Gordon James

Gordon James

Born: July 21, 1877
Died: February 3, 1949
in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK

Movies for Gordon James...

Saloon Bar
Title: Saloon Bar
Character: Jim
Released: November 2, 1940
Type: Movie
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
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Second Best Bed
Title: Second Best Bed
Character: Judge
Released: July 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
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For Valour
Title: For Valour
Character: Fowle
Released: March 16, 1937
Type: Movie
In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor). Unfortunately the well-meaning major's actions cause the soldier to be extradited back to England where he must stand trial for a series of crimes he committed before he joined the military. Later the major scours the British jails in search of the heroic lad. He finally finds him recruiting soldiers for WW I.
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Pot Luck
Title: Pot Luck
Released: April 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.
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Foreign Affaires
Title: Foreign Affaires
Character: Rope
Released: November 21, 1935
Type: Movie
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means - fair or foul!
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Stormy Weather
Title: Stormy Weather
Character: Salt Jasper
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
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Dirty Work
Title: Dirty Work
Character: Toome
Released: December 7, 1934
Type: Movie
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
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A Cup of Kindness
Title: A Cup of Kindness
Character: Nicholas Ramsbottom
Released: May 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
Title: A Cuckoo in the Nest
Character: Noony
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
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Thark
Title: Thark
Character: Death
Released: October 31, 1932
Type: Movie
Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
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Tons of Money
Title: Tons of Money
Character: George Maitland
Released: December 31, 1930
Type: Movie
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
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Mothers Cry
Title: Mothers Cry
Character: Policeman
Released: December 4, 1930
Type: Movie
Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life of crime and now returns to inflict his insane behavior on the family household.
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Plunder
Title: Plunder
Character: Simon Veal
Released: November 5, 1930
Type: Movie
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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Atlantic
Title: Atlantic
Character: Capt. Collins
Released: November 15, 1929
Type: Movie
A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.