Francis Lister

Francis Lister

Born: April 2, 1899
Died: October 28, 1951
in London, England, UK
From Wikipedia

Francis Lister (1899–1951) was a British film actor. He was married to the actresses Nora Swinburne (1924–32) and

Margot Grahame (1934-36)

Movies for Francis Lister...

Home to Danger
Title: Home to Danger
Character: Wainright
Released: August 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A young woman becomes a murder target after inheriting her estranged father's estate.
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Christopher Columbus
Title: Christopher Columbus
Character: King Ferdinand
Released: October 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
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The Wicked Lady
Title: The Wicked Lady
Character: Lord Kingsclere
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
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Murder in Soho
Title: Murder in Soho
Character: Joe
Released: February 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
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Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Title: Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Chauvelin
Released: October 20, 1937
Type: Movie
Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.
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Sensation
Title: Sensation
Character: Richard Grainger
Released: December 16, 1936
Type: Movie
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
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Living Dangerously
Title: Living Dangerously
Character: Dr. Henry Pryor
Released: March 8, 1936
Type: Movie
The dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Title: Mutiny on the Bounty
Character: Captain Nelson
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Title: Cardinal Richelieu
Character: Gaston
Released: April 18, 1935
Type: Movie
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
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Clive of India
Title: Clive of India
Character: Edmund Maskelyne
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
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Up to the Neck
Title: Up to the Neck
Character: Eric Warwick
Released: August 18, 1933
Type: Movie
'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)
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Hawleys of High Street
Title: Hawleys of High Street
Character: Lord Roxton
Released: June 7, 1933
Type: Movie
A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.
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Counsel's Opinion
Title: Counsel's Opinion
Character: James Gowan
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclusive Royal Parks Hotel. Leslie sweet-talks Logan into letting her stay in his suite, and although the pair are attracted to each other, the night passes innocently. On arriving at Chambers, Logan is asked to act as counsel for Lord Rockburn, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Logan accepts the brief, but then discovers to his horror that Lady Rockburn was a guest at the Royal Parks Hotel ball the previous night, and a cornerstone of the case is alleged impropriety after a maid observed a man leaving her room that morning......
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Jack's the Boy
Title: Jack's the Boy
Character: Jules Martin
Released: June 11, 1932
Type: Movie
With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.
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Brown Sugar
Title: Brown Sugar
Character: Lord Sloane
Released: April 21, 1931
Type: Movie
The young Lord Sloane marries a musical comedy actress, much to his parents' disappointment. The actress's brother-in-law gets into betting difficulties so she obtains money from her husband to help him.
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Uneasy Virtue
Title: Uneasy Virtue
Character: Bill Rendell
Released: February 5, 1931
Type: Movie
A comedy film directed by Norman Walker
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At the Villa Rose
Title: At the Villa Rose
Character: Weathermill
Released: February 5, 1930
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.
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Atlantic
Title: Atlantic
Character: Padre
Released: November 15, 1929
Type: Movie
A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.
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The Unwanted
Title: The Unwanted
Character: John Dearsley
Released: April 22, 1924
Type: Movie
A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
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The Fortune of Christina McNab
Title: The Fortune of Christina McNab
Character: Duke of Southwark
Released: March 31, 1921
Type: Movie
An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.
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The Old Wives' Tale
Title: The Old Wives' Tale
Character: Cyril Povey
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A woman leaves her husband to run a Paris boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war.