Acting
John Barcroft
England
John Barcroft was born in 1936 in the UK as John Edwin Payne. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), County Hall (1982) and The Forsyte Saga (1967). He died on June 9, 2013 in London, England.
Acting credits
7.0Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.
Tunes of Glory
1960
4.9The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...
Morons from Outer Space
1985
7.2Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?' she muses. Clarissa has her chance to find out when she discovers a body in the drawing-room of her house in Kent.
Spider's Web
1982
7.0Clive decides he will go mad. Stark raving mad. His wife doesn't take him seriously, until Clive does something that makes her realise he means it.
Name for the Day
1980
8.0Richard II, who ascended the throne as a child, is a regal and stately monarch. He believes he is the rightful ruler of England, ordained by God, yet he is a weak and ineffective king - wasteful in his spending habits, unwise in his choise of chansellors, and detached from his country and its people. When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far...
Richard II
1978
6.8Steve runs away from home, having argued with his father, and hides in a slate mine where his friend Paul finds him and brings him back. However, on returning to their village the two boys find the place completely deserted. Or so they think.
One Hour to Zero
1976
Charles and Diana Jane invited Sir Henry and Maggie for dinner. Uncomfortable personal details will be disclosed that will lead Charles to re-evaluate his life.
The Noise Stopped
1966
A story of choices leading to redemption or further from it, set against a backdrop of human nature and societal constraints.
The Cruel Necessity
1962
NRA married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
Mary's Wife
1980
4.2Omnibus feature about British people having issues having sex, with a wraparound segment featuring the always-fetching Gabrielle Drake.
Commuter Husbands
1974