John Boxer

AKA:
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1909-04-25

Hackney, London, England, UK

Biography

Crew Roles

Presumed Innocent
Costume Design
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {47}

Sir George

1972-05-25 7.104

Frenzy

London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Horror

Major Hughes

1957-10-11 7.818

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but C ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

Barman

2000-09-08 6.5

The Goddess of 1967

A rich, young businessman travels to Australia with the intention of buying a 1967 Citroën DS. Once he arrives, things do not go to plan, and he must drive the DS into the outback alongside a blind yo ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, Comedy

Inspector Dalton

1955-11-10 0

Secret Venture

An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries seem determined to get. ...
Genre :Thriller

MP #1

1949-04-01 5.8

It's Not Cricket

Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy

Ranger

1956-10-01 0

Circus Friends

A group of circus children and their friends band together to save the show from financial disaster. ...
Genre :Family

British Sailor

1943-11-18 6.3

The Demi-Paradise

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by h ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Doctor

1944-04-02 6.4

The Halfway House

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Fantasy

Police Constable

1953-11-01 5.5

The Dog and the Diamonds

A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks. ...
Genre :Family

Detective in Pub (uncredited)

1951-02-20 6.471

Pool of London

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Ken Farrell

1958-01-01 5.1

Undercover Girl

Nightclub employee Joan Foster (Kay Callard) assists the brother of a murdered reporter to expose a drug ring. ...
Genre :Crime

Claude

1940-11-30 0

George and Margaret

The Frictions of a suburban family come to boiling point. ...
Genre :Comedy

Court Reporter

1982-12-01 7.557

Gandhi

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the ...
Genre :Drama, History

John Straker

1968-10-07 0

Number Ten

The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African state, or referring the matter to the United Nations. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

German Captain

1940-09-28 5.4

Convoy

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Paul Lincoln

1957-06-01 5.2

The Tommy Steele Story

A rags-to-riches tale of a young merchant seaman called Tommy who discovers a certain way with the guitar. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Murray of Ellinbank

1981-03-04 0

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title theme, Chi Mai, was by Ennio Morricone ...
Genre :Drama, History, TV Movie

Flight Sergeant Box

1953-08-11 6.6

The Red Beret

Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves h ...
Genre :War, Drama

U-Boat Commander

1942-06-08 5.6

The Day Will Dawn

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he te ...
Genre :Drama, War

Detective Lucas

1950-10-03 6.2

The Woman in Question

Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Bert Foreman

1948-08-19 6.1

My Brother's Keeper

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime

Det. Sgt. Troth

1947-08-28 6.2

The October Man

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Policeman (uncredited)

1950-07-26 6.409

Waterfront

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years ...
Genre :Drama

Hotel Receptionist

1942-02-23 7.8

The Black Sheep of Whitehall

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. ...
Genre :Comedy

Policeman Outside Jewellers

1953-03-17 5.8

Street Corner

A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Tom

1943-06-01 5.5

Millions Like Us

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Mr. Johnson

1957-03-04 7.1

Brothers in Law

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case ...
Genre :Comedy

British Pilot

1942-08-01 6.7

The Goose Steps Out

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Official

1942-06-22 6.6

The Foreman Went to France

Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Soldier in Pub Talking to the Chelsea Pensioners (uncredited)

1944-06-09 6.539

The Way Ahead

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered ca ...
Genre :Drama, War

Breuer

1958-04-30 6.5

Heart of a Child

A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Policeman (uncredited)

1949-06-07 4.3

Marry Me

The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Hollett

1942-09-17 6.8

In Which We Serve

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains h ...
Genre :Drama, War

1945-02-05 6.2

Waterloo Road

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Pub Landlord (uncredited)

1949-06-02 5.571

Stop Press Girl

A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more ...
Genre :Comedy

Police Sergeant at Customs Café (uncredited)

1950-12-06 6

Highly Dangerous

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country. ...
Genre :Thriller, Action

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1958-01-14 7.045

Violent Playground

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Mr. Short (uncredited)

1939-06-17 6

There Ain't No Justice

A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter. ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Theobald - Accountant in Office (uncredited)

1953-11-30 5.1

Meet Mr. Lucifer

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time. ...
Genre :Fantasy, Comedy

Constable Charles Baker (uncredited)

1951-06-01 6.5

Laughter in Paradise

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This ...
Genre :Comedy

Policeman Making Charge Statement (Uncredited)

1947-05-30 7.2

Take My Life

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Jeweller

1962-01-11 6.7

The Scales of Justice

Not strictly TV productions, "The Scales of Justice" were cinema second features produced for Anglo Amalgamated running around 30 minutes and followed the "Scotland Yard" series of shorts also introdu ...
Genre :Crime

Bill Grennel

1963-03-30 8.2

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two ...
Genre :

Barman

1965-01-23 7.8

Public Eye

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the inves ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Magistrate

1974-07-10 0

Late Night Drama

A series of 13 single plays. ...
Genre :

Clipper Captain

1971-10-15 6.8

The Onedin Line

The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a sh ...
Genre :Drama

Brown

1970-02-09 6

Doomwatch

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific gover ...
Genre :Drama