Bruce Lacey
Bruce Lacey was a British artist, performer and eccentric. After completing his national service in the Navy he became established on the avant-garde scene with his performance art and mechanical constructs. He has been closely associated with The Alberts performance group and The Goon Show. He made the props and had an acting part in Richard Lester's The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.416 |
Birthday | 1927-03-31 |
Place of Birth | |
Also Known As | The Alberts, |
1959
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
5.4/25
A short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic scenes with no common thread.
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
1962
The Preservation Man
0/0
The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into hi...
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The Preservation Man
1974
Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric
7/1
A 1974 documentary in which comedian Dave Allen meets a variety of eccentrics including Alexander Stuart Wortley who lives in a box on wheels, a cowbo...
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Dave Allen in Search of the Great English Eccentric
1962
Uncle's Tea Party
0/0
A performance of the band The Alberts. One of several films made especially for deaf children by adult film maker George Harrison Marks.
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Uncle's Tea Party
1953
Agib and Agab
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Free-form and anarchic in a very English way, this elaborate, gothic, handmade production was based on a tale from the ARABIAN NIGHTS and looks forwar...
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Agib and Agab
1965
One Man Band
0/0
An early cinema influenced tale of rags to riches by Bob Godfrey. Bruce Lacey stars as the hapless ‘little man’ who longs to stand in the shoes of his...
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One Man Band
1952
Head in Shadow
0/0
A highly impressionistic film in which a blind man (Lacey) drifts through the war-damaged streets of Camden and Islington.
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Head in Shadow
1960
Everybody's Nobody
0/0
Starring Lacey as the Mobile Absurd Non-entity, aka M.A.N. – a “synchronized, pressurized, energized, moisturized moron” – this angry, Goon-like film...
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Everybody's Nobody
1960
Battle of New Orleans
0/0
Sped up footage of musicians fighting on a stretch of mudflats.
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Battle of New Orleans
1975
Double Exposure
0/0
'.....invites us to experience a level of connection and intimacy between two people.' - Sam Dunn (Head of BFI Video Publishing)
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Double Exposure
1967
Kissing Film
0/0
An instructional film by Bruce Lacey.
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Kissing Film
1973
The Lacey Rituals
0/0
Bruce Lacey: 'People used to come and make documentaries about me, but they weren't interested in the day-to-day family life that I found extremely in...
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The Lacey Rituals
1971
How to Have a Bath
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An instructional film by Bruce Lacey.
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How to Have a Bath
1965
The Flying Alberts (Brucey Lacey edit)
0/0
The Alberts (Bruce Lacey, Tony Gray and his brother Dougie Gray) attempt to take off. There are two edits of this film, both with their own distinct e...
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The Flying Alberts (Brucey Lacey edit)
1962
The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
8/1
A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.
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The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
1962
It's Trad, Dad!
5.6/13
The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel displeased about a trad jazz, and prevent their trying. The...
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It's Trad, Dad!
1965
Help!
6.848/305
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off)....
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Help!
1987
The Re-Awakening of My Ancestral Spirits
5/1
A ritual created and performed by Bruce Lacey.
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The Re-Awakening of My Ancestral Spirits
1967
Smashing Time
6.3/9
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
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Smashing Time
1966
L'art pour l'art
0/0
Art for art's sake.
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L'art pour l'art
1968
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
6.727/11
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's...
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
2012
The Bruce Lacey Experience
0/0
A brief canter through the life and work of one of Britain's most unbelievable artists.
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The Bruce Lacey Experience
1964
The Alberts’ Channel Too
0/0
The crazy almost-launch to BBC2, starring The Alberts alongside Ivor Cutler, commissioned in the wake of their rule-changing love comedy theatre show,...
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The Alberts’ Channel Too
1967
Just Like a Woman
5/2
Lewis and Scilla's rocky marriage finally breaks apart – a situation made worse by the fact that Scilla is a key part of the television show that Lewi...
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Just Like a Woman
1965
The Humanoid Race
0/0
Mechanical statues and other pieces by Bruce Lacey.
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The Humanoid Race
1984
Breaking Away to Come Together
0/0
Using only one camera, remote controlled mirrors and an external tilting device, Lacey alternates the perspective of angular planes on his face into t...
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Breaking Away to Come Together
1973
British Landing on the Moon
0/0
The Lacey watch British astronauts landing on the moon
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British Landing on the Moon
1981
Castlerigg
0/0
Bruce Lacey wandering around and interacting with stones
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Castlerigg
1973
Heads, Bodies and Legs
0/0
Experimental cutout piece
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Heads, Bodies and Legs
2002
If I Had a Talking Picture of You
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Bruce Lacey performance
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If I Had a Talking Picture of You
1974
Stella Chase
0/0
A moody, pastoral sci-fi tale about Stella Superstar and her travels across the universe. Vaseline around the camera lens and other early cinema techn...
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Stella Chase
1963
The Flying Alberts
0/0
The Alberts (Bruce Lacey, Tony Gray and his brother Dougie Gray) attempt to take off. There are two edits to this film, both with their distinct endin...
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