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Dave Atkins

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1940-10-11
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Biography

David James Atkins (11 October 1940 – 23 April 2008) was an English actor mostly known for portraying Sharkey in Britannia Hospital, Moving Man No.1 in Clive Barker's Hellraiser in 1987, and pub landlord Les in Men Behaving Badly. Atkins died of heart failure in 2008, at age 67

Known For & Full Filmography41 Titles

#1Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Kenny

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

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

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#2Minder

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Car Lot Man

7.2 / 10
ComedyDramaAction & Adventure

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

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#3Sherlock Holmes

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Mordecai Smith

8.2 / 10
CrimeDramaMystery

Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.

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#4Playhouse

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as John

7.0 / 10
Drama

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

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#5Van der Valk

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Sergeant Donkers

6.2 / 10
Drama

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.

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#6The Sweeney

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Marriot

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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#7Jeeves and Wooster

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes as Voules

8.1 / 10
Comedy

Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993, starring Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a "distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and refined gormlessness", and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his improbably well-informed and talented valet. Wooster is a bachelor, a minor aristocrat and member of the idle rich. He and his friends, who are mainly members of The Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable valet, Jeeves. The stories are set in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1930s.

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#8BBC2 Play of the Week

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes as Drunk Soldier

7.0 / 10
DramaComedy

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

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#9The Comic Strip Presents...

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Charlie

7.4 / 10
Comedy

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who do parodies of films, literature and sometimes major events.

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#10Lovejoy

Drama Series - 1986, 16 episodes as Foskett

7.4 / 10
ComedyDramaMystery

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

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#11The Upper Hand

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes as Pixie

7.2 / 10
Comedy

The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.

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#12Hellraiser

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Moving Man 1

6.9 / 10
HorrorThriller

A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.

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#13The Detectives

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Ronnie

6.9 / 10
Comedy

The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.

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#14Press Gang

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes as Mr. Quail

7.5 / 10
ComedyDrama

The activities of the staff at The Junior Gazette, a children's weekly newspaper produced by a group of school pupils.

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#15The New Statesman

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Liberal Democrat MP

7.5 / 10
Comedy

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

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#16Men Behaving Badly

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Les

7.2 / 10
Comedy

Sitcom following the misadventures of laddish flatmates Gary and Tony

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#17Shine on Harvey Moon

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes as Cyril

7.7 / 10
Drama

Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. This generally light-hearted series was created by comedy writers Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. The series is set in the East End of London shortly after the Second World War. Upon being demobbed RAF serviceman Harvey Moon, played by Kenneth Cranham, returns home and finds his family involved in various troubles. His wife Rita, played by Maggie Steed, is not interested in resuming their relationship, and works in a seedy nightclub frequented by American servicemen. He becomes involved with the Labour Party and the union movement. The name of the series is a wordplay on the title of the popular 1908 song 'Shine On, Harvest Moon'. The first series was commissioned and recorded by ATV at their Elstree studios with the remaining series filmed at newly constructed facilities in Nottingham.

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#18Rockliffe's Babies

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Frank Pipe

5.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

Rockliffe's Babies is a British television police procedural devised by Richard O'Keefe, and starring Ian Hogg as maverick Detective Sergeant Alan Rockliffe, who is assigned to train seven young recruits to the CID, all fresh out of uniform. Under his irascible guidance, it is hoped that they will blossom into full-blown detectives. But Rockliffe is human – so human that he makes more mistakes than the 'Babies' he's supposed to be training. A follow-up series, Rockliffe's Folly, follows Rockliffe through his relocation to Wessex, dealing with rural crimes as part of a new team of investigators. The seven episode third series proved to be the last, with many citing a change in the programme's formula for the heavy ratings decline. Many viewers stated that the success of the two Babies series came not from Rockliffe himself, but from the popular ensemble cast.

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#19Happy Ever After

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Delivery Man

6.8 / 10
Comedy

Middle-aged, middle-class couple Terry and June Fletcher expect to settle down in domestic bliss when their children leave home and they are left with a quiet, peaceful house. Their peace, however, is short-lived when ditzy Aunt Lucy decides she’s moving in.

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#20Mr. Love

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m as Undertaker

4.8 / 10
Comedy

An fifty-year-old mild-mannered gardener becomes a lovable legend in his town for his talent to romantically please every woman that fancies him.

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#21The Firm

Movie - 1989, 2h 15m as Bill Bissell

6.5 / 10
DramaCrime

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.

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#22Prick Up Your Ears

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Mr Sugden

6.7 / 10
Drama

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with his writing, Halliwell becomes increasingly alienated and jealous, ultimately tapping into a dangerous rage.

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#23Britannia Hospital

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Sharkey

6.2 / 10
ComedySci-Fi

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.

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#24The Sign of Four

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Mordecai Smith

7.4 / 10
CrimeMysteryThriller

Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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#25Muck and Brass

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Drama

The story of a no-holds-barred, go-getting property dealer played by celebrated comedian Mel Smith, who has the view that everyone has a price though the price may not always be money.

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#26The Hour of the Pig

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m as Valliere

6.2 / 10
DramaHistoryThriller

In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.

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#27The Last Seduction II

Movie - 1999, 2h 15m as Jose Guzman

4.1 / 10
ThrillerRomanceCrime

Femme fatale con artist Bridget Gregory travels to Barcelona and targets another businessman to scam him of his money while a relentless private investigator tries to track her down.

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#28Personal Services

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Sydney

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Fed up with working hard just to scrape by, Christine Painter comes up with a bold plan to become the madam of a brothel and earn her financial freedom: she opens a house of spanking to fabulous reviews.

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#29The Clones

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Truck Driver

4.6 / 10
ActionSci-Fi

A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.

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#30The Odd Job

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as Milkman

5.9 / 10
Comedy

Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him...

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#31The Life Story of Baal

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as Mjurk

10.0 / 10

An adaptation of the first play written by Bertolt Brecht, charting the decline and fall of Baal, a young poet who rejects the norms of society and destroys the lives of the people with whom he comes into contact.

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#32Past Caring

Movie - 1986, 2h 15m as Warden

8.8 / 10
TV MovieDrama

67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old disgracefully.

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#33Housewarming

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as John

8.8 / 10

Her husband Gary is behind on the central heating installation. Eunice, her best friend, has a crush on the lodger - an actor appearing in a very violent play at the local rep. No wonder Tina is anxious about the housewarming.

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#34Comrades

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Mr. Frampton's Foreman

6.9 / 10
DramaHistory

The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.

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#35Smashie and Nicey: The End of an Era

Movie - 1994, 2h 15m as Johnny Beergut

7.7 / 10
Comedy

A mockumentary, rockumentary featuring the spoof radio DJ's from Harry Enfield's sketch shows. Telling of their rise to fame, their influence on music history and fall from grace in a parody of real life radio presenters.

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#36Laughterhouse

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m as Smithfield Poultry Dealer

5.8 / 10
Comedy

A farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 500 geese 100 miles to market at Christmastime.

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#37London Kills Me

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as Heavy

5.9 / 10
ComedyDrama

For want of a nail a shoe was lost, for want of a shoe... a young man's life is almost lost, which is exactly what this film is all about: a man barely twenty who wants desperately to pull out of London's drug world by taking a job as a waiter in a 'normal' restaurant. But to do this he must come up with a "sensible" pair of shoes, an item that his homeless meanderings hasn't provided him.

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#38The Yob

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Charlie

8.8 / 10
Comedy

An illegal psychic teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, and pretentious promo director Patrick gets his genes mixed with those of a football hooligan. Slowly, he begins to change - taking on some undeniably yobbish tendencies.

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#39P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Fish Shop Owner

7.1 / 10
ComedyRomanceTV Movie

Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.

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#40Skin

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m as Mother

5.9 / 10
DramaRomance

A racist skinhead falls in love with a black woman.

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#41The Battle of Waterloo

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Bamber

8.8 / 10
DramaHistory

For the infantrymen, old hands and raw recruits, 36 hours of forced march and a night in pouring rain are followed by a day in a muddy cornfield, facing cannon, cavalry, and infantry. If they're still standing as the day ends, they've won.

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