James McKechnie

AKA: James Mc Kechnie
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1911-04-08

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {21}

Spud Wilson

1943-07-26 7.5

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. Bu ...
Genre :War, Drama, Romance, Comedy

Richard Llewellyn

1946-07-08 6.2

The Years Between

After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shatter ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Commentator (voice)

1951-07-03 0

The Festival in London

A documentary short on The Festival in London. ...
Genre :Documentary

Deckhand

1943-12-07 6.7

San Demetrio London

Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer ...
Genre :Action, Drama, War

Inspector Yarrow

1948-05-12 6.8

Bond Street

Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flem ...
Genre :Drama

Commentator

1938-02-05 0

Sport in Scotland

An overview of sports played in Scotland, including the benefits to its citizens and the facilities used. ...
Genre :

Himself - Commentator

1938-02-05 0

A Romance of Engineering

Production of steel components at William Beardmore & Co's Parkhead Forge, Glasgow. Made for screening at the 1938 Empire Exhibition. ...
Genre :

Commentator

1956-05-27 6.35

A Short Vision

The leaders, the wise men, the leopard, the deer, the owl and the rat all look up in the sky in fear as a strange object flies through the sky. ...
Genre :Drama, Animation, War

1951-01-01 0

In Black and White

An attempted evocation of the tradition of British printing, in a series of dramatised impressions: the discovery of a new method of printing in France and its development in England. The beauty of la ...
Genre :Documentary

Commentator

1945-01-01 0

A City Reborn

Coventry prepares to rise from the ashes of WWII in this docu-drama written by Dylan Thomas. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1957-09-01 0

Fully Fitted Freight

An express freight train links manufacturers with their customers at the other end of Britain. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1945-01-01 4.75

The Eye & the Ear

Four types of visual interpretation of four songs by Karol Szymanowski. Polish words by Julian Tuwin, English translation by Jan Sliwinski. ...
Genre :Animation, Music

Narrator

1947-01-01 0

Men of Iron

A look at the manufacture of propellers in a foundry in Ayrshire, Scotland. ...
Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1959-01-01 0

James Watt

A profile of the Scottish inventor and his work on developing the steam engine. ...
Genre :Documentary

Surgeon Lt. E.L. Atkinson R.N.

1948-11-29 7.1

Scott of the Antarctic

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a riv ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, History

Jimmy Moore

1944-11-06 6.9

Two Thousand Women

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France. ...
Genre :War, Comedy, Drama

Himself - Commentator

1943-01-24 0

Good Health to Scotland

A British documentary on the good health of the people in Scotland. ...
Genre :Documentary

2nd. Centurion

1945-12-11 6.1

Caesar and Cleopatra

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play. ...
Genre :Drama, History, Comedy

Commentator

1945-09-01 6.9

Painted Boats

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy. ...
Genre :Drama

Commentator

1943-02-02 0

These Are the Men

Anti nazi short. ...
Genre :Documentary, War

Self - Commentator

1961-01-01 0

Look at Life: Snow Business

A look at the flourishing winter sports business within Scotland. ...
Genre :Documentary