Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Anthony Edward Lowry "Tony" Britton (9 June 1924 - 22 December 2019) was an English actor. He is the father of presenter Fern Britton, scriptwriter Cherry Britton and actor Jasper Britton. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tony Britton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Man on Bus
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately...
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
as Simon Bates
"Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget theme song to The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Walt D...
Countdown to War
1989
as Sir Nevile Henderson
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until...
Where Eagles Fly
1984
as Self - Narrator
A look into the lives of eagles.
Agatha
1979
as William Collins
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
The People That Time Forgot
1977
as Capt. Lawton
Major Ben McBride organizes a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's...
The Dame of Sark
1976
as Colonel Von Schmettau
1976 play. During the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, Dame Sybil Hathaway comes up against her invading masters.
Buffet
1976
as Freddie
A quick drink in the buffet before going home. Freddie's nerves are taking a hammering lately; the economy is in dire trouble and who can blame a busi...
The Nearly Man
1974
as Christopher Tomlinson
A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.
Night Watch
1973
as Tony
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the aband...
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as Inspector Thomas
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated genda...
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
1971
as George Dewport
Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accep...
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as George Harding
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately...
There's a Girl in My Soup
1970
as Andrew Hunter
TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an Am...
Remember the Germans
1969
as Robert
The conflict of a German man, Robert, who worked during the war for U.S Intelligence and now has been drawn back to his country to be honoured by his ...
Horizontal Hold
1968
as Charles Muspratt
A woman writes a book about sex and marriage and it becomes a best seller.
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Simon Bates
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
The Break
1963
as Greg Parker
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
Stork Talk
1962
A gynecologist's wife leaves him, but returns when she finds out she's pregnant; but so is someone her husband's been very friendly with in her absenc...
The Horsemasters
1961
American students are having a difficult time at a prestigious English riding school. Dinah Wilcox is overly cautious because of memories of an accide...
Suspect
1960
as Dr. Robert Marriott
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he...
The Quiet Battle
1960
as Stephen Burton
The Danish resistance movement stepped up its activities towards the end of the war. One night, an English agent arrives by plane, is injured and is t...
The Rough and the Smooth
1959
as Mike Thompson
Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.
The Heart of a Man
1959
as Tony Carlisle
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...
Operation Amsterdam
1959
as Major Dillon
When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond mer...
Behind the Mask
1958
as Philip Selwood
A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patient through neglect.
The Birthday Present
1957
as Simon Scott
Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. ...
Loser Takes All
1956
as Philip
Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther, to explain a mistake in the accou...
1066 and All That
1952
A memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, five Bad Kings, and two Genuine Dates.
Salute the Toff
1952
as Draycott
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
Waterfront
1950
as Deck-hand (uncredited)
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after ...