Ralph Brown
Acting
Biography
Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio, super-roadie Del Preston in Wayne's World 2, the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Henry Clinton in Turn: Washington's Spies. He won The Samuel Beckett Award for his first play Sanctuary written for Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1987, and the Raindance and Sapporo Film Festival awards for his first screenplay for the British film New Year's Day in 2001.
Born: June 18, 1957
Place of Birth: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Known For
London's Burning: The Movie
It's Josie Ingham's first day at Blackwall Firestation but things aren't going so well being the only female firefighter in an all-male team. Not only does she have to prove to them that she can do the job, problems at home complicate her life even further. Outside, in the heart of the city, tensions are rising to the extreme, Blue Watch have a long night ahead.
New Amsterdam
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
Godfather of Harlem
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.
Schrader's Exorcism
A documentary chronicling director Paul Schrader's ride through hell and back while making film history with his prequel to The Exorcist. Schrader, after being fired from the production and his version of the film shelved, is brought back 2 years later to complete it on a shoestring budget. In true cinéma vérité style we watch as Schrader and editor Tim Silano work all the angles to get the film on its feet and over to Europe for the world premiere.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is beseiged by suitors.
Scala!!!
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain's turbulent Thatcher years.
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast and crew give us an idea of how hard of a time David Fincher had creating his first feature film, as well as present us with much information about every element that went into making this film, including how the plot and script changed drastically through filming.
Life on Mars
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.
Spooks
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
Elementary
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
Filmography
as Tremaine
as Lieutenant General Roger Simms
as Roger Riley
as Self
as Sorcerer
as Ramsey
as Del Patterson
as President Lyndon Johnson
as Self
as Sid Chiltern
as Steed
as Max Planck
as Dave Powers
as Bob Clay
as Gaz
as Dr. Ivchenko
as Terrence Graves
as Herbert
as Wallace Austin
as McDeer
as Sheriff Howard
as General Entin
as Max Capel
as Tim Sherrington
as Neville
as Brady
as George Stone
as Charlie Blake
as Leo
as Niguel
as Neil
as Karn
as Gordon Peters
as Detective Collway
as Bob
as Self
as Joep Schut
as Mel's Dad Neil
as Wintersgill
as Jeremy Collins
as Jamie
as Frank Morgan
as Gysin
as Sergeant Major
as Dave
as Phil Howell
as Sergeant Major
as Self (archive footage)
as Digger
as Timothy
as Barry Hindes
as Paul Seymour
as Burton
as Self / 'Aaron'
as Andrei Kachan
as Mike Coleman
as Miami Vice
as Mr. Diamond
as Joe Connor
as Self
as Guevarius
as Ric Olié
as Dr. Hadley
as Phil
as Lieutenant Gedney
as Roy Pilgrim
as Duke
as Sgt Bob Mann
as Prince John
as Peter Beasley
as Sam Connon
as Mick
as Del Preston
as Leamington
as Stephen Westwood
as Dave
as Aaron
as Doctor
as Eugene Delacroix
as Jack
as Self
as DI Rollason
as Paul Mann
as Ronny Biggs
as Insp. Drury
as Danny
as Policeman
as Yardley
as Second Man
as John
as Inspector Rep