüdi are researching the drug milieu. Then prosecutor Suter withdraws Commissioner Hunkeler from the case because of bias. Has Hunkeler grown old? The third film adaptation of a case with the Basel inspector Hunkeler based on the novel by Hansjörg Schneider.
Arthur of the Britons
This series strips away the elaborate medieval view of Camelot, and presents Arthur as the chief of a small Celt tribe in Dark-Ages Britain, a century or two after the withdrawal of Rome. Arthur struggles to weave the scattered tribes of Celts, Jutes, etc. into a union that can effectively oppose the Saxon invaders who are arriving in Britain in growing numbers. He is aided by his adoptive father, Llud, and his foster brother, Kai, who is himself a Saxon foundling.
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
Filmography
as Canaris
as Self - Actor
as Self - Narrator
as Dick Wheeler
as Thomas Garzoni
as Roger Prentiss
as Comisario Ricardo Costa-Cruz
as Teddy
as Yussuf Arazi
as Self
as Miguel Gonzales
as Pasha Selim
as Genet
as Simpson
as Professor James Richards
as Self
as Rebecque
as Moore
as Mantel
as Hans Jorg Wolff
as Dr. Rudolfo Garcia
as Ill-tempered Man
as Da Piemonte
as Count Borodin
as Allan Montfort
as Vikram Trott
as Tarn
as Captain Bremner
as Ian Harris
as Comte Henri de Beauchamp
as Cliff Gaylor
as Pasha Selim
as Jack Vincent
as Johann Strauss
as Richard Wagner
as Ladoux
as Derek Tucker
as Derek Tucker
as Bertrand de Nivelle
as Captain Croker
as Kit Locksby
as Stefan Reinking
as Jack Vincent
as Prince Hasan
as Noll Bridger
as Tony Blake
as Joel
as Alan Smerdon
as King Arthur
as Migara
as Alan Smerdon
as Arthur
as Giovanni
as Peter 'Bobo' Jackson