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Fires of Fate (1932)
Character: Filbert Frayne
In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.
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Red Ensign (1934)
Character: Testing Official
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.
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Little Friend (1934)
Character: Jeffries
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
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The Story of Shirley Yorke (1949)
Character: Stansfield Yorke
Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. The woman dies and the finger is very strongly pointed at Sister Shirley because she and the Lord were former lovers.
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Sailors Don't Care (1940)
Character: Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.
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Her Night Out (1932)
Character: Jim Hanley
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.
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The Middle Watch (1930)
Character: Commander Baddeley
'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Dangerous Ground (1934)
Character: Philip Tarry
Two insurance detectives work with the police to identify and bring down a crime kingpin. One is murdered, but his partner and his daughter continue.
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The Hate Ship (1929)
Character: Capt. Roger Peel
A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to murder him.
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Raise the Roof (1930)
Character: Atherley Armitage
The wealthy Rodney Langford, who dreams of going on the stage, hopes to fulfil his ambitions by buying a failing revue called 'Raise the Roof', starring Maisie Grey. His father, fearing scandal, bribes amoral actor Atherley Armitage to sabotage the show. But, when all hope seems lost, Maisie comes up with an ingenious idea to try and save the day.
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Infatuation (1930)
Character: David
A youth falls for an ageing actress and discovers she is his mother.
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Night Birds (1930)
Character: Sgt. Harry Cross
Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.
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No Way Back (1949)
Character: Joe Sleat
A gangster's girl loves a one-eyed boxer who is framed for robbery.
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For Freedom (1940)
Character: Cutter
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.
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I Didn't Do It (1945)
Character: J.B. Cato
Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to find himself the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery! Whilst staying at Ma Tubbs' theatrical boarding house, a man is murdered in the room right next door to George. When George tries to solve the mystery, he ends up presenting the police with a whole load of clues - all of which point to him as the culprit! Now George must uncover the real murderer himself, with the help of his showbiz friends, his little Ukulele and a fiendishly cunning song! This delightful comedy musical includes three full-length musical numbers - The Daring Young Man, She's Got Two of Everything and I'd Like a Dream Like That.
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Double or Quits (1938)
Character: Roland
A reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing that he didn't do it, he sets out to find the real thief, but isn't prepared for what he discovers.
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Calling Paul Temple (1948)
Character: Sir Graham Forbes
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
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Harmony Heaven (1930)
Character: Stuart
The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.
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Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
Character: Aide
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
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Suspense (1930)
Character: Capt. Wilson
During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
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Life of St. Paul (1938)
Character: Pudens
The Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.
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Rogue's March (1953)
Character: Gen. Woodbury
After being unjustly accused of spying, a British officer tries to redeem himself in India.
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Easy Money (1948)
Character: Managing Director
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
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Neutral Port (1940)
Character: Alf
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.
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Mine Own Executioner (1947)
Character: Inspector Pierce
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
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Doctor Dolittle (1967)
Character: Vicar (uncredited)
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
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The Desert Rats (1953)
Character: C.I.C. (uncredited)
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
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Girl in the News (1940)
Character: Detective Smith (Uncredited)
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
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Send for Paul Temple (1946)
Character: Sir Graham Forbes
Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
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An Affair to Remember (1957)
Character: British TV Commentator (uncredited)
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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Holiday Camp (1947)
Character: Detective
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
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Not as a Stranger (1955)
Character: Dr. Lettering
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
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The Americanization of Emily (1964)
Character: Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.
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Good-Time Girl (1948)
Character: Detective Inspector Girton
Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
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Piccadilly (1929)
Character: Diner in Nightclub Scene (uncredited)
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
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Scandalous John (1971)
Character: Switchman
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
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Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Character: Stuart Frye
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
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Mimi (1935)
Character: Duke
A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Character: Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
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Above and Beyond (1953)
Character: Dr. Fiske
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.
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The Clairvoyant (1935)
Character: Customs Officer (uncredited)
A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
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Rhapsody (1954)
Character: Edmund Streller
A rich, young beauty, Louise Durant, follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at the conservatory. A piano student at the conservatory falls madly in love with Louise. The violinist loves his music first and Louise second. The pianist loves Louise first and his music second. Louise must ultimately choose which man she wants.
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The Happy Time (1952)
Character: Mr. Frye - School Principal
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
An ailing famous barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where his self-possessed wife's unconvincing testimony confuses him.
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Quartet (1948)
Character: Thomas
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
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My Brother's Keeper (1948)
Character: Chief Constable
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
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The Ghoul (1933)
Character: Davis the Chauffeur (uncredited)
British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.
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Julius Caesar (1953)
Character: Trebonius
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.
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The Killing of Sister George (1968)
Character: N/A
When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught realizes that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character 'Sister George', a lovable nurse she portrays in a popular daytime serial. To make matters worse, the widowed executive at the BBC responsible for the decision to kill off Sister George - Mercy Croft is also a predatory lesbian who is after Childie and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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The Fortunate Fool (1933)
Character: Gerald Falconer
A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her luck.
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Comets (1930)
Character: Himself
A Musical Revue featuring a number of prominent vaudeville and theatrical British artists of the day in songs, dances, dramatic and musical sketches.
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Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Character: Elderly Man (uncredited)
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
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