Vernon Downing

AKA:

0.5707

1913-01-06

Suffolk, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {26}

Chemist (uncredited)

1948-03-02 6.2

A Woman's Vengeance

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected. ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Norman Locke

1943-12-10 6.928

The Spider Woman

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Horror

Reporter Logan

1947-04-20 6.2

The Macomber Affair

A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber". ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama

Man in Car (uncredited)

1936-01-03 5.938

King of Burlesque

Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudde ...

Genre :Drama, Music

Giles (uncredited)

1939-04-07 7.173

Wuthering Heights

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindl ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Hayward

1935-11-22 7.35

Mutiny on the Bounty

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge. ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, History

Capt. Carter

1940-07-26 6.906

Pride and Prejudice

In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

1948-10-20 6.724

The Three Musketeers

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the pol ...

Genre :Adventure, Romance

John Walker

1940-09-19 6.5

The Howards of Virginia

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against ...

Genre :Drama, History, War

Martin

1940-10-26 3

Mystery Sea Raider

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic. ...

Genre :War, Drama

English Officer

1942-04-28 4.5

The Wife Takes a Flyer

Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, An ...

Genre :War, Comedy, Romance

Lieutenant Davis Herrick (uncredited)

1944-05-11 6.545

The White Cliffs of Dover

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to ...

Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Octavius Barrett

1934-09-21 6.048

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of h ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Husband #3 (uncredited)

1941-12-30 7

How to Hold Your Husband - BACK

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back. ...

Genre :Comedy

Ross (uncredited)

1937-04-10 5.5

The Romance Of Robert Burns

The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and courts high society at the expense of his blossoming relationship with beautiful Jean Armour. Soon a marr ...

Genre :Drama

Officer

1943-09-29 6.1

Corvette K-225

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain. ...

Genre :Drama, War

Lift Boy

1938-06-17 6.9

Lord Jeff

Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a refo ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

English Liaison Officer (uncredited)

1944-02-25 6.63

A Guy Named Joe

A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he's sent back to Earth by a heavenly General with a new as ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, War, Fantasy

Pilot

1935-12-01 6

East of Java

Survivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions and tigers. ...

Genre :Drama

Benson (uncredited)

1941-11-14 7.131

Suspicion

A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins ...

Genre :Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Leigh - Traitor (uncredited)

1946-08-13 7.087

The Time of Their Lives

Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence. ...

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Man in Gaming House (uncredited)

1938-08-26 6.5

Marie Antoinette

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in variou ...

Genre :Drama, History

Mr. Stringer

1935-01-25 4.7

Clive of India

Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor o ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War, Romance

Brissac

1935-04-20 7.189

Les Misérables

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the m ...

Genre :Drama, History, Romance

Club Member with Reynolds (uncredited)

1947-08-27 5.864

Golden Earrings

A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate. ...

Genre :Adventure, Romance

Father

1952-09-25 6.7

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when ...