Charles Hawtrey

Charles Hawtrey

Born: November 30, 1914
Died: October 27, 1988
in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, UK
George Frederick Joffre Hartree, known as Charles Hawtrey, was an English comedy actor and musician. Beginning at an early age as a boy soprano, he made several records before moving on to radio. His later career encompassed the theatre, the cinema, through the Carry On films, and television.

Movies for Charles Hawtrey...

Title: Carry On Forever
Released: March 4, 2015
Type: TV
Martin Clunes narrates this documentary celebrating the success of the `Carry On' films. The brand has captured audiences throughout the world, and is known for introducing legendary comedy acts such as Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams. The show replays iconic moments, as well as revealing some never-before-seen footage and photography. Some of the `Carry On' cast give interviews as they are taken on a reminiscent journey of their time on screen. The stars appearing include Amanda Barrie, Liz Fraser, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Sally Geeson, June Whitfield, Shirley Eaton, Fenella Fielding and Jim Dale.
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Title: Super Gran
Character: Clarence, Duke of Claridge
Released: January 20, 1985
Type: TV
Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with super powers and her arch nemesis, The Scunner Campbell.
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The Plank
Title: The Plank
Character: Co-Driver
Released: December 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion. TV remake of the 1967 short.
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To See Such Fun
Title: To See Such Fun
Released: November 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Compilation of classic British comedy moments
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That's Carry On!
Title: That's Carry On!
Character: Various Characters
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film studios to unwrap some rib-tickling moments from the series. From the original, military mayhem of Carry On Sergeant, through to the really ancient archaeological gags of Carry On Behind, our saucy hosts get their titters out for this laugh-a-second gallop through the most successful series of British comedy films ever made.
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Carry On Abroad
Title: Carry On Abroad
Character: Eustace Tuttle
Released: December 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations.
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Carry On Matron
Title: Carry On Matron
Character: Dr. Francis A. Goode
Released: May 5, 1972
Type: Movie
A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.
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Carry On at Your Convenience
Title: Carry On at Your Convenience
Character: Charles Coote
Released: June 15, 1971
Type: Movie
This is the tale of industrial strife at WC Boggs' Lavatory factory. Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat; eventually everyone has to get fed up with him. This is also the ideal opportunity for lots of lavatorial jokes...
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Carry On Henry
Title: Carry On Henry
Character: Sir Roger de Lodgerley
Released: June 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...
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Carry on Again Christmas
Title: Carry on Again Christmas
Character: Dr Livershake
Released: December 24, 1970
Type: Movie
The second of the four Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island with Sid James as Long John Silver and Barbara Windsor, strangely, as Jim Hawkins. This special was filmed in black and white -- strangely, since the previous one was in color.
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Carry on Again Christmas
Title: Carry on Again Christmas
Character: Old Blind Pew, Night Watchman, Nipper the Flipper
Released: December 24, 1970
Type: Movie
The second of the four Carry On Christmas specials, this one loosely recounts the story of Treasure Island with Sid James as Long John Silver and Barbara Windsor, strangely, as Jim Hawkins. This special was filmed in black and white -- strangely, since the previous one was in color.
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Carry On Loving
Title: Carry On Loving
Character: James Bedsop
Released: September 20, 1970
Type: Movie
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.
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Carry On Up the Jungle
Title: Carry On Up the Jungle
Character: Tonka the Great / Walter Bagley
Released: January 3, 1970
Type: Movie
The Carry On team send up the Tarzan tradition in great style. Lady Evelyn Bagley mounts an expedition to find her long-lost baby. Bill Boosey is the fearless hunter and guide. Prof. Tinkle is searching for the rare Oozalum bird. Everything is going swimmingly until a gorilla enters the camp, and then the party is captured by an all female tribe from Aphrodisia... Written by Simon N. McIntosh-Smit
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Title: Carry On Christmas Specials
Released: December 24, 1969
Type: TV
These four made-for-TV Christmas Carry On spectaculars feature favourite stories and timely traditions, including Treasure Island, A Christmas Carol, pantomime and much more, in the only way the Carry On team know how... pure slapstick comedy and scripts full of trademark innuendo!
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Carry on Christmas
Title: Carry on Christmas
Character: Spirit of Christmas Past / Angel / Convent Girl / Buttons
Released: December 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Ebenezer Scrooge is a misery on Christmas, not allowing people money or doing anything to share Christmas cheer around his employees or acquaintances. While Scrooge is visited by three ghosts we see how his penny pinching has affected those around him.
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Carry On Again Doctor
Title: Carry On Again Doctor
Character: Doctor Ernest Stoppidge
Released: December 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
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Zeta One
Title: Zeta One
Character: Swyne
Released: December 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets.
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Carry On Camping
Title: Carry On Camping
Character: Charlie Muggins
Released: May 29, 1969
Type: Movie
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.
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Carry On Up the Khyber
Title: Carry On Up the Khyber
Character: Private Widdle
Released: February 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.
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Carry On Doctor
Title: Carry On Doctor
Character: Mr. Barron
Released: December 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
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Carry on Follow That Camel
Title: Carry on Follow That Camel
Character: Captain Le Pice
Released: August 10, 1967
Type: Movie
Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign Legion—with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there's trouble brewing with the locals too. Unbeknown to Bo, his lady love has followed him in disguise.
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The Terrornauts
Title: The Terrornauts
Character: Joshua Yellowlees
Released: February 1, 1967
Type: Movie
A group of scientists are kidnapped and taken to an outer space outpost in order to save Earth from destruction.
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Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
Title: Carry On Don't Lose Your Head
Character: Duc de Pomfrit
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: Dan Dann
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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Carry On Cowboy
Title: Carry On Cowboy
Character: Chief Big Heap
Released: November 26, 1965
Type: Movie
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
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Carry On Cleo
Title: Carry On Cleo
Character: Seneca
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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Carry On Spying
Title: Carry On Spying
Character: Charlie Bind
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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Carry On Jack
Title: Carry On Jack
Character: Walter Sweetly
Released: February 23, 1964
Type: Movie
Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Houston. The film was originally to be titled Up the Armada, but the British Board of Film Censors objected to such a rude title.
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Carry On Cabby
Title: Carry On Cabby
Character: Terry 'Pintpot' Tankard
Released: June 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Speedee Taxis is a great success, which means its workaholic owner Charlie starts neglecting Peggy, his wife. Suddenly a fleet of rival taxis appears from nowhere and start pinching all the fares. The rivals are Glamcabs, and they have a secret weapon. All their drivers are very attractive women! Who's behind Glamcabs? It's open warfare and only one fleet can survive!
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What a Whopper
Title: What a Whopper
Character: Arnold
Released: October 17, 1961
Type: Movie
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.
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Dentist on the Job
Title: Dentist on the Job
Character: Mr. Roper
Released: June 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of toothpaste, but he knows that if the dentists learn that they are part of an advertising campaign, they will be struck off, and the campaign will be a disaster.
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Carry On Regardless
Title: Carry On Regardless
Character: Gabriel Dimple
Released: April 4, 1961
Type: Movie
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting… and demolishing a house.
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Title: Our House
Released: September 11, 1960
Type: TV
A group of very different people pool together their funds and buy a house large enough to accommodate them all. Characters include librarian Georgina Ruddy, council official Simon Willow, unemployable Daisy Burke, Yorkshire sea dog Captain Illiffe and his French singing wife, newlywed Hattons and law student Gordon Brent.
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Carry On Constable
Title: Carry On Constable
Character: S.P.C. Timothy Gorse
Released: February 22, 1960
Type: Movie
With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck the operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sergeant Wilkins will be transferred. Sub-plots include romances between Wilkins and Moon, Constable and Passworthy.
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Inn for Trouble
Title: Inn for Trouble
Character: Silas Withering
Released: January 31, 1960
Type: Movie
Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the hugely popular 1950s TV comedy. Alf Larkin has finally made good his dream to own a pub. The trouble is, it's got no customers. But leave it to the Larkins to find unorthodox ways to bring in the punters.
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Please Turn Over
Title: Please Turn Over
Character: Jeweller
Released: December 17, 1959
Type: Movie
The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population.
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Carry On Teacher
Title: Carry On Teacher
Character: Michael Bean
Released: August 20, 1959
Type: Movie
Prepare for Six of the Best as the Carry On team cause chaos in the school yard. When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power and bombs!
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Carry On Nurse
Title: Carry On Nurse
Character: Humphrey Hinton
Released: January 30, 1959
Type: Movie
Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who is a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell who wants his bunion removed straight away, so after drinking alcohol, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!
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Carry On Sergeant
Title: Carry On Sergeant
Character: Peter Golightly
Released: August 15, 1958
Type: Movie
Fall in for the first ever film in the highly successful Carry On comedy series—now an acclaimed British institution. Kenneth Connor and Charles Hawtrey are the prankish misfits who become the hilarious bane of Army Officers existence when he makes a bet he will turn them into ‘Star Squad’ Award soldiers—or bust!
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I Only Arsked
Title: I Only Arsked
Character: Pvt. 'Professor' Hatchett
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A group of misfit soldiers are desperately trying to fiddle themselves some leave. Instead they wrangle a posting to the British Middle-East protectorate of Darawa. Their frustrations and disappointment at landing one of the harshest territories is compensated when they discover a secret passage to the King's harem.
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Title: The Army Game
Released: June 19, 1957
Type: TV
The Army Game is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1957 to 1961. Made in black-and-white, it is about National Service conscription to the post-war British Army. It was created by Sid Colin. Many stars, like Charles Hawtrey, William Hartnell, Bernard Bresslaw, Alfie Bass and Dick Emery became household names, and appeared in the Carry On films, which began with Carry On Sergeant, virtually a spin-off. It was made for the ITV network by Granada Television.
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Who Done It?
Title: Who Done It?
Character: Disc Jockey
Released: March 20, 1956
Type: Movie
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
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The March Hare
Title: The March Hare
Character: Fisher
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.
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Simon and Laura
Title: Simon and Laura
Character: Railway Porter
Released: November 2, 1955
Type: Movie
Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
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Timeslip
Title: Timeslip
Character: Scruffy (office boy)
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his evil double from destroying his experiments in artificial tungsten.
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As Long as They're Happy
Title: As Long as They're Happy
Character: Man in Hippodrome Audience
Released: March 15, 1955
Type: Movie
The suburban peace of the Bentley household is shattered when John Bentley is informed by his wife Stella that their two married daughters, Pat and Corrine are in trouble and need funds to come home and bring their husbands, Peter, a penniless Parisian artist and Barnaby, a Texas cowboy, with them. And the youngest daughter, Gwen, has tricked an American singer, Bobby Denver, into visiting them on the pretext that it is the home of a noted British film magnate. When all the women in the household --- including the maid --- fall for the singer's charms, Bentley consults a crackpot psychiatrist, Dr. Schneider, who almost succeeds in ousting, not the singer, but Bentley's wife, with his advice to Bentley to make her jealous by living it up with Pearl, a showgirl recruited for the purpose.
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To Dorothy, a Son
Title: To Dorothy, a Son
Character: Waiter at Pub
Released: October 31, 1954
Type: Movie
Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesn't have any male heirs on the way, else he gets the cash. She journies from New York to England, and finally tracks him down with his heavily pregnant new wife. Should she try and woo him back or challenge the legality of the new marriage?
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Five Days
Title: Five Days
Character: Bill
Released: June 25, 1954
Type: Movie
A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.
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Brandy for the Parson
Title: Brandy for the Parson
Character: George Crumb
Released: May 2, 1952
Type: Movie
A young couple get involved with a smuggler
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Hammer the Toff
Title: Hammer the Toff
Character: Cashier
Released: May 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
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You're Only Young Twice
Title: You're Only Young Twice
Character: Adolphus Hayman
Released: July 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role
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The Galloping Major
Title: The Galloping Major
Character: Lew Rimmel
Released: May 7, 1951
Type: Movie
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.
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Smart Alec
Title: Smart Alec
Character: Farr
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.
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Room to Let
Title: Room to Let
Character: Mike Atkinson
Released: May 15, 1950
Type: Movie
In 1904 London, neighbors begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may indeed be the famous Jack the Ripper.
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Dark Secret
Title: Dark Secret
Character: Arthur Figson
Released: October 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.
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Passport to Pimlico
Title: Passport to Pimlico
Character: Bert Fitch
Released: October 26, 1949
Type: Movie
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
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The Story of Shirley Yorke
Title: The Story of Shirley Yorke
Character: Markham
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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The Ten Year Plan
Title: The Ten Year Plan
Character: Charles Martin
Released: January 2, 1945
Type: Movie
The British Government's ten year plan for providing prefabricated homes.
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A Canterbury Tale
Title: A Canterbury Tale
Character: Thomas Duckett
Released: August 21, 1944
Type: Movie
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
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Much Too Shy
Title: Much Too Shy
Character: Art Student
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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Let the People Sing
Title: Let the People Sing
Character: Young Orton
Released: August 11, 1942
Type: Movie
An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.
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The Goose Steps Out
Title: The Goose Steps Out
Character: Max
Released: August 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
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The Ghost of St. Michael's
Title: The Ghost of St. Michael's
Character: Percy Thorne
Released: April 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.
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Jailbirds
Title: Jailbirds
Character: Nick
Released: April 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Two convicts escape prison and get a job in a bakery. Their attempts to go straight are endangered by a third escaped convict.
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Where's That Fire
Title: Where's That Fire
Character: Woodley
Released: June 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels.
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East of Ludgate Hill
Title: East of Ludgate Hill
Character: Edwin Tallweather
Released: December 23, 1937
Type: Movie
When the City stockbroker firm of Macintyre & Son records a substantial yearly profit, its senior staff are each promised a £50 bonus. But their hasty plans for spending their windfalls are put in jeopardy the following morning, as a set of negotiable bonds are discovered missing.
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The Gap
Title: The Gap
Character: Cashier-Searchlight Operator (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.
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Good Morning, Boys!
Title: Good Morning, Boys!
Character: Septimus
Released: May 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay’s seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast including Charles Hawtrey and Lilli Palmer.
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Sabotage
Title: Sabotage
Character: Studious Youngster (uncredited)
Released: January 8, 1937
Type: Movie
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.
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The Brown Wallet
Title: The Brown Wallet
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: July 20, 1936
Type: Movie
Publisher John Gillespie faces a financial crisis after his business partner skips town with all the firm's assets. Facing ruin, he reluctantly approaches a wealthy aunt for assistance but is met with a stony-faced refusal.
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Cheer Up
Title: Cheer Up
Character: Dancing Boy Scout (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.
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Man of the Moment
Title: Man of the Moment
Character: Tom
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself.
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Billy Hart
Released: October 5, 1932
Type: Movie
A British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele
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The Princess And The Pea
Title: The Princess And The Pea
Character: court jester
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A telling of the famous fairy tale with actors and voice over