Acting
Neil Cunningham
Born 1943-11-04 · Chatham, Kent, England
Neil Cunningham was born on 4 November 1943 in Chatham, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), Eat the Rich (1987) and The Deep Concern (1979). He died on 9 May 1987 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
Acting credits
6.7A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
My Beautiful Laundrette
1985
7.3A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Victor/Victoria
1982
6.4The factories, pubs, clubs, hotels and streets of 1980s Liverpool form the backdrop for this tale of love, friendship, sex and a letter to the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev. Two Liverpool lasses, Teresa and Elaine meet two Russian sailors, Sergei and Peter and hook up for a night of fun and frolics. Teresa is looking for sex and a smile, Elaine wants love, romance and the dream of a life far away from the grime of the Liverpool docklands. A classic British romantic comedy filled with new wave tunes, 80s fashion, a little politics and a lot of heart.
Letter to Brezhnev
1985
7.1R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.
The Draughtsman's Contract
1982
NRA child chess prodigy from Liverpool plays the Russian world champion, at a time of crisis in both their lives.
Time Trouble
1985
NRA hoodlum is turned into a celebrity when he steals a cab and subsequent events are blown out of proportion by the media.
Gino: Full Story and Pics
1984
6.1While taking a holiday in the country with his mother, Dennis hits on a scheme to impress a girl so that she'll go away on a trip with him as his girlfriend. Although he fails to gain any interest from the girl, the police take a great interest in his story. From this point on, Dennis digs a deeper hole for himself at every turn
The Supergrass
1985
5.8Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. Prospero's brother and the king wander the island, as do a drunken cook and sailor, who conspire with Caliban, Prospero's beastly slave, to murder Prospero. Prospero wants reason to triumph, Ariel wants his freedom, Miranda a husband; the sailors want to dance.
The Tempest
1979
6.5Two boys pull a Saturday night prank on the police in a seaside British town.
Bloody Kids
1980
5.3Jane is the illegitimate daughter of a Scottish landowner. She is disowned and expelled from his estates, but although she settles down to a new life in London, she is still haunted by the memory of her childhood and her mother's mysterious death. In a trance, she sets out on dreamlike journeys in search of freedom and revenge.
The Bad Sister
1983