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Faith (1919)
Character: Lord Louis Lewis
Bank clerk George Farrelly is warned by his old teacher, Martha, through his childhood sweetheart Charity, about a diamond necklace he took from a safe-deposit box, leading him to confess and return it, testing his integrity and romance amidst temptation, with the story unfolding as a confession about a potential theft.
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The Rasp (1932)
Character: Sir Arthur Coates
When cabinet minister John Hoode is murdered at his country house, his secretary, Alan Deacon, is the prime suspect and is arrested. Reporter Anthony Gethryn determines to unmask the real murderer.
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The Husband Hunter (1920)
Character: Sir Robert Chester
Millionaire Kent Whitney (the explorer) fakes his death and returns to find his fiancée, Myra Hastings, being pursued by other men, especially rejected suitor Bob Harkness. To see if his wife truly loves him or just his money, the "dead" husband takes a job as a butler in his own home. He observes Myra's interactions and deals with the societal pressure on rich American women to marry European aristocrats for titles, a theme often called "husband-hunting".
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Mrs. Thompson (1919)
Character: Prentice
A shopkeeper's daughter marries a cad who ruins the business.
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Jack of All Trades (1936)
Character: Henry Kilner
In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a bank next to the beleaguered Robertson Hare. Here he invents a fraudulent business plan (Merrivale - you remember it surely?), the manager and chairman and another finance company are suck(er)ed in and it all snowballs from there. With of course a love interest as a dynamo.
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Rolling in Money (1934)
Character: Carter
An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber.
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Almost a Honeymoon (1930)
Character: Sir James Jephson
An ambitious young man secures a job in the colonial service, the only stipulation being that he needs to be married which he isn't. He has just twenty four hours to find a woman to persuade to marry him.
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The Live Wire (1938)
Character: Sir George Dawson
Two professors who hire a sailor to lead them on a treasure hunt, and they soon find themselves in a dangerous situation involving pirates. The sailor, Bill, initially struggles to remember the location of the ruins, but eventually discovers a lost city and civilization. The professors and sailor then find themselves fighting for their lives against pirates to escape the island alive.
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The Third Clue (1934)
Character: Gabriel Wells
Set in an Old Dark House, a man is murdered in his study. With his dying breath, he tells his brother of two clues to finding hidden Eastern Indian jewels that were part of a precious idol. He wants his brother to locate the treasure, so that it can be given to his son. But before the treasure can be found, a third clue must be discovered.
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The Chinese Puzzle (1932)
Character: Sir Aylmer Brent
A Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers.
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The Sky’s the Limit (1937)
Character: Lord Morgan
Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
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The Woman Between (1931)
Character: Earl Bellington
An Earl's daughter is torn between loving opposing parliamentary candidates.
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Carry On! (1927)
Character: John Peters
'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Bridal Chair (1919)
Character: Lord Louis Lewis
Lord Louis Lewis vows not to marry until his crippled fiancée, Sylvane Sheridan, passes away, despite temptations from other women like Jill Hargreaves, highlighting his devotion and the constraints placed on his life by her condition. The film centers on this poignant romance and loyalty, with Lord Louis remaining faithful as he waits for Sylvane, even as other suitors vie for his attention.
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The Elder Miss Blossom (1918)
Character: Andrew Quick
Miss Blossom passes through middle age caring for her widowed brother and his only child, a daughter. A handsome explorer returns from an expedition and meets the family, whereupon he falls in love with the daughter. He departs for another long expedition, leaving behind a message regarding his intent to marry the daughter upon his return. But the message is misdirected to the elder Miss Blossom, who secretly loves the explorer and now awaits his return from far-off lands in joyous expectation of their marriage.
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Two Worlds (1930)
Character: Col. von Zaminsky
An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.
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Gamblers All (1919)
Character: John Leighton
A lady gambler shields her brother by claiming responsibility for a forgery he committed.
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Convict 99 (1919)
Character: Ralph Vickers
Villainous convict Ralph Vickers plots against a Mill owner Mr. Lucas. Vickers works to undermine Lucas while pursuing his daughter, Geraldine. Vickers' schemes are eventually thwarted by the mill’s office boy, who manages to baffle the villain's designs.
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A Light Woman (1928)
Character: Marquis de Vargas
Concerns a young woman who embarks on a series of love affairs. Originally around 100 minutes, only a 23 minute, 9.5mm cut-down version is known to survive today, held by the BFI.
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Knowing Men (1930)
Character: Marquis de Jaurmais
Facing an arranged marriage to a man of dubious morals, heiress Korah Hurley poses as the impoverished travelling companion of her aunt, the Marquise de Jaurmais, in order to test whether her rakish fiancé's affections are truly for her or for the fortune she will inherit.
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The W Plan (1930)
Character: Commander-in-Chief
A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.
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On Secret Service (1933)
Character: Colonel von Waldmuller
Greta Nissen stars as an Italian noblewoman living a dangerous double life as a spy. A remake of the celebrated German thriller Spione am Werk. Co-starring noted German actor Karl Ludwig Diehl and American matinee idol Don Alvarado. The film takes place in Vienna, 1912. When an Austrian staff officer is implicated by association with a known Italian spy he goes on the run. Three years later - as the Great War gets into full swing - he returns and begs the Austrian Secret Service to allow him to clear his name from suspicion.
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Moscow Nights (1934)
Character: President of Court Martial
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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King of the Damned (1935)
Character: Commandant Fernandez
Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special twist...the prisoners want to stay on and govern themselves in a humane and productive working community. Well that's the theory anyway but circumstances make their venture a lot more complicated than that.
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The Riverside Murder (1935)
Character: Dickenson - Norman's Attorney
Investor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues story to impress editor. Intertwining narratives of crime solving and reporting unfold.
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Strictly Business (1931)
Character: Sir Gerald Plummet
The daughter of an American leather magnate is sent on a series of sightseeing tours in London with her father's business associate, but finds herself targeted by an opportunistic blackmailer.
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Tell England (1931)
Character: The Colonel
In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
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