Wilfrid Lawson
Date of birth: 1900-01-13
Place of birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Wilfrid Worsnop, Wilfred Lawson, Wilfrid Lawson Worsnop
Biography
Movie Credits
Tread Softly Stranger
1958-08-15
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend p
Pygmalion
1938-10-06
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Dooli
The Viking Queen
1967-03-25
Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe
Allegheny Uprising
1939-11-10
South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the
Bank Holiday
1938-01-27
A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the s
Hell Drivers
1957-07-23
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
The Prisoner
1955-04-19
A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his re
The Long Voyage Home
1940-11-16
The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II
The Naked Edge
1961-06-28
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife rece
The Night Has Eyes
1942-06-01
Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend
The Gaunt Stranger
1938-10-27
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fa
Postman's Knock
1962-02-22
Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arri
Tower of Terror
1941-12-27
Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes dro
The Terror
1938-05-02
For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstw
Hard Steel
1942-05-18
A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition
Pastor Hall
1940-05-28
The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of S
Stolen Life
1939-01-18
Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for Germ
Make Me an Offer!
1954-12-08
A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he st
Danny Boy
1941-08-25
A remake of Oswald Mitchell's own 1934 production, a story of Jayne Kaye (Ann Todd), a successful si
The Great Mr Handel
1942-11-09
This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal angu
White Hunter
1936-11-25
Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his fat
The Siege of Manchester
1965-10-31
A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
Becket
1964-03-11
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding w
Room at the Top
1958-12-29
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in
Nothing Barred
1961-10-10
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to t
Thursday's Child
1943-03-24
A couple's little girl becomes a movie star, but all it seems to bring is trouble.
Strike It Rich
1933-11-04
Eddie Smart (George Gee) was born clumsy and is a laughing stock at work, the Sprouto Hair Tonic Co
The Wrong Box
1966-06-19
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be ma
Turn of the Tide
1935-06-08
Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film ma
The Farmer's Wife
1941-04-20
Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent e
War and Peace
1956-08-21
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Gr
The Man Who Made Diamonds
1937-12-06
“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, h
Alice in Wonderland
1966-12-28
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lew
It Happened to One Man
1940-10-12
A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
Dead Man's Shoes
1940-05-05
An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from
Jeannie
1941-09-06
Based on Aimee Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a "grand tour" of
East Lynne on the Western Front
1931-07-13
During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic pe
Expresso Bongo
1959-12-01
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.
Go to Blazes
1962-04-18
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire t
Now and Forever
1956-09-10
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her se
The Turners of Prospect Road
1947-06-16
A London cabby finds a greyhound puppy in his cab, and gives it to his daughter. She raises it and t
The Naked Truth
1957-12-03
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the per
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955-12-13
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger
Fanny by Gaslight
1944-05-08
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father
Tom Jones
1963-08-24
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find
Over the Odds
1961-11-01
A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.
Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I
1945-01-01
This short film features two atmospheric scenes from Shakespeare's famous tragedy: Act II Scene 2, t
Miracle in Soho
1957-07-09
In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, wit
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
2021-10-14
The V&A presents Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, an exclusive private view of the ‘hugely enjoyable
Doctor at Large
1957-03-26
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a memb