Michael Ward

Michael Ward

Born: April 9, 1909
Died: November 8, 1997
in Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

Movies for Michael Ward...

Revenge of the Pink Panther
Title: Revenge of the Pink Panther
Character: Real Estate Agent
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Title: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Character: Transvest
Released: April 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
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Title: Sykes
Released: September 14, 1972
Type: TV
Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and A... and Sykes and a Big, Big Show. Forty-three of the 1970s colour episodes were remakes of scripts for the 1960s black and white series, such as "Bus" based on 'Sykes and a Following' from 1964 and the episode "Stranger" with guest star Peter Sellers based on 'Sykes and a Stranger' from 1961. Sykes had the same premise as Sykes and A... with Sykes, Jacques, Richard Wattis and Deryck Guyler reprising their former identical roles. The series was brought to an end by the death of Hattie Jacques of a heart attack on 6 October 1980.
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Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
Title: Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
Character: Henri
Released: December 10, 1966
Type: Movie
The time of the French revolution, and Citizen Robespierre is beheading the French aristocracy. When word gets to England, two noblemen, Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it upon themselves to aid their French counterparts. Sir Rodney is a master of disguise, and becomes "The Black Fingernail", scourge of Camembert and Bidet, leaders of the French secret police.
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Carry On Screaming!
Title: Carry On Screaming!
Character: Mr. Vivian
Released: May 20, 1966
Type: Movie
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!
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The Big Job
Title: The Big Job
Character: Undertaker
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.
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Carry On Cleo
Title: Carry On Cleo
Character: Archimedes
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Two Brits—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra.
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Title: Zero One
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: TV
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Mary Had a Little...
Title: Mary Had a Little...
Character: Hunter
Released: July 25, 1961
Type: Movie
A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Freddie
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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Doctor in Love
Title: Doctor in Love
Character: Dr. Flower
Released: July 12, 1960
Type: Movie
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
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The Ugly Duckling
Title: The Ugly Duckling
Character: Mark Pasco
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?
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I'm All Right Jack
Title: I'm All Right Jack
Character: Reporter
Released: August 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
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Up in the World
Title: Up in the World
Character: Maurice
Released: December 6, 1956
Type: Movie
Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand
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Title: Hancock's Half Hour
Released: July 6, 1956
Type: TV
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
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Lost
Title: Lost
Character: Mantilla (Uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1956
Type: Movie
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
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Josephine and Men
Title: Josephine and Men
Character: Bohemian
Released: November 9, 1955
Type: Movie
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
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A Body Like Mine
Title: A Body Like Mine
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Michael Ward learns about bodybuilding from Britian's top muscle men and olympians.
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John of the Fair
Title: John of the Fair
Character: Sir Thomas Renton
Released: February 28, 1954
Type: Movie
Set in the fairgrounds of 18th century England, the story of a kidnapped heir who regains his rightful inheritance to title and estates with the help of his friends.
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The Fake
Title: The Fake
Character: Art Salesman
Released: September 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate Gallery for a special exhibition, and Paul Mitchell is assigned to protect it. Upon the painting's arrival, Paul realizes it has been switched. Eager to collect the museum's $50,000 reward, he teams up with Mary Mason, a Tate employee, to recover the original.
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Street Corner
Title: Street Corner
Character: Jewellery Salesman
Released: March 17, 1953
Type: Movie
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
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Tread Softly
Title: Tread Softly
Character: Alexander Mayne
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
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Emergency Call
Title: Emergency Call
Character: Roberto
Released: May 19, 1952
Type: Movie
A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors.
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Tall Headlines
Title: Tall Headlines
Character: Dr. J. Dobson, dentist
Released: April 15, 1952
Type: Movie
A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
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The Frightened Man
Title: The Frightened Man
Character: Cornelius Hart
Released: March 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
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Song of Paris
Title: Song of Paris
Character: Waterson
Released: February 10, 1952
Type: Movie
An archetypal Englishman returns from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign count in a screwball duel for the hand of a beautiful mademoiselle.
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Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
Title: Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Mystery directed by Francis Searle.
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Appointment with Venus
Title: Appointment with Venus
Character: Senior Clerk's Assistant
Released: October 8, 1951
Type: Movie
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.
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Calling Bulldog Drummond
Title: Calling Bulldog Drummond
Character: Hairdresser (uncredited)
Released: July 2, 1951
Type: Movie
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
Title: Tom Brown's Schooldays
Character: Master
Released: April 17, 1951
Type: Movie
When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at Flashman; in the meantime, he’s asked to look out for a timid new student, whose life is accidentally put in peril during a school race.
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Pool of London
Title: Pool of London
Released: February 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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Lilli Marlene
Title: Lilli Marlene
Character: Wintertree
Released: December 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns out to be the girl that the popular German wartime song Lili Marleen had been written for before the war, so both the British and the Germans try to use her for propaganda purposes - especially as it turns out that she can sing as well. When the Germans kidnap her in Cairo and she starts appearing in radio broadcasts from Berlin, her British soldier friends think that she's joined the enemy. They couldn't be more wrong, because after the war it turns out that her songs over the radio contained secret messages to London from British agents in Berlin.
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Trio
Title: Trio
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1950
Type: Movie
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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No Trace
Title: No Trace
Character: Wigmaker
Released: September 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
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What the Butler Saw
Title: What the Butler Saw
Character: Gerald
Released: June 1, 1950
Type: Movie
An Earl returns from a tropical island and discovers the daughter of the tribal King has stowed away in his luggage.
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So Long at the Fair
Title: So Long at the Fair
Character: Pilkington
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.
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High Jinks in Society
Title: High Jinks in Society
Character: Watkins
Released: December 1, 1949
Type: Movie
After foiling a robbery, Ben, a window cleaner is hired by Lady Barr-Nunn to guard her valuables. A comedy based on class divisions and snobbery.
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Trottie True
Title: Trottie True
Character: Pianist at Ball (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
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Stop Press Girl
Title: Stop Press Girl
Character: Hairdressers' Manager (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
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Helter Skelter
Title: Helter Skelter
Character: News Reader
Released: January 7, 1949
Type: Movie
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
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Sleeping Car to Trieste
Title: Sleeping Car to Trieste
Character: Elvin
Released: October 6, 1948
Type: Movie
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
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An Ideal Husband
Title: An Ideal Husband
Character: Tommy Tafford
Released: November 14, 1947
Type: Movie
A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.