John Bett

Acting

John Bett

Born 1949-01-01 · Cupar, Scotland, UK

John Bett is a British stage, film and television actor, director, and writer.

Acting credits

The First Great Train Robbery poster
6.7

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

The First Great Train Robbery

1978

The Golden Compass poster
6.1

In a parallel universe, after overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.

The Golden Compass

2007

Tess poster
7.1

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.

Tess

1979

Glenrothan poster
6.2

After thirty-five years abroad, Donal returns to his native Scotland to make amends with his estranged brother Sandy.

Glenrothan

2026

Shallow Grave poster
7.0

When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.

Shallow Grave

1994

Tamara Drewe poster
5.9

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

Tamara Drewe

2010

Not Another Happy Ending poster
5.8

When a struggling publisher discovers his only successful author is blocked, he knows he has to unblock her or he's finished. With her newfound success, she's become too happy and she can't write when she's happy. The only trouble is, the worse he makes her feel, the more he realizes he's in love with her.

Not Another Happy Ending

2013

Sacred Hearts poster
4.8

A tough nun (Anna Massey) demands belief and obedience from convent schoolgirls (Katrin Cartlidge, Oona Kirsch) in World War II England.

Sacred Hearts

1985

Triple Scotch & Wry poster
7.0

More comedy sketches from Scottish comedian Rikki Fulton. Characters include: Michael Jackson - from Jordanhill; Shirley Bassey - from Bearsden; Jonathan Partington; Bonnie Prince Charlie; and the Last Call team.

Triple Scotch & Wry

1990

Gregory's Girl poster
6.8

A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

Gregory's Girl

1980

Britannia Hospital poster
6.2

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.

Britannia Hospital

1982

My Life So Far poster
5.4

A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.

My Life So Far

1999

Up Line poster
NR

Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deploying their skills as entertainers, only to eventually discover the sinister purpose behind the Pathway organization.

Up Line

1987

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle poster
6.6

What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle

2005

Able's Will poster
NR

Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. His family gather at the family home.

Able's Will

1977

BLAST poster
NR

Overview of Vorticism, a radical art movement of the early 20th Century.

BLAST

1975

Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch poster
8.0

An 18th century couple separated by war gets a second chance at love when a present day singer becomes mixed up in their story.

Loch Lomond: Legend of the Loch

2002

Tank Malling poster
3.8

Tank is an investigative reporter and jailbird, framed on scant evidence supplied by the London mob. Helen is the sensuous call-girl who offers Tank ammunition and retribution. But, retaliation is swift and brutal, in the guise of Sir Robert Knights and his equally lethal lawyer, Dunboyne. A series of hideous murders follow as the devil protects his own. Only Malling and Helen can halt the onslaught. But, for how long, and at what price?

Tank Malling

1989

Scotch & Wry poster
9.0

Video Compilation of the Scottish TV Comedy Sketch Show. Stand out characters include Supercop, an idiot motorcycle policeman whose catchphrase was 'Alright Stirling, oot the car' and whose goggles would spring off his helmet; Dirty Dickie Dandruff; Gallowgate Gourmet, the unbelievably unhygienic TV chef; and McGlinchey, a colourful wide-boy.

Scotch & Wry

1986

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil poster
8.0

In their songs, comedy and exuberant music, a travelling theatre company give a fiercely polemic account of Scottish history, from the aftermath of Culloden to the oil boom. Their production before a live audience is intercut with filmed reconstructions of the Highland Clearances and the Victorian obsession with hunting stags.

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

1974

Down Among the Big Boys poster
8.0

Set in Glasgow, Louie, the detective son of an upright police sergeant, is about to marry. His intended is the daughter of JoJo (Connolly), a wealthy and compulsive thief who attempts a spectacular robbery. Louie is put in charge of the investigation of JoJo's latest enterprise. JoJo learns of his peril and begins an exercise in risk management.

Down Among the Big Boys

1993

Dunfermline poster
NR

A portrait of the past and present of the city of Dunfermline, Scotland's ancient capital.

Dunfermline

1974

No artwork available
NR

Mockumentary set on the day of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum and designed to capture a snap shot of a nation on the brink of both triumph and disaster.

Scotland In A Day

2014

The Thin End of the Wedge poster
NR

A student faced with an ultimatum to find £5 by morning - or lose his girlfriend - searches for friends he can tap and discovers that the crises in their lives are even greater than his own.

The Thin End of the Wedge

1977