Roddy Hughes

AKA: Rhodri Henry Hughes
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1891-06-18

Porthmadog, Wales, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {64}

Bespectacled third club member, from Whitehall

1949-08-03 6.8

Obsession

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

James Prendergast

1953-02-01 0

Alf's Baby

Three old bachelors 'inherit' an orphan baby, Pam, who is pursued by a car-stealing spiv after she turns 21. ...
Genre :Comedy

Caradoc

1949-04-13 6.8

The Last Days of Dolwyn

An old woman fights a group of industrialists who are planning to build a dam and flood the valley where she grew up. ...
Genre :Drama

Dick Dirk

1936-02-01 4.7

Cheer Up

An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid. ...
Genre :Music

Coroner

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

Ferraby

1945-02-05 5.5

Meet Sexton Blake

The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid. ...
Genre :Thriller

Doctor

1948-09-27 7.7

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole. ...
Genre :Drama

Chief Librarian

1947-07-09 5.036

So Well Remembered

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Arthur Jody

1958-06-01 5.3

The Spaniard's Curse

A convicted murderer uses an ancient curse to take his revenge on those responsible for sending him to prison. ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror

Simpson

1945-01-12 6

Here Comes the Sun

When a wealthy newspaper proprietor passes away, his crooked business partner moves to secure the deceased's fortune by substituting a false will. But 'Corona' Flanagan is onto the fraudster, and his ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Police Photographer

1939-03-04 5

The Gang's All Here

John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanishe ...
Genre :Comedy

Dr. Greenlaw

1950-05-01 6.5

The Reluctant Widow

A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel. ...
Genre :Drama

Toomes

1935-08-13 6.2

Honeymoon for Three

In this musical comedy, the trouble begins when a carefree playboy steals the virtue of a young French maiden and is forced to marry her when her angry father, a financier finds out. The playboy is fl ...
Genre :Music

Mr. Greenswarter

1937-06-28 0

Make-Up

Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studio ...
Genre :Drama

Short

1934-12-14 5.3

The Old Curiosity Shop

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee. ...
Genre :Drama

Handwriting Expert

1939-07-03 6.5

Poison Pen

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts. ...
Genre :Drama

Valet (uncredited)

1941-05-09 5.5

The Saint's Vacation

While on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Doctor

1940-11-02 6.5

Saloon Bar

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man. ...
Genre :Thriller

Butler

1940-08-31 5

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. The film is one of many to be made based on the far ...
Genre :Comedy

Doctor (Uncredited)

1940-08-28 6.4

Girl in the News

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares fo ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Lloyd - Miner

1940-04-06 6.2

The Proud Valley

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens. ...
Genre :Drama

Union Committee Member

1940-01-22 6.4

The Stars Look Down

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and r ...
Genre :Drama

(uncredited)

1948-07-28 3

The Dark Road

Crime thriller following the rise of a petty thief to underworld crime boss. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Sam - Newspaper Seller

1934-05-22 0

Say It with Flowers

Warm-hearted Cockneys stage a show to help a sick flower-seller. ...
Genre :Music

Walter Fielding

1935-04-08 0

A Glimpse of Paradise

“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

(uncredited)

1956-10-17 6.639

Around the World in 80 Days

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days. ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance

Zigor

1941-07-28 7.241

'Pimpernel' Smith

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, s ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Vicar

1941-04-19 5

Quiet Wedding

A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Minor role (uncredited)

1941-09-06 5.5

Atlantic Ferry

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Amberley

1941-02-04 6.6

The Ghost of St. Michael's

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of ...
Genre :Comedy

German Agent (uncredited)

1941-09-06 6.6

Cottage to Let

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Comedy

1932-05-05 0

Mr. Bill the Conqueror

A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Will

1935-02-01 0

Breakers Ahead

A British drama film directed by Anthony Gilkison ...
Genre :Drama

Daniels

1960-11-01 5.214

The House in Marsh Road

When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair. ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror

Green

1951-08-07 6.9

The Man in the White Suit

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a ...
Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Club Barman

1957-08-20 5.233

Sea Wife

In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. O ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Thriller, War

Fezziwig

1951-11-30 7.4

Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior h ...
Genre :Fantasy, Drama

Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)

1947-09-23 6.5

Fame Is the Spur

A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace. ...
Genre :Drama

Journalist

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

Mr Harborne

1953-04-09 6.7

The Final Test

Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray Jackson) to see his final innings. But Reggie pref ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1934-06-26 5

Music Hall

A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts. ...
Genre :Music

Charlie

1940-05-18 0

Dangerous Comment

A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar. ...
Genre :

Jolly

1952-12-02 5.5

Salute the Toff

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

Jolly

1952-05-01 6

Hammer the Toff

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

Porter

1952-12-01 5.25

Escape Route

When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Mr. Orders

1951-01-01 7

Old Mother Riley's Jungle Treasure

Old Mother Riley runs into a ghost who turns out to be an old pirate searching for buried treasure. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mac

1955-03-01 5

One Jump Ahead

Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated trail. ...
Genre :Crime

Mr. Broderick

1953-01-01 6

The Great Game

The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job. ...
Genre :

Norcott

1945-04-08 4.6

Read All About It

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease ac ...
Genre :Drama

1941-04-11 0

Old Mother Riley in Business

Old Mother Riley starts a new business. ...
Genre :Comedy

Photographer

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

Welsh Doctor

1949-02-21 6.7

The Small Back Room

As the Germans drop explosive booby-traps on 1943 Britain, the embittered expert who'll have to disarm them fights a private battle with alcohol. ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Grumpy

1954-12-01 6

Mystery on Bird Island

Story of four youngsters who discover birds' nest thieves on a sanctuary island.From story by Mary Cathcart Borer. ...
Genre :Family

Town Clerk

1934-11-01 0

Kentucky Minstrels

'Old-time minstrel sinks to poverty and rises to fresh stardom.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :

1936-05-01 0

Men of Yesterday

A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion. ...
Genre :Drama

Billings

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

Tim Linkinwater

1947-03-12 6.5

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle. ...
Genre :Drama

George

1934-06-07 0

It's a Boy

"It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a confession to his friend and best man, Jim Skippet ...
Genre :Comedy

Cookie

1937-11-23 0

Captain's Orders

Genre :Drama

Higgins

1936-01-27 0

The River House Mystery

Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Chemist

1954-10-01 5.4

The Crowded Day

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

Taffy (uncredited)

1953-12-14 6.1

Trouble in Store

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulf ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Mr Pickwick

1955-09-25 0

Lilli Palmer Theatre

A half-hour anthology series. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Pascal

1960-10-19 0

The Odd Man

The first of a trilogy of police procedurals produced in the 1960s by Granada TV, linked by the presence of pompous but increasingly genial police Chief Inspector Charles Rose, The Odd Man initially d ...
Genre :Crime, Drama