Valentine Dyall

Born: 1908-05-07


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Brief Encounter

as Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-24

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is...

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Casino Royale

as Vesper Lynd's Assistant / Dr. Noah's Voice (uncredited)
Released: 1967-04-13

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James...

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Ivanhoe

as Norman Guard
Released: 1952-07-31

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in...

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The Haunting

as Mr. Dudley
Released: 1963-08-21

Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large,...

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The Night of the Generals

as German Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1967-01-29

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II....

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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

as von Schonborn
Released: 1943-07-26

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have...

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Bedazzled

as God (uncredited)
Released: 1967-10-30

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble...

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First Men in the Moon

as Narrator (uncredited)
Released: 1964-07-01

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts...

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Caesar and Cleopatra

as 1st. Guardsman
Released: 1945-12-11

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard...

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Henry V

as Duke of Burgundy
Released: 1944-11-24

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the...

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The City of the Dead

as Jethrow Keane
Released: 1960-09-09

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during...

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Britannia Hospital

as Mr Rochester
Released: 1982-05-27

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a...

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I Know Where I'm Going!

as Mr. Robinson
Released: 1945-11-16

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order...

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The Beast Must Die

as Narrator (voice/ uncredited)
Released: 1974-04-01

Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in...

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The Wrong Box

as Oliver Pike Harmsworth
Released: 1966-06-19

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can...

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The Slipper and the Rose

as 2nd Major Domo
Released: 1976-03-25

Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are...

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Yellow Canary

as German Commander
Released: 1943-12-13

A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.

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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

as Deep Thought (voice)
Released: 1981-02-09

An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure...

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The Queen of Spades

as St. Germain's Messenger
Released: 1949-03-16

An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to...

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Strange Stories

as Storyteller
Released: 1953-01-01

'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'....

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Corridor of Mirrors

as Counsel for the Defence (uncredited)
Released: 1948-02-23

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also...

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Helter Skelter

as Man Telling Story at BBC
Released: 1949-01-07

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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My Brother's Keeper

as Inspector
Released: 1948-08-19

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive...

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The Silver Fleet

as Markgraf
Released: 1943-03-15

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates...

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The White Unicorn

as Storton
Released: 1947-10-29

In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.

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Night Boat to Dublin

as Sir George Bell
Released: 1946-01-08

British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.

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Hotel Reserve

as Warren Skelton
Released: 1944-06-01

A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.

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The Tragedy of Coriolanus

as Adrian
Released: 1984-03-26

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

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The Final Test

as Television Actor
Released: 1953-04-09

Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match...

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Hammer the Toff

as Inspector Grice
Released: 1952-05-01

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.

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Salute the Toff

as Inspector Grice
Released: 1952-12-02

The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.

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Woman Hater

as Spencer
Released: 1948-10-13

A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.

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All's Well That Ends Well

as The Astringer
Released: 1981-01-04

Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram...

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Miss Pilgrim's Progress

as Superintendent
Released: 1949-11-29

An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and...

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Love's Labour's Lost

as Marcade
Released: 1985-01-05

When the King of Navarre and three of his cronies swear to spend all their days in study and not...

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The Missing Million

as Mr. Collett
Released: 1942-03-01

Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after...

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The Great McGonagall

as uncredited
Released: 1975-01-23

In this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an...

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Doctor Who: Logopolis

as The Black Guardian (archive footage)
Released: 1981-03-21

After an encounter with the Master, an airline stewardess named Tegan Jovanka becomes an...

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Pink String and Sealing Wax

as uncredited
Released: 1945-11-22

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a...

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The Case of Charles Peace

as Storyteller
Released: 1949-03-02

Charles Peace leads a double life, by day he's a respected local businessman, but by night he's...

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Paul Temple Returns

as Bradley
Released: 1952-11-24

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis."...

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Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

as The Black Guardian
Released: 1979-02-24

The final segment of the Key to Time is at the heart of a devastating war between neighbouring...

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Bizarre

as The Mummy (voice)
Released: 1970-03-01

An offbeat anthology film, mix of sex, horror and humor filmed in varied styles.

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Fate Takes a Hand

as Wilson
Released: 1961-10-12

When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a...

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The Horror of It All

as Reginald Marley
Released: 1964-08-19

In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand...

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Man on the Run

as Army Judge Advocate
Released: 1949-05-20

An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and...

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Nursery Rhymes

as narrator
Released: 1982-03-31

70 favourite traditional songs and rhymes presented as a pop-up book which comes to life through...

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Vengeance Is Mine

as Charles Heywood
Released: 1949-07-01

In this crime drama, a man learns that he has six months left to live, and before he dies he...

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Much Too Shy

as Defence Councel
Released: 1942-10-12

A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders...

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For Them That Trespass

as Toastmaster at Drew Party
Released: 1949-04-21

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by...

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Doctor Who: Terminus

as Black Guardian
Released: 1983-02-23

The TARDIS attaches itself to a space liner after Turlough, still under the Black Guardian's...

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Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

as The Black Guardian
Released: 1983-02-09

A warp ellipse draws the TARDIS off course. The Fifth Doctor's companions are separated from him...

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The Night Comes Too Soon

as Dr. George Clinton
Released: 1946-11-30

When ghosts inhabit an Englishwoman's home, Dyall, a ghost hunter of sorts, takes on the...

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The Man in Black

as Story Teller / Narrator
Released: 1950-01-31

Henry Clavering suspects his second wife Bertha is trying to drive his daughter (by his first...

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A Child's Voice

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1978-10-13

A popular radio personality writes and broadcasts ghost stories over the air. He receives a...

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Johnny-on-the-Spot

as Tyneley
Released: 1954-01-21

An ex-convict, who was framed, struggles to clear his name.

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Identity Unknown

as Ambrose
Released: 1960-06-01

Two reporters, a youth and a girl, find romance during interviews with relatives and friends of...

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Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress

as Dr. Morelle
Released: 1949-06-27

An heiress suddenly vanishes! A detective comes to the forlorn mansion of the missing heiress's...

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Doctor Who: Enlightenment

as The Black Guardian
Released: 1983-03-09

An Edwardian yacht in deep space races around the planets. There is a double agent in the TARDIS...

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The Devil’s Jest

as Intelligence Director
Released: 1954-06-01

An aristocratic widow discovers that her former lover, a medical officer in the British army, is...

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This Is Colour

as Commentator
Released: 1942-03-05

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various...

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This Is China

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1946-01-01

A fascinating compilation of scenes showing diversity and disparity in 1940s China. The ancient...

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Bash and Grab

as Commentator
Released: 1965-01-01

A short promotional film sponsored by Security Express.

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One Mile Square

as Narrator
Released: 1964-01-27

Showcasing a trip around London in 1964, including the London Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral, and...

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The Money Makers

as Narrator
Released: 1964-01-21

A short film looking at the production of small coins by the UK's Royal Mint.

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Doctor Who

as The Guardian
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Doctor Who

as Black Guardian
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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The Avengers

as Butler
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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Blake's 7

as Nori
First aired: 1978-01-02

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran...

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Hancock's Half Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-07-06

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and...

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Miss Marple

as Lorrimer
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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Secret Army

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-07

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being...

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Secret Army

as Dr. Pascal Keldermans
First aired: 1977-09-07

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being...

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Blackadder

as Angus, a Lord
First aired: 1983-06-15

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders...

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Peter and Paul

as Seneca
First aired: 1981-04-12

Peter and Paul assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to...

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-05

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend,...

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Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

as Lorrimer
First aired: 1984-12-26

Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found...

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Six Dates with Barker

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-08

Six Dates with Barker is a series of six one-off, half hour situation comedies showcasing the...

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