Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born June 11, 1959), known professionally as Hugh Laurie, is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian, and author. He is known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama series House (2004–2012), for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and nominations for numerous other awards. He was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House.
His other television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (2012–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination.
Forced to abandon rowing during a bout of glandular fever, he joined the Cambridge Footlights, a university dramatic club that has produced many well-known actors and comedians. There he met Emma Thompson, with whom he had a romantic relationship, which later ended yet they remain good friends. She introduced him to his future comedy partner, Stephen Fry. Laurie, Fry and Thompson later parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge" in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones, with the series' co-writer Ben Elton completing their team.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.3906 |
| Birthday | 1959-06-11 |
| Place of Birth | Oxford, England, UK |
| Also Known As | James Hugh Calum Laurie, Хʼю Лорі, |
2008
Street Kings
6.641/1658
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in t...
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Street Kings
1999
Stuart Little
6.068/4620
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....
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Stuart Little
1995
Sense and Sensibility
7.42/1824
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of for...
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Sense and Sensibility
2002
Stuart Little 2
5.766/2534
Stuart, an adorable white mouse, still lives happily with his adoptive family, the Littles, on the east side of Manhattan's Central Park. More crazy m...
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Stuart Little 2
2013
Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
7.1/9
Bayou Maharajah explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John described as "the best black, gay, one-eyed jun...
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Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Booker
1997
Spice World
4.9/502
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their...
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Spice World
1992
Peter's Friends
6.6/213
After inheriting a large country estate from his late father, Peter invites his friends from college: married couple Roger and Mary, the lonely Maggie...
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Peter's Friends
1996
101 Dalmatians
5.94/3612
An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.
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101 Dalmatians
2004
Flight of the Phoenix
5.997/933
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flig...
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Flight of the Phoenix
2009
B.O.B.'s Big Break
5.9/91
Dr. Cockroach comes up with a brilliant plan to break themselves out of Area 52 – but to implement the plan, he has to trick B.O.B. into thinking it’s...
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B.O.B.'s Big Break
1997
The Borrowers
6.035/514
The four-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, "borrowing" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries a...
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The Borrowers
2000
Lounge Act
0/0
Have you ever wondered what happens with your pet when you are not at home? A dog worried about its future, a lazy parrot and an aquarium full of fish...
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Lounge Act
1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
6.647/4103
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The Man in the Iron Mask
2000
Maybe Baby
5.385/104
Sam and Lucie Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers, matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. T...
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Maybe Baby
2001
Chica de Río
5.5/20
Discovering your wife is sleeping with your boss can make a man do strange things. For a Samba-obsessed London clerk, robbing a bank and boarding the...
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Chica de Río
2005
Valiant
5.572/959
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon...
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Valiant
2004
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
4.8/3
The Secret Policeman benefit shows for Amnesty International brought together comedy grand masters - from Python and Beyond the Fringe - and performer...
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Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2009
Monsters vs Aliens
6.2/4923
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The m...
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Monsters vs Aliens
1999
Santa's Last Christmas
4.3/3
Santa and his helpers oversleep and risk causing a toy shortage at Christmas.
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Santa's Last Christmas
1998
Cousin Bette
5.5/46
In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate reven...
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Cousin Bette
2011
Arthur Christmas
6.771/1622
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...
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Arthur Christmas
2012
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
7.3/3
A special celebrating FOX's 25 years on the air. Highlights from iconic series and tributes to memorable moments, as well as celebrities honoring the...
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FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2011
Hop
5.792/1380
E.B., the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood, determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. In L.A., he's taken in by Fred after...
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Hop
2004
The Tale of Jack Frost
0/0
An enchanted forest is created when some trees decide to "move up" to a big hill, where they can enjoy the sunshine and a new life. Many creatures mov...
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2003
The Young Visiters
5.4/7
The Young Visiters, written in twelve days by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford in 1890, is a surreal blend of naiveté, precocious perception and inadverten...
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The Young Visiters
2009
Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
5.9/273
Susan Murphy (a.k.a. Ginormica) and the Monsters are now working with the US government as special ops. So when an alien presence is detected in Susan...
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Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
1987
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
5/1
When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the gro...
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The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
1989
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
7.5/2
After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial disaster of its music-only Festival Of Youth weekend conce...
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1988
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
7.554/28
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Blackadder's Christmas Carol
2011
The Oranges
5.511/509
A man's affair with his friend's much-younger daughter throws two neighboring families into turmoil.
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The Oranges
2012
Mr. Pip
6.242/64
As a war rages on in the province of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, a young girl becomes transfixed by the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations...
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Mr. Pip
1985
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1/1
Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
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Mrs Capper's Birthday
1989
Strapless
7.5/4
An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inh...
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Strapless
2023
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
7.714/7
A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featuring contributions from Blackadder's biggest fans...
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story
1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
5.5/12
The Snow Queen holds Ellie responsible for ruining her plans to freeze the world and sets out to seek revenge. She kidnaps Dimly the flying reindeer a...
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The Snow Queen's Revenge
1995
The Snow Queen
6.3/23
Far away, in her vast ice palace, the Snow Queen plots to rule the world by deflecting all the sun's warmth away from Earth so that it freezes over. B...
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The Snow Queen
2001
Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter
6.9/24
Explore the myths and legends that inhabit the real world of Harry Potter. Follow award-winning documentary filmmakers as they offer insights to witch...
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1982
The Cellar Tapes
6.8/4
A TV version of the Cambridge Footlights Revue. Starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer, and Penny Dwyer.
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The Cellar Tapes
2012
Jools Holland: My Life in Music
0/0
Jools Holland takes us on a journey of his life that has made him the doyen of the music scene.
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2008
Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
0/0
Band from TV is a charity cover band whose members are all actors from American television series. They donate the proceeds of their performances and...
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Band from TV: Hoggin' All the Covers
2000
Carnivale
6.1/17
A group of children are transported through a portal to another dimension where they are thrilled to discover a magical amusement park just for them.
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Carnivale
2013
Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
6.1/6
Hugh Laurie marks the climax of his personal musical odyssey with a tribute to Professor Longhair, the man who is his greatest inspiration. Joined by...
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Hugh Laurie: Live on the Queen Mary
2011
Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
8.7/3
Hugh Laurie takes a personal journey into the heart and soul of blues and jazz music.
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Hugh Laurie: Down by the River
2013
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
0/0
Hugh Laurie hears joy, passion, love, even humor in blues. He is off on a journey with a bunch of musicians across America, from east coast to west, i...
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Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues
1995
A Pin for the Butterfly
4.8/4
Communism seen through the eyes of a young girl who watches her beloved uncle struggle with the oppressive government .
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A Pin for the Butterfly
2023
The Canterville Ghost
6.7/54
An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
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The Canterville Ghost
1987
Up Line
0/0
Three alternative comedians get involved in a pyramid-selling organization, Pathway, in order to finance their act. They gain great success by deployi...
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Up Line
2005
The Big Empty
7.3/9
A young woman consults multiple doctors for a persistent internal pain, eventually leading to the discovery of a vast, frozen tundra within her body....
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The Big Empty
2011
Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
5.2/2
Hugh Laurie Let Them Talk - New Orleans Concert Documentary...An American favorite from his role in the hit TV series "House," the versatile British a...
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Let Them Talk: A Celebration of New Orleans Blues
1993
The Legends of Treasure Island
8/1
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2009
SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
7.4/7
Holiday special including brand-new material with Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, the infamous troublemaker "Gilly," and others. The special also features...
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SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas
1988
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
7.201/87
A short movie, made for Comic Relief, in which Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Tony Robinson) must help protect King Charles I (Stephen Fry)...
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Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1999
Blackadder: Back & Forth
7.008/185
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and h...
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Blackadder: Back & Forth
2015
Tomorrowland
6.29/7326
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment emba...
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Tomorrowland
2007
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
0/0
Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out was a one-off, one-hour documentary/biography about Stephen Fry released in 2007 by the BBC, celebrating Stephen Fry's fiftiet...
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Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out
2022
The Amazing Maurice
6.675/180
Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of self-taught talking rats. When Maurice and the rode...
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The Amazing Maurice
2005
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
5.239/522
With school out for the summer, The Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the ca...
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Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
1985
Plenty
5.7/47
David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.
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Plenty
1997
Treasure Island
0/0
Jim Hawkins races to beat Long John Silver to the riches awaiting on Treasure Island. An animated retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel,...
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Treasure Island
2001
Second Star to the Left
6.4/5
Seasonal animation in which a hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig embark on a journey to deliver a Christmas present lost by Santa Claus
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Second Star to the Left
2000
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
6.5/6
The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2015
A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
0/0
In this documentary, Stephen Fry tells the story behind his success, after presenting the BAFTAs for more than ten years. With an outstanding career...
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A Life On Screen: Stephen Fry
1997
The Ugly Duckling
5.6/10
The Ugly Duckling teams up with friend Scruffy, and the lovable misfits embark on a journey that helps them realize that their differences are what ma...
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The Ugly Duckling
1987
The Laughing Prisoner
3/2
A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television...
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The Laughing Prisoner
2010
Fry and Laurie Reunited
6.8/6
Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie reunite for a TV special to mark the 30th anniversary of their partnership.
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Fry and Laurie Reunited
2018
Holmes & Watson
4.305/926
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case...
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Holmes & Watson
2008
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
7.8/11
To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of the much-loved sitcom appear together in a documen...
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Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2013
Monsters vs Aliens Stories
7.8/14
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Monsters vs Aliens Stories
2019
The Personal History of David Copperfield
6.411/533
A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chron...
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
1986
Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
6.6/12
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Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger
1995
The Adventures of Mole
6/1
Mole decides it's time for an adventure! It isn't long before he discovers all the fun and thrills of the riverbank in the company of his new found fr...
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The Adventures of Mole
2002
Lost in the Snow
0/0
This movie is a coming of age story around a teddy bear who gets lost and faces challenges while getting back home.
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Lost in the Snow
2001
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
6/2
An intimate behind the scenes short film while shooting the Black Adder special Back and Forth.
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Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
1991
Brown Bear's Wedding
0/0
The shy Brown Bear falls for the beautiful White Bear and is bound and determined to make her his wife.
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Brown Bear's Wedding
1992
White Bear's Secret
0/0
Brown Bear and White Bear are now married, but Brown Bear is finding the married life a little harder than he hoped.
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White Bear's Secret
2008
Blackadder Rides Again
7.5/20
This documentary marks the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of The Black Adder in 1983 and reunites the iconic cast to give their opinion...
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Blackadder Rides Again
2012
Dreamworks Spooky Stories
6.3/36
In these spooktacular stories, your favorite DreamWorks characters from the blockbuster hits Shrek and Monsters vs. Aliens return in these chilling ta...
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Dreamworks Spooky Stories
1996
The Adventures of Toad
0/0
Toad's life is just one big adventure! His latest and greatest hobby is racing around the countryside in his new motor car getting into all sorts of t...
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The Adventures of Toad
1986
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
6/1
In April 1986, inspired by the previous summer's bombastic Live Aid event and the success of Amnesty's first four Secret Policeman's Ball shows, the U...
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The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
2008
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
4.5/2
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders.
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Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2012
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
6.7/130
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Shrek's Thrilling Tales
1989
Employees From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about employees.
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Employees From Hell
1999
Stuart Little: Making It Big
0/0
A documentary about the making of director Rob Minkoff's feature film, "Stuart Little" that first aired on HBO.
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Stuart Little: Making It Big
1992
Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
9.5/2
This DVD, an expanded version of the Grammy-winning 1992 video companion to Annie Lennox's solo debut, belongs on the short list of long-form videos t...
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Annie Lennox: Totally Diva
2012
House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
0/0
Hugh Laurie invites you onto the set of House M.D. for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a landmark episode. Fans of the show are brought righ...
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House M.D.: The Doctor Directs
1996
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
0/0
"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends", episode 7. Two stories about homes: the first tells about two mice creating havoc in a lovely dollhouse, whil...
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The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Two Bad Mice and Johnny Town-Mouse
Experiment IV
4/1
A short film from Kate Bush
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Experiment IV
1985
Happy Families
0/0
Guy Fuddle lives with grandma who's ill and wants to see her granddaughters sent away as kids before dying. Guy searches for his four sisters. When re...
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Happy Families
1989
Customer Service From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about customer service
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Customer Service From Hell
1989
Teams from Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about teams.
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Teams from Hell
1989
Colleagues From Hell
0/0
John Cleese corporate training video series
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Colleagues From Hell
1989
Interviewers From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about interviewers
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Interviewers From Hell
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
6/1
Movie with some of the greatest brittish comedians such as Rowan Atkinson, John Cleese.
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2012
House: Swan Song
0/0
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1988
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
6/0
Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leade...
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The Story of Bean
0/0
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