John Turnbull

Born: 1880-11-05

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The 39 Steps

as Scottish Police Inspector (uncredited)
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 Private Life of Henry VIII

as Hans Holbein (uncredited)
Released: 1933-08-17

Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With...

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Jellyband
Released: 1934-12-20

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely...

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The Rise of Catherine the Great

as Rumyantsev
Released: 1934-02-09

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she...

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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

as Masters
Released: 1936-07-28

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a...

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Silver Blaze

as Inspector Lestrade
Released: 1937-07-01

Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when...

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The Conquest of the Air

as Von Zeppelin
Released: 1936-12-01

This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and...

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Rembrandt

as Minister
Released: 1936-11-06

A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid...

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Spare a Copper

as Inspector Richards
Released: 1940-12-02

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of...

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Lord Edgware Dies

as Inspector Japp
Released: 1934-07-31

A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to...

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Where There's a Will

as Detective Collins
Released: 1936-08-10

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to...

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The Happiest Days of Your Life

as Conrad Matthews: Staff of Nutbourne
Released: 1950-03-08

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is...

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A Place of One's Own

as Sir Roland Jervis
Released: 1945-03-20

An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to...

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The Shadow

as Detective Inspector Carr
Released: 1933-03-02

A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in...

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The Midshipmaid

as Officer
Released: 1932-12-08

Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter...

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The Passing of the Third Floor Back

as Major Tomkin
Released: 1935-09-01

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

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Tangled Evidence

as Moore
Released: 1934-09-17

A medium is murdered and suspicion falls on his niece.

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Fanny by Gaslight

as Magistrate (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-08

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her...

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Matinee Idol

as Inspector North
Released: 1933-08-29

A well-known actor is murdered. Another performer becomes an amateur sleuth so she can prove her...

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Once in a New Moon

as Capt. Crump
Released: 1935-01-01

When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth,...

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Daybreak

as Superintendent
Released: 1948-05-18

A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.

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Murder on the Second Floor

as Police Inspector
Released: 1932-03-04

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...

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Tudor Rose

as Arundel
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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The Shipbuilders

as Baird
Released: 1943-12-15

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

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So Well Remembered

as Morris
Released: 1947-07-09

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

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Return to Yesterday

as Station-master
Released: 1940-03-09

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small...

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Spies of the Air

as Sir Andrew Hamilton
Released: 1939-03-30

Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the...

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The Black Abbot

as Inspector Lockwood
Released: 1934-06-10

A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a...

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Three Silent Men

as Inspector Gill
Released: 1940-09-07

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir...

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Saturday Night Revue

as Minor Role
Released: 1937-10-01

There are two clubs in London called Moons; one in Mayfair and one in Soho. Mary Dorland is...

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Prete, fai un miracolo

as Edgar
Released: 1975-03-17

"Priest - a miracle please" - The young Italian priest Don Alberto is sent to New York where he...

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The Terror

as Superintendent Hallick
Released: 1938-05-02

For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his...

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Dead Men Are Dangerous

as Inspector Roberts
Released: 1939-02-01

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a...

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The Gaunt Stranger

as Prison Governor
Released: 1938-10-27

A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must...

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The Night of the Party

as Inspector Ramage
Released: 1934-07-16

A major newspaper publisher dies in suspicious circumstances during a parlour game at a dinner...

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Shipmates o' Mine

as Captain Roberts
Released: 1936-03-18

A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to...

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The Lady Is Willing

as Butler
Released: 1934-08-10

In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who...

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The Hangman Waits

as Inspector
Released: 1947-06-01

A cinema organist carries out a series of grisly murders.

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Tons of Money

as Sprules
Released: 1930-12-31

A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.

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Strange Boarders

as uncredited
Released: 1938-05-01

Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of...

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Don't Take It to Heart

as Police Sergeant
Released: 1944-11-13

A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A...

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Detective Lloyd

as Barclay - Scotland Yard Superindendant
Released: 1932-01-04

A detective matches wits with a group of thieves out to steal a priceless amulet.

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

as Chief Constable
Released: 1939-12-01

During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to...

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His Lordship

as Stevenson
Released: 1936-11-12

A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the...

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Passing Shadows

as Inspector Goodall
Released: 1934-10-22

The film stars Edmund Gwenn, who plays a chemist, whose son Lawrence (played by Barry MacKay) is...

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The Man Outside

as Inspector Jukes
Released: 1933-06-01

A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the...

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The Man at Six

as Inspector Dawford
Released: 1931-08-01

A butler is found murdered in an unfurnished mansion house.

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The Wickham Mystery

as Howard Clayton
Released: 1931-10-19

'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)

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77 Park Lane

as Superintendent
Released: 1931-07-02

When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find...

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