James Booth
Biography
James Booth was an English actor and screenwriter who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally with the Old Vic in Timon of Athens in 1956. He joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop in 1958 and later took a leading part in the hit musical Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be. He was best known for playing Private Henry Hook in Zulu (1964), where he was billed above Michael Caine. In other films he played a policeman in the heist movie Robbery (1967) with Stanley Baker, and later took character parts in Hollywood, among them Airport '77 (1977) and Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981). Booth also wrote screenplays, beginning with Sunburn (1979), and he both acted in and wrote Pray for Death (1985) and Avenging Force (1986). He continued working into his later years, with appearances in The Breed (2001) and Keeping Mum (2005).
77years old at death
- Born Croydon
- Died Hadleigh
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- David Noel Geeves (birth name)Also credited as David Geeves
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 41 years1964 to 2005
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Early training
Booth trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship from 1954 to 1956, in a class that included Albert Finney, Peter O'Toole, Alan Bates and Richard Harris.
About the name
Early in his career, Booth was told to change his name because Geeves sounded like Jeeves, the fictional character created by P. G. Wodehouse.
First role
In 1956, Booth joined the Old Vic company and gave his first professional performance in Timon of Athens, sharing the stage with Ralph Richardson.
Beyond film
In 1965 Booth played Robin Hood in the stage musical Twang!!, a notorious flop. According to Booth, the musical's failure left him without work for a year.
Behind the camera
When nobody would give Booth acting work, he tried screenwriting instead and found chances in Hollywood. Sunburn, released in 1979, became his first writing credit.
James Booth movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together3 more actors
- John SavidentPenny Gold (1973) and Robbery (1967)
- Clinton GreynPenny Gold (1973) and Robbery (1967)
- Donna Kei BenzMoon in Scorpio (1987) and Pray for Death (1985)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What James Booth's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$128 million
5 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$91M71.0% of the total
- 2$19M14.5% of the total
- 3$10M8.0% of the total
- 4$8.0M6.2% of the total
- 5$358K0.3% of the total
Online
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