Michael Medwin

Michael Medwin

1923-07-18 London, England, UK 87 Credits

Biography

Michael Hugh Medwin, OBE (18 July 1923 – 26 February 2020) was an English actor and film producer.

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The Duchess

The Duchess

2008

as Speechmaker

7.0
Acting

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

Invasion

Invasion

2005

Acting

A soldier lands on an island and storms it. Only finding it defended by sheep and one old shepherd he claims it on behalf of his king and country. The...

Cast & Crew: If....

Cast & Crew: If....

2004

as Self - Interviewee

Acting

Episode of the BBC Scotland television series focusing on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film "If...", featuring interviews with star Malcolm McDowell, cinem...

Fanny & Elvis

Fanny & Elvis

1999

as Registrar

6.2
Acting

Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband leaves her. To get over the financial crisis this c...

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

1998

as Red King

5.1
Acting

A modern adaptation of the classic children's story 'Alice through the Looking Glass', which continued on from the popular 'Alice in Wonderland' story...

Staggered

Staggered

1994

as Sarah's father

5.3
Acting

Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil enco...

The Fool

1990

as Mr. Wells

7.0
Acting

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working c...

The Endless Game

The Endless Game

1989

as Bayldon

6.0
Acting

A British agent comes back from retirement after several of his former colleagues, including his former lover, are murdered. He must examine events fr...

Just Ask for Diamond

Just Ask for Diamond

1988

as The Professor

4.3
Acting

Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detective Agency above Camden Town Tube Station in north-c...

Paradise Hotel

Paradise Hotel

1986

as English Producer

Acting

A diverse group of guests gather in a small hotel in Paris to contemplate the state of their lives in this pretentious drama. Joseph Goldman (Fernando...

Sleepwalker

Sleepwalker

1984

as Waiter

5.7
Acting

Saxon Logan's extraordinary 49 minute featurette pitches four people into a class war situation with a vicious sting in the tale.

The Jigsaw Man

The Jigsaw Man

1983

as Milroy

4.9
Acting

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to...

Never Say Never Again

Never Say Never Again

1983

as Doctor at Shrublands

6.1
Acting

James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuc...

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital

1982

as Theatre Surgeon

6.3
Acting

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative ...

The Sea Wolves

The Sea Wolves

1980

as Langley

5.9
Acting

A German spy is passing on information about the location of Allied ships in the neutral harbor of Goa, India, with catastrophic results. Unable to un...

Law and Disorder

Law and Disorder

1974

as Man In Cab

4.9
Acting

In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous...

Law and Disorder

Law and Disorder

1974

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous...

View from the Loft

View from the Loft

1974

as Ian Faulkner

Acting

Young Linda Channing visits her fiancé Ian Faulkner at an old aristocratic residence near London. Here he witnesses several mysterious murders. There...

O Lucky Man!

O Lucky Man!

1973

as Army Captain/Power Station Technician/Duke of Belminster

6.9
Acting

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

O Lucky Man!

O Lucky Man!

1973

Producer

6.9
Producing

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Gumshoe

Gumshoe

1971

Producer

6.3
Producing

A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

Scrooge

Scrooge

1970

as Nephew Fred

6.9
Acting

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

Spring and Port Wine

Spring and Port Wine

1970

Producer

5.6
Producing

A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.

if....

if....

1968

Producer

7.1
Producing

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callousl...

Charlie Bubbles

Charlie Bubbles

1968

Producer

6.3
Producing

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a...

A Countess from Hong Kong

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967

as John Felix

6.0
Acting

A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

1966

as Sewer Man

6.1
Acting

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

I've Gotta Horse

I've Gotta Horse

1965

as Hymie Campbell

6.0
Acting

A fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great love of animals, and it features his own racehorse, A...

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill

1965

as Tommy

5.3
Acting

When a jet airliner with engine trouble lands in Beirut for a twenty-four hour stopover, purser 'Jonesey' fears his life is in danger from a gold-smug...

Rattle of a Simple Man

Rattle of a Simple Man

1964

as Ginger

5.4
Acting

Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho str...

Night Must Fall

Night Must Fall

1964

as Derek

6.5
Acting

A psychotic killer gets in the good graces of his aging invalid employer, and worms his way into the affection of her beautiful daughter, with unpleas...

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance

1963

4.0
Acting

At the end of the 19th century, during the British rule of India, the goddess Kali commits a number of murders, among which the man who was conducting...

It's All Happening

It's All Happening

1963

as Max Catlin

5.0
Acting

Tommy Steele stars as a talent-spotter at a recording company who determines to organize a concert featuring all the most up-to-date singers and bands...

The Longest Day

The Longest Day

1962

as Pvt. Watney

7.6
Acting

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the d...

Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous

1962

as Ronnie Bassett

6.1
Acting

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a depart...

The Heart of a Man

The Heart of a Man

1959

as Sid

Acting

Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tri...

Carry On Nurse

Carry On Nurse

1959

as Ginger

6.4
Acting

In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill...

The Wind Cannot Read

The Wind Cannot Read

1958

as Officer Lamb

6.2
Acting

A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy and...

The Duke Wore Jeans

The Duke Wore Jeans

1958

as Cooper

5.2
Acting

A Cockney lad pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess.

The Steel Bayonet

The Steel Bayonet

1958

as Lt. Vernon

5.4
Acting

Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post...

I Only Arsked

I Only Arsked

1958

as Cpl. Springer

6.4
Acting

A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protector...

Doctor at Large

Doctor at Large

1957

as Dr. Charles Bingham

5.6
Acting

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bog...

The Girl in the Picture

The Girl in the Picture

1957

as Car Mechanic (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.

Checkpoint

Checkpoint

1956

as Ginger

5.3
Acting

Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, wh...

A Hill in Korea

A Hill in Korea

1956

as Pvt. Docker

6.6
Acting

Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers serving in the Korean War. Out on a routine patrol, the...

Charley Moon

Charley Moon

1956

as Alf Higgins

7.0
Acting

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with H...

A Man on the Beach

A Man on the Beach

1955

5.5
Acting

This weird short manages to pack in fraud, murder, alcoholism and transvestitism, with two somewhat obvious plot twists but a acertain amount of inter...

Doctor at Sea

Doctor at Sea

1955

as Sub-lieutenant Trail

5.4
Acting

The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape t...

Above Us the Waves

Above Us the Waves

1955

as Smart

6.1
Acting

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to at...

The Teckman Mystery

The Teckman Mystery

1954

as Martin Teckman

6.0
Acting

A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a ser...

Bang! You're Dead

Bang! You're Dead

1954

as Bob Carter

7.3
Acting

Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayma...

The Intruder

The Intruder

1953

as Ginger Edwards

7.2
Acting

When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. W...

Spaceways

Spaceways

1953

as Dr. Toby Andrews

4.7
Acting

A rocket engineer, responsible for sending a satellite into space, is accused of committing the most extraordinary crime.

Malta Story

Malta Story

1953

as Ramsey

5.9
Acting

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese gi...

The Oracle

The Oracle

1953

as Timothy Blake

5.0
Acting

An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

Genevieve

Genevieve

1953

as Father To Be (Uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

Street Corner

Street Corner

1953

as Chick

5.8
Acting

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.

Miss Robin Hood

Miss Robin Hood

1952

as Ernest

7.5
Acting

In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition fro...

Top Secret

Top Secret

1952

as Smedley

6.0
Acting

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...

Hindle Wakes

Hindle Wakes

1952

as George Ackroyd

5.0
Acting

During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help ...

Love's a Luxury

Love's a Luxury

1952

as Dick Pentwick

5.2
Acting

A theatre producer and actor try in vain to have a quiet week in a country cottage. But their efforts turn into comic disaster as a variety of wives,...

Curtain Up

Curtain Up

1952

as Jerry Winterton

7.2
Acting

In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing writte...

Four in a Jeep

Four in a Jeep

1951

as Sgt. Harry Stuart

5.4
Acting

Soviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna.

The Long Dark Hall

The Long Dark Hall

1951

as Leslie Scott

6.4
Acting

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

Trio

Trio

1950

as Steward

6.3
Acting

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

Shadow of the Past

Shadow of the Past

1950

as Dick Stevens

Acting

A man catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead.

The Lady Craved Excitement

1950

as Johnny

5.2
Acting

A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of not particularly bright crooks.

Someone at the Door

1950

as Ronnie Martin

5.0
Acting

A man and his sister live in a country home, not knowing that there is stolen loot hidden there. A gang of criminals attempts to get them to move so t...

Boys in Brown

Boys in Brown

1949

as Alf "Sparrow" Thompson

6.5
Acting

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...

Children of Chance

1949

Writer

Writing

In Ischia, a priest uses the money a young woman has made on the black market toward a home for illegitimate children.

Trottie True

Trottie True

1949

as Monty, Marquis of Maidenhead

7.0
Acting

Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true b...

For Them That Trespass

For Them That Trespass

1949

as Len, Herbie's bar pal

5.2
Acting

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...

The Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades

1949

as Hovaisky

6.6
Acting

An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fan...

Forbidden

Forbidden

1949

as Cabby

6.9
Acting

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...

Helter Skelter

Helter Skelter

1949

as Man Giving BBC Boxing Talk

6.2
Acting

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

William Comes to Town

William Comes to Town

1948

as Reporter

Acting

William Brown attempts to secure more pay and shorter hours for schoolboys.

Another Shore

Another Shore

1948

as Yellow

5.5
Acting

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.

Woman Hater

Woman Hater

1948

as Harris

7.0
Acting

A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

My Sister and I

My Sister and I

1948

Writer

Writing

A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon realise all is not as it seems as the past comes back to ha...

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1948

as Kitty's Doctor

6.0
Acting

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's compani...

Look Before You Love

Look Before You Love

1948

as Emile Garat

Acting

Romance in Rio for a girl of the embassy staff.

Nightbeat

Nightbeat

1947

as Rocky

5.2
Acting

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

Just William's Luck

Just William's Luck

1947

as Spiv

7.0
Acting

Comic adventures of an 11-year-old boy and his neighborhood pals.

An Ideal Husband

An Ideal Husband

1947

as Duke of Nonesuch

6.3
Acting

A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover...

Black Memory

Black Memory

1947

as Johnnie Fletcher

4.5
Acting

Cockney Danny Cruff is the son of a man wrongly accused of murder. Danny decides to solve the mystery himself by hobnobbing with London's underworld. ...

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

1947

as Edward Courtney

4.9
Acting

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...

Piccadilly Incident

Piccadilly Incident

1946

as Radio Operator

6.2
Acting

A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her hus...