
Acting
Derek Smith
Born 1927-06-15 · Tooting, South London, England, United Kingdom
Acting credits
6.0A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that one of their intended victims has become a fellow conspirator.
Praying Mantis
1982
9.0An ignored older man makes a dramatic and reckless bid for attention with success.
Grandpa
1999
6.1Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest chefs in Europe are being killed. The intriguing part of the murders is that each chef is killed in the same manner that their own special dish is prepared in. Food critics and the (many) self-proclaimed greatest chefs in Europe demand the mystery be solved.
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
1978
4.5Alfie meets his romantic match when the modern-day Casanova falls in love with a career woman. Alfie soon realises that Abby, a magazine editor, is just as romantically ruthless as he is.
Alfie Darling
1975
6.2A reconstruction of the possible events that might have led up to the real-life tragic case of the Luxton family who lived at West Chapple Farm, Winkleigh, Devon. Brothers and sister Robert, Alan and Frances Luxton had lived in the farm for many years. On 23 September 1975 their bodies were found with shotgun wounds outside their farmhouse.
Recluse
1981
8.8BBC production of the 1963 Broadway musical which was based on Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 film "The Shop Around The Corner."
She Loves Me
1979
NRMedieval Mystery Cycle first performed in Chester in the 14th century.
The Chester Mystery Plays
1976
Jennifer visiting her Dad living on a Mediterranean Island, finds his way of life is now being threatened by local politics.
Anywhere but England
1972
7.5A comic extravaganza about a young woman's adventures in the world of big business charity.
The After Dinner Joke
1978
6.0An imagined trial of a man who, in 1974 London, is thought to have killed a woman he mistook for his wife in order to regain custody of his children. He disappeared the day after the killing and was never found.
The Trial of Lord Lucan
1994
10.0Comedy about a pub theatre group seen as dramatic revolutionaries by an actress with more than her share of imagination.
Come the Revolution
1977
7.2A young American girl on her way to visit friends in rural England is brutally attacked and raped. After spending the next few months in a mental institution trying to recover from her ordeal, she is released into the care of her friends. The police assure her that they have the man responsible in custody, and she begins to rest easy. That is until she sees her attacker wandering the streets of the town. After planning her revenge she follows the man and kills him. This, she thinks, is the end of her ordeal. That is until the man she thinks she has killed arrives at the house she is staying in.
Screamer
1974
NRAt a concert Marcia picked Terry out of the crowd. So he no longer feels alone. Until he learns about her secret life and dare not tell his friends.
Easy Money
1982
NRWhen Hell's Angels hit Muriel's seaside town she grabs daughter Karen and follows. Years ago her husband rode away on his bike and left her, but it's always possible that she might find him - or someone! As it happens both mother and daughter have unexpected encounters
Story Without a Hero
1979
In this BBC 1978 adaptation, a wooden puppet comes to life and embarks on a whimsical journey to become a real boy.
Pinocchio
1978
A troubled actress has conversations with a range of different people.
The Paradise Suite
1963
NRA personal dispute between a union leader and a management leader causes chaos for workers at a troublesome tin mining company.
Strife
1965
NR'Look, I'm not being horrible or nothing, Sadie, but all you've got is a body. You've got to make the most of it. It's not enough just to like the idea of being a model. You've got to be businesslike about it.' How does 16-year-old Sadie react to her friend Mary's advice? Where - in the glamour model world - will she end up?
This Year's Model
1987
6.7Stanley is a student who turns down his friend Gordon's invitation to cut class, saying that maybe today they'll learn something, maybe today the school will teach something. Sure enough, once Stanley's teacher gets the attention of the unruly class, she tells them that this lesson is the most important one they'll ever study - the meaning of life. She passes out a pamphlet, but runs out as she gets to Stanley, telling him that his surly seat mate, Garth, will have to share the booklet with him. She leaves, and Garth hordes the material. What's Stanley to do?
School of Life
2004
A BAFTA award nominated film tracing the development and usage of the documentary photograph through the work of three practitioners: Humphrey Spender, Derek Smith and Jimmy Forsyth.
Return Journey
1981