Frank Atkinson

AKA: Francis Lawrence Atkinson, Francis Lawrence "Frank" Atkinson
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1893-03-19

Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

Biography

Crew Roles

Intimate Relations
Writer
Be Careful, Mr. Smith
Writer
The Right to Live
Writer
Play Up the Band
Story
Rolling in Money
Writer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {81}

Hotel Night Porter (uncredited)

1963-05-09 7

Murder at the Gallop

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss M ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Policeman Shot Behind Mattress (uncredited)

1934-12-01 6.482

The Man Who Knew Too Much

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Protheroe, the butler

1937-12-01 5.8

The Green Cockatoo

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Soldier in Pub (uncredited)

1946-07-04 6.4

I See a Dark Stranger

Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary infor ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, War

Joe Stuggins

1937-01-01 0

A Romance in Flanders

During World War I, in Flanders, Berry and Morley were in love with the same girl, Yvonne. During a battle in the Widow's Island sector, Morley is wounded and abandoned by Berry. Morley being reported ...
Genre :Drama, War

Ship Steward

1935-02-11 0

The Morals of Marcus

A confirmed bachelor takes pity on a young woman and takes her to London. ...
Genre :Comedy

Landlord

1954-12-01 6.2

The Black Rider

When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds... ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Hotel Porter

1956-05-22 4.857

Wicked as They Come

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder. ...
Genre :Drama

Man in Tavern (uncredited)

1942-07-03 7.057

Mrs. Miniver

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represe ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

John 'Nigger' Larson

1935-02-25 5

Death Drives Through

The race car designer Kit Woods is in love with Kay Lord. Kay's father is against her relationship with Kit. Kit also has to do with the competition from his rival Garry Ames. ...
Genre :Drama

Horace

1956-10-01 0

Circus Friends

A group of circus children and their friends band together to save the show from financial disaster. ...
Genre :Family

Farmer

1946-01-08 6

The Voice Within

Dennis O'Shea joins a gang of smugglers in order to raise the money to pay for his brother, who is fleeing from the IRA, to move to the USA. But after he accidentally kills a constable during a smuggl ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Dick Sefton

1942-05-18 0

Hard Steel

A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him. ...
Genre :Drama

Valet

1931-04-16 4.083

Ladies' Man

A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society." ...
Genre :Drama

Alf

1933-04-01 5.7

Pleasure Cruise

Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruise. Her husband also gets on the cruise as a worker in the barber shop to keep an eye on her. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Bath House Attendant

1933-03-17 5

Sailor's Luck

U.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She promises to wait for him when he ships out to San Francisco, but Jimmy becomes jealous and tells her off wh ...
Genre :Comedy

American Embassy Valet

1931-11-13 6

Ambassador Bill

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is to be the country's king, to ensure that the boy is ...
Genre :Comedy

Soldier

1935-07-22 5

Me and Marlborough

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Alf Ramsbottom

1935-11-01 6

Play Up the Band

A brass band goes to London to take part in a competition. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

a railway porter.

1959-06-23 6

Left Right and Centre

At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician a ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Guard (uncredited)

1957-09-01 4.636

Cat Girl

A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse. ...
Genre :Horror

Man from Cartier's

1932-01-29 4.5

The Menace

A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

Alfred

1961-08-14 7

The Kitchen

In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German c ...
Genre :Comedy

Reporter (uncredited)

1939-10-12 5.3

Over the Moon

Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. In love with local doctor Freddie Jarvis, she suggests they marry, but almost at once finds she has ...
Genre :Comedy

Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

1953-01-10 5

The Broken Horseshoe

When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

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

Lower Level Court Clerk

1932-07-16 4.5

The Man Called Back

Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Co ...
Genre :Drama

Debt Collector

1935-08-13 4.5

Look Up and Laugh

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

uncredited

1953-09-25 5.5

The Fake

Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Pope

1934-11-26 4.167

The Great Defender

Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the courtroom and pursue more pleasurable activities. But ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Uncle Dick (uncredited)

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

Festival Hall Porter

1957-06-01 0

At the Stroke of Nine

A prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

O'Hara

1934-06-12 0

Freedom of the Seas

George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend of his father. A midday sojourn to a public bar results in him insulting his boss, getting sacke ...
Genre :Drama

Alf Bailey

1933-01-01 3.5

Smoke Lightning

After Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the ranch to Blake’s young daughter. But the Sheriff is after the ranch and has Smoke arrested for the murder of ...
Genre :Western, Drama, Romance

Town Clerk

1939-06-29 7.227

Where's That Fire

Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels. ...
Genre :Comedy

Miner

1940-01-22 6.4

The Stars Look Down

Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls in love with Jenny who gets him to marry her and r ...
Genre :Drama

Pierre

1940-06-01 7.5

Ten Days in Paris

Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and ha ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Lift Operator

1954-11-01 5.4

The Green Buddha

Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He tracks the thieves to Battersea, where he rescues th ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Stevens, Crosby's Valet (Uncredited)

1932-11-24 5.5

Call Her Savage

A high-spirited and short-tempered Texan woman storms her way through life until her luck runs out, forcing her to learn the error of her ways. ...
Genre :Drama

Verger

1954-10-18 7.4

Lease of Life

The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community. ...
Genre :Drama

1934-10-29 5.3

The Outcast

A music-hall star and his best mate are conned out of their earnings (twice!) and left with nothing but a beloved greyhound. ...
Genre :Comedy

Karl

1934-10-08 0

The Path of Glory

Comedy about two Ruritanian countries who declare war on each other with the mutual intention of losing. Political satire that might have been Britain’s answer to Duck Soup. ...
Genre :Comedy

Giles

1935-05-06 0

Be Careful, Mr. Smith

British comedy film directed by Max Mack ...
Genre :Comedy

Waiter at Party

1932-07-16 5.25

Skyscraper Souls

After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his board questions the propriety of the loan. Despite the devotion of longtime mistress Sarah, the rut ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Harry Woods

1933-01-01 0

The Right to Live

A shady financier tries to acquire a new chemical ...
Genre :Crime

Village Policeman

1942-10-12 6.2

Much Too Shy

A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and ar ...
Genre :Comedy

1932-05-15 0

The Woman in Room 13

Divorcee Laura marries Paul but his employer is also enamored with Laura and sends Paul on a business trip during which a murder is committed and he is accused of the crime. ...
Genre :Mystery

Oliver Bright

1936-03-18 5

Shipmates o' Mine

A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, gets married and has a son, but loses his command when his ship is rammed and the vessel is abandoned ...
Genre :

Hobbleberry

1939-10-27 6

The Body Vanished

A Scotland Yard inspector and his reporter friend arrive on vacation in a small village and are immediately involved in what is claimed to be a murder but the body has disappeared, leaving it to the i ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Mike

1946-12-26 7.278

Great Expectations

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

The Baker

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

Edgar, a Taxidermist (uncredited)

1956-05-16 7.454

The Man Who Knew Too Much

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

1943-05-23 7

The Gentle Sex

During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, War

Taxi driver

1955-02-10 4.6

Before I Wake

A woman travels to England to attend her parents' funeral. She is told by officials that they died of natural causes together, but she doesn't buy it. She comes to suspect that the nurse who took care ...
Genre :Mystery

Station Master

1943-05-17 6.5

Get Cracking

Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was produced by Marcel Varnel, Ben Henry and Columbia (Britis ...
Genre :Comedy, War, Romance

Chip Shop Customer

1946-06-17 6.419

Wanted for Murder

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Barman at New Year Party (uncredited)

1932-03-26 5.8

The Wet Parade

The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family. ...
Genre :Drama, History, Romance

Man at gate (uncredited)

1945-07-09 7.3

Great Day

An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems. ...
Genre :Drama

Inkpin

1945-04-08 4.6

Read All About It

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease ac ...
Genre :Drama

Night Doorman

1959-04-28 4

Web of Evidence

A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder. ...
Genre :Mystery

Reporter in the Johnsons' House (uncredited)

1942-06-29 6

They Flew Alone

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim ...
Genre :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

Station Sergeant

1953-03-04 7

The Titfield Thunderbolt

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attr ...
Genre :Comedy

Night Porter

1958-08-01 4.8

Stormy Crossing

After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to her other boyfriend, Sheldon Lawrence. John Ireland plays an Interpol detective who stems Bond's homicid ...
Genre :Mystery

Taxi-Driver

1938-10-06 6.974

Pygmalion

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Ticket Inspector (uncredited)

1958-02-18 8

Rx Murder

An American doctor, Jethro Jones, comes into a quiet British seaside community and becomes entangled in a murder mystery when the town gossips inform him that all of the three wives of the town doctor ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Mystery

Law Enforcer (uncredited)

1936-04-26 4

The Amateur Gentleman

A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English royalty. The old man is arrested and thrown in prison. ...
Genre :Adventure

1937-04-01 0

Skylarks

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Skylarks is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox and Nancy Burn. Nervo and Knox were a comic team, who b ...
Genre :Comedy

1935-05-01 0

Night Mail

Genre :Crime, Thriller

Wiggins

1934-08-20 0

Rolling in Money

An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber. ...
Genre :Comedy

Porter

1936-05-19 5.7

A Woman Alone

An officer becomes entangled in a love affair with a woman who works as a maid. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Ashley’s Chum (uncredited)

1932-12-04 6.3

Me and My Gal

Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Drama

1942-08-11 6.2

Let the People Sing

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jenkins

1939-09-30 5

Shipyard Sally

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Permobble

1942-11-09 6.5

The Great Mr Handel

This classic film reveals how the great composer Georg Friedrich Handel rose above the personal anguish and difficulties in his life to create the sublime musical composition, The Messiah. ...
Genre :Music, Drama

Green (uncredited)

1957-11-14 6

Just My Luck

Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will ...
Genre :Comedy

Bald-Headed Man

1960-11-03 4.5

The Night We Got the Bird

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn. ...
Genre :Comedy

Wilkie

1940-01-15 0

Two Days to Live

A hypochondriac misunderstands a telephone conversation, and believes he has only two days to live. It galvanises him into action and he finds all kinds of a new friends who free him from anxiety. ...
Genre :Comedy

George Dickinson

1960-09-25 0

Sunday-Night Play

BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series. ...
Genre :

Charley Dodds

1962-10-04 7.363

The Saint

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery

1960-09-25 0

Sunday-Night Play

BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series. ...
Genre :