Will Hay

Born: 1888-12-05

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Thomson "Will" Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Hay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Oh, Mr. Porter!

as William Porter
Released: 1937-10-05

Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station...

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Ask a Policeman

as Sergt. Dudfoot
Released: 1939-04-29

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown...

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Convict 99

as Dr. Benjamin Twist
Released: 1938-09-26

A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned...

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The Black Sheep of Whitehall

as Prof. Davis
Released: 1942-02-23

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to...

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Hey! Hey! USA

as Dr. Benjamin Twist
Released: 1938-10-01

While working as a porter Benjamin Twists mistakenly ends up on a cruise ship heading for the...

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The Ghost of St. Michael's

as Will Lamb
Released: 1941-04-01

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland....

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Where's That Fire

as Captain Benjamin Viking
Released: 1939-06-29

Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels.

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My Learned Friend

as William Fitch
Released: 1943-10-25

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the...

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Go to Blazes

as Father
Released: 1942-01-01

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the...

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The Goose Steps Out

as William Potts / Muller
Released: 1942-08-01

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by...

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The Big Blockade

as Skipper
Released: 1942-01-19

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the...

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Where There's a Will

as Benjamin Stubbins
Released: 1936-08-10

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

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Dandy Dick

as Rev. Richard Jedd
Released: 1935-03-01

The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of...

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Old Bones of the River

as Prof. Benjamin Tibbetts
Released: 1938-12-01

Hay plays Professor Benjamin Tibbetts, representative of the Teaching & Welfare Institution for...

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Boys Will Be Boys

as Dr. Alec Smart
Released: 1935-07-01

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby...

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Those Were the Days

as Magistrate Brutus Poskett
Released: 1934-04-02

A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a...

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Hitler: The Comedy Years

as William Potts (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2007-05-10

A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

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Radio Parade of 1935

as William Garland
Released: 1934-12-12

One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National...

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To See Such Fun

as uncredited
Released: 1977-11-01

Compilation of classic British comedy moments

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Good Morning, Boys!

as Dr. Benjamin Twist
Released: 1937-05-27

Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris....

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Windbag the Sailor

as Captain Ben Cutlet
Released: 1936-12-01

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a...

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