Personal Info
Birth date
1928-09-01 (96 Years)
Day of death
1989-02-05
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Machynlleth, Wales, UK
Also known as
Robert Emrys James
Emrys James
Biography
We dont have a biography for Emrys James
Filmography
Thirty-Minute Theatre
3.8
Overview:
An anthology of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, used in part at least as a training ground for new writers, on account of its short length, and which therefore attracted many writers who later became well known.Doctor Who
7.9
Overview:
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.The BBC Television Shakespeare
6
Overview:
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.The Wednesday Play
4.5
Overview:
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.Sherlock Holmes
8.1
Overview:
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. Watson.The Main Chance
7.7
Overview:
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.Home to Roost
6.3
Overview:
Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest child, Matthew arrives to live with him, after being thrown out by his mother. The plots generally revolved around Henry's annoyance at having his solitude disturbed, and the age gap clash. Henry employed two cleaners throughout the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell.Maigret
6.9
Overview:
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.Hammer House of Horror
7.1
Overview:
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.The Diary of Anne Frank
7
Overview:
The Diary of Anne Frank is 1987 BBC televised miniseries. It was based on The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, and it starred Elizabeth Bell, Janet Amsbury, Katharine Schlesinger and Emrys James.Open All Hours
7.9
Overview:
Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke and starring Ronnie Barker as a miserly shop keeper and David Jason as his put-upon nephew who works as his errand boy.Testament of Youth
7.3
Overview:
A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth—a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI—chronicles her experiences as a nurse in London and Malta and at the front lines in France. It opens with 18-year-old Vera, the genteel daughter of a paper-mill owner, nurturing "hopes of escaping from provincial young ladyhood." Her plan is to attend Oxford.Mitch
5
Overview:
Mitch is a newspaper reporter with a difference, he cares about the people he reports.Fall of Eagles
6.8
Overview:
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).Seven of One
7
Overview:
Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally it was to be called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called Half Dozen of the Other. This was a BBC version of a similar showcase for LWT called Six Dates with Barker created in 1971.Anna of the Five Towns
NYR
Overview:
Anna Tellwright lives in the Pottery District in Staffordshire with her young stepsister Agnes & father Ephraim, who is a wealthy man, but a miser. Anna attends the Methodist Church, but their strict rules & her father's thumb on everything she & Agnes do creates a longing for freedom. At 21, she inherits her grandmother's estate & is a now a wealthy young woman.Escape
NYR
Overview:
Escape is an American anthology series that aired on the NBC network from February 11 to April 1, 1973. The show was a production of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. It aired on Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. Eastern, following the NBC Mystery Movie.Peter and Paul
7
Overview:
Peter and Paul assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Christ and their own personal conflicts.Moonstrike
NYR
Overview:
An anthology of self-contained stories about acts of resistance in occupied Europe during the Second World War. Producer Gerard Glaister drew upon his own wartime experiences, having served as a pilot in the RAF.Time for Murder
4
Overview:
Written by six of Britain's finest writers (including Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, and Michael Robson), performed by leading actors, these are no ordinary tales of mystery and suspense. Each has its own twist, ranging from the darkly humorous to the truly macabre.Dragonslayer
6.52
Overview:
A sorcerer and his apprentice are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.Eureka
5.3
Overview:
After striking it rich on a large gold strike, a prospector retires to the quiet life on a Caribbean island but ends up coping with an alcoholic wife, a headstrong daughter, and Miami mobsters who want to build a casino.The Man in the Iron Mask
6.4
Overview:
The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.The Sign of Four
7.312
Overview:
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.Hamlet
6.1
Overview:
Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge.Gauguin the Savage
NYR
Overview:
Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentment in Tahiti.Antony & Cleopatra
6.3
Overview:
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate, the three rulers of the Roman Empire. Antony, though married to Fulvia, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with Queen Cleopatra. In Antony's absence, Caesar and Lepidus worry about Pompey's increasing strength.Pygmalion
10
Overview:
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.Acting
1988Out Of Love as Emrys Price
1987The Sign of Four as Inspector Athelney Jones
1987The Diary of Anne Frank (4 Episodes) as Otto Frank
1986God's Chosen Car Park as Nathaniel Box
1985Time for Murder (1 Episode) as Chief Inspector Dryden
1985Home to Roost (1 Episode) as R.J. Cockcroft
1985Anna of the Five Towns (4 Episodes) as Ephraim Tellwright
1984Mitch (1 Episode) as Det. Chief Inspector Sangster
1984Sherlock Holmes (1 Episode) as Inspector Athelney Jones
1983Eureka as Judge
1982Giro City as Tommy Williams
1981Dragonslayer as Valerian's Father
1981Antony & Cleopatra as Enobarbus
1981Peter and Paul (2 Episodes) as Ananias
1980Doctor Who: State of Decay as Aukon
1980The Mark of Satan as Dr. Harris
1980Hammer House of Horror (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980Escape (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980Hamlet as Player King
1980Gauguin the Savage as Maurice Schuffenecker
1979Testament of Youth (5 Episodes) as Mr. Brittain
1979Brecht and Co as Brecht
1978The BBC Television Shakespeare (1, 1 Episode) as First Player (King), Enobarbus
1977The Man in the Iron Mask as Percerin
1976Open All Hours (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974Fall of Eagles (1 Episode) as Count Taaffe
1973Pygmalion as Unknown
1973Seven of One (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969The Main Chance (1 Episode) as Derek Adams
1967Wuthering Heights as Reverend Graham
1966The Portsmouth Defence as Arthur Pickett
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964The Wednesday Play (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Doctor Who (4 Episodes) as Aukon
1963Moonstrike (1 Episode) as Jean
1960Maigret (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958The Castiglioni Brothers as Guido Guido