Philip Friend

Philip Friend

Born: February 20, 1915
Died: September 1, 1987
in Horsham, Sussex, England, UK

Movies for Philip Friend...

The Vulture
Title: The Vulture
Character: The Vicar
Released: December 23, 1966
Type: Movie
A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor.
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Stranglehold
Title: Stranglehold
Character: Steffan
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A movie star is typecast as a ruthless gangster. His troubles begin when he gets reality confused with his job and becomes deluded into believing that he really is a mobster.
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The Solitary Child
Title: The Solitary Child
Character: James Random
Released: December 9, 1958
Type: Movie
A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife.
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Son of Robin Hood
Title: Son of Robin Hood
Character: Dorchester
Released: November 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.
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Danger List
Title: Danger List
Character: Dr. Jim Bennett
Released: December 26, 1957
Type: Movie
When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the killer pills.
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The Betrayal
Title: The Betrayal
Character: Michael McCall
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice of the traitor who betrayed him and his fellow prisoners to the Germans.
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Cloak Without Dagger
Title: Cloak Without Dagger
Character: Major Felix Gratton
Released: May 31, 1956
Type: Movie
A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to discover what went wrong?
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Dick Turpin: Highwayman
Title: Dick Turpin: Highwayman
Character: Dick Turpin
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A Hammer Films short recounting the adventures of Dick Turpin.
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The Diamond Wizard
Title: The Diamond Wizard
Character: Insp. McClaren
Released: April 1, 1954
Type: Movie
While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O'Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip Friend) in his search for a missing atomic scientist (Paul Hardtmuth). The detective duo discovers that the key to solving both cases may rest with the scientist's daughter (Margaret Sheridan) and her fascinating diamond.
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Background
Title: Background
Character: John Lomax
Released: November 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm.
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Desperate Moment
Title: Desperate Moment
Character: Capt. Bob Sawyer
Released: March 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)
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Thunder on the Hill
Title: Thunder on the Hill
Character: Sidney Kingham
Released: October 17, 1951
Type: Movie
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
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The Highwayman
Title: The Highwayman
Character: Jeremy
Released: August 11, 1951
Type: Movie
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Smuggler's Island
Title: Smuggler's Island
Character: Allan Craig
Released: May 18, 1951
Type: Movie
An adventurer about to lose his sloop and diving equipment agrees to dive for illegal gold.
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Spy Hunt
Title: Spy Hunt
Character: Chris Denson
Released: June 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of one of the animals. But when the train is derailed in the Swiss Alps and the panthers escape, she is forced to involve him in her mission, which now includes enemy agents hunting the microfilm, the animals, Catherine and Roger. Corrected from an original submission by Guy Bellinger.
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Buccaneer's Girl
Title: Buccaneer's Girl
Character: Frederic Baptiste (aka Capt. Robert Kingston)
Released: March 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
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Sword in the Desert
Title: Sword in the Desert
Character: Lt. Ellerton
Released: August 24, 1949
Type: Movie
First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.
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Enchantment
Title: Enchantment
Character: Pelham Dane
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
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My Own True Love
Title: My Own True Love
Character: Michael Heath
Released: July 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp.
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Great Day
Title: Great Day
Character: Geoffrey Winthrop
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 Flemish Farm
Title: The Flemish Farm
Character: Fernard Matagne
Released: September 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.
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Warn That Man
Title: Warn That Man
Character: John Cooper
Released: July 13, 1943
Type: Movie
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany.
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The Bells Go Down
Title: The Bells Go Down
Character: Bob
Released: May 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
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In Which We Serve
Title: In Which We Serve
Character: Torps
Released: September 17, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
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The Next of Kin
Title: The Next of Kin
Character: Lt. Cummins
Released: June 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
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The Day Will Dawn
Title: The Day Will Dawn
Character: Pilot
Released: June 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
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Back-Room Boy
Title: Back-Room Boy
Character: Damon Ravel
Released: April 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...
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Sheepdog of the Hills
Title: Sheepdog of the Hills
Character: Dr. Peter Hammond
Released: December 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister.
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'Pimpernel' Smith
Title: 'Pimpernel' Smith
Character: Spencer
Released: July 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
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Dangerous Moonlight
Title: Dangerous Moonlight
Character: Pete
Released: June 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in America and meets up again with Carole.
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Old Bill and Son
Title: Old Bill and Son
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
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The Midas Touch
Title: The Midas Touch
Character: David Morgan
Released: May 4, 1940
Type: Movie
A Film Directed by David MacDonald ....
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Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
Title: Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie
British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.
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Inquest
Title: Inquest
Character: Richard Neale KC
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.