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Lily of Killarney (1930)
Character: N/A
A poor aristocrat hires a dwarf to drown his secret wife so he may marry an heiress.
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City of Beautiful Nonsense (1935)
Character: Thomas Grey
A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.
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Diana of the Crossways (1922)
Character: Lord Dannisburgh
A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.
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The Last Post (1929)
Character: Mr Blair
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Owd Bob (1924)
Character: Adam McAdam
An old farmer's sheepdog is saved when a rival's dog is proved to be a sheep killer.
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Counsel's Opinion (1933)
Character: Judge
Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
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Somebody's Darling (1925)
Character: Grandfather
A squire's novelist son poses as a nurse to save an heiress from her guardian's private asylum.
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The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937)
Character: Prof. Calthrop
“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI.
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Betrayal (1932)
Character: John Lawrence KC
British crime film directed by Reginald Fogwell
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Loose Ends (1930)
Character: The Stranger
'A woman reporter is blackmailed for knowledge of freed suspect's involvement in a murder.' (British Film Institute)
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All That Is England (1932)
Character: N/A
Austin promotional short, showing a tour around the country by many Austin models, from the Seven to the Ascot.
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Many Waters (1931)
Character: Gentleman
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
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The Island of Despair (1926)
Character: Dr. Blake
A shipwrecked captain saves a girl from a Spanish murderer by threatening to give him leprosy.
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Balaclava (1928)
Character: Lord Raglan
A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
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Man of Mayfair (1931)
Character: Wilson
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Wonderful Story (1932)
Character: Parson
A paralysed farmer watches his brother fall in love with the woman he intended to marry.
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Madame Guillotine (1931)
Character: Le Farge
During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
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What Happened Then? (1934)
Character: Judge
Young Raymond Rudford,sculptor, is on trial for slitting the throat of his uncle, who had adopted and raised him after Raymond's parent's died when he was a young boy. The prosecution allows his motive was fear of being disinherited if he married his fiancé, the fair Alicia Atherton, against his uncle's wishes, and the prosecution lays a mountain of evidence against Raymond, including his razor, dragged from an artificial lake on the estate, as the murder weapon; Raymond's bloody fingerprints and footprints found at the scene of bedroom crime, and his bloody shoes, found in his cupboard and bloody monogrammed-handkerchief found under his uncle's death bed. Raymond's only defense is that he could not have committed the crime as he goes into a paroxysm of dread at the mere sight of blood, a phobia he has had ever since childhood when his dog was run over by a lorry and the dog's blood was splattered into his face.
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The Great Defender (1934)
Character: Judge
Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But it is just at this point in his life that his great lost love a woman his own strong sense of duty led him to give up twenty years ago, and whom he still loves deeply walks into his chambers to ask that he defend her adulterous husband, now to stand trial for murder. Reluctantly agreeing to take on the case, Sir Douglas soon finds there is more to the story than meets the eye.
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As You Like It (1936)
Character: Adam (as Fisher White)
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
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Dreyfus (1931)
Character: General Georges-Gabriel de Pellieux
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
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A Cup of Kindness (1934)
Character: Vicar
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
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One Increasing Purpose (1927)
Character: Mr. Yeoman (as Fisher White)
Stars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris returns home with nary a scratch. This convinces him that his life has a "greater purpose" in the scheme of things, so he sets about to find that purpose.
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Pastor Hall (1940)
Character: Johann Herder
The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
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King John (1899)
Character: N/A
Based on Shakespeare's play, Act V, Scene vii: King John is in torment, and his supporters fear that his end is near. As he writhes in agony, he is attended by Prince Henry, the Earl of Pembroke, and Robert Bigot. Prince Henry tries repeatedly to comfort his delirious father, but to no avail - John's pain is too great.
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Turn of the Tide (1935)
Character: Isaac Fosdyck
Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry between two fishing families. The actors included John Garrick, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Wilfrid Lawson speak in the local accent. The work is based on the novel Three Fevers by Leo Walmsley.
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The Fake (1927)
Character: Sir Thomas Moorgate, MD
'MP forces daughter to marry titled drug addict who dies when her lover tries to cure him.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Damaged Goods (1919)
Character: N/A
A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.
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The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
Character: The Schoolmaster
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
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