Valentine Dyall

AKA:

2.1868

1908-05-07

London, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {99}

Mr. Dudley

1963-08-21 7.079

The Haunting

Dr. John Markway invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Markway is far more interested ...

Genre :Horror

1975-01-23 5.2

The Great McGonagall

In this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an unemployed Scottish weaver and aspiring poet laureate who falls in love with Queen Victoria - a brilliant cam ...

Genre :Comedy

Narrator (voice)

1966-03-18 2

The Naked World of Harrison Marks

Work of popular nude photographer ...

Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Reginald Marley

1964-08-19 4

The Horror of It All

In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand of one of their daughters in marriage. He soon finds himself in the midst of a really odd family. One of ...

Genre :Horror, Comedy

St. Germain's Messenger

1949-03-16 6.6

The Queen of Spades

An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then ...

Genre :Drama, Fantasy, Horror

German Commander

1943-12-13 5.1

Yellow Canary

A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent. ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, War

Mr. Robinson

1945-11-16 7.1

I Know Where I'm Going!

Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to contin ...

Genre :Romance, Drama, Comedy

1945-11-22 6.3

Pink String and Sealing Wax

Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Commentator

1942-03-05 0

This Is Colour

A short documentary to demonstrate what can be done with Technicolor film and to show various other colourful products. ...

Genre :

Storyteller

1953-01-01 0

Strange Stories

'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on television. ...

Genre :Drama, Horror, Thriller, Mystery

the narrator

1966-12-31 3.5

Carousella

25min short documentary about Soho strippers which was banned on its first release by the British Board of Censors as head scissor man at the time John Trevelyan believed it was far too positive in it ...

Genre :

Story Teller / Narrator

1950-01-31 5.5

The Man in Black

A woman conspires to steal her stepdaughter's inheritance following the mysterious death of her millionaire husband. ...

Genre :Thriller

Bradley

1952-11-24 5.7

Paul Temple Returns

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and a ...

Genre :Mystery, Crime

Storyteller

1949-03-02 6

The Case of Charles Peace

Charles Peace leads a double life, by day he's a respected local businessman, but by night he's a professional thief who stops at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants. ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Deep Thought (voice)

1981-02-09 7.203

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive. ...

Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction

Oscar

1979-01-27 5.2

The Old Crowd

George and Betty, a middle-class English couple, have just moved into a big Edwardian house in London and are throwing a party to celebrate. Unfortunately, after ten days none of their furniture has a ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Storton

1947-10-29 7.5

The White Unicorn

In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden. ...

Genre :Drama

Dr. Fell

1950-05-15 6

Room to Let

In 1904 London, neighbors begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may indeed be the famous Jack the Ripper. ...

Genre :Mystery, Horror

Dr. Morelle

1949-06-27 6.4

Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress

An heiress suddenly vanishes! A detective comes to the forlorn mansion of the missing heiress's wheel-chair-ridden uncle to discover the secret behind the disappearance. ...

Genre :Mystery

Dr. George Clinton

1946-11-30 4.9

The Night Comes Too Soon

When ghosts inhabit an Englishwoman's home, Dyall, a ghost hunter of sorts, takes on the poltergeists. Developments reveal a trio of spirits that includes a sailor, the seaman's late wife, and her lov ...

Genre :Horror

Narrator (uncredited)

1964-07-01 6.34

First Men in the Moon

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declarin ...

Genre :Adventure, Science Fiction

Narrator

1964-01-27 0

One Mile Square

Showcasing a trip around London in 1964, including the London Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral, and various markets, monuments, and features. ...

Genre :Documentary

Narrator (voice)

1946-01-01 6.5

This Is China

A fascinating compilation of scenes showing diversity and disparity in 1940s China. The ancient Forbidden City and Great Wall are followed by Shanghai’s metropolitan skyline; primitive farming methods ...

Genre :Documentary

Narrator

1964-01-21 0

The Money Makers

A short film looking at the production of small coins by the UK's Royal Mint. ...

Genre :Documentary

Toastmaster at Drew Party

1949-04-21 5.2

For Them That Trespass

In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where ...

Genre :Drama, Crime

Mr. Perfect

1946-07-07 0

Pool of Contentment

A secretarial pool dream of the ideal civil servant to be their boss. ...

Genre :

Tyneley

1954-01-21 5

Johnny-on-the-Spot

An ex-convict, who was framed, struggles to clear his name. ...

Genre :Crime

Alec's Friend Stephen Lynn (uncredited)

1945-11-24 7.703

Brief Encounter

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soo ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Narrator

1972-08-21 7

York

A portrait of the English city of York on the occasion of its 1900th anniversary. ...

Genre :Documentary

Inspector Grice

1952-05-01 6

Hammer the Toff

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula. ...

Genre :Crime

Narrator

1966-01-01 0

Our Incredible World

This documentary seems to be aimed at the same audience who paid to see Mondo Cane. Scenes include the birth of 12 piglets, the removal of a dog's cornea to be transplanted into a human, and a human t ...

Genre :Documentary

Inspector Grice

1952-12-02 5.5

Salute the Toff

The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films. ...

Genre :Crime

Superintendent

1949-11-29 6

Miss Pilgrim's Progress

An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and Country Planning Act. ...

Genre :Comedy

1950-04-30 0

The Body Said No!

A cabaret artist sees on her television set after viewing hours, a plot being discussed to murder Michael Rennie. Although her friends are sceptical she warns Rennie, but things are not what they seem ...

Genre :Comedy

Narrator

1966-03-14 9

Castles in the Air

The magnificent castles of the Dordogne province of France and the fairytale countryside surrounding them, narrated by Valentine Dyall. ...

Genre :Documentary

Ambrose

1960-06-01 0

Identity Unknown

Two reporters, a youth and a girl, find romance during interviews with relatives and friends of passengers in an ill-fated airliner. ...

Genre :Drama

Oliver Pike Harmsworth

1966-06-19 6.5

The Wrong Box

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so. ...

Genre :Comedy

Duke of Burgundy

1944-11-24 6.6

Henry V

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415. ...

Genre :History, Drama, War

Sir Lance Corporal

1965-01-01 0

One Man Band

An early cinema influenced tale of rags to riches by Bob Godfrey. Bruce Lacey stars as the hapless ‘little man’ who longs to stand in the shoes of his hero: conductor Lance Corporal. ...

Genre :Comedy

1961-09-05 0

Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value

Spike stars with Bob Todd, Bill Kerr, Graham Stark, Valentine Dyall, and Sheree Winton & a final TV outing for moustachioed 'token Italian' comedy actor Mario Fabrizi, who died 18 months later, aged j ...

Genre :Comedy

Black Guardian

1983-02-23 6.5

Doctor Who: Terminus

The TARDIS attaches itself to a space liner after Turlough, still under the Black Guardian's influence, damages its controls. The Doctor and Nyssa meet two space pirates, Kari and Olvir, who have come ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie

2nd Major Domo

1976-03-25 6.936

The Slipper and the Rose

Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the prince to wed no matter what. When the prince meets Cinderella at a ball, he's sure she's ...

Genre :Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

narrator

1982-03-31 9

Nursery Rhymes

70 favourite traditional songs and rhymes presented as a pop-up book which comes to life through animation, puppetry & live performances. The beautiful visual world draws on the work of such classic ...

Genre :Family, Music

Charles Heywood

1949-07-01 5.8

Vengeance Is Mine

In this crime drama, a man learns that he has six months left to live, and before he dies he decides to get revenge against the man responsible for his incarceration. First he hires a man to kill him ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Sir George Bell

1946-01-08 6.3

Night Boat to Dublin

British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist. ...

Genre :Thriller

Defence Councel

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

Inspector

1948-08-19 6.1

My Brother's Keeper

War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime

Warren Skelton

1944-06-01 6.5

Hotel Reserve

A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two. ...

Genre :Thriller

Counsel for the Defence (uncredited)

1948-02-23 5.705

Corridor of Mirrors

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, Mystery

Narrator (voice)

1978-10-13 10

A Child's Voice

Genre :Drama, Horror, Mystery, TV Movie

Television Actor

1953-04-09 6.7

The Final Test

Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray Jackson) to see his final innings. But Reggie pref ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama

God (uncredited)

1967-10-30 6.198

Bedazzled

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

Adrian

1984-03-26 8

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Himself - Narrator

1944-04-08 0

Penicillin

British documentary on the use of Penicillin. ...

Genre :Documentary

German Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1967-01-29 6.8

The Night of the Generals

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adol ...

Genre :Thriller, Mystery, War, Crime

Wilson

1961-10-12 6

Fate Takes a Hand

When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressee ...

Genre :Drama

The Astringer

1981-01-04 6.333

All's Well That Ends Well

Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena has a remedy that might cure him and win ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

1st. Guardsman

1945-12-11 6.1

Caesar and Cleopatra

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play. ...

Genre :Drama, History, Comedy

The Black Guardian

1983-02-09 7

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead

A warp ellipse draws the TARDIS off course. The Fifth Doctor's companions are separated from him not in space, but in time, and he has to deal with a treacherous schoolboy named Turlough. But why does ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Mr. Collett

1942-03-01 4.5

The Missing Million

Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after an attempt at blackmail by infamous criminal The Panda. His plucky sister Joan aids the police in their ...

Genre :Drama, Mystery

Man Telling Story at BBC

1949-01-07 6.2

Helter Skelter

A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

Prefecture of Police

1946-02-11 4.2

Frenzy

A spooky seance is held to discover the whereabouts, and the killer, of a sculptor's wife. ...

Genre :Thriller, Horror

von Schonborn

1943-07-26 7.5

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. Bu ...

Genre :War, Drama, Romance, Comedy

Marcade

1985-01-05 7

Love's Labour's Lost

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Jethrow Keane

1960-09-09 6.4

The City of the Dead

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants. ...

Genre :Mystery, Horror

Vesper Lynd's Assistant / Dr. Noah's Voice (uncredited)

1967-04-13 5.246

Casino Royale

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Comedy

Spencer

1948-10-13 7

Woman Hater

A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Army Judge Advocate

1949-05-20 6.533

Man on the Run

An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the ...

Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Narrator (voice)

1946-11-15 6

Cyprus Is an Island

A short history of the island is followed by views of the countryside and people in town and village. ...

Genre :Documentary

Mr Rochester

1982-05-27 6.323

Britannia Hospital

Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebrat ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Commentator

1965-01-01 0

Bash and Grab

A short promotional film sponsored by Security Express. ...

Genre :Documentary

The Black Guardian

1983-03-09 8

Doctor Who: Enlightenment

An Edwardian yacht in deep space races around the planets. There is a double agent in the TARDIS crew. The White Guardian warns the Fifth Doctor of great danger. Turlough must finally choose sides and ...

Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, TV Movie

Intelligence Director

1954-06-01 3

The Devil’s Jest

An aristocratic widow discovers that her former lover, a medical officer in the British army, is secretly a German spy. ...

Genre :Drama

The Black Guardian

1979-02-24 5

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor

The final segment of the Key to Time is at the heart of a devastating war between neighbouring planets Atrios and Zeos. The Fourth Doctor discovers that a sinister entity is manipulating events and th ...

Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, TV Movie

The Black Guardian (archive footage)

1981-03-21 6.8

Doctor Who: Logopolis

After an encounter with the Master, an airline stewardess named Tegan Jovanka becomes an unwitting stowaway aboard the TARDIS as it travels to the planet Logopolis. There, the Doctor discovers that th ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Adventure, Drama

Markgraf

1943-03-15 6

The Silver Fleet

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his pat ...

Genre :Drama, War

Norman Guard

1952-07-31 6.8

Ivanhoe

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart. ...

Genre :Adventure, Romance, History

Narrator (voice/ uncredited)

1974-04-01 5.392

The Beast Must Die

Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in the world. But one creature still evades him, the biggest game of all - a werewolf. ...

Genre :Horror, Mystery

The Mummy (voice)

1970-03-01 4.143

Bizarre

An offbeat anthology film, mix of sex, horror and humor filmed in varied styles. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Horror

Chancellor

1983-11-08 0

Martin Luther, Heretic

Martin Luther inspires a breakaway from the Roman Catholic church and is the founder of Protestantism. ...

Genre :Drama

Self - Narrator

1966-09-28 0

Winter Wonderland

A fun look at skiing on the famous slopes in the Haute Savoie District of France. ...

Genre :Documentary

Narrator (uncredited)

1961-01-01 5

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous ...

Genre :Adventure

Presiding Officer

1962-03-05 2

Operation Stogie

Two cadets are set an outrageous and wacky initiation test to prove their suitability for officer training. ...

Genre :Comedy

Deep Thought

1981-01-05 8.1

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman who life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitch ...

Genre :Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Nori

1978-01-02 7.2

Blake's 7

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship. ...

Genre :Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

1956-02-24 0

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d

The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d was the first serious attempt to translate the humour of The Goon Show to television. It was made by Associated-Rediffusion during 1956 and was broadcast only in the London ...

Genre :Comedy

1956-09-17 0

Son of Fred

Son of Fred was the successor series to The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d and A Show Called Fred. It was made by Associated-Rediffusion and broadcast only in the London area, Midlands and Northern England. ...

Genre :Comedy

1956-05-02 0

A Show Called Fred

A Show Called Fred was the successor series to The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d. It was made by Associated-Rediffusion and broadcast only in London area. It was 25 minutes plus adverts. It was predominantl ...

Genre :Comedy

1971-01-08 7

Six Dates with Barker

Six Dates with Barker is a series of six one-off, half hour situation comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by London Weekend Television early in 1971. Writers on the s ...

Genre :Comedy

1951-05-01 0

Treasure Island

Genre :

The Guardian

1963-11-23 7.869

Doctor Who

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British ...

Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Dr. Pascal Keldermans

1977-09-07 7.5

Secret Army

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo. ...

Genre :Drama, War & Politics

Angus, a Lord

1983-06-15 8

Blackadder

Black Adder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of the First World War. ...

Genre :Comedy

Lorrimer

1984-12-26 7.4

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library

Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Black Guardian

1963-11-23 7.869

Doctor Who

Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Seneca

1981-04-12 7

Peter and Paul

Peter and Paul assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Christ and their own personal conflicts. ...

Genre :Drama, Family

1956-07-06 7.5

Hancock's Half Hour

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC television comedy series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock with Sid James. The final series, renamed simply Hanc ...

Genre :Comedy

Inspector Kellogg

1960-12-10 0

The Cheaters

Genre :Drama

Butler

1961-01-07 7.725

The Avengers

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assista ...