Basil Dignam
Date of birth: 1905-10-24
Place of birth: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Basil Martin Dignam
Biography
Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.
Movie Credits
Corridors of Blood
1958-12-01
Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959-03-10
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island.
Naked Evil
1966-05-27
Jamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before being
The Court Martial of Major Keller
1961-12-01
Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-mart
Son of a Stranger
1958-03-03
A young man searches for the father he never knew, who he believes to be a millionaire.
The Depraved
1957-11-01
Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilto
Three Sundays to Live
1957-10-01
Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in wh
The Secret Partner
1961-05-01
A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
The Jokers
1967-05-15
Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not f
The Nice Americans
1958-01-01
American airman loves English girl whose father refuses permission for their marriage out of hatred
80,000 Suspects
1963-08-15
A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a
Up the Creek
1958-05-13
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkel
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967-12-18
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic
Seven Seas to Calais
1962-12-22
Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.
Ring of Spies
1964-03-23
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy
The Weapon
1956-09-01
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gu
Suspect
1960-11-15
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list.
Innocent Sinners
1958-03-25
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny gard
The Cuckoo Patrol
1967-07-16
Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventure
Victim
1961-08-01
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, t
I'm All Right Jack
1959-08-18
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at
Touch and Go
1955-10-02
When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the fir
You Pay Your Money
1957-02-13
Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
Further Up the Creek
1958-10-28
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey
Gorgo
1961-02-02
Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then
Assignment K
1968-02-16
Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. S
Room at the Top
1958-12-29
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in
Number Ten
1968-10-07
The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African
Sentenced for Life
1960-01-01
An engineer is wrongly convicted of selling secrets to enemy agents and is sentenced to life in pris
I Spy a Stranger
1972-09-25
Play set in the Home Counties during the Second World War. A Czech refugee arrives at her cousin's M
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955-08-26
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars b
Lawrence of Arabia
1962-12-11
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against
The Counterfeit Plan
1957-01-01
An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a repu
Heavens Above!
1963-05-20
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, whe
10 Rillington Place
1971-02-10
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the tit
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974-01-24
In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts,
The Narrowing Circle
1956-02-29
A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.
Twisted Nerve
1968-12-20
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutiona
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957-04-01
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the
Smart Alec
1951-03-01
A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.
The Spider's Web
1960-11-01
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie play. An ambassador's wife must hide the corpse of her step
Two on the Tiles
1951-09-01
A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attracti
Sapphire
1959-11-02
Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been pass
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
1971-02-18
Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dre
Where the Spies Are
1966-01-26
A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Midd
Reach for the Sky
1956-07-05
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident
The Games
1970-08-07
From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They ar
Life for Ruth
1962-09-06
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His
Brothers in Law
1957-03-04
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wro
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960-12-22
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s schoo
Fate Takes a Hand
1961-10-12
When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post O
Maytime in Mayfair
1949-05-24
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfa
Hammer the Toff
1952-05-01
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
The Lady with a Lamp
1951-09-22
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of th
Rotten to the Core
1965-07-14
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have th
They Can't Hang Me
1955-10-01
A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.
A Touch of Larceny
1960-02-04
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, Briti
Port of Escape
1956-05-01
Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during
Appointment with Venus
1951-10-08
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands.
Laughter in the Dark
1969-05-11
Swinging London in the 1960's. Deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young woman,
Rockets Galore
1958-10-19
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the go
His Excellency
1952-01-22
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony.
Carry On Sergeant
1958-08-31
Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his
Master Spy
1964-08-19
Boris Turganev (Murray) is a Russian scientist who has absconded from a Communist prison in an attem
Young Winston
1972-07-20
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, inclu
Battle of Britain
1969-09-15
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro
Carrington V.C.
1954-12-09
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces
The Fourth Square
1961-06-01
The Police investigate the theft of emerald jewellery which had led to murder.
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
1975-05-16
Peg Woffington and David Garrick have an affair while appearing in stage in Drury Lane.