Jim McManus

Jim McManus

Acting
1940-05-19
Bristol, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography41 Titles

#1Doctor Who

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as Opthalmologist

7.9 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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#2Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as George

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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#3Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Brian

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.

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#4Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m as Barman

7.7 / 10
AdventureFantasy

When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

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#5Heartbeat

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Clive Formby

7.2 / 10
CrimeDramaComedy

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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#6The Bill

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

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#7The Professionals

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes as Lorry Driver's Mate

7.6 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeDrama

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

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#8Only Fools and Horses

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes as Alex

8.1 / 10
Comedy

Only Fools and Horses.... Is a British sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally transmitted on BBC One from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until 2003. In working-class Peckham in south-east London, ambitious market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter and his younger half-brother Rodney, explore their highs and lows in life, in particular their attempts to get rich. Initially not an immediate hit and receiving little promotion early on, it later achieved consistently high ratings, and the 1996 episode "Time on Our Hands" (originally billed as the series finale) holds the record for the biggest UK audience for a sitcom episode, attracting 24.3 million viewers. The series bears a significant influence on British culture, contributing several words and phrases to the English language.

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#9The Sweeney

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Ollie Parsons

8.1 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaCrime

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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#10An Audience with...

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Self

5.3 / 10
Talk

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.

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#11Sharpe

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Smithers

8.0 / 10
War & PoliticsAction & Adventure

Sharpe is a British series of television dramas starring Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe, a fictional British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe is the hero of a number of novels by Bernard Cornwell; most, though not all, of the episodes are based on the books. Produced by Celtic Films and Picture Palace Films for the ITV network, the series was shot mainly in Turkey and the Crimea, although some filming was also done in England, Spain and Portugal. The series originally ran from 1993 to 1997. In 2004, as part of ITV's new set of drama, ITV announced that it intended to produce new episodes of Sharpe, in co-production with BBC America, loosely based on his time in India, with Sean Bean continuing his role as Sharpe. Sharpe's Challenge is a two-part adventure; part one premiered on ITV on 23 April 2006, with part two being shown the following night. With more gore than earlier episodes, the show was broadcast by BBC America in September 2006.

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#12Best Week Ever

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

5.9 / 10
ComedyTalk

Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009. In January 2010, it was announced that the show was cancelled. On August 3, 2012, VH1 announced the return of Best Week Ever. New weekly episodes began January 18, 2013. On the show, comedians analyze the previous week's developments in pop culture, including recent happenings in entertainment and celebrity gossip. The show's tagline is, "It's everything you love, everything you missed, and all the stuff you need to see again."

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#13Dixon of Dock Green

Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes as Vic

6.0 / 10
Drama

Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End of London from 1955 to 1976. Some episodes were later remade as a BBC radio series in 2005 and 2006.

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#14New Scotland Yard

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as The Painter

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the Criminal Investigations Department in the Metropolitan Police force headquarters at New Scotland Yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day.

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#15The Expert

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes as Ambulance man

9.0 / 10
Drama

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.

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#16The House of Eliott

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes as Reginald

6.6 / 10
Drama

Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.

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#17Goodnight Sweetheart

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Brian Merry

7.2 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyDrama

Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.

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#18Steptoe and Son

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes as Journalist

7.8 / 10
Comedy

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It was remade in the US as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert and in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon. In 1972 a movie adaptation of the series, Steptoe and Son, was released in cinemas, with a second Steptoe and Son Ride Again in 1973.

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#19Pride

Movie - 2014, 2h 15m as Old Man

7.7 / 10
DramaComedy

In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarrassed to receive their support.

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#20Tipping the Velvet

Drama Series - 2002, 16 episodes as Tricky Reeves

6.9 / 10
Drama

A tempestuous tale of love and life as a naïve girl discovers both romance and pain in the hidden, decadent world of bohemian London in the 1890s. Nan Astley embarks on a voyage of emotional and sexual discovery with Kitty Butler, a music hall male impersonator.

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#21Chef

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Policeman 1

7.6 / 10
Comedy

Sharp knives and even sharper tongues! Meet Britain's finest, most short-fused chef, Gareth Balckstock.

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#22Rosie

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10

Rosie is a British situation-comedy television series, written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast between 1977 and 1981. It was filmed and set in Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The central character was PC Penrose, the titular "Rosie", a young and inexperienced police officer, played by Paul Greenwood. For the first series of seven episodes, broadcast in 1975, it was called The Growing Pains of PC Penrose, but it underwent a revamp with a new title, setting and signature tune.

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#23Serious & Organised

Drama Series - 2003, 16 episodes as Cafe Owner

8.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

Brothers Jack and Tony Finn work together in the same division of the National Serious and Organised Crime Unit. Being the only officers of their kind, they're feared by colleagues and criminals alike. Jack, however, is leading a secret double life – having fallen in love with Tony's wife, Rachel. Forced to put their personal differences aside for the sake of their profession, Jack and Tony investigate the likes of crime families, Triads, gangland killings, extortion and major drug suppliers, all whilst trying to battle with their own demons.

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#24Murder by Decree

Movie - 1979, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
CrimeMysteryThriller

Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.

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#25Easy Virtue

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m as Jackson

6.5 / 10
ComedyRomance

A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.

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#26The Treacle People

Drama Series - 1996, 16 episodes as Bill Wizzle (voice) / Nicko Pendle (voice)

8.7 / 10
AnimationComedyFamily

The Treacle People was a children's television programme shown on CITV in the United Kingdom, from 3 May 1996 to 25 July 1997. It only had two series, each with 13 episodes. In a similar vein to other shows by the same writer, the humour worked on two levels for younger and older viewers. It was produced by The London Studios for London Weekend Television and Fire Mountain Productions in association with Link Entertainment. In 2023, the series was remastered, with full episodes posted on the show's official YouTube Channel.

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#27Young Charlie Chaplin

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes as Cab Driver

10.0 / 10
DramaDocumentary

The challenging and spirited early life of cinema's first great comedic artist, Charlie Chaplin, is portrayed. The innately talented young Charlie must overcome a wayward life of poverty and familial chaos to reach the pinnacle of stardom.

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#28The Day the Earth Caught Fire

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Man at Water Station (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
Sci-FiDrama

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

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#29Hornblower: Loyalty

Movie - 2003, 2h 15m as Pawnbroker

7.3 / 10
WarAdventureTV Movie

Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.

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#30Beat Girl

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Boy at the Off-Beat Café (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
Drama

When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relationship.

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#31Danger Within

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as POW (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
War

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.

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#32Silver Dream Racer

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m as Bike Salesman

5.6 / 10
DramaAction

Nick Freeman is a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is determined to race it at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

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#33The Square Peg

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as New Recruit (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
WarComedy

Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Pitkin takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a hero

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#34Sharpe's Siege

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m as Smithers

7.2 / 10
WarActionAdventure

Winter, 1813. Sharpe marries his sweetheart, Jane Gibbons, but has to leave her immediately to go on a dangerous mission in the Pyrenees, to capture a French fort. While Sharpe is battling with the French, his wife contracts a deadly fever which has swept through the British camp and endangers her life. Sharpe encounters his old enemy, Ducos and is compelled to stay at the fort and fight for his country, knowing that even if he survives he may never see his beloved bride again.

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#35Sweeney 2

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as Barman

6.2 / 10
ActionCrimeDrama

Second theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.

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#36Buddy's Song

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as Detective

5.7 / 10
DramaMusic

Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...

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#37Just Ask for Diamond

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Hammett

5.6 / 10
FamilyComedyCrime

Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-central London. When a master criminal called The Falcon dies, they come into possession of his box of chocolate Maltesers, which contains the secret key to a fabulous cache of diamonds. Can they unravel the mystery and avoid the clutches of seedy lowlifes Brenda Von Falkenberg, Gott and Himmell, The Fat Man and the dogmatic Chief Inspector Snape, all of whom want to find the swag first.

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#38Lawless Heart

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m as Chef

5.2 / 10
ComedyDramaRomance

In a British seaside resort, several lives intertwine following the funeral of a gay restaurant owner.

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#39Running Late

Movie - 1992, 2h 15m as Driver 1

9.0 / 10
ComedyTV Movie

Television interviewer George Grant, renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of his career. But when he receives a message at his office that his wife needs to see him urgently - a matter of life and death - his life is irreversibly altered. And so the frantic search begins for George Grant 's truth - and his wife.

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#40The Trial of Klaus Barbie

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Damian

8.8 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.

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#41Night's Vampires

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Ministro Russo

1.0 / 10
Horror

A young Russian woman who is actually a vampire is being used by a prostitution ring. They are in fact supplying girls to be killed by rich and perverted clients. She finds the list of the clients involved in this traffic and starts her revenge.

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