Basil Dignam
Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt...
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Gorgo
as Admiral BrooksGreedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus....
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Room at the Top
as Priest (uncredited)An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling...
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Victim
as Barrister (uncredited)Barrister Melville Farr is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving...
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The Quatermass Xperiment
as Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then...
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10 Rillington Place
as Member of Medical BoardThe story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the...
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
as Commissioner McCloud (uncredited)Carol Hammond, the sexually frustrated wife of a successful London lawyer, is having bizarre,...
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I'm All Right Jack
as Minister of LabourNaive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business....
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I'll Never Forget What's'isname
as uncreditedAdvertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very...
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Twisted Nerve
as DoctorMartin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an...
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Where the Spies Are
as Major HardingA local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the...
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Brothers in Law
as Mr. Justice EmeryRoger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the...
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Sapphire
as Doctor BurgessTwo Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been...
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The Lady with a Lamp
as uncreditedBased on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction...
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Naked Evil
as Jim BensonJamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before...
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Suspect
as Dr ChildsA government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets...
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The Weapon
as uncreditedA boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building....
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Appointment with Venus
as R.A.M.C. CaptainAt the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel...
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Reach for the Sky
as Air Ministry DoctorThe true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying...
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Heavens Above!
as Prison GovernorA naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class...
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to ChinaWhile sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to...
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The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
as Army OfficerThe fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s...
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Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as BrigadierIn this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male...
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The Jokers
as David's Bank ManagerBrothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London,...
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Corridors of Blood
as Hospital ChairmanAn 1840s British surgeon, experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery...
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Assignment K
as HowlettPhilip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy...
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Maytime in Mayfair
as Commissionaire (uncredited)Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class...
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The Games
as Sir HaroldFrom Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain....
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The Court Martial of Major Keller
as MorrellLawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being...
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The Secret Partner
as LyleA shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
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Innocent Sinners
as DysonA neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny...
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Further Up the Creek
as Flagship CommanderThe sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant...
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You Pay Your Money
as CurrieCrime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
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The Cuckoo Patrol
as SnodgrassFreddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of...
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The Narrowing Circle
as George PaceyA journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.
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A Touch of Larceny
as Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man,...
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His Excellency
as Security OfficerA trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony
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They Can't Hang Me
as Wing Commander RiddleA murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.
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Up the Creek
as CoombesBumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS...
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Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
as Security OfficerGreat Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific...
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Hammer the Toff
as SuperintendentA detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
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Port of Escape
as Det. Sgt. CrawfordTwo sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man...
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Rotten to the Core
as The GeneralRogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to...
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Smart Alec
as Defense AttorneyA young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.
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The Spider's Web
as HugoMystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.
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The Depraved
as Tom WiltonFed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura...
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80,000 Suspects
as Health Officer BoswellA doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend...
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Laughter in the Dark
as DealerSwinging London in the 1960's. Deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young...
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Seven Seas to Calais
as Sir Francis WalsinghamSir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.
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Rockets Galore
as R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is,...
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Touch and Go
as StevensWhen Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the...
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Fate Takes a Hand
as WheelerWhen a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a...
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The Counterfeit Plan
as Police CommissionerAn escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a...
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Ring of Spies
as Second Member at LordsThe film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled...
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Life for Ruth
as MapletonJohn Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die....
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Son of a Stranger
as Dr. DelaneyA young man searches for the father he never knew, who he believes to be a millionaire.
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Two on the Tiles
as Ship’s CaptainA married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an...
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Three Sundays to Live
as DavittBand leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club...
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No Hiding Place
as uncreditedNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...
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UFO
as Cabinet MinisterA secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
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Gideon's Way
as Commissioner Scott-MarleGideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on...
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Rich MerchantThe legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...
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The Avengers
as uncreditedThe Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....
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The Main Chance
as Mr. JoryThe Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...
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Man in a Suitcase
as uncreditedAccused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...
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Sir Francis Drake
as Duke Of AlvaSir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir...
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The New Avengers
as Hugh RydercroftThe New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during...
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The Persuaders!
as Prime Minister Norman RussellAn English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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The Saint
as Cmdr. RichardsonSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...
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Crown Court
as Dr. SissonsCrown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...
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War and Peace
as uncreditedThe classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop...
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The Sweeney
as MoberlyJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...
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The Champions
as Sir FrederickThe Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...
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Life of Shakespeare
as The Lord ChamberlainBiography of William Shakespeare.
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
as Bishop GardinerSeries of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization...
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The Protectors
as Charles EngletonThe Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...
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The Prisoner
as SupervisorAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...
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Justice
as Sir Jules LarsenJustice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long...
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The Adventurer
as John BallardThe Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...
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Jason King
as uncreditedJason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world...
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Interpol Calling
as Insp. HopkinsThe adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...
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Elizabeth R
as Archbishop GardinerThis historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one...
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Sherlock Holmes
as uncreditedThe first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the...
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Department S
as Howard FinchDepartment S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The...
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Department S
as Henry SmithDepartment S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The...
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Persuasion
as Sir Walter ElliotBritish television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name.
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