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John Alderton Movies

John Alderton is a British leading man who has appeared on stage, television, and occasionally in lighter film roles. He began his film career in 1962. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi... (read more)

Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War

2003

Ian Sharp's Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War concerns itself with Thelma Caldicot (Pauline Collins), whose life changes radically after the death of her husband. After her...

 

Calendar Girls

PG13  2003

Nigel Cole directs the feel-good comedy Calendar Girls, based on the true story of a group of working-class British housewives who became overnight celebrities by posing...

 

The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries: Speedy Death

1998

Diana Rigg stars as the indefatigable female sleuth Mrs. Bradley in this mystery produced for British television. Mrs. Bradley learns that her goddaughter {%Eleanor...

 

Still Life

1995

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Clockwork Mice

1995

This syrupy British drama stars Ian Hart as an English teacher assigned to a "special needs" school. Faced with a classroom full of angry, unruly children, Hart hopes to...

 

Fireman Sam [Animated TV Series]

1994

First broadcast over Welsh television in 1994, Fireman Sam was a pro-social children's series, utilizing stop-motion animation and colorful scale-model backgrounds. Each of...

 

Thomas and Sarah [TV Series]

1978

Thomas and Sarah was the much-heralded spin-off to the long-running British historical drama series Upstairs Downstairs. Antedated to 1911 (Upstairs Downstairs itself...

 

No, Honestly [TV Series]

1974

Based on the books by Charlotte Bingham, the 1974 Brit-com No, Honestly starred real-life husband and wife John Alderton and Pauline Collins as a witty married couple....

 

Zardoz

R  1973

A resident of 23rd-century Earth becomes involved in a revolution after discovering the hidden truth about society's rulers in director John Boorman's sci-fi drama. Sean...

 

Upstairs, Downstairs: Series 02

1972

Inasmuch as Season One of the British drama series Upstairs, Downstairs covered the years 1903 to 1909, logic dictates that the second season should have moved on to the second...

 

Please Sir

1971

In this comedy, a London school teacher has full hands trying to cope with rowdy slum kids when they go for their annual camping excursion. The film is based on a popular British...

 

Macbeth

1970

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Hannibal Brooks

PG13  1969

Hannibal Brooks (Oliver Reed) is a British prisoner of war assigned to care for an elephant in a zoo in Munich. Along with an American (Michael J. Pollard) and an...

 

Duffy

1968

In this caper comedy, Duffy (James Coburn) is a shaggy bohemian living in Tangiers who is approached for a less-than-legal business proposition by two half-brothers, carefree...

 

Assignment K

1967

This lugubrious spy yarn finds Philip Scott (Stephen Boyd) posing as a toy manufacturer to hide his real purpose in life. He and his faithful operative Harris (Michael...

 

The Girl Getters

PG  1966

The System is a "Swinging London" comedy with an unsettling undercurrent of bitterness and cynicism. Oliver Reed plays a girlie-magazine photographer, the self-appointed...

 

Cleopatra

G  1963

In 1963, this colossal and opulent $60 million spectacular was epic in every sense of the word -- an epic investment, an epic in the annals of Hollywood gossip, and, ultimately,...