Anthony Baird

Anthony Baird

Born: January 1, 1919
Died: August 27, 1995
in Hillhead, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Movies for Anthony Baird...

Braxton
Title: Braxton
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
An animal-rights activist and his lawyer companion track leopard-hide poachers in Africa.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Watchman
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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The Christmas Tree
Title: The Christmas Tree
Released: December 2, 1966
Type: Movie
The adventures encountered by Gary, his brother and sister, when they try to get a Christmas tree for a hospital Christmas Eve party.
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Title: Gideon's Way
Character: Mr. Barnes
Released: March 18, 1965
Type: TV
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.
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The Ipcress File
Title: The Ipcress File
Character: Raid Sergeant
Released: March 18, 1965
Type: Movie
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.
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Carry On Spying
Title: Carry On Spying
Character: Guard
Released: June 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Carry On favourite Barbara Windsor makes her debut in this outrageous send-up of the James Bond movies. Fearless agent Desmond Simpkins and Charlie Bind, aided and abetted by the comely Agent Honeybutt and Agent Crump, battle against the evil powers of international bad guys STENCH and their three cronies.
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The Iron Maiden
Title: The Iron Maiden
Released: June 7, 1963
Type: Movie
The film follows Jack Hopkins (played by Michael Craig), an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss (played by Cecil Parker) is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher (Alan Hale, Jr.). The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy (Anne Helm) damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.
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Echo of Diana
Title: Echo of Diana
Character: Barman
Released: May 1, 1963
Type: Movie
When a woman begins to investigate her husband's mysterious death in a plane accident she discovers the involvement of a woman known simply as Diana.
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Offbeat
Title: Offbeat
Character: City Constable
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
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The Counterfeit Plan
Title: The Counterfeit Plan
Character: Police Officer
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who knew nothing of his past, to counterfeit 5-pound notes for mass distribution around the countryside.
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Cloak Without Dagger
Title: Cloak Without Dagger
Character: Corporal
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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The Hangman Waits
Title: The Hangman Waits
Character: Sinclair
Released: June 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A cinema organist carries out a series of grisly murders.
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The Night Comes Too Soon
Title: The Night Comes Too Soon
Character: Lionel Waddell
Released: November 30, 1946
Type: Movie
When ghosts inhabit an Englishwoman's home, Dyall, a ghost hunter of sorts, takes on the poltergeists. Developments reveal a trio of spirits that includes a sailor, the seaman's late wife, and her lover, whom the sailor had shot.
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The Glen Is Ours
Title: The Glen Is Ours
Character: Hector Andrews
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Recently demobbed Hector Andrews fights a local election to stop the glen in his village, Cadisburn, being sold for development. A short film made to emphasise the importance of individuals taking part in local government.
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Dead of Night
Title: Dead of Night
Character: Hugh Grainger (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Hearse Conductor")
Released: September 9, 1945
Type: Movie
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.