Reginald Beckwith

AKA: William Reginald Beckwith

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1908-11-02

York, England, UK

Biography

Crew Roles

You're Only Young Twice!

Writer

Boys in Brown

Writer

This Man Is Mine

Adaptation

This Man Is Mine

Writer

Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {83}

Wilf Holmes

1959-01-11 7

Friends and Neighbours

During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a visit. ...

Genre :Comedy

Coggett

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

Mr. Meek

1957-11-09 7

Night of the Demon

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns ...

Genre :Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Rock

1954-01-07 6.847

The Million Pound Note

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds th ...

Genre :Comedy

J. C. Callahan

1953-05-28 6.63

Genevieve

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home. ...

Genre :Comedy

Capt. Jones

1958-11-11 6.7

The Horse's Mouth

Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on a ...

Genre :Comedy

Register Office Official

1965-10-05 6.7

The Big Job

A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Action

Harold Gunnison

1962-04-25 6.7

Night of the Eagle

A woman who may be a witch defends her husband from forces attempting to harm him. ...

Genre :Horror

Wildewinde

1960-07-12 5.206

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

Unterofficer

1962-06-01 6.3

The Password Is Courage

Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, War

Mr. Bigley

1951-11-20 6.7

Another Man's Poison

Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husba ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Captain le Grand

1955-02-11 3.5

The Lyons in Paris

The second in the series of films about the Lyon family, based on the BBC radio series Life With the Lyons. Ben Lyon appears to have forgotten his wedding anniversary making his wife Bebe furious. Whe ...

Genre :Comedy

Friar Tuck

1954-11-01 6.7

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubado ...

Genre :Adventure, History

Reporter

1964-12-31 5.958

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases ...

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Harold

1955-10-01 6.8

They Can't Hang Me

A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama

Publican

1958-05-13 5.5

Up the Creek

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Offi ...

Genre :Comedy

Gen. Ferdinand Velez

1965-09-29 7

The Secret of My Success

Arthur Tate is a dull-minded, low-ranking police officer in a small English town. However, with help from his kindly, perceptive mother, Arthur solves a murder committed by a local seamstress, takes d ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Boothby

1951-09-21 5

Mr. Drake's Duck

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm o ...

Genre :Comedy, Science Fiction

Professional Manager

1956-08-28 5.3

It's a Wonderful World

Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the tune hits the top of the charts, they find themselves having to produce ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Professor

1965-05-24 2.8

Gonks Go Beat

Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who become reunited th ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Science Fiction

Rev. Tripp-Johnson

1954-02-12 6.3

Fast and Loose

An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room. ...

Genre :Comedy

Bishop Wendover

1960-03-25 6.4

Bottoms Up!

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle ...

Genre :Comedy

Radio reporter

1952-07-01 5.7

You're Only Young Twice!

Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under an ...

Genre :Comedy

Reginald

1959-09-09 5.8

The Ugly Duckling

Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime

Mr. Duff

1961-06-01 6.2

Dentist on the Job

Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of toothpaste, but he knows that if the dentists learn that th ...

Genre :Comedy

University Porter

1957-09-17 5.354

Lucky Jim

Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled w ...

Genre :Comedy

Herbert Hardcastle

1956-10-01 5.6

A Touch of the Sun

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties. ...

Genre :Comedy

"Tiny" Burtweed

1959-01-06 5.8

The Captain's Table

A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship, he is less prepared for th ...

Genre :Comedy

1943-01-02 0

In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself

Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography. ...

Genre :Drama

Gates

1957-08-01 0

Light Fingers

Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is. ...

Genre :Comedy

Harry

1961-11-01 6.8

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultan ...

Genre :Science Fiction, Drama

Emil Fenner

1941-02-04 6.3

Freedom Radio

Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a poli ...

Genre :Drama, War

Landlord

1962-03-11 7.3

The Prince and the Pauper

In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the prince regains his rightful identity and graciously m ...

Genre :Adventure, TV Movie

Reporter (uncredited)

1964-12-31 5.958

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Fred Arnicarn

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

Lombardi

1964-04-27 0

Never Put It in Writing

An executive, passed over for a promotion, sends an angry letter to his bosses while in Ireland. Learning he's up for a better job, he rushes to retrieve the letter. ...

Genre :Comedy

Alfred 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

Vicar

1956-05-01 7

Charley Moon

A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old schoo ...

Genre :Music

J. Blacker

1956-01-01 6

The March Hare

Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surpr ...

Genre :Comedy

Warren

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

Lumdsen

1959-03-13 6.2

The 39 Steps

In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets. ...

Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Vickery

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

Journalist Foley

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

Meyer (uncredited)

1963-07-30 6.2

Doctor in Distress

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lanc ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr Watling

1960-08-08 5.9

Dentist in the Chair

The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary. ...

Genre :Comedy

Photographer

1953-07-22 4.8

Innocents in Paris

Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend. ...

Genre :Comedy

Sir Dagonet

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

Mr. Jenkins

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

Station Master

1960-08-31 6.1

There Was a Crooked Man

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is c ...

Genre :Comedy

Opposition Leader

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

Receptionist

1957-05-14 6

Carry On Admiral

Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack of sea knowledge causes several catastrophes, includ ...

Genre :Comedy

Jonathan

1954-01-01 0

Don't Blame the Stork

When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced to take it in. Katie O'Connor, an actress who has au ...

Genre :Comedy

Lt. H. R. Bowers RIM

1948-11-29 7.2

Scott of the Antarctic

The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a riv ...

Genre :Adventure, Drama, History

Receptionist

1964-06-23 7.177

A Shot in the Dark

Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irrita ...

Genre :Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Manson

1952-01-01 6

Whispering Smith Hits London

In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth who arrives in London on holiday, but is soon called in to solve the case of a suicide which the fathe ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Hairdresser

1957-07-03 6

These Dangerous Years

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier. ...

Genre :Crime, Drama, Music

Alfie Pearce

1954-11-22 4.5

Aunt Clara

A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments ...

Genre :Comedy

Mr. Kahn

1966-01-26 5.2

Where the Spies Are

A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent. ...

Genre :Comedy

Oliver

1951-04-17 6.455

Circle of Danger

An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid. ...

Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Rev. Tobias Craven

1959-12-01 5.125

Expresso Bongo

A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation. ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Mumford

1958-10-19 6

Rockets Galore

The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch sit ...

Genre :Comedy

Cast Member

1964-04-20 0

Kiss Me, Kate

A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they mu ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance, TV Movie

Kimp

1955-01-01 4

A Yank in Ermine

An American airman inherits an Earldom in England along with the small matter of $3 million on the proviso that he gives up his US citizenship. Unsure if he is prepared to make the sacrifice he take ...

Genre :Comedy

Smithers

1956-01-01 6.5

Jumping for Joy

At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back in shape, Willy crosses paths with a gang of crooks ...

Genre :Comedy

Parkhurst

1965-05-12 4

Mister Moses

A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland. ...

Genre :Adventure

Minister of Finance - Blacksmith

1952-03-24 6.4

Penny Princess

A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Telephone Man

1953-02-16 5.917

The Runaway Bus

When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where ...

Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Parson

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

Kenniston

1965-12-11 6.675

Thunderball

A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James ...

Genre :Adventure, Action, Thriller

Dusty

1955-01-01 5

Break in the Circle

An adventurer is hired by a German millionaire to help a Polish scientist escape to the West. ...

Genre :Drama

Scout Master

1952-05-02 6.3

Brandy for the Parson

A young couple get involved with a smuggler ...

Genre :Comedy

"Chippendale" Charlie Trust

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

Brother Geronimo

1961-02-01 6

Five Golden Hours

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness, who knows all about get-rich-quick schemes. ...

Genre :Comedy

1965-06-01 5

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment

Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs. ...

Genre :Comedy

Fred Tickle

1962-02-19 5

Hair of the Dog

Fred Tickle is commissionaire at a razor blade factory, and grows a beard after developing a shaving rash, but his new appearance doesn't go down well with management. ...

Genre :Comedy

Poldi

1954-07-13 7

Dance Little Lady

When a ballerina's career is ended after she's injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet star. Drama. ...

Genre :Drama

First Barber

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

The Tax Collector

1955-09-28 7.6

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League. ...

Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

Sir Henry Rainsford

1961-11-12 4.5

Sir Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the se ...

Genre :Action & Adventure

Enderby

1962-10-04 7.4

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

1956-07-06 7.3

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

Self (archive footage)

1994-08-12 6.5

The World of Hammer

The World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast from 12 August to 4 November 1994, the series is n ...