Robert Swann

Robert Swann (18 March 1945 – 17 April 2006) was a British actor with a film career spanning thirty five years. He is best known to American audiences through his portrayal of a Church of England vicar in the television series The Witches and the Grinnygog. An early film role was the sadistic house prefect of Malcolm McDowell in the 1968 film if..... His last credited acting role was in the series Wire in the Blood in 2004. He died two years later in 2006. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

if.... (1968)

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In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lindsay Anderson
CAST:  Malcolm McDowell  •  Richard Warwick  •  David Wood  •  Christine Noonan

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lindsay Anderson
CAST:  Malcolm McDowell  •  Richard Warwick  •  David Wood  •  Christine Noonan

North Sea Hijack (1980)

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  James Mason  •  Anthony Perkins  •  David Hedison

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  James Mason  •  Anthony Perkins  •  David Hedison

The Madness of King George (1994)

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Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Hytner
CAST:  Nigel Hawthorne  •  Helen Mirren  •  Ian Holm  •  Rupert Graves

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788. As the monarch alternates between bouts of confusion and near-violent outbursts of temper, his hapless doctors attempt the ineffectual cures of the day. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Hytner
CAST:  Nigel Hawthorne  •  Helen Mirren  •  Ian Holm  •  Rupert Graves

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970)

A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Michael Bryant  •  Ursula Howells  •  Pat Heywood  •  Vanessa Howard

A wealthy, fatherless British clan kidnaps bums and hippies and forces them to participate in an elaborate role-playing game in which they are the perfect family; those who refuse or attempt escape are ritualistically murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Michael Bryant  •  Ursula Howells  •  Pat Heywood  •  Vanessa Howard

The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)

The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Sinclair
CAST:  Joanna Lumley  •  Richard Warwick  •  Jeremy Child  •  John Bird

The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Sinclair
CAST:  Joanna Lumley  •  Richard Warwick  •  Jeremy Child  •  John Bird

Hamlet (1980)

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Bennett
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Claire Bloom  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Eric Porter

Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodney Bennett
CAST:  Derek Jacobi  •  Claire Bloom  •  Patrick Stewart  •  Eric Porter

A Business Affair (1994)

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlotte Brändström
CAST:  Christopher Walken  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Carole Bouquet  •  Sheila Hancock

This is the story of the lovely Kate Swallow and the loves of her life. At the start she is with Alec Bolton, a noted author, who discourages her when she wants to write a novel. Later she is swept off her feet by Alecs publisher, Vanni Corso, and leaves Alec for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlotte Brändström
CAST:  Christopher Walken  •  Jonathan Pryce  •  Carole Bouquet  •  Sheila Hancock

The Creeping Flesh (1973)

A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil he is terrified ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Peter Cushing  •  Lorna Heilbron  •  George Benson

A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil he is terrified ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Freddie Francis
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Peter Cushing  •  Lorna Heilbron  •  George Benson

Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Petit
CAST:  Joan Hickson  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Adrian Lukis  •  Sophie Ward

While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Petit
CAST:  Joan Hickson  •  Donald Pleasence  •  Adrian Lukis  •  Sophie Ward

The Witches and the Grinnygog (1983)

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diarmuid Lawrence
CAST:  Giles Harper  •  Heidi Mayo  •  Adam Woodyatt  •  Zoe Loftin

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoyles from the stones falls into the possession of a mother who takes the stone man back to her family. Soon after, four strangers show up in the village and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Diarmuid Lawrence
CAST:  Giles Harper  •  Heidi Mayo  •  Adam Woodyatt  •  Zoe Loftin

Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders (2001)

Dramatised documentary which describes the police investigation that led to the conviction of David Mulcahy for the notorious Railway Murders in the 1980s of three young women in the London area and for the rapes of many others. This investigation was based largely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bren Simson
CAST:  Lindsay Duncan  •  Steve chaplin  •  Tat Whalley  •  Huw Higginson

Dramatised documentary which describes the police investigation that led to the conviction of David Mulcahy for the notorious Railway Murders in the 1980s of three young women in the London area and for the rapes of many others. This investigation was based largely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bren Simson
CAST:  Lindsay Duncan  •  Steve chaplin  •  Tat Whalley  •  Huw Higginson