Ralph Lynn

Ralph Lynn

Born: March 17, 1882
Died: August 8, 1962
in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Ralph Clifford Lynn (8 March 1882 – 8 August 1962) was an English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film.

Movies for Ralph Lynn...

For Valour
Title: For Valour
Character: Major Pyke
Released: March 16, 1937
Type: Movie
In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor). Unfortunately the well-meaning major's actions cause the soldier to be extradited back to England where he must stand trial for a series of crimes he committed before he joined the military. Later the major scours the British jails in search of the heroic lad. He finally finds him recruiting soldiers for WW I.
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All In!
Title: All In!
Character: Archibald 'Archie' Slott
Released: October 29, 1936
Type: Movie
Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.
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Pot Luck
Title: Pot Luck
Released: April 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.
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In the Soup
Title: In the Soup
Character: Horace
Released: April 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.
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Foreign Affaires
Title: Foreign Affaires
Character: Jefferson Darby
Released: November 21, 1935
Type: Movie
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means - fair or foul!
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Stormy Weather
Title: Stormy Weather
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
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Fighting Stock
Title: Fighting Stock
Character: Sydney Rowley
Released: April 9, 1935
Type: Movie
The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle royale between two rival groups of fishermen. Brigadier-General Sir Donald Rowley (Tom Walls) gets involved in the fray when he rents a country cottage with his nephew Sydney (Ralph Lynn). While the nephew pitches woo at the local maidens, General Rowley adopts military tactics to reclaim the stream from village squire Duck (J. Robertson Hare).
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Dirty Work
Title: Dirty Work
Character: Jimmy Milligan
Released: December 7, 1934
Type: Movie
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
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A Cup of Kindness
Title: A Cup of Kindness
Character: Charlie Tutt
Released: May 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
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Turkey Time
Title: Turkey Time
Character: David Winterton
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
Title: A Cuckoo in the Nest
Character: Peter Wykeham
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
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Up to the Neck
Title: Up to the Neck
Character: Norman B Good
Released: August 18, 1933
Type: Movie
'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)
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Summer Lightning
Title: Summer Lightning
Character: Hugo Carmody
Released: July 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.
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Thark
Title: Thark
Character: Ronald Gamble
Released: October 31, 1932
Type: Movie
Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
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A Night Like This
Title: A Night Like This
Character: Clifford Tope
Released: March 16, 1932
Type: Movie
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
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Mischief
Title: Mischief
Character: Arthur Gordon
Released: December 15, 1931
Type: Movie
When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.
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The Chance of a Night Time
Title: The Chance of a Night Time
Character: Henry
Released: May 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
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Tons of Money
Title: Tons of Money
Character: Aubrey Allington
Released: December 31, 1930
Type: Movie
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
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Plunder
Title: Plunder
Character: Darcy Tuck
Released: November 5, 1930
Type: Movie
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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Rookery Nook
Title: Rookery Nook
Character: Gerald Popkiss
Released: February 11, 1930
Type: Movie
A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.