Wilfrid Lawson

AKA: Wilfrid Worsnop, Wilfred Lawson, Wilfrid Lawson Worsnop
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1900-01-13

Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {50}

Holroyd

1958-08-15 7.4

Tread Softly Stranger

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Alfred Doolittle

1939-03-03 6.993

Pygmalion

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

King Priam

1967-03-25 4.9

The Viking Queen

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the invaders and discard their yoke of bondage. The Roman ...
Genre :Adventure

MacDougall

1939-11-10 5.589

Allegheny Uprising

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indian ...
Genre :Western, Action, Adventure, History

Police Sergeant

1938-01-27 6

Bank Holiday

A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside. Doreen and Milly are off to a beauty contest, Geoffrey and Catherine are having an illicit w ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Ed, Hawlett Mechanic

1957-07-23 6.7

Hell Drivers

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

The Jailer

1955-04-19 7.2

The Prisoner

A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when his country again fell to a totali ...
Genre :Drama

Captain

1940-11-16 6.602

The Long Voyage Home

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Mr. Pom

1961-06-28 6.2

The Naked Edge

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime. ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Jim Sturrock

1942-06-01 6.5

The Night Has Eyes

Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, on ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Horror

Maurice Meister

1938-10-27 6.2

The Gaunt Stranger

A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Postman

1962-02-22 4.3

Postman's Knock

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought t ...
Genre :Comedy

Wolfe Kristan

1941-12-27 5.5

Tower of Terror

Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthous ...
Genre :Thriller

Mr. Goodman

1938-05-02 6.3

The Terror

For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-c ...
Genre :Mystery

Walter Haddon

1942-05-18 0

Hard Steel

A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him. ...
Genre :Drama

Thomas E. Lawrence

1939-01-18 6.8

Stolen Life

Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul Czinner directed the film. Bergner stars as identic ...
Genre :Drama

Pastor Frederick Hall

1940-05-28 7.7

Pastor Hall

The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a ...
Genre :Drama

Charlie's Father

1954-12-08 6.7

Make Me an Offer!

A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owner ...
Genre :Comedy

Newton

1941-08-25 5.2

Danny Boy

A remake of Oswald Mitchell's own 1934 production, a story of Jayne Kaye (Ann Todd), a successful singer in America who returns to Britain during the Blitz to find her ex-husband and son who have fall ...
Genre :Drama

Handel

1942-11-09 6.5

The Great Mr Handel

This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Michael Varek

1936-11-25 0

White Hunter

Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his father's death... ...
Genre :Adventure

Mr Bourne

1965-10-31 0

The Siege of Manchester

A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War. ...
Genre :War, History

Old Soldier (uncredited)

1964-03-11 7.1

Becket

Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty f ...
Genre :Drama, History

Uncle Nat (uncredited)

1958-12-29 6.892

Room at the Top

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Albert

1961-10-10 6.5

Nothing Barred

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of ...
Genre :Comedy

Frank Wilson

1943-03-24 5.3

Thursday's Child

A couple's little girl becomes a movie star, but all it seems to bring is trouble. ...
Genre :Drama

Raikes

1933-11-04 0

Strike It Rich

Eddie Smart (George Gee) was born clumsy and is a laughing stock at work, the Sprouto Hair Tonic Company. One day a phrenologist reads his 'bumps' and pronounces him another Napoleon. Eddie becomes ...
Genre :Comedy

Peacock

1966-06-19 6.5

The Wrong Box

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so. ...
Genre :Comedy

Luke Fosdyck

1935-06-08 7

Turn of the Tide

Turn of the Tide is a 1935 British film directed by Norman Walker. It was the first feature film made by J. Arthur Rank. It is set in a North Yorkshire fishing village, and relates the rivalry betwe ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Churdles Ash

1941-04-20 6

The Farmer's Wife

Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star Geo ...
Genre :Drama

Prince Bolkonsky (as Wilfred Lawson)

1956-08-21 6.7

War and Peace

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families. ...
Genre :War, Romance, Drama, History

Gallanie

1937-12-06 0

The Man Who Made Diamonds

“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, have invented a system for the manufacture of diamonds.” - BFI. ...
Genre :Thriller

Dormouse

1966-12-28 7.3

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, then most widely known for his appearance in the lon ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy, TV Movie

Felton Quair

1940-10-12 0

It Happened to One Man

A film directed by Paul L. Stein. ...
Genre :Drama

Lucien Sarrou

1940-05-05 6

Dead Man's Shoes

An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old days" he had been a notorious criminal, and threate ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

James McLean

1941-09-06 6.5

Jeannie

Based on Aimee Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a "grand tour" of the Continent. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Dick Webb / Carlyle

1931-07-13 0

East Lynne on the Western Front

During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic performance of the play East Lynne to entertain their comrades. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr Rudge

1959-12-01 5.4

Expresso Bongo

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Scrap Dealer

1962-04-18 6.3

Go to Blazes

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster. ...
Genre :Comedy

Gossage

1956-09-10 7

Now and Forever

A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Will Turner

1947-06-16 6

The Turners of Prospect Road

A London cabby finds a greyhound puppy in his cab, and gives it to his daughter. She raises it and trains it up at the race tracks; and in spite of crooked rival owners, the dog eventually wins the Gr ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Walter - Contestant in T.V. Show (uncredited)

1957-12-03 6.5

The Naked Truth

Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he ...
Genre :Comedy

Irishman (uncredited)

1955-12-13 6.2

An Alligator Named Daisy

Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he deve ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Chunks

1944-05-08 5.7

Fanny by Gaslight

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Black George

1963-08-24 5.927

Tom Jones

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love? ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure, History, Romance

Willie Summers

1961-11-01 0

Over the Odds

A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law. ...
Genre :Comedy

Old Man

1955-09-27 4

ITV Play of the Week

A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorpor ...
Genre :

King of the beggars

1966-03-08 0

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1966 television series and an adaptation of the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo. ...
Genre :Drama

Flambeau

1950-01-01 3.5

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were ...
Genre :Drama

Grandad

1964-12-16 7.25

The Likely Lads

The Likely Lads was a black and white British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty-one episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three serie ...
Genre :Comedy