Edward Lexy

Edward Lexy

Born: February 18, 1897
Died: January 31, 1970
in London, England, UK

Movies for Edward Lexy...

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Title: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character: Hobbs
Released: January 21, 1958
Type: Movie
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
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The Rising of the Moon
Title: The Rising of the Moon
Character: Quartermaster Sergeant (segment '1921')
Released: August 10, 1957
Type: Movie
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about a little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece, "1921," is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape.
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Where There's a Will
Title: Where There's a Will
Character: Mafeking Brewer
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.
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Orders Are Orders
Title: Orders Are Orders
Character: Capt. Ledger
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
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Views on Trial
Title: Views on Trial
Character: Clootie
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
The demonic Nicholas Diabolus is put on trial accused of interfering with people's lives.
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Miss Robin Hood
Title: Miss Robin Hood
Character: Wilson
Released: November 12, 1952
Type: Movie
In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls (Richard Hearne) finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan (Margaret Rutherford). She suggests that they conspire to steal a secret whiskey formula from ruthless distillers, who themselves stole it from her family in years gone by. With the recipe back in hand however, it's not long before they attract attention from the Inspectors of Scotland Yard.
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Night Was Our Friend
Title: Night Was Our Friend
Character: Arthur Glanville
Released: December 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?
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The Lady with a Lamp
Title: The Lady with a Lamp
Released: September 22, 1951
Type: Movie
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
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Cloudburst
Title: Cloudburst
Character: Cardew
Released: July 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Canadian World War II veteran John Graham works in London as a code breaker. Tragedy strikes when his pregnant wife, Carol, is accidentally run over by two crooks who are speeding away from the scene of a murder. Haunted, grieving, and thirsting for revenge, Graham sets out to find the two fugitive murderers.
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You're Only Young Twice
Title: You're Only Young Twice
Character: Lord Carshennie
Released: July 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role
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Smart Alec
Title: Smart Alec
Character: Inspector Ashley
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.
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The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
Title: The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
Character: Det. Insp. Charlton
Released: January 31, 1950
Type: Movie
The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.
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Golden Arrow
Title: Golden Arrow
Character: The Colonel
Released: December 31, 1949
Type: Movie
On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.
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For Them That Trespass
Title: For Them That Trespass
Character: Second Prison Warden
Released: April 21, 1949
Type: Movie
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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It's Not Cricket
Title: It's Not Cricket
Character: Brig. Falcon
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at nothing." Radford and Wayne, cashiered from the army when they let a captured Nazi escape, become private detectives who later get involved with the same German and a missing diamond ...
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The Winslow Boy
Title: The Winslow Boy
Character: First Elderly Member
Released: September 24, 1948
Type: Movie
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
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Good-Time Girl
Title: Good-Time Girl
Character: Mr. Morgan
Released: April 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
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Blanche Fury
Title: Blanche Fury
Character: Col. Jenkins
Released: February 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.
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Captain Boycott
Title: Captain Boycott
Character: Sgt. Dempsey
Released: August 26, 1947
Type: Movie
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
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The Mark of Cain
Title: The Mark of Cain
Character: Lord Rochford
Released: March 14, 1947
Type: Movie
An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. As the situation festers it leads to murder…
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Temptation Harbour
Title: Temptation Harbour
Character: Stationmaster
Released: February 27, 1947
Type: Movie
The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself the object of murderous and mercenary interest.
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School for Secrets
Title: School for Secrets
Character: Sir Desmond Prosser
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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Piccadilly Incident
Title: Piccadilly Incident
Released: August 24, 1946
Type: Movie
A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby son.
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Medal for the General
Title: Medal for the General
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 1944
Type: Movie
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
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Old Bill and Son
Title: Old Bill and Son
Character: Soldier
Released: March 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
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Spare a Copper
Title: Spare a Copper
Character: Night Watchman
Released: December 2, 1940
Type: Movie
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
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Convoy
Title: Convoy
Character: Merchantman Skipper
Released: September 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
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Dangerous Comment
Title: Dangerous Comment
Character: Percival
Released: May 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
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Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
Title: Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
Character: Det-Inspector Shott
Released: April 13, 1940
Type: Movie
An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.
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The Proud Valley
Title: The Proud Valley
Character: Commissionaire
Released: April 6, 1940
Type: Movie
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
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Laugh It Off
Title: Laugh It Off
Character: Sgt. Maj. Slaughter
Released: March 9, 1940
Type: Movie
As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep moral up, his commanding officer orders him to perform for the troops.
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Traitor Spy
Title: Traitor Spy
Character: Det. Insp. William Barnard
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints.
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This Man in Paris
Title: This Man in Paris
Character: Holly
Released: July 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
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The Gang's All Here
Title: The Gang's All Here
Character: Inspector Elroyd
Released: March 4, 1939
Type: Movie
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.
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Night Journey
Title: Night Journey
Character: Milstone Mike
Released: December 1, 1938
Type: Movie
A truck driver must carry a load of dynamite. Meanwhile, his girlfriend gets mixed up with a gang that sells stolen furs. Eventually, the truck driver must rescue his girlfriend from the bad guys and blows them and their loot to Kingdom Come.
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Sixty Glorious Years
Title: Sixty Glorious Years
Character: Dorset Soldier in Crimea
Released: November 18, 1938
Type: Movie
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
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St. Martin's Lane
Title: St. Martin's Lane
Character: Mr. Such
Released: October 18, 1938
Type: Movie
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. Harley, the theater patron who never knew Libby took his gold cigarette case, is impressed by Libby's dancing and invites her to bring Charles and the other buskers in his group to an after-the-play party. Libby comes alone. A theatrical career is launched.
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This Man Is News
Title: This Man Is News
Character: Inspector Hollis
Released: September 16, 1938
Type: Movie
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
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South Riding
Title: South Riding
Character: Mr. Holly
Released: August 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but 'the front-line defence thrown up by humanity against its common enemies of sickness, poverty and ignorance.' She built her story around six people working for a typical County Council:- Beneath the lives of the public servants runs the thread of their personal drama. Our story tells how a public life affects the private life; and how a man's personal sufferings make him what he is in public. " Corruption, intrigue and romance in a Yorkshire setting. A country squire whose wife is in a mental hospital becomes attracted to a crusading local schoolmistress.
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Second Best Bed
Title: Second Best Bed
Character: Murdock
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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The Terror
Title: The Terror
Character: Inspector Dobie
Released: May 2, 1938
Type: Movie
For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor prison without their share of the bullion stolen in a daring raid.
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Kate Plus Ten
Title: Kate Plus Ten
Character: Sergeant
Released: March 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton catch her red-handed?
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Under Secret Orders
Title: Under Secret Orders
Character: Carr's Orderly
Released: December 6, 1937
Type: Movie
During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence.
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The Green Cockatoo
Title: The Green Cockatoo
Released: December 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.
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Smash and Grab
Title: Smash and Grab
Character: Inspector McInerney
Released: September 20, 1937
Type: Movie
John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's most prestigious jewellers. As the chase leads him to Ireland, Forrest finds he needs help and who better to call upon than his impossibly elegant, highly capable wife, Alice?
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Action for Slander
Title: Action for Slander
Character: Minor Role
Released: July 21, 1937
Type: Movie
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
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Street of Shadows
Title: Street of Shadows
Released: April 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A slippery femme fatale, a spy for Germany during the Great War, is sent to Thessaloniki in Greece and becomes involved with a man on the other side, a French military officer.
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Farewell Again
Title: Farewell Again
Character: Sgt. Brough
Released: January 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
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Guests of The Nation
Title: Guests of The Nation
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, a pair of IRA soldiers are ordered to guard two British prisoners, but face a dilemma when they bond with their captives.