Richard Massingham

Richard Massingham

Born: January 31, 1898
Died: April 1, 1953
in St George's Hanover Square, London, England, UK

Movies for Richard Massingham...

Will Any Gentleman...?
Title: Will Any Gentleman...?
Character: Stout Man
Released: August 25, 1953
Type: Movie
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.
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Turn the Key Softly
Title: Turn the Key Softly
Character: Bystander
Released: April 29, 1953
Type: Movie
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
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Introducing the New Worker
Title: Introducing the New Worker
Character: Director
Released: January 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Showing the importance of a thorough induction.
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To the Rescue
Title: To the Rescue
Character: Mr. Polly
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.
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Facts and Fancies
Title: Facts and Fancies
Character: Father
Released: September 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Describes the many by-products resulting from the carbonisation of coal.
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The Silent Order
Title: The Silent Order
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the Holy Cross, Roscrea, County Tipperary, as they quietly go about their business as farmers, scholars, artists, and writers—evoking 10 centuries of a shifting social, political, and religious landscape in the heart of Ireland. 
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The Cure
Title: The Cure
Character: John Brown
Released: September 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Richard Massingham directs and stars in this medical short about a man going to any lengths to cure his lumbago.
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Moving House
Title: Moving House
Character: Uncle Bob
Released: June 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Richard Massingham's 'Uncle Bob' character helps his family move house.
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Handkerchief Drill
Title: Handkerchief Drill
Character: Husband
Released: November 15, 1949
Type: Movie
A husband sneezes inconsiderately all over the place, until his wife has had enough and leaves him.
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Warning to Travellers
Title: Warning to Travellers
Released: April 23, 1949
Type: Movie
Advice for post-war British holidaymakers on how to comply with new Treasury legislation on taking money abroad, presented in comic style by Richard Massingham.
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Thirty Miles an Hour
Title: Thirty Miles an Hour
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Short road safety film.
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Jet-Propelled Germs
Title: Jet-Propelled Germs
Released: October 10, 1948
Type: Movie
Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and what to do with used handkerchiefs
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What a Life!
Title: What a Life!
Character: Mr. A
Released: June 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Two men, worn down by their dismal daily existence, decide to take action.
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What's In a Number
Title: What's In a Number
Released: May 20, 1948
Type: Movie
National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.
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Pedestrian Crossing
Title: Pedestrian Crossing
Character: Mr. A
Released: May 13, 1948
Type: Movie
Richard Massingham gives a comic demonstration of how to cross the road.
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Health in Our Time
Title: Health in Our Time
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory. Commentary by Dr. Charles Hill.
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Watch Your Meters
Title: Watch Your Meters
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
Richard Massingham stars in an educational short about ways of conserving household energy.
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Agricultural Holiday Camps
Title: Agricultural Holiday Camps
Released: June 7, 1947
Type: Movie
The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.
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Pool of Contentment
Title: Pool of Contentment
Released: July 7, 1946
Type: Movie
A secretarial pool dream of the ideal civil servant to be their boss.
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Influenza
Title: Influenza
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Public health film, warning of the dangers of this airborne disease through sneezing.
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Coughs and Sneezes
Title: Coughs and Sneezes
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.
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Post Haste
Title: Post Haste
Released: January 2, 1943
Type: Movie
A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.
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In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself
Title: In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself
Character: Man in Pub
Released: January 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.
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The Five-Inch Bather
Title: The Five-Inch Bather
Character: The Bather
Released: December 21, 1942
Type: Movie
A man extols the enjoyment that can still be had in a bath restricted to the wartime allowance of five inches of hot water.
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Tell Me If It Hurts
Title: Tell Me If It Hurts
Character: Customer
Released: December 31, 1934
Type: Movie
A short comedy about dentistry by the doctor and (at this point) amateur film-maker Richard Massingham.