Acting

Will Leighton

Born 1908-03-09 · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Will Leighton was born on March 9, 1908 in Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK. He was an actor, known for An American Werewolf in London (1981), Broome Stages (1966) and First Night (1963). He was married to Carmen Hill. He died on May 3, 2001 in Surrey, England, UK.

Acting credits

An American Werewolf in London poster
7.4

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.

An American Werewolf in London

1981

Spoiled poster
NR

A schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.

Spoiled

1968

Rifleman poster
NR

Private Semple returns to his Antrim home after the Battle of the Somme, the village's sole survivor from all the 'brave boys of Ulster' who volunteered; but the battle scars go far deeper than anyone suspects.

Rifleman

1980

Crooks and Coronets poster
8.5

Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.

Crooks and Coronets

1969

The Black Madonna poster
NR

Lou Parker feels very strongly that she and her husband, Ray, are different from the Farrells and the Ackerleys. With them it's all television. But she and Ray have the local library and The Observer. They keep abreast. They're different.

The Black Madonna

1980

Macbeth poster
6.4

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

Macbeth

1983

No artwork available
9.0

The love affair of Irish nationalist politician Charles Stewart Parnell with a married woman, Katherine O'Shea.

The Statue and the Rose

1975

Carson Country poster
NR

Play set in Northern Ireland about Carson and the setting up of the Stormont Government of 1918-1920, after strong protests by the Northern Irish Protestants against Home Rule and separation from Great Britain.

Carson Country

1972

The Stalls of Barchester poster
6.3

Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to discover something truly horrific about the wooden choir stalls in the church, which are tied to a famous local tree and a sinister local legend.

The Stalls of Barchester

1971

Bloomsday poster
NR

One day in the life of assorted Dubliners, in the summer of 1904.

Bloomsday

1964

Last Bus poster
NR

Late at night a gang of young men refuse to pay their bus fares, and assault the conductor. None of the other passengers or the driver intervene. After the incident everybody involved is interviewed in the studio about why they behaved as they did. Scene’s first play, specially commissioned for the series, was repeated late at night for an adult audience in December 1968, and shown again for schools to mark 25 years of Scene in 1993.

Last Bus

1968

Clean Sweep poster
NR

The death of a factory owner signals a change for all of the staff, none more so than a sheet metal worker called Watson, who is denied a promised promotion and finds his position as the unofficial leader of the sheet metal workers challenged by Gregg, a new apprentice who joins the factory and isn't willing to follow the accepted order.

Clean Sweep

1971

The House on Highbury Hill poster
NR

The path of righteousness is a stony one. And Lo! for Daniel it is stonier than most.

The House on Highbury Hill

1972