Date of birth: 1899-07-01
Place of birth: Leytonstone, Essex, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Elsie Lilian Wagstaff, Elsie Wagstaffe
1974-05-02
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director
1965-12-01
Newlyweds Chris and Sally are young and attractive, with successful careers and a beautiful home. Th
1946-05-13
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and dri
1940-03-01
In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in
1961-04-26
A doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind," injects her with snake venom. She
1945-02-05
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some
1957-02-13
Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
1949-10-11
When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking
1957-12-17
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as '
1949-08-29
An actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman
1939-03-01
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes unde
1948-02-05
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the
1943-11-16
A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murd
1938-08-16
Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt H
1942-12-01
Balloon unit WAAFs catch German spies.
1937-06-01
The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romanti
1938-03-01
Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beg
1960-10-27
A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, o
1961-07-25
When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children
1950-07-26
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, w
1955-02-24
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in lov
1949-09-29
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to
1945-12-24
Old Mother Riley and her daughter's true love, Dan, go in search of Kitty who has run off with her n
1971-01-21
Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence hom
1943-10-18
While working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.
1948-05-23
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is
1949-05-31
A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.
1963-12-06
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
1965-09-06
A personal dispute between a union leader and a management leader causes chaos for workers at a trou
1973-05-26
Doctor Bruce Nelson takes over the medical practice of a village general-practitioner. Upon arriving