Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara

Peter McNamara, born in London and attended the National Youth Theatre and trained at LAMDA. Possibly best known as Ralph Passmore, the nemesis of Tucker Jenkin's in Tucker's Luck (1983), the spin off series of Phil Redmond's Grange Hill (1978). Peter was known for his fantastic singing voice in many theatre musical productions including South Pacific. He started out his long list of jobs as a supporting artist, working on such films as Quadrophenia (1979), The Shining (1980), Chariots of Fire (1981) and Star Wars (1977), before being cast in Grange Hill (1978). He worked frequently with Christopher Menaul who cast him as a Chelsea skinhead Rory in The Treatment (1984) and previously Tucker's Luck (1983). He became a well respected character actor in a career that eventually spanned four decades, he was often called upon to play the menacing hard-man and when Denzel Washington came to London to work on For Queen & Country (1988), Peter was asked to show him around and guide him on the Cockney accent. In 1990, Peter starred as Kenno in the controversial football hooligan film, Arrivederci Millwall (1990), one of the first films to tackle that subject. He went onto play Jimmy Cadogan in the children's TV series; Oasis (1993) in 1993 and a spot on 99-1 (1994) which reunited him with Arrivederci Millwall (1990) director Charles McDougall. Despite his hard-man roles Peter often played in a lot of comedy TV shows including Desmond's (1989) and Harry Enfield and Chums (1994). In 1995, he appeared in Funny Bones (1995) with Lee Evans, Jerry Lewis, Oliver Platt and Oliver Reed. Then in 1996 he was seen in the series No Bananas (1996) as DS Howard. He was in both the film and TV series of London's Burning (1988) and played recurring roles in numerous other British TV shows including Thief Takers (1995), The Bill (1984), Trial & Retribution (1997), Silent Witness (1996) and Casualty (1986). In 2002, he appeared as Frederick Michael Argyle in The Gathering (2002) where he acted alongside Christina Ricci, Ioan Gruffudd and Stephen Dillane. In 2004, he appeared in an extraordinary experimental drama documentary called Pissed on the Job (2004), Peter played a heavy drinker who was also a teacher, the film which can be seen online is a great example of his work, his subtle performance is extremely realistic in this damning piece about the dangers of alcohol. He showed up as a vampire drug dealer in the film Dead Cert (2010) in 2010 and had been working on some low budget films in the latter years of his career that sadly never got released due to budget and various technical issues. His last credit Dinklebrain (2012) was not the last film he made, rumour has it that he was very much actively making some independent short films, which hopefully will emerge in the near future. Sadly, Peter McNamara died in May 2018 at the age of 57 and he was cremated at Enfield Crematorium on 14th June 2018, a week after what would have been his 58th birthday. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Shona M

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Peter McNamara Movies

  • 1984
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    The Treatment

    The Treatment

    1 1984 HD

    Liam is a south London teenager, out of a job, living for Saturday afternoon, for the excitement of the match and the hope of a fight after it. A...

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  • 2004
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    When I'm Sixty-Four

    When I'm Sixty-Four

    5.3 2004 HD

    When widowed cabbie Ray and retired teacher Jim meet by chance, they discover they long for the same things from life: adventure, challenge and love....

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  • 1984
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    Lassiter

    Lassiter

    5.3 1984 HD

    Scotland Yard and the FBI force a thief and his girlfriend to steal Nazi diamonds from a German countess.

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  • 1991
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    Smack and Thistle

    Smack and Thistle

    1 1991 HD

    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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  • 1992
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    Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery

    Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery

    1 1992 HD

    A dramatized speculation of what happened in November 1983 when Micky McAvoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they...

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  • 1988
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    For Queen & Country

    For Queen & Country

    5.3 1988 HD

    A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

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  • 1986
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    London's Burning: The Movie

    London's Burning: The Movie

    8.5 1986 HD

    It's Josie Ingham's first day at Blackwall Firestation but things aren't going so well being the only female firefighter in an all-male team. Not...

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  • 1980
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    The Long Good Friday

    The Long Good Friday

    7.1 1980 HD

    In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia...

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  • 1979
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    Quadrophenia

    Quadrophenia

    7 1979 HD

    Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While...

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  • 2003
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    The Gathering

    The Gathering

    5.4 2003 HD

    Itinerant traveler Cassie Grant comes out of a car accident in Glastonbury, England, with partial memory loss. The deeply regretful driver allows her...

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  • 1990
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    Arrivederci Millwall

    Arrivederci Millwall

    6 1990 HD

    A group of Millwall supporting hooligans travels to Spain for the 1982 World Cup Finals soon after the start of the Falklands War. One member of the...

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  • 2010
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    Dead Cert

    Dead Cert

    4.4 2010 HD

    A gang of tough London gangsters get more than they bargained for when a group of businessmen make an offer to buy their club, the Inferno. They turn...

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  • 2001
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    Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

    6.212 2001 HD

    Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from...

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  • 1997
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    Shooting Fish

    Shooting Fish

    6.287 1997 HD

    Two con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.

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  • 1995
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    Funny Bones

    Funny Bones

    6.5 1995 HD

    Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a...

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  • 2019
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    Break Clause

    Break Clause

    1 2019 HD

    A trio of con-artists rip off some gangsters and lie low in a rented house. Christy tries to see the sting through whilst an unwanted guest, Phil,...

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  • 1980
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    The Shining

    The Shining

    8.2 1980 HD

    Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the...

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  • 1999
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    Tube Tales

    Tube Tales

    5.313 1999 HD

    Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins);...

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  • 2004
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    Pissed on the Job

    Pissed on the Job

    1 2004 HD

    Experimental dramadoc about high-functioning alcoholics and problem drinking in the workplace. Based on the testimony of real people, with actors...

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  • 1983
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    Tucker's Luck

    Tucker's Luck

    5.5 1983 HD

    Tucker's Luck was a British television series made by the BBC between 1983 and 1985. The series is a spin-off from the school drama Grange Hill and...

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  • 1986
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    Casualty

    Casualty

    6 1986 HD

    Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and...

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  • 1978
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    Grange Hill

    Grange Hill

    6.5 1978 HD

    Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.

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  • 1993
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    Oasis

    Oasis

    1 1993 HD

    Oasis was a short lived CITV drama series which was about a group of children who ran an inner city farm. It's best known for featuring John Simm and...

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  • 1994
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    Wycliffe

    Wycliffe

    6 1994 HD

    Wycliffe is a British television series, based on W. J. Burley's novels about Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe. It was produced by HTV and...

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  • 1992
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    A Touch of Frost

    A Touch of Frost

    7.484 1992 HD

    Jack Frost is a gritty, dogged and unconventional detective with sympathy for the underdog and an instinct for moral justice who attracts trouble...

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