
Birthday:
09-16-1933
Deathday:
04-04-2015 (81 years)
Birthplace:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
Vass Anderson was born on September 16, 1933 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman (1978), The Tripods (1984) and Father Ted (1995). He died on April 4, 2015 in London, England, UK.
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Kannibal
Act like Wallace White
event2001 star_border 1
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A squad of police cars responding to an emergency call races through the streets of Atlanta. Upon arrival at the crime scene, they see complete desolation. Dead bodies are everywhere. And they apparently just missed the killer, though one of his victims, the head of New York's Russian mafia, survived. The family's crime operation then comes to London, but unknown to them, the assassin has also moved there and is working for the police as a pathologist. And while the family is still hunting the assassin, he is on his own mission of revenge.
Night Junkies
Act like The Grey Man
event2007 star_border 4.5
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In the seedy London underworld of junkies and prostitutes, a vampire stalks women. When a stripper, Ruby, is bitten, she is determined not to give in to her blood addiction, no matter what.
The Comic
Act like George Ellington
event1985 star_border 4
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In a future police state, a stand-up comic murders a competitor for a job, then gets mixed up with a stripper.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Act like Mr. Abbott
event1991 star_border 6.5
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An English widow goes to Italy, falls in love with a dentist's son and marries him, against her straitlaced family's wishes.
Lucky Sunil
Act like Stipendary Magistrate
event1988
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Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred temptations of the great city?
Made in Britain
Act like Canteen Manager
event1982 star_border 6.9
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After being sent to a detention centre, a teenage skinhead clashes with the social workers who want to conform him to the status quo.
Katherine of Alexandria
Act like Barbatus
event2014 star_border 2.7
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The life of Katherine of Alexandria. Constantine joins the Roman army to find his missing childhood friend. Once alerted to his friend's whereabouts, he prepares for an all out war between the East and the West. Contains the last film role of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released.
I'm a Dreamer Montreal
Act like Gaye Gordon
event1979
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Comedy set against the danger and brutality of Belfast. Music librarian by day, showband singer by night, Nelson Glover cocoons himself from the brutality by escaping into a dream world of romantic melody. But his dream world disintegrates after he meets siren Sandra Carse.
Korea
Act like Ben Moran
event1996 star_border 7
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A powerful story of the relationship between father and son, John and Eamon Doyle. It is set in rural Ireland during the 1950s, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish emigrants, on arriving in America, have been enlisted and sent to fight in the Korean war. One of those emigrants, Luke Moran, dies in Korea and his home village is awash with rumours about the compensation the Moran family received upon Luke's death. John Doyle hears the rumours but remains silent. Ben Moran is John's arch-enemy, a feud traced back to the Irish Civil War. Eamon comforts and falls in love with Una Moran. His father feeling betrayed, blames Ben Moran for everything and is prepared to sacrifice Eamon in seeking vengeance as a contemporary Romeo and Juliet story unfolds.
The Aerodrome
Act like R.W.
event1983 star_border 7
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In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC adaptation of Rex Warner's 1941 novel of the same name. A stereotypical village in a somewhat alternative England is taken over wholesale by 'The Air Force.' Living in the village is young Roy, who has just learned he is not who he thought he was. Attempting to forge a new sense of identity, he joins the dashing Air Force, seduced by its dynamism and direct and brutal ways.
Grindhouse Nightmares
Act like Boss Hogan
event2018 star_border 5
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Welcome to the Grindhouse experience like it was meant to be, killer story lines and themes zig zig across the screen in Grind-O-Vision, a nonstop thrill ride of babes, guns, muscle cars, motorcycle shoot outs, rendezvous with the devil and much more. From "Manhunt" to "Stripper with a Shotgun", Grindhouse Nightmares is cinema exploitation at its best.
Superman
Act like 3rd Elder
event1978 star_border 7.1
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Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Eldorado
Act like The Mayor
event2012 star_border 2.3
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The Stranger, a tall striking creature dressed in white sets into motions a series of events whilst reciting the Edgar Allen Poe Poem "Eldorado", which will have an effect on those heading towards the mythical city.
The Low Down
Act like Pub Landlord
event2001 star_border 5.2
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Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his work. When he becomes involved with Ruby, her optimistic and fresh approach to life and its problems begins to have a dramatic effect on him.
Shoot to Kill
Act like Magistrate
event1990
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Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), allegedly without warning (the so-called shoot-to-kill policy); the organised fabrication of false accounts of the events; and the difficulties created for the inquiry team in their investigation.
Breaking Glass
Act like Doctor
event1980 star_border 6.9
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Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's band are squeezed out and she is left to cope alone in the spotlight.
Irish Jam
Act like Mr. Pettikreep
event2006 star_border 5.6
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Upon discovering that their town is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize -- the deed to their local pub. But what could happen when a duplicitous American rapper emerges as the best poet around?
Defence of the Realm
Act like Strick
event1986 star_border 6.5
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A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
Murphy's Stroke
Act like Bank Manager
event1980 star_border 6.5
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The horse Gay Future is at the centre of an Irish betting syndicate in 1974 which saw trainer Antony Collins present a poor performing horse at his stables. The betting stakes were subsequently raised, before the real horse was entered in the race.
The Love-Girl and the Innocent
Act like Pososhkov
event1973 star_border 5.6
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A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
Fugitive
Act like Malachy
event1974
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After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order. Author Sean Walsh fled the Franciscan order to become first a journalist, then a playwright and is now a radio drama producer in Ireland.
GrindHouse 2wo
Act like Boss Hogan
event2016 star_border 6.7
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2 films MAN HUNT & Stripper with a Shotgun. One cartoon and a set of trailers that can only belong to the retro world of 70's grindhouse cinema. This is a walk back in time.
Dinner at the Sporting Club
Act like Doctor
event1978 star_border 1
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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!
Nice Work
Act like Teacher - 1951 (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 6.5
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Dr Robyn Penrose is a lecturer in English at Rummidge University. Vic Wilcox is the Managing Director of Pringle's, an engineering firm in Rummidge. They meet when Robyn is told by her Head of Department to "shadow" Vic as part of Industry Year. They are initially hostile to each other but gradually come to understand each other's point of view. Based on the novel by David Lodge.
The Professionals
Act like Doctor (1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 7.4
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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.
Peak Practice
Act like Vicar (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.1
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Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series.
Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
The Casual Vacancy
Act like Bill (2 ep.)
event2015 star_border 6.3
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The citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Act like Frampton (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 8.1
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From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Pennies from Heaven
Act like Doctor (6 ep.)
event1978 star_border 7.6
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Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is taken from a song of the same name written by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston. It was one of several Potter serials to mix the reality of the drama with a dark fantasy content, and the earliest of his works where the characters burst into miming to popular 1930s songs.
Tales of the Unexpected
Act like Huntsman (1 ep.)
event1979 star_border 6.7
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A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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