James Villiers

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Sep 29, 1930 (94 years old)
Death date
Jan 18, 1998

James Villiers

Known For

The Ghost of Peter Sellers
1h 33m
Movie 2018

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

A documentary about Peter Medak's unreleased film 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun', starring Peter Sellers and filmed in Cyprus in 1973.

The Tichborne Claimant
1h 38m
Movie 1998

The Tichborne Claimant

Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.

A Dance to the Music of Time
1h 0m
TV Show 1997

A Dance to the Music of Time

A Dance to the Music of Time is a four-part adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence that aired on Channel 4 in 1997. The series is a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 1920s to modern times.

The Wind in the Willows
1h 14m
Movie 1995

The Wind in the Willows

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.

The Gravy Train Goes East
1h 5m
TV Show 1991

The Gravy Train Goes East

A fictitious Balkan state adaps to life after Communism.

King Ralph
1h 37m
Movie 1991

King Ralph

As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.

Mountains of the Moon
2h 16m
Movie 1990

Mountains of the Moon

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then dissolving after their journey.

Anything More Would Be Greedy
TV Show 1989

Anything More Would Be Greedy

Scandal
1h 55m
Movie 1989

Scandal

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.

Fortunes of War
1h 0m
TV Show 1987

Fortunes of War

Fortunes of War is a 1987 BBC television adaptation of Olivia Manning's cycle of novels Fortunes of War. It stars Kenneth Branagh as Guy Pringle, lecturer in English Literature in Bucharest during the early part of the Second World War, and Emma Thompson as his wife Harriet. Other cast members included Ronald Pickup, Robert Stephens, Alan Bennett, Philip Madoc and Rupert Graves. The series stays relatively faithful to the original novels, with no notable departures from their plot.

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