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Cyril Shaps

Date of birth: 1923-10-13

Place of birth: Highbury, London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Cyril Shaps

Biography

Movie Credits

Rasputin: The Mad Monk
2.9

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1966-03-06

Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand

The Lost Son
3

The Lost Son

1999-06-25

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best frie

The Looking Glass War
2.8

The Looking Glass War

1970-01-02

When a Polish sailor jumps ship in Britain, a couple of local intelligence operatives keep him under

The Clandestine Marriage
3

The Clandestine Marriage

1999-11-12

A period film, set around an English country house whose owners want to arrange a marriage of conven

Unidentified Flying Oddball
2.8

Unidentified Flying Oddball

1979-07-19

A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arth

The Importance of Being Earnest
3.4

The Importance of Being Earnest

2002-05-17

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is f

Can You Hear Me Thinking?
5

Can You Hear Me Thinking?

1990-09-30

Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the paren

Never Let Go
3.3

Never Let Go

1960-06-02

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods

The Cherry Orchard
0

The Cherry Orchard

1971-12-19

Madame Ranevskaya is a spoiled, aging aristocratic lady who returns from a trip to Paris to face the

The Kremlin Letter
3

The Kremlin Letter

1970-02-01

After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow

Return of a Stranger
2.5

Return of a Stranger

1961-01-01

An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.

The Count of Monte Cristo
0

The Count of Monte Cristo

1964-10-04

A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jeal

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
3.6

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

1970-05-02

Astronauts rescued from a mission to mars are kidnapped when they arrive back on earth. They seem to

The Man Who Cried
3

The Man Who Cried

2000-08-29

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
4

Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen

1967-09-23

Aided by his two assistants Jamie and Victoria, the Doctor lands the TARDIS on Telos, last resting p

Bar Mitzvah Boy
3.8

Bar Mitzvah Boy

1976-09-14

On the eve of his Bar Mitzvah, young Elliot finds that all the grown men in his life are somewhat wa

Up Jumped a Swagman
2

Up Jumped a Swagman

1965-12-21

A dreamy Australian singer comes to London to seek his fortune and falls for a down-to-earth lass an

Traitors
0

Traitors

1990-11-05

A play about the gunpowder plot written from a new angle by Jimmy McGovern.

For My Baby
0.8

For My Baby

2000-10-19

A young Austrian comedian struggles with the nightmare of his past and a dead sister who refuses to

Operation: Daybreak
3.5

Operation: Daybreak

1975-11-01

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal

Great
2.8

Great

1975-03-17

An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engine

Lawrence of Arabia
4

Lawrence of Arabia

1962-12-11

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div

The End of the Affair
3.3

The End of the Affair

1999-12-03

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, hus

The Pianist
4.2

The Pianist

2002-09-17

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe

The Silent Enemy
2.9

The Silent Enemy

1958-03-04

The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously

Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara
3.6

Doctor Who: The Androids of Tara

1978-12-16

Finding the fourth segment of the Key to Time was simple enough, but holding onto it may be another

The Spy Who Loved Me
3.4

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977-07-07

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace

To Sir, with Love
3.7

To Sir, with Love

1967-06-14

A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his un

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
2.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

1991-12-06

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz Joseph I

Saturday, Sunday, Monday
0

Saturday, Sunday, Monday

1978-01-01

One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their fr

The Odessa File
3.3

The Odessa File

1974-10-17

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hu

Avalanche Express
2.4

Avalanche Express

1979-09-27

CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting t

The Little Ones
0

The Little Ones

1965-06-01

The story of Ted and Jackie, two London kids who decide to run away to Liverpool and, from there, st

Simon Magus
3.6

Simon Magus

1999-02-17

Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he h

The Pursuers
2.5

The Pursuers

1961-12-31

A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leader

SOS Pacific
3.5

SOS Pacific

1959-10-14

A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the pass

Interpol
3.2

Interpol

1957-04-02

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank

Erik the Viking
2.9

Erik the Viking

1989-09-01

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, t

The Governess
2.9

The Governess

1998-07-31

When the father of privileged Rosina da Silva violently dies, she decides to pass herself off as a g

The Small World of Sammy Lee
2.9

The Small World of Sammy Lee

1963-04-20

The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes mo

Danger Within
3.1

Danger Within

1959-02-17

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers f

The World of George Orwell: 1984
0

The World of George Orwell: 1984

1965-11-28

Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.

Passport to Shame
3

Passport to Shame

1958-12-02

British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.

Our Miss Fred
2.9

Our Miss Fred

1972-12-14

Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted i

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
3.7

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

1974-06-08

The blue crystal that the Doctor took from Metebelis III in a previous adventure is desperately soug

11 Harrowhouse
2.8

11 Harrowhouse

1974-09-26

A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large f

RKO 281
3.2

RKO 281

1999-11-20

In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and,

The Boy Who Stole a Million
2.9

The Boy Who Stole a Million

1960-09-02

A boy gets involved in a bank robbery

Violent Playground
3.5

Violent Playground

1958-01-14

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

The Madness of King George
3.4

The Madness of King George

1994-12-28

Aging King George III of England is exhibiting signs of madness, a problem little understood in 1788

Tennis Court
4

Tennis Court

1984-12-17

Maggie and Harry Dowl arrive in England to inspect a house left to Maggie. The house has a dilapidat

The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman
0

The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman

1978-02-01

Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the sim

The Switch
0

The Switch

1976-06-07

Our heroes find themselves at the famed Cannes Film Festival to help foil a plot to murder a former

The Adventures of Alice
0

The Adventures of Alice

1960-12-23

Film "The Adventures of Alice" based on the novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the

Dying Day
0

Dying Day

1980-02-12

A lonely man with punctilious habits listens to a tape cassette of ambient barroom sounds, which inc

The Singer Not the Song
3.1

The Singer Not the Song

1961-01-05

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

Miracle in Soho
2.6

Miracle in Soho

1957-07-09

In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, wit

Solomon & Gaenor
2.9

Solomon & Gaenor

1999-04-30

A young Jew in 1911 Wales tries to make his living by selling fabrics door to door, but to do so he

Who Killed Lamb?
0

Who Killed Lamb?

1974-02-04

A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is

The Fanatics
0

The Fanatics

1968-04-29

The writer and philosopher Voltaire decides to take action when he hears of a case of a man being to