Walter Sparrow
Walter Leonard Sparrow (January 22, 1927 – May 31, 2000) was an English film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner. He began his career as a stand up comedian before turning to drama and performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He made his movie debut in 1965's Dr.Terror's House of Horrors. As well as Robin Hood, Sparrow appeared in more than 30 films, including I Hired A Contract Killer, The Accidental Tourist, The Secret Garden, Now & Then, Jane Eyre, Ever After and Treasure Island. He also appeared in over 50 television guest spots on both American and British TV. One of his more notable guest appearances was in the 1989 episode Danger UXD of the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, which had 16.1 million viewers, as porn shop owner Dirty Barry.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.4768 |
| Birthday | 1927-01-22 |
| Place of Birth | Eltham, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | والتر اسپارو, |
1989
Somewhere to Run
0/0
Teenagers Sarah and Debbie run away from home and find themselves on the streets of London.
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Somewhere to Run
1985
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
4.875/12
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brillian...
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Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil
1995
Now and Then
6.883/487
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall t...
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Now and Then
1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
6.47/198
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ance...
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1970
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
8/1
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
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The Hunting of Lionel Crane
1965
The Pistol
7/1
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The Pistol
1998
The Woodlanders
5.059/17
The story is set in late 19th century rural corner of South England. The daughter of timber merchant Melbury, Grace, returns to the town after finishi...
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The Woodlanders
1999
Treasure Island
5.3/16
Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling...
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Treasure Island
1993
Shadowlands
6.888/316
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
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Shadowlands
1991
Smack and Thistle
7/1
With a drug-addled lifestyle and a prison sentence firmly behind him, Abel is determined to go straight and stay clean... as soon as he's seen to one...
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Smack and Thistle
1969
Zeta One
4.118/38
A race of sexy, other-dimensional specimens arrive to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet.
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Zeta One
1993
U.F.O. The Movie
6/7
The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is captured by a gang of feminist aliens from the 25th century a...
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U.F.O. The Movie
1994
Dirtysomething
5.7/3
Dirtysomething centres around young lovers Becca and Dog, an older fellow traveller, sage Larry, and is about the pitfalls of giving up the alternativ...
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Dirtysomething
1984
Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
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Mickey and Mo head to Liverpool for the chance of a big score
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Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
1977
The Kitchen
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Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen, first preformed in 1957, was Wesker's first work and his m...
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The Kitchen
1971
Edna: The Inebriate Woman
0/0
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deteriorati...
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Edna: The Inebriate Woman
1993
The Secret Garden
7.429/1009
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle....
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The Secret Garden
1996
Jane Eyre
6.926/250
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...
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Jane Eyre
1990
I Hired a Contract Killer
6.9/236
After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract...
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I Hired a Contract Killer
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
6.852/3688
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England....
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1998
EverAfter
7.457/1621
Danielle, a vibrant young woman, was forced into servitude after the death of her father when she was a young girl. Danielle's stepmother, Rodmilla, i...
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EverAfter
1999
Prometheus
5.833/6
Tony Harrison's poetic essay on the working class - in particular the British miners -, its struggles, its dreams and its icononography - at the very...
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Prometheus
1988
The Accidental Tourist
6.264/265
After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate,...
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The Accidental Tourist
1991
Let Him Have It
6.667/51
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangs...
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Let Him Have It
1987
Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
8.2/2
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas usually means a little over-indulgence, but to the...
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Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video
1999
Simon Magus
7.4/12
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he has the ability to put curses on crops. When Dovid...
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Simon Magus
1992
Memento Mori
6.333/6
Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...
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Memento Mori
1985
Young Sherlock Holmes
6.763/734
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his clas...
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Young Sherlock Holmes
1973
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
10/1
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win t...
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The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1976
The Portland Millions
0/0
Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.
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The Portland Millions
1977
Street Party
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It's 1953 and a street party is held in Bethlehem Street, London, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.
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Street Party
1988
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
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Because of kind acts toward three beggars, an honest soldier returning from war is given a magical sack, an unbeatable deck of cards, a ruby whistle a...
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