Toke Townley

Toke Townley

Born: November 6, 1912
Died: September 27, 1984
in Margaret Roding, Essex, England, UK

Movies for Toke Townley...

Title: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Lost Property Assistant
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: TV
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Scars of Dracula
Title: Scars of Dracula
Character: Elderly Waggoner
Released: November 8, 1970
Type: Movie
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
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The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
Title: The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
Character: Mr. Phillips
Released: October 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned tunnel. During his trip, he encounters a series of curious characters.
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Title: Dear Mother...Love Albert
Released: September 15, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: Department S
Character: George Parsons
Released: September 9, 1969
Type: TV
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
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You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
Title: You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
Character: Pierce
Released: September 8, 1969
Type: Movie
Eames is a middle aged man, with a boring, routine job. His life changes when he meets a young girl and a painter. This rekindles his youthful artistic leanings, which he blames his father for stopping.
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Title: The Champions
Character: Peanut Vendor
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: TV
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
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Title: Sherlock Holmes
Released: May 17, 1964
Type: TV
Sherlock Holmes is a series of Sherlock Holmes adaptations produced by British television company BBC between 1965 and 1968. This was the second screen adaption of Sherlock Holmes for BBC Television.
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The Chalk Garden
Title: The Chalk Garden
Character: Shop Clerk
Released: April 2, 1964
Type: Movie
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love – a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She skillfully sets about tending to the girl's reckless emotions and the pitifully failed garden.
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H.M.S. Defiant
Title: H.M.S. Defiant
Character: Silly Billy
Released: April 15, 1962
Type: Movie
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
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The Missing Note
Title: The Missing Note
Character: Mr. Parker
Released: April 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Three children track their lost piano with one note missing through London.
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Title: The Avengers
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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Title: Maigret
Character: Charlot
Released: October 31, 1960
Type: TV
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
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Title: Maigret
Released: October 31, 1960
Type: TV
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Bob Cratchit
Released: December 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Another version of the Dickens classic. Originally an episode of Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens. Later released on home video on it's own.
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Libel
Title: Libel
Character: Associate
Released: October 23, 1959
Type: Movie
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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Look Back in Anger
Title: Look Back in Anger
Character: Spectacled Man
Released: September 15, 1959
Type: Movie
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
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A Cry from the Streets
Title: A Cry from the Streets
Character: Mr. Daniels
Released: August 12, 1958
Type: Movie
Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose contract with the local care home introduces him to the children and Ann. Events start to escalate out of control when a child takes possession of a loaded gun.
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Law and Disorder
Title: Law and Disorder
Character: Sidney Rumpthorne
Released: June 9, 1958
Type: Movie
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
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Innocent Sinners
Title: Innocent Sinners
Character: Bates
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
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Barnacle Bill
Title: Barnacle Bill
Character: Timmins
Released: December 17, 1957
Type: Movie
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'
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The Admirable Crichton
Title: The Admirable Crichton
Released: June 11, 1957
Type: Movie
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.
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Carry on Admiral
Title: Carry on Admiral
Character: Steward
Released: May 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, including torpedoing the First Lord of The Admiralty. The grass is always greener.... In this British comedy, two drunken comrades find out the truth of that saying when they decide to trade places for a while. One of the boozers is a public relations man who knows nothing about sailing, while the other is a captain for the Royal Navy. Comic mayhem ensues as the hapless "captain" tries to run his ship and follow orders.
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The Quatermass Xperiment
Title: The Quatermass Xperiment
Character: The Chemist (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1955
Type: Movie
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
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Doctor at Sea
Title: Doctor at Sea
Character: Jenkins
Released: July 12, 1955
Type: Movie
The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Brigitte Bardot is around.
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The Men of Sherwood Forest
Title: The Men of Sherwood Forest
Character: Father David
Released: November 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
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Bang! You're Dead
Title: Bang! You're Dead
Character: Jimmy Knuckle
Released: March 15, 1954
Type: Movie
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayman' on the road and holds up a cyclist; the gun goes off, killing the cyclist. Both boys are unaware of the tragic consequences of their game. The body and the gun are found by Bob Carter, who had recently quarreled with the victim in the presence of their workmates, and both men had uttered threats. The evidence is strong, and Bob is arrested for murder...
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Fast and Loose
Title: Fast and Loose
Character: Alfred
Released: February 12, 1954
Type: Movie
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
Title: Meet Mr. Lucifer
Character: Trumpet Player
Released: November 30, 1953
Type: Movie
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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The Runaway Bus
Title: The Runaway Bus
Character: Henry Waterman
Released: September 28, 1953
Type: Movie
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.
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Turn the Key Softly
Title: Turn the Key Softly
Character: Prison Guard (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1953
Type: Movie
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
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Cosh Boy
Title: Cosh Boy
Character: Mr. 'Smith' (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.
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The Broken Horseshoe
Title: The Broken Horseshoe
Character: Fred Barker (uncredited)
Released: January 10, 1953
Type: Movie
When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
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Meet Me Tonight
Title: Meet Me Tonight
Character: Stage Manager (segment "Red Peppers")
Released: September 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.
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Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Title: Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Character: Potman
Released: July 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
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Treasure Hunt
Title: Treasure Hunt
Character: William Burke
Released: June 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan.
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A Man's Affair
Title: A Man's Affair
Character: Mike
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A miner, played by Scottish singer Hamish Menzies, meets a holidaying secretary on the Kent coast and love blossoms.