Ian Whitcomb
Acting
Biography
Ian Timothy Whitcomb (10 July 1941 – 19 April 2020) was an English entertainer, singer-songwriter, record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor. As part of the British Invasion, his hit song "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965. He wrote several books on popular music, beginning with After the Ball, published by Penguin Books (Britain) and Simon & Schuster (United States) in 1972. He accompanied his singing by playing the ukulele and, through his records, concerts, and film work, helped to stimulate the revival of interest in the instrument. His re-creation of the music played aboard the RMS Titanic in the film of that name won a Grammy Award in 1998 for package design and a nomination for Whitcomb's liner notes (Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage).
Known For
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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Shindig! is an American musical variety series which aired on ABC from September 16, 1964 to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. The original pilot was rejected by ABC and David Sontag, then Executive Producer of ABC, redeveloped and completely redesigned the show. A new pilot with a new cast of artists was shot starring Sam Cooke. That pilot aired as the premiere episode.
Shindig!
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
The Cat's Meow
A 17-part television documentary series on the history of modern pop music covering some of the many different genres that have fallen under the label of "popular music" between the mid-19th century and 1976, including folk, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, vaudeville and music hall, musical theatre, country, swing, jazz, blues, R&B, rock 'n' roll and others.
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
A Christmas Carol
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
Hollywood Uncensored
In this documentary, join Ian Whitcomb, an ex-British rock personality now living in Hollywood, as he takes a tongue in cheek tour of the city of angels.
LA - My Home Town
Streetwalker-turned-nun Sister Malina (Nikita Denise) is in danger of succumbing to her demons and returning to a life a sin. A concerned Father Thomas (Ian Whitcomb) calls upon Mother Superior (Magdalene St. Michaels) to counsel the troubled beauty, but the resentful older nun wants to get rid of sexy Malina so she can prey on the young priests herself.
Bad Nun
Muscular athletic coach James Hughes (Ricky Larkin) has a fateful one night stand with desperate stranger Dominic (Brad Kalvo) before starting a new job at an elite boys' school. But as James develops feelings for shy, young student Evan (Aaron Slate), Evan's jealous stepfather threatens to expose the coach and bring an end to the intense teacher/student affair. Starring Ricky Larkin, Brad Kalvo, Aaron Slate, Axel Flint, and Veronica Snow (as "Evan's Mom.") Special appearance by Dylan Roberts.
His Lover's Son
Set in the early 1930s, this groundbreaking all-male film follows a young man struggling with his homosexuality while attending an elite boarding school in England. When Robert (Chase Austin) is caught in a passionate tryst with another student, his punishment is a flogging by the Headmaster and a four-week suspension from school. Robert goes home to serve his punishment and meets his mother's new fiancee, the older, nurturing Daniel (Boston Miles). Feeling an instant, mutual attraction, the two men look for ways to get closer, while dark family secrets begin to emerge. With gorgeous cinematography, rich, emotional performances and passionate, real sex scenes, famed director Nica Noelle has set a new standard in all-male erotic film.