Philip Friend

AKA:
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1915-02-20

Horsham, Sussex, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {36}

Pelham Dane

1948-12-25 6.4

Enchantment

Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her s ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Damon Ravel

1942-04-15 6.4

Back-Room Boy

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky ...
Genre :Comedy

Frederic Baptiste (aka Capt. Robert Kingston)

1950-03-01 5.6

Buccaneer's Girl

A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father. ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Action, Romance

Insp. McClaren

1954-04-01 5.9

The Diamond Wizard

While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O'Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip Fr ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime, Science Fiction

(uncredited)

1940-01-01 6

Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II. ...
Genre :Documentary

Sidney Kingham

1951-10-17 6.5

Thunder on the Hill

Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mar ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Michael Heath

1948-07-01 5.5

My Own True Love

Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Dr. Jim Bennett

1957-12-26 0

Danger List

When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the killer pills. ...
Genre :

Capt. Bob Sawyer

1953-03-17 0

Desperate Moment

Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website) ...
Genre :Thriller

Jeremy

1951-08-11 0

The Highwayman

Genre :Adventure

Michael McCall

1957-01-01 6

The Betrayal

Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice of the traitor who betrayed him and his fellow pri ...
Genre :War, Crime

Bob

1943-05-16 6.8

The Bells Go Down

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings o ...
Genre :Drama, War

Richard Neale KC

1939-12-01 6

Inquest

A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is event ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Torps

1942-09-17 6.848

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

Dorchester

1958-11-01 4.4

Son of Robin Hood

Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy ...
Genre :Adventure

John Cooper

1943-07-13 5.3

Warn That Man

At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, ...
Genre :War, Comedy, Thriller

Fernard Matagne

1943-09-06 5.5

The Flemish Farm

Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Allan Craig

1951-05-18 4.3

Smuggler's Island

An adventurer about to lose his sloop and diving equipment agrees to dive for illegal gold. ...
Genre :Adventure, Romance, Crime, Drama

James Random

1958-12-09 5

The Solitary Child

A young woman marries a gentleman farmer who may have murdered his first wife. ...
Genre :Mystery

John Lomax

1953-11-09 6

Background

Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love fo ...
Genre :Drama

Lt. Cummins

1942-06-15 5

The Next of Kin

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy ta ...
Genre :Drama, War, Thriller, Mystery

Spencer

1941-07-28 7.06

'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

(uncredited)

1941-03-01 6.5

Old Bill and Son

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Pete

1941-06-26 6.4

Dangerous Moonlight

Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

David Morgan

1940-05-04 0

The Midas Touch

A Film Directed by David MacDonald .... ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Steffan

1962-01-01 0

Stranglehold

A movie star is typecast as a ruthless gangster. His troubles begin when he gets reality confused with his job and becomes deluded into believing that he really is a mobster. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

The Vicar

1966-12-23 4

The Vulture

A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor. ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction

Chris Denson

1950-06-08 6

Spy Hunt

Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of one of the animals. Bu ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Pilot

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

Dr. Peter Hammond

1941-12-22 7

Sheepdog of the Hills

Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister. ...
Genre :Drama

Geoffrey Winthrop

1945-07-09 7.3

Great Day

An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems. ...
Genre :Drama

Dick Turpin

1956-01-01 5

Dick Turpin: Highwayman

A Hammer Films short recounting the adventures of Dick Turpin. ...
Genre :Adventure

Lt. Ellerton

1949-08-24 7.3

Sword in the Desert

First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel. ...
Genre :Action, War, Drama

Major Felix Gratton

1956-05-31 7.25

Cloak Without Dagger

A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to discover what went wrong? ...
Genre :Thriller

1942-09-21 5.7

The Young Mr. Pitt

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Eddie Morgan

1962-12-01 0

The Fur Collar

A reporter feigns death, in order to trap a fugitive and uncover a spy ring. ...
Genre :Drama