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H.F. Maltby
Born: 25th Nov 1880 Ceres, South Africa - Died 25th Oct 1963
Dept: Acting
Henry Francis Maltby (25 November 1880 – 25 October 1963) was a prolific writer for the London stage and British cinema from after the First World War until the 1950s. He also appeared in many films.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 53
Film: 53 (100%)
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Filmography
1946
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married. ... view
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Colonel Robbins
1946
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt a ... view
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Phipps
1945
The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra. ... view
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Councillor (uncredited)
1945
Musical romantic comedy about an orphan and the son of a Colonel and his snooty wife, who refuses to give them her blessing. ... view
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1944
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII. ... view
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Mayor (uncredited)
1944
Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury. ... view
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Mr. Portal
1943
A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed ... view
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H. G. Popplethwaite
1942
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sub ... view
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1942
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 ... view
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Maj. Diehard
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Major Hall-Vett
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Maj. Hall-Vett
1940
In pre-Second World War England, a leading film star and his wife attempt to recover a secret carburetor stolen by enemy agents. Based on a popular s ... view
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Colonel Sheepshanks
1940
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England. ... view
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Inspector
1939
Mother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to volunteer for the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Mayhem ensues until she is able to prevent German spies ... view
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Gen. Hogsley
1939
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a fo ... view
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Large Pompous Diner
1939
Comedy of an incompetent photographer and scoutmaster who achieves his wife's ambition for him of office with the local council more by luck than judg ... view
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Sergeant Bull
1939
1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police ... view
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Randolph Macaulay
1938
A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election. ... view
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Arthur Gusty
1938
An American reporter takes over an assignment on English farm life. Owing to a mistake in identity things turn out rough but Valerie's charm and perso ... view
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General Tukes
1938
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, ... view
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Second Bystander
1938
Two professors who hire a sailor to lead them on a treasure hunt, and they soon find themselves in a dangerous situation involving pirates. The sailor ... view
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Hodgson
1938
Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristoc ... view
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Stephen Sims
1938
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 ... view
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Sgt. Walter Musgrave
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Director
1937
After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the ... view
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Mr. Bartholomew
1937
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing. ... view
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Mr. Duffield
1937
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins forces with the daughter of a police constable to p ... view
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Police Sergeant
1937
Hyman Goldberger, the president of film studio Super-Colossal Pictures, is in trouble--his major backer is threatening to stop financing his pictures. ... view
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John Rigby
1937
Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs. ... view
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Lord Beckley
1937
Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their ... view
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Patchett
1936
In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a ba ... view
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Bank Director
1936
The son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire businessman. The fathers oppose the relationship. ... view
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Otto Stump
1936
An opera singer pretends to be poor in order to romantically win over a composer. ... view
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Sir Algernon Spindle
1936
A bus conductor and his driver manage to round up a gang of criminals. ... view
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Mr. Bulger
1936
A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend to be a rich benefactor when she next meets him. ... view
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Solicitor
1936
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I. ... view
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Burgomaster
1936
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with hi ... view
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Sir Roger Wimpleton
1936
Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and productio ... view
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Stubbins
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Mr Crow
1936
A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own ... view
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1935
A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married. ... view
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Tetley
1935
The boyfriend of an admiral's daughter poses as a detective in order to hunt missing emerald. ... view
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Admiral Leopold Simcox
1935
A confirmed bachelor takes pity on a young woman and takes her to London. ... view
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1934
The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a bo ... view
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1934
British comedy. It was released in the United States the following year under the alternative title Trouble Ahead. ... view
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Cummins
1934
Two Americans in England--a wealthy playboy and an actress--join forces to stop international spies. ... view
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Herr Doctor
1934
Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion! ... view
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Kaid
1934
A north-country chimney sweep standing for Parliament is opposed by a local bigwig. His campaign is imperiled when his artist son, Tony, falls in love ... view
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Sir James Barrington-Oakes
1934
George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend of his father. A midday sojourn to a public ba ... view
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Harcourt
1934
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his ... view
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Admiral
1934
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 ... view
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Mr. Bullamy