Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall

Born: May 27, 1897
Died: June 9, 1962
in Streatham Hill, London, England, UK
From Wikipedia

Henry Kendall, (28 May 1897 – 9 June 1962) was an English stage and film actor, theatre director and an immaculately stylish revue artiste.

Kendall was born in London in 1897 and educated at the City of London School. He made his first appearance on the stage in September 1914 at the Lyceum Theatre, playing a 'super' in Tommy Atkins. He had a distinguished war career, serving as a Captain in the Royal Air Force from 1916 to 1919, and on demobilisation was awarded the Royal Air Force Cross.

He played the leading role of Reggie Ogden in the film The Shadow in 1933, and also starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 'bravest failure', Rich and Strange, US title East of Shanghai (1931).

Movies for Henry Kendall...

Nothing Barred
Title: Nothing Barred
Character: Parson
Released: October 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?
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The Shadow of the Cat
Title: The Shadow of the Cat
Character: The Doctor (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
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An Alligator Named Daisy
Title: An Alligator Named Daisy
Character: Valet
Released: December 13, 1955
Type: Movie
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.
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The Voice of Merrill
Title: The Voice of Merrill
Character: Ronald Parker
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
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Helter Skelter
Title: Helter Skelter
Character: Lord Bruce Carlton
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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29 Acacia Avenue
Title: 29 Acacia Avenue
Character: Mr Wilson
Released: May 1, 1945
Type: Movie
The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor, they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage children free run of their house. As the youngsters enjoy their newfound freedom and discover the angst of teenage life, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson begin to have second thoughts about their cruise and decide to return home early.
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The Butler's Dilemma
Title: The Butler's Dilemma
Character: Carmichael
Released: November 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...
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The Mysterious Mr. Davis
Title: The Mysterious Mr. Davis
Character: Julian Roscoe
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner
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School for Husbands
Title: School for Husbands
Character: Geoffrey Carter
Released: August 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter and Morgan Cheswick, off to Paris so they can be free for one night of fun and frolic. The husbands are all for this as they think it will cure their wives of being infatuated with this man-about-town. And they might run into some fun in Paris. Actually, the philanderer is the one who put the idea in their heads to go away so the coast will be clear for his marauding raid party, with no intentions of curing anybody of anything.
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Take a Chance
Title: Take a Chance
Character: Archie Burton
Released: July 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Comedy about Bookmakers and punters and their interest in the horse Take A Chance
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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
Title: The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
Character: Lord Honiton
Released: July 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for year without touching his inheritance.
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Twelve Good Men
Title: Twelve Good Men
Character: Charles Drew
Released: March 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of another juror, an actor. It is the actor who saves them from the murderous fugitive.
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Lend Me Your Wife
Title: Lend Me Your Wife
Character: Tony Radford
Released: October 1, 1935
Type: Movie
'Bachelor has his friend's wife pose as his own to fool rich uncle.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Death on the Set
Title: Death on the Set
Character: Cayley Morden / Charlie Marsh
Released: July 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters place, he then causes an actress to be framed.
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Three Witnesses
Title: Three Witnesses
Character: Leslie Trent
Released: March 1, 1935
Type: Movie
At a firm of contractors, a partner is accused of murdering his brother following a takeover bid.
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Death at Broadcasting House
Title: Death at Broadcasting House
Character: Rodney Fleming
Released: November 1, 1934
Type: Movie
An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.
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The Flaw
Title: The Flaw
Character: John Millway
Released: October 2, 1933
Type: Movie
'Poisoner's victim turns tables.' (British Film Catalogue)
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This Week of Grace
Title: This Week of Grace
Character: Lord Clive Swinford
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.
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Great Stuff
Title: Great Stuff
Character: Archie Brown
Released: June 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A woman's parents became robbers in a desperate effort to prevent her marrying an unsuitable man.
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The Man Outside
Title: The Man Outside
Character: Harry Wainwright
Released: June 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the unmasking of people who are not as they at first seem.
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Timbuctoo
Title: Timbuctoo
Character: Benedict Tichbourne
Released: April 1, 1933
Type: Movie
'Girl's wastrel cousin and his valet go to Timbuctoo.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Reggie Ogden
Released: March 2, 1933
Type: Movie
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
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King of the Ritz
Title: King of the Ritz
Character: Teddy Smith
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.
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Counsel's Opinion
Title: Counsel's Opinion
Character: Logan
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
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The Ghost Camera
Title: The Ghost Camera
Character: John Gray
Released: January 31, 1933
Type: Movie
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.
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Watch Beverly
Title: Watch Beverly
Character: Victor Beverly
Released: October 20, 1932
Type: Movie
A British diplomat becomes entangled with a ring of international criminals.
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Mr. Bill the Conqueror
Title: Mr. Bill the Conqueror
Character: Sir William Normand
Released: May 5, 1932
Type: Movie
A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
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The House Opposite
Title: The House Opposite
Character: Hobart
Released: March 22, 1932
Type: Movie
A Police Officer pursues a gang of blackmailers.
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The Innocents of Chicago
Title: The Innocents of Chicago
Character: Percy Lloyd
Released: March 20, 1932
Type: Movie
A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane
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Rich and Strange
Title: Rich and Strange
Character: Fred Hill
Released: December 10, 1931
Type: Movie
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
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The Flying Fool
Title: The Flying Fool
Character: Vincent Floyd
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he suspects of smuggling drugs into Britain from France on a regular basis. Floyd has so far struggled to gain evidence on Marlowe, but through a series of incidents finds himself bound for Paris on the same plane as Marlowe.....
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French Leave
Title: French Leave
Character: Lt. George Graham
Released: August 20, 1930
Type: Movie
During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy.