Desmond Roberts

AKA: Des Roberts
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1894-02-05

London, England, UK

Biography

Crew Roles

Kosa
Co-Producer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {31}

Colonel

1954-11-16 6.5

Beau Brummell

Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince's un ...
Genre :Drama, History, Romance

Dr. Jacobs

1934-07-20 6.526

Of Human Bondage

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Colonel Bridgeman

1955-01-07 6.733

Simba

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

David Courthill

1927-10-01 0

A Woman in Pawn

'Ruined stockbroker blamed for killing crooking financier who lured his wife.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Crime

Harvey, a thug

1933-08-18 5.5

Blind Adventure

Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a c ...
Genre :Mystery

Findley

1932-04-09 5.3

But the Flesh Is Weak

A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows. ...
Genre :Comedy

Gordon - the Butler

1934-11-10 5

House of Danger

To protect a young woman's life, a man pretends to be her injured friend so he can investigate a murder and capture the killers. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Canadian Queen Captain

1930-11-01 4.4

Way for a Sailor

A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Willett

1934-08-22 9.8

The Fountain

Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Bryce Mercer

1933-03-09 5.9

Christopher Strong

A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix. ...
Genre :Drama

Underwood

1934-11-22 6.333

Menace

A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death. ...
Genre :Mystery

Ronnie James

1933-02-08 5.525

Cavalcade

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the dea ...
Genre :Drama, War

Dr. Johnson

1958-05-11 6.1

Grip of the Strangler

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler. ...
Genre :Horror, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

2nd Old club member

1949-04-18 5.6

The Bad Lord Byron

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character. ...
Genre :Drama

Paul Kendall

1936-08-31 0

Gaol Break

“Jim Oakley hears in prison that his son is to be made a substitute by a gang for a rich American family's son who was kidnapped years back. He breaks jail to rescue his son but after seeing how happy ...
Genre :Crime

Purser

1934-07-20 4.1

Grand Canary

Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman. ...
Genre :Drama

1928-03-01 0

The City of Youth

A silent drama film directed by E. H. Calvert. ...
Genre :Drama

Beauty Contest Judge (uncredited)

1933-07-28 6.2

Headline Shooter

A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Club Member

1960-02-04 5.9

A Touch of Larceny

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Major Blent

1931-01-15 4

The Royal Bed

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mannering

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

Freighter Captain

1961-05-06 5.7

Double Bunk

When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to ...
Genre :Comedy

Admiralty Official

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

2nd Club Member

1946-12-23 7

School for Secrets

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Wi ...
Genre :Drama, War

Brigadier

1958-10-21 6.9

I Was Monty's Double

The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Cotter

1945-12-17 4.5

The Echo Murders

Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes. ...
Genre :Thriller

Gen. Zeiss

1958-11-17 6.2

The Two-Headed Spy

Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's expe ...
Genre :War, Thriller

Rainby

1948-07-05 6

The Calendar

The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him. ...
Genre :Drama

Manservant

1967-01-01 4.2

Mister Ten Per Cent

Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. When it's finished it arrives on the desk of a London impresario, when he wants to stage a ...
Genre :Comedy

Hardwick

1931-07-21 5.4

The Squaw Man

Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler ...
Genre :Drama, Western

Club Member

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