Harcourt Williams

Harcourt Williams

Born: March 30, 1880
Died: December 13, 1957

Movies for Harcourt Williams...

Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Hinshaw
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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Quentin Durward
Title: Quentin Durward
Character: Bishop of Liege
Released: September 9, 1955
Type: Movie
During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The plan goes awry when the young man falls in love with her. Based on the classic novel by Sir Walter Scott.
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The Flying Eye
Title: The Flying Eye
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A boy detective, with Colonel Audacious and his wonderful invention, in a model aeroplane, the 'flying-eye', foil the efforts of international thieves to steal a secret formula.
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Roman Holiday
Title: Roman Holiday
Character: Ambassador
Released: August 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
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The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Title: The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Character: The Old Beggar (voice)
Released: May 29, 1953
Type: Movie
A chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess are aided by Wonderbird in their escape from a ruthless dictator
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Time Bomb
Title: Time Bomb
Character: Vicar
Released: February 5, 1953
Type: Movie
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has explosive problems of his own.
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The Magic Box
Title: The Magic Box
Character: Tom
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
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Green Grow the Rushes
Title: Green Grow the Rushes
Character: Judge
Released: November 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back to Henry III) to evade government-imposed import duties and taxes. And when the government decides to curb this right, the whole village quietly rises up in a comical rebellion. After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
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The Late Edwina Black
Title: The Late Edwina Black
Character: Dr. Septimus Prendergast
Released: March 31, 1951
Type: Movie
When a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the mystery of her death... over a cup of tea.
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Cage of Gold
Title: Cage of Gold
Character: Dr. Kearn
Released: October 23, 1950
Type: Movie
The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
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Your Witness
Title: Your Witness
Character: Richard Beamish
Released: March 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.
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Trottie True
Title: Trottie True
Character: Duke Of Wellwater
Released: September 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
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Under Capricorn
Title: Under Capricorn
Character: The Coachman
Released: September 8, 1949
Type: Movie
A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to help her conquer her demons and return her life to normal.
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The Lost People
Title: The Lost People
Character: Priest
Released: August 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
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For Them That Trespass
Title: For Them That Trespass
Character: Judge
Released: April 21, 1949
Type: Movie
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Third Time Lucky
Title: Third Time Lucky
Character: Doc
Released: January 6, 1949
Type: Movie
A gambler falls in love with a naive young girl. He thinks she is bringing him good luck. Then his main gambling rival arrives and he desires the girl as well.
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Hamlet
Title: Hamlet
Character: First Player
Released: December 10, 1948
Type: Movie
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Shakespeare’s beloved tragedy. Olivier is at his most inspired—both as director and as the melancholy Dane himself—as he breathes new life into the words of one of the world’s greatest dramatists.
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No Room at the Inn
Title: No Room at the Inn
Character: Reverend Allworth
Released: November 22, 1948
Type: Movie
A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
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Vice Versa
Title: Vice Versa
Character: Judge
Released: January 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.
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Brighton Rock
Title: Brighton Rock
Character: Prewitt
Released: January 9, 1948
Type: Movie
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
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Henry V
Title: Henry V
Character: King Charles VI of France
Released: November 24, 1944
Type: Movie
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.