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Complete Filmography
The Naked Edge
1961
as Judge
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the cri...
Surprise Package
1960
as Aide to King Pavel II
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.
Cone of Silence
1960
as Sir Henry
A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for ...
Left Right and Centre
1959
as himself
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stel...
Rx Murder
1958
as Doctor Alexander
An American doctor, Jethro Jones, comes into a quiet British seaside community and becomes entangled in a murder mystery when the town gossips inform ...
Dangerous Exile
1957
as Capt. Andrew Ogden
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Rich...
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Reform Club Member (uncredited)
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
as Dr. Simpson
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
The Dam Busters
1955
as Committee Member
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 S...
The End of the Affair
1955
as Dr Collingwood
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book....
Before I Wake
1955
as Dr. Elder
A woman travels to England to attend her parents' funeral. She is told by officials that they died of natural causes together, but she doesn't buy it....
The Time of His Life
1955
as Sir John
Mr Pastry's social climbing daughter, president of a society for the rehabilitation for ex-convicts, hides the fact that her father is himself a priso...
Souls in Conflict
1954
as Rev. Alan Woodbridge
An actress, a factory worker, and a jet pilot all face up to their personal problems after attending a rally by Dr. Billy Graham.
Top Secret
1952
as Prime Minister
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyon...
Circumstantial Evidence
1952
as Sir Edward Carteret
Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret. But when her husband suddenly reappe...
The Crimson Pirate
1952
as Sebastian
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the l...
Green Grow the Rushes
1951
as Col. Gill
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back...
The Rossiter Case
1951
as Sir James Ferguson
The happy marriage of Liz and Peter Rossiter is shattered after Liz is paralysed in an accident. Peter soon finds solace with Honor, his sister-in-law...
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950
as Police Commissioner
The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series ...
Boys in Brown
1949
as Judge
Jackie lives in poverty with his widowed mother. In a bid to escape poverty he gets involved in a robbery that sees him sentenced to three years in Bo...
Landfall
1949
as Admiral
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to...
Dear Mr. Prohack
1949
as The Director General
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and...
All Over the Town
1949
as Wainer
Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's par...
For Them That Trespass
1949
as The Vicar
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begi...
Forbidden
1949
as Dr. Franklin
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic...
Quartet
1948
as Prison Governor (segment "The Kite")
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."
Escape
1948
as Judge
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
Nightbeat
1947
as Magistrate
After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
1947
as Henry Errington
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between t...
So Well Remembered
1947
as John Channing
A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.
The Captive Heart
1946
as Mr. Mowbray
A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier ...
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
1945
as Captain Blood
Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social status...
The Agitator
1945
as Mark Overend
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young...
One Exciting Night
1944
as Hampton
A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.
The Hundred Pound Window
1944
as Ernest Draper
An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
The Shipbuilders
1943
as Mr. Villier
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the Briti...
Dear Octopus
1943
as Charles Randolph
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothi...
The Gentle Sex
1943
as Colonel Lawrence
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, dri...
We'll Meet Again
1943
as Mr. Hastropp
A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to...
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Lord Auckland
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
The Next of Kin
1942
as Colonel
Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this...
Atlantic Ferry
1941
as James Morison
The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.
The Spell of Amy Nugent
1941
as Mr. Vincent
A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of spiritualists.
The Prime Minister
1941
as Lord Melbourne
Directed by Thorold Dickinson.
On the Night of the Fire
1939
as Inspector
A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939
as Marsham
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.
The Outsider
1939
as Joseph Sturdee
A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
Sixty Glorious Years
1938
as Herbert H. Asquith
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
Dinner at the Ritz
1937
as Tarade
The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
King Solomon's Mines
1937
as Diamond Buyer
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
The Show Goes On
1937
as O.B. Dalton
A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Vice Consul
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie i...
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936
as Emperor
Mozart biopic.
The Iron Duke
1934
as King of Prussia
The life and times of the Duke of Wellington
Evensong
1934
as Emperor FranzJosef
Loosely based on the story of the singer Nellie Melba...
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1932
as Sir James Hall
A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance.
Down River
1931
as Inspector Manning
A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.
Dreyfus
1931
as Edgar Demange
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into t...
Bracelets
1931
as Slim Symes
A jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them ...