Robert Ayres

Robert Ayres

Born: December 11, 1914
Died: November 5, 1968
in Michigan, USA

Movies for Robert Ayres...

Isadora
Title: Isadora
Character: (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1968
Type: Movie
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
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Battle Beneath the Earth
Title: Battle Beneath the Earth
Character: Adm. Felix Hillebrand
Released: October 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United States.
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The Heroes of Telemark
Title: The Heroes of Telemark
Character: General Courts
Released: November 12, 1965
Type: Movie
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
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The Sicilians
Title: The Sicilians
Character: Angelo Di Marco
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
An aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.
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Title: The Saint
Character: John Allardyce
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Clinton
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Two and Two Make Six
Title: Two and Two Make Six
Character: Col. Robert Thompson
Released: May 1, 1962
Type: Movie
An US airman stationed in the UK strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he killed him, the airman goes on the run with a girl. They run into a couple that looks like them and a mix up happens.
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The Road to Hong Kong
Title: The Road to Hong Kong
Character: American Official
Released: March 29, 1962
Type: Movie
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.
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Title: The Cheaters
Character: Walter Allen
Released: December 10, 1960
Type: TV
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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John Paul Jones
Title: John Paul Jones
Character: John Adams
Released: June 16, 1959
Type: Movie
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
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First Man into Space
Title: First Man into Space
Character: Capt. Ben Richards
Released: February 27, 1959
Type: Movie
The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...
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Title: One Step Beyond
Character: Richards
Released: January 20, 1959
Type: TV
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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Title: Behind Closed Doors
Released: October 2, 1958
Type: TV
Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and occasionally starring Bruce Gordon in the role of Commander Matson. The series, which aired on NBC from October 2, 1958, to April 9, 1959, focuses, among other themes, on how the former Soviet Union stole American missile secrets and proposes steps to prevent further espionage. Behind Closed Doors is based on the files and experiences of Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, who offers comments at the end of each segment. Behind Closed Doors, a Screen Gems production, replaced Jackie Cooper's sitcom The People's Choice, followed the NBC quiz show, Twenty-One, and preceded the The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. Its competition was The Pat Boone Chevy Show on ABC and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater western anthology series on CBS.
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A Night to Remember
Title: A Night to Remember
Character: Maj. Arthur Peuchen
Released: July 3, 1958
Type: Movie
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
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The Depraved
Title: The Depraved
Character: Colonel-in-chief
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise. But a nosy copper (Denis Shaw) suspects foul play, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme deteriorates into fear, distrust and betrayal. Paul Dickson directs this vintage noir thriller.
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Cat Girl
Title: Cat Girl
Character: Dr. Brian Marlowe
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse.
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Time Lock
Title: Time Lock
Character: Insp. Andrews
Released: August 27, 1957
Type: Movie
A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
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It's Never Too Late
Title: It's Never Too Late
Character: Leroy Crane
Released: May 7, 1956
Type: Movie
When a sedate wife and mother decides her family takes her for granted, she pens a movie script -- and it becomes a hit film. Suddenly faced with instant celebrity, she must choose between being a highly paid author and a middle-class housewife.
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Title: Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Character: Wyatt
Released: February 22, 1956
Type: TV
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
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A Prize of Gold
Title: A Prize of Gold
Character: Tex
Released: October 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
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Contraband Spain
Title: Contraband Spain
Character: Mr. Dean, American Embassy superior
Released: March 15, 1955
Type: Movie
An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.
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Delayed Action
Title: Delayed Action
Character: Ned Ellison
Released: July 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
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River Beat
Title: River Beat
Character: Ship's Captain Watford
Released: February 1, 1954
Type: Movie
British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the Thames to unwittingly "mule" their swag, hidden in cigarettes, past customs, not knowing that she has befriended an Inspector for the Thames River Patrol.
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The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Title: The Wedding of Lilli Marlene
Character: Andrew J. Jackson
Released: November 30, 1953
Type: Movie
The story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene.
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The Mask
Title: The Mask
Character: James Glasson / David Trevelyan
Released: November 24, 1953
Type: Movie
In 1909 Cornwall, the affair between a disfigured miller's wife and his estranged cousin leads to a tragic case of mistaken identity.
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Cosh Boy
Title: Cosh Boy
Character: Bob Stevens
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.
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24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Title: 24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Character: Frank Brown
Released: September 10, 1952
Type: Movie
A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.
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13 East Street
Title: 13 East Street
Character: Larry Conn
Released: March 1, 1952
Type: Movie
When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in the gang, Blake identifies the boss, Larry, and most of the other thieves, but not the "inside man." As a big fur job looms closer, the detective's task is complicated by the playful but seductive advances of Judy, a dazzling blonde who happens also to be the jealous Larry's girl friend.
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The Black Widow
Title: The Black Widow
Character: Mark Sherwin (The Amnesiac)
Released: October 22, 1951
Type: Movie
Robert Ayres is driving down a country lane when he comes across someone laying in the middle of the road. Thinking it is someone who has been hit by a car he stops to see if he can help. What he gets for his efforts is a vicious belt to the head from a lead cosh. He is then relieved of his wallet and his car. Several minutes later having somewhat recovered, he staggers to a nearby farmhouse and collapses.
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Night Without Stars
Title: Night Without Stars
Character: Walter
Released: April 3, 1951
Type: Movie
A partially blind Englishman retires to the French Riviera. He meets and falls for the Widow of a French Resistance fighter but is horrified when he discovers she is involved with smugglers and murderers.
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To Have and to Hold
Title: To Have and to Hold
Character: Max
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A man is permanently crippled in a horseback riding accident and then learns that he will soon die. He spends his last few days taking care of his family and trying to get his wife to find another man.
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A Dinner Date with Death
Title: A Dinner Date with Death
Character: The American
Released: October 30, 1950
Type: Movie
Considered to be the earliest surviving example of a British play-to-screen drama, this served as a pilot for an anthology series called ‘The Man Who Walks by Night’ where a Silver Shroud type figure tells a different tale of mystery and suspense each week. It was approved of generally, but a freeze on funding brought it to a premature end. In this entry, a wealthy man who’s made many enemies, including his soon to be ex-wife, his ex-partner in crime and the son of a business partner he drove to suicide. He invites them to dinner to tempt fate, the sheer thrill enthralling him. But will he survive?
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State Secret
Title: State Secret
Character: Arthur J. Buckman
Released: September 11, 1950
Type: Movie
Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country, and discovers the operation he is to perform is on the Vosnian dictator. When the latter dies, he is replaced by a look-alike, but Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit by the secret police of Vosnia since it is vital to Vosnia that the dictator's death does not become known. Fleeing, he seeks help from an actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two are harried across the countryside.
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They Were Not Divided
Title: They Were Not Divided
Character: American Brigadier
Released: April 24, 1950
Type: Movie
The film begins in a WW II training depot of a British Guards armoured regiment where recruits from many walks of life learn to survive the strict discipline and training together before going into battle in tanks. There is a cameo appearance by the real Sgt. Major Brittain who was famous in the British guards regiments.