Roy Hudd

Acting

Roy Hudd

Born 1936-05-16 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Acting credits

Robot Overlords poster
4.8

Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.

Robot Overlords

2015

Patrick poster
6.7

A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.

Patrick

2018

Up Pompeii poster
6.1

A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.

Up Pompeii

1971

Heavy Weather poster
8.0

At Blandings Castle, the Earl of Emsworth only cares about his prize pig 'The Empress' and is wilfully ignorant of the fact that his brother is planning to publish a book which might ruin the family name forever. Moreover, the Earl's nephew might cause the family some major damage by getting married to a terribly unsuitable chorus girl. An adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's novel of the same name.

Heavy Weather

1995

The Blood Beast Terror poster
5.5

A scientist working with genetics creates a horrifying flying creature that feeds on human blood. Following a gruesome trail of dead bodies, Scotland Yard investigators must scramble to halt its ravenous rampage.

The Blood Beast Terror

1968

No artwork available
6.5

Three old friends reminisce about their old haunts. Hearing that a coffee bar they frequented in their youth is reopening with a rock 'n' roll theme, Dave, Charlie and Ronno decide to pay a visit. Third film in The Quest Trilogy.

The Final Quest

2004

Up the Chastity Belt poster
4.1

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...

Up the Chastity Belt

1972

Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey poster
NR

Documentary about British comedy legend

Heroes of Comedy: Arthur Askey

1998

The Alf Garnett Saga poster
5.0

Alf and his family have been moved from their East End home into a high-rise council estate. Alf is not only having trouble coping with his new 'home', but also with the long commute to work, the long walk to the corner pub, his long-suffering wife Else, rebellious daughter Rita, and her philandering, constantly unemployed husband Mike.

The Alf Garnett Saga

1972

Jools Holland: London Calling poster
NR

Jools Holland takes a personal look at the historical influences that have helped to create the sound of London. His journey takes him back to Roman times, and then forward through history until the present day, taking in well-known landmarks, pubs, music halls and more recent venues such as the 100 Club. Archive film footage is interspersed with contributions from performers such as Roy Hudd (comedian and music hall expert), Lucy Skeaping (of The City Waites ensemble), Eliza Carthy (folk musician), Sterling Betancourt (steelpan pioneer), Danny Baker (DJ and presenter), Ray Davies (of The Kinks rock band), Paul Jones (of the Manfred Mann pop group), Joe Brown (rock and roll singer), Suggs (of the Madness ska band), and Lisa Hannigan (Irish indie folk singer).

Jools Holland: London Calling

2012

Royal Variety Performance 1984 poster
NR

In the presence of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales. From the stage of the Victoria Palace Theatre stars from the world of entertainment bring you comedy and music.

Royal Variety Performance 1984

1984

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins poster
5.0

A septet of satirical vignettes based on the Seven Deadly Sins.

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

Purely Belter poster
6.7

Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!

Purely Belter

2000

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden poster
4.5

The funny side of a veteran nightclub comedy team with a long list of females conquests is poisoned during a live performance.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden

2007

No artwork available
4.0

Three old friends are reunited after one was involved in an accident. They reminisce about their motorbike trip to the Isle of Man to ride the TT course. Second movie in The Quest Trilogy.

The Second Quest

2004

Florence Nightingale poster
6.0

Reflective drama of pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

2008

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story poster
6.5

Comedy drama about the beginnings of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's writing partnership and their struggles to get Dad's Army on the screen in 1968.

We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story

2015

A Kind of Hush poster
10.0

Six teens who were traumatized by child abuse early in their lives come together to form a gang that ultimately plots revenge against the ones who committed the crimes against them. The gang leader is the only one who has something of a normal life, living at a hotel where he is an apprentice and friends with the managers who are like surrogate parents to him. However, when the others start to attack their tormentors, Smith is drawn into the conflagaration also.

A Kind of Hush

1999

No artwork available
2.0

Comedy drama about warring neighbours Malcolm and Martin who spend April Fool's Day trying to catch each other out with ever more fiendish tricks, watched wearily by their long-suffering wives.

April Fool's Day

1997

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were poster
NR

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were tells Sir Ken’s story from his boyhood growing up in the 1930s in Knotty Ash, through his big break into show business and then on to his unrivalled career in entertainment. Poignant and uplifting, the programme features interviews with the people who knew Sir Ken best – friends and family in Liverpool and beyond, and his many colleagues, admirers and fellow-performers from the world of entertainment. The programme also features an interview with Sir Ken’s wife, Lady Anne Dodd.

Ken Dodd: How Tickled We Were

2018

An Evening with Spike Milligan poster
9.0

Spike recalls his exploits in the army, setting up a jazz band and other sources of his comic inspiration. He patiently answers impertinent questions from Harry Secombe, Peter O'Toole, Lynsey de Paul, Roy Hudd and Denis Norden with often amusing answers.

An Evening with Spike Milligan

1996

Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On poster
4.0

Danny La Rue plays Cinderella's wicked stepmother in this grand tradition of a Christmas pantomime.

Cinderella: The Shoe Must Go On

1986

Hamilton Mattress poster
6.8

Sludger the aardvark tries to make it big as a drummer in the big city.

Hamilton Mattress

2002

Victorian Britain on Film poster
8.0

Offers audiences a unique window into a bygone era when a thrilling new invention, the motion picture camera, first captures a nation on film.

Victorian Britain on Film

2021