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Dan Jackson

Dan Jackson

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1925-01-01
South Africa

Known For & Full Filmography20 Titles

#1BBC Play of the Month

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Faregh Bey

5.3 / 10
Drama

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

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#2Thirty-Minute Theatre

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes • as Adzola

4.3 / 10
Drama

An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.

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#3Live and Let Die

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Garçon

6.5 / 10
AdventureActionThriller

James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.

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#4Born Free

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Obot

7.0 / 10
Action & AdventureFamilyDrama

The adventures of two married game wardens in Kenya. George Adamson and Diana Muldaur live with their adopted lioness Elsa the Lioness, where they protect the animals in the surrounding area from all sorts of danger, both natural and human.

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#5Mysterious Island

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Cpl. Neb Nugent

6.6 / 10
AdventureSci-Fi

During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .

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#6Sapphire

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Nightclub Owner

7.0 / 10
MysteryCrimeThriller

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.

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#7Bunny Lake Is Missing

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Mover

7.2 / 10
MysteryThriller

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

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#8It's Dark Outside

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes • as The Leopard

8.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

This spin-off from The Odd Man (1962) starred William Mervyn as the acerbic Inspector Rose, who, alongside the soft-hearted pensive Det. Sgt. Swift (Keith Barron), are joined by Anthony (John Carson) and Alice Brand (June Toblin), a barrister and his journalist wife, though not for long. By the second season, the Brands and Swift departed, leaving the calm, cold Rose in prime position, supported by newcomers DS Hunter (Anthony Ainley), his girlfriend Claire (Veronica Strong), and her boozy reporter friend Fred Blaine (John Stratton).

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#9Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Osango

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#10Spindoe

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes • as Boy

7.3 / 10
DramaCrime

Spindoe is a British television series which was shown on ITV in the spring of 1968. It was named after the lead character, Alec Spindoe, a South London gangster; the plot of the series showed how Spindoe re-established his gangland empire after he had been supplanted during a term of imprisonment, but found once he had succeeded that he is no longer interested.

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#11The Roots of Heaven

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m • as Madjumba

6.2 / 10
AdventureDrama

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.

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#12The Mind of Mr. Soames

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Nicholls

5.5 / 10
DramaSci-Fi

A 30-year-old man, who has been in a coma since birth, is finally restored to consciousness by a breakthrough brain operation. Although physically an adult, the man is "reborn" in the eye of an infant; the doctors caring for him must teach him to walk, talk and prepare for life in the outside world. Tension builds as he escapes from the hospital, wanders among people who do not realize his identity, and is hunted by the police.

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#13A High Wind in Jamaica

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Pirate

6.3 / 10
AdventureDrama

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.

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#14Beyond Mombasa

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m • as Ketimi

6.8 / 10
ActionAdventure

An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.

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#15Naked Evil

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Lloyd

6.3 / 10
Horror

Jamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before being killed himself by the manager's vengeful spirit.

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#16Flame in the Streets

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m • as Jubilee

6.3 / 10
Drama

Domestic difficulties develop in a working-class family when their daughter falls in love with a Jamaican man.

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#17Paul Temple Returns

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Sakki the Valet

6.1 / 10
MysteryCrime

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.

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#18My Six Convicts

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m • as Convict 1538

6.5 / 10
Drama

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.

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#19The Heart Within

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m • as Joe Martell

8.0 / 10
ThrillerDrama

A teenager is determines to clear the name of a black friend who is accused of murder.

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#20Fable

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Overseer

7.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

In Great Britain a reversal of African apartheid comes into place, and the country is governed by black people with whites as the subservients.

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