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The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
Character: 2nd Old club member
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
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The Calendar (1948)
Character: Rainby
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
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Mister Ten Per Cent (1967)
Character: Manservant
Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. When it's finished it arrives on the desk of a London impresario, when he wants to stage a flop.
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The Echo Murders (1945)
Character: Cotter
Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.
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A Woman in Pawn (1927)
Character: David Courthill
'Ruined stockbroker blamed for killing crooking financier who lured his wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Gaol Break (1936)
Character: Paul Kendall
“Jim Oakley hears in prison that his son is to be made a substitute by a gang for a rich American family's son who was kidnapped years back. He breaks jail to rescue his son but after seeing how happy his son will be with the family, he renounces his claim to boy and returns to finish his sentence in jail.” - BFI.
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School for Secrets (1946)
Character: 2nd Club Member
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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House of Danger (1934)
Character: Gordon - the Butler
To protect a young woman's life, a man pretends to be her injured friend so he can investigate a murder and capture the killers.
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The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Character: Gen. Zeiss
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
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Double Bunk (1961)
Character: Freighter Captain
When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.
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Simba (1955)
Character: Colonel Bridgeman
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
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Cavalcade (1933)
Character: Ronnie James
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
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Christopher Strong (1933)
Character: Bryce Mercer
A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
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The Man in the White Suit (1951)
Character: Mannering
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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The Squaw Man (1931)
Character: Hardwick
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler Cash Hawkins by rescuing the Indian girl Naturich from Hawkins. Wyngate marries Naturich, but then learns that his cousin Lord Henry has been killed and has cleared his name before dying. As Wyngate has long loved Lady Diana, Lord Henry's wife, he is perplexed at his situation. But fate takes a hand and resolves matters as Wyngate could not have predicted.
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Of Human Bondage (1934)
Character: Dr. Jacobs
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
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Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Character: Admiralty Official
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
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Grip of the Strangler (1958)
Character: Dr. Johnson
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
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Blind Adventure (1933)
Character: Harvey, a thug
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.
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Beau Brummell (1954)
Character: Colonel
Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham. However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.
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Headline Shooter (1933)
Character: Beauty Contest Judge (uncredited)
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
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But the Flesh Is Weak (1932)
Character: Findley
A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
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I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Character: Brigadier
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
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Grand Canary (1934)
Character: Purser
Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.
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A Touch of Larceny (1960)
Character: Club Member
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
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The Royal Bed (1931)
Character: Major Blent
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
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Way for a Sailor (1930)
Character: Canadian Queen Captain
A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
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Menace (1934)
Character: Underwood
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.
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The Fountain (1934)
Character: Willett
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to German officer Rupert Von Narwitz, his childhood sweetheart Julie. Long discussions between Julie and Allison, centering on family conflicts that kept them apart, take place before the severely wounded Von Narwitz returns to the castle and more long discussions ensue.
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