Irene Handl

AKA:

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1901-12-27

Maida Vale, London, England, UK

Biography

Irene Handl (27 December 1901 - 29 November 1987) was a British character actress.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {124}

Miss Peach

1969-06-02 7

The Italian Job

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very fa ...

Genre :Action, Crime, Comedy, Thriller

Miss Harker-Parker

1960-12-22 6.2

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infat ...

Genre :Comedy

Distraught Mother

1960-02-22 6.3

Carry On Constable

With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck operations of the pol ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Kite

1959-08-18 6.7

I'm All Right Jack

Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that t ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Carter

1959-03-10 5.9

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office i ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Stringer

1960-03-24 6.922

School for Scoundrels

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by uns ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Delt

1966-04-03 6.2

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leon ...

Genre :Comedy

Winnie Wainwhisle

1970-06-17 6.8

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. She goes to a doctor of hypnosis to do it. But ...

Genre :Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Drama

Cinema Usherette

1980-09-11 6.351

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk roc ...

Genre :Comedy, Documentary, Music

Mrs. Peurofoy

1968-05-17 5.2

Wonderwall

The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated by her. He drills holes in her walls and ceiling an ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

1950-02-23 6.8

Stage Fright

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer. ...

Genre :Thriller

Cook

1967-01-01 0

The Mini-Affair

A leading pop star is kidnapped in swinging London. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mrs. Spicer

1960-11-01 6

No Kidding

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoy ...

Genre :Comedy

Frau Von Koerner

1942-08-24 0

Uncensored

During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. The ...

Genre :Drama

Grand Old Lady

1982-10-18 8.2

It's Your Move

A silent slapstick comedy depicting the travails of young couple moving into a new home, who hire an accident-prone firm of house removers, headed by Sykes. It features an all-star cast including Tomm ...

Genre :Comedy

Lady Bovington

1977-04-28 4.86

Come Play with Me

Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in the surrounding towns and men from all over the reg ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Phillimore

1977-04-04 4.8

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers

Some British soldiers in Singapore are more concerned with finding sex than finding Communists. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Butters

1949-05-23 6

The Perfect Woman

In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be th ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Florence Bell

1961-04-10 5.4

A Weekend with Lulu

Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Tidmarsh

1952-11-10 6

Top Secret

A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The ...

Genre :Comedy

Cook

1949-02-01 7.3

Silent Dust

A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son sh ...

Genre :Drama

Miss Trotter

1945-05-28 0

For You Alone

Wartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman torn between her love for a naval officer and duty to an injured admirer. ...

Genre :Drama, Music

Ma

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

Trude

1944-08-02 6.8

Mr. Emmanuel

An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr. Emmanuel’s efforts to seek out Hertha Rosenhein ...

Genre :Drama

Edie Hornett

1961-08-14 6.5

Watch It, Sailor!

Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must ...

Genre :Comedy

Miss Haddock

1944-07-31 6.2

Give Us the Moon

Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the youn ...

Genre :Comedy

Lady Agnes

1949-03-31 5.7

Cardboard Cavalier

Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and N ...

Genre :Comedy

Rene Smith

1963-05-20 6.3

Heavens Above!

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town. His belief in charity and ...

Genre :Comedy

Ruby Towser

1947-03-10 6.2

The Shop at Sly Corner

The French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, (Oskar Homolka) has become disillusioned with society since his torture as a prisoner on Devil's Island, since when he has allowed his shop to become ...

Genre :Drama

Ada Bingley

1972-01-01 7.3

For the Love of Ada

Walter and Ada Bingley are celebrating their first wedding anniversary unaware that their friends and family are planning a surprise party for them. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Miss Friggin

1977-03-04 4.294

Adventures of a Private Eye

While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue. ...

Genre :Comedy

Madame Edna

1958-03-04 6.2

Happy Is the Bride

In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the co ...

Genre :Comedy

Elderly Woman

1965-08-03 5.6

You Must Be Joking

A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items. ...

Genre :Comedy

1964-11-15 0

The Importance of Being Earnest

TV adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Jack pretends to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in order to be a model of moral rectitude to his young ward, Cecily. And he intends to propose to Gwendol ...

Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Mrs. Gammon

1946-06-17 5

I'll Turn to You

When a soldier returns from the Far East after the war, he and his wife have to adjust to life at home. ...

Genre :Music

Mrs. Abramowitz

1955-08-15 6.438

A Kid for Two Farthings

Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a u ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy

Mrs. Price

1960-12-20 6.643

Two Way Stretch

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First h ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime

Mrs. Maggs

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

Ethel Gowshall

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

Mrs. Victory

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

Neighbour

1939-10-26 5.2

On the Night of the Fire

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Beer

1940-11-30 0

George and Margaret

The Frictions of a suburban family come to boiling point. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Dewar

1938-05-01 0

Strange Boarders

Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding ...

Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Comedy

Frau

1943-09-06 5.5

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

Madame Spolinski

1960-08-09 7.1

Make Mine Mink

In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds ...

Genre :Comedy

Miss Patch

1959-01-05 6

Desert Mice

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to camp. ...

Genre :Comedy, War

Inn Proprietress

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

Mrs. Harper

1961-05-06 5.7

Double Bunk

When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to ...

Genre :Comedy

Elsie

1961-10-10 6.5

Nothing Barred

Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of ...

Genre :Comedy

Lily

1960-01-31 6.5

Inn for Trouble

Peggy Mount and David Kossoff star as Ada and Alf Larkin in this big screen version of the hugely popular 1950s TV comedy. Alf Larkin has finally made good his dream to own a pub. The trouble is, it's ...

Genre :Comedy

Gertrude Mary Blaker

1940-08-28 6.417

Girl in the News

An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares fo ...

Genre :Crime, Thriller

Mrs. Gammon

1957-10-14 6.5

Small Hotel

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job whi ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Crowley, Greengrocer

1958-08-04 8

Next to No Time

Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his de ...

Genre :Comedy

Woman in Train

1958-06-09 6.2

Law and Disorder

When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an as ...

Genre :Comedy

Miss Bell

1940-04-13 6.6

Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard

An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium. ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Professor MacRitchie

1960-07-12 5.5

Doctor in Love

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior ...

Genre :Comedy

1943-10-11 6.5

Rhythm Serenade

Patriotic musical romance. After her school is closed, teacher Ann tries to join up. However, she is persuaded to organise a nursery for a munitions factory. ...

Genre :Romance, Drama, Music

The Cellist and Organist (uncredited)

1945-11-24 7.705

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

Mrs. Crevatte

1961-03-07 7.8

The Rebel

Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented ar ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs Hickson

1959-01-30 6.362

Carry On Nurse

In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt stan ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Beam

1944-02-07 5.2

It's in the Bag

Gert and Daisy attempt to retrieve an old dress containing £2,000. They have to impersonate two thespians, and bring all sorts of trouble to a stage-play. ...

Genre :Comedy

Lil

1968-01-01 6

Lionheart

A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy. ...

Genre :Family

Mrs. Hudson

1970-10-29 6.8

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the ...

Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Adventure, History

Mrs. Hackett

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

Mrs. Nugent

1941-05-10 5

The Spell of Amy Nugent

A young man's fiancé dies after contracting a terminal illness, and in his efforts to contact her he gets involved with a group of spiritualists. ...

Genre :Horror, Drama

Lady on crossing

1976-01-01 0

Room to Let

Smoke bombs fail to dislodge an old busker who has taken over the kids' headquarters, an abandoned circus caravan. One of Magpie's hidden treasures, a half-eaten fish, finally drives him out. ...

Genre :

Mrs Larkin

1986-04-04 5.492

Absolute Beginners

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly c ...

Genre :Drama, Music, Romance

Councillor

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 :

Burgomaster's wife

1941-02-01 5.5

Gasbags

It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barr ...

Genre :War, Adventure, Comedy

Bit Part

1941-07-28 7.06

'Pimpernel' Smith

Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, s ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Mrs. Farnsworth

1944-11-06 6.5

Medal for the General

A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII. ...

Genre :War, Drama

Ma Perkins

1943-08-16 5

I'll Walk Beside You

John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing Joh ...

Genre :Drama

Mrs Gimble

1967-12-20 6.2

Smashing Time

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs Dailey

1970-06-16 4.8

Doctor in Trouble

Dr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also on board the cruise ship is an old school chum of Burke's who plays 'Dr. ...

Genre :Comedy

Clerk

1958-05-28 6

The Key

In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a ...

Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Landlady

1943-06-01 5.536

Millions Like Us

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other ...

Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Madame de Bonneuil

1986-03-02 4

Hotel du Lac

Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests. ...

Genre :Drama, TV Movie

Nanny

1952-06-01 5.4

Treasure Hunt

Short of money the owners of Ballyroden Hall must attempt to run it as a guest house, but not everyone is happy about the plan. ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Barrymore

1978-08-01 4.6

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to uncover the truth about a hound who roams the moors, ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Miss Gale

1954-09-28 6.3

The Belles of St. Trinian's

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Maky ...

Genre :Comedy

Nanny

1978-12-24 7

The Light Princess

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness. ...

Genre :Fantasy

Gran

1981-05-01 4

Riding High

Riding High is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ross Cramer and starring Eddie Kidd, Irene Handl and Murray Salem. The screenplay concerns a bored young motorcycle messenger who begins training t ...

Genre :Action, Comedy, Drama

Mme. Blanche

1954-11-16 6.1

Mad About Men

Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance

Mrs. Wilson

1942-06-02 0

Partners in Crime

A parallel is drawn between a housewife's dealings with her butcher, and a burglar and his fence (receiver). ...

Genre :Comedy

Maggie Turner

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

Mrs. Raymond

1954-07-05 5.5

Burnt Evidence

Duncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally shoots Hylton's lover. Convinced that he's a murderer, he heads for the hills as a police hunt begins... Cla ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

Waitress

1954-02-02 6.364

The Weak and the Wicked

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in ...

Genre :Drama

Mrs. Potter

1957-03-04 7.1

Brothers in Law

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case ...

Genre :Comedy

Bebe

1959-06-01 0

The Crowning Touch

Several stories linked by a hat. ...

Genre :Comedy

Receptionist

1956-10-02 1

The Silken Affair

An accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree. ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Romance

Neighbour

1956-05-07 6

It's Never Too Late

To Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes all their lives run more smoothly. But although they don’t know it, she is a very successful novelist and when her screenplay comes ...

Genre :Comedy

Kitchen Maid

1938-05-02 6.3

The Terror

For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-c ...

Genre :Mystery

Mrs Billingsgate

1959-10-10 5.9

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double ...

Genre :Comedy, War

Rosie

1953-11-30 6

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene

The story leading up to the wedding of Lilli Marlene. ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music

Mrs. Mactavish

1947-09-01 4.5

The Hills of Donegal

Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marry Terry O'Keefe (John Bentley). ...

Genre :Drama

Stationmaster (uncredited)

1940-08-31 7.25

Night Train to Munich

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the se ...

Genre :Drama, Thriller, War

Lady serving Tea in Tea Stall.

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

Housewife

1963-02-01 3.7

Just for Fun

When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own political party. ...

Genre :Music

(uncredited)

1944-07-28 5.7

English Without Tears

While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family ...

Genre :Comedy

Mrs. Fletcher

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

Miss Wormwood

1977-06-15 5.659

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family heirloom. ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Comedy

Miss Slenderparts

1976-09-01 4.714

Confessions of a Driving Instructor

Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are ...

Genre :Comedy

'Woody' Woodman

1949-10-30 0

Dark Secret

A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant. ...

Genre :Crime

Mrs. Crouch, Manageress (uncredited)

1949-05-31 6.6

Adam and Evelyne

A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Large Woman

1959-11-02 5.6

Upstairs and Downstairs

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Wels ...

Genre :Comedy

Customer (uncredited)

1956-03-20 5.2

Who Done It?

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British sc ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime

Lady with the Dog

1953-11-30 5.1

Meet Mr. Lucifer

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time. ...

Genre :Fantasy, Comedy

Staff Sergeant Hodges

1960-08-25 5.7

A French Mistress

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Sudd ...

Genre :Comedy

Self

1969-01-01 0

Look at Life: Saturday Special

Behind the scenes with the Children's Film Foundation, including the making of Lionheart. ...

Genre :Documentary

Emily Pepys

1951-05-16 4.5

One Wild Oat

A lawyer's plan to break up his daughter's budding romance backfires when the boyfriend's father becomes involved. ...

Genre :Comedy

1970-04-20 7.3

For the Love of Ada

For the Love of Ada is an ITV sitcom that ran between 1970 - 1971. Irene Handl and Wilfred Pickles are senior citizens who find that as romance blossoms, so does emotional turmoil. The series gently ...

Genre :Comedy

Granny

1980-09-06 5.2

Metal Mickey

Scientific whizkid Ken Wilberforce thought a robot would be a help around the house, so he built Metal Mickey. But someone interferes - and deep within Mickey's electronic innards, something stirs... ...

Genre :Comedy, Family, Kids

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

Polly

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...

Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

1987-11-16 0

Never Say Die

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1968-04-03 0

Mum's Boys

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Mrs. Perry

1976-08-13 7

Maggie and Her

Genre :Comedy

1961-11-02 0

Stryker of the Yard

Genre :Crime, Drama

Self

1982-02-25 7

The Kenny Everett Television Show

Sketch comedy show starring Kenny Everett. ...

Genre :Comedy

Irene The Neigbour

1979-07-28 0

The Cannon & Ball Show

A comedy variety show featuring the double act of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball. ...

Genre :Comedy

Clinging Ivey

1985-01-20 6.5

Super Gran

Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with super powers and her arch nemesis, The Scunner Campbell. ...

Genre :Comedy, Family, Crime

Madame Astoria

1969-06-23 0

World in Ferment

A British send-up of news magazine programmes, celebrities, and broadcasters that proudly declared “no matter where in the world news is being made, we will be somewhere else – poised to bring you the ...

Genre :

1985-09-15 0

Theatre Night

A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays. ...

Genre :Drama

Cousin Looby

1982-02-16 0

Legacy of Murder

Legacy of Murder is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC in six half-hour episodes between 16 February and 23 March 1982. A struggling London private detective and his assi ...