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Peter Gawthorne
Born: 31st Aug 1884 Queen's County, Ireland - Died 17th Mar 1962
Dept: Acting
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 78
Film: 78 (100%)
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Filmography
1954
A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed. ... view
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Bowman
1954
A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling ... view
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Sir Frederick (segment "Thief of London' story)
1952
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films. ... view
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Mortimer Harvey
1952
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the vic ... view
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Sir Graham Forbes
1951
A man relates the story of his friend, racing driver John Bridgnorth, whose death may have been the final act of an ancient family curse. ... view
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James Gregson
1950
The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants to take over a restaurant, but the situation is sa ... view
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Father Shaney
1949
After foiling a robbery, Ben, a window cleaner is hired by Lady Barr-Nunn to guard her valuables. A comedy based on class divisions and snobbery. ... view
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Jenkins
1949
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be bu ... view
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First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
1949
Charles Peace leads a double life, by day he's a respected local businessman, but by night he's a professional thief who stops at nothing, not even mu ... view
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Mr. Justice Lopes
1946
One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results. ... view
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Businessman
1945
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an ol ... view
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Crossley's Guest
1944
George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself mist ... view
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Adm. Sir William Coltham
1942
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 ... view
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Counsel
1942
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24. ... view
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Admiral
1942
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall. ... view
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Major Shiptonthorpe
1942
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights aro ... view
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RAF Officer
1941
Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded whe ... view
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Dr. Pope
1941
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfe ... view
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Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)
1941
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his exca ... view
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Sidimir Koslowski
1941
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally c ... view
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Police Supt
1941
Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention ... view
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Mr. Cartwright
1941
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed ... view
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Colonel
1941
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 ... view
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Commanding Officer
1940
An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of t ... view
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General Bullington
1940
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of G ... view
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Bit Role (uncredited)
1940
A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs. ... view
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Claude Pilkington
1940
A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist. ... view
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Commissionaire
1939
A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints. ... view
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Sir John
1939
A British secret service agent and his sister travel to Berlin to recover a top secret RAF invention which was stolen from the French government. ... view
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General Kurt Von Reimer
1939
A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National. ... view
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Lord Carhampton
1939
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, rev ... view
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Army General (uncredited)
1939
Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels. ... view
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Fire Chief
1939
Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good at. His nam ... view
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Jonas Urquhart
1939
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wa ... view
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Chief Constable
1939
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon ... view
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Chancellor
1939
Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the m ... view
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Conray
1938
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened crimi ... view
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Sir Cyril
1938
A quota quickie directed by Maclean Rogers in 1938, "Easy Riches" featured character players George Carney & Gus McNaughton as a couple of rival b ... view
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Stacey Lang
1937
The film features 17 year old Dinah Sheridan as the daughter of the owner of a cheese factory (veteran actor Goerge Carney), who helps save her father ... view
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Mr. Fitzwilliam
1937
James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Marti ... view
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Sir Herbert Tompkin
1937
A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the ... view
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Joshua Gibson
1937
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape. ... view
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Court Martial President
1937
Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster. ... view
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Assistant Commissioner Sir Brian Moore
1937
Jimmy Forbes returns to England after being on the run in Australia for 20 years. He finds that his wife has gone up in the world and become wealthy. ... view
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Sir Edmond Jessyl
1937
A remarkable story of love lost and found, as a young couple are separated by circumstance, and plunged into emotional turmoil by a reunion... ... view
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Chairman of Steel Company
1937
Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay’s seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cas ... view
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Col. Willougby-Gore
1936
Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catc ... view
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Bit Role (uncredited)
1936
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store. ... view
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1936
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and h ... view
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Lord Slade
1936
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance. ... view
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Sir James Alroyd
1936
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stol ... view
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1935
George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. Dur ... view
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Mr. Higgins
1935
Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself. ... view
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Mr. Barton
1935
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pas ... view
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Kadir Pasha
1935
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continua ... view
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Police Inspector
1935
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves. ... view
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A.D. Newall
1935
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars. ... view
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Staff Colonel
1934
Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol station ... view
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Mr. Hatch
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Inspector Barlow
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Duke of Richmond
1934
A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help br ... view
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Col. Fairley
1934
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - wi ... view
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Mr. Paraday
1934
A composer at work on an operetta falls in love with a girl, without realising that she is the star of the opera company. ... view
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Mr. Joseph
1933
It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies while he is making love to a press magnate's daughter. ... view
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Lord Fairdown
Original title: Just Smith
1933
A pair of con men in Monte Carlo attach themselves to a nouveau rich American snob with a weakness for titles... ... view
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Rolls
1933
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds hi ... view
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Butler
1932
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperat ... view
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Ferguson, the Butler
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Maj. Thesiger
1932
An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings. ... view
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Lord Southcliff
1932
With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star ... view
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Mr. Brown
1932
A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather.... ... view
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Detective
1931
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Ko ... view
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Inspector Duff
1931
A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable ma ... view
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Griggs
1930
An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and leads to other adventures and mischief. ... view
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Parker
1930
The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer and is based on the novel Temple Tower by Herman Cyril McNeile. Bulldog Drumm ... view
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Marrhews
1929
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long I ... view
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Lake the Butler
1929
The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are act ... view
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Mr. Bixby
1929
Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry of ... view
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General Ettingen