Davy Kaye

Known for Acting

3/25/1916

London, United Kingdom

Biography

Davy Kaye MBE (born David Kodeish, 25 March 1916 – 3 February 1998) was an English comedy actor and entertainer.

Known For (18 credits)

7.4

You Rang, M'Lord?

1990

You Rang, M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! It was broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC. The show was a comedy set in the house of an aristocratic family in the 1920s, contrasting the upper-class family and their servants in a house in London, along the same lines as the popular drama Upstairs, Downstairs. The series featured many actors who had also appeared in their earlier series, notably Paul Shane, Jeffrey Holland and Su Pollard, all of whom had previously been in Perry and Croft's holiday camp sitcom, Hi-de-Hi!. Also featured were Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles from Perry and Croft's It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and Bill Pertwee and occasionally Frank Williams from Dad's Army. The memorable 1920s-style theme tune was sung by Bob Monkhouse.

6.4

Movie

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square

1980

An American ex-con who is trying to go straight is persuaded to be the inside man for an audacious bank job in central London.

6.2

Movie

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1972

An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.

6.2

Movie

Carry On at Your Convenience

1971

At WC Boggs' Lavatory factory, Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat. However, eventually everyone gets fed up with him.

4.9

Movie

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins

1971

The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..

Movie

Top of the Bill

1971

Documentary feature about the great days of variety.

5.0

Movie

Satan's Harvest

1970

Cutter Murdock inherits an estate in Africa on which "Satan's Harvest" (heroin and marijuana) is grown. The thugs growing the drugs want him out of the way, so things get messy.

6.8

Movie

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

The Jazz Age

1968

An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.

5.7

Movie

The Biggest Bundle of Them All

1968

A kidnapped mobster persuades his captors to help him rob platinum ingots from a train.

6.3

Movie

Carry On Cowboy

1965

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

6.8

Movie

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

1965

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?