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James Booth

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James Booth

Born December 19, 1927 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UKDied August 11, 200550 films

James Booth (born David Geeves; 19 December 1927 - 11 August 2005) was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter. Though handsome enough to play leading roles, and versatile enough to play a wide variety of character parts, Booth naturally projected a shifty, wolfish, or unpredictable quality that led inevitably to villainous roles and comedy, usually with a cockney flavour. He is probably best known for his role as Vic Fielding in the British soap opera Coronation Street.

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Zulu posterFirst watchZulu19647.4as Pte. Henry HookIn 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from…View film

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Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 2005Keeping MumMr. Brown
  2. 2004The Red Phone: CheckmateRussian Minister
  3. 2001The BreedFleming
  4. 1998SpoilerThe Judge
  5. 1994Inner Sanctum IIDetective Hooper
  6. 1992Gunsmoke: To the Last ManZack The Preacher
  7. 1990American Ninja 4: The AnnihilationMulgrew
  8. 1990Have a Nice NightDon Warrenton
  9. 1988The Lady and the HighwaymanMillionaire
  10. 1988Deep SpaceDr. Forsyth
  11. 1987Moon in ScorpioDr. Torrence
  12. 1987Programmed to KillBrock
  13. 1986Avenging ForceAdmiral Brown
  14. 1986Bad GuysLord Percy
  15. 1986The Delta ForceUS General
  16. 1985Pray for DeathLimehouse Willie
  17. 1984The Cowboy and the BallerinaCol. Gori
  18. 1984Young Lust: A Soap OperaCarter Main
  19. 1982HotlineCharlie Jackson
  20. 1981Zorro, The Gay BladeVelasquez
  21. 1980The Jazz SingerPaul Rossini
  22. 1980CaboblancoJohn Baker
  23. 1979Jennifer: A Woman’s StoryGeorge Black
  24. 1977Airport '77Ralph Crawford
  25. 1976I'm Not Feeling Myself TonightS.J. Nutbrown
  26. 1975BranniganCharlie-the-Handle
  27. 1974Percy's ProgressJeffcott
  28. 1973Penny GoldMatthews
  29. 1973That'll Be The DayMr MacLaine
  30. 1972RentadickSimon Hamilton
  31. 1971RevengeJim Radford
  32. 1971Macho CallahanHarry Wheeler
  33. 1970Darker Than AmberBurk
  34. 1970The Man Who Had Power Over WomenVal Pringle
  35. 1970Adam's WomanDyson
  36. 1969The BetrayalMeyer
  37. 1968The Bliss of Mrs. BlossomAmbrose Tuttle
  38. 1967RobberyInspector George Langdon
  39. 196590° in the ShadeMilan Vorel (Shop Manager)
  40. 1965The Secret of My SuccessArthur Tate
  41. 1964French DressingJim Stephens
  42. 1964ZuluPte. Henry Hook
  43. 1963Sparrows Can't SingCharlie Gooding
  44. 1962In the DoghouseBob Skeffington
  45. 1961The HellionsJubal Billings
  46. 1960In the NickSpider Kelly
  47. 1960The Trials of Oscar WildeWood
  48. 1960Let's Get MarriedPhotographer
  49. 1960Jazz BoatSpider
  50. 1957The Girl in the PictureOffice Boy (as David Greeves)