Roy Dotrice
Date of birth: 1923-05-26
Place of birth: Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK
Known for: Acting
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Biography
Roy Dotrice (May 26, 1923 - October 16, 2017) was a British radio, stage, and screen actor. On stage, he won acclaim for his Tony Award-winning Broadway performance in the revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten and one person plays such as Brief Lives. On screen, he is best known as Leopold Mozart in Amadeus and as a regular on the 1987-1990 series Beauty and the Beast. Dotrice was also known for his voice work, including recording the books in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. He also appeared in the television adaptation as Hallyne the pyromancer.
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Amadeus
1984-09-19
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the
The Buttercup Chain
1970-09-24
Born to twin sisters on the same day in London, France and Margaret are more like brother and sister
Swimming with Sharks
1994-09-10
Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begi
Alien Hunter
2003-07-19
Government agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.
Suburban Commando
1991-10-04
Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an
Stargazy on Zummerdown
1978-03-15
In the 23rd Century, Britain (now called Albion) is made up of two distinct communities - the Aggros
The Cherry Orchard
1962-04-17
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estat
Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers
1984-07-27
Two brothers who can feel each others' pain and pleasure mess up the French revolution.
Alien Attack
1980-09-04
Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato
Played
2006-05-19
An examination of the malevolent London underworld with it's despicable criminal underground. Ray (M
The Cutting Edge
1992-03-27
Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last
Tales from the Crypt
1972-03-09
Five strangers encounter the mysterious Crypt Keeper while viewing old catacombs in the English coun
Eliminators
1986-01-31
A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android tec
Saturn 3
1980-02-15
In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Sat
Carmilla
1989-09-10
Lonely young Marie and her father live on a plantation just before the Civil War. Their placid lives
Toomorrow
1970-08-27
A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow. Sonic vibra
Nicholas and Alexandra
1971-11-29
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overt
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969-03-29
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
The Wars of the Roses
1965-04-08
A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3
One of Those Things
1971-01-22
A successful auto executive Vinther becomes entwined with a young nubile girl, following an avoidabl
The Corsican Brothers
1985-02-05
In the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feel
A Twist of Sand
1968-10-09
A former British Naval Officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. Aft
Go Go Tales
2007-05-23
A financial struggle between owners of a go-go club threatens its future.
Like Father, Like Santa
1998-12-01
An unscrupulous businessman, embittered by years of neglect from his true father, who happens to be
Young Harry Houdini
1987-03-14
This biographical movie depicts the youth of the magician Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926). As a boy his
The Scarlet Letter
1995-10-13
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast af
These Foolish Things
2006-03-10
The world's on the brink of World War II, but a young actress is caught in a sentimental contest bet
Hide and Seek
1972-10-07
A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can per
I Am Osango
1967-04-15
Spot-welder Aaron Toft assumes the identity of Aaron Osango - an ex-spot welder who has been sentenc
Bad Bad Jo Jo
Kayo Hathaway created a wildly successful comic strip featuring "Bad Bad Jo Jo", a murderous hulking
Camp Hollywood
2004-11-19
A porn star, a bank robber and a Shakespearean actor are some of the subjects of Camp Hollywood, a f
The Heroes of Telemark
1965-11-12
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf P
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993-02-08
A collection of horror stories taking the viewer into the dark world of Stephen King, featuring vamp
Hindle Wakes
1976-12-19
In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a North England mill town are overt
The Dancing Princesses
1987-11-14
A king with six daughters who is extremely over protective locks them in their room at night. But fo
Children of the Dark
1994-04-17
The true story of parents who discover that their two young daughters have a genetic disease that ma
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.1
2003-04-07
Two animated fables from the Disney studios. In 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' Ichabod Crane is besot
The Lounge People
1992-01-01
Louis and Cynthia Lewis are an insanely rich couple suffering from an acute case of boredom on their
The Prince and the Pauper
1990-11-16
Long ago in a land with an ailing king, there was a pair of boys who looked exactly alike, a pauper
Picture to Post
1969-01-02
The film explores the design process of postage stamps and the work of three notable designers, Arno
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008-07-11
Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle
Family Reunion
1981-10-11
Elizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher, who desperately tries to keep her family together. While s
The Good Policeman
1991-01-01
Isaac Seidel is a highly unconventional New York police-commissioner. He is well-abled in dealing wi
The Lady Forgets
1989-10-29
A woman is mugged and bumps her head. To her surprise, when she returns home she finds out that she'
The Government Inspector
1958-02-09
Gogol's comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987-03-23
Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic tale about Rip Van Winkle, a carefr
Space: 1999
1975-01-14
A moonbase crew fights for survival in the aftermath of a massive explosion that shifts the moon fro