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Martyn Sanderson

Date of birth: 1938-02-24

Place of birth: Granity, New Zealand

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Martyn Sanderson

Biography

Movie Credits

Bad Blood
3.4

Bad Blood

1982-11-12

During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
3.3

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 Tale of Ruby Rose
2.4

The Tale of Ruby Rose

1988-05-25

The year is 1933. Ruby Rose (Melita Jurisic) is an Australian woman living with her Welsh immigrant

Chicken
2.3

Chicken

1996-04-22

On the premise that his albums will sell better if he is dead, an aging pop-singer fakes his own dea

Never Say Die
1.9

Never Say Die

1988-12-09

Investigative journalist Alf Winters (Morrison), meets his American girlfriend, Melissa Jones (Eilba

Cow
0

Cow

2001-10-31

Two old men with Confucian beards are adrift in the ocean, a placid Friesian cow in tow. A surreal s

The Last Tattoo
2.4

The Last Tattoo

1994-07-01

In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hot

Solo
2.6

Solo

1977-12-01

When a young Australian hitchhiker, Judy (Peers), enters a prohibited forest area, she encounters P

Wild Horses
2

Wild Horses

1984-04-18

Amid the high country of the North Island interior, wild horse roam and breed. With the trees gone,

Drag
1.5

Drag

1993-02-08

The world is dead. A lone woman, Victoria, struggles valiantly to stay alive on this desolate planet

Sylvia
3.3

Sylvia

1986-01-01

New Zealand chronicle of the life of noted writer and teacher, Sylvia Ashton-Warner. An interesting

Christmas Oratorio
2.9

Christmas Oratorio

1996-09-22

The 1930s. Sidner's mother Solveig dies in a very unfortunate bicycle accident involving some cows.

Old Scores
3

Old Scores

1991-01-01

Former Welsh rugby hero Bleddyn Morgan has his life in New Zealand interrupted by a deathbed confess

My First Suit
3

My First Suit

1985-01-01

14-year old Steve is caught between creatures he does not fully understand: two parents with very di

The Lost Tribe
1.5

The Lost Tribe

1983-10-01

Anthropologist Max Scarry mysteriously disappears while doing excavation/research of a lost New Zeal

Squeeze
0.5

Squeeze

1980-10-12

Richard Turner made Squeeze to break the "conspiracy of silence" about homosexuality. A pioneering e

Poor Man's Orange
0

Poor Man's Orange

1987-09-14

Like its predecessor The Harp In The South, Poor Man's Orange was also adapted for Australian televi

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
4.2

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001-12-18

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his

The Harp in the South
0

The Harp in the South

1987-05-11

We first meet The Darcys, a poor, working class family of tough Irish stock through whose eyes we he

An Angel at My Table
3.5

An Angel at My Table

1990-09-20

Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the au

Keskidee Aroha
0

Keskidee Aroha

1979-07-11

Keskidee, a small Jamaican bird resilient in the face of hardship, is also the name of a self-help b

The Scarecrow
2.6

The Scarecrow

1982-04-30

The same night as a girl is slain in the woods, the teenagers Sam and Les are robbed of all of their

Autumn Fires
0

Autumn Fires

1977-09-09

Actor Martyn Sanderson returns in 1977 to the Hokianga of his youth and visits his elderly and roman

Wild Man
0

Wild Man

1977-01-01

The story of two itinerant con men, the Wild Man and the Colonel, who operate on the West Coast gold

Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore
0

Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

2009-06-01

Barry Barclay was a New Zealand/Aotearoa director of documentaries and feature films. He is regarded

Savage Play
0

Savage Play

1995-01-01

During a rugby tour of Britain and Ireland in 1888, a young New Zealander searches for his father wh

Dirty Creature
0

Dirty Creature

1995-07-14

A little girl and her dog impersonate a crocodile at the edge of a muddy bog and then go on a chaoti

Trial Run
2.5

Trial Run

1985-07-17

Housewife Rosemary Edmonds leaves her family to take up residence in a remote cottage on the Otago c

Desperate Remedies
2.6

Desperate Remedies

1993-11-26

In a town called Hope on the edge of Britain's empire, desperations clash: the beautiful Dorothea Br

Hercules in the Underworld
2.8

Hercules in the Underworld

1994-11-07

When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth