James Knight

James Knight

Born: May 4, 1891
in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK

Movies for James Knight...

Title: The Baker and the Beauty
Character: Server 1
Released: April 13, 2020
Type: TV
Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash?
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Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale
Title: Elle: A Modern Cinderella Tale
Character: Concierge
Released: April 26, 2010
Type: Movie
Elle wants to be a singer/songwriter, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her parents. She moves in with her adoptive uncle, who runs a small independent record label whose biggest act, Sensation, is also Elle's biggest pain.
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The Shop at Sly Corner
Title: The Shop at Sly Corner
Character: Publican
Released: March 10, 1947
Type: Movie
The French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, (Oskar Homolka) has become disillusioned with society since his torture as a prisoner on Devil's Island, since when he has allowed his shop to become a front for criminal activity, and he himself is a receiver of stolen goods.
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Loyal Heart
Title: Loyal Heart
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: February 17, 1947
Type: Movie
This heartwarming British drama is based on Beth the Sheepdog, a novel by Ernest Lewis. The story concerns the efforts of various interested human parties to enter Beth in the All-England Dog Championship. When a farmer is unsuccessful in his efforts to purchase Beth for his own, he spitefully accuses the dog’s owner of sheep stealing.
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Appointment with Crime
Title: Appointment with Crime
Character: Smokey
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
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Johnny Frenchman
Title: Johnny Frenchman
Character: Tom Hocking
Released: October 29, 1945
Type: Movie
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
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The Agitator
Title: The Agitator
Character: Businessman (uncredited)
Released: January 24, 1945
Type: Movie
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.
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Medal for the General
Title: Medal for the General
Character: Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 1944
Type: Movie
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Title: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Character: Club Porter (1902)
Released: July 26, 1943
Type: Movie
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
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Much Too Shy
Title: Much Too Shy
Character: Mr. Pepper - Cinema Manager
Released: October 12, 1942
Type: Movie
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.
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The Next of Kin
Title: The Next of Kin
Character: Sailor on Train (uncredited)
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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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Title: Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Character: Cinema Manager
Released: May 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
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Gasbags
Title: Gasbags
Character: German Major
Released: February 1, 1941
Type: Movie
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.
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Convoy
Title: Convoy
Character: Admiral
Released: September 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
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Girl in the News
Title: Girl in the News
Character: Traffic Policeman (Uncredited)
Released: August 28, 1940
Type: Movie
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
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Let George Do It!
Title: Let George Do It!
Character: Passenger On SS Macaulay
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
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Cheer Boys Cheer
Title: Cheer Boys Cheer
Character: Chauffeur
Released: August 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.
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There Ain't No Justice
Title: There Ain't No Justice
Character: Police Constable (uncredited)
Released: June 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.
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The Four Just Men
Title: The Four Just Men
Character: Policeman Outside Parliament (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1939
Type: Movie
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
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Trouble Brewing
Title: Trouble Brewing
Character: Brewery Foreman
Released: March 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative efforts, George proves a greater menace to public order than the criminals he is chasing.
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Strange Boarders
Title: Strange Boarders
Character: Fire Chief (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
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The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Title: The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Character: Police Inspector (Uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.
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The 39 Steps
Title: The 39 Steps
Character: Detective at London Palladium (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1935
Type: Movie
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
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Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
Title: Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
Character: Red
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
In this mystery, ace detective Sexton Blake returns to solve the puzzling murder of a prominent violinist.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character: Police Inspector (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1934
Type: Movie
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
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Lost In The Legion
Title: Lost In The Legion
Character: Ryan
Released: July 13, 1934
Type: Movie
Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion!
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Crime on the Hill
Title: Crime on the Hill
Character: Newspaper Editor
Released: December 27, 1933
Type: Movie
In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent.
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That Night in London
Title: That Night in London
Character: Inspector Brody
Released: August 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return the money and stay alive
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When London Sleeps
Title: When London Sleeps
Character: Garnett
Released: July 22, 1932
Type: Movie
Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy Blyth, whose betting has put him in serious debt with Haines and who fancies Mary, the Lamberti's adopted daughter. In fact, there is a further unexpected link between the two worlds.
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The Third String
Title: The Third String
Character: Webson
Released: February 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A man poses as a boxer to impress a woman, but then is forced to fight a real champion.
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A Safe Affair
Title: A Safe Affair
Character: Tom
Released: October 19, 1931
Type: Movie
A crime film directed by Herbert Wynne
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Kissing Cup's Race
Title: Kissing Cup's Race
Character: Detective
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .
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Motherland
Title: Motherland
Character: Tom Edwards
Released: October 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'Soldier poses as dead captain to comfort blind mother while girl poses as dead Jew's wife to comfort family.' (British Film Catalogue)
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What Price Loving Cup?
Title: What Price Loving Cup?
Character: Philip Denham
Released: September 30, 1923
Type: Movie
A horse owner saves a girl jockey from being kidnapped by a knight.
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Football Fun
Title: Football Fun
Character: Father
Released: September 30, 1922
Type: Movie
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One Moment's Temptation
Title: One Moment's Temptation
Released: September 1, 1922
Type: Movie
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The Education of Nicky
Title: The Education of Nicky
Character: Nicky Malvesty
Released: March 31, 1921
Type: Movie
Rich cousins marry after they are both bankrupted.
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Love in the Welsh Hills
Title: Love in the Welsh Hills
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A farmer frames a petty officer for theft and confesses after falling over a cliff.
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A Romany Lass
Title: A Romany Lass
Character: Donald MacLean
Released: August 18, 1918
Type: Movie
A colonel's son conquers his cowardice by fighting his rival for a gypsy.