Roy Emerton

Roy Emerton

Born: October 9, 1893
Died: November 30, 1944
in Burford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Movies for Roy Emerton...

Love Story
Title: Love Story
Character: Cornish Fisherman
Released: November 20, 1944
Type: Movie
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.
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Welcome, Mr Washington
Title: Welcome, Mr Washington
Character: Selby
Released: May 18, 1944
Type: Movie
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease their estate as an airbase to US forces in Britain to help the war effort. Both eventually fall for American servicemen.
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Time Flies
Title: Time Flies
Character: Capt. John Smith
Released: May 8, 1944
Type: Movie
The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
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The Man in Grey
Title: The Man in Grey
Character: Gamekeeper (uncredited)
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
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The Young Mr. Pitt
Title: The Young Mr. Pitt
Character: Dan Mendoza
Released: September 21, 1942
Type: Movie
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
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Old Mother Riley's Circus
Title: Old Mother Riley's Circus
Character: Santley (circus owner)
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 Thief of Bagdad
Title: The Thief of Bagdad
Character: Jailer
Released: December 25, 1940
Type: Movie
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
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The Case of the Frightened Lady
Title: The Case of the Frightened Lady
Character: Gilder
Released: September 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
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Busman's Honeymoon
Title: Busman's Honeymoon
Character: Noakes
Released: July 22, 1940
Type: Movie
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
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Q Planes
Title: Q Planes
Character: Viking First Mate
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 Drum
Title: The Drum
Character: Wafadar
Released: September 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl's spacious palace. It's up to the loyal young Prince Azim (Sabu) to warn the troops of Guhl's treachery by tapping out a message on his drum.
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Convict 99
Title: Convict 99
Character: John Benjamin
Released: September 26, 1938
Type: Movie
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
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Big Fella
Title: Big Fella
Character: Spike
Released: January 3, 1938
Type: Movie
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Gerald escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer, who offers a refuge from his repressed white parents.
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Doctor Syn
Title: Doctor Syn
Character: Capt. Howard Collyer, R.N.
Released: August 25, 1937
Type: Movie
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
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The Great Barrier
Title: The Great Barrier
Character: Moody
Released: January 2, 1937
Type: Movie
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Everything Is Thunder
Title: Everything Is Thunder
Character: Kostner
Released: September 30, 1936
Type: Movie
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
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Tudor Rose
Title: Tudor Rose
Character: Squire
Released: September 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
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It Happened in Paris
Title: It Happened in Paris
Character: Gendarme
Released: June 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A British millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris.
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Boss McGinty
Released: March 24, 1935
Type: Movie
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
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Lorna Doone
Title: Lorna Doone
Character: Carver Doone
Released: December 9, 1934
Type: Movie
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
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The Lash
Title: The Lash
Character: Steve
Released: October 21, 1934
Type: Movie
One of John Mills' earliest roles as a wastrel playboy.
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Java Head
Title: Java Head
Character: Broadrick
Released: July 31, 1934
Type: Movie
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
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That Night in London
Title: That Night in London
Character: Captain Paulson
Released: August 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return the money and stay alive
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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Title: The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
Character: The Tattooed Man
Released: May 12, 1932
Type: Movie
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
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Shadows
Title: Shadows
Character: Captain
Released: March 31, 1931
Type: Movie
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.