Richard Ainley

Richard Ainley

Born: December 22, 1910
Died: May 18, 1967
in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK

Movies for Richard Ainley...

I Dood It
Title: I Dood It
Character: Larry West
Released: September 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.
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Du Barry was a Lady
Title: Du Barry was a Lady
Character: Marching Rebel Behind King Louis
Released: August 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry him and she accepts even though she doesn't love him. Soon after, Louis has an accident and gets knocked on the head, where he dreams that he's King Louis XV pursuing the infamous Madame Du Barry.
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Above Suspicion
Title: Above Suspicion
Character: Peter Galt
Released: May 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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Three Hearts for Julia
Title: Three Hearts for Julia
Character: Philip Barrows
Released: May 21, 1943
Type: Movie
When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.
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Portrait of a Genius
Title: Portrait of a Genius
Character: Leonardo da Vinci
Released: January 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Leonardo Da Vinci was seen as a great artist during his lifetime. The same cannot be said for his life as an inventor. His genius as an inventor was only truly known through reading his secret manuscripts after his death. His want to invent was because of his curiosity and insatiable quest for knowledge. He was able to invent the earliest prototypes of such things as the steam cannon, the machine gun, the submarine, the depth charge, and the tank, all which were welcome inventions of the day for monarchs who saw their usefulness in warfare.
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White Cargo
Title: White Cargo
Character: Mr. Worthing
Released: December 12, 1942
Type: Movie
In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love-hate triangle involving Harry Witzel, an in-country station superintendent who'd seen it all, Langford, a new manager sent from England for a four-year stint, and Tondelayo, a siren of great beauty who desires silk and baubles. Witzel is gruff and seasoned, certain that Langford won't be able to cut it. Langford responds with determination and anger, attracted to Tondelayo because of her beauty, her wiles, and to get at Witzel. Manipulation, jealousy, revenge, and responsibility play out as alliances within the triangle shift.
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The Smiling Ghost
Title: The Smiling Ghost
Character: Tennant Bentley
Released: September 6, 1941
Type: Movie
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a month to break the curse. But Lucky becomes a target of what appears to be the ghost of one of the former fiances.
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Passage from Hong Kong
Title: Passage from Hong Kong
Character: Lt. Norman MacNeil-Fraser
Released: September 1, 1941
Type: Movie
In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he has been involved in a murder.
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Bullets for O'Hara
Title: Bullets for O'Hara
Character: McKay Standish
Released: July 19, 1941
Type: Movie
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.
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Shining Victory
Title: Shining Victory
Character: Dr. Hale
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
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Singapore Woman
Title: Singapore Woman
Character: John Wetherby
Released: May 17, 1941
Type: Movie
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
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Knockout
Title: Knockout
Character: George Allison
Released: March 29, 1941
Type: Movie
Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.
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Here Comes Happiness
Title: Here Comes Happiness
Character: Jelliffe Blaine
Released: March 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.
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Lady with Red Hair
Title: Lady with Red Hair
Character: Lou Payne
Released: November 30, 1940
Type: Movie
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
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An Englishman's Home
Title: An Englishman's Home
Character: Geoffrey Brown
Released: January 27, 1940
Type: Movie
A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.
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There Ain't No Justice
Title: There Ain't No Justice
Character: Billy Frist
Released: June 17, 1939
Type: Movie
A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.
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Stolen Life
Title: Stolen Life
Character: Morgan
Released: January 18, 1939
Type: Movie
Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identical twins Sylvina and Martina, whose mild sibling rivalry intensifies when one of the girls tricks the other's sweetheart Alan McKenzie (Michael Redgrave) into proposing to the wrong twin.
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Our Fighting Navy
Title: Our Fighting Navy
Character: Lieutenant
Released: September 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the Marines and the Customs" and Lieutenant Enricquo, the gunnery officer of the small republic's one battleship, have taken over the battleship, and the town. Most of the British citizens have taken refuge at the Consulate or have been evacuated to the small cruiser in Bianco's port, the "H. M. S. Audacious." But there are two major issues; the Consul's daughter, Pamela, and Canadian Lieutenant Bill Armstrong have been kidnapped by the rebels and now held hostage on the battleship "El Mirante," and El Presidente was visiting the consulate when the war broke out and is now under the protective custody of the British Empire.
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The Frog
Title: The Frog
Character: Ray Bennett
Released: March 23, 1937
Type: Movie
In this Edgar Wallace adaptation, Sergeant Elk (a lugubrious Gordon Harker) sets out to unmask the Frog, the evil mastermind heading up a mysterious network responsible for a litany of sensational crimes. Wallace was one of the first British authors to capitalise on the potential of cinema to increase his already considerable celebrity. His luridly titled thrillers depicting shady underworlds remained popular film sources long after his death in 1932. This lavish production boasts a distinguished cast and delivers on all fronts: from romance and exotic cabaret acts, to heaps of tension and a dramatic reveal.
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As You Like It
Title: As You Like It
Character: Sylvius
Released: September 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.