Finlay Currie

Born: 1878-01-19

Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884–1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1931. He appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing World War II movie Undercover. His most famous film role was as the convict Abel Magwitch in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), based on the novel, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. He later began to appear in Hollywood film epics, including the 1951 Quo Vadis (as Saint Peter), the multi-Oscar winning 1959 Ben-Hur, as Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as an aged, wise senator; He appeared in People Will Talk with Cary Grant; and he also portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father in MGM's Technicolor 1952 version of Ivanhoe. In 1962, he starred in an episode of The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) entitled The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, Shannon's Way. Currie's last role was as Mr. Lundie, the minister, in the 1966 television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon. In one of his very last performances, Currie plays a dying mafioso boss in the two part "Vendetta For The Saint" (1968) starring Roger Moore. Later in life he became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in coins and precious metals. He had been a long time collector of the works of Robert Burns. Description above from the Wikipedia article Finlay Currie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Ben-Hur

as Balthasar
Released: 1959-11-18

In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely...

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Cleopatra

as Titus
Released: 1963-06-12

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When...

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Quo Vadis

as Peter
Released: 1951-11-08

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage...

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Ivanhoe

as Cedric
Released: 1952-07-31

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in...

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Around the World in Eighty Days

as Whist Partner
Released: 1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...

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Solomon and Sheba

as David
Released: 1959-12-18

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than...

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Treasure Island

as Capt. Billy Bones
Released: 1950-07-19

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr....

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

as Senator
Released: 1964-03-24

In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the...

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Great Expectations

as Abel Magwitch
Released: 1946-12-26

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious...

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49th Parallel

as The Factor
Released: 1941-11-24

In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to...

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Bunny Lake Is Missing

as The Doll Maker
Released: 1965-10-03

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she...

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Murder at the Gallop

as Old Enderby
Released: 1963-06-24

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr....

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Footsteps in the Fog

as Inspector Peters
Released: 1955-09-14

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have...

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People Will Talk

as Shunderson
Released: 1951-08-29

Successful and well-liked, Dr. Noah Praetorius becomes the victim of a witchhunt at the hands of...

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Billy Liar

as Duxbury
Released: 1963-08-15

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an...

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The Black Rose

as Alfgar
Released: 1950-09-01

In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England....

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I Know Where I'm Going!

as Ruairidh Mhór
Released: 1945-11-16

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order...

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Kidnapped

as Cluny MacPherson
Released: 1960-02-24

Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite...

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Joseph and His Brethren

as Jacob
Released: 1961-08-23

A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man...

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Saint Joan

as Archbishop of Rheims
Released: 1957-05-08

Young Joan of Arc comes to the palace in France to make The Dauphin King of France and is...

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The Three Lives of Thomasina

as Grandpa Stirling
Released: 1963-12-11

Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui....

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Campbell's Kingdom

as Hyper-religious Old Barfly
Released: 1957-09-03

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's...

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Captain Sellers
Released: 1960-07-21

From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts...

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Corridors of Blood

as Supt. Charles Matheson
Released: 1958-12-01

Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig,...

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The Mudlark

as John Brown
Released: 1950-10-03

It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Dodo
Released: 1966-12-28

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by...

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The Edge of the World

as James Gray
Released: 1937-09-10

A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist...

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Francis of Assisi

as The Pope
Released: 1961-07-12

In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising...

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West 11

as Gash
Released: 1963-10-08

Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of...

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Walk East on Beacon

as Professor Albert Kafer
Released: 1952-06-01

An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in...

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The Little Hut

as The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Released: 1957-05-03

Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best...

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Dangerous Exile

as Mr. Patient
Released: 1957-12-12

Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and...

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So Evil My Love

as Dr. Krylie
Released: 1948-08-02

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a...

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My Brother Jonathan

as Dr. Hammond
Released: 1948-02-05

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on...

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Zarak

as The Mullah
Released: 1956-12-01

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.

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Bonnie Prince Charlie

as The Marquis of Tullibardine
Released: 1948-10-26

Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the...

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Crook's Tour

as Tourist on Desert Bus (uncredited)
Released: 1940-09-03

Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find...

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Brigadoon

as Mr. Lundie
Released: 1966-10-15

Every 100 years, people stumble upon the Scottish village of Brigadoon, which will never be...

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Treasure of the Golden Condor

as MacDougal
Released: 1953-02-04

A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.

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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

as Emcee
Released: 1965-05-26

Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair...

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Kangaroo

as Michael McGuire
Released: 1952-05-16

In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to...

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School for Secrets

as Sir Duncan Wills
Released: 1946-12-23

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They...

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Captain Lightfoot

as Callahan
Released: 1955-03-26

In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support...

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The Inspector

as De Kool
Released: 1962-05-24

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British...

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The End of the Road

as Old 'Mick-Mack'
Released: 1954-01-01

Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended...

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They Met in the Dark

as Merchant Captain
Released: 1943-08-11

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him...

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Rome Express

as Sam, Publicist
Released: 1932-10-31

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from...

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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

as Hamish MacPherson
Released: 1953-10-26

After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has...

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The Cracksman

as Feathers
Released: 1963-01-01

Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time...

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Undercover

as Priest (uncredited)
Released: 1943-07-26

Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the...

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Tempest

as Count Grinov
Released: 1958-12-01

A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station...

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Abandon Ship

as Mr. Wheaton
Released: 1957-03-12

After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety...

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Stars and Stripes Forever

as Col. Randolph
Released: 1952-12-22

A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band...

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Thunder Rock

as Capt. Joshua Stuart
Released: 1942-12-04

David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock...

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Sleeping Car to Trieste

as Alastair McBain
Released: 1948-10-06

Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.

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Go to Blazes

as Judge
Released: 1962-04-18

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own...

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My Old Dutch

as Mo
Released: 1934-10-01

Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the...

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Hand in Hand

as Mr. Pritchard
Released: 1961-02-06

Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have...

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The Day Will Dawn

as Capt. Alstad
Released: 1942-06-08

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when...

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Command Performance

as Al, Arthur's Manager
Released: 1937-01-01

Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice...

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Trio

as Mr. McLeod
Released: 1950-10-10

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

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Make Me an Offer!

as Abe Sparta
Released: 1954-12-08

A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when...

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The Angel Wore Red

as Bishop
Released: 1960-04-14

A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds...

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The Frightened Lady

as Brooks
Released: 1932-03-01

A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession...

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The Bells Go Down

as District Officer McFarlane
Released: 1943-05-16

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire...

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The Good Companions

as Monte Mortimer
Released: 1933-02-28

Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a...

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Clue of the Silver Key

as uncredited
Released: 1961-08-01

The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.

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Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

as Sir Joshua Varley
Released: 1948-09-27

A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From...

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Rockets Galore

as Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 1958-10-19

The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is,...

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The Shipbuilders

as McWain
Released: 1943-12-15

A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a...

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The History of Mr. Polly

as Uncle Jim
Released: 1949-02-08

Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to...

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Warn That Man

as Captain Andrew Fletcher
Released: 1943-07-13

At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay...

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My Daughter Joy

as Sir Thomas McTavish
Released: 1950-08-21

A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son...

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Princess Charming

as Baron Seegman
Released: 1934-04-24

Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for...

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The Improper Duchess

as Milton Lee
Released: 1936-01-17

The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil...

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Heat Wave

as Captain
Released: 1935-05-30

Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon)...

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Mister Cinders

as Henry Kemp
Released: 1934-01-01

The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who...

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Third Party Risk

as Mr. Darius
Released: 1954-10-08

Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way...

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The Amorous Prawn

as Lochaye
Released: 1962-11-26

While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence...

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King's Rhapsody

as King Paul
Released: 1955-06-07

Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political...

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Paradise for Two

as Creditor
Released: 1937-12-22

A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.

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Five Golden Hours

as Father Superior
Released: 1961-02-01

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession...

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6.5 Special

as Himself
Released: 1958-03-01

A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer...

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Glamorous Night

as Angus MacKintosh
Released: 1937-04-28

Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue...

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Spring Song

as Cobb
Released: 1946-12-23

The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.

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The Naked Earth

as Father Verity
Released: 1958-02-05

Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces...

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The Brothers

as Hector Macrae
Released: 1947-05-07

An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.

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Little Friend

as Grove
Released: 1934-11-18

A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.

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Theatre Royal

as Clement J. Earle
Released: 1943-07-26

The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank...

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No Funny Business

as Mr Potterton
Released: 1933-03-30

'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)

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Gay Love

as Highams
Released: 1934-09-01

Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show,...

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Orders Is Orders

as Dave
Released: 1933-07-18

A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and...

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Catch as Catch Can

as Al Parson
Released: 1937-07-01

Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on...

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Who Was Maddox?

as uncredited
Released: 1964-06-01

A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer...

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Me and Marlborough

as Marriage Celebrant (uncredited)
Released: 1935-07-22

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

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The Old Man

as Rennett
Released: 1931-12-15

'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)

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Wanted!

as Uncle Mart
Released: 1937-08-23

A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns...

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The Saint

as Don Pasquale
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Prisoner

as General
First aired: 1967-09-29

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...

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Gideon's Way

as General Sir Hector McGregor
First aired: 1965-03-18

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on...

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The Count of Monte Cristo

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-02-20

The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very...

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General Electric Theater

as MacMorriss
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Les Misérables

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-10-22

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