Sydney Tafler

Born: 1916-07-31

Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 - 8 November 1979) was an English actor.


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as Liparus Captain
Released: 1977-07-07

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a...

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Sink the Bismarck!

as Henry - First Workman, 'Prince of Wales'
Released: 1960-02-11

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

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Alfie

as Frank
Released: 1966-03-29

A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his...

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The Lavender Hill Mob

as Clayton
Released: 1951-06-28

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to...

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Passport to Pimlico

as Fred Cowan
Released: 1949-10-26

When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove...

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Carry On Regardless

as Strip Club Manager
Released: 1961-04-04

After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a...

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Berserk!

as Harrison Liston
Released: 1967-11-01

A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.

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The Sandwich Man

as First Fish Porter
Released: 1966-07-01

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

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Fire Maidens of Outer Space

as Dr. Higgins
Released: 1956-07-01

An astronaut and crew land on Jupiter's 13th moon and find a monster and women from Atlantis.

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Reach for the Sky

as Robert Desoutter
Released: 1956-07-05

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying...

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A Kid for Two Farthings

as Madam Rita
Released: 1955-08-15

Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside...

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It Always Rains on Sunday

as Morry Hyams
Released: 1947-11-28

During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

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The Adventurers

as Col. Gutierrez (as Sidney Tafler)
Released: 1970-03-25

The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was...

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Cottage to Let

as RAF Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1941-09-06

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

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The Long Arm

as Stone
Released: 1956-06-01

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning...

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The Cockleshell Heroes

as Policeman
Released: 1955-11-16

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of...

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Carve Her Name with Pride

as Potter
Released: 1958-02-18

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette...

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Promise Her Anything

as Panel Participant
Released: 1966-02-22

A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks...

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Too Many Crooks

as Solicitor
Released: 1959-03-08

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky...

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Secret People

as Syd Burnett
Released: 1952-02-05

This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the...

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The Counterfeit Plan

as Harry Flint
Released: 1957-01-01

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a...

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The Birthday Party

as Nat Goldberg
Released: 1968-12-09

Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is...

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Bottoms Up!

as Sid Biggs
Released: 1960-03-25

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to...

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The 7th Dawn

as Tom, Chief Petty Officer
Released: 1964-09-02

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of...

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The Galloping Major

as Mr. Leon
Released: 1951-05-07

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake....

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Way Off Beat

as Arthur Bradshaw
Released: 1966-06-08

Arthur Bradshaw is a successful fixer, with plans to start a night club.

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Five Golden Hours

as Alfredo
Released: 1961-02-01

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession...

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London Belongs to Me

as Night Club Receptionist
Released: 1948-11-05

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas...

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Emergency Call

as Brett
Released: 1952-05-19

A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a...

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The Cellar and the Almond Tree

as uncredited
Released: 1970-03-04

The Countess lives in her East European palace, oblivious to the new regime that has moved in....

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The Glass Cage

as Rorke
Released: 1955-04-15

A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”,...

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No Kidding

as Mr. Rockbottom
Released: 1960-11-01

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a...

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The Saint's Return

as Max Lennar
Released: 1953-10-12

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

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Make Mine Mink

as Lionel Spanager
Released: 1960-08-09

In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the...

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Once a Sinner

as Jimmy Smart
Released: 1950-07-01

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene...

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The Sea Shall Not Have Them

as Cpl. Robb
Released: 1954-06-01

During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret...

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Dance Hall

as Manager
Released: 1950-06-08

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in...

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The Crowded Day

as Alex Fraser
Released: 1954-10-01

One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.

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Interpol

as Curtis
Released: 1957-04-02

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin...

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Hotel Sahara

as Pullar
Released: 1951-07-09

World War II farce about the hotel of the title

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Dial 999

as Alf Cressett
Released: 1955-12-01

A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an...

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Venetian Bird

as Boldesca
Released: 1952-10-01

Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war....

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The Floating Dutchman

as Victor Skinner
Released: 1952-01-01

Two men working on the docks close to London's Tower Bridge find the body of an unidentified man...

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Operation Diplomat

as Wade
Released: 1953-12-01

A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.

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The Bank Raiders

as Bernie Shelton
Released: 1958-10-01

A third rate con man lands himself the job of a get-away driver for a bank heist that has...

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Runaway Railway

as Mr. Jones
Released: 1965-01-01

A group of young railway enthusiasts attempt to stop the closure of the local railway by trying...

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Uneasy Terms

as Maysin
Released: 1948-07-06

Private eye Slim Callaghan is summoned to the country home of a Colonel Stenhurst, but the...

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Mystery Junction

as Larry Gordon
Released: 1951-09-01

In this crime drama, an escaped convict is recaptured and charged with killing two people in a...

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Johnny on the Run

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-01

A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a...

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The Woman for Joe

as Butch
Released: 1955-08-25

A carnival boss and a little person from the sideshow compete for the same woman.

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The Square Ring

as 1st Wiseacre
Released: 1953-07-13

Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

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Booby Trap

as Mr Hunter
Released: 1957-07-01

An absent minded professor invents a pen that will explode on the sound of bells, then leaves it...

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Wide Boy

as Benny
Released: 1952-04-01

Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.

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Time, Gentlemen, Please!

as Joseph Spink
Released: 1952-07-01

Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe,...

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A Weekend with Lulu

as Stationmaster
Released: 1961-04-10

Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances...

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Scarlet Thread

as Marcon
Released: 1951-05-01

Tale of Cambridge college exploits of two smash-and-grab thieves on the run.

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Light Up the Sky!

as Ted Green
Released: 1960-07-05

Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.

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There Was a Young Lady

as Johnny
Released: 1953-01-01

A super-efficient secretary circumvents the schemes of smash-and grab gangsters.

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Assassin for Hire

as Antonio Riccardi
Released: 1951-04-01

Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin...

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No Room at the Inn

as Stranger
Released: 1948-11-22

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.

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The Monkey's Paw

as Freeman, the Dealer
Released: 1948-06-01

A curio dealer sells a monkey's paw that can grant the possessor three wishes but warns that...

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Nightmare for a Nightingale

as Sam Meadows
Released: 1975-10-02

An opera singer finds out her late husband isn't actually dead when he shows up at her...

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Blind Man's Bluff

as Ricky Martin
Released: 1952-01-01

Young Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley....

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Guilty?

as Camino
Released: 1956-04-10

Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a...

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Oy Vay Maria

as Harry Perlman
Released: 1977-11-08

Jewish boy loves Catholic girl - will love triumph over family objections?

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The Surgeon's Knife

as Dr. Hearne
Released: 1957-10-01

A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable...

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Pews

as Kugelmann
Released: 1980-01-12

Liftchick has a problem. As beadle to the synagogue he is responsible for getting ten men...

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Baby Blues

as Mr. Crowley
Released: 1973-12-06

Lavinia has been yearning and trying for ten years to conceive, and finally gives birth to a...

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Crown Court

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-11

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

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Play for Today

as Mr. Leo Crowley
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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The Sweeney

as Manny Bellow
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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Z-Cars

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Thriller

as Sam Meadows
First aired: 1973-04-14

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...

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Gideon's Way

as Gabriel Lyon
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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Van der Valk

as Hoofd-commissaris Halsbeek
First aired: 1972-09-13

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV...

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The Third Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-02

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The Adventurer

as Wyvern
First aired: 1972-09-29

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

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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-02-15

Meet Frank Spencer, an eager young man trying to find his way in the world. He's enthusiastic,...

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Man in a Suitcase

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-27

Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name,...

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Survivors

as Manny
First aired: 1975-04-16

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and...

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The Larkins

as Sidney Foskett
First aired: 1958-09-19

'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and...

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The Cannon & Ball Show

as The Agent
First aired: 1979-07-28

A comedy variety show featuring the double act of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball.

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The Enigma Files

as Solly King
First aired: 1980-04-15

The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen...

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Citizen James

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-11-24

Citizen James is a BBC sitcom that ran for three series between 24 November 1960 and 23 November...

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