Benjamin Whitrow Filmography

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Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Sophie Okonedo, Hugh Bonneville, Holly Aird, Eileen Atkins, Tom Hardy, Douglas Hodge, Adrian Lester, Andrew Lincoln, Gina McKee, Mark Strong, Catherine Tate, Polly Walker, Benjamin Whitrow

Synopsis: A handful of couples discuss their romantic and erotic tribulations on a sunny afternoon in this romantic comedy drama. It's a beautiful day in London, and a number of people head out to Hampstead Heath Park to enjoy the weather, though not every couple on hand is as comfortable as the weather Read More

2006
Chicken Run

Actors: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks, Lynn Ferguson, Imelda Staunton

Synopsis: Aardman Animations, the British clay-animation studio that created a cult sensation (and won three Academy awards) with its short subjects featuring Wallace and Gromit, presents its first feature film, a mixture of comedy and adventure. Mrs. Tweedy (voice of Miranda Richardson) operates a chicken Read More

6/21/00
The Blonde Bombshell

Actors: Keeley Hawes, Amanda Redman, Rupert Graves, Sheila Gish, Benjamin Whitrow

Synopsis: The Blonde Bombshell was a two-part miniseries based on the turbulent life and early death of British movie queen Diana Dors. The warts-and-all teleplay cast a merciless light upon Dors' troublesome relationship with her working-class family, her ofttimes futile efforts to be taken seriously as an Read More

1998
Tom Jones

Actors: Max Beesley, Samantha Morton

Synopsis: In this TV miniseries based on the 1749 Henry Fielding novel, kindly Squire Allworthy (Benjamin Whitrow) adopts an infant boy left at his home after unmarried Jenny Jones (Camille Coduri) is paid by the real mother to admit that the child is hers. Having lost his own children in infancy, then his Read More

1997
Pride and Prejudice

Actors: Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker, Crispin Bonham Carter, Adrian Lukis

Synopsis: Jane Austen's classic novel is brought to the screen once again in this intelligent and witty romantic drama. Elizabeth Bennett (Jennifer Ehle) is one of five sisters living on a British country estate in the 1800s. At a time and place in which matrimony is considered a woman's logical goal in Read More

1995
Damage

Actors: Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves, Ian Bannen

Synopsis: Adapted from Josephine Hart's spare novel by British screenwriter David Hare and French director Louis Malle, this brooding erotic drama concerns the obsessive sexual relationship between an English politician and his son's lover. Stephen Flemming (Jeremy Irons), an up-and-coming member of Read More

12/9/92
Hawks

Actors: Timothy Dalton, Anthony Edwards, Janet McTeer, Camille Coduri, Connie Booth

Synopsis: Two terminal cancer patients break out of the hospital in a final attempt to enjoy their last days in this black comedy drama. Decker (Anthony Edwards) is an American ex-football player resigned to die. Bancroft (Timothy Dalton) is an attorney who is more optimistic and talks Decker into a journey Read More

11/10/89
On the Black Hill

Actors: Mike Gwilym, Robert Gwilym, Bob Peck, Gemma Jones, Nesta Harris

Synopsis: Filmed on location in Wales, On the Black Hill is adapted from the novel by Bruce Chatwin. This is the story of two Welsh brothers, identical twins. The film covers 80 years in the sibling's lives, touching upon their hopes, disappointments, romances and political entanglements. Rather than going Read More

1988
Personal Services

Actors: Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox, Danny Schiller, Victoria Hardcastle, Tim Woodward

Synopsis: This comedy was inspired by the true story of Cynthia Payne, a former waitress who gained fame as England's best-known (and best-liked) madame. Christine Painter (Julie Walters) is a working-class single mother who sub-leases a few inexpensive flats as a way of bringing in extra money. Christine Read More

5/15/87
Clockwise

Actors: John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Penelope Wilton, Stephen Moore, Joan Hickson, Sharon Maiden

Synopsis: John Cleese's knack for mining hilarity from the growing frustration of a dignified gentleman is fully exploited in the British comedy Clockwise. Cleese portrays Brian Stimpson, a perfectionist English headmaster who has been selected to make an important presentation before a group of his peers. Read More

10/10/86
Sharma and Beyond

Actors: Suzanne Burden, Robert Urquhart, Michael Maloney, Antonia Pemberton, Benjamin Whitrow

Synopsis: This enjoyable romantic comedy-drama is about Stephan (Michael Maloney), an aspiring sci-fi writer who teaches English to a class of often amusing foreigners. On a field trip with his class one day Stephan goes by the house of his hero, Evan Gorley-Peters (Robert Urquhart), a celebrated sci-fi Read More

1/15/86
Belfast Assassin

Synopsis: Ray Lonnen starred in this British miniseries as Army Captain Harry Brown, assigned to go undercover in strife-ridden Northern Island. It was Harry's mission to locate and knock off the IRA assassin who killed a British cabinet minister. Among the many obstacles in Harry's path were the fact that Read More

1984
Shocking Accident

Synopsis: This Graham Greene story is a bout a boy who has trouble moving beyond his father's death. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1983
Brimstone and Treacle

Actors: Sting, Denholm Elliott, Joan Plowright, Suzanna Hamilton

Synopsis: The arrival of a mysterious stranger disrupts the lives of the members of a British family in this dark, psychological thriller. The stranger is one Martin Taylor (Sting), a dangerous charmer who ingratiates himself with the Bateses, a dignified, older couple (Denholm Elliott and Joan Plowright). Read More

1982
Troilus & Cressida

Actors: Anton Lesser, Suzanne Burden

Synopsis: The Greeks laid siege to the city of Troy after Paris (David Firth) of Troy abducted the beautiful Helen (Ann Pennington) from Sparta. In the city, Troilus (Anton Lesser), brother of Paris, is courting the lovely Cressida (Suzanne Burden), who is playing hard to get so that his interest will be Read More

1982
On Approval

Actors: Penelope Keith

Synopsis: This made-for-television British comedy is was adapted from the play by Frederick Lonsdale. Wealthy English widow Maria Wislack (Penelope Keith) decides to take beau Richard for a vacation on a Scottish Island, as a sort of trial marriage before going through with the real thing. While there Read More

1980
Quadrophenia

Actors: Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Sting, Garry Cooper, Leslie Ash

Synopsis: This film version of the Who's rock opera {^Quadrophenia} makes a few tentative stabs at "explaining" the alienation of 1960s British working-class youth, but its major selling point is its nonstop rock-and-R&B musical score, including the hit single "Love Reign O'er Me." Phil Daniels (replacing Read More

1979
Merchant of Venice

Actors: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Anthony Nicholls, Jeremy Brett

Synopsis: Olivier stars in this production of the Shakespearean tragedy about greed and vengeance. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1973