Herbert Norville
Biography
Herbert Norville is an actor known for his appearances in many British films in the 1970s and '80s such as Scum (1979), Pressure (1976), Meantime (1983), Full Metal Jacket (1987) and Bugsy Malone (1976)
Known For & Full Filmography30 Titles
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Young Black
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Daytona Dave
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
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.
Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Rupert Josephs
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes • as Black Youth
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Fred
The Fosters is a British sitcom created and written by Jon Watkins and Eric Monte. It showcases the early work of Lenny Henry as the budding artist son of easygoing family man Samuel Foster (Norman Beaton). The series follows the day-to-day trials of Samuel, his lively wife Pearl (both immigrants from Guyana) and their three children on a South London housing estate.
Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • as Jonjo
A young actress gathers three former school friends to find out which one is her natural mother, who gave her up for adoption as a newborn.
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Mickey
Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected save for a bestial horror theme, made by ATV for ITV in the United Kingdom and broadcast in 1976. The series avoids typical monster horror clichès, moreso focusing on psychological and supernatural themes.
Drama Series - 1976, 16 episodes • as Montgomery
An anthology series of six contemporary plays from writers at relatively early stages in their careers.
Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes • as Borstal Boy
Follows the linked fates of nine bank robbers, led by George. It begins with the nine men meeting in prison during their appeal and traces each individual after the group escape from custody.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Toyne
Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.
Movie - 1989, 2h 15m • as Joe
A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans. When 'The Firm' decide to confront a rival gang, it ends in tragedy.
Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes • as Solly
A group of 16-year-olds—Sean, Sammy, Roger, Dikey, Gerry, and Cathy—graduate from Meadowcroft Comprehensive School and are now out in the world looking for work.
Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as Extra Extra
Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Ronnie
A dedicated teacher tries to reach out to juvenile delinquent students at a London alternative school.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Mickey
A misfit teenage checkout operator has an unrequited crush on her supermarket manager. At the same shop's cuddly cartoon mascot seems to have come alive and is causing havoc. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Benk
In a barren wilderness, a homeless man is kept and tortured, before being let loose into the wild for his delusional religious captors to hunt him for sport.
Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Man in Pub
A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Elwyn
Vinny Mathews is a small time boxing promoter who struggles with his conscience over what to do with a fighter he knows is unfit to face his opponent. However, Mathews needs sponsorship and this would be the ideal opportunity to mix with the "frilly shirted" sportsmen who enjoy their lavish lifestyle as fighters slug it out as the steak is served!
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Ossie Gladstone - the Defendant
An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.
Movie - 1984, 2h 15m • as Des
Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on moving day, each one dependent on the other.
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Errol
Grace leaves her old folks' home to return to her birthplace in Lambeth, a place which has changed on the surface but at its heart is still the same.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Tony
A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as PFC Mason
A U.S. soldier sees the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 and helps a group of East Germans escape to the West.
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Arbley
A boy goes to see his probation officer.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Montgomery
Sixteen-year-old Otis loathes school. He wants to be a professional footballer, but is good at drawing, so his mother wants him to be a draughtsman. Then, a new sports teacher appears at his South London comprehensive school, and life starts to look a little more hopeful...
Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Solo
Susan and Jenny are aged 13 and 14 and in care. Jenny's mother has died, Susan hasn't seen hers for years. Both influence the close, stormy relationship that develops between the two girls.
Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Ahmed
A quiet, middle-aged couple living in Chelsea start to receive threatening letters through the post - and then things take a sinister turn as their beloved poodle, Tina, is kidnapped. A smart young copper from the local force decides to investigate -
Movie - 1979, 2h 15m • as Rupert Josephs
Can a convicted murderer genuinely repent and reform? If you were the prison authorities, would you find it easy to decide if he should be released?
Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Travel Agent
The closeness of three girlfriends is shattered when Pat takes a sudden shine to a boy she knew, now back on leave from the army.