Frank Cellier

Born: 1884-02-23

Frank Cellier (23 February 1884 – 27 September 1948) was an English actor. Early in his career, he toured in Britain, Germany, the West Indies, America and South Africa. In the 1920s, he became known in the West End for Shakespearean character roles, among others, and also directed some plays in which he acted. Later, during the 1930s and 1940s, he also appeared in films. Beginning in the 1930s, Cellier played roles in films, including Sheriff Watson in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935). He was also Monsieur Barsac in the comedy film The Guv'nor (1935). Cellier died in London in 1948 aged 64.


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The 39 Steps

as Sheriff Watson
Released: 1935-06-06

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a...

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The Man Who Changed His Mind

as Lord Haslewood
Released: 1936-09-11

Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the...

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The Passing of the Third Floor Back

as Wright
Released: 1935-09-01

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping...

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The Clairvoyant

as MacGregor (uncredited)
Released: 1935-06-07

A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

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The Blind Goddess

as The Judge
Released: 1948-09-14

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a...

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The Guv'nor

as Barsac
Released: 1935-10-01

The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George...

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Cottage to Let

as John Forest
Released: 1941-09-06

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime...

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The Ware Case

as Skinner - the Jeweler
Released: 1938-12-02

An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of...

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Love on the Dole

as Sam Grundy
Released: 1941-06-28

Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s...

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Kate Plus Ten

as Sir Ralph Sapson
Released: 1938-03-17

Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike...

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The Dictator

as Sir Murray Keith
Released: 1935-02-07

The film depicts a dramatic episode in Danish history: the tumultous relationship between King...

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Tudor Rose

as Henry VIII
Released: 1936-09-01

The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before...

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Non-Stop New York

as Sam Pryor
Released: 1937-09-13

A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight...

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Give Us the Moon

as Pyke
Released: 1944-07-31

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at...

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Ships with Wings

as Gen. Scarappa
Released: 1941-11-10

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working...

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The Fire Raisers

as Brent
Released: 1934-01-22

Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with...

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Victoria the Great

as (uncredited)
Released: 1937-09-01

The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with...

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Quiet Weekend

as Adrian Barrasford
Released: 1946-05-01

Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend...

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Quiet Wedding

as William Frederick Davenport Chaytor
Released: 1941-04-19

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.

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The Black Sheep of Whitehall

as Innsbach
Released: 1942-02-23

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to...

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The Big Blockade

as Schneider
Released: 1942-01-19

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the...

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The Magic Bow

as uncredited
Released: 1946-09-20

Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the...

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Easy Money

as Manager
Released: 1948-01-20

A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an...

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The Golden Cage

as uncredited
Released: 1933-03-30

'Girl marries rich man but still loves poor hotel clerk.' (British Film Catalogue)

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A Royal Divorce

as Talleyrand
Released: 1938-09-21

The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through...

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Lorna Doone

as Capt. Jeremy Stickles
Released: 1934-12-09

High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal...

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O.H.M.S.

as Regimental Sergeant-Major Briggs
Released: 1937-01-01

American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian...

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Sixty Glorious Years

as Lord Derby
Released: 1938-11-18

Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.

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Doss House

as Editor
Released: 1933-06-22

An escaped convict is on the loose, and the police are searching all the doss-houses in the...

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The Song You Gave Me

as uncredited
Released: 1933-01-01

Set in Vienna, this lively musical comedy stars Bebe Daniels as an actress who falls in love...

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Hearts of Oak

as uncredited
Released: 1933-07-28

A policeman recalls the events of the raid on Zeebrugge in 1918, and draws conclusions for...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Sheriff (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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