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Complete Filmography
Poor Cow
1967
as Pub Customer
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. L...
Cathy Come Home
1966
as Grandad
A British woman faces a downward social climb thanks to her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.
The Coming Out Party
1965
as Grandad
When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.
Up the Junction
1965
as Totter
The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.
Three Clear Sundays
1965
as Prisoner
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.
The Comedy Man
1964
as Bar Manager
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognit...
A Jolly Bad Fellow
1964
as Tom Pike
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least...
Sparrows Can't Sing
1963
as Watchman
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up wi...
Danger by My Side
1962
as Factory Gatekeeper
A girl tracks down the gang who had her detective brother killed.
Serena
1962
as Barman
Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time...
Nothing Barred
1961
as Newspaperman
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and...
The Millionairess
1960
as Whelk Seller
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in l...
The Challenge
1960
as Ticket Collector
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
Operation Cupid
1960
A gang of criminals plan to use a marriage agency that they won during a card game, to arrange a lucrative marriage for one of their number.
I'm All Right Jack
1959
as Workman
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start fr...
The Naked Truth
1957
as Paunchy Old Man
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rat...
Not So Dusty
1956
Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. Meanwhile one ...
Josephine and Men
1955
as Landlord
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953
as Bookmaker
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the wo...
Salute the Toff
1952
as Bert Ebbutt
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
Hammer the Toff
1952
as Bert Ebbutt
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
1950
as Police Officer 'Tiny' White
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 ...
Helter Skelter
1949
as BBC Commissionaire
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
The Adventures of Jane
1949
as Customs Official
Jane is given a bracelet by an elderly admirer. He is in league with Cleaver, a suave crook, and the two plan to use Jane and the bracelet to smuggle ...
Date with a Dream
1948
as Uncle
Four war-time performers known for their concert parties, have a reunion. They decide they are still good together and form a successful nightclub act...
The Guinea Pig
1948
as Uncle Percy
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes tog...
Calling Paul Temple
1948
as Spider Williams
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
Good-Time Girl
1948
as Bookie (uncredited)
Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with...
River Patrol
1948
as The Guy
The Thames river police try to track down smugglers.
Pygmalion
1948
as Man in the Cap
Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
1947
as Foreman
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the...
Green Fingers
1947
as Dawson
A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is beli...
A Matter of Life and Death
1946
as Civil Defence Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But t...
George in Civvy Street
1946
as Sprout
George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in ...
Wanted for Murder
1946
as Merry-Go-Round Barker
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Appointment with Crime
1946
as Joe Fisher
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing...
Old Mother Riley at Home
1945
as Bouncer
Old Mother Riley and her daughter's true love, Dan, go in search of Kitty who has run off with her new boyfriend to a gambling den.
I Didn't Do It
1945
as Det Sgt. Carp
Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to...
Don Chicago
1945
as Sergeant
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he tangle...
Read All About It
1945
as 2nd Policeman
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of news...
The Butler's Dilemma
1943
as Tom
Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...
Get Cracking
1943
as Sgt. Joe Preston
Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was produce...
Death by Design
1943
as Sergeant Clinton
Dastardly deeds are afoot in a smog of pipe smoke when a man is found dead - is it cyanide poisoning or smoke inhalation?
Much Too Shy
1942
as Police Constable
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold wit...
In Which We Serve
1942
as Uncle Fred
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only comman...
Sabotage at Sea
1942
as Tom (the steward)
The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.
Let the People Sing
1942
as Sam
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
Unpublished Story
1942
as Taxi Driver at Victoria Station
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Bob's Your Uncle
1942
as Sgt. Brownfoot
Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy a...
Gert and Daisy's Weekend
1942
as Charlie Peters
Gert and Daisy accompany a crowd of Cockney children who are being evacuated to a stately home in the country.
The Seventh Survivor
1942
as Bob Sutton
During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by ...
Facing the Music
1941
as Briggs
Betty driver vehicle
The Common Touch
1941
as 'Nobby'
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want ...
I Thank You
1941
as Bill The Fireman
Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded whe...
Cottage to Let
1941
as Evans
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfe...
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941
as Sergeant Major
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an...
Quiet Wedding
1941
as Third Magistrate
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Old Mother Riley in Business
1941
Old Mother Riley starts a new business.
Gasbags
1941
as Sgt Major
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by runnin...
Neutral Port
1940
as Fred
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.
Henry Steps Out
1940
as Wally
On the outbreak of the Second World War an idler is forced to join the army by his domineering wife.
The Flying Squad
1940
as Bargee
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940
as The Buller
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. T...
Night Train to Munich
1940
as Fisherman (uncredited)
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;...
Band Waggon
1940
as Commisssionaire
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.
Laugh It Off
1940
as Sergeant
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, hi...
Return to Yesterday
1940
as Night Watchman
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.
They Came by Night
1940
as Bugsie
A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
1939
as Police Sergeant
During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.
Sword of Honour
1939
as Pomeroy Brown
A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National.
Poison Pen
1939
as Mr. Albert Suggs
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Smith
1939
as Jones
John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the Em...
Inspector Hornleigh
1939
as Sam Holt
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon...
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1939
as Lomer
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting rin...
Pygmalion
1939
as First Bystander
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training,...
The Ware Case
1938
as Taxi Driver
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
Night Alone
1938
as Policeman
Charles and Barbara are a devoted couple who, in seven years' marriage, have never spent a night apart. When they come up to town for a family engagem...
Alf's Button Afloat
1938
as Sergt. Hawkins
Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his pyjamas is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp and that when he cleans it a genie appears.
Quiet, Please
1938
as Bill
“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.
I See Ice
1938
as Train Conductor
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensu...
Bank Holiday
1938
as Arthur
A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside. Doreen and Milly are off to a beauty conte...
Owd Bob
1938
as Unlucky Joe
Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that a...
The Man Who Made Diamonds
1937
as Alf Higgins
“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamo...
Captain's Orders
1937
as Johnstone
Doctor Syn
1937
as Collyer's Bo'sun
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
The High Command
1937
as Crawford
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
Night Ride
1937
as Alf Higgins
Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries ...
The Price of Folly
1937
When Leonora Corbett phones Colin Keith-Johnson that she wants to give their marriage another chance, he tries to buy off his lover Judy Kelly. She wa...
The Street Singer
1937
as Policeman
Following an argument with his co-star during the rehearsals for a new stage show, famous singer Richard King walks out of the theatre, still wearing ...
Farewell Again
1937
as Sgt. Maj. Billings
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty ...
The Sky’s the Limit
1937
as Commissionaire
Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
Dusty Ermine
1936
as Thug
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his wor...
The Scarab Murder Case
1936
as Inspector Moor
One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie
Men Are Not Gods
1936
as Gallery Attendant
Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review ...
Busman's Holiday
1936
as Jeff Pinkerton
A bus conductor and his driver manage to round up a gang of criminals.
Busman's Holiday
1936
Story
A bus conductor and his driver manage to round up a gang of criminals.
Hail and Farewell
1936
as Sergeant Major
“A troopship bringing home a battalion from Bermuda docks at Southampton and the men are granted only 6 hours leave. The film shows how some of the me...
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936
as Supt. Smithnells
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
Excuse My Glove
1936
as Hurricane Harry
A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth.
King of the Castle
1936
as Trout
A family butler tries to find the missing heir to a title.
Prison Breaker
1936
as Villars
A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds hi...
Get Off My Foot
1935
as Tramp
A Smithfield porter becomes a butler, and later finds himself heir to a fortune.
Street Song
1935
as Wally
Lucy and her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a street singer.
Where’s George?
1935
A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league.
Crime Unlimited
1935
as Andrew Purvis
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.
Death on the Set
1935
as Sergeant Crowther
A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters place, he then causes an actress to be framed.
Off the Dole
1935
as Revels In His Part
Without a job, a young man is given the opportunity to run his ill uncle's private-detective agency. He finds himself mixed up with everything from an...
A Glimpse of Paradise
1935
as Harry
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
Dandy Dick
1935
as Police Constable Topping
The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various money-r...
The Public Life of Henry the Ninth
1935
as Landlord
Henry, an unemployed London street entertainer, gets his big break when he is engaged to perform as the opening act of a cabaret in local pub. He prov...
Once in a New Moon
1935
as Syd Parrott
When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based...
His Majesty & Co.
1935
as Bert Hicks
John, holidaying in the Ruritanian principality of Poldavia, falls for Princess Sandra. Returning to Britain, he meets not only the princess but her p...
Marry the Girl
1935
as Bookmaker
The Old Curiosity Shop
1934
as George
An elderly shop-keeper and his grand-daughter are threatened by the rich, mean-spirited dwarf Quilp, and decide to flee across England to escape him. ...
Passing Shadows
1934
as Sergeant
The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is attacked on a train. He appears to have shot the man.
Tiger Bay
1934
as Wally
Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay to test his strength. He falls in love and battles ...
Music Hall
1934
as Fred
A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
The Perfect Flaw
1934
as Bert
A clerk is planning to murder a stockbroker but is foiled in the attempt.
Those Were the Days
1934
as Inspector Briggs
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against...
Badger’s Green
1934
as Mr Rogers
A lovely English village is threatened with "development" by a speculative builder. The annual cricket match with another village shall decide its fat...
Sorrell and Son
1934
as Buck
Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a pro...
The Fire Raisers
1934
as Price the Trainer
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him ....
The Scotland Yard Mystery
1934
as Detective Sergeant George
A doctor uses his unique medical knowledge to mastermind a lucrative life-insurance scam; in a rare film role, legendary thespian Gerald du Maurier st...
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Butcher in Kitchen (uncredited)
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of tre...
Dora
1933
as PC William Petty
'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film...
Up for the Derby
1933
as Bert Davis, bookie
'Stableboy buys ruined employer's horse and wins Derby.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Crime at Blossoms
1933
as Palmer
After moving into a picturesque country cottage, a woman becomes increasingly concerned about the fate of the previous owner who she believes was murd...
Britannia of Billingsgate
1933
as Harry
The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a b...
Here's George
1932
as Foreman
'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)
Heroes of the Mine
1932
as Bob
A British drama film directed by Widgey R. Newman
Castle Sinister
1932
as Jorkins
A scientist seeks to transplant the brain of a young girl into his apeman.
The Great Gay Road
1931
as Joe
'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his sweetheart to a younger man.' (British Film Institu...
Never Trouble Trouble
1931
as Bill Hainton
A comedy film directed by Lupino Lane.
Shadows
1931
as Cripps
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.
Tell England
1931
as Sergeant
In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.
The Skin Game
1931
as Van Driver (uncredited)
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
The Sport of Kings
1931
as Panama Pete
Algernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert ...
Thread o' Scarlet
1930
as Ford
'Innocent blacksmith hanged on circumstantial evidence.' (British Film Catalogue)
Kissing Cup's Race
1930
as Bookie
A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .
The Great Game
1930
as Joe Miller
Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature...
Warned Off
1930
as Miles
An expelled horse owner clears his name and wins the Grand National.
High Treason
1929
as Peace League Commissionaire
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States. A bloody border incident puts both sides on high...
You Know What Sailors Are
1928
as Seaman
The Adventure of the Torture Cage
1928
as Private Bill Riggers
Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a ...
The Guns of Loos
1928
as Sergeant
Set against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s m...
Shooting Stars
1928
as Property Man
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian And...
Carry On!
1927
as Andrews
'Admiral's son loves girl who becomes spy, and dies foiling her schemes.' (British Film Catalogue)
The King's Highway
1927
'1765. Judge sentences highwayman to die, then finds he is his son.' (British Film Catalogue)