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Victor Maddern
Born: 16th Mar 1926 Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, England - Died 22nd Jun 1993
Dept: Acting
Victor Jack Maddern was an English actor, described by The Telegraph as having "one of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-war British cinema."
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 112
Film: 81 (72%)
Television: 31 (28%)
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Filmography
Apr 2011 (first aired)
Justice is a British legal drama starring Robert Pugh as Judge Patrick Coburn. The first episode was originally broadcast on 4 April 2011 on BBC One. ... view
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Unknown/various (0 ep.)
2005
Compilation of classic clips, featuring the best performances from across the much-loved comedian's long BBC career, including examples of Emery's bes ... view
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1992
Frederick is a young medieval French prince with magical powers, turned into a frog by his evil sorceress aunt, who kills his father in a bid to seize ... view
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Old Gentleman Raven (voice)
Apr 1991 (first aired)
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, ... view
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Fruity Pears (1 ep.)
1990
A youth abandoned by his family joins a group of homeless people. ... view
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Frankie
1989
Mini-series based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Lady Frances Cunningham, a writer of historical biographies, becomes heavily involved with ... view
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The Poacher Spy
1989
The Lowesthorpe Trawlers, an English American football team, hire American coach Hunter McCall and persuade local firm Salty Sea Fish Foods to be thei ... view
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Barney
Dec 1987 (first aired)
The Beiderbecke Tapes is a two-part 1987 British television comedy-drama serial written by Alan Plater. The second installment in The Beiderbecke Tril ... view
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Sam Bentley (1 ep.)
Feb 1985 (first aired)
The residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife of the local vicar calls in her friend Miss Marple to i ... view
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P.C. Johnson (1 ep.)
Feb 1985 (first aired)
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of ... view
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Stanley (1 ep.)
Oct 1984 (first aired)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and d ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1981 (first aired)
That's My Boy is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1981 to 1986. It stars Mollie Sugden as Ida Willis, who takes a job as ... view
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Bluebird Johnny (1 ep.)
Jan 1980 (first aired)
Residents of a sheltered accommodation block run by a warden go about their business. ... view
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Harry Klein (20 ep.)
1978
The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frustration she seduces a string of VIPs, including the ... view
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Man in Launderette
1977
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film ... view
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Milchmann / Sergeant Major (archive footage)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically opp ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
Jan 1975 (first aired)
An anthology of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps and satires of pop culture, some feature recurring characters; based on the blockbuster Car ... view
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Todd (1 ep.)
Charlie (1 ep.)
Sir Osis (1 ep.)
Oct 1973 (first aired)
Barry Ovis is Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for European Affairs, Sir William Mainwaring-Brown. Sir William has a very active libido ... view
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Removal Man (1 ep.)
Oct 1972 (first aired)
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court sys ... view
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Joe Fisk (2 ep.)
1972
Ernie decides to pack up and go to sea, however he had not taken into account the repercussions that would be felt by those around him. ... view
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Ernie
1972
Episode of The Frighteners: A tired and worried man fails to see his reflection in a train window. He comes to the conclusion that he is being ignored ... view
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Harry
Jul 1972 (first aired)
A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale. ... view
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Harry (1 ep.)
1972
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk ya ... view
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Chauffeur
Oct 1971 (first aired)
Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margare ... view
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Eddy Plater (1 ep.)
1971
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the ... view
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Percy
Jan 1971 (first aired)
Six Dates with Barker is a 1971 ITV series of six one-off, half-hour situation comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker.
Three of the stories ... view
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Atlas (1 ep.)
Jun 1970 (first aired)
Anthology series in which characters find themselves in weird and scary situations. Not evoked by the supernatural but by other people. ... view
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Dawson (1 ep.)
1969
The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her ... view
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1968
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself. ... view
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Junkman
1968
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm s ... view
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The Mate
1968
When the TARDIS lands in the sea off the eastern coast of England, the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria investigate a nearby beach, which seems to h ... view
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Robson
1968
Infelicitous Stephen Wallace falls in love with beautiful Wendy, who spurns his affections. He proceeds to make a pact with Satan to be able to marry ... view
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Cinders
1967
The theft of a fortune in diamonds and the attempt by soldier of fortune Johnny Dent to outwit his pursuers who would stop at nothing to get their han ... view
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Abel Baker
Sep 1967 (first aired)
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders de ... view
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Bandmaster (1 ep.)
1967
Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp. ... view
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Dicko
1967
Two salesmen travel to a small South American Country to peddle their wares. However the country is in the middle of a major conflict between the Gove ... view
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Drunken Soldier
1967
A new steward on a large passenger liner finds himself subject to "charges" levied by the senior bar steward. ... view
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Wagger
1966
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder. ... view
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Mason
1965
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed. ... view
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Taxi Driver
1965
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl ... view
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Anxious O'Toole
Mar 1965 (first aired)
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at El ... view
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Charles Randle (1 ep.)
1964
Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of th ... view
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Sergeant-Major
Sep 1964 (first aired)
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although ada ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1964
Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bi ... view
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Milchmann
May 1964 (first aired)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first reg ... view
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Downing (1 ep.)
Apr 1964 (first aired)
Story Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry ... view
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Charlie (1 ep.)
Nov 1963 (first aired)
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling ... view
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Robson (6 ep.)
1962
A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father. ... view
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Petrol Pump Attendant (uncredited)
Oct 1962 (first aired)
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in ... view
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Jim Cowdry (2 ep.)
1962
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 ... view
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Camp Cook (uncredited)
Sep 1962 (first aired)
Fair Exchange is an American television comedy that ran from 1962 to 1963 on CBS. It stars Eddie Foy, Jr. and Audrey Christie. ... view
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Tommy Finch (24 ep.)
1962
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sa ... view
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Dawlish
Nov 1961 (first aired)
Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hin ... view
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Brewer (1 ep.)
Ship's Cook (1 ep.)
1961
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audl ... view
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CPO Nixon
1961
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedl ... view
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1st Airman
1961
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth ... view
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Removal Man
1961
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying ... view
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First Sinister Passenger
Jan 1961 (first aired)
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1960
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyp ... view
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Sergeant
1960
Crossroads to Crime is about the investigations of a police constable (Anthony Oliver) who, working undercover without support from his colleagues, co ... view
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Len
1960
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to sho ... view
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Sailor fishing for bike
1960
Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II. ... view
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Lance Bombardier Tomlinson
1960
A medical student who is thrown out of his university, ends up working in a laundry and rebuilds his confidence with a relationship with a fashion mod ... view
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Works Manager
1960
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, ... view
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Detective Sergeant Liddell
1960
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. Th ... view
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Able Seaman Outside Admiralty (uncredited)
1959
The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller ... view
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Manager
Sep 1959 (first aired)
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1959
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from th ... view
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Knowles
1959
An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name. ... view
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Bert
1958
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly after ... view
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Motor Pool Corporal (uncredited)
1958
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions befor ... view
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Orderly Sergeant
Sep 1958 (first aired)
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 19 ... view
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Vic (2 ep.)
1958
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crip ... view
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Carl
1958
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems. ... view
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Supt. Harding
1958
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain someh ... view
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Merchant Seaman
1958
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium. ... view
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Morris
1958
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else ... view
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Shop Steward
1958
A young man searches for the father he never knew, who he believes to be a millionaire. ... view
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Lenny
1957
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea' ... view
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Figg
1957
A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute British programmer. The beautiful Delphi Lawrence h ... view
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Willie Fisher
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent. ... view
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Gilbert Tyrell (1 ep.)
1957
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the Frenc ... view
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English Soldier
1957
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over ... view
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Willy Hawkins
1957
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. A ... view
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Joe Biggs
1956
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 ... view
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Pvt. Lindop
1956
A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive. For love and companion ... view
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Bert
1956
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose. ... view
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Bonaker
Jul 1956 (first aired)
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produ ... view
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Ernie (1 ep.)
1956
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be office ... view
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Private George Blake
1955
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them. ... view
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Sgt. Craig
1955
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... ... view
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Henry
1955
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife. ... view
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Jones
1955
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small D ... view
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The Engineer
1955
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 ... view
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Charlie Mead
1954
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distingu ... view
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Bombardier Owen
1954
A feature length compilation of crimes solved by Superintendent Fabian. Based on a real Scotland Yard detective, Fabian was one of the first of a new ... view
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The Chick
1954
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective coun ... view
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Sailor (uncredited)
1954
During the autumn of 1944, RAF Hudson, carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information, is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. ... view
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Gus Westover
1953
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in ... view
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Danny 'Limpy' Thomas
1953
After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day ... view
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Bookies Runner
1953
A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under ... view
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Signalman Willy Earnshaw
1953
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 ... view
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Army Airfield Soldier
1953
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, ... view
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Saboteur
1952
The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising. ... view
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Radio Operator
1952
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 ... view
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British N.C.O.
1952
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of B ... view
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Airman
1952
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony. ... view
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Second Soldier
1951
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring. ... view
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Anarchist (uncredited)
1951
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London. ... view
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First Tram Conductor (uncredited)
1951
An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women. ... view
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Mechanic
1950
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air? ... view
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