Charles Simon
Know for: Acting
Born: 1909-02-04
Place of birth: Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK
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Exchange and Divide (1980)
A marital breakdown is brought to life through a mixture of dramatisation, monologue, montage and animation. Through the perspectives of the husband,...
Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989)
a spoof TV documentary film (a "mockumentary") charting the life and career of the fictitious British actor Sir Norbert Smith.
Endgame (2000)
Hamm is blind and unable to stand; Clov, his servant, is unable to sit; Nagg and Nell are his father and mother, who are legless and live in...
Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
OcchioPinocchio (1994)
A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.
The Count of Solar (1992)
The true story of mysterious deaf-mute boy Joseph in France just before the revolution.
Life for Ruth (1962)
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for...
102 Dalmatians (2000)
Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely...
The Trial of Klaus Barbie (1987)
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice.
Sherlock Holmes (2011)
Sherlock Holmes is called upon to deal with a serial killer.
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking....
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot...
Journey to Knock (1991)
Journey to Knock humourously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in Co. Mayo.
Jake's Journey (1988)
A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.
Night Flight (2002)
Night Flight was a powerful drama set in 1943 and the present telling the story of two World War II veterans. Harry Peters piloted a Lancaster bomber...
Codename: Kyril (1988)
At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly...
O Fat White Woman (1971)
The wife of a public school head becomes gradually aware that her husband has been physically abusing his pupils. Written by the master of...
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
Stiff Upper Lips is a broad parody of British period films, especially the lavish Merchant-Ivory productions of the 'eighties and early 'nineties....
The Darwin Adventure (1972)
The story of Charles Darwin's journey on The Beagle.
Rolling Home (1982)
Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric ward. Here he is visited by his daughters Val and...
Catch a Fallen Star (1987)
A portrait of Jessie Matthews, a once famous British singer, dancer and film star
Just Ask for Diamond (1988)
Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in...
Zazà (1944)
A glamorous female singer Zazà (Isa Miranda) has an affair with a passerby engineer Dufresne (Antonio Centa). But when Zazà impatiently...