Date of birth: 1888-11-13
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as:


1935-02-05
Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publicatio

1940-09-28
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

1938-11-24
The film concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog.
1935-01-01
An elderly man assists the police in solving a murder, but accidentally reveals his own criminal pas

1948-09-28
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William
1937-10-01
A cabaret singer is found dead in her flat and Viscount Brent becomes a suspect. His cousin is convi

1941-02-04
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when

1939-12-01
George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious r

1949-04-21
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examini

1938-05-01
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital

1938-09-30
The Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.

1941-06-23
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the inte

1935-10-01
The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss

1946-12-26
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefa
1913-09-22
Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robert

1935-03-26
A French sleuth in England helps the police solve a series of murders linked by the diary pages of a

1940-04-26
During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to
1939-03-04
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets
1939-10-02
A British secret service agent and his sister travel to Berlin to recover a top secret RAF invention