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In the Soup (1936)
Character: Abernethy Ruppershaw
A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.
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Somebody's Darling (1925)
Character: N/A
A squire's novelist son poses as a nurse to save an heiress from her guardian's private asylum.
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His Majesty & Co. (1935)
Character: King of Poldavia
John, holidaying in the Ruritanian principality of Poldavia, falls for Princess Sandra. Returning to Britain, he meets not only the princess but her parents. As the King is a wine expert and the Queen a decent cook, they get together to open a restaurant, where John can also sing at table.
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Ten Minute Alibi (1935)
Character: Sir Miles Standish
Derwent dreams up an unbreakable alibi for a murder. Once the crime is attempted, it then falls to Pember and Brace of Scotland Yard to sort things out.
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Action for Slander (1937)
Character: Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton)
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
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Wedding Rehearsal (1932)
Character: Major Harry Wroxbury
The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off.
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Moscow Nights (1934)
Character: General Kovrin
During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since Natasha has not betrayed him. He forces Ignatoff into his debt as a means of humiliating him. When Ignatoff's new friend, Madame Sabline, offers to pay his debt, preventing his ruin, Ignatoff comes quickly to realize that Madame Sabline has an ulterior motive, one that could prove dangerous to more lives than just Ignatoff's.
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Fire Over England (1937)
Character: Lord Burleigh
In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen, bringing gold from the New World.
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Shipyard Sally (1939)
Character: Lord Alfred Randall
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
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The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Character: The Old King
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
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Once in a New Moon (1935)
Character: Lord Bravington
When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all, but conflicts arise between the local aristocracy and the villagers.
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Two's Company (1936)
Character: Earl of Warke
The son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire businessman. The fathers oppose the relationship.
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The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
Character: Lord Steele
A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.
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The Ghost Goes West (1935)
Character: The Glourie
Peggy Martin, daughter of a wealthy American businessman, persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie. As the castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, its ghost tags along. Donald and Peggy fall in love, but the restless apparition proves to unwelcome, and they must find a way to appease the kilt-wearing spirit.
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Juggernaut (1936)
Character: Sir Charles Clifford
An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.
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A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Character: Cecil Davidson, Esq.
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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Falling for You (1933)
Character: Caldicott
In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They find her in Switzerland. One of the journalists falls in love with her and saves her from marrying an aristocrat. His rival gets to write the story as a consolation prize.
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Service for Ladies (1932)
Character: Mr. Robertson
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
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