Ralph Forbes

Born: 1904-09-29

Ralph Forbes (born Ralph Forbes Taylor, 30 September 1904 – 31 March 1951) was an English film and stage actor in the UK and the United States.


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Twentieth Century

as George Smith
Released: 1934-05-11

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sir Hugo Baskerville
Released: 1939-03-24

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral...

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Stage Door

as Cast of Stage Play
Released: 1937-10-07

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show...

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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

as Lord Knollys
Released: 1939-11-11

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would...

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Romeo and Juliet

as Paris
Released: 1936-09-03

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

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Beau Ideal

as John Geste
Released: 1931-01-25

An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.

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Mr. Wu

as Basil Gregory
Released: 1927-03-26

When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.

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Mary of Scotland

as Randolph
Released: 1936-07-28

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her...

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Tower of London

as Henry Tudor
Released: 1939-11-17

In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord,...

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Riptide

as David Fenwick
Released: 1934-03-29

Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim....

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Daniel Boone

as Stephen Marlowe
Released: 1936-10-16

In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.

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Strange Wives

as Paul
Released: 1934-11-30

When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.

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The Legion of Missing Men

as Bob Carter
Released: 1937-07-28

Bob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time...

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Christopher Strong

as Harry Rawlinson
Released: 1933-03-09

A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous...

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Streamline Express

as Fred Arnold
Released: 1935-09-15

A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard...

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Piccadilly Jim

as Lord Frederick 'Freddie' Priory
Released: 1936-08-14

Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann...

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Frenchman's Creek

as Harry St. Columb
Released: 1944-09-20

An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home...

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Women Are Like That

as Martin Brush
Released: 1938-04-23

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire...

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The Bachelor Father

as John Ashley
Released: 1931-01-10

Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit...

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Enchanted April

as Peppo Briggs
Released: 1935-02-01

Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order...

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The Barretts of Wimpole Street

as Captain Surtees Cook
Released: 1934-09-21

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of...

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Pleasure Cruise

as Richard Orloff / Taversham
Released: 1933-04-01

Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a...

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The Fountain

as Ballater
Released: 1934-08-22

Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned...

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If I Were King

as Oliver le Dain
Released: 1938-09-28

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...

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The Lady of Scandal

as John
Released: 1930-05-24

A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family,...

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Make a Wish

as Walter Mays
Released: 1937-09-01

While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer...

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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

as Self
Released: 1935-12-07

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was...

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Adventure in Diamonds

as Mr. Perrins
Released: 1940-03-08

A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John...

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The Enemy

as Carl Behrend
Released: 1927-12-08

Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist...

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Under the Black Eagle

as Karl von Zorn
Released: 1928-03-24

A German Shepherd Dog and the people he loves are entangled in World War One.

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The Mystery of Mr. X

as Marche
Released: 1934-02-23

A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.

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The Goose and the Gander

as Ralph Summers
Released: 1935-09-21

When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a...

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Thunder Below

as Davis
Released: 1932-06-17

Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored...

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Bombay Mail

as William Luke-Patson
Released: 1934-01-06

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta...

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The Three Musketeers

as Duke of Buckingham
Released: 1935-11-01

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He...

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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Cousin John Clayborn
Released: 1937-02-19

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

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Smilin' Through

as Willie Ainley
Released: 1932-09-24

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival...

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Kidnapped

as James
Released: 1938-05-27

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century...

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The Trail of '98

as Larry
Released: 1928-03-20

Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes...

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Mamba

as Karl von Reiden
Released: 1930-03-09

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World...

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Inside the Lines

as Eric Woodhouse
Released: 1930-07-05

During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at...

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Her Wedding Night

as Larry Charters
Released: 1930-09-28

Norma Martin is an American movie star in France trying to avoid the attention of men. Going to...

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Calling Philo Vance

as Tom McDonald
Released: 1940-02-03

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft...

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Annabel Takes a Tour

as Viscount Ronald River-Clyde
Released: 1938-11-10

Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a...

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Curtain Call

as Leslie Barrivale
Released: 1940-04-18

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring...

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Outcast Lady

as Boy Fenwick
Released: 1934-09-28

A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.

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The Avenger

as Norman Craig
Released: 1933-08-10

A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had...

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Rich Relations

as Dave Walton
Released: 1937-02-01

A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's...

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The Magnificent Fraud

as Harrison Todd
Released: 1939-07-19

A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.

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Love Letters of a Star

as Meredith Landers
Released: 1936-11-08

A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man...

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Charleys tant

as Jack Chesney
Released: 1926-03-22

Two Oxford University students, Jack and Charles, find themselves in a predicament. They enlist...

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Age of Indiscretion

as Felix Shaw
Released: 1935-05-10

A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to...

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The Solitaire Man

as Bascom
Released: 1933-09-22

An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are...

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The Green Goddess

as Dr. Traherne
Released: 1930-02-13

An airplane carrying three Brits crash lands in the kingdom of Rukh. The Rajah holds them...

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Beau Geste

as John Geste
Released: 1926-08-24

Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He...

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Shock

as Derek Marbury
Released: 1934-07-19

Captain Bob Hayworth, his brother Lieutenant Gilroy Hayworth and Captain Derek Marbury are in a...

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Restless Youth

as Bruce Neil
Released: 1928-11-30

Innocent co-ed Dixie is unjustly expelled for unladylike activities by college chairman John...

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The Phantom Broadcast

as Norman Wilder
Released: 1933-03-14

A handsome radio singer has it all--fame, money, adoring fans--but what no one knows is that his...

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Owd Bob

as David McAdam
Released: 1924-01-01

An old farmer's sheepdog is saved when a rival's dog is proved to be a sheep killer.

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Lilies of the Field

as Ted Willing
Released: 1930-01-05

Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in...

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The Actress

as Arthur Gower
Released: 1928-04-27

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to...

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The Glorious Adventure

as Courtier (uncredited)
Released: 1922-04-23

An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.

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The Masks of the Devil

as Manfred
Released: 1928-11-17

Baron Reiner, a charming though unscrupulous Viennese aristocrat, becomes infatuated with...

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Rescue Squad

as DeWitt Porter
Released: 1935-05-15

An independently wealthy collector of objets d'art tries to influence an artist's model away...

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The Thirteenth Chair

as Lionel Trent
Released: 1937-05-07

A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.

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The Circus: Premiere

as Self
Released: 1928-01-13

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

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I'll Name the Murderer

as Tommy Tilton
Released: 1936-01-26

Gossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about, is not a timid bluffer...

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The Latest from Paris

as Joe Adams
Released: 1928-02-04

The Latest from Paris takes place in New York's garment district, where business rivals Blogg...

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Woman Against the World

as Larry Steele
Released: 1937-09-01

A young woman marries against her father's will, but the happy life she expected turns into a...

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Comin' Thro the Rye

as George Tempest
Released: 1923-11-01

A jealous girl breaks up a friend's engagement with a fake wedding announcement.

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A Lowland Cinderella

as Master of Darrock
Released: 1922-01-11

A retelling of Cinderella in 1920s Britain.

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