John Longden

John Longden

Born: November 11, 1900
Died: May 26, 1971
in West Indies
John Longden was a West Indian-born English screen, stage, and television actor. He appeared in dozens of films from 1926 to 1964, including five (Blackmail, Juno and the Paycock, The Skin Game, Young and Innocent, Jamaica Inn) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Longden appeared in numerous television series.

Movies for John Longden...

Frozen Alive
Title: Frozen Alive
Character: Prof. Hubbard
Released: December 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder. a murder suspect.
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The Man Who Finally Died
Title: The Man Who Finally Died
Character: Munch
Released: December 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.
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So Evil, So Young
Title: So Evil, So Young
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
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An Honourable Murder
Title: An Honourable Murder
Character: Julian Caesar
Released: March 31, 1960
Type: Movie
A modern boardroom take on Julius Caesar.
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Title: Man from Interpol
Character: Superintendent Mercer
Released: January 30, 1960
Type: TV
From the cobble-stoned streets of Vienna ... to the shadowy alleys of Morocco ... danger lies in waif for Special Agent Smith. "MAN FROM INTERPOL" is a weekly adventure series starring Richard Wyler as Anthony Smith, special agent in Scotland Yard's Interpol Division, a member ol the world's mightiest international police organization. Working together, the member nations of Interpol wage a relentless war against International crime. In the thick of the most dangerous maneuvers of criminal society, Smith and others like him in many countries, work alone and then pool their efforts to bring international criminals to justice.
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Title: Interpol Calling
Character: Lord Ruskington
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: TV
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
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Title: The Adventures of William Tell
Released: September 15, 1958
Type: TV
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.
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Innocent Sinners
Title: Innocent Sinners
Character: Admiral
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
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Quatermass II
Title: Quatermass II
Character: Chief Inspector Lomax
Released: May 24, 1957
Type: Movie
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
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Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Released: February 20, 1956
Type: TV
The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree. A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010. ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.
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Alias John Preston
Title: Alias John Preston
Character: Richard Sandford
Released: December 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of the local hospital. Everything seems to be going well for him until a newly appointed consultant psychiatrist shows up and starts asking some probing questions.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Sir Gyles of Wren
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Walter Fitzurse
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Chambertin
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Tailor
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: The Abbot
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Lord Blackstone
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Sir Walter De Lys
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Wulfric
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Count Leger
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Ned
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Hodges
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Archbishop
Released: September 26, 1955
Type: TV
The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
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The Ship That Died of Shame
Title: The Ship That Died of Shame
Character: Detective
Released: April 19, 1955
Type: Movie
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.
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Meet Mr. Callaghan
Title: Meet Mr. Callaghan
Character: Jeremy Meraulton
Released: June 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.
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Dangerous Cargo
Title: Dangerous Cargo
Character: Worthington
Released: May 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an old friend into giving away the location of a shipment of gold bullion so he and his gang can steal it.
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The Wallet
Title: The Wallet
Released: December 12, 1952
Type: Movie
A mystery thriller intended for US TV.
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The Magic Box
Title: The Magic Box
Character: Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
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The Black Widow
Title: The Black Widow
Character: Mr. Kemp
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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Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Title: Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the secret of a wealthy businessman.
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Pool of London
Title: Pool of London
Character: DI Williams
Released: February 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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The Elusive Pimpernel
Title: The Elusive Pimpernel
Character: The Abbot
Released: November 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
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The Lady Craved Excitement
Title: The Lady Craved Excitement
Character: Inspector James
Released: August 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of not particularly bright crooks.
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
Title: Bonnie Prince Charlie
Character: Colonel O'Sullivan
Released: October 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.
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The Last Load
Title: The Last Load
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
David and Monty are two friends of Susan and Betty Potter whose father runs a fleet of lorries. One by one, his lorries are involved in accidents and sabotage is suspected. The children are determined to find the culprits.
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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Title: The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Character: Mortimer Digby
Released: October 30, 1947
Type: Movie
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years... Based on the novel "No Nightingales" by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon.
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The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Title: The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Character: Tod Jenkins
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.
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A Matter of Life and Death
Title: A Matter of Life and Death
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1946
Type: Movie
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
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The Silver Fleet
Title: The Silver Fleet
Character: Jost Meertens
Released: March 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?
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Death by Design
Title: Death by Design
Character: Inspector Slade
Released: January 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Dastardly deeds are afoot in a smog of pipe smoke when a man is found dead - is it cyanide poisoning or smoke inhalation?
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Unpublished Story
Title: Unpublished Story
Character: Metcalf
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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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Title: One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Character: Ground Officer (uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1942
Type: Movie
During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.
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Tower of Terror
Title: Tower of Terror
Character: Commander
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...
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Old Mother Riley's Circus
Title: Old Mother Riley's Circus
Character: Bill
Released: December 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
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The Common Touch
Title: The Common Touch
Character: Stuart Gordon
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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Barging Along
Title: Barging Along
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1941
Type: Movie
A short documentary following the lives of barge-folk on England's canals.
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Contraband
Title: Contraband
Character: Passport officer
Released: May 11, 1940
Type: Movie
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.
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The Lion Has Wings
Title: The Lion Has Wings
Character: Unnamed Character
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Title: Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Character: Raven (uncredited)
Released: July 28, 1939
Type: Movie
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.
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Jamaica Inn
Title: Jamaica Inn
Character: Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Released: May 11, 1939
Type: Movie
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.
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Q Planes
Title: Q Planes
Character: John Peters, a Pilot
Released: February 21, 1939
Type: Movie
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
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The Gaunt Stranger
Title: The Gaunt Stranger
Character: Inspector Bliss
Released: October 27, 1938
Type: Movie
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'.
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Bad Boy
Title: Bad Boy
Character: Inspector Thompson
Released: January 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.
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Young and Innocent
Title: Young and Innocent
Character: Det. Insp. Kent
Released: November 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.
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Jennifer Hale
Title: Jennifer Hale
Character: Police Inspector Merton
Released: October 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A showgirl who is wrongly accused of murdering her manager goes on the run to try to prove her innocence.
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It Isn't Done
Title: It Isn't Done
Character: Peter Ashton
Released: February 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England, and moves his family from the farm to the castle. He also inherits a very stuffy, prim-and-proper butler who constantly reprimands Blaydon whenever he disobeys aristocratic protocol...which he often does.
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Thoroughbred
Title: Thoroughbred
Character: Bill Peel
Released: May 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse breeder and trainer. Joan thinks "legs don't make a race horse, it's blood", and so she buys an unwanted thoroughbred colt called Stormalong. Helped by Ma's son Tommy Dawson (Frank Leighton), Joan restores the horse to health and fitness, and soon enough the horse is winning race after race, becoming a favourite for the Melbourne Cup.
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The Silence of Dean Maitland
Title: The Silence of Dean Maitland
Character: Dean Maitland
Released: May 12, 1934
Type: Movie
Dean Maitland (John Longden), a young man in orders and engaged to a woman, is involved in a tragedy, to reveal the details of which would ruin his career. The Dean denies responsibility for both the pregnancy of his lover Alma Lee (Charlotte Francis), and the death of her father, whom it turns out was enraged at the Dean's behaviour, attacked him and was killed in a fall. His friend, Dr. Everard (John Warwick), is found guilty of the death on false evidence, and Maitland allows him to suffer 20 years imprisonment. When the doctor is released from prison, bitter and seeking revenge, the Dean must confront his silence and his guilt, and the climax is the Dean's confession from the pulpit of his sins...
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Born Lucky
Title: Born Lucky
Character: Frank Dale
Released: April 5, 1933
Type: Movie
A humble girl's rise to fame.
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Murder on the Second Floor
Title: Murder on the Second Floor
Character: Hugh Bromilow
Released: March 4, 1932
Type: Movie
A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...
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Rynox
Title: Rynox
Character: Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
Released: November 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, who is seen in town buying theatre tickets and revolvers. As the Rynox staff, including the young Tony Benedik, work to keep the business afloat, FX invites Marsh to settle his grievances at his house one fateful night....
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The Wickham Mystery
Title: The Wickham Mystery
Character: Harry Crawford
Released: October 19, 1931
Type: Movie
'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Boyfriend
Released: October 2, 1931
Type: Movie
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
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Two Crowded Hours
Title: Two Crowded Hours
Character: Harry Fielding
Released: July 8, 1931
Type: Movie
A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him there. The detective gives chase with the help of a London cabbie who has aspirations of becoming a policeman himself.
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The Ringer
Title: The Ringer
Character: Inspector Wembury
Released: March 31, 1931
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
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The Skin Game
Title: The Skin Game
Character: Charles Hornblower
Released: February 26, 1931
Type: Movie
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
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Children of Chance
Title: Children of Chance
Character: Jeffrey
Released: November 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!
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Two Worlds
Title: Two Worlds
Character: Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
Released: July 28, 1930
Type: Movie
An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.
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The Flame of Love
Title: The Flame of Love
Character: Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
Released: March 7, 1930
Type: Movie
In Russia, a Chinese dancer gives herself to a duke to save her brother's life.
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Elstree Calling
Title: Elstree Calling
Character: Himself
Released: February 6, 1930
Type: Movie
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).
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Juno and the Paycock
Title: Juno and the Paycock
Character: Charles Bentham
Released: December 30, 1929
Type: Movie
During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values of life really are. At the end, they discover they will not receive that inheritance; the family is destroyed and penniless. They must sell their home and start living like vagabonds.
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Atlantic
Title: Atlantic
Character: Lanchester
Released: November 15, 1929
Type: Movie
A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.
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Blackmail
Title: Blackmail
Character: Detective Frank Webber
Released: July 28, 1929
Type: Movie
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
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Piccadilly
Title: Piccadilly
Character: Man from China (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
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The Last Post
Title: The Last Post
Character: David / Martin
Released: January 11, 1929
Type: Movie
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Palais De Danse
Title: Palais De Danse
Character: No. 1
Released: July 27, 1928
Type: Movie
The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair with a poor but courageous dancer
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Quinneys
Title: Quinneys
Character: Joseph Quinney
Released: December 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Arcadians
Title: The Arcadians
Character: Jack Meadows
Released: October 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'Club-owner crashes plane in Arcady, land of truth and beauty.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Glad Eye
Title: The Glad Eye
Character: Floquet
Released: June 1, 1927
Type: Movie
'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an excuse for their absence from home by pretending that they are accompanying a famous airman on a flight, but the latter does not proceed according to plan, and they have a hard time countering the suspicious questionings and moves of the sophisticated wife.' (BFI)
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The House of Marney
Title: The House of Marney
Released: April 4, 1927
Type: Movie
An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.