Richard Massingham

Born: 1898-01-31


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Will Any Gentleman...?

as Stout Man
Released: 1953-08-25

A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves...

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Turn the Key Softly

as Bystander
Released: 1953-04-29

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

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Facts and Fancies

as Father
Released: 1951-09-02

Describes the many by-products resulting from the carbonisation of coal.

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In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself

as Man in Pub
Released: 1943-01-02

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such...

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To the Rescue

as Mr. Polly
Released: 1952-01-01

Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.

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What a Life!

as Mr. A
Released: 1948-06-03

Two men, worn down by their dismal daily existence, decide to take action.

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Coughs and Sneezes

as uncredited
Released: 1945-01-01

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief...

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Agricultural Holiday Camps

as uncredited
Released: 1947-06-07

The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.

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What's In a Number

as uncredited
Released: 1948-05-20

National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.

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The Silent Order

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1951-07-20

Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living...

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The Five-Inch Bather

as The Bather
Released: 1942-12-21

A man extols the enjoyment that can still be had in a bath restricted to the wartime allowance...

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Tell Me If It Hurts

as Customer
Released: 1934-12-31

A short comedy about dentistry by the doctor and (at this point) amateur film-maker Richard...

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Post Haste

as uncredited
Released: 1943-01-02

A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.

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Jet-Propelled Germs

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-10

Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and...

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Thirty Miles an Hour

as uncredited
Released: 1949-01-01

Short road safety film.

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