Date of birth: 1893-10-09
Place of birth: Burford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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1940-09-28
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

1932-05-12
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing

1938-09-26
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the

1934-12-09
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone

1938-01-03
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missi

1940-02-19
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with th

1944-11-20
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Corn

1938-04-07
Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans t

1936-09-30
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden

1937-01-02
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

1935-03-24
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an A

1937-08-25
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this Britis

1936-09-01
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she

1939-02-21
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team u

1940-07-22
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for

1935-06-30
A British millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris.
1939-01-01
1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for su

1942-09-21
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Brit

1944-05-18
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left p

1944-05-08
The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accident

1931-03-31
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of cr

1932-08-01
A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl tur

1934-07-31
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. T
1934-10-21
One of John Mills' earliest roles as a wastrel playboy.

1943-08-06
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage ac
1941-12-10
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.

1938-12-01
A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.