David Hemmings
Date of birth: 1941-11-18
Place of birth: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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Biography
David Edward Leslie Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer. He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows and gravelly voice.
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Gladiator
2000-05-04
After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of
Blow-Up
1966-12-18
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and
Eye of the Devil
1966-11-18
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.
Blessed
2004-05-16
Heather Graham and James Purefoy play a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Unfortunately, s
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
2002-03-26
With the original Hanson Brothers still on the same minor league ice hockey team, the Chiefs are sol
Barbarella
1968-10-10
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003-07-11
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together
Just a Gigolo
1978-11-16
After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no ski
Mean Machine
2001-12-26
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting
Murder by Decree
1979-02-01
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's Ea
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968-04-10
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by t
Juggernaut
1974-09-25
A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he ha
The Rainbow
1989-05-05
Born to a rich landowner in the waning days of the Victorian era, Ursula Brangwen grows into a beaut
Last Orders
2001-09-10
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he
Thirst
1979-09-28
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve th
Airwolf: The Movie
1984-06-26
Airwolf is capable of supersonic speeds, invisible to radar and armed with ultra state-of-the-art ha
The Heroin Busters
1977-08-13
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their s
Camelot
1967-10-25
The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to S
Only When I Larf
1968-05-27
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitab
Thumbelina
1984-06-11
Thumbelina is the answer to her mother's prayers but is all too soon stolen away by Mother Toad as a
Islands in the Stream
1977-03-09
An isolated sculptor is visited by his three sons just before the start of WWII.
Alfred the Great
1969-10-08
While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join
Fragment of Fear
1970-09-03
Reformed drug addict Tim Brett (David Hemmings) is vacationing in Italy with his aunt. When she is m
The Wind of Change
1961-03-01
Taking its title from Harold Macmillan's widely-reported Cape Town speech about the process of decol
West 11
1963-10-08
In Notting Hill's jazz club, coffee bar and bedsit land of the early 1960s, Joe Beckett is a young u
The Squeeze
1977-03-20
An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved in a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of
The Turn of the Screw
1989-08-12
A governess is hired to look after two neglected children, who show signs of having been corrupted b
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980-01-31
A docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey and
The Painted Smile
1962-05-01
Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie...
The Real Oliver Reed
2000-01-13
A documentary portrait about the life and times of the infamous hellraiser, who died in May 1999, ha
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971-06-13
A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears the sa
Power Play
1978-11-01
A group of military officers frustrated by government corruption and brutality attempts a coup.
Charlie Muffin
1979-12-11
Charlie Muffin, top British Intelligence operative, has just broken up a major Soviet spy network in
The Big Screen
1973-02-20
Two of Britain's leading film directors - John Schlesinger and Gerald Thomas - share the anxiety, ho
A Mind to Murder
1995-01-02
Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh has been on leave following the death on duty of a member of
The Walking Stick
1970-04-15
A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome s
The Key to Rebecca
1985-04-29
From master storyteller and best-selling author, Ken Follett, comes the exotic spy-thriller based on
The Long Day's Dying
1968-05-28
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
1974-05-29
A young Hacienda-owner abuses women due to his traumatic youth while his mother covers for his sadis
Some People
1962-05-31
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Sch
The System
1964-04-12
In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sex
The Disappearance
1977-11-30
The wife of a contract killer disappears. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry
Man, Woman and Child
1983-04-01
A California professor (Martin Sheen), his wife (Blythe Danner) and his daughters make room for his
Africa Shakes
1966-12-12
A musical drama shot in black-and-white to lend an air of gritty realism, Africa Shakes follows Brit
The Old Curiosity Shop
1975-11-07
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of d
Two Left Feet
1963-03-16
Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a
Auto Stop
1965-04-21
A young couple go on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980-11-20
Adaptation of the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
No Trees in the Street
1959-03-03
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England
Simon Simon
1970-06-01
A comedy short with very little speaking. Graham Stark and John Junkin have a new elevated platform
The Best House in London
1969-06-01
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of street prostitutio
Voices
1973-04-11
After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental h
Be My Guest
1965-04-01
A couple inherit a hotel with no guests until their son's pop group turns things around.
Live It Up!
1963-11-29
A young postman, who fronts a pop group, dreams of being bigger than The Beatles. They record a demo
The Love Machine
1971-08-14
An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988-11-20
In a well received addition to the Disney original, Johnny Cash and Tim Dunigan play Davy Crockett.
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
2016-12-16
Documentary about Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film.
3 On a Match
1987-08-02
A naive computer expert (Patrick Cassidy), a con artist (David Hemmings), and a tough guy (Bruce A.
The Night We Called It a Day
2003-08-14
Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local r
Blood Relatives
1978-02-01
A Montreal police inspector cracks a murder case with clues from the victim's diary.
The Counterfeit Man
1965-10-11
On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creatin
A Dream of Living
1975-05-02
A play that looks at the lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald, his wife Zelda, and Ernest Hemmingway in 1925
Lenny Blue
2002-07-01
Two years after the events of Tough Love, Lenny Milton has been transferred, but still finds that he
Calamity Jane
1984-03-06
An exploration of the myths surrounding the colorful Western heroine and both the legendary Wild Bil
Marlene
1984-10-01
Retrospective on the career of enigmatic screen diva Marlene Dietrich.
The Swindle
1977-11-18
A rude Roman policeman Nico Giraldi and an English detective team up in search of a gang that has ca
Equilibrium
2002-12-06
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, a
Gangs of New York
2002-12-14
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002-08-10
Tells the story of the photographers who cemented the image of swinging London and who, through thei
Dear Antonioni
1995-01-01
A documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay.
The Prince and the Pauper
1977-06-03
Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and so
Spy Game
2001-11-18
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested i
Play It Cool
1962-07-22
A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searc
Sink the Bismarck!
1960-02-11
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz E
The Heart Within
1957-07-01
A teenager is determines to clear the name of a black friend who is accused of murder.
Harlequin
1980-03-28
Up-and-coming senator Nick Rast's young son is terminally ill with leukemia. A mysterious faith heal
Deep Red
1975-03-07
An English pianist living in Rome witnesses the brutal murder of his psychic neighbor. With the help
Romantic
2007-03-02
The friendship of Gokhan and Omer is challenged when Omer falls in love with beautiful Yasemin. Gokh
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966-09-06
Promotional short film on an aspiring young actress Sharon Tate and her first film Eye of the Devil
Britten's Children
2004-01-01
Children and childhood fascinated Benjamin Britten throughout his life and inspired some of his grea
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005-06-07
An in-depth look at the entire making of Ridley Scott's Gladiator. Consisting of: Tale Of The Scrib
Harry's Hong Kong
1987-05-08
A private eye becomes the target of both a Chinese syndicate and the police during an investigation
Horse Latitudes
1975-01-01
Based on the true story of Philip Stockton, a 40 year old Englishman, who would have done almost any
King's Rhapsody
1957-07-17
1957 BBC Television production of Ivor Novello’s musical featuring Vanessa Lee, reprising the role o
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003-11-29
Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by
The Snow Queen
1985-03-11
Kay and Gerda are best friends. A wicked goblin who likes to cause trouble casts a spell on Kay to s