Tom Walls

Tom Walls

Born: February 17, 1883
Died: November 27, 1949
in Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia

Tom Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adaptations of those plays in the 1930s.

Walls spent his early years as an actor, from 1905, mostly in musical comedy, touring the British provinces, North America and Australia and in the West End. He specialised in comic character roles, typically flirtatious middle aged men. In 1922 he went into management in partnership with the comic actor Leslie Henson. They had an early success in the West End with a long-running farce, Tons of Money, after which Walls commissioned and staged a series of farces at the Aldwych Theatre that ran almost continuously over the next decade. He and his co-star Ralph Lynn were among the most popular British actors of their time.

In addition to his work in the theatre, Walls directed and acted in more than forty films between 1930 and 1949. Some of these were screen versions of the successful stage plays, others were specially-written comedies on similar lines, and there were also serious films, particularly later in Walls's career.

Movies for Tom Walls...

The Interrupted Journey
Title: The Interrupted Journey
Character: Mr. Clayton
Released: October 11, 1949
Type: Movie
When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train crash, a murder and a police man hunt, but all is not what it seems.
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Maytime in Mayfair
Title: Maytime in Mayfair
Character: Inspector
Released: May 24, 1949
Type: Movie
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as quickly as possible, but on meeting Ellen, chief designer and manager, he quickly changes his mind and turns his attention to courting her.
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Spring in Park Lane
Title: Spring in Park Lane
Character: Uncle Joshua Howard
Released: March 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British romantic comedy hit. Richard acts like anything but a servant. He has aristocratic airs and graces, an expert knowledge of fine art and can play classical music and boogie-woogie on a grand piano with equal aplomb. And is that an Old Etonian tie he's wearing? Judy, is determined to discover Richard's true identity and the reason he's posing as a lowly footman. Bored with the attentions of vain movie stars and eccentric minor nobility, she's captivated by his easy-going charm and ready to fall. But will his scandalous secret come between them and true happiness?
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While I Live
Title: While I Live
Character: Nehemiah
Released: October 7, 1947
Type: Movie
In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a result of her tragic death and her haunting uncompleted composition 'The Dream of Olwen'. Her reclusive sister Julia (Sonia Dresdel), who has never come to terms with Olwen's death, becomes convinced that Olwen has returned when she meets an amnesiac woman who looks like her.
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The Master of Bankdam
Title: The Master of Bankdam
Character: Simeon Crowther Sr.
Released: August 20, 1947
Type: Movie
Two brothers struggle for control of the family business in 19th century Yorkshire.
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This Man Is Mine
Title: This Man Is Mine
Character: Philip Ferguson
Released: September 12, 1946
Type: Movie
One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results.
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Johnny Frenchman
Title: Johnny Frenchman
Character: Net Pomeroy
Released: October 29, 1945
Type: Movie
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
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Love Story
Title: Love Story
Character: Tom Tanner
Released: November 20, 1944
Type: Movie
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.
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The Halfway House
Title: The Halfway House
Character: Capt. Meadows
Released: February 1, 1944
Type: Movie
A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?
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They Met in the Dark
Title: They Met in the Dark
Character: Christopher Child
Released: August 11, 1943
Type: Movie
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
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Undercover
Title: Undercover
Character: Kossan Petrovitch
Released: July 26, 1943
Type: Movie
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
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Crackerjack
Title: Crackerjack
Character: Jack Drake
Released: October 1, 1938
Type: Movie
London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.
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Second Best Bed
Title: Second Best Bed
Character: Victor Garnett
Released: July 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
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Strange Boarders
Title: Strange Boarders
Character: Tommy Blythe
Released: May 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
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For Valour
Title: For Valour
Character: Doubleday
Released: March 16, 1937
Type: Movie
In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor). Unfortunately the well-meaning major's actions cause the soldier to be extradited back to England where he must stand trial for a series of crimes he committed before he joined the military. Later the major scours the British jails in search of the heroic lad. He finally finds him recruiting soldiers for WW I.
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Dishonour Bright
Title: Dishonour Bright
Character: Stephen Champion
Released: September 21, 1936
Type: Movie
A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.
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Pot Luck
Title: Pot Luck
Released: April 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.
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Foreign Affaires
Title: Foreign Affaires
Character: Capt. the Hon. Archibald Gore
Released: November 21, 1935
Type: Movie
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means - fair or foul!
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Stormy Weather
Title: Stormy Weather
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
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Me and Marlborough
Title: Me and Marlborough
Character: John Churchill - Duke of Marlborough
Released: July 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
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Fighting Stock
Title: Fighting Stock
Character: Brig. Gen. Sir Donald Rowley
Released: April 9, 1935
Type: Movie
The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle royale between two rival groups of fishermen. Brigadier-General Sir Donald Rowley (Tom Walls) gets involved in the fray when he rents a country cottage with his nephew Sydney (Ralph Lynn). While the nephew pitches woo at the local maidens, General Rowley adopts military tactics to reclaim the stream from village squire Duck (J. Robertson Hare).
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Lady in Danger
Title: Lady in Danger
Character: Richard Dexter
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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A Cup of Kindness
Title: A Cup of Kindness
Character: Fred Tutt
Released: May 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
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Turkey Time
Title: Turkey Time
Character: Max Wheeler
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
Title: A Cuckoo in the Nest
Character: Maj. George Bone
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
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Leave It to Smith
Title: Leave It to Smith
Character: Smith
Released: September 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A pair of con men in Monte Carlo attach themselves to a nouveau rich American snob with a weakness for titles...
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The Blarney Stone
Title: The Blarney Stone
Character: Tim Fitzgerald
Released: March 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A penniless Irishman becomes the business partner of an English aristocrat with a penchant for high-stakes gambling.
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Thark
Title: Thark
Character: Sir Hector Benbow
Released: October 31, 1932
Type: Movie
Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
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Leap Year
Title: Leap Year
Character: Sir Peter Trallion
Released: October 11, 1932
Type: Movie
'Affianced Foreign Office agent searches for mystery woman he loves.' (British Film Catalogue)
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A Night Like This
Title: A Night Like This
Character: Michael Mahoney
Released: March 16, 1932
Type: Movie
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
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Plunder
Title: Plunder
Character: Freddie Malone
Released: November 5, 1930
Type: Movie
A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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Canaries Sometimes Sing
Title: Canaries Sometimes Sing
Character: Geoffrey Lymes
Released: September 10, 1930
Type: Movie
Geoffrey and his wife Anne are trapped in a stifling marriage, which neither feels able to leave. When Geoffrey's boyhood friend, Ernest, and his new wife, Elma, come for a long visit, it's soon apparent that their marriage is equally unhappy. As Ernest and Anne strike up a supposedly secret affair, Geoffrey and Elma do everything they can to encourage their spouses' infidelity, whilst also pretending to be blissfully unaware of it.
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On Approval
Title: On Approval
Character: Duke of Bristol
Released: August 26, 1930
Type: Movie
'Broke duke and millionairess try month of trial marriage.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Rookery Nook
Title: Rookery Nook
Character: Clive Popkiss
Released: February 11, 1930
Type: Movie
A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.