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Rob Roy (1922)
Character: James Grahame
A clan chief seeks revenge on the jealous Duke who outlawed him.
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Lady Audley's Secret (1920)
Character: Luke Marks
'Old knight's new wife throws first husband down well and tries to burn blackmailing gardener.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Dizzy Limit (1930)
Character: Woolf
A jewel thief kidnaps a conjurer's assistant to win a prize for a box trick.
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The School for Scandal (1930)
Character: Rawley
Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.
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The Clicking of Cuthbert (1924)
Character: Brusiloff's golf opponent (as Wally Bosco)
A champion golfer falls for a beautiful woman, only to find that her heart lies with one of 'the Cultured', a poet and a member of the literary and debating society. The golfer resolves to become an intellectual and, following a lecture by 'a highbrow Russian and typical whiskered Bolshevik' who happens to also be a brother golfer, the object of the golfer's affection realises that there may be something more to the game after all.
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Sailors Don't Care (1928)
Character: Mr Fink
'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Valley of Ghosts (1930)
Character: Darracus Merrivan
'Detective loves daughter of artist suspected of murdering blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Doctor Syn (1937)
Character: Spectator in Coroner's Court (uncredited)
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
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The Green Caravan (1922)
Character: Sir Simeon Marks
A jealous girl compromises a Lord's gypsy wife but confesses when the gypsy cures her baby's diphtheria.
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Quinneys (1927)
Character: Sam Tomlin
'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Balaclava (1928)
Character: Lord Palmerston
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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The Mystery of the Dancing Men (1923)
Character: Slaney
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Character: Gasthof Petrus Guest (uncredited)
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
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Time Flies (1944)
Character: (uncredited)
The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
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Room at the Top (1958)
Character: Pub Customer (uncredited)
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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A Stitch in Time (1963)
Character: Patient (uncredited)
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
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The Mudlark (1950)
Character: MP
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
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Night of the Demon (1957)
Character: N/A
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
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The Scarlet Blade (1963)
Character: Villager
A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathizers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double crossing and derring-do.
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Beat Girl (1960)
Character: Strip Club Patron (uncredited)
When her architect father brings home a much younger new wife, rebellious and resentful teen Jenny goes to extreme lengths to sabotage their relationship.
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Character: Peasant (uncredited)
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
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The Ghost Train (1941)
Character: Ted Holmes
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
Character: Copy Boy (uncredited)
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
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A Canterbury Tale (1944)
Character: A. R. P. Worker
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.
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Just My Luck (1957)
Character: Man in Building (uncredited)
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over 100 years to save up for it. He is talked into betting a pound on a six horse accumulator at the Goodwood races with a slightly shady bookmaker. When he has won on the first five races, the bookie owes him over 16,000 pounds and everyone begins to worry. Everyone's future depends on a single race ... what can be done ?
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Crooks Anonymous (1962)
Character: Butler (uncredited)
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.
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Ivanhoe (1913)
Character: Sir Cedric, Ivanhoe's Father
Wilfred of Ivanhoe (played by King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (played by Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowena (played by Evelyn Hope) has remained faithful, two weary travelers, Isaac of York (played by Herbert Brenon) and his pretty daughter Rebecca (played by Leah Baird), are admitted to Sir Cedric's castle, but after the knights learn that Isaac has money they abduct the visitors to the Norman stronghold of Torquilstone Castle.
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Brief Encounter (1945)
Character: Doctor After Bobbie's Accident (uncredited)
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
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Raising the Wind (1961)
Character: Man at Concert (uncredited)
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
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Richard III (1955)
Character: Monk
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
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Carry On Regardless (1961)
Character: Old Man in Ruby Room (uncredited)
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
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The Truth About Women (1957)
Character: Juror (uncredited)
A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.
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The 39 Steps (1935)
Character: Palladium Doorman (uncredited)
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.
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