Brian O'Shaughnessy

Acting

Brian O'Shaughnessy

Born 1931-05-05 · Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Brian O'Shaughnessy was born on May 5, 1931 in Aldershot, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), Shangani Patrol (1970) and Fraud! (1974). He died on July 14, 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Acting credits

The Gods Must Be Crazy poster
7.3

A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.

The Gods Must Be Crazy

1980

The Power of One poster
7.5

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight with your fists and lead with your heart”. As he grows to manhood, PK uses these words to take on the system and the injustices he sees around him - and finds that one person really can make a difference.

The Power of One

1992

Zulu Dawn poster
6.1

In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.

Zulu Dawn

1979

Mister Deathman poster
4.0

Geoffrey Graves is a secret agent who comes ourt of retirement for a mission in South Africa. Stella Stevens stars as an enemy agent.

Mister Deathman

1977

White Ghost poster
4.8

July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.

White Ghost

1988

The Fourth Reich poster
6.0

Robey Leibbrandt was a South African boxer who became fascinated with Nazi ideology during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. In1939 he led an operation to overthrow the pro-Allied government of General Jan Smuts.

The Fourth Reich

1990

No artwork available
NR

General de Wet asks Boer soldier and Kavalier leader Chris Botha to select 100 of his best men for a “suicide mission” behind enemy lines. First the Kavaliers steal ammunition from right under the noses of the British, and then they leave behind a note taunting the enemy about it.

Kavaliers

1966

Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday poster
4.5

A ship captained by the father of the leader of Delta Force is taken hostage by terrorists. As might be expected the force is sent in to stop them.

Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday

1998

Act of Piracy poster
3.9

A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide to capture the vessel. The original owner, who was delivering it to Sydney, Australia, is believed dead but is in fact very much alive, and determined to recover the yacht...

Act of Piracy

1988

The Visual Bible: Acts poster
7.3

The Visual Bible: Acts is a 1994 film that depicts the events of Book of Acts from the Bible's New Testament. All of the dialogue is word-for-word Scripture, taken directly from the New International Version of the Bible.

The Visual Bible: Acts

1994

Creatures the World Forgot poster
4.9

As the first nomadic tribes wander across the vast wilderness of the infant planet they confront hostilities created by the harsh environment and each other. After a massive volcanic eruption a tribal chief is killed and his two sons fight for supremacy, not only for the leadership of the tribe but also for the love of a beautiful young woman. The age-old battlegrounds of rivalry, envy and passion are explored in this tale of prehistoric adventure.

Creatures the World Forgot

1971

Satan's Harvest poster
5.7

Cutter Murdock inherits an estate in Africa on which "Satan's Harvest" (heroin and marijuana) is grown. The thugs growing the drugs want him out of the way, so things get messy.

Satan's Harvest

1970

No artwork available
5.8

When a lighthouse keeper takes in a seal in need and gives to his children to look after, the whole family is drawn into the shadowy world of illegal seal poaching. The family then finds themselves leading the fight to rid their coastal town of the criminals and save the seals.

Sandy the Seal

1968

Falling Rocks poster
6.5

6 Friends, 1 Killer, No Mercy! Slow moving thriller that builds up towards a nerve wrecking end.

Falling Rocks

2000

Warhead poster
3.9

Terrorists seize an American nuclear missile site and threaten to launch the missiles at Washington unless the President resigns immediately and $1 billion is placed in a Swiss account in 8 hours.

Warhead

1996

No artwork available
7.0

Set on a lonely South African farm, in the 1920’s. The film revolves around a young boy who is forced into manhood when his father is injured in a riding accident and he is left to fend for himself. The boy is terrorized by an unseen animal.

Claws

1982

Merchants of War poster
4.3

The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.

Merchants of War

1989

Mutator poster
3.5

A beast gets loose in a laboratory, killing all in it's way. A former scientist, now working as a custodian tries to stop it.

Mutator

1989

The Emissary poster
5.5

Jack Cavanaugh, handpicked by the US president, is a hard-nosed diplomat constantly on the move between hot-spots around the world. When Russia's KGB use his wife to get access to a top secret computer system, the world's future is at stake. Time is running short and Cavanaugh see no other way out than to take on the foreign agents himself.

The Emissary

1989

Mr. Kingstreet's War poster
6.3

A couple sets up an African game preserve, only to have British and Italian armies fight over the waterholes.

Mr. Kingstreet's War

1973

Orion's Key poster
3.3

After two archaeologists discover an ancient alien artifact in Africa, they must run for their lives from both the unstoppable guardian and protector that awakens as a result, and their greedy, madman employer, both of whom want the artifact.

Orion's Key

1997

Brutal Glory poster
3.4

The highly fictionalized making and breaking of Norman Selby, more recognizable as Kid McCoy, the real life American middleweight world boxing champion from the turn of the 20th century.

Brutal Glory

1989

Diamond Walkers poster
6.0

Drama among diamond smugglers and gold fever in South African bush.

Diamond Walkers

1965

The Evil Below poster
3.8

A down-on-his-luck sea captain goes treasure hunting for a wrecked Spanish galleon that is rumored to be cursed by God and protected by supernatural forces.

The Evil Below

1989

Behind the camera