Bill Gavin
Know for: Acting
Born: 1915-01-08
Place of birth: South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)
Dominick Hide, a time traveller from the year 2130, is studying the London transport system of 1980. Time travellers are supposed to be observers,...
Shoot for the Sun (1987)
Set in the bleak backdrop of Edinburgh a low level drug dealer strives for making a living and surviving the natural elements of such an environment...
A Wily Couple (1976)
An elderly couple try to decide if a young woman who has come to visit would make a suitable wife for their son.
Staggered (1994)
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil...
Jabberwocky (1977)
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures....
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden (1976)
TV dramatisation of the trilogy by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
Tis' the Season to be Jolly (1993)
Christmas is not a jolly time for the Rev. I.M. Jolly. His wife has gone home to his mother, his parishioners are revolting, His Father Christmas...
Soft Top Hard Shoulder (1993)
Eight years ago, Gavin, the artistic son of a Scots-Italian ice-cream dynasty, turned his back on Glasgow and moved south to London to make his name...
Charlie (1984)
Charlie Alexander is a private detective who gets caught up in sinister trade union machinations when he stumbles across the dying Stan Peace, a shop...
Dalhousie's Luck (1980)
Our gamble is over, Dalhousie. You'll walk at dawn tomorrow as agreed, but in case you've no mind to return, there's one fact might persuade you. On...
The Last Tattoo (1994)
In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hotel Workers Union, who is sitting pretty, exempt...
Jubilee (2000)
Billy (Cliff Curtis) is trying to organize the biggest celebration the town of Waimatua has even seen - the 75th Jubilee of their school. In doing...
The Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a...