John Horsley

Born: 1920-07-21


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Ben-Hur

as Spintho (uncredited)
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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Sink the Bismarck!

as Captain - 'Sheffield'
Released: 1960-02-11

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser...

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The Fourth Protocol

as Sir Anthony Plumb
Released: 1987-03-20

Led by Kim Philby, Plan Aurora is a plan that breaches the top-secret Fourth Protocol and turns...

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Encore

as Joe, Mate
Released: 1951-06-11

Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset...

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Dunkirk

as Padre
Released: 1958-03-20

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their...

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Hell Drivers

as Doctor attending Gino
Released: 1957-07-23

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

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Jigsaw

as uncredited
Released: 1962-08-21

A woman is found murdered in a seaside house along the coast from Brighton in the county of East...

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The Doctor and the Devils

as Dr Mackendrick
Released: 1985-10-04

In Victorian England, two grave robbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy...

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Night People

as Lt. Col. Stanways
Released: 1954-03-11

A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the...

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Above Us the Waves

as Lt. Anderson
Released: 1955-03-29

In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While...

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Father Brown

as Inspector Wilkins
Released: 1954-06-08

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has...

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Forbidden Cargo

as Customs Officer
Released: 1954-05-04

Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a...

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Personal Affair

as Parson (uncredited)
Released: 1953-10-20

A British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she...

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Operation Amsterdam

as Commander Bowerman
Released: 1959-01-12

When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond...

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Appointment with Venus

as Naval Officer Kent
Released: 1951-10-08

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel...

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Time Bomb

as Constable Charles Baron
Released: 1953-02-05

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call...

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The Weapon

as Johnson
Released: 1956-09-01

A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building....

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The Secret Ways

as Jon Brainbridge
Released: 1961-04-01

Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael...

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A Touch of Larceny

as 1st Editor (uncredited)
Released: 1960-02-04

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man,...

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Deceptions

as Vicar
Released: 1985-05-26

Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.

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The Long Memory

as Bletchley
Released: 1953-01-23

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied...

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Highly Dangerous

as Customs Officer
Released: 1950-12-06

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

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The Cold War Killers

as Sir Alec Russell
Released: 1986-01-01

A missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet...

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They Can't Hang Me

as Assistant Commissioner
Released: 1955-10-01

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

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The Woman He Loved

as Justice Sir John Hawke
Released: 1988-04-03

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice...

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Impulse

as police officer
Released: 1954-01-01

An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum...

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The Big Frame

as Brown
Released: 1952-09-01

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night...

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Recoil

as Inspector Trubridge
Released: 1953-08-01

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police...

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The Runaway Bus

as Inspector Henley
Released: 1953-09-28

When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put...

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Stormy Crossing

as Inspector Parry
Released: 1958-08-01

After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to...

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Barbados Quest

as Det. Insp. Taylor
Released: 1955-07-01

Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage...

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The Quiet Woman

as Dick Bromley
Released: 1951-03-01

The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known...

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Mad About Men

as Sports Organiser (uncredited)
Released: 1954-11-16

Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is...

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Schmoedipus

as Ronnie
Released: 1974-06-20

Glen, a complete stranger, appears at the door of Elizabeth Carter, a middle-aged woman, and...

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Stranger in Town

as Inspector Powell
Released: 1957-05-01

A vacationing journalist investigates the mysterious death of a composer and debunks the theory...

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The Frightened Man

as Harry Armstrong
Released: 1952-03-01

Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

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Sailor of the King

as Commander John Willis
Released: 1953-06-11

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she...

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Peril for the Guy

as Fireman
Released: 1956-01-01

Story of a group of children's successful efforts to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on...

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Bond of Fear

as Motor Cycle Policeman
Released: 1956-04-01

An escaped killer hides out by forcing a travelling family to take him with them.

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Wrong Number

as Supt. Blake
Released: 1959-06-11

Because she dials the wrong number, an old lady hears information which enables the police to...

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Wheel of Fate

as Detective Sergeant Simpson
Released: 1953-07-01

Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one...

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A Time to Kill

as Peter Hastings
Released: 1955-11-01

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins...

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Breakaway

as Michael Matlock
Released: 1956-07-16

When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret...

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The Comedy Man

as Co-pilot
Released: 1964-09-03

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a...

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Here Is the News

as Proprietor
Released: 1989-03-05

Freelance journalist David Dunhill stumbles onto the biggest story of his career - but his...

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Night of the Prowler

as Det. Insp. Cameron
Released: 1962-12-01

An avaricious, ambitious fellow, desiring to hold the reins for a major auto company, must frame...

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Meet Mr. Malcolm

as Tony Barlow
Released: 1954-01-01

Celebrated crime writer Colin Knowles finds himself at the centre of a baffling real-life...

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The Right Prospectus

as 1st Headmaster
Released: 1970-01-02

A school story with a noticeable difference - the adults regress to children.

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Little Red Monkey

as Det. Sgt. Gibson
Released: 1955-06-03

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London about the...

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Return to Sender

as Supt. Gilchrist
Released: 1963-03-01

A fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that...

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P.Q. 17

as Admiral Nicholas
Released: 1981-12-15

"That order to scatter was as good as a death sentence to those merchant ships. And there isn't...

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Double Exposure

as Lamport
Released: 1954-03-01

A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!

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Deadly Nightshade

as Inspector Clements
Released: 1953-03-01

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.

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The Floater

as Judge
Released: 1975-05-29

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but...

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The Limbo Line

as uncredited
Released: 1969-03-03

The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston...

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The Italian Table

as Sir Andrew Charles
Released: 1970-02-18

A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his...

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Serena

as Mr. Fisher
Released: 1962-06-01

Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is...

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Seven Keys

as Police Sergeant
Released: 1961-02-01

Alan Dobie plays a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After...

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Secrets

as Dr. Jefferies
Released: 1983-05-12

An enjoyable story of a 13-year-old girl, Louise, who lives alone with her widowed mother....

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Delayed Action

as Worsley
Released: 1954-07-01

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into...

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Circus Friends

as Bert Marlow
Released: 1956-10-01

A group of circus children and their friends band together to save the show from financial disaster.

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Man in the Shadow

as Alan Peters
Released: 1957-09-01

The wife of a condemned man tries to save him in England by finding the real killer.

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Ladies' Night

as Summerland
Released: 1986-12-06

A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Tressilian
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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The Avengers

as Dr. Grant
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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Crown Court

as Mr. Justice Mowbray
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Crown Court

as The Hon. Mr. Justice Mowbray
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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The Professionals

as Headmaster
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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The Professionals

as Mitchell
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Giles Rowley
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Upstairs, Downstairs

as Jack Challen
First aired: 1971-10-10

Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Vicar
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Sir Guy Quentin
First aired: 1955-09-26

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the...

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The Champions

as Chairman
First aired: 1968-09-25

The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series...

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Dempsey and Makepeace

as Judge Lionel Hackett
First aired: 1985-01-11

Dempsey and Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for...

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Lovejoy

as Farley
First aired: 1986-01-10

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East...

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Gideon's Way

as Supt. Hopkinson
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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Interpol Calling

as Montell
First aired: 1959-09-13

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...

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Miss Marple

as Professor Wanstead
First aired: 1984-12-26

Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...

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Robin of Sherwood

as Abbot of Thornton Abbey
First aired: 1984-04-28

Robin of Sherwood was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by...

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The Main Chance

as Magistrate
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Terry and June

as Mr Smith
First aired: 1979-10-24

Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more...

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The Human Jungle

as Percy Roberts
First aired: 1963-03-30

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the...

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The Adventurer

as John Burdett
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...

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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

as Athelred
First aired: 1956-09-15

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced...

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Campion

as Colonel Gyrth
First aired: 1989-01-22

Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written...

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Lady Killers

as Mr. Justice Rigby Swift
First aired: 1980-07-20

Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which...

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Hi-de-Hi!

as Clive
First aired: 1981-02-19

Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960,...

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The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-09-08

Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis...

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You Rang, M'Lord?

as Ralph Shawcross
First aired: 1990-01-14

You Rang, M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the...

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You Rang, M'Lord?

as Sir Ralph Shawcross
First aired: 1990-01-14

You Rang, M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the...

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The Scales of Justice

as Nelson
First aired: 1962-01-11

Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for...

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Home to Roost

as Sir John
First aired: 1985-04-19

Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s....

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Norman Birkett K.C.
First aired: 1978-11-08

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite,...

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Rebecca

as Frith
First aired: 1997-01-05

Based on the Gothic romance novel by Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca is a classic tale of love and...

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Miss Marple: Nemesis

as Professor Wanstead
First aired: 1987-02-08

Mr. Jason Rafiel asks Miss Marple to solve a crime but, he does gives her any details. In fact,...

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The Box of Delights

as Bishop of Tatchester
First aired: 1984-11-21

Patrick Troughton stars in this children's fantasy tale with dark undertones. When a young...

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The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-22

Reginald Perrin has passed on, bequeathing a fortune to his family and friends. There is one...

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Hot Metal

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-02-16

Hot metal is a London Weekend Television sitcom about the British Newspaper industry broadcast...

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