Nicholas ClayFilmography

Virtual Murder [TV Series]

Actors: Nicholas Clay, Kim Thomson, Stephen Yardley, Alan David, Jude Akuwidike

Synopsis: Created by Harry Robertson and Brian Degas, the British series Virtual Murder took an intellectual approach to the standard cops-and-robbers business. The main character was criminal psychologist Dr. John Cornelius (Nicholas Clay), who relied upon brain rather than brawn and educated guesses Read More

Lionheart

Actors: Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Nicola Cowper, Dexter Fletcher, Deborah Barrymore

Synopsis: A novice knight and his unlikely allies lead a crusade against evil in this adventure set in 12th century France. Robert Nerra (Eric Stoltz) is a young knight who, after the death of his older brother, abandons the struggle to defend his father's property in a skirmish over land rights and instead Read More

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, James Read, Bruce Davison, Anne Francis, Tony J. Peck

Synopsis: Originally shown in two parts, this massive TV movie adaptation of C. David Heymann's biography stars Farrah Fawcett as Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton. With two failed marriages to her credit, 29-year-old Barbara marries film idol Cary Grant (James Read), the first man who loves her for herself Read More

Sleeping Beauty

Synopsis: Featuring several gorgeous ballet sequences, Sleeping Beauty is a live-action telling of the classic fairy tale, starring Tahnee Welch as Beauty. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Corsican Brothers

Synopsis: This version of the classic tale of estranged twin brothers, one good and one evil, whose lives and swords cross as adults, was made for British television. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Unknown Soldier

Synopsis: This emotional and bracing documentary, the second volume in award-winning producer Arnold Shapiro's Trilogy of Tribute, honors the fallen soldiers of 20th century wars (particularly World War II) who lie in unmarked graves on the battlefields of Europe and Asia, their bodies never found or Read More

Child's Play

Synopsis: This analytical video tells the story of a family that discovers a wall around their entire home and the new symbol that has appeared everywhere within. This covers the dramatics in the development of child's play. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Resident Patient

Actors: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Patrick Newell, Nicholas Clay, Rosalie Williams

Synopsis: In "The Resident Patient," an episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (an excellent adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and produced in Britain for Granada TV), Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett), aided by his companion Dr. Watson (David Burke) Read More

Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers

Actors: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Roy Dotrice, Shelby Fiddis, Rikki Marin

Synopsis: Filmed on location "Somewhere in France", this umpteenth version of Dumas' The Corsican Brothers stars the zoned-out comedy team of Cheech and Chong. Perhaps inspired by the Ritz Bros.' spin on The Three Musketeers, the duo retains enough of the original story (about twin brothers who feel one Read More

The Last Days of Pompeii

Synopsis: This three-part, seven-hour TV adaptation of Edgar Bulwer-Lytton's 1834 best-seller The Last Days of Pompeii was arguably more faithful to its source than any of the earlier film versions -- and inarguably the most expensive version of all, boasting a 19,000,000-dollar budget and a truly Read More

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Actors: Ian Richardson, Martin Shaw, Nicholas Clay, Denholm Elliott

Synopsis: In this classic mystery story, Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) is requested to investigate deaths around the Baskerville mansion because Henry (Martin Shaw), the last direct heir to the Baskerville fortune is worried that he may die by their unique curse; a ghost hound has eliminated his Read More

Evil Under the Sun

Actors: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, James Mason

Synopsis: Peter Ustinov makes his second appearance as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this adaptation of the popular Agatha Christie mystery. When noted stage star Arlena Marshall (Diana Rigg) is found murdered while visiting a posh island resort, Poirot is called upon to find the culprit, but given Read More

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Shane Briant, Nicholas Clay, Ann Mitchell, Elizabeth Spriggs

Synopsis: The once-notorious D. H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterly's Lover seemed like kid stuff by the time this 1981 adaptation hit the screens. To pep up Lawrence's tale of an aristocratic woman who conducts an affair with her earthy gamekeeper, soft-core porn specialist Just Jaeckin attempted to convert Read More

Excalibur

Actors: Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Nicholas Clay, Helen Mirren, Cherie Lunghi

Synopsis: John Boorman directed this gloriously savage interpretation of Arthurian legend loosely based on Thomas Malory's novel Le Morte d'Arthur. By turns gleaming and filthy, tender and bloody, the film is a visually stunning epic which is never less than compelling. Nigel Terry is perfectly cast as Read More

Lovespell

Synopsis: The romance between the wife of a 9th century Irish monarch and her husband's nephew is the focus of this drama also known as Tristan and Isolde. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Zulu Dawn

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, John Mills, Nigel Davenport

Synopsis: This film depicts the events prior to the devastating conflict that occurred in 1879 when British soldiers were held siege by thousands of Zulu warriors. Fifteen hundred soldiers were killed in the epic battle. This film portrays the tensions existing between the tribal factions and the British Read More

Will Shakespeare [TV Series]

Actors: Tim Curry, Ian McShane, Meg Wynn Owen, Simon McCorkindale, Nicholas Clay

Synopsis: Written by the prolific John Mortimer, the British drama series Will Shakespeare focused on the Bard of Avon's formative years. Deftly mixing fact with fancy, the story concentrates on such elements as the marriage of young Will (played by Tim Curry, no less) to the older and more affluent Anne Read More

Terror of Frankenstein

Synopsis: Terror of Frankenstein, an Irish/Swedish coproduction, avoids the gimmickry and anachronisms which have distinguished previous versions of the Frankenstein story. This is done through the simple expedient of returning to the source, the original 19th century Mary Shelley novel. Terror is virtually Read More

Victor Frankenstein

Actors: Leon Vitali, Per Oscarsson

Synopsis: Victor Frankenstein is a faithful adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Rather than being a thrill-packed scare-fest, this film focuses on the consequences of Dr. Frankenstein's act, reanimating the dead. The basically normal-looking "monster" (Per Oscarsson) is clearly bewildered by his Read More

The Darwin Adventure

Actors: Nicholas Clay

Synopsis: The Darwin Adventure stars Nicholas Clay as 19th century British naturalist Charles Darwin. The film covers the whole of Darwin's life, with emphasis on his volatile evolutionary theories. The "adventure" of the title is Darwin's 1831 fact-finding voyage on the good ship Beagle, in search Read More

The Night Digger

Actors: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay

Synopsis: Adapted by Roald Dahl from a novel by Joy Crowley, The Road Builder is better known by its American release title: The Night Digger. Patricia Neal, then Mrs. Dahl, stars as the repressed middle-aged adopted daughter of blind and elderly Pamela Brown. Both women are drawn to Nicholas Clay, a Read More

These Are the Damned

Actors: MacDonald Carey, Shirley Ann Field, Viveca Lindfors, Alexander Knox, Oliver Reed

Synopsis: Joseph Losey directed this unusual science fiction effort, which has won a small but fervent cult following. Simon Wells (MacDonald Carey) is an American visiting England, where he meets a woman named Joan (Shirley Ann Field). Simon is immediately attracted to Joan, but there's a considerable Read More