
Birthday:
08-27-1882
(142 years)
Birthplace:
Godalming, Surrey, England, UK
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 6.4
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While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
Meet Sexton Blake
Act like Constable
event1945 star_border 5.5
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The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
They Drive by Night
Act like Police Constable Outside Prison (Uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.8
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“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.
Hobson's Choice
Act like Beanstock Worker Who Finds Hobson in Cellar (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 7.4
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Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.
The Ticket of Leave Man
Act like Joe Skerritt
event1937 star_border 5.5
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A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer.
Night Ride
Act like Undetermined role
event1937 star_border 6
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Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries everything he can to drive them out of business, from sending his pretty daughter to seduce them to having his henchmen sabotage their trucks.
Night of the Demon
event1957 star_border 7
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American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
Quiet Wedding
Act like Cricket Umpire
event1941 star_border 4.2
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A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Ships with Wings
Act like German soldier[scene with Cecil Parker]
event1941 star_border 4
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Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
Poor Old Bill
Act like Mick
event1931 star_border 5
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A man sponges off an old comrade from the First World War who believes he has saved his life during the war, although this ultimately proves not to be true.
Unpublished Story
Act like Railway Ticket Collector
event1942 star_border 6.3
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Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Piccadilly Incident
Act like Hotel Commissionaire
event1946 star_border 6.2
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A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby son.
Eyewitness
Act like Man Standing Outside Cinema with Woman
event1956 star_border 6.7
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After a fight with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.
Encore
Act like Seaman Leaving Ship as Passengers Board (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.2
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Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
The Good Die Young
Act like Pub Customer Wearing Hat
event1954 star_border 6.4
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An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
Time Flies
Act like (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 4.8
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The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
A Kid for Two Farthings
Act like Porter (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6.3
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Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
On the Night of the Fire
Act like Fire Officer at Wall Map of Vehicles (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.2
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A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
Traveller's Joy
Act like Majordomo (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5.7
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A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married.
The Agitator
Act like Factory Worker in Canteen (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6
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The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.
The Revenge of Frankenstein
Act like Joseph the Groom (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 6.6
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Rescued from the guillotine by his devoted dwarf Fritz, the Baron relocates to Carlsbruck, where he continues his gruesome experiments.
Odd Man Out
Act like Mill Office Worker During Robbery (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 7.3
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Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Anna Karenina
Act like Door Porter
event1948 star_border 6
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Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet.
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