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Charles Paton

Date of birth: 1874-07-31

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Charles Ernest Paton

Charles Paton

Biography

Movie Credits

Blackmail
3.3

Blackmail

1929-07-11

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his

Jury's Evidence
0

Jury's Evidence

1936-01-01

The Foreman of an Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder c

The Man Who Knew Too Much
3.3

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934-12-01

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attemp

The Saint in London
2.8

The Saint in London

1939-06-30

Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered a

Royal Cavalcade
0

Royal Cavalcade

1935-04-15

Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V, this is the story of the firs

The Ghost Camera
3.1

The Ghost Camera

1933-01-31

When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to

Museum Mystery
0

Museum Mystery

1937-04-01

A gang of criminals plan to steal a valuable Burmese idol from a British museum but are foiled by th

When Knights Were Bold
2.5

When Knights Were Bold

1936-02-18

Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little Twitteri

The Marriage of Corbal
2.5

The Marriage of Corbal

1936-05-28

The film hinges on the love triangle between a young aristocratic lady on the run (Cleonie, played b

Portrait of Clare
3.3

Portrait of Clare

1950-11-13

The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barri

Cardboard Cavalier
2.9

Cardboard Cavalier

1949-03-31

A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commiss

Weddings Are Wonderful
0

Weddings Are Wonderful

1938-10-04

Romantic comedy of misunderstandings.

Julius Caesar
0

Julius Caesar

1938-12-09

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassi

The Ware Case
3.1

The Ware Case

1938-12-02

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the

Girls Will Be Boys
2.1

Girls Will Be Boys

1934-10-29

The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a

Storm in a Teacup
3.8

Storm in a Teacup

1937-02-25

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and

Men Without Honour
0

Men Without Honour

1939-01-09

A lawyer, who has been accused of being dishonest, works with the police to expose two share pushers

Fortune in Diamonds
3.8

Fortune in Diamonds

1951-03-07

As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He return

The Four Just Men
3.1

The Four Just Men

1939-06-01

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of th

Inspector Hornleigh
3.7

Inspector Hornleigh

1939-03-07

When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspe

For Them That Trespass
2.5

For Them That Trespass

1949-04-21

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

For Them That Trespass
2.5

For Them That Trespass

1949-04-21

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

Let George Do It!
3.1

Let George Do It!

1940-07-12

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds hi

The Love Nest
0

The Love Nest

1933-07-01

On the eve of his own marriage, a man offers shelter to a runaway wife with whom he strikes up an un

The W Plan
3.5

The W Plan

1930-02-25

A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talk

The Feather
0

The Feather

1929-11-15

'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)

The Other Mrs. Phipps
0

The Other Mrs. Phipps

1931-12-29

'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap.' (British Film Catalogue)

Josser Joins the Navy
0

Josser Joins the Navy

1932-03-18

'Hall porter forced to join Navy while tracking spies.' (British Film Catalogue)

Freedom of the Seas
0

Freedom of the Seas

1934-06-12

George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old fri

Girl in the News
3.2

Girl in the News

1940-08-28

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse i

The Great Gay Road
0

The Great Gay Road

1931-10-21

'Romance of the open road and the circus. A tramp poses as baronet's lost son but relinquishes his s

Rynox
2.8

Rynox

1931-11-04

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same

The Girl in Possession
0

The Girl in Possession

1934-07-16

An American woman is fooled into thinking that she is the heiress to an estate in England.

Piccadilly
3.2

Piccadilly

1929-02-01

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become

Double or Quits
0

Double or Quits

1938-01-01

A reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing

Love on Wheels
2.5

Love on Wheels

1932-07-26

A department store assistant becomes publicity conscious.

'Pimpernel' Smith
3.6

'Pimpernel' Smith

1941-07-28

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology st

The Dominant Sex
3

The Dominant Sex

1937-01-26

A mature comedy based on the hit stage play in which a loving but strained marriage is put to the te

The Body Vanished
3

The Body Vanished

1939-10-27

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are imme

Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
3

Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora

1949-08-29

An actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman

Contraband Love
0

Contraband Love

1931-04-01

'Cornwall. Detective poses as escaped convict to catch smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)

A Sister to Assist 'Er
0

A Sister to Assist 'Er

1930-03-04

A poor woman poses as her rich twin to fool a mean landlady.

Bachelor's Baby
0

Bachelor's Baby

1932-08-22

Jimmy finds an abandoned baby while motorcycling in the country.

The Lyons Mail
0

The Lyons Mail

1931-03-31

A mystery film directed by Arthur Maude

The Sleeping Cardinal
2.6

The Sleeping Cardinal

1931-02-15

A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes bel

Stepping Stones
0

Stepping Stones

1931-06-01

A musical film directed by Geoffrey Benstead

The Girl in the Night
0

The Girl in the Night

1931-07-21

'Man shelters from storm in old hour used by diamond smugglers.' (British Film Catalogue)

What a Night!
0

What a Night!

1931-03-13

While staying at a reportedly haunted inn a traveller discovers that the 'ghost' is a thief.

Glamour
0

Glamour

1931-06-05

A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor.

My Wife's Family
0

My Wife's Family

1931-06-03

Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the pu

This Acting Business
0

This Acting Business

1933-12-19

A British comedy film directed by John Daumery

The Third String
0

The Third String

1932-02-01

A man poses as a boxer to impress a woman, but then is forced to fight a real champion.

Old Mother Riley
2.5

Old Mother Riley

1937-08-13

Old Mother Riley is a British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Arthur Lucan, Kit

Crime Over London
3

Crime Over London

1936-10-21

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
3.3

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts

1941-06-08

Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention

The Demi-Paradise
3.1

The Demi-Paradise

1943-11-18

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the

Once a Sinner
3.3

Once a Sinner

1950-07-01

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James.

The Goose Steps Out
3.4

The Goose Steps Out

1942-08-01

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by Brit

Night and the City
3.8

Night and the City

1950-06-15

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with

The Man from Yesterday
0

The Man from Yesterday

1949-05-01

A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has

Bedelia
2.3

Bedelia

1946-07-08

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington

Caesar and Cleopatra
3.1

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945-12-11

The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.

A Canterbury Tale
3.5

A Canterbury Tale

1944-08-21

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbu

Miranda
3

Miranda

1948-04-06

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London.

Give Us the Moon
3.1

Give Us the Moon

1944-07-31

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at hav

Read All About It
2.3

Read All About It

1945-04-08

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing edito

Man on the Run
3.3

Man on the Run

1949-05-20

An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds h

Strawberry Roan
3

Strawberry Roan

1944-12-31

Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a

The Spider and the Fly
3.4

The Spider and the Fly

1949-12-01

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline inte

The Door with Seven Locks
3

The Door with Seven Locks

1940-10-12

A wealthy lord dies and is entombed with a valuable deposit of jewels. Seven keys are required to un

Uncle Silas
2.9

Uncle Silas

1947-10-08

Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and sc

Rembrandt
3.4

Rembrandt

1936-11-06

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600

The Silent Passenger
2.6

The Silent Passenger

1935-06-01

A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body

Love in Waiting
3

Love in Waiting

1948-10-11

The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.

The Young Mr. Pitt
2.9

The Young Mr. Pitt

1942-09-21

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Brit

Woman to Woman
0

Woman to Woman

1947-02-10

The Iron Stair
0

The Iron Stair

1933-01-01