Will Fyffe

Will Fyffe

Born: February 16, 1885
Died: December 14, 1947
in Dundee, Scotland, UK
From Wikipedia

Will Fyffe, CBE (16 February 1885 – 14 December 1947) was a Scottish music hall artist, a star of the 1930s and 1940s, on stage, screen and records.

Fyffe made his debut in his father's stock company at the age of six. He travelled extensively throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK, playing the numerous music halls of the time, where he performed his sketches and sang his songs in his own inimitable style. During the 1930s, he was one of the highest paid musical hall artistes in Britain.

In addition, Fyffe appeared in 23 major films of the era (American and British), sometimes starring, and recorded over 30 songs, delivered with his own unique style.

Fyffe died whilst staying at Rusacks Hotel in St Andrews. After a few too many the star fell from a window in the hotel on the 14th December 1947. It is unknown if this fall was sheer accident or if Fyfe was taking his own life.

Movies for Will Fyffe...

The Brothers
Title: The Brothers
Character: Aeneas McGrath
Released: May 7, 1947
Type: Movie
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
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Give Me the Stars
Title: Give Me the Stars
Released: May 14, 1945
Type: Movie
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Heaven Is Round the Corner
Title: Heaven Is Round the Corner
Character: Dougal
Released: April 10, 1944
Type: Movie
A country girl goes to Paris to sing professionally, where she falls in love with a member of the British Embassy. They are parted by the outbreak of the Second World War, but subsequently reunited again...
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The Prime Minister
Title: The Prime Minister
Character: The Agitator
Released: March 4, 1941
Type: Movie
Directed by Thorold Dickinson.
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Neutral Port
Title: Neutral Port
Character: Capt. Ferguson
Released: December 6, 1940
Type: Movie
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.
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For Freedom
Title: For Freedom
Character: Chief
Released: May 4, 1940
Type: Movie
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.
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The Mind of Mr. Reeder
Title: The Mind of Mr. Reeder
Character: J.G. Reeder
Released: April 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring.
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They Came by Night
Title: They Came by Night
Character: James Fothergill
Released: March 7, 1940
Type: Movie
A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
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Rulers of the Sea
Title: Rulers of the Sea
Character: John Shaw
Released: November 8, 1939
Type: Movie
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.
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The Missing People
Title: The Missing People
Character: J. G. Reeder
Released: May 1, 1939
Type: Movie
27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to investigate the matter.
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Owd Bob
Title: Owd Bob
Character: Adam McAdam
Released: January 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.
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Spring Handicap
Title: Spring Handicap
Character: Jack Clayton
Released: October 17, 1937
Type: Movie
A wife tries to prevent her husband, a miner, from gambling away the money he receives as an inheritance.
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Said O'Reilly to McNab
Title: Said O'Reilly to McNab
Character: Malcolm McNab
Released: July 30, 1937
Type: Movie
A retired businessman in Scotland, who is also a golf fanatic, will not let his daughter marry an Irish-American boy, Terry O'Reilly. Then one day O'Reilly's father shows up for a "visit"--which, as it turns out, is because he's on the run from the police in New York.
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Cotton Queen
Title: Cotton Queen
Character: Bill Todcastle
Released: June 1, 1937
Type: Movie
The daughter of a mill-owner is sent undercover to the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.
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Love in Exile
Title: Love in Exile
Character: Doc Tate
Released: December 9, 1936
Type: Movie
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.
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Debt of Honour
Title: Debt of Honour
Character: Fergus McAndrews
Released: November 2, 1936
Type: Movie
A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa.
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Men of Yesterday
Title: Men of Yesterday
Released: May 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion.
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Annie Laurie
Title: Annie Laurie
Character: Will Laurie
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
British comedy film directed by Walter Tennyson
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Rolling Home
Title: Rolling Home
Character: John McGregor
Released: December 9, 1935
Type: Movie
A sacked engineer stows away on another vessel
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Happy
Title: Happy
Character: Simmy
Released: December 11, 1933
Type: Movie
A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while waiting for his invention to be successful.
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Elstree Calling
Title: Elstree Calling
Character: Himself
Released: February 6, 1930
Type: Movie
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).
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The Maid of Cefn Ydfa
Title: The Maid of Cefn Ydfa
Character: Lewis Bach
Released: August 26, 1914
Type: Movie
A lawyer tries to drown a thatcher to prevent his marriage to an heiress.