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Samuel Henry J. "Sam" Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is an Australian-English actor, best known for his starring roles in the feature films Avatar, Terminator Salvation, Clash of the Titans, and its sequel, Wrath of the Titans.
In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead performance in Somersault. He performed predominantly in leading roles in a variety of low-budget films before transitioning to major studio films, ranging from romantic drama and comedy-drama to science fiction and action. Worthington is also noted for his voicework as Alex Mason in the 2010 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Worthington was born to English parents in Godalming, Surrey, in southeastern England, and moved to Perth, Western Australia when he was six months old. He grew up in Warnbro, a suburb of Rockingham. His mother, Jeanne J. (née Martyn), a homemaker, raised him and his sister Lucinda, and his father, Ronald W. Worthington, was a power plant employee. He attended John Curtin College of the Arts, a school specialising in the dramatic arts, located in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he studied drama but failed to graduate and dropped out.[citation needed] His father gave him $400 and sent him on a one-way trip to Cairns in Queensland, and told him to "work his way home".[citation needed] He began working on construction and odd jobs, eventually settling in Sydney, New South Wales. At 19, he worked as a bricklayer, when he auditioned for the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and was accepted with scholarship.
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Genres: Comedy,Actors: George Stover (actor), Chris Arth (producer), Chris Arth (writer), Chris Arth (actor), Kevin Summerfield (director), Kevin Summerfield (writer), Kevin Summerfield (actor), Kevin Summerfield (editor), Kevin Summerfield (actor), Kevin Summerfield (producer), Anne Frith (actress), Christopher Morse (actor), Christopher Morse (actor), Christopher Morse (actor), Clark Edmunds (actor),
Genres: Family,Actors: George Stover (actor), Chris Arth (producer), Chris Arth (writer), Chris Arth (actor), Kevin Summerfield (director), Kevin Summerfield (writer), Kevin Summerfield (actor), Kevin Summerfield (editor), Kevin Summerfield (actor), Kevin Summerfield (producer), Anne Frith (actress), Christopher Morse (actor), Christopher Morse (actor), Christopher Morse (actor), Clark Edmunds (actor),
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Plot: Susan and Paul are working late on the 37th floor of a LA sky-scraper. Also in the building are the cleaning staff, security and some engineers installing sprinklers. Right on cue, as the water is switched off so that work on the sprinklers can continue, a fire starts on one of the lower floors (15?). The title says it all.
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Plot: When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his plane resumed its flight and crashed. He also learns his daughter is going to sell his ranch and marry a man he dislikes. So he gives Roy a job on the ranch and sends him off to see if he can prevent both of these events while he remains in hiding.
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Genres: Musical,Actors: Jack Cheatham (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), James Craven (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Charles Dorety (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), John Elliott (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Eddie Fetherston (actor), Robert Fiske (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor),
Plot: Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top "take", no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael's wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father, Parker Howett (Forrest Taylor) and private detective Spike Holland (Victor Jory, who even when playing the lead hero gets a villain's name), rent an adjoining estate, determined to investigate the case. Abel is afraid they will discover his association with a gang of jewel thieves and desperately - with Horne directing and Craven emoting, desperate is the only word - tries to have them all killed, and anybody else that might be standing around wondering how ten henchmen could fit in a six-passenger car. Each attempt is thwarted by the sudden appearance of the mysterious Green Archer, who is always there with his deadly bow and arrows whenever needed. It takes Abel most of the 15 chapters before he succeeds in capturing Spike, Valerie and Mr. Howett, but the shadow of the Green Archer's feathered Robin-Hood cap is on one of the walls of Garr Castle, and moving in.
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Plot: Songwriter Danny (Pryor) believes that the only way to jump-start fading movie star Polly's (Bradley) career is to end his partnership with lyricist Mike (Newell). Polly's friend Mattie (Kelton) manages to comfort Mike in teh interim. Then, Mike concocts a plan to separate Danny from Polly: he sends blonde seductress Blossom (Compton) to pretend to be Mike's girlfriend. But all ill feeligns and misunderstandings are resolved by the climactic musical finale.
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Plot: Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. But in the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of another color. Straightforward adaptation of Dickens
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