Victor Maddern
Date of birth: 1926-03-16
Place of birth: Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, England
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Victor Jack Maddern
Biography
Victor Jack Maddern was an English actor, described by The Telegraph as having "one of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-war British cinema."
Movie Credits
Carry On Cleo
1964-11-08
Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved b
The Lost Continent
1968-06-19
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escap
Malta Story
1953-06-01
Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a B
Carry On Spying
1964-06-01
Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movi
Carry On Emmannuelle
1978-10-12
The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frust
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
Circus of Fear
1966-04-29
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
Barnacle Bill
1957-12-17
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as '
Happy Is the Bride
1958-03-04
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the kno
Another Day, Another Dollar
1967-03-08
A new steward on a large passenger liner finds himself subject to "charges" levied by the senior bar
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955-11-16
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kay
Raising the Wind
1961-09-06
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Rober
The Man in the Sky
1957-01-24
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two childr
That's Carry On!
1977-11-10
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Will
Footsteps in the Fog
1955-09-14
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed
Please Turn Over
1959-12-17
The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter
Blood of the Vampire
1958-08-25
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to
Son of a Stranger
1958-03-03
A young man searches for the father he never knew, who he believes to be a millionaire.
Strangers' Meeting
1957-10-30
A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute B
Watch Your Stern
1960-10-14
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship ra
Seven Waves Away
1957-03-12
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboa
Street of Shadows
1953-10-16
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of in
The Siege of Pinchgut
1959-08-01
An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.
Defrosting the Fridge
1989-03-26
The Lowesthorpe Trawlers, an English American football team, hire American coach Hunter McCall and p
Crossroads to Crime
1960-11-01
Crossroads to Crime is about the investigations of a police constable (Anthony Oliver) who, working
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
Cat & Mouse
1958-08-01
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.
The Good Beginning
1953-10-05
After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the
Top Secret
1952-11-10
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he ha
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968-12-17
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign governme
Sweet Nothing
1990-09-23
A youth abandoned by his family joins a group of homeless people.
Private's Progress
1956-02-17
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of t
Pool of London
1951-02-20
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
Angels One Five
1952-03-19
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front
High Treason
1951-11-13
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
It's a Great Day
1955-01-01
Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera
A Hole Lot of Trouble
1971-01-31
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local
A Hill in Korea
1956-09-18
Based on real events, A Hill in Korea charts the fortunes of a small group of British soldiers servi
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965-10-03
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever
Time Bomb
1953-02-05
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bo
On the Fiddle
1961-10-10
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chanc
A Fluid Arrangement
1972-09-26
Ernie decides to pack up and go to sea, however he had not taken into account the repercussions that
Carry On Constable
1960-02-22
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police
Carry On Regardless
1961-04-04
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series o
H.M.S. Defiant
1962-04-15
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty
Dunkirk
1958-03-20
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer i
Morning Departure
1950-02-21
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before th
Let's Get Married
1960-03-22
A medical student who is thrown out of his university, ends up working in a laundry and rebuilds his
Child in the House
1956-08-14
A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estr
Carrington V.C.
1954-12-09
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces
Light Up the Sky!
1960-07-05
Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.
The Young Lovers
1954-08-24
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian di
The Magnificent Two
1967-07-05
Two salesmen travel to a small South American Country to peddle their wares. However the country is
The Safecracker
1958-03-05
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occup
The Night My Number Came Up
1955-03-22
British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pil
Sailor of the King
1953-06-11
A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears hi
The Last Man to Hang
1956-08-01
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
The Planter's Wife
1952-12-04
The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forc
Exodus
1960-12-15
Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport
Talk of the Devil
1968-01-01
Infelicitous Stephen Wallace falls in love with beautiful Wendy, who spurns his affections. He proce
Saint Joan
1957-05-08
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan o
Sink the Bismarck!
1960-02-11
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz E
Steptoe & Son
1972-03-01
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the nei
Josephine and Men
1955-11-09
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch f
I Was Monty's Double
1958-10-21
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery
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
The Longest Day
1962-09-25
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the
The Best Of Dick Emery
2005-07-11
Compilation of classic clips, featuring the best performances from across the much-loved comedian's
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
1968-04-20
When the TARDIS lands in the sea off the eastern coast of England, the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Vic
Run Like a Thief
1967-10-11
The theft of a fortune in diamonds and the attempt by soldier of fortune Johnny Dent to outwit his p
The Franchise Affair
1951-02-19
An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.
Petticoat Pirates
1961-11-01
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
1954-06-01
During the autumn of 1944, RAF Hudson, carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret infor
His Excellency
1952-01-22
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony.
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992-08-14
Frederick is a young medieval French prince with magical powers, turned into a frog by his evil sorc
The Bushbaby
1969-09-01
The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must
Fabian of the Yard
1954-10-18
A feature length compilation of crimes solved by Superintendent Fabian. Based on a real Scotland Yar
Voice of the Heart
1989-03-28
Mini-series based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Lady Frances Cunningham, a writer of hist
The Square Peg
1958-12-04
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they c
The Disappearing Man
1972-08-04
Episode of The Frighteners: A tired and worried man fails to see his reflection in a train window. H
The Fast Lady
1962-12-14
A Scottish civil servant must learn how to drive a Bentley to impress his girlfriend's tycoon father