A. Bromley Davenport

AKA: Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport
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1867-10-29

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {73}

Henry Coaker

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

Lord Ringwood

1939-05-11 6.114

Jamaica Inn

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ship ...
Genre :Crime, Adventure, Thriller

George Gaunt

1938-01-01 0

Second Thoughts

A chemist is left unhinged following a laboratory explosion and begins to plot a murder. ...
Genre :Thriller

Old Chelsea Soldier

1944-06-09 6.526

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

1938-01-01 0

Murder in the Family

After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder. ...
Genre :Thriller

Jim Harris

1927-09-01 0

A Sister to Assist 'Er

'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Comedy

Hesketh Pointer, MP

1927-09-01 0

The Fake

'MP forces daughter to marry titled drug addict who dies when her lover tries to cure him.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Drama

Galipaux

1927-06-01 0

The Glad Eye

'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an excuse for their absence from home by pretending that they are accompanying a famous airman on a fligh ...
Genre :Comedy

Lord Edensore

1933-12-26 5

The Pointing Finger

A man plots to murder his half-brother so he claim his earldom and an inheritance. ...
Genre :Crime, Horror

Warrender

1941-06-08 6.5

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts

Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

General Taplow

1937-02-04 5

London Melody

Jacqueline intrigues a diplomat, so unbeknown to her he finds her an apartment and finances her musical training. She ends up falling in love with one of his underlings. It turns out that he is no goo ...
Genre :Music

Mr. Parker

1938-01-26 5.125

Owd Bob

Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Earl of Massingham

1932-09-01 0

Money Means Nothing

British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox.. ...
Genre :Comedy

Sir Bedford Slufter

1932-10-27 6

Lord Camber's Ladies

In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is married to a shrewish actress and cannot get out of the marriage. The distraught woman then leaves ...
Genre :Drama

Lord Avonmouth

1939-12-01 5

The Mysterious Mr. Davis

A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner ...
Genre :Drama

Pierre

1935-06-19 5.7

Vintage Wine

The members of the Popinot family of French champagne tycoons suspect that the widowed head of the family Charles Popinot is keeping a mistress in Rome and generally living a wild life. Unbeknownst to ...
Genre :Comedy

Menkenburg

1934-03-01 7.5

Love, Life and Laughter

Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder). ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Gaston de Brisson

1932-10-18 0

The Face at the Window

A killer distracts his victims with a hideous face ...
Genre :Horror, Crime, Drama

Colonel Graham

1932-07-22 0

When London Sleeps

Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamberti's Fair for the less-well-off is on its last legs. The only link between them seems to be Tommy ...
Genre :Crime

Judge

1933-06-14 0

Dora

'An American visitor to England is frustrated by the restrictions placed upon him and his social life by the Defence of the Realm Act.' (National Film Archive Catalogue) ...
Genre :Comedy

Peter Browne

1933-11-03 6

A Shot in the Dark

The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who ki ...
Genre :Mystery

Sir Crispin Vickrey

1920-10-04 0

The Great Gay Road

A knight hires a tramp to pose as his lost son and wed his niece, who loves a younger man. ...
Genre :Romance

Bramante

1936-01-04 5.2

The Cardinal

Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him ...
Genre :History, Drama

Sir Richard Clavering

1934-07-30 5

The Warren Case

Chided by his boss for a conspicuous lack of sensational stories, Lewis Bevan takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career. ...
Genre :Mystery

Baron d'Archeville

1927-04-01 0

Roses of Picardy

In France, and ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son. ...
Genre :Drama

Sir John Cope

1923-11-01 0

Bonnie Prince Charlie

In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of ...
Genre :History, Drama

Cpl. Bunting

1924-02-28 0

Eugene Aram

A blackmailed ex-thief is executed for a murder he didn't commit. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Sir Evan Nepean

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

Old Tom Hamon

1922-11-01 0

A Maid of the Silver Sea

A Cornish man working in a silver mine on a French island is framed for killing a girl's father and brother. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Pawnbroker

1941-06-28 5.6

Love on the Dole

Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotto ...
Genre :Drama

Colonel

1934-07-13 0

Lost In The Legion

Two ship's cooks get lost in the desert and unwittingly enroll in the Foreign Legion! ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Callaghan

1928-09-01 0

The Blue Peter

After returning home to Britain from Nigeria where he has been working, an engineer becomes embroiled in a family melodrama. ...
Genre :Adventure

Duke of Alchester

1932-03-01 3.5

Self Made Lady

Early '30s British drama, starring Heather Angel, about a poor girl who achieves success as a fashion designer. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Colonel Jordan

1931-05-19 0

Captivation

A woman meets a conceited young novelist aboard a yacht, and decides to teach him a lesson he won't forget. ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Jordan

1930-10-01 0

Leave It to Me

A comedy film directed by George King. ...
Genre :Comedy

The Man Upstairs

1930-08-01 0

Too Many Crooks

A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Lord Belton

1931-06-05 0

Glamour

A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor. ...
Genre :Drama

Caretaker

1932-05-12 0

Flat No. 9

A comedy film directed by Frank Richardson ...
Genre :Comedy

Lord Blagden

1932-05-05 0

Mr. Bill the Conqueror

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

Squire Malherb

1929-09-28 0

The American Prisoner

Devon, 1815. In the dying days of the Napoleonic Wars, a Danish-American lieutenant, Cecil Stark, is captured attempting to run supplies to the French. Imprisoned at Dartmoor, he and his fellow capt ...
Genre :Drama

Sir John Truwode

1932-09-27 0

The Return of Raffles

A British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham ...
Genre :Crime

Landlord

1923-12-01 0

Sally Bishop

A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry. ...
Genre :Romance

Mr Fielding

1935-03-01 0

So You Won't Talk

The owner of a small Italian restaurant in central London is left a million pound inheritance, the only stipulation to the will being that he cannot speak or write anything for a period of one month. ...
Genre :Comedy

Sam Wetherell

1922-07-04 2.667

Fox Farm

A gypsy loves a married farmer who is blinded blowing up a tree. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Colonel Barlow

1940-04-02 5

The Second Mr. Bush

A writer poses as a shy butterfly hunter who has a fortune and is hounded by reporters. ...
Genre :Comedy

French innkeeper (Brogard)

1934-12-20 6.964

The Scarlet Pimpernel

18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robesp ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure

Mayor

1943-07-12 0

When We Are Married

The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an out ...
Genre :Comedy

Col Grangerson

1923-07-01 0

The Starlit Garden

In Italy, a ward wins her affianced guardian by saving him from a rival's knife. ...
Genre :Romance

Romanovitch

1928-12-04 0

Spangles

Genre :Drama

General Dunlop

1924-10-01 0

What the Butler Saw

Farce centered on a married man, Barrington (Guy Newall), who pretends to be single while his wife, Mrs. Barrington (Irene Rich), is traveling in America. Complications arise when a guest at a hydroth ...
Genre :Comedy

Egworth

1942-01-01 0

Those Kids from Town

Genre :Comedy

Agent

1942-08-11 6.2

Let the People Sing

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall. ...
Genre :Comedy

Staplefield

1939-09-30 5

Shipyard Sally

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

1935-08-29 0

The Crouching Beast

In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist. ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

Lord Kenmore

1934-06-09 4

Lily of Killarney

Set in Ireland, a poor knight's rival frames him for murder in this musical based on 'Colleen Bawn'. ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Priest

1933-01-01 0

The Stolen Necklace

Genre :Crime, Drama

Mr. Romary

1933-01-01 0

Little Miss Nobody

Genre :Comedy

Sir Lemuel Tapleigh

1933-10-01 0

Enemy of the Police

Genre :Comedy

Harry Stammer

1933-03-01 0

The Wishbone

Genre :Comedy

Jenks

1933-03-01 0

The Melody-Maker

Genre :Music, Comedy

Sir Andrew Gale

1933-01-01 0

The Iron Stair

Genre :Drama, Crime

MFH

1932-03-22 0

The Marriage Bond

A drunken man is left by his wife but she later comes back to him when she realises how desperate he is. ...
Genre :Drama

1931-12-15 0

Mischief

When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who ...
Genre :Comedy

Sam Duffield

1928-08-01 0

Glorious Youth

Genre :Drama, Romance

Philosopher

1928-04-09 0

The Flight Commander

In China, a pilot saves British residents from a Bolshevik's massacre plot. ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure

Sleeper

1925-11-01 0

Somebody's Darling

A squire's novelist son poses as a nurse to save an heiress from her guardian's private asylum. ...
Genre :Comedy

1925-07-01 0

An Inconvenient Infant

Genre :Comedy

1925-07-01 0

The Impatient Patient

Genre :Comedy

Capt. Barstow

1922-09-01 0

Running Water

Genre :Drama

Matt Woodburn

1922-05-01 0

Boy Woodburn

A horse trainer's daughter agrees to wed a broke banker if her foal wins a race. ...
Genre :Drama

Duke of Harborough

1922-04-10 0

The Persistent Lovers

A Duke's daughter loves an author and follows him to France, discovering her father withheld letters. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

'Orace

1921-09-01 0

'Orace

Genre :Comedy

Richard Carruthers

1921-08-01 0

The Bigamist

Pamela (Duke) and Herbert Arnott (Royce) have been happily married for five years and have had two children. On the day of their wedding anniversary, Pamela receives a letter from another woman signed ...
Genre :Romance