Wylie Watson

AKA: John Wylie Robertson, John Wylie Francis Robertson
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1889-02-04

Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {47}

Mr. Memory

1935-06-06 7.333

The 39 Steps

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Sco ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Rev. James Travers

1938-08-06 0

Queer Cargo

The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Salvation

1939-05-12 6.1

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

Spicer

1948-01-09 6.8

Brighton Rock

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly ev ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Joseph Macroon

1949-06-16 6.8

Whisky Galore!

Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Out ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Pickering

1950-10-01 6.3

The Magnet

A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Widgery

1950-03-06 6

Your Witness

Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking th ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Venning

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

caretaker

1950-09-04 0

Shadow of the Past

A man catches sight of a woman believed by everyone to be dead. ...
Genre :

Mr. Josser

1948-11-05 7

London Belongs to Me

Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of ...
Genre :Drama

Watson

1948-11-03 4.375

Things Happen at Night

A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon. ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Harry Bucket

1944-11-13 5.9

Don't Take It to Heart

A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Diabetic Patient

1943-11-29 5.4

The Lamp Still Burns

A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Fiddlesticks

1941-08-25 5.2

Danny Boy

A remake of Oswald Mitchell's own 1934 production, a story of Jayne Kaye (Ann Todd), a successful singer in America who returns to Britain during the Blitz to find her ex-husband and son who have fall ...
Genre :Drama

Tailor

1945-10-21 6.5

Murder in Reverse?

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Herb Johnson

1960-12-08 6.7

The Sundowners

In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep movin ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure

Josef

1945-08-13 0

Waltz Time

Waltz Time is a 1945 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Carol Raye, Peter Graves and Patricia Medina. In Imperial Vienna a young Grand Duchess is prevented from marrying the m ...
Genre :Music

Fred

1947-02-27 5.1

Temptation Harbour

The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself the object of murderous and mercenary interest. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Rev. James

1932-12-01 0

For the Love of Mike

A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian. ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

David Dodd

1945-01-28 5.1

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

Working-class girl Joan Dodd's plan to marry Jack Fowler is thwarted when her mother Gladys interferes. Hoping to improve her daughter's social status, Gladys arranges for Joan to wed her boss Adolphu ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Bit Role

1929-12-06 4

It's a Great Life

Casey and Babe are sisters who work in a department store and each year the store puts on a show. As expected, things are going wrong with every act until Casey comes out to help Babe with her song. T ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Oswald Clutterbuck

1937-01-01 0

Please Teacher

Tommy Deacon learns that a gift bequeathed by his aunt is hidden in her house inside a bust of Napoleon. However, the house has been sold, and is now a girls school and to gain admission Tommy has to ...
Genre :

Magician

1934-11-29 5.5

Road House

Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson. ...
Genre :Crime, Romance, Music

Farmer

1943-09-06 5.6

The Flemish Farm

Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Bagley

1948-02-05 6.6

My Brother Jonathan

Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Blac ...
Genre :Drama

Albert Peabody

1938-11-01 0

Yes, Madam?

The hilarious tale of two cousins who must complete a period in domestic service in order to receive an inheritance. ...
Genre :

Joe Morrison

1936-10-20 0

Radio Lover

A penniless young charmer hits upon an ingenious route to fame and fortune. ...
Genre :

Councilor Green

1948-11-22 7

No Room at the Inn

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman. ...
Genre :Drama

1950-02-21 6.763

Morning Departure

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air? ...
Genre :Drama

Rev. Potter

1933-06-07 0

Hawleys of High Street

A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jimmie Glass

1935-12-01 8

The Black Mask

British crime film directed by Ralph Ince ...
Genre :Crime

Horace (Templar's butler)

1941-12-08 5.3

The Saint Meets the Tiger

A man murdered at the Saint's doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies, sending him off to the quaint resort village of Baycombe where he confronts crime mastermind 'The T ...
Genre :Mystery

Clarence

1937-12-22 5

Paradise for Two

A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend. ...
Genre :Comedy

Friend

1941-12-30 0

Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light

Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by en ...
Genre :

Band Conductor

1945-01-01 6

The World Owes Me a Living

When a British pilot is hospitalized after a plane crash, the woman he loves sits by his bedside and remembers, in flashbacks, key episodes from their life together. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Bill Gurd

1944-12-31 6

Strawberry Roan

Farmer Chris Lowe meets and falls in love with Molly , a chorus-girl. Despite the fact that she is a city girl through and through, she accepts his proposal of marriage and after the wedding goes to l ...
Genre :Drama

Crasker

1944-04-28 6.2

Tawny Pipit

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in ...
Genre :Drama

Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

1941-07-31 0

From the Four Corners

Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them understand why they're fighting. ...
Genre :Drama

Pendleton

1947-09-23 6.5

Fame Is the Spur

A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace. ...
Genre :Drama

Stage Manager

1946-02-04 5

The Trojan Brothers

Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1945-02-05 5.944

Waterloo Road

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Peabody

1945-08-06 4

Don Chicago

Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he tangles with a British police officer and high society. ...
Genre :Comedy

Client

1933-04-01 0

Leave It to Me

The owner of a professional help agency poses as a poet at a wealthy patron's ball and prevents a necklace from being stolen by thieves. ...
Genre :Comedy

Noah Bagshott

1941-07-22 0

My Wife's Family

A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at the same time. ...
Genre :Comedy

Peabody

1946-10-28 5.5

A Girl in a Million

A young scientist freed by divorce from a nagging wife, isolates himself from women. His peace is broken by a lovely young girl to whom he is forced to give shelter. He marries her and finds that his ...
Genre :Comedy

Stage Door Keeper

1951-03-06 5.9

Happy Go Lovely

Rich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe vi ...
Genre :Music, Romance, Comedy

Eric Sampson

1940-02-01 0

Pack Up Your Troubles

Garage owner Tommy and ventriloquist friend Eric join the army and go to France, where they are captured by the Nazis. However, Eric's voice-throwing skills come in handy in engineering their escape a ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, War