Brian Aherne

AKA: William Brian de Lacy Aherne, Брайан Ахерн
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1902-05-02

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Biography

English born Brian Aherne (born William Brian de Lacy Aherne) was a stage, screen, and television actor successful in America.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {57}

Bill

1928-07-01 6.947

Underground

A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the same woman on the same day at the same Undergroun ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Willy Robertson

1953-02-13 7.09

I Confess

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces publi ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime

Colin O'Farrell

1925-08-01 0

King of the Castle

'A widowed lady, forced into marriage, grows to love her husband when he saves a child from the cliff.' (BFI Filmography) ...
Genre :

Michael Fane

1935-12-25 6.25

Sylvia Scarlett

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty others. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Robert Baker

1942-09-24 6.8

My Sister Eileen

Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up livi ...
Genre :Comedy

King Arthur

1963-06-02 4.286

Sword of Lancelot

Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love with Queen Guinevere. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Father Carl Hyacinth

1956-04-26 6.8

The Swan

Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, Comedy

Dennis Riordan

1936-12-25 6.1

Beloved Enemy

In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about f ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Dr. Harry Blair

1946-12-20 6.4

The Locket

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

David Canham

1954-09-04 6.1

A Bullet Is Waiting

A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be taken in hand by the female mana ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Capt. Edward John Smith

1953-04-11 6.6

Titanic

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two childr ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

King Arthur

1954-04-05 5.953

Prince Valiant

A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Romance

Andre Morestan

1940-08-07 6.6

The Lady in Question

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Stanton Corbett

1961-11-08 5.8

Susan Slade

A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Jeff Troy

1942-12-10 6.6

A Night to Remember

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg

1939-06-10 6.5

Juarez

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy. ...
Genre :Drama, History, Romance

Jim Blake

1941-11-21 6.5

Skylark

As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide wha ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Richard Waldow

1933-07-19 5.86

The Song of Songs

After her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily works in her aunt's bookstore, and at night she sneaks across the street to model for Richard, a sculpto ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Capt. Allan Lowell

1943-07-29 6.6

First Comes Courage

Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happ ...
Genre :Drama, War

Stephen Dexter

1940-09-13 6.8

Hired Wife

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorc ...
Genre :Comedy

General Braithwaite

1964-06-26 5.5

The Cavern

Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they survive? ...
Genre :Adventure, War, Drama

E. Wade Rawlins

1938-03-04 6.868

Merrily We Live

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catch ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Geoffrey Wayneflete

1927-08-31 0

A Woman Redeemed

'A secret society uses a girl as a pawn in an attempt to secure secret plans.' (BFI) ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Robert Larrimore

1948-04-30 5

Smart Woman

A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Captain Michael Fury

1939-05-26 4.9

Captain Fury

An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action

Sir John Carteret

1941-10-01 6

Smilin' Through

John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5-year-old orphaned niece of Moonyean, a ...
Genre :Music, Fantasy, Romance

Lewis Dodd

1933-12-01 0

The Constant Nymph

Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with world-famous composer Lewis Dodd (Brian Aherne), who marries he ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

David Garrick

1937-10-30 5.9

The Great Garrick

A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Dr. Robert S. Prescott

1940-02-05 5.545

Vigil in the Night

A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake. ...
Genre :Drama

Terence 'Terry' O'Neill

1935-10-04 6.4

I Live My Life

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Oliver Stevenson

1967-11-22 0

Rosie!

An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane. ...
Genre :Comedy

Henry Pepper

1943-12-29 5.6

What a Woman

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

John Shand

1934-10-18 7

What Every Woman Knows

Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his wo ...
Genre :Comedy

William Essex

1940-03-21 4

My Son, My Son!

A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Anthony Ridgeway

1948-11-01 4.8

Angel on the Amazon

An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth. ...
Genre :Adventure, Romance

Lewis Allison

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

Johann Strauss (Vater)

1964-02-14 0

The Waltz King

A look at the life of Johann Strauss, Jr., beginning when, as a boy, he earns his famous father’s displeasure when he tries his hand at composing. But he eventually proves to his father and the world ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Fred Shalimar

1959-10-09 6.269

The Best of Everything

An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Norman Barchester

1924-07-31 0

The Eleventh Commandment

An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play The Pillory by Brandon Fleming. ...
Genre :Crime

Self (archive footage)

1997-05-12 7.5

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and ...
Genre :Documentary

Col. Duncan Grant

1930-02-25 7

The W Plan

A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to ass ...
Genre :War, Action, Adventure

Julian Gordon

1928-02-06 6.9

Shooting Stars

The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks. ...
Genre :Drama

Jim Trimble

1943-01-21 7.4

Forever and a Day

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him ...
Genre :Drama, History

John Evans / Malcolm Scott

1941-03-21 4.3

The Man Who Lost Himself

John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role. ...
Genre :Comedy

Louis Dubois

1931-02-19 0

Madame Guillotine

During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman. ...
Genre :Romance, History

Self

1950-09-10 6.8

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, includin ...
Genre :Comedy

Colonel Tafferty

1953-02-01 6.4

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Rel ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Booth Templeton

1959-10-02 8.46

The Twilight Zone

An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

Woolsey

1959-01-09 7.1

Rawhide

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama. ...
Genre :Western, Drama

Mr. Don

1950-10-02 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

David

1954-10-07 3.3

Climax!

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Self - Guest Host

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama

John Kirk

1952-10-01 3.5

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies ...
Genre :Drama

1955-10-07 5.667

Crossroads

An anthology series based on the activities of clergymen from different denominations. ...
Genre :Drama

Reggie

1950-10-02 6.3

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama

Phillip Armstrong, a scientist

1950-01-30 5.6

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, ...
Genre :Drama