Jack Raine

Jack Raine

Born: May 18, 1897
Died: May 30, 1979
in Willesden, London, England, UK

Movies for Jack Raine...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Title: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Character: Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
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Scandalous John
Title: Scandalous John
Character: Switchman
Released: June 22, 1971
Type: Movie
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people--and the law--tell him he has to.
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Hello, Dolly!
Title: Hello, Dolly!
Character: Elderly Man (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1969
Type: Movie
Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
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Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Title: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Character: Mr. Medbourne
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Dr. Heidegger invites four of his respected friends to try out the elixir of youth.
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The Killing of Sister George
Title: The Killing of Sister George
Released: September 1, 1968
Type: Movie
When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice 'Childie' McNaught realizes that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character 'Sister George', a lovable nurse she portrays in a popular daytime serial. To make matters worse, the widowed executive at the BBC responsible for the decision to kill off Sister George - Mercy Croft is also a predatory lesbian who is after Childie and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
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Doctor Dolittle
Title: Doctor Dolittle
Character: Vicar (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.
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Title: Ironside
Released: March 28, 1967
Type: TV
When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
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Title: My Mother the Car
Released: September 14, 1965
Type: TV
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
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The Americanization of Emily
Title: The Americanization of Emily
Character: Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1964
Type: Movie
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Butler
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: The Fugitive
Character: Charles - Butler
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Old Man (scenes deleted)
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: TV
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
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Title: Mister Ed
Released: January 5, 1961
Type: TV
Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Reynolds (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Officer
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Title: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Released: September 29, 1959
Type: TV
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, who had also written a feature film adaptation of his short stories for MGM in 1953, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis. The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis, who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the military, college, and his parents - as he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.
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Title: One Step Beyond
Character: Julian Morley
Released: January 20, 1959
Type: TV
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Witness for the Prosecution
Title: Witness for the Prosecution
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1957
Type: Movie
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: George Baxter
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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An Affair to Remember
Title: An Affair to Remember
Character: British TV Commentator (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1957
Type: Movie
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Not as a Stranger
Title: Not as a Stranger
Character: Dr. Lettering
Released: July 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Lucas Marsh, an intern bent upon becoming a first-class doctor, not merely a successful one. He courts and marries the warm-hearted Kristina, not out of love but because she is highly knowledgeable in the skills of the operating room and because she has frugally put aside her savings through the years. She will be, as he shrewdly knows, a supportive wife in every way. She helps make him the success he wants to be and cheerfully moves with him to the small town in which he starts his practice. But as much as he tries to be a good husband to the undemanding Kristina, Marsh easily falls into the arms of a local siren and the patience of the long-sorrowing Kristina wears thin.
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Rhapsody
Title: Rhapsody
Character: Edmund Streller
Released: April 16, 1954
Type: Movie
A rich, young beauty, Louise Durant, follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at the conservatory. A piano student at the conservatory falls madly in love with Louise. The violinist loves his music first and Louise second. The pianist loves Louise first and his music second. Louise must ultimately choose which man she wants.
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Dangerous When Wet
Title: Dangerous When Wet
Character: Stuart Frye
Released: June 18, 1953
Type: Movie
The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, comes to town and suggests they could swim the English Channel. Sponsored by "Liquapep" and coached by Windy, the family arrive in Europe. There it is decided that daughter Katie is the only one strong enough to enter the contest. But while she should be focused on the difficult and risky task ahead, Katie is pursed by dashing Frenchman, André Lanet... This comedic musical is well remembered for the scene when Katie dreams she is swimming with cartoon characters Tom & Jerry!
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Julius Caesar
Title: Julius Caesar
Character: Trebonius
Released: June 4, 1953
Type: Movie
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
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The Desert Rats
Title: The Desert Rats
Character: C.I.C. (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1953
Type: Movie
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
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The Story of Three Loves
Title: The Story of Three Loves
Character: Doctor
Released: March 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
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Rogue's March
Title: Rogue's March
Character: Gen. Woodbury
Released: February 13, 1953
Type: Movie
After being unjustly accused of spying, a British officer tries to redeem himself in India.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Policeman
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Above and Beyond
Title: Above and Beyond
Character: Dr. Fiske
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.
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The Happy Time
Title: The Happy Time
Character: Mr. Frye - School Principal
Released: October 30, 1952
Type: Movie
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.
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Holiday for Sinners
Title: Holiday for Sinners
Character: Dr. Surtees
Released: July 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.
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Title: China Smith
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: TV
China Smith was a 1950s television adventure series starring Dan Duryea. The television show takes place in Singapore. Much of the cast and crew also worked on the film World for Ransom, which is considered an extension of the television program. Director Robert Aldrich had also directed two episodes of the series. The title character was a soldier of fortune wearing a white suit living in Singapore who would face danger and excitement every week. The series was made with a two-year gap; the first 26 episodes being filmed in Mexico, the second 26 episodes were shot in 1954-1955. In 1959 Daffy Duck played China Jones a parody of Duryea's character.
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The Story of Shirley Yorke
Title: The Story of Shirley Yorke
Character: Stansfield Yorke
Released: July 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. The woman dies and the finger is very strongly pointed at Sister Shirley because she and the Lord were former lovers.
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No Way Back
Title: No Way Back
Character: Joe Sleat
Released: July 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A gangster's girl loves a one-eyed boxer who is framed for robbery.
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Quartet
Title: Quartet
Character: Thomas
Released: October 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
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My Brother's Keeper
Title: My Brother's Keeper
Character: Chief Constable
Released: August 19, 1948
Type: Movie
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
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Calling Paul Temple
Title: Calling Paul Temple
Character: Sir Graham Forbes
Released: April 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
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Good-Time Girl
Title: Good-Time Girl
Character: Detective Inspector Girton
Released: April 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
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Easy Money
Title: Easy Money
Character: Managing Director
Released: January 20, 1948
Type: Movie
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
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Just William's Luck
Title: Just William's Luck
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: December 17, 1947
Type: Movie
Comic adventures of an 11-year-old boy and his neighborhood pals.
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Mine Own Executioner
Title: Mine Own Executioner
Character: Inspector Pierce
Released: November 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
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Holiday Camp
Title: Holiday Camp
Character: Detective
Released: August 5, 1947
Type: Movie
The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
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Send for Paul Temple
Title: Send for Paul Temple
Character: Sir Graham Forbes
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, meets a newspaper woman called "Steve." Together they investigate a gang of diamond robbers.
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I Didn't Do It
Title: I Didn't Do It
Character: J.B. Cato
Released: August 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to find himself the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery! Whilst staying at Ma Tubbs' theatrical boarding house, a man is murdered in the room right next door to George. When George tries to solve the mystery, he ends up presenting the police with a whole load of clues - all of which point to him as the culprit! Now George must uncover the real murderer himself, with the help of his showbiz friends, his little Ukulele and a fiendishly cunning song! This delightful comedy musical includes three full-length musical numbers - The Daring Young Man, She's Got Two of Everything and I'd Like a Dream Like That.
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Sailors Don't Care
Title: Sailors Don't Care
Character: Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.
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Neutral Port
Title: Neutral Port
Character: Alf
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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Girl in the News
Title: Girl in the News
Character: Detective Smith (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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For Freedom
Title: For Freedom
Character: Cutter
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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Life of St. Paul
Title: Life of St. Paul
Character: Pudens
Released: September 30, 1938
Type: Movie
The Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.
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The Clairvoyant
Title: The Clairvoyant
Character: Customs Officer (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
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Mimi
Title: Mimi
Character: Duke
Released: March 28, 1935
Type: Movie
A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.
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Little Friend
Title: Little Friend
Character: Jeffries
Released: November 18, 1934
Type: Movie
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
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Red Ensign
Title: Red Ensign
Character: Testing Official
Released: June 17, 1934
Type: Movie
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.
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Dangerous Ground
Title: Dangerous Ground
Character: Philip Tarry
Released: May 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Two insurance detectives work with the police to identify and bring down a crime kingpin. One is murdered, but his partner and his daughter continue.
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Love, Life and Laughter
Title: Love, Life and Laughter
Character: Aide
Released: March 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
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The Fortunate Fool
Title: The Fortunate Fool
Character: Gerald Falconer
Released: December 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her luck.
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The Girl from Maxim's
Title: The Girl from Maxim's
Character: Philippe
Released: August 22, 1933
Type: Movie
A Doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.
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The Ghoul
Title: The Ghoul
Character: Davis the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Professor Morlant, a British Egyptologist, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.
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Her Night Out
Title: Her Night Out
Character: Jim Hanley
Released: October 11, 1932
Type: Movie
A married couple accidentally become mixed up with a bank robber.
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Fires of Fate
Title: Fires of Fate
Character: Filbert Frayne
Released: September 6, 1932
Type: Movie
In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.
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The Middle Watch
Title: The Middle Watch
Character: Commander Baddeley
Released: October 27, 1930
Type: Movie
'Captain tries to hide accidental female passengers from admiral.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Night Birds
Title: Night Birds
Character: Sgt. Harry Cross
Released: October 16, 1930
Type: Movie
Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.
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Comets
Title: Comets
Character: Himself
Released: September 19, 1930
Type: Movie
A Musical Revue featuring a number of prominent vaudeville and theatrical British artists of the day in songs, dances, dramatic and musical sketches.
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Suspense
Title: Suspense
Character: Capt. Wilson
Released: July 4, 1930
Type: Movie
During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
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Harmony Heaven
Title: Harmony Heaven
Character: Stuart
Released: March 21, 1930
Type: Movie
The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.
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Raise the Roof
Title: Raise the Roof
Character: Atherley Armitage
Released: February 13, 1930
Type: Movie
The wealthy Rodney Langford, who dreams of going on the stage, hopes to fulfil his ambitions by buying a failing revue called 'Raise the Roof', starring Maisie Grey. His father, fearing scandal, bribes amoral actor Atherley Armitage to sabotage the show. But, when all hope seems lost, Maisie comes up with an ingenious idea to try and save the day.
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Infatuation
Title: Infatuation
Character: David
Released: February 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A youth falls for an ageing actress and discovers she is his mother.
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The Hate Ship
Title: The Hate Ship
Character: Capt. Roger Peel
Released: December 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to murder him.
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Piccadilly
Title: Piccadilly
Character: Diner in Nightclub Scene (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.