Roland Pertwee

Roland Pertwee

1885-05-17 Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK 51 Credits

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It's a Great Day

It's a Great Day

1955

Writer

5.7
Writing

Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the counc...

Black Jack

Black Jack

1950

Story

5.8
Writing

A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in.

Diamond City

Diamond City

1949

Writer

5.2
Writing

Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

Silent Dust

Silent Dust

1949

Writer

7.3
Writing

A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before...

The Magic Bow

The Magic Bow

1946

Writer

5.3
Writing

Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the musician's romances as it does on his craft. Phyllis Calvert pl...

Caravan

Caravan

1946

Screenplay

5.5
Writing

During the last half of the 19th century writer Richard Darrell saves Don Carlos from two robbers, and is entrusted by Don Carlos to take a valuable n...

Pink String and Sealing Wax

Pink String and Sealing Wax

1945

Theatre Play

6.3

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkar...

They Were Sisters

They Were Sisters

1945

as Sir Hamish Nair

5.6
Acting

The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriag...

They Were Sisters

They Were Sisters

1945

Writer

5.6
Writing

The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriag...

Madonna of the Seven Moons

Madonna of the Seven Moons

1945

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred a...

The Halfway House

The Halfway House

1944

as Prison Governor

6.4
Acting

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness i...

The Night Invader

1943

Writer

Writing

Dick Marlow, a British agent, has parachuted into the occupied Netherlands to retrieve vital documents. Whilst on the trail of the papers, he poses oc...

The Gentle Sex

The Gentle Sex

1943

as Captain (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, dri...

Talk About Jacqueline

Talk About Jacqueline

1942

as Doctor in Hospital

Acting
Talk About Jacqueline

Talk About Jacqueline

1942

Screenplay

Writing
The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn

1942

as Capt. Waverley

5.6
Acting

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat ...

Jeannie

Jeannie

1941

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Based on Aimee Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a "grand tour" of the Continent.

'Pimpernel' Smith

'Pimpernel' Smith

1941

as Embassy Official - Sir George Smith

7.1
Acting

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his exca...

'Pimpernel' Smith

'Pimpernel' Smith

1941

Scenario Writer

7.1
Writing

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his exca...

Freedom Radio

Freedom Radio

1941

Story

6.3
Writing

Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. H...

It Happened to One Man

1940

Theatre Play

A film directed by Paul L. Stein.

Dangerous Comment

Dangerous Comment

1940

Writer

Writing

A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a co...

Return to Yesterday

Return to Yesterday

1940

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.

The Spy in Black

The Spy in Black

1939

Scenario Writer

6.4
Writing

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

Young Man's Fancy

Young Man's Fancy

1939

Writer

5.8
Writing

An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men

1939

as Mr Hastings

6.2
Acting

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sa...

The Four Just Men

The Four Just Men

1939

Writer

6.2
Writing

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sa...

The Ware Case

The Ware Case

1938

Scenario Writer

6.3
Writing

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford

1938

Writer

6.7
Writing

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

Dinner at the Ritz

Dinner at the Ritz

1937

Scenario Writer, Dialogue, Screenplay

5.5
Writing

The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.

Non-Stop New York

Non-Stop New York

1937

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

1937

Dialogue, Screenplay

5.3
Writing

White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

Man of the Moment

Man of the Moment

1935

Screenplay, Dialogue

5.0
Writing

Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.

Honours Easy

Honours Easy

1935

Writer

Writing

Unhinged art dealer William Barton seeks revenge on a man who ruined his career years ago. He does so by attempting to frame the man's son for the the...

The Night of the Party

The Night of the Party

1934

Dialogue, Theatre Play

5.4

A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner party. The publishers secretary is the obvious suspect,...

The Ghoul

The Ghoul

1933

Writer

5.5
Writing

British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlan...

Sleeping Car

Sleeping Car

1933

Dialogue

4.0

A French sleeping-car attending with an eye for the ladies hooks up with a wealthy widow and they get married. What he doesn't know is that she marrie...

The Silver Greyhound

1932

Writer

Writing

A British crime thriller film directed by William C. McGann

Illegal

Illegal

1932

Dialogue, Screenplay

5.7
Writing

This is the story of a woman who kicks out her no-good second husband after he wastes all her money. Since gambling and drink had taken all her money,...

Help Yourself

1932

Writer

Writing

British comedy directed by John Daumery ...

Murder on the Second Floor

Murder on the Second Floor

1932

Dialogue, Adaptation

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...

A Voice Said Goodnight

1932

Story, Screenplay

Writing

A British crime film directed by William C. McGann

Impromptu

1932

Writer

Writing
Honor of the Family

Honor of the Family

1931

Writer

Writing

Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lost.

I Like Your Nerve

I Like Your Nerve

1931

Writer

5.7
Writing

Romance and political intrigue highlight director William C. McGann's 1931 comedy about a playboy smitten with the stepdaughter of a corrupt governmen...

Interference

Interference

1928

Theatre Play

8.0

Paramount's first all-talking picture, Interference was dismally directed by Roy Pomeroy, whose lofty status as the studio's "technical wizard" did no...

A South Sea Bubble

1928

Story

Writing

'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)

Out to Win

Out to Win

1923

Story

Writing

A tramp is hired to pose as a financier to obtain a Balkan radium concession.

Aunt Rachel

1920

Writer

Writing

A jilted aunt refuses to let her niece marry a violinist's nephew.

Faith

1919

Writer

Writing

The Bridal Chair

1919

Writer

Writing