Bernard Atha
Birthday: 1928-08-27
Place of Birth: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography: Bernard Atha CBE was an actor known for his many appearances in Ken Loach films and various notable Play for Today productions. He also served as a Labour councillor for the Kirkstall ward in Leeds for 57 years (1957-2014) and was once the Lord Mayor of the city. He trained in ballet and law before taking up his career in acting and politics. He died aged 94 on 22nd October 2022.
Movies
Kes
Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy ...
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The Cold War Killers
A missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet spy...
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The Lady's Maid's Bell
Based on a short story by Edith Wharton. A lady's maid named Hartley finds employment with Mrs. Brym...
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All Day on the Sands
Mr and Mrs Cooper are staying at a boarding-house in the seaside resort of Morecambe with their smal...
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The Rank and File
Wilkinsons glass-works dominates a Staffordshire town. After a small walkout over pay discrepancies,...
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Leeds United!
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid ...
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Kisses at Fifty
A father leaves his grown-up family to move in with his lover in the south, alienating himself from ...
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Family Life
A young woman, Janice, is living with her restrictive and conservative parents, who lead a dull work...
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays ...
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The Spongers
In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, rece...
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There Is a Happy Land
Keith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood....
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Steps Back
When Gerry Broadbent, in search of his roots, takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, they find th...
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Liam
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two c...
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