Sonnie Hale

Sonnie Hale

Born: May 1, 1902
Died: June 9, 1959
in London, England, UK
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Sonnie Hale (1 May 1902 – 9 June 1959) was an English theatre and cinema actor and director.

John Robert Hale-Monro, better known by his stage name, was born in Kensington, London, the son of Robert Hale and Belle Reynolds. His father, and his sister Binnie Hale, were actors. He was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor.

He worked chiefly in musical and revue theatre, but also acted in several films with occasional screenwriting or directing credits. He first performed on stage at the London Pavilion in 1921 in the chorus of the revue Fun of the Fayre. A major personal investment in a show to tour the country planned for late 1939 proved financially ruinous due to the outbreak of war and the subsequent closure of most theatres. His slight acquaintance Evelyn Waugh advised him against such an investment. His reply was reported to be the sardonic “War is good for business, don't you know!”

Movies for Sonnie Hale...

London Town
Title: London Town
Character: Charlie de Haven
Released: September 30, 1946
Type: Movie
Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....
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Fiddlers Three
Title: Fiddlers Three
Character: The Professor
Released: October 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.
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Let's Be Famous
Title: Let's Be Famous
Character: Finch
Released: March 22, 1939
Type: Movie
An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.
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The Gaunt Stranger
Title: The Gaunt Stranger
Character: Samuel Cuthbert 'Sam' Hackett
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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It's Love Again
Title: It's Love Again
Character: Freddie Rathbone
Released: May 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Elaine Bradford is a young singer and dancer, looking for her big break. Peter Carlton is a gossip columnist facing a deadline and a blank page. So, Peter invents "Mrs. Smythe-Smythe", a mysterious Englishwoman who spends her days hunting tigers in India, jumping out of airplanes, and generally driving men mad with her beauty. Since no one in London has ever seen Mrs. Smythe-Smythe, Elaine decides to impersonate the lady, in hopes that the publicity will land her the big break she's been looking for.
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First a Girl
Title: First a Girl
Character: Victor
Released: November 7, 1935
Type: Movie
First a Girl is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews. First a Girl was adapted from the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel.
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My Heart Is Calling
Title: My Heart Is Calling
Character: Alphonse Rosee
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Musical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo
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My Song for You
Title: My Song for You
Character: Gatti's secretary
Released: July 30, 1934
Type: Movie
In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.
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Evergreen
Title: Evergreen
Character: Leslie Benn
Released: April 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, mysteriously disappears on the eve of her wedding. Years later, she reappears on the stage as young looking and beautiful as ever.
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Wild Boy
Title: Wild Boy
Character: Billy Grosvenor
Released: January 1, 1934
Type: Movie
This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby.
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Friday the Thirteenth
Title: Friday the Thirteenth
Character: Alf, the Conductor
Released: November 1, 1933
Type: Movie
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.
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Early to Bed
Title: Early to Bed
Character: Leopold
Released: August 8, 1933
Type: Movie
'Manicurist Grete and nightclub waiter Carl share a bed, but not at the same time. They hate each other, even though they have never met. Their rented room is next to a cinema with its frankfurter-munching projectionist and romantic musical numbers that seem to permeate their lives. Might they meet and fall in love?' (BFI)
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Tell Me Tonight
Title: Tell Me Tonight
Character: Alexander Koretsky
Released: October 31, 1932
Type: Movie
An Italian operatic tenor is dominated by his female business manager.
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Happy Ever After
Title: Happy Ever After
Character: Willie II
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Two window cleaners help a girl who is trying to get to Hollywood.