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Trouble for Two (1939)
Character: N/A
An assistant in a jewel shop is given charge of a famous necklace to take to a customer. The house is shut up, and he has to guard it for the weekend.
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Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
Character: Charles II
A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.
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The Frozen Limits (1939)
Character: Tex O'Brien
The Crazy Gang join the 1898 gold rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and they're a bit late.
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Laugh It Off (1940)
Character: Lt. Somers
As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep moral up, his commanding officer orders him to perform for the troops.
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Mysterious Mr. Nicholson (1947)
Character: Nicholson/Raeburn
A change in a will, a murder and a mysterious letter. The police look to a former cat burglar to aid them in the investigation.
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For Freedom (1940)
Character: Steve
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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The Three Weird Sisters (1948)
Character: David Davies
Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed the sisters promise to rebuild the homes.
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The Body Vanished (1939)
Character: Rodney Paine
A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body has disappeared, leaving it to the inspector to find the body, determine the motive and find the killer.
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Send for Paul Temple (1946)
Character: Paul Temple
Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
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It's a Grand Life (1953)
Character: Capt. Saunders
Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend Frank Randle in his final screen role, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal (played by icon Diana Dors) from the attentions of a predatory Sergeant-Major.
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Journey Together (1945)
Character: Chief Flying Instructor, Flying Grading School
Two Englishmen train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
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They Came by Night (1940)
Character: Sergeant Tolly
A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
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A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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