George Carney

George Carney

Born: November 20, 1887
Died: December 9, 1947
in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Movies for George Carney...

Good-Time Girl
Title: Good-Time Girl
Character: Mr. Rawlings
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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Brighton Rock
Title: Brighton Rock
Character: Phil Corkery
Released: January 9, 1948
Type: Movie
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
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The Root of All Evil
Title: The Root of All Evil
Character: Bowser
Released: February 5, 1947
Type: Movie
Jeckie Farnish is a level-headed young woman, unlike her spoiled younger sister, Rushie. When the sisters become involved with charming businessman Charles Mortimer, the resulting tragedy leads to a lust for revenge on Rushie's part. However, Jeckie knows that she can always turn to reliable Joe Bartle in times of need.
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Wanted for Murder
Title: Wanted for Murder
Character: Boat Rental Agent
Released: June 17, 1946
Type: Movie
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
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I Know Where I'm Going!
Title: I Know Where I'm Going!
Character: Mr. Webster
Released: November 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
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Waterloo Road
Title: Waterloo Road
Character: Tom Mason
Released: February 5, 1945
Type: Movie
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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The Agitator
Title: The Agitator
Character: Bill Shackleton
Released: January 24, 1945
Type: Movie
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist political beliefs. It was based on the 1925 novel Peter Pettinger by William Riley.
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Soldier, Sailor
Title: Soldier, Sailor
Character: Mr. Church
Released: June 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Life aboard merchant ships with the Maritime Regiment of the Royal Artillery.
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Welcome, Mr Washington
Title: Welcome, Mr Washington
Character: Publican
Released: May 18, 1944
Type: Movie
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease their estate as an airbase to US forces in Britain to help the war effort. Both eventually fall for American servicemen.
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Tawny Pipit
Title: Tawny Pipit
Character: Whimbrel
Released: April 28, 1944
Type: Movie
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
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Schweik's New Adventures
Title: Schweik's New Adventures
Character: Gendarme
Released: October 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Nazis are nothing to the wily good soldier Schweik (Lloyd Pearson).
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When We Are Married
Title: When We Are Married
Character: Landlord
Released: July 12, 1943
Type: Movie
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
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Thunder Rock
Title: Thunder Rock
Character: Harry
Released: December 4, 1942
Type: Movie
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.
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In Which We Serve
Title: In Which We Serve
Character: Mr. Blake
Released: September 17, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
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Unpublished Story
Title: Unpublished Story
Character: Landlord
Released: August 10, 1942
Type: Movie
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
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The Day Will Dawn
Title: The Day Will Dawn
Character: Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub
Released: June 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
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Hard Steel
Title: Hard Steel
Character: Bert Mortimer
Released: May 18, 1942
Type: Movie
A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.
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The Common Touch
Title: The Common Touch
Character: Charlie
Released: November 15, 1941
Type: Movie
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
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Love on the Dole
Title: Love on the Dole
Character: Mr. Hardcastle
Released: June 28, 1941
Type: Movie
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
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Convoy
Title: Convoy
Character: Bates
Released: September 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
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The Briggs Family
Title: The Briggs Family
Character: George Downing
Released: September 7, 1940
Type: Movie
During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
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A Window in London
Title: A Window in London
Character: Bill, the Night Watchman
Released: June 15, 1940
Type: Movie
A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.
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The Stars Look Down
Title: The Stars Look Down
Character: Slogger Gowlan
Released: January 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and return home as local schoolteacher before finishing his degree.
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Come on George!
Title: Come on George!
Character: Sergeant Johnson
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse and wins
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Young Man's Fancy
Title: Young Man's Fancy
Character: Chairman
Released: July 31, 1939
Type: Movie
An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
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Where's That Fire
Title: Where's That Fire
Character: Councillor
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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Consider Your Verdict
Title: Consider Your Verdict
Character: The Butcher
Released: November 24, 1938
Type: Movie
A short featurette about a murderer summoned by chance to sit on the jury and try the man accused of his crime.
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When We Are Married
Title: When We Are Married
Character: Henry Ormonroyd
Released: November 16, 1938
Type: Movie
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. The first play in history to ever be televised complete and unedited direct from the theatre. It is now believed to be lost. The BBC would make another television film version of this play in 1949 with several of the same actors from this film including Raymond Huntley, Ernest Butcher, Patricia Hayes, George Carney and Lloyd Pearson.
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Weddings Are Wonderful
Title: Weddings Are Wonderful
Character: Rogers
Released: October 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Romantic comedy of misunderstandings.
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Easy Riches
Title: Easy Riches
Character: Sam Miller
Released: March 30, 1938
Type: Movie
A quota quickie directed by Maclean Rogers in 1938, "Easy Riches" featured character players George Carney & Gus McNaughton as a couple of rival builders competing for the award of a big contract.
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Kicking the Moon Around
Title: Kicking the Moon Around
Character: Police Constable Truscott
Released: March 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. In an effort to discover whether his fiancee is a golddigger a millionaire's son pretends to have lost all his money. The film marked Maureen O'Hara's screen debut as she made a cameo appearance speaking one line.
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Father Steps Out
Title: Father Steps Out
Character: Joe Hardcastle
Released: December 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The film features 17 year old Dinah Sheridan as the daughter of the owner of a cheese factory (veteran actor Goerge Carney), who helps save her father from the action of a couple of swindlers.
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Beauty and the Barge
Title: Beauty and the Barge
Character: Tom Codd
Released: February 7, 1937
Type: Movie
A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty old barge captain.
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Tomorrow We Live
Title: Tomorrow We Live
Character: Mr. Taylor
Released: October 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Financier Sir Charles Hendra, on the brink of ruin, contemplates ending his own life. After pondering the difficult decision, Charles decides to invite twelve similarly desperate individuals to dinner so they can all discuss their problems. Will his generosity change the course of their lives?
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Variety
Title: Variety
Released: September 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Follows the development of the variety theatre from 1892 to the present day, centred on a family in show business.
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City of Beautiful Nonsense
Title: City of Beautiful Nonsense
Character: Chesterton
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father. But only realises after various tribulations she should follow her heart rather than her head.
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Lest We Forget
Title: Lest We Forget
Released: March 9, 1935
Type: Movie
Lest We Forget was Canada’s official Great War film. It sparked controversy when it was shown across the country in 1935, during the midst of the worst depression in Canadian history, and with a growing anxiety over the increased aggression of international dictators. The film provided a contested venue for what the Great War had meant to a generation of Canadians. But this was no ordinary war film. Officially sanctioned and constructed from archival footage, the story of Canada’s war was told in 100 minutes, from the opening phases through to the grim fighting on the Western Front, and including those who supported the soldiers from home. Many journalists, politicians, and veterans called Lest We Forget the most authentic film to have appeared since the end of the war, especially in contrast to Hollywood fictional productions.
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Flood Tide
Title: Flood Tide
Character: Captain Bill Buckett
Released: November 27, 1934
Type: Movie
Set on the Thames estuary, romance blossoms for a young couple.
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Music Hall
Title: Music Hall
Character: Bill
Released: June 26, 1934
Type: Movie
A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
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Red Ensign
Title: Red Ensign
Character: Mr. Lindsey
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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Say It with Flowers
Title: Say It with Flowers
Character: Bill Woods
Released: May 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Warm-hearted Cockneys stage a show to help a sick flower-seller.
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Commissionaire
Title: Commissionaire
Character: Sergeant Ted Seymour
Released: October 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A Commissionaire is suspected of a robbery committed by his son.