Hugh Wakefield

Hugh Wakefield

Born: November 10, 1888
Died: December 5, 1971
in Wanstead, Essex, England, UK
Hugh Wakefield (10 November 1888 – 5 December 1971) was an English film actor, who played supporting roles. He was often seen wearing a monocle.

Wakefield was born in Wanstead, which was then in Essex. He also had a distinguished stage career, which began at the age of 11. City of Song (1931) was his first film.

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The Million Pound Note
Title: The Million Pound Note
Character: Duke of Cromarty
Released: January 7, 1954
Type: Movie
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
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Love's a Luxury
Title: Love's a Luxury
Character: Charles Pentwick
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A theatre producer and actor try in vain to have a quiet week in a country cottage. But their efforts turn into comic disaster as a variety of wives, girlfriends and scoutmasters arrive uninvited.
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No Highway
Title: No Highway
Released: June 28, 1951
Type: Movie
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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One Night with You
Title: One Night with You
Character: Santell
Released: April 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of 'It Happened One Night'.
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Journey Together
Title: Journey Together
Character: Acting Lieutenant
Released: October 1, 1945
Type: Movie
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
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Blithe Spirit
Title: Blithe Spirit
Character: Dr. George Bradman
Released: April 5, 1945
Type: Movie
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.
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Death Croons the Blues
Title: Death Croons the Blues
Character: Jim Martin
Released: October 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A cabaret singer is found dead in her flat and Viscount Brent becomes a suspect. His cousin is convinced of his innocence and with a journalist investigates the crime.
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The Street Singer
Title: The Street Singer
Character: Hugh Newman
Released: March 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Following an argument with his co-star during the rehearsals for a new stage show, famous singer Richard King walks out of the theatre, still wearing his ragged stage costume. Mistaken for a beggar, he’s taken in by a pair of street entertainers and joins their act incognito.
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Dreams Come True
Title: Dreams Come True
Character: Albert von Waldenau
Released: December 8, 1936
Type: Movie
A popular opera singer falls in love with a gangly farm boy. Anton's father is left all alone when his son runs off to the Big City with Ilona. Things really get sticky when Albert becomes obsessed with the notion that Ilona is actually his own illegitimate daughter!
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Forget Me Not
Title: Forget Me Not
Character: Mr. Jackson
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared.
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The Crimson Circle
Title: The Crimson Circle
Character: Derek Yale
Released: August 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers
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The Improper Duchess
Title: The Improper Duchess
Character: King of Poldavia
Released: January 17, 1936
Type: Movie
The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
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18 Minutes
Title: 18 Minutes
Character: Lord Pilcott
Released: April 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall submit without question to his will - is applied with unseeing kindness to an orphan girl whom the lion tamer adopts.
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My Heart Is Calling
Title: My Heart Is Calling
Character: Arvelle, Director of the Monte Carlo Opera
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Musical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo
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Do Not Forget About Me
Title: Do Not Forget About Me
Character: Curtis's Manager
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way through a touching love story. Features musical selections from "Il Trovatore" and "Rigoletto" as well as a lullaby and some Neapolitan songs, including the title tune. Distributed by New York's Bel Canto Society (an organization of hard-core opera buffs).
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character: Clive
Released: December 1, 1934
Type: Movie
While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.
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Lady in Danger
Title: Lady in Danger
Character: King
Released: November 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstanding with his firm and his fiancee.
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The Luck of a Sailor
Title: The Luck of a Sailor
Released: April 26, 1934
Type: Movie
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.
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The Fortunate Fool
Title: The Fortunate Fool
Character: Jim 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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King of the Ritz
Title: King of the Ritz
Character: King of Blitz
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.
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The Crime at Blossoms
Title: The Crime at Blossoms
Character: Chris Merryman
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
After moving into a picturesque country cottage, a woman becomes increasingly concerned about the fate of the previous owner who she believes was murdered.
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Aren't We All?
Title: Aren't We All?
Character: Lord Grenham
Released: March 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.
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Life Goes On
Title: Life Goes On
Character: Ridgeway Emsworth
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A criminal hides the body of a dead financier in an effort to manipulate shares.
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The Man They Couldn't Arrest
Title: The Man They Couldn't Arrest
Character: John Dain
Released: July 24, 1931
Type: Movie
An amateur detective goes on the trail of a gang of violent criminals.
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The Sport of Kings
Title: The Sport of Kings
Character: Algernon Sprigg
Released: February 23, 1931
Type: Movie
Algernon Sprigg, a horse-racing fanatic, is convinced that everyone is a gambler at heart. To prove his theory, he bets a friend that he can convert Amos Purdie, the puritanical head of an anti-betting association, into a punter within a week.
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City of Song
Title: City of Song
Character: Hon. Roddy Fielding
Released: January 9, 1931
Type: Movie
A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege.