Brian Hall

Brian Hall was a British actor best known for playing Terry in Fawlty Towers and for the films The Long Good Friday and McVicar.

The Long Good Friday (1980)

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mackenzie
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Helen Mirren  •  Paul Freeman  •  Dave King

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Mackenzie
CAST:  Bob Hoskins  •  Helen Mirren  •  Paul Freeman  •  Dave King

The Land That Time Forgot (1974)

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Doug McClure  •  John McEnery  •  Susan Penhaligon  •  Keith Barron

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, where they find dinosaurs and neanderthals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Doug McClure  •  John McEnery  •  Susan Penhaligon  •  Keith Barron

Tumbledown (1988)

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Paul Rhys  •  David Calder  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Eyre
CAST:  Colin Firth  •  Paul Rhys  •  David Calder  •  Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Trial by Combat (1976)

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  John Mills  •  Donald Pleasence  •  David Birney  •  Barbara Hershey

A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  John Mills  •  Donald Pleasence  •  David Birney  •  Barbara Hershey

From Beyond the Grave (1974)

Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits all of them—particularly those who cheat the shop's Proprietor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  David Warner  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Ian Ogilvy

Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits all of them—particularly those who cheat the shop's Proprietor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  David Warner  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Ian Ogilvy

Sweeney 2 (1978)

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Clegg
CAST:  John Thaw  •  Dennis Waterman  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Nigel Hawthorne

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Clegg
CAST:  John Thaw  •  Dennis Waterman  •  Denholm Elliott  •  Nigel Hawthorne

The Grass Arena (1992)

The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family, with an abusive father, John soon learns that he has to defend himself. Growing into adulthood he takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Mark Rylance  •  Pete Postlethwaite  •  Lynsey Baxter  •  Marian McLoughlin

The Grass Arena is based on the autobiography of John Healy. Raised in an strongly religious family, with an abusive father, John soon learns that he has to defend himself. Growing into adulthood he takes up boxing, but soon falls victim to alcoholism. His boxing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gillies MacKinnon
CAST:  Mark Rylance  •  Pete Postlethwaite  •  Lynsey Baxter  •  Marian McLoughlin

Adolf Hitler - My Part in His Downfall (1973)

London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill, where he begins training to take part in the War. But along the way Spike and his friends get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Cohen
CAST:  Jim Dale  •  Arthur Lowe  •  Bill Maynard  •  Tony Selby

London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill, where he begins training to take part in the War. But along the way Spike and his friends get ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Cohen
CAST:  Jim Dale  •  Arthur Lowe  •  Bill Maynard  •  Tony Selby

McVicar (1980)

John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Clegg
CAST:  Roger Daltrey  •  Adam Faith  •  Cheryl Campbell  •  Billy Murray

John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Clegg
CAST:  Roger Daltrey  •  Adam Faith  •  Cheryl Campbell  •  Billy Murray