John McLaren

John McLaren

Born: October 10, 1911
Died: October 10, 1970
in Keoma, Alberta, Canada

Movies for John McLaren...

The Canterbury Tales
Title: The Canterbury Tales
Character: Johnny the Grace
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
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Title: Riptide
Character: Eddie Harrison
Released: February 6, 1969
Type: TV
Riptide is an Australian adventure television
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Title: Here's Lucy
Character: Elroy Sherwood
Released: September 23, 1968
Type: TV
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Goldfinger
Title: Goldfinger
Character: Brigadier
Released: September 20, 1964
Type: Movie
Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
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Follow the Boys
Title: Follow the Boys
Character: Commentator
Released: February 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Four women create mayhem as they follow their Navy partners around the Riviera.
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The Young Racers
Title: The Young Racers
Character: Lotus Team Manager
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A former race car driver-turned-writer attempts to expose a ruthless, womanizing Grand Prix racer. A film constructed around footage shot of actual Grand Prix races in Europe.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Brinkley
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Stephen Elliot
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Dr. Frank Northwade
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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First Man into Space
Title: First Man into Space
Character: State Dept. Official, Harold Atkins
Released: February 27, 1959
Type: Movie
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
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The Child and the Killer
Title: The Child and the Killer
Character: Major Finch
Released: February 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Joe Marsh (Robert Arden) is a U.S. Army captain who goes on the run in Britain after committing murder. He breaks into a family's home and forces 7-year-old Tommy Martin (Richard Williams) to guide his escape through the surrounding rural territory. A bond begins to form between the child and the desperate fugitive, but Marsh's criminal nature cannot help but show itself again before the chase comes to an end.
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The Two-Headed Spy
Title: The Two-Headed Spy
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1958
Type: Movie
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
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A King in New York
Title: A King in New York
Character: Macabee Senior
Released: September 12, 1957
Type: Movie
A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
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The Young Lovers
Title: The Young Lovers
Character: Col. Margetson
Released: August 24, 1954
Type: Movie
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.
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Diplomatic Passport
Title: Diplomatic Passport
Character: Jack Gordon
Released: August 13, 1954
Type: Movie
An American diplomat and his wife arrive in London, and are soon involved in a series of confusing and sometimes frightening events
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Poet's Pub
Title: Poet's Pub
Character: Elmer Van Buren
Released: July 5, 1949
Type: Movie
A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.
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Calling Paul Temple
Title: Calling Paul Temple
Character: Leo Brent
Released: April 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
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No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Title: No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Character: Foster Harvey
Released: April 15, 1948
Type: Movie
Filmed in England but set in New York, No Orchids For Miss Blandish tells of a sheltered heiress who is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods, in what starts out as a jewel robbery and turns into a kidnapping/murder when one of them kills the bridegroom. More mayhem ensues as the three kidnappers soon end up dead.
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Great Day
Title: Great Day
Character: American Officer
Released: July 9, 1945
Type: Movie
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
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The Way to the Stars
Title: The Way to the Stars
Character: 'Cheerio' Chester
Released: June 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
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The Man from Morocco
Title: The Man from Morocco
Character: Pete
Released: April 17, 1945
Type: Movie
With the ending of the Spanish Civil War, a dispirited band of volunteers from the International Brigades seeks refuge in France. But on reaching the frontier, the band is disarmed, and all are detained as political prisoners. Then come instructions from Vichy that all fit prisoners are to be sent to Morocco to work on the Sahara railway for the Germans. However, one man manages to escape to London with vital information for the Allies.
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South Pacific
Title: South Pacific
Character: Capt. George Brackett
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The professional recording of the 1952 original London production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.