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Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941)
Character: RAF Officer
Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.
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Mist in the Valley (1923)
Character: Denis Marlowe
Young heiress Margaret Yeoland is found unconscious on the Devonshire moors by a disillusioned author, Denis Marlowe. She tells him she has run away from her family, but is reluctant to reveal the full story. Intent on concealing her identity from her pursuers, Denis coerces her into marrying him. But when the body of Margaret's missing father is discovered, it leads Denis to suspect his wife of murder.
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Old Mother Riley (1937)
Character: Counsel for Defence
Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane, Barbara Everest, Patrick Ludlow and Hubert Leslie. Mother Riley and her daughter stop the plans of some disinherited relatives to overturn the terms of a will. It was the first in the Old Mother Riley series of films.
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Let the People Sing (1942)
Character: Inspector
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
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Sailors Don't Care (1940)
Character: Admiral Reynolds
Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.
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Sacrifice (1929)
Character: Marcus Heriot
'Lady persuades her son to divorce his actress wife by implying their baby is illegitimate.' (British Film Catalogue)
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For You Alone (1945)
Character: Rev. Peter Britton
Wartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman torn between her love for a naval officer and duty to an injured admirer.
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The Dummy Talks (1943)
Character: Piers Harriman
An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance.
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Inquest (1931)
Character: Charles Wyatt
A widow enlists the support of a King's Counsel to help clear herself of the accusation she had murdered her husband by a suspicious coroner
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Lady of Vengeance (1957)
Character: Bennett
When publisher William Marshall learns his young ward Melissa Collins has committed suicide, he sets in motion a plan to murder the man who drove Melissa to kill herself. Mistakenly believing that singer Larry Shaw is his intended target, Marshall unwittingly seeks help from the man who actually broke Melissa's heart.
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The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Character: Sir Edward Courtney Sr.
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.
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My Learned Friend (1943)
Character: Dr. Scudamore
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.
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Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Character: Perkins
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy, is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?
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The Gap (1937)
Character: Air-Vice Marshal (as George Mulcaster)
A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.
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Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
Character: The Duke of Newcastle
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.
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The Lion Has Wings (1939)
Character: Controller
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
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Night Train to Munich (1940)
Character: N/A
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
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Under Capricorn (1949)
Character: Dr. Macallister
A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to help her conquer her demons and return her life to normal.
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That Dangerous Age (1949)
Character: Simmons
The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to the husband and he becomes ill. In hopes of avoiding a scene, she passes her beau along to her stepdaughter, Monica.
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The Patient Vanishes (1941)
Character: Lord Morne
Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.
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Contraband Spain (1955)
Character: Coronel Ingleby
An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.
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