Personal Info
Birth date
1928-08-15 (96 Years)
Day of death
2013-04-20
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Camberwell, London, UK
Also known as
Fred 'Nosher' Powell
Freddie Powell
Frederick Powell
Fred Powell
N. Powell
George Frederick Bernard Powell
Nosher Powell
Biography
Nosher Powell was born on August 15, 1928 in Camberwell, London, England as George Frederick Bernard Powell. He is known for his work on Willow (1988), First Knight (1995) and Legionnaire (1998). He was married to Pauline Wellman. He died on April 20, 2013 in London.
Filmography
The Avengers
7.734
Overview:
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).The Saint
7.3
Overview:
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.Are You Being Served?
7.2
Overview:
This comedy series, which follows the exploits of employees at London's fictional "Grace Brothers" department store, is full of sexual innuendo, slapstick, visual gags, and double entendres. Much of the show's humor parodies Britain's class system, and many of the show's characters are based on stereotypes of the period, including the effeminate Mr. Humphries and the rich, but stingy, store owner.The Comic Strip Presents...
7.4
Overview:
The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.Adam Adamant Lives!
7.5
Overview:
Adam Adamant Lives! is a British television series which ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. Proposing that an adventurer born in 1867 had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the eyes of an Edwardian.Star Wars
8.205
Overview:
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.On the Buses
7.2
Overview:
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.Sykes
6.4
Overview:
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.The Detectives
6.7
Overview:
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.Blake's 7
7.2
Overview:
A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.Department S
4.9
Overview:
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.A Fistful of Dollars
7.832
Overview:
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.For a Few Dollars More
8.019
Overview:
Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.Willow
7.01
Overview:
The evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with delivering her from evil.The Pink Panther
6.8
Overview:
The trademark of The Phantom, a renowned jewel thief, is a glove left at the scene of the crime. Inspector Clouseau, an expert on The Phantom's exploits, feels sure that he knows where The Phantom will strike next and leaves Paris for the Tyrolean Alps, where the famous Lugashi jewel 'The Pink Panther' is going to be. However, he does not know who The Phantom really is, or for that matter who anyone else really is...Where Eagles Dare
7.515
Overview:
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.The Longest Day
7.583
Overview:
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"Battle of Britain
6.9
Overview:
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.The Dirty Dozen
7.593
Overview:
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.Krull
6.059
Overview:
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.Legionnaire
5.76
Overview:
Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti.Dracula
7.278
Overview:
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.The Charge of the Light Brigade
6.104
Overview:
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.She
5.6
Overview:
The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.My Beautiful Laundrette
6.7
Overview:
A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.The Magic Christian
5.7
Overview:
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.Oliver Twist
7.502
Overview:
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.Acting
1998Legionnaire as Soldier
1993The Detectives (1 Episode) as McKenna Employee 1
1992Red Nose of Courage as John's Minder
1990Spaghetti Hoops as Corelli
1990GLC: The Carnage Continues as McGahey
1988Willow as Nelwyn Villager (uncredited)
1987Eat the Rich as Nosher
1984The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood as Guard
1983Five Go Mad on Mescalin as Mr. Knuckles
1983Krull as Slayer in the Swamp (uncredited)
1982Five Go Mad in Dorset as Fingers
1982The Comic Strip Presents... (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Fingers, Mr. Knuckles, McGahey, Corelli, John's Minder
1981If You Go Down in the Woods Today as Guvnor's Henchman
1976Never Too Young to Rock as Unknown
1975My Honourable Mrs (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Brannigan as Man in Bar (uncredited)
1974Venom as The Gang
1973The MacKintosh Man as Armed Guard
1972Sykes (1, 1 Episode) as Billy Bignuckle, Billy Knuckle
1972Are You Being Served? (1 Episode) as Truck Driver
1972Nearest and Dearest as Bouncer
1971On the Buses as Betty's Husband
1970Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town as Mr Wilkins - Bouncer
1970You Can't Win 'Em All as Horse Rider (uncredited)
1969Monty Python's Flying Circus (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Department S (1 Episode) as Carl Young
1969The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape as Strongman
1969On the Buses (3 Episodes) as Bert
1969School for Sex as Hector
1968The Frankie Howerd Show as Self
1966The Christmas Tree as Unknown
1966Adam Adamant Lives! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966Circus of Fear as Red
1965She as British Soldier (uncredited)
1964A Fistful of Dollars as Cowboy con cartel 'adios amigo' (uncredited)
1962The Saint (1, 1 Episode) as Benson, The Angel
1962The Road to Hong Kong as Astronaut (uncredited)
1961The Avengers (1 Episode) as Henrik
1953Cosh Boy as Instructor (uncredited)
1952Emergency Call as Boy Booth
1951There Is Another Sun as Teddy Green
1948Oliver Twist as Undetermined Minor Role (Uncredited)
Crew
1985My Beautiful Laundrette ... Stunt Coordinator
1978Blake's 7 (1 Episode) ... Stunts
1977Star Wars ... Stunts
1971The Last Valley ... Stunts
1970Cromwell ... Stunts
1969The Magic Christian ... Stunt Coordinator
1969Battle of Britain ... Stunts
1968Where Eagles Dare ... Stunts
1968The Charge of the Light Brigade ... Stunts
1967The Dirty Dozen ... Stunts
1965For a Few Dollars More ... Stunts
1964A Fistful of Dollars ... Stunts
1963The Pink Panther ... Stunts
1962The Longest Day ... Stunts
1958Dracula ... Stunts
1958Violent Playground ... Stunt Double
1954Hell Below Zero ... Stunts