Highest rated movie: Candleshoe (1977)
Lowest rated movie: The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980)
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Looking for reviews of Derek Martin movies? Cinafilm has a total of 678 reviews across 7 movies.
Movies starring Derek Martin have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 56%.
Candleshoe - released in 1977 - is Derek Martin's highest rated movie, with a score of 68% based on 66 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Derek Martin is The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu - released in 1980 - with a score of 47% based on 21 reviews.
Derek Martin has been one of the most authentic working class voices in British film and television since the 1970s. Born Derek William Rapp in 1933, Martin was in the RAF for his National Service and took up a series of jobs including road worker, Smithfield Meat Market porter, and professional gambler, before entering showbusiness as an extra and stunt performer in a variety of programmes including Doctor Who. He retired from stunt work following an injury on Elizabeth I in 1971 and moved into acting. His most famous break out role was as the corrupt detective Fred Pyle in GF Newman's controversial 1978 drama Law & Order. In the following decade Martin had major roles in TV dramas such as The Chinese Detective and King & Castle, and played James Cagney's aide in milos Forman's epic 1981 film Ragtime. In 2000, Martin joined the cast of EastEnders as Charlie, the patriarch of the Slater family, a role he continued to play on and off for sixteen years.
Derek Martin has acted in films with Burnell Tucker, John Alderson, Samuel L. Jackson and Jodie Foster.
Derek Martin has worked with these film directors: Miloš Forman, Christopher Miles, Freddie Francis and Norman Tokar.
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