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Fortune Lane (1947)
Character: Tim
In this children's movie a young inventor dreams of becoming an engineer. He has even created a new gadget, but before he can finish it, he needs more money so he and his pal begin washing windows. The inventor's pal wants to use the money to go home to Ireland so he can see his dying grandpa. His good-hearted partner gladly gives up his share. Later, he is praised for his genius.
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Dangerous Afternoon (1961)
Character: Jim
The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
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Night Without Pity (1961)
Character: Arthur
A woman and her injured son are detained by one crook, whilst the other takes the safe keys to rob a factory. They fall out, and the boy is rescued while they fight.
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A Hole Lot of Trouble (1971)
Character: Digby
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.
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The Great Van Robbery (1959)
Character: Francey
Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a London coffee importer.
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Links of Justice (1958)
Character: Fleming
Edgar is unhappily married to rich Clare. He plots with his mistress Stella to kill Clare, as she refuses to divorce him and gives him little money. However, it is Edgar who is found murdered, and Clare has to stand trial to prove her innocence.
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Woman to Woman (1947)
Character: N/A
A Canadian officer, David Anson, who falls for French dancer Nicolette Bonnett during wartime, has a child with her, and returns heartbroken after her death from a weak heart, only for his wife to adopt the son, linking their lives across continents and tragedy, exploring themes of love, duty, and lost time.
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Night and the City (1950)
Character: Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
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Jazz Boat (1960)
Character: Barber
An electrician boasts about being a cat burglar to impress his comrades, but his lie spins out of control when he's sought to participate in a jewel heist.
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The High Bright Sun (1964)
Character: Medical Officer
This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to serve both justice and his own heart.
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The Boys (1962)
Character: Club Announcer (uncredited)
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
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The Cracksman (1963)
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!
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Fame Is the Spur (1947)
Character: The Boy Ryerson
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.
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On the Fiddle (1961)
Character: Corporal
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.
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Operation Bullshine (1959)
Character: Gunner Pooley
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as him paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
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The Big Switch (1968)
Character: Mike
Playboy John Carter picks up a woman in a discotheque and takes her home. When she is murdered and he is framed for the crime, he finds himself drawn into a seedy underworld plot.
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Three Clear Sundays (1965)
Character: Lou
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
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Jungle Street (1960)
Character: Joe Lucas
In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger escapes by double crossing the blackmailer by stealing the money and his girlfriend to boot. Unfortunately the police are in hot pursuit.
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Perfect Strangers (1945)
Character: Gordon
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
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The Desperate Man (1959)
Character: Young Man
Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.
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I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Character: Despatch Rider
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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Quiet Weekend (1946)
Character: Johnnie
Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
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