Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas

Born: July 14, 1911
Died: January 8, 1990
in Finchley, London, England, UK
Terry-Thomas (1911–1990) was an English comic actor. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes.

Movies for Terry-Thomas...

The 9th Wonder of the World:  The Making of 'Gorgo'
Title: The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Character: The Villain Ivan (archive footage)
Released: March 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961).
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Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Title: Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Title: Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Title: The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Customs Captain
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989. The series is an updated re-imagining of the classic 1955 series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
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Fever of 40!
Title: Fever of 40!
Character: Dr. Christopher
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A forty-year-old man spends his working days surrounded by beautiful women, but he dares not do anything with any.
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La isla de las cabezas
Title: La isla de las cabezas
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character: Dr. Mortimer
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: Movie
The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to uncover the truth about a hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the heir to the Baskerville estate.
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Kingdom Of Gifts
Title: Kingdom Of Gifts
Character: The Bumbling Chancellor
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Set in a monarchy
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Title: The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Character: Governor
Released: June 15, 1977
Type: Movie
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom.
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The Last Appointment!
Title: The Last Appointment!
Character: Archibald Sinclair Beachum
Released: June 11, 1977
Type: Movie
Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie.
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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Title: The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
Character: Mr. Square
Released: August 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963 version, starring Albert Finney as the lusty hero, won four Oscars. Joan Collins does a great job as a Wicked Lady style highwaywoman.
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Spanish Fly
Title: Spanish Fly
Character: Sir Percy de Courcy
Released: February 1, 1976
Type: Movie
British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an aphrodisiac when his old school chum, Mike Scott arrives with a photographer and several gorgeous models.
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Side by Side
Title: Side by Side
Released: April 30, 1975
Type: Movie
Glam Rock musical comedy about two clashing nightclubs
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The Cherry Picker
Title: The Cherry Picker
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
American V.I.P James Burn II finds his son James Burn III (Bob Sherman) leading a giant "sleep-in" that has taken over Windsor Castle. He hires Nancy (Lulu) to get him out of the castle and into work. With the help of her crazy eccentric father, (Wilfred Hyde-White) who believes in working day and night and producing nothing and uses a fantastic astro-telescope for casual bird watching, she does just that !
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Robin Hood
Title: Robin Hood
Character: Sir Hiss - A Snake (voice)
Released: November 8, 1973
Type: Movie
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men.
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The Vault of Horror
Title: The Vault of Horror
Character: Arthur Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
Released: March 16, 1973
Type: Movie
The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.
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I Love a Mystery
Title: I Love a Mystery
Character: Gordon Elliott
Released: February 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Three insurance investigators search for a mysterious billionaire. Based on the Old Time Radio show of the same name.
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The Heroes
Title: The Heroes
Character: Major John Cooper
Released: February 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Four soldiers and a beautiful Greek nurse, thrown together in North Africa during World War II, team up to pull off a heist of two-million pounds in boxes marked "plasma."
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Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Title: Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Character: Lombardo
Released: July 1, 1972
Type: Movie
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
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The Big Deal
Title: The Big Deal
Character: Pierre Le Compte
Released: March 31, 1972
Type: Movie
Three clumsy thieves come up with a robbery scheme against the "Grandi Magazzini Romani". They call to their aid a skilled "only by reputation" French burglar, Pierre Le Compte.
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The Special London Bridge Special
Title: The Special London Bridge Special
Character: Bus Conductor Terry-Thomas
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befuddled, sings with other celebrities, has adventures and gets kidnapped by “the villain”.
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Title: The Persuaders!
Character: Archibald Sinclair Beachum
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Title: The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Character: Dr. Longstreet
Released: May 18, 1971
Type: Movie
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
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Atlantic Wall
Title: Atlantic Wall
Character: Le commandant Perry du Q.G. britannique
Released: October 14, 1970
Type: Movie
1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accidentally steals the plans for Hitler's V1 missiles.
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Twelve Plus One
Title: Twelve Plus One
Character: Albert
Released: October 7, 1969
Type: Movie
Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.
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Arthur? Arthur!
Title: Arthur? Arthur!
Character: Clennery Tubbs
Released: October 1, 1969
Type: Movie
The inventor of sure-fire failures leads such an abysmal life that he creates a second identity, that of a dashing, debonair womaniser.
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Monte Carlo or Bust!
Title: Monte Carlo or Bust!
Character: Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage
Released: April 28, 1969
Type: Movie
Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally from England to Monte Carlo provides the comedic farce.
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2000 Years Later
Title: 2000 Years Later
Character: Goodwyn
Released: March 11, 1969
Type: Movie
A satirical film on fads in the US. A TV host on a late night show tries to convince his viewers that they should return to Rome and Roman ways.
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Title: The Old Campaigner
Released: December 6, 1968
Type: TV
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How Sweet It Is!
Title: How Sweet It Is!
Character: Gilbert Tilly
Released: August 21, 1968
Type: Movie
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
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It's Your Move
Title: It's Your Move
Character: Jerome
Released: August 10, 1968
Type: Movie
A criminal plots a bank robbery hinging on doubles of the employees.
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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Title: Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Character: H. William Homer
Released: July 12, 1968
Type: Movie
George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over the world, she leaves him. While she is away, George converts her family home into a discotheque, when she returns, she threatens to send George to jail for fraud, cause she didn't give her approval. George needing some fast bucks, decides to turn to an old cohort of his, William Homer but Willy's a little short. George then decides to steal the plans to a new drill, Pamela's suitor, Dudley Heath is working on. But when George gets the mumps, he can't make it to the meeting place and refuses to give Willy the plans unless he gives him the cash first. And the buyers won't give unless they see the merchandise first.
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Title: Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Character: Ladislaus
Released: June 19, 1968
Type: Movie
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.
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Seven Times Seven
Title: Seven Times Seven
Character: Polizeiinspektor
Released: April 25, 1968
Type: Movie
A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison.
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How to Kill 400 Duponts
Title: How to Kill 400 Duponts
Character: Commissario Green
Released: March 7, 1968
Type: Movie
Dorellik, an Italian contract killer that lives on the French Riviera, accepts a job to kill everyone with the surname Dupont that lives in France for a rich customer which supposedly would allow him to obtain a large inheritance.
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Danger: Diabolik
Title: Danger: Diabolik
Character: Minister of Finance
Released: January 24, 1968
Type: Movie
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensuous lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
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Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose
Title: Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose is a 1968 American television special hosted by Princess Grace Kelly guiding the public through a tour of Monte Carlo. She encounters other celebrities such as Françoise Hardy, Terry-Thomas, Gilbert Bécaud, David Winters and his troupe the David Winters Dancers, who all perform musical numbers. We also meet her husband Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
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Arabella
Title: Arabella
Character: Hotel manager
Released: November 29, 1967
Type: Movie
A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother.
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Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1967
Type: TV
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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The Perils of Pauline
Title: The Perils of Pauline
Character: Sten Martin
Released: August 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.
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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Title: Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Character: Captain Sir Harry Washington-Smythe
Released: July 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...
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A Guide for the Married Man
Title: A Guide for the Married Man
Character: Technical Adviser (Harold aka Tiger)
Released: May 25, 1967
Type: Movie
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
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The Karate Killers
Title: The Karate Killers
Character: Constabler
Released: April 7, 1967
Type: Movie
International spies Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) travel around the globe in an effort to track down a secret formula that was divided into four parts and left by a dying scientist with his four of five daughters, all of whom live in different countries. His widow, Amanda, is murdered at the beginning by the counter-spies of the organization THRUSH. Evil THRUSH agent Randolph also wants the formula, and is aided by his karate-chopping henchmen.
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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Title: Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Character: Sir Reginald Brook
Released: December 8, 1966
Type: Movie
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
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Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Title: Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
Character: Lord Aldric / James
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: Movie
In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the world sterile and repopulate it with his harem. UK spy, Susan Fleming, helps Kelly.
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The Sandwich Man
Title: The Sandwich Man
Character: Scout Master
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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Munster, Go Home!
Title: Munster, Go Home!
Character: Freddie Munster
Released: June 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance had blossomed between Marilyn and Roger, but on land Marilyn discovers Roger's family holds a longstanding grudge against the Munsters.
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The Daydreamer
Title: The Daydreamer
Character: Brig. Zachary Zilch, the First Tailor (voice)
Released: June 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.
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Bang! Bang! You're Dead!
Title: Bang! Bang! You're Dead!
Character: El Caid
Released: May 5, 1966
Type: Movie
One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?
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Top Crack
Title: Top Crack
Character: Charles
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Italian comedy
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The Wild Affair
Title: The Wild Affair
Character: Godfrey Deane
Released: December 5, 1965
Type: Movie
Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male colleagues don't miss a chance to comfort her... and flirt.
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You Must Be Joking
Title: You Must Be Joking
Character: Major Foskett
Released: August 3, 1965
Type: Movie
A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Title: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Character: Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Released: June 16, 1965
Type: Movie
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
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Strange Bedfellows
Title: Strange Bedfellows
Character: Assistant Mortician
Released: February 9, 1965
Type: Movie
After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.
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How to Murder Your Wife
Title: How to Murder Your Wife
Character: Charles
Released: January 26, 1965
Type: Movie
Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had attended a friend's stag party - he finds that he is married to the very beautiful woman who popped out of the cake - and who doesn't speak a word of English. Despite his initial protestations, he comes to like married life and even changes his cartoon character from a super spy to a somewhat harried husband.
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Title: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character: Constable
Released: September 22, 1964
Type: TV
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
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Title: The Judy Garland Show
Character: Himself
Released: December 8, 1963
Type: TV
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Title: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character: J. Algernon Hawthorne
Released: November 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
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Title: The Danny Kaye Show
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 1963
Type: TV
The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963 to 1967 on Wednesday nights. Directed by Robert Scheerer, the show premiered in black-and-white, but later switched to color broadcasts. At the time, Kaye was at the height of his popularity, having starred in a string of successful films in the 1940s and '50's, made successful personal appearances at such venues as the London Palladium, and appeared many times on television. His most recent films had been considered disappointing, but the television specials he starred in were triumphant, leading to this series. Prior to his television and film career, Kaye had made a name for himself with his own radio show, and numerous other guest appearances on other shows.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Arthur Shelby
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Gideon Auerbach
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Charlie Hill
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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The Mouse on the Moon
Title: The Mouse on the Moon
Character: Maurice Spender
Released: May 7, 1963
Type: Movie
Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them to the moon.
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Kill or Cure
Title: Kill or Cure
Character: Capt. J. (Jeroboam) Barker-Rynde PI
Released: September 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A private eye is hired to go undercover at a health farm, but before he can find out why his client is murdered.
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The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Title: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Character: Ludwig (segment "The Singing Bone")
Released: August 7, 1962
Type: Movie
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."
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Operation Snatch
Title: Operation Snatch
Character: Lt. 'Piggy' Wigg
Released: March 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Legend has it that if the famous Barbary Apes leave the Rock of Gibraltar, it's a sign that the British will lose control of it. During World War II, a British officer is put in charge of the apes. When he detects that the animals' morale is slipping, he hatches a plan to go behind the German lines to "kidnap" a new ape for his charges to lift their spirits before the Germans find out about their condition and use it as propaganda.
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Bachelor Flat
Title: Bachelor Flat
Character: Professor Bruce Patterson
Released: January 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female students and is engaged to Helen Bushmill. While Helen goes on vacation, Bruce decides to stay at her apartment but is surprised by the arrival of Libby, Helen's 17-year-old daughter. Having never been told by Helen of this daughter, Bruce assumes she's another student. During her stay, Libby is noticed by an amorous neighbor, Mike.
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The Bing Crosby Show
Title: The Bing Crosby Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Bing Crosby performs with special guests Bob Hope, Marion Ryan, Dave King, Terry-Thomas, and Shirley Bassey.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self - Guest Host
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self - Co-Host
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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A Matter of WHO
Title: A Matter of WHO
Character: Archibald Bannister
Released: October 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.
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His and Hers
Title: His and Hers
Character: Reggie Blake
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charles Lunton; it matters little that most of his experiences are wildly embellished or even entirely fictitious...
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Make Mine Mink
Title: Make Mine Mink
Character: Major Albert Rayne
Released: August 9, 1960
Type: Movie
In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.
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School for Scoundrels
Title: School for Scoundrels
Character: Raymond Delauney
Released: March 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Title: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Character: Lord Arthur Savile
Released: January 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Saville is told by a palm reader he is doomed to become a murderer at some future time. He decides to get the inevitable out of the way before his upcoming society wedding, and goes about attempting the crime on several likely victims.
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I'm All Right Jack
Title: I'm All Right Jack
Character: Major Hitchcock
Released: August 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Title: Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
Character: Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne
Released: March 10, 1959
Type: Movie
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.
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Too Many Crooks
Title: Too Many Crooks
Character: Billy Gordon
Released: March 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
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Tom Thumb
Title: Tom Thumb
Character: Ivan
Released: December 4, 1958
Type: Movie
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.
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Happy Is the Bride
Title: Happy Is the Bride
Character: Policeman
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.
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The Naked Truth
Title: The Naked Truth
Character: Lord Henry Mayley
Released: December 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Title: Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Character: Capt. Romney Carlton-Ricketts
Released: December 1, 1957
Type: Movie
With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.
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Lucky Jim
Title: Lucky Jim
Character: Bertrand Welch
Released: September 17, 1957
Type: Movie
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the Professor's. All-in-all, the pub is the only friendly place to be. His misery is completed at a dreadful weekend gathering of the Welch clan by the arrival of son Bertrand. Not so much that Betrand is loud-mouthed and boorish - which he is - but that he has as companion Christine Callaghan, the sort of marvellous and unattainable woman Jim can only dream about.
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Brothers in Law
Title: Brothers in Law
Character: Alfred Green
Released: March 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
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The Green Man
Title: The Green Man
Character: Charles Boughtflower
Released: December 21, 1956
Type: Movie
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
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Private's Progress
Title: Private's Progress
Character: Major Hitchcock
Released: February 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.
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Title: Strictly T-T
Released: January 12, 1956
Type: TV
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Title: The Liberace Show
Released: May 16, 1952
Type: TV
This is a real treasure for the countless fans of this flamboyant pianist and singer whose talent was almost overshadowed by his glittering stage productions. With his dazzling piano virtuosity and sparkling personality, Liberace endeared himself to millions. Dressed in his exotic suits and with a candelabra always present on the piano, he brought a special magic and charm to everything he played, whether it be the classics or the latest popular song. Here he runs the full gamut... from Chopin to Tin Pan Alley and all in his own unique style.
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Melody Club
Title: Melody Club
Character: Freddy Forrester
Released: July 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Customers at the Melody Club are burgled while attending the the club. A detective investigates.
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Helter Skelter
Title: Helter Skelter
Character: Himself
Released: January 7, 1949
Type: Movie
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
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Brass Monkey
Title: Brass Monkey
Character: Terry-Thomas
Released: December 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
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Date With a Dream
Title: Date With a Dream
Character: Terry
Released: November 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Four war-time performers known for their concert parties, have a reunion. They decide they are still good together and form a successful nightclub act.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Copy Book Please
Title: Copy Book Please
Character: Presenter
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
This short post-war film was made to inform people how to address a letter correctly.
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Quiet Wedding
Title: Quiet Wedding
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
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For Freedom
Title: For Freedom
Character: News reader
Released: May 4, 1940
Type: Movie
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.
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Take a Chance
Title: Take a Chance
Character: Extra at Race Meeting (uncredited)
Released: July 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Comedy about Bookmakers and punters and their interest in the horse Take A Chance
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It's Love Again
Title: It's Love Again
Character: Dancer (Extra) (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a mysterious Englishwoman who spends her days hunting tigers in India, jumping out of airplanes, and generally driving men mad with her beauty. Since no one in London has ever seen Mrs. Smythe-Smythe, Elaine decides to impersonate the lady, in hopes that the publicity will land her the big break she's been looking for.
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Things to Come
Title: Things to Come
Character: Man of the Future (uncredited)
Released: March 31, 1936
Type: Movie
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
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When Knights Were Bold
Title: When Knights Were Bold
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: February 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Happy-go-lucky soldier Guy De Vere must leave India and return to the family seat at Little Twittering, for he has inherited the family title. Sir Guy finds all his relatives to be frozen stuffed shirts... except lovely cousin Rowena, who is mad about knighthood and chivalry. Struck in the head by a falling suit of armor, Guy dreams he and Rowena are back in 1400, as the unabashed farce continues...
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Cheer Up
Title: Cheer Up
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
Title: The Private Life of Henry VIII
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1933
Type: Movie
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.