Dan Jackson

Acting

Dan Jackson

Born 1925-01-01 · South Africa

Acting credits

Live and Let Die poster
6.5

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.

Live and Let Die

1973

Mysterious Island poster
6.6

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

Mysterious Island

1961

Sapphire poster
7.0

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.

Sapphire

1959

A High Wind in Jamaica poster
6.3

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.

A High Wind in Jamaica

1965

Bunny Lake Is Missing poster
7.2

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965

The Mind of Mr. Soames poster
5.5

A 30-year-old man, who has been in a coma since birth, is finally restored to consciousness by a breakthrough brain operation. Although physically an adult, the man is "reborn" in the eye of an infant; the doctors caring for him must teach him to walk, talk and prepare for life in the outside world. Tension builds as he escapes from the hospital, wanders among people who do not realize his identity, and is hunted by the police.

The Mind of Mr. Soames

1970

The Roots of Heaven poster
6.2

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.

The Roots of Heaven

1958

My Six Convicts poster
6.5

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

My Six Convicts

1952

Fable poster
7.0

In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.

Fable

1965

Flame in the Streets poster
6.3

Domestic difficulties develop in a working-class family when their daughter falls in love with a Jamaican man.

Flame in the Streets

1961

Naked Evil poster
6.3

Jamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before being killed himself by the manager's vengeful spirit.

Naked Evil

1966

Beyond Mombasa poster
6.8

An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.

Beyond Mombasa

1956

No artwork available
NR

Spot-welder Aaron Toft assumes the identity of Aaron Osango - an ex-spot welder who has been sentenced to death and is in jail in an African state.

I Am Osango

1967

The Heart Within poster
8.0

A teenager is determines to clear the name of a black friend who is accused of murder.

The Heart Within

1957

Paul Temple Returns poster
6.1

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.

Paul Temple Returns

1952

No artwork available
NR

Drama set in a men's hospital ward, written by Dennis Potter. Characters include a cunning bronchitic Londoner, a strapped-up Pole and a dying man who just wants a cup of tea.

Emergency Ward 9

1966

No artwork available
8.0

The story of the attempted kidnapping of the son of a visiting African potentate.

On the Run

1968