Mel Smith Filmography

Born:: London, England, UK
Occupation:: Actor, Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter

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The Riddle

Synopsis: Johnny Was screenwriter and executive producer Brendan Foley makes his feature directorial debut with this psychological thriller that asks what a burned-out sports journalist, an eccentric vagrant, and a Charles Dickens novel could have to do with a series of unsolvable murders. Mike Sullivan Read More

2007
National Lampoon's Blackball

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Paul Kaye, James Cromwell, Alice Evans, Bernard Cribbins, Vince Vaughn

Synopsis: It's the weight of tradition versus youthful vigor when loudmouth Torquay lawn bowling superstar Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye) catches wind of an upcoming championship match between England and heated rivals Australia. He's determined to make the national team in a bid to bring his sport-of-choice Read More

2/11/05
High Heels and Low Lifes

Crew: Director

Actors: Darren Boyd, Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Kevin McNally, Mark Williams, Danny Dyer

Synopsis: In this broad comedy from sometime comic actor Mel Smith (The Tall Guy), two women find themselves fleeing criminals. Minnie Driver stars as Shannon, a London nurse who finds her boyfriend Ray (Darren Boyd), a "sound sculptor," becoming increasingly dull and inattentive. When he forgets her Read More

2001
The Story of Bean

Actors: Rowan Atkinson

1997
Bean

Crew: Director

Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Burt Reynolds

Synopsis: Comic actor Rowan Atkinson brought his bumbling character Mr. Bean from television to the big screen with this British comedy. Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is a well-meaning but not especially bright fellow with a gift for making the worst of any situation. Bean is about to be fired from his job as a Read More

1997
Twelfth Night

Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Imogen Stubbs, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith, Richard E. Grant

Synopsis: The classic Shakespearean comedy about mistaken identity and gender confusion is brought to the screen once again in this British production, courtesy of screenwriter-director Trevor Nunn. Nunn has transferred the time period to the Victorian Era of the late 19th century. Two twins, Viola (Imogen Stubbs Read More

1996
Radioland Murders

Crew: Director

Actors: Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty, George Burns, Scott Michael Campbell

Synopsis: A blend of screwball farce and whodunit murder mystery, this madcap period piece was the brainchild of executive producer George Lucas. In 1939, Penny Henderson (Mary Stuart Masterson) is the harried general secretary and de facto manager of a new fourth radio network, WBN. On the night that the Read More

1994
Brain Donors

Actors: John Turturro, Bob Nelson, Mel Smith, Nancy Marchand, John Savident

Synopsis: Brain Donors is a game attempt to redo the Marx Brothers' A Night at the Opera in a contemporary setting. John Turturro plays the "Groucho" character, a shifty lawyer (he's even given a Grouchoesque three-barrelled moniker). Bob Nelson is the "Harpo" counterpart, a puckish handyman. And Mel Smith Read More

1992
The Tall Guy

Crew: Director

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Emil Wolk, Geraldine James

Synopsis: Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) is an actor who spends his nights on-stage in London's West End as a comedic punching bag for obnoxiously self-centered comedian Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson). He gets hit in the head with hammers, he trips, and he stands by dumbly as Anderson gets all the laughs. His Read More

9/21/90
The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt

Actors: Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, Diana Quick, Jeremy Clyde

Synopsis: Produced for London Weekend Television, Wilt is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Sharpe. Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, stars of the internationally popular TV series Not Necessarily the News, head the cast as Henry Wilt and Inspector Flint. Though master of his own destiny on the Read More

6/22/90
Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Actors: Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Geraldine James

Synopsis: Stuart Orme directed this charming children's adventure-fantasy based on the book by Joan Aiken. Set during the imaginary reign of King James III, sometime in the last century, the story takes place in the snowbound and wolf-infested North Yorkshire countryside in England. The tale centers upon Read More

1988
The Princess Bride

Actors: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright Penn, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest

Synopsis: Based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not Read More

9/25/87
Restless Natives

Actors: Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Teri Lally, Ned Beatty, Robert Urquhart

Synopsis: In this Scottish comedy, two young fellows disguise themselves as a clown and a wolf-man and begin robbing tourist buses. Somehow the two end up considered national heroes. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

5/2/86
National Lampoon's European Vacation

Actors: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Jason Lively, Dana Hill, Eric Idle

Synopsis: Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold and his wife, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) -- and their two generally repulsive children, Rusty (Jason Lively) and Audrey (Dana Hill) -- are off on a European vacation thanks to a winning stint on a quiz show. As the movie unfolds in brochures featuring London, Paris, and Read More

1985
Morons from Outer Space

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Paul Bown, Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail, Dinsdale Landen

Synopsis: In this partially successful Brit sci-fi comedy, four invading aliens cannot really think their way out of a paper bag, much less conquer Earth with their superior knowledge (apparently also non-existent). Of the aliens, Desmond (Jimmy Nail) is particularly thick-headed and leaves Bernard (Mel Smith Read More

1985
Slayground

Actors: Peter Coyote, Mel Smith, Billie Whitelaw, Philip Sayer, Bill Luhrs

Synopsis: In this undistinguished crime drama, Peter Coyote plays a thief on the run after an attempt to rob an armored car in upstate New York ends in the death of a little girl. Her father sends a hitman (Philip Sayer) to avenge her death, and the rest of the film is a long series of near-misses as the Read More

1984
Number One

Actors: Mel Smith, Alison Steadman, P.H. Moriarty, Phil Daniels

Synopsis: In this conventional, formulaic tale about a nonchalant snooker (pool, British style) hustler who is conned into competing in a national championship, good ensemble acting carries the story beyond its predictable evolution. Bob Geldof is Harry (Flash) Gordon, the snooker player who hustles games Read More

1984
Bullshot Crummond

Actors: Alan Shearman, Diz White, Frances Tomelty, Michael Aldridge

Synopsis: Plot is a secondary consideration in this partially successful, partially failed take-off on the Bulldog Drummond series of the 1930s. "Bullshot" Crummond (Alan Shearman) is a square-jawed hero of World War I who longs to face off against his German arch-nemesis Count Otto von Bruno (Ron House) Read More

1983
Babylon

Actors: Brinsley Forde, Karl Howman, Trevor Laird, Brian Bovell, Victor Romero Evans

Synopsis: Babylon is a gritty, neorealist account of the lives of a group of West Indian youths living in London. Blue (Brinsley Forde) is the Rastafarian leader of a Sound System (a mobile disc-jockey team who spin reggae records at clubs, parties, and other gatherings) who is trying to prepare for an Read More

1980