Ray Burdis
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Ray Burdis.
Born: August 23, 1958
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Gandhi
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Panic
After being harassed by a couple of punks, a young woman picks up an old lady standing at the roadside in the rain.
The Professionals
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Scum
A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders.
Scum
Powerful, uncompromising drama about two boys' struggle for survival in the nightmare world of Britain's notorious Borstal Reformatory.
4 Idle Hands
Two teenagers try to secure gainful employment after leaving school.
Going Out
Going Out was a six part, thirty minute episode, drama series written by Phil Redmond (Grange Hill, Brookside etc) and produced by the ex-ITV franchise, Southern Television. The series followed the first six weeks after Sean, Roger Sammy, Cathy and Gerry were released from school and onto Thatcher’s scrap heap. Along with Dikey, who'd already been drawing his Giro for a year, they tried to avoid the nutter Arty 'Haggis' Jackson and his 'crew'.
Playhouse
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
BBC2 Play of the Week
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
Minder
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Filmography
as Dickson
as Arnie Griffin
as Ray
as Detective Symes
as Burdis
as D.S. Ash
as Dead Diner
as Alan 'Dusty' Binns
as English Newsman
as Nick Tyler
as Youth
as Graham
as Rick Tinnersley
as PC Brock
as Kevin
as Disco Youth
as Jimmy Elliot
as Eckersley
as Ray
as Joe
as Dunning
as Punk
as Vince
as Eckersley
as Youth in Cafe
as Dunning
as Master Crummles
as Dave
as Craig
as Pete Sutton
as Danny Price
as Kevin
as Safonov