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Saeed Jaffrey
Born: 8th Jan 1929 Maler Kotla, Punjab, India - Died 15th Nov 2015
Dept: Acting
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Saeed Jaffrey OBE (1929 - 2015) was an Indian-born British actor, who made numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits included The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977), Gandhi (1982), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). He also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. For television he has starred in Gangsters (1975–1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He also appeared as Ravi Desai on Coronation Street as the father of Vikram Desai, the cousin of Dev Alahan and in Minder (TV series) as Mr Mukerjee in Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 156
Film: 127 (81%)
Television: 29 (19%)
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Filmography
2009
A love triangle forms after a male finds his best friend has married his sweetheart. ... view
Character:
Vikram Verma
2008
A short drama about the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness in an Asian family ... view
Character:
Uncle Ravi
2008
Peter Salem, a former Wall Street executive recently released from prison, returns to his ex-wife and children in the small town of Bunker Hill, Kansa ... view
Character:
Mr. Farook
2005
Jimi (Chris Bisson), the Chopra family's only son, gets caught off guard when his high-handed parents (Saeed Jaffrey and Jamila Massey) announce an ar ... view
Character:
C. P. Chopra
2005
Kuldeep lives comfortably with his family.One day his friend asks him to look after his niece for a month. Mahek moves into the Khanna household and n ... view
Character:
2003
Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and au ... view
Character:
Self
2002
London, one year from today... The dogs of England are dying, of "Mad Dog Disease," and Rabbie Burns, young drifter and certified schizophrenic, is he ... view
Character:
The Great Gazuka
Apr 2002 (first aired)
DS Barbara Havers is assigned to work with the upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley to solve murders. ... view
Character:
Akram Malik (1 ep.)
2002
An aging hippy and a beautiful young woman meet in Amsterdam and find love. ... view
Character:
Ibrahim
2002
A serial killer goes out in a blaze of terror on a summer's day in London. ... view
Character:
Albert Page
2001
A terrifying love triangle. An original twist on a story of divided loyalties, the perils of love and ultimate death. A haunting tale set in a London ... view
Character:
Mr. Basmati
2001
A woman gets stuck in India when her flight to a foreign country gets delayed. While travelling in India, she meets Tony, a tour guide, and things tak ... view
Character:
Sonia's father
Feb 2000 (first aired)
Perfect World is a 2000–01 British workplace sitcom created by Mark Grant, and written by Grant and Mark Chapman. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productio ... view
Character:
Maggie's Father (1 ep.)
1998
A man attains fame and wealth but still faces rejection from the woman he loves. ... view
Character:
Dharamdas Bajaj
1998
Sanjay, following a blazing argument with his girlfriend, Jill, is persuaded by his friends to become 'The Guru' by sleeping with seven women in the n ... view
Character:
Mr.Walia
Original title: अचानक
1998
Arjun and his wife go on the run after she is accused of murdering his brother. They must prove her innocence while trying to evade the police as well ... view
Character:
Arjun's Father
Original title: जब प्यार किसीसे होता है
1998
Sooraj Dhanrajgir, a playboy, falls in love with Komal, who rejects him because of his vices and gives him time to change. Things go awry when a littl ... view
Character:
Komal's Father
1998
Sandhya is in search of her prince charming and when Gopi comes to know about this he pretends to be a rich prince and Sandhya starts dating him. But ... view
Character:
Colonel Sadanand Dhongre
Jan 1998 (first aired)
Animated World Faiths tells the stories of the world's major faiths and their founders. Gloriously animated in studios in India, Poland, the Czech Rep ... view
Character:
Mardana (voice) (1 ep.)
1997
St. George's College in Bombay has two sweethearts namely, Chiclet (Saddiya Siddiqui), and Raja (Abhishek Kapoor), until Raja sets his eyes on Sonia V ... view
Character:
Original title: दीवाना मस्ताना
1997
Neha, a psychiatrist, is pursued by both Raja and Bunnu. While Raja is a small-time crook pretending to be an NRI, Bunnu is her patient. The two try t ... view
Character:
Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma
1997
A wealthy industrialist who refuses to doctor his product is killed by his corrupt business partners (the great trio of Danny Denzongpa, Dilip Tahil, ... view
Character:
Mr. Sahay
1997
Rohit and Gaurav become best friends. Both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman. ... view
Character:
Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor
Original title: राजा की आयेगी बारात
1997
A teacher is raped by a man after she refuses his sexual advances. Forced to marry him, the abuse continues when she moves in with his family. ... view
Character:
Rai Bahadur - Raja's & Ramesh's father
1997
Hardship, love affairs, murder and apparent betrayal test the enduring friendship of two men (Jeetendra, Sanjay Dutt). ... view
Character:
Inspector General of Police
Apr 1997 (first aired)
In-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about the highs ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Original title: जुदाई
1997
In order to attain wealth and a luxurious life, a greedy wife sells her husband to a rich woman. However she realizes that with a luxurious life, she ... view
Character:
Mr. Sahni
1997
Kishan Singh. a retired teacher from India, comes out to the US to visit his son Raj. Raj's American-bom wife Laura used to write poetry but 'Life get ... view
Character:
Ashok
1996
Police Commissioner Suryadeo Singh hires Karan, a trained weapons expert, to protect his daughter Kajal. Later, Kajal, who is unaware of Karan's secre ... view
Character:
Roshanlal
Original title: इंग्लिश बाबु देसी मेम
1996
Vikram Mayur is looking after his late brother's eight-year-old son and is torn between choosing to take Nandu back to England to learn his family's b ... view
Character:
Madadgar
Character:
Vicky's Father (as Saeed Jafrey)
Original title: त्रिमूर्ति
1995
Entrapped by notorious gangster Khokha Singh, honest police inspector Satyadevi Singh gets a life sentence in jail. She hopes to get her three sons Sh ... view
Character:
Bhanu
1995
Ajay leads a life as a gangster and is known for his short-temper which made him mercilessly murder a man named Ramesh for falling in love with his si ... view
Character:
Original title: वीरगति
1995
A gangster and his flunkies abduct and kill a man's daughter. Soon, the man's adopted son sets out to avenge her death. ... view
Character:
Pooja's dad
1995
Karan and his mother live a happy life and he is soon to be married to Kajal. But on the day of his engagement, he discovers his mother is not his bio ... view
Character:
Ramakant Sahay
1995
Sagar is a popular singer, and since he is a bachelor, he is always mobbed by young women wherever he stages his shows. On one such show in Srinagar, ... view
Character:
Ranvir Singh
1995
Sanjay Verma has been having hallucinations of a past life as Shantanu. He meets Sonia Verma, and recognizes her as the girl named Lachi in his past l ... view
Character:
Original title: सौदा
1995
Jyoti and Deepak fall in love and get married to each other. However, due to several misunderstandings, they get separated. ... view
Character:
Prakash's uncle
1994
A brother and sister travel from London to India for the funeral rites of their estranged Sikh father. For her it is a chance to discover more about h ... view
Character:
Father
Sep 1994 (first aired)
Common As Muck is a gritty BBC comedy drama serial focusing on the lives of a crew of bin men and their management staff. It ran for two series. The f ... view
Character:
Nat Prabhakar (7 ep.)
1994
Documentary following the journey of the Dalai Lama's personal envoy to the remote feudal kingdom of Mustang. ... view
Character:
Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)
Jun 1994 (first aired)
N.K. Edwards and Vijay Shah are a pair of warring solicitors whose conflict spills out of the courtroom and into chambers, their quarrel witnessed by ... view
Character:
Vijay Shah (4 ep.)
1994
Sapna, the daughter of a rich family's chauffeur, fantasizes about wealth and romance. When the family's younger playboy son falls for her, his parent ... view
Character:
Bhanupratap Saigal
Mar 1994 (first aired)
Epic independence fight in 21st century. Turkish independence war against occupying forces (Greece, England, France, Italy) in her land. ... view
Character:
Mohammad Ali Jinnah (6 ep.)
1994
Vijay (Ayub Khan) is an honest young army cadet who finds himself battling the corrupt police department after he comes across evidence that could put ... view
Character:
1994
Rahul, the only son of Seth Banwarilal, does not think twice before spending money, and is also very arrogant and shrude. Seth Banwarilal is always te ... view
Character:
Jalan
1994
When Arun is falsely implicated in a murder case, he loses his sanity and is sent to an asylum. However, things take a turn when Vikram, an honest pol ... view
Character:
Police Commissioner
1993
Can Karan Singh stop Kubla, the vile terrorist from ruling over all of India and save Col. Choudry and his daughter Priya? ... view
Character:
Colonel Choudhry
1993
Nagpal kills Chaudhry and his son, Ram, a military officer. Chaudhry's second son, Vikram, vows to destroy Nagpal who is all set to become the Chief M ... view
Character:
SP Pratap Solanki
Original title: अनमोल
1993
Anmol is made to work as a maid in her own house by her step-mother and step-sisters. Later, a singer falls for her and decides to free her from her f ... view
Character:
S. J
Original title: आईना
1993
Roma (Amrita Singh) leaves Ravi (Jackie Shroff) at the alter in pursuit of her bigger ambitions. Her sister Reema (Juhi Chawla), a pale reflection of ... view
Character:
Mr. Mathur
Original title: आशिक आवारा
1993
Raised by a kindly thief, orphaned Jimmy goes on the run from goons and falls in love with Jyoti, whose father indirectly caused his parents' deaths. ... view
Character:
Original title: निश्चैय
1992
The story of two brothers, Ravi and Rohan Yadav, separated due to unforeseen circumstances created by Ravi's employer. ... view
Character:
Suryakant Gujral
1992
Vijay Rai leads a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Ajay Kumar, who are now settled in scenic Simla. Since Vijay is 25 years old, his dad wants hi ... view
Character:
Rai Sahib
Original title: सूर्यवंशी
1992
An archaeologist unearths an underground palace at Sangramgarh. The locals are afraid of what will happen if they start digging and would like to leav ... view
Character:
J.B.
1992
Two warring step-brothers team up to get the villains out to kill their bigamous father. ... view
Character:
Police Commissioner
Original title: यारा दिलदारा
1991
A rich young man falls in love with a poor girl but his mother disapproves of their relationship. Meanwhile, a local goon also falls in love with the ... view
Character:
Mr. Mehra
Oct 1991 (first aired)
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in t ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1991
An Indian-Canadian heroin addict becomes involved in the lives of his mother's family, watched over by the god Krishna. ... view
Character:
Lallu Bhai Solanki / Mr. Tikkoo / Lord Krishna
1991
In order to continue suppressing the workers in his company; multi-millionaire, Din Dayal gets a union leader and his wife murdered. When inspector In ... view
Character:
Seth Din Dayal
1991
Beautiful Henna Khan lives the life of a gypsy near the river, Jhelum, in Pakistan with her widowed dad, Khan Baba; three brothers, Ashraf, Razzak, an ... view
Character:
Khan Baba
1991
Animosity has existed between the families of Raj and Nikita's respective fathers. But their children have grown up without any knowledge of this anim ... view
Character:
1991
The evil Vizier of Baharistan kills the royal family and takes power for himself. The real prince, who has survived his machinations, returns to his h ... view
Character:
Amir Khan
Original title: दिल
1990
Raja lives a poor lifestyle along with his dad, Hazariprasad and mom. He attends college where he has several run-ins with wealthy fellow-collegian, M ... view
Character:
Mr. Mehra
1990
Shakuntala (Mumtaz) is an estranged wife from Dushyant (Shatrughan Sinha) who wanted refused to admit that she is his wife because his political caree ... view
Character:
Shakuntala's Father
1990
The Kumar family consists of Ramprasad, his wife, Durga; their married son, Vijay, his wife, Sharda, their daughter, Pinky; a married daughter who liv ... view
Character:
Ram Prasad
Original title: किशन कन्हैया
1990
Separated at birth, Kishen and Kanhaiya grow up in different worlds, one in opulent luxury, the other in poverty. Fate reunites them as they fight tog ... view
Character:
Vidya Charan
1990
A 1990 Hindi film. Shanker comes from a poor family. He falls in love with a woman from a middle-class background named Rani. Shanker has another admi ... view
Character:
Chacha
1990
Two sisters, Asha and Lata, want to be successful singers and dancers, but a competition drives their rivalry to tragic consequences. ... view
Character:
1990
An alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant. ... view
Character:
Jas
1989
Twins separated at infancy are brought up differently. One weak, one strong. One day, they end up at each others house. Their life is not the same any ... view
Character:
Vishwannath
1989
Suraj and Anupriya are about to get married, but tragedy strikes when Ánu is killed. What was the motive behind this killing? ... view
Character:
1989
Young Bheema is told by his father, Dinu, that generations of their family have always been slaves to the wealthy Thakurs. When Bheema does not heed t ... view
Character:
1989
Kundan is the son of a honorable teacher recognized for his contributions to the community, and is a poet himself. When his sister's marriage is arran ... view
Character:
Master Dinanath
Original title: Manika, une vie plus tard
1989
In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former ... view
Character:
1989
Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. ... view
Character:
Masterji (Guest Appearance)
1989
Sharda vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber and Bhanu, and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the ... view
Character:
Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap
Original title: हीरो हीरालाल
1988
A Bollywood obsessed auto-rickshaw meets and falls in love with an actress. When the film crew packs up and leaves, he too sets off to Bombay to be cl ... view
Character:
Original title: खून भरी माँग
1988
Aarti, a homely but wealthy widow, is the unwitting target of a scheme to divest her of her family, fortune and life. Her father is killed by one of h ... view
Character:
1988
India, 1825: the country lives in mortal fear of cult members known as the “Deceivers." They commit robbery and ritualistic murder. Appalled by thei ... view
Character:
Hussein
1988
Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-c ... view
Character:
Mr. Patel
Original title: विजय
1988
Vijay is a story about various characters that are bound by relationships of love and friendship. How they become foes and take up weapons against eac ... view
Character:
Inder Sen Gujral
Jan 1988 (first aired)
Based on the novel by Bhisham Sahni, Tamas is an epic drama set against the backdrop of riot-stricken North India on the eve of Partition in 1947. Nat ... view
Character:
Karim Khan (6 ep.)
1988
A 1988 Hindi-language film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and the final film of his career, presented by Naya Sansar. ... view
Character:
Original title: आवाम
1987
Indian Army Captain Amar Kumar lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top freedom fighters during India's str ... view
Character:
Defense Advocate
1987
Saleem, an elderly psychiatric patient, is partially paralysed and unable or unwilling to speak. When Kamala, a new student nurse, arrives, he begins ... view
Character:
1987
The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are re-imagined in Ken McMullen's complex and visually ... view
Character:
Original title: खुदगर्ज़
1987
Sita Sinha has brought up her son, Bihari and his friend, Amar as her own. The three are very close to each other. When they grow up they maintain the ... view
Character:
Brij Bhushan Saxena
1987
Kapil's younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soo ... view
Character:
Yakub Saeed
Mar 1987 (first aired)
A Killing on the Exchange is a six-part 1987 British crime drama serial produced by Anglia Television for ITV. The plot focuses on the murder of Londo ... view
Character:
Musquat Singh (3 ep.)
Original title: औलाद
1987
Believing his wife to be dead, a man lets a woman, who has lost her child, nurse and bring up his infant son - until he finds out that his wife is sti ... view
Character:
Anand's chacha
1986
Rehana is studying for her A-levels. She is a Muslim and her father thinks it's time he arranged a marriage for her. But Rehana has other ideas.... ... view
Character:
Karamat
1986
Maestro Zubin Mehta introduces the history of Zoroastrianism and prophet Zarathushtra in an epic that covers 3500 years of the Zoroastrians, Parsees o ... view
Character:
Jadav Rana, the Hindu King
Original title: काला धंधा गोरे लोग
1986
Gourishankar is an eyewitness to the murder of an honest customs officer Sudarshan Kumar who dared to defy Jethia, the kingpin of an organization of c ... view
Character:
Pinto Ustad
1985
Widower Vijay lives in a village with his family. He unwittingly makes an enemy in Lala and a bandit, Bhagad, who conspire and throw him out of the vi ... view
Character:
Lala Dayaluram
1985
A young woman angers her wealthy father by falling in love with a television repairman. ... view
Character:
Shastri
1985
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a pe ... view
Character:
Nasser Ali
1985
Ganga Singh lives near Gangotri with her brother, Karam. One day she comes to the assistance of a young man, Narendra Sahay, who has come with a group ... view
Character:
Kunj Bihari
Original title: सागर
1985
Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with ... view
Character:
Mr. D'Silva
Jul 1985 (first aired)
Tandoori Nights is a Channel 4 sitcom broadcast in two six-episode series from 1985 to 1987. The programme focuses on the rivalry between two Indian r ... view
Character:
Jimmy Sharma (12 ep.)
1984
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city ... view
Character:
Hamidullah
1984
Divided into three parts — The Awakening, The Struggle, and Freedom — this is a biographical film on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Mini ... view
Character:
Narrator
1984
An American WWI veteran undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he ... view
Character:
Raaz
1984
Bhavna is a story of a less privileged women. A lady who was living all alone in the city met a man named Ajay Kapoor in a garden, sketching. They bec ... view
Character:
Ram Kishen
Aug 1984 (first aired)
Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports. ... view
Character:
Zahoor Ahmed (1 ep.)
Apr 1984 (first aired)
Adapted from M.M. Kaye's best-selling novel, this dramatic HBO miniseries follows two star-crossed lovers -- the young British officer Ash (Ben Cross) ... view
Character:
Biju Ram (3 ep.)
1984
Vinod Kumar, an honest man, tries to expose the malpractices of influential politician-cum-gangster, SK Vardhan through his newspaper, Mashaal. A chai ... view
Character:
Kishorilal
Jan 1984 (first aired)
In India, during the final years of British rule in World War II, an unjust arrest for rape sets off questions of identity and personal responsibility ... view
Character:
Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat (3 ep.)
Original title: किसी से न कहना
1983
As his son, Ramesh, reaches marriageable age, Kailash sets out to find him a wife, insisting that she should be a traditional, Indian village girl. ... view
Character:
Lalaji
Original title: मंडी
1983
The denizens of a brothel deal with internal drama, as well as pressure from greedy land developers and an anti-sex work politician to leave town. ... view
Character:
Major Agarwal
Original title: मासूम
1983
A loving husband and father's joyful family life is rocked to its core upon the discovery that he has a young son borne from a past extramarital affai ... view
Character:
Suri
1983
In the Mumbai, India, tenement community of Pavanpul, young female courtesans sing, dance and perform sexual favors for male clientele. Directors Jame ... view
Character:
1982
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian ... view
Character:
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1982
Dev Kumar Verma comes from a middle-class family and must find employment to support his dad and mom. Dev, however, has set his mind upon becoming a m ... view
Character:
Rana
1982
The film revolves around the struggle of a farmer who is fighting for the rights of the farmers, against an evil businessman with the help of his lawy ... view
Character:
1981
Womanizing slackers Omi and Jai attempt to woo the new girl in the neighborhood, and fail - miserably. Their third roommate - shy, and a bookworm - su ... view
Character:
Lalan Mian
1981
The story of how the Gospel of John changed the course of history for a tribe of headhunters. ... view
Character:
Prime Minister
1981
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, a ... view
Character:
Selim
1980
A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s. ... view
Character:
Frankie Bhoolabhoy
1980
Episodes from the life of British Author, J.R. Ackerley. ... view
Character:
The Maharaja
1980
Kalpana is a young girl living in a small community. She is thrilled when she receives a marriage proposal from a popular Bollywood movie actor named ... view
Character:
Saeed
Oct 1979 (first aired)
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ... view
Character:
Mukerjee (1 ep.)
1979
An engaging tale of the efforts of a real-life American wildlife photographer and her safari guide husband to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe o ... view
Character:
Taj
Mar 1979 (first aired)
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and p ... view
Character:
Dr Kunzru (1 ep.)
1978
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime s ... view
Character:
Servant (uncredited)
1978
A legendary collection of miniature paintings have been locked up in the storeroom of an Indian palace for years; the collection's fame attracts a gro ... view
Character:
Sri Narain
Jun 1978 (first aired)
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his no ... view
Character:
Narayan Bose (1 ep.)
1978
When a game warden crashes in East Africa, his greyhound goes for help, only to find unexpected assistance from an aging lion. ... view
Character:
Patel
1978
A comic extravaganza about a young woman's adventures in the world of big business charity. ... view
Character:
Merchant
1978
A small town shopkeeper is conned into standing for an extreme right-wing party at a by-election, and later discovers that it's financed by the corpor ... view
Character:
Gurjeet Singh Khera
Original title: शतरंज के खिलाड़ी
1977
In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich la ... view
Character:
Mir Roshan Ali
Sep 1976 (first aired)
A pioneering show starring Maurice Colbourne as Birmingham gangster John Kline. The show was noted for its gritty true-life quality, and often graphic ... view
Character:
Aslam Rafiq (11 ep.)
Apr 1976 (first aired)
An anthology series of six contemporary plays from writers at relatively early stages in their careers. ... view
Character:
Dr. Haq (1 ep.)
Dec 1975 (first aired)
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Hor ... view
Character:
Dr. Ghulam Rahmat (1 ep.)
1975
Tired of life as soldiers, Peachy Carnehan and Danny Dravot travel to the isolated land of Kafiristan, where they are ultimately embraced by the peopl ... view
Character:
Billy Fish
Sep 1975 (first aired)
Two's Company is a British television situation comedy series that ran from 1975-79. Produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV Network, the pr ... view
Character:
The Doctor (1 ep.)
1975
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds hi ... view
Character:
Anil Mukerjee
1975
Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When former SAS officer John Kline is released from pri ... view
Character:
Rafiq
Sep 1972 (first aired)
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as o ... view
Character:
President's Aide (1 ep.)
Feb 1972 (first aired)
The Regiment is a 1972 BBC One television drama series starring Christopher Cazenove and follows the story of a British Army regiment from the view of ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1971
In Afghanistan, the ruthless sport of buzkashi is a game of great pride. When Uraz breaks his leg and loses a spirited match, he brings shame to his v ... view
Character:
District Chief
Oct 1970 (first aired)
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more tha ... view
Character:
Gurjeet Singh Khera (1 ep.)
Merchant (1 ep.)
Rafiq (1 ep.)
Sep 1969 (first aired)
Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which have been marked "Open File" by various government departments – w ... view
Character:
Ameen (1 ep.)
1969
Britain's top pop artiste, Tom Pickle, travels to Bombay, India, circa 1960s to learn to play the sitar from renowned maestro Ustad Zafar Khan. ... view
Character:
Murad
1968
In what could easily pass as a Twilight Zone episode, this film shows what happens when a troubled carnival owner returns back to his childhood home t ... view
Character:
The Pitch-Man
Jul 1967 (first aired)
Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1965
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, an ... view
Character:
Mr Hamidullah
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
Character:
Mr. Hamidullah (1 ep.)
Jul 1965 (first aired)
The Troubleshooters is a British television series made by the BBC between 1965 and 1972, created by John Elliot. During its run, the series made the ... view
Character:
Sunil Seth (1 ep.)
1964
In a typical traveling circus, all the workers have problems over their heads; A puppeteer named Magnus controls his troupe like marionettes until a g ... view
Character:
Circus Worker
1964
Ravi Shankar plays the sitar, while members of the Children's Little Theatre Unit of Calcutta dance. Presents a montage of scenes from 20th-century In ... view
Character:
Narrator
1961
This 14-minute film talks about the Hindu god Brahma's creation of life, the world and of course the first woman. Saeed Jaffrey narrates the story as ... view
Character:
Narrator (voice)
1959
Visual images consist entirely of Indian miniature paintings, while an off-screen narrator traces the rise of this art form within the courts of Akbar ... view
Character:
Narrator
Apr 1956 (first aired)
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards ... view
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Self - In Memoriam (archive footage) (1 ep.)