
Birthday:
05-04-1891
(133 years)
Birthplace:
Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
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The Baker and the Beauty
Act like Server 1 (1 ep.)
event2020 star_border 7.4
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Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash?
Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale
Act like Concierge
event2010 star_border 5
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Elle wants to be a singer/songwriter, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her parents. She moves in with her adoptive uncle, who runs a small independent record label whose biggest act, Sensation, is also Elle's biggest pain.
The Shop at Sly Corner
Act like Publican
event1947 star_border 6.2
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The French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, (Oskar Homolka) has become disillusioned with society since his torture as a prisoner on Devil's Island, since when he has allowed his shop to become a front for criminal activity, and he himself is a receiver of stolen goods.
Loyal Heart
Act like Police Sergeant
event1947 star_border 6
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This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.
Appointment with Crime
Act like Smokey
event1946 star_border 5.9
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Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
Johnny Frenchman
Act like Tom Hocking
event1945 star_border 6
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The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
The Agitator
Act like Businessman (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.
Medal for the General
Act like Sergeant (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 6.5
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A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Act like Club Porter (1902)
event1943 star_border 7.5
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General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
Much Too Shy
Act like Mr. Pepper - Cinema Manager
event1942 star_border 6.2
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A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.
The Next of Kin
Act like Sailor on Train (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 5
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Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Act like Cinema Manager
event1941 star_border 6.9
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Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
Gasbags
Act like German Major
event1941 star_border 5.5
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It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.
Convoy
Act like Admiral
event1940 star_border 5.4
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A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
Girl in the News
Act like Traffic Policeman (Uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.4
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An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
Let George Do It!
Act like Passenger On SS Macaulay
event1940 star_border 5.8
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Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Cheer Boys Cheer
Act like Chauffeur
event1939 star_border 5.8
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Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
There Ain't No Justice
Act like Police Constable (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6
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A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.
The Four Just Men
Act like Policeman Outside Parliament (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Trouble Brewing
Act like Brewery Foreman
event1939 star_border 6.2
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Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
Strange Boarders
Act like Fire Chief (uncredited)
event1938
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Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Act like Police Inspector (Uncredited)
event1935 star_border 7.6
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The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.
The 39 Steps
Act like Detective at London Palladium (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 7.3
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Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
Act like Red
event1935
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In this mystery, ace detective Sexton Blake returns to solve the puzzling murder of a prominent violinist.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Act like Police Inspector (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.
Lost In The Legion
Act like Ryan
event1934
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Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion!
Crime on the Hill
Act like Newspaper Editor
event1933 star_border 6.5
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In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent.
That Night in London
Act like Inspector Brody
event1932
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A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return the money and stay alive
When London Sleeps
Act like Garnett
event1932
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Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy Blyth, whose betting has put him in serious debt with Haines and who fancies Mary, the Lamberti's adopted daughter. In fact, there is a further unexpected link between the two worlds.
The Third String
Act like Webson
event1932
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A man poses as a boxer to impress a woman, but then is forced to fight a real champion.
A Safe Affair
Act like Tom
event1931
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A crime film directed by Herbert Wynne
Kissing Cup's Race
Act like Detective
event1930
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A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .
Maria Marten
Act like Carlos
event1928
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1820. A squire kills his pregnant mistress to marry a heiress but is exposed by his mother's dream.
Motherland
Act like Tom Edwards
event1927
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'Soldier poses as dead captain to comfort blind mother while girl poses as dead Jew's wife to comfort family.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Legend of Tichborne Dole
event1926
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British horror drama short from 1926.
What Price Loving Cup?
Act like Philip Denham
event1923
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A horse owner saves a girl jockey from being kidnapped by a knight.
The Education of Nicky
Act like Nicky Malvesty
event1921
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Rich cousins marry after they are both bankrupted.
Love in the Welsh Hills
event1921
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A farmer frames a petty officer for theft and confesses after falling over a cliff.
A Romany Lass
Act like Donald MacLean
event1918
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A colonel's son conquers his cowardice by fighting his rival for a gypsy.
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