Carole Ann Ford

Carole Ann Ford

Born: June 16, 1940
Carole Ann Lillian Ford (née Higgins; born 16 June 1940) is a British actress best known for her roles as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and as Bettina in the 1962 film adaptation of The Day of the Triffids.

Movies for Carole Ann Ford...

Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Title: Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
Character: Susan Foreman (archive footage)
Released: November 23, 2023
Type: Movie
The very first crew of the TARDIS land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy... the mutant Daleks. It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and woven together into a 75-minute blockbuster with brand-new sound and a brand-new score created by Mark Ayres. The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963.
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The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
Title: The Doctors: The William Hartnell Years
Released: June 1, 2017
Type: Movie
This is the definitive set of interviews with the team of actors who brought the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who to life! Together with a special tribute to William Hartnell (the First Doctor), containing messages from a host of stars and production staff from Doctor Who, this also features the best in-depth interviews ever undertaken with, Carole Ann Ford (Susan), Jacqueline Hill (Barbara), William Russell (Ian), Peter Purves (Steven) and Jackie Lane (Dodo)!
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Title: The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Character: Herself
Released: November 23, 2013
Type: Movie
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. But do they manage it?
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An Adventure in Space and Time
Title: An Adventure in Space and Time
Character: Joyce
Released: November 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles while wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama. Allied with a team of unusual but brilliant people, they went on to create the longest running science fiction series ever made.
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Doctor Who at the Proms
Title: Doctor Who at the Proms
Character: Self - Special Guest Appearance
Released: August 26, 2013
Type: Movie
Doctor Who returns to the Proms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the popular BBC series. As well as showcasing Murray Gold’s music from the past eight years, the concert also journeys back to the early days of Doctor Who and the groundbreaking work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Featuring special guests from the series, big screens and a host of monsters ready to invade the Royal Albert Hall, this is not the year to be exterminated!
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Don't Lose Your Head
Title: Don't Lose Your Head
Character: Herself
Released: January 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Don't Lose Your Head was a DVD documentary concerning Doctor Who that was released on 28 January 2013.
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Vision On
Title: Vision On
Character: Susan Foreman (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Vision On was a documentary of Clive Doig discussing the role of the vision mixer in making early Doctor Who episodes, including footage and discussion of studio mishaps that occurred on screen.
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The Sets of Marinus
Title: The Sets of Marinus
Character: Susan Foreman (archive footage)
Released: September 21, 2009
Type: Movie
The Sets of Marinus is a BBC documentary looking at set design for the Doctor Who story The Keys of Marinus. It was released on the DVD of the serial.
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Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Title: Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
Released: March 3, 2008
Type: Movie
Producer Steve Broster takes a look back to 1983 and the celebration of Doctor Who's twentieth anniversary, including the production and transmission of 'The Five Doctors', the media interest and the BBC Enterprises' event at Longleat House. Featuring actors Peter Davison, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Carole Ann Ford, John Leeson, Richard Franklin and Caroline John, writer Terrance Dicks, director Peter Moffatt, visual effects designer Mike Kelt, new series writers Paul Cornell and Gareth Roberts, prominent fans Andrew Beech, Ian Levine, Richard Molesworth and James Goss. Presented by Colin Baker.
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Creation of the Daleks
Title: Creation of the Daleks
Character: Susan Foreman (archive footage)
Released: January 31, 2006
Type: Movie
Featured on the "Doctor Who: The Beginning" box set and tells the story of the Creation of the Daleks.
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Doctor Who: Origins
Title: Doctor Who: Origins
Character: Self
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
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Masters of Sound
Title: Masters of Sound
Character: Susan Foreman (archive footage)
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary on the sound effects of Doctor Who in the 1960s.
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Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Title: Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDIS
Character: Self / Susan Foreman
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
A feature on Doctor Who: The Beginning box set which tells the stories of the Doctor's time machine - the TARDIS.
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Over the Edge: The Story of
Title: Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
Character: Self / Susan Foreman
Released: January 30, 2006
Type: Movie
Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
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The Story of Doctor Who
Title: The Story of Doctor Who
Released: December 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series.
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Then & Now
Title: Then & Now
Released: February 1, 2001
Type: Movie
In the 1980’s US public television station New Jersey Network produced some groundbreaking documentaries about DOCTOR WHO following the programme’s huge success in America. Doctor Who – Then & Now was made in 1987. Presented by Eric Luskin and recorded in the NJN studios it features unique interviews with Terry Nation talking about the creation of the Daleks and Patrick Troughton discussing his portrayal of the Second Doctor.
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Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Title: Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell
Released: June 2, 1999
Type: Movie
As the very first Doctor, William Hartnell created the character that made Doctor Who a success. No other actor made such a lasting contribution to the programme or influenced it so greatly. In this special Myth Makers, Nicholas Briggs meets William’s friends, colleagues and family and explores the personality of this shy, complex and private man. With contributions from William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Verity Lambert, Michael Craze, Anneke Wills, Donald Tosh, Christopher Barry and a revealing interview with Jack Pitt, who was an extra in Doctor Who and shared William’s flat in London. Also featured is Jessica Carney, who has written a biography of the grandfather’s life titled Who’s There? This is not just a Myth Makers tribute… it’s almost a chance to meet the man himself.
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Soul's Ark
Title: Soul's Ark
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
After disappearances during an archelogical dig, Stella Grant (Carole Ann Ford) sends in her two top agents, played by Colin Baker and Wendy Padbury, to investigate.
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Lust in Space
Title: Lust in Space
Released: May 28, 1998
Type: Movie
Doctor Who travelled with the most gorgeous girls in the Cosmos. But was there any Lust in Space? Doctor Who is on trial - and the charge is sexism! The scene is set, the witnesses called. We expose Doctor Who’s final taboo! It’s everything you wanted to know about sex (in Doctor Who) but were afraid to ask!
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The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Title: The Making of Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Climb aboard the HMS Belfast and enter Pinewood Film Studios for a fascinating and humorous insight into the making of SHAKEDOWN — Return of the Sontarans. Includes all new interviews with the stars — Jan Chappell, Brian Croucher, Carole Ann Ford, Sophie Aldred, Rory O’Donnell, Toby Aspin and Tom Finnis — writer Terrance Dicks, director Kevin Davies, composer Mark Ayres and much more! PLUS Highlights from Dreamwatch 94'
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Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Title: Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Character: Zorelle
Released: December 1, 1994
Type: Movie
The space solar yacht Tiger Moth under the command of no-nonsense Captain Lisa Deranne is on a cruise taking some rich misfits on a voyage through space. Unfortunately on their travels they have picked a stowaway, a shape-changing Rutan, a race that has been at war with another race, the Sontarans, since the dawn of time. The Rutan has important news regarding the war and the Sontarans, and upon hearing the news, attack the Tiger Moth and take it over. The Rutan hides itself among the crew and one by one the Sontarans and the human crew are murdered by the Rutan. The Sontarans plan to destroy all life on the Tiger Moth. Can Lisa find out who the Rutan is before the Sontarans destroy her ship and her life?...
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30 Years in the TARDIS
Title: 30 Years in the TARDIS
Character: Herself
Released: November 29, 1993
Type: Movie
A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Title: Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: November 27, 1993
Type: Movie
All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
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Myth Runner
Title: Myth Runner
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A spoof of Blade Runner, built around bloopers and outtakes from the Myth Makers series of videos, featuring interviews with actors from the Doctor Who TV series.
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Title: Doctor Who Then & Now
Character: Susan
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: TV
Television special about the origins of Doctor Who, featuring interviews with directors, creators, and actors.
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Myth Makers 4: Carole Ann Ford
Title: Myth Makers 4: Carole Ann Ford
Released: November 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Carole Ann Ford portrayed a unique character in Doctor Who. As Susan, The Doctor’s granddaughter, she left Gallifrey with the errant Time Lord before the very first episode, An Unearthly Child. This Myth Makers combines two interviews by Nicholas Briggs, the first at Carole’s home in 1985 and the second at a London TV studio in 1996. Together they give a very personal view of the early days of Doctor Who and the effects the programme had on Carole’s life and career.
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Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Title: Doctor Who: The Five Doctors
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: November 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Many incarnations of the Doctors and their old companions are taken out of time and deposited in the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There, they must battle the Master, Daleks, Cybermen and Yeti in order to reach the Dark Tower and discover the Tomb of Rassilon.
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The Hiding Place
Title: The Hiding Place
Character: Woman
Released: May 4, 1975
Type: Movie
The Hiding Place is an account of a Dutch family who risk their lives by offering a safe haven for Jews during World War II
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Title: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Character: Valerie
Released: January 9, 1973
Type: TV
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.
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Dial M for Murder
Title: Dial M for Murder
Released: November 15, 1967
Type: Movie
A made-for-television remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film.
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The Man Outside
Title: The Man Outside
Character: Cindy
Released: August 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Bill MacLean is a former CIA agent living in London. He had been fired when he stuck up for one of the men in his command who turned out to be branded a Russian defector. The embittered ex-agent combines forces with another operative to deliver a top Russian secret police official for a price. Before he can deliver the Russian, a trail of corpses and double crosses changes his plans. When his partner who concocted the scheme is murdered, MacLean returns the check to the CIA. They offer him his old job back, but the proud man refuses.
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Title: The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Released: March 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
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Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Title: Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: December 26, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS arrives in a desolate future London, where the Doctor discovers his old enemies the Daleks have taken control of Earth.
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Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Title: Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: November 14, 1964
Type: Movie
When the TARDIS malfunctions, it and its travellers land on Earth at the size of insects. They uncover a murderous plot involving a new insecticide, but how can they stop the crime in their miniaturised condition?
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Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Title: Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: September 12, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 — one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling — alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie prison.
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Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Title: Doctor Who: The Sensorites
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: August 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan arrive in the TARDIS on board a spaceship. Their initial concern is for the ship's human crew, who are suffering from telepathic interference from the Sensorites, but Susan communicates with the Sensorites and finds the aliens fear an attack by the humans and are just defending themselves. Travelling to the Sense Sphere (the Sensorites' planet) the Doctor seeks to cure an illness to which the Sensorites and Ian have succumbed, but finds it has been caused by deliberate poisoning. The political manoeuvring of the Sensorite City Administrator poses another threat to the TARDIS crew as he seeks to discredit and implicate them.
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Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Title: Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: June 13, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS materialises inside an Aztec tomb. Outside it, the Doctor and his companions soon discover that Mexico in the 15th century is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place... And with Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an ancient high priest called Yetaxa, the history teacher thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?
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Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Title: Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: May 16, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
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Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Title: Doctor Who: Marco Polo
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: April 4, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS crew lands in the Himalayas of Cathay in 1289, their ship badly damaged, and are picked up by Marco Polo's caravan on its way along the fabled Silk Road to see the Emperor Kublai Khan. The story concerns the Doctor and his companions' attempts to thwart the machinations of Tegana, who attempts to sabotage the caravan along its travels through the Pamir Plateau and across the treacherous Gobi Desert, and ultimately to assassinate Kublai Khan in Peking, at the height of his imperial power.
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Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Title: Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: February 15, 1964
Type: Movie
In this completely TARDIS-based story, the crew find themselves and their ship acting very strangely indeed. Blame runs high for the Ship's unusual behavior, until the Doctor realizes the TARDIS itself may be trying to warn them...
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Doctor Who: The Daleks
Title: Doctor Who: The Daleks
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Susan, Barbara, and Ian to the planet Skaro where they meet two indigenous races — the Daleks, malicious mutant creatures encased in armoured travel machines, and the Thals, beautiful humanoids with pacifist principles. They convince the Thals of the need to fight for their own survival.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Title: Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Character: Susan Foreman
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: Movie
Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
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The Punch and Judy Man
Title: The Punch and Judy Man
Character: Girl in Seaside Kiosk (Uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1963
Type: Movie
Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who gets him to perform at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the town in front of all the local dignitaries, his hatred of snobbery comes to a hilarious head.
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The Punch and Judy Man
Title: The Punch and Judy Man
Character: Girl in Kiosk
Released: April 8, 1963
Type: Movie
Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who gets him to perform at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the town in front of all the local dignitaries, his hatred of snobbery comes to a hilarious head.
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Mix Me a Person
Title: Mix Me a Person
Character: Jen
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
Eighteen-year-old Harry Jukes is literally holding a smoking gun in his hand. His lawyer thinks he did it, but his psychiatrist disagrees -- and sets out to prove she is right.
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The Day of the Triffids
Title: The Day of the Triffids
Character: Bettina
Released: July 5, 1962
Type: Movie
After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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Horrors of the Black Museum
Title: Horrors of the Black Museum
Character: Teen in Hall of Mirrors (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1959
Type: Movie
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
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The Last Load
Title: The Last Load
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
David and Monty are two friends of Susan and Betty Potter whose father runs a fleet of lorries. One by one, his lorries are involved in accidents and sabotage is suspected. The children are determined to find the culprits.