Walter Sparrow
Birthday: 1927-01-22
Place of Birth: Eltham, London, England, UK
Biography: Walter Leonard Sparrow was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner. He began his career as a stand up comedian before turning to drama and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his movie debut in 1965's Dr.Terror's House of Horrors. As well as Robin Hood, Sparrow appeared in more than 30 films, including I Hired A Contract Killer, The Accidental Tourist, The Secret Garden, Now & Then, Jane Eyre, Ever After and Treasure Island. He also appeared in over 50 television guest spots on both American and British TV. One of his more notable guest appearances was in the 1989 episode Danger UXD of the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which had 16.1 million viewers, as porn shop owner Dirty Barry.
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Somewhere to Run
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London....
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two B...
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Now and Then
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends...
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their ...
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The Hunting of Lionel Crane
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper....
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The Pistol
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor....
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The Woodlanders
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant...
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Treasure Island
Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's...
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Shadowlands
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited ...
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Smack and Thistle
With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go strai...
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Zeta One
A race of sexy, other-dimensional specimens arrive to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their plan...
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U.F.O. The Movie
The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is captured by...
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Dirtysomething
Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and...
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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score...
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The Kitchen
Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first pr...
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Edna: The Inebriate Woman
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast a...
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The Secret Garden
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is ...
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Jane Eyre
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi...
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I Hired a Contract Killer
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily ...
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow...
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EverAfter
Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she wa...
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Prometheus
Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggle...
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The Accidental Tourist
After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon'...
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Let Him Have It
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Cr...
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Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas ...
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Simon Magus
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he h...
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Memento Mori
Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious teleph...
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Young Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his d...
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants"...
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Street Party
It's 1953 and a street party is held in Bethlehem Street, London, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's ...
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