
Birthday:
05-04-1881
Deathday:
01-23-1948 (66 years)
Birthplace:
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Bride of Frankenstein
Act like Archbishop (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 7.5
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Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature.
Lost Horizon
Act like Embassy Club Steward (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7
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British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
The Shadow Strikes
Act like Hendricks
event1937 star_border 4.6
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Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. Before he can leave, a phone call summons the attorney to the home of Delthern, a wealthy client, who wants a new will drawn up. As Cranston meets with him, Delthern is suddenly shot, and Cranston is quickly caught up in a new mystery.
Singapore
Act like Immigration Official (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 5.8
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After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
Scotland Yard
Act like Reggie, Xandra's Suitor
event1930
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A criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a locket with both their pictures in it as a remembrance of the wife's stunning beauty. After enlisting for WWI to escape prosecution, his face is disfigured in combat, and plastic surgeons mistakenly give him the banker's face. As the banker is conveniently MIA, it gives the criminal the opportunity to plan a bank heist from the inside and also to get closer to the banker's wife.
Moss Rose
Act like Deputy Coroner (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.4
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When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a lady.
Sworn Enemy
Act like Bergen (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 5.3
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A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
The Fatal Witness
Act like Drunk (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.2
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A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.
Let Us Live
Act like New York Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.8
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When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Man About Town
Act like Waiter #2 (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 4.5
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Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.
Modern Times
Act like Billows' Silent Assistant (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 8.3
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A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
Libeled Lady
Act like Allenbury's Butler Roberts (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7.3
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When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
The Lady Eve
Act like Sir Alfred's Servant (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 7.2
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It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
Hold Back the Dawn
Act like Waiter with Tray (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.6
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Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
Captains Courageous
Act like Robbins (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7.4
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Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
A Dispatch from Reuters
Act like Cockney News Vendor (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.7
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German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Chinatown Squad
Act like Ship's Steward
event1935 star_border 6
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Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
Shall We Dance
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 7.2
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Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
The Gay Bride
Act like Waiter (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 5.8
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Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
Lord Jeff
Act like Assistant Purser
event1938 star_border 7.1
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Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. He is befriended by model in-mate Terry O'Mulvaney but soon starts to get them both in trouble.
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Act like Englishman
event1935 star_border 5
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In this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she befriends a wealthy widowed duchess and then begins blackmailing her after she steals a scandalous letter.
What Every Woman Knows
Act like La Comtesse's Butler (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 7
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Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.
Three Strangers
Act like Mr. Giesing
event1946 star_border 6.4
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On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Act like Aubrey's Butler (Uncredited)
event1933 star_border 4
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A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
Ship Cafe
Act like Butler (uncredited)
event1935
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The singing stoker and the vamp.
The Man in Half Moon Street
Act like Butler in Brandon's Home
event1945 star_border 5.4
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A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
The Gay Divorcee
Act like (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 6.9
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Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.
The Brighton Strangler
Act like First Passenger (Uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.9
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After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
Kitty
Act like Baker Hawker (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.5
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Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
Sadie McKee
Act like Second Butler (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 7
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A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
The Notorious Sophie Lang
Act like Robin (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 6
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After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police detective who's been trying to nail her finally comes up with what seems a foolproof scheme--to catch her off guard by having her fall for a handsome and suave jewel thief who happens to be in the U.S. traveling under an assumed name.
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