Johnnie Schofield

AKA: Johnny Schofield, Johnnie William Schofield
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1889-03-09

Islington, Middlesex, England, UK

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {74}

Joe Garbett

1942-12-07 7.2

Went the Day Well?

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the vi ...
Genre :War, Thriller

Inspector Robson

1947-03-10 6.269

The Shop at Sly Corner

The French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, has become disillusioned with society since his torture as a prisoner on Devil's Island, since when he has allowed his shop to become a front for cri ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Bert the Barman (uncredited)

1944-08-21 6

They Came to a City

People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy

Ted Higgins

1938-07-24 6.3

Incident in Shanghai

An unhappy wife falls for an injured pilot. ...
Genre :

Len Bright

1953-07-01 4

Wheel of Fate

Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over Lucky, a beautiful band singer. Then their life is ...
Genre :Thriller

Lorry Driver

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

Ernie

1943-11-18 6.3

The Demi-Paradise

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by h ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Barman

1948-09-27 7.7

Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole. ...
Genre :Drama

Window Cleaner

1948-11-01 4.5

A Piece of Cake

Set in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril dreams up an ode to an imaginary character named Merlin Mound who can provide anything one can wish. Merlin becomes real and gran ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

1937-08-08 6

Song of the Road

After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looki ...
Genre :Drama

Publicity Man

1937-06-28 0

Make-Up

Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studio ...
Genre :Drama

Arsenal Doctor

1939-11-01 6.909

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was mur ...
Genre :Mystery

Armed Guard of POWs on Ferry

1939-08-03 6.395

The Spy in Black

A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet. ...
Genre :War, Thriller

1st Chauffeur

1949-11-30 6.5

The Rocking Horse Winner

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts. ...
Genre :Drama

Man In Club Showing George Tricks (uncredited)

1938-02-10 8.1

I See Ice

George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue.... ...
Genre :Comedy

Trade Union Man

1948-02-05 6.6

My Brother Jonathan

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

1949-04-21 5.042

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

uncredited

1949-04-21 5.042

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

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

Solicitous Steward

1940-07-12 6.115

Let George Do It!

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, War

(uncredited)

1954-06-01 5

Scarlet Web

An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Policeman

1940-12-02 6.8

Spare a Copper

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed ...
Genre :Comedy

Waiter at the Cab Drivers Shelter

1940-05-11 7.1

Contraband

During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies. ...
Genre :Thriller, War

John (Man Working On Carriage At Stables)

1940-08-31 7.088

Gaslight

Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

1933-01-01 0

The Pride of the Force

This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller, and sees the wildly popular, rubber-faced actor and entertainer – once touted as Elstree's own Clark Gable – playing identical ...
Genre :Comedy

ARP Warden (uncredited)

1952-10-23 6.2

The Gentle Gunman

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Crime

Bert (uncredited)

1943-01-01 7

A Welcome to Britain

An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting w ...
Genre :Documentary, Comedy

Peter Tooley

1935-04-27 5.3

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Horror

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

R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)

1945-04-05 6.947

Blithe Spirit

A harmless séance at a novelist's home summons the ghost of his glamorous first wife. ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

Sam Mitchell

1943-01-01 0

Down Melody Lane

The story of a Variety Theatre, illustrated by performers from its past. ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Cyril

1938-08-16 6

Lassie from Lancashire

Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty overworks them, but Jenny is lucky enough to find ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

P.C. Jimmy Green

1943-05-31 7

Old Mother Riley Detective

A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed is stolen, and the police fear gangsters are plan ...
Genre :Comedy

Stationmaster

1942-03-02 4.3

Bob's Your Uncle

Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy a tank for the village. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jones

1945-06-16 6

The Way to the Stars

Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pil ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

1936-08-16 5.6

Song of Freedom

John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English dockworker with a magnificent voice and a yearning to lear ...
Genre :Drama, Music

Tom Abbott

1941-12-22 7

Sheepdog of the Hills

Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister. ...
Genre :Drama

Sergeant Dawkins

1944-04-28 6.2

Tawny Pipit

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

Sgt. in Dance Cafe (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

Railway Porter

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

Officer Reading Heliograph Message (uncredited)

1940-12-14 7.2

Sailors Three

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that t ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Chip Shop Owner

1946-06-17 6.4

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

George,The Crowson's Next Door Neighbour

1943-06-01 5.5

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

1st Observer (uncredited)

1942-08-01 6.7

The Goose Steps Out

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Fred (uncredited)

1947-06-25 5.875

Dancing with Crime

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's fri ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cashier (uncredited)

1950-06-15 7.478

Night and the City

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Joe Dobson (uncredited)

1952-03-16 6.3

Home at Seven

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Home Guard Sergeant

1943-01-01 0

The New Lot

A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit. ...
Genre :War, Drama

Porter

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

Lewis Gun Instructor (uncredited)

1944-06-09 6.526

The Way Ahead

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered ca ...
Genre :Drama, War

Villager (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

Man

1940-03-01 0

Now You're Talking

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant worker, who lets slip vital information about some overnight research ...
Genre :Comedy, War

British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)

1947-08-26 6.7

Captain Boycott

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their ri ...
Genre :Drama, History

Jim Barnes (uncredited)

1953-02-09 5.5

The Net

A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious acciden ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Mystery

Spike

1937-10-01 5

Rhythm Racketeer

A Chicago gangster steals jewels and frames his band leader double. ...
Genre :Crime, Music

Police Sergeant

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

Lance-Corporal

1942-06-15 5.1

The Next of Kin

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy ta ...
Genre :Drama, War, Thriller, Mystery

Purvis

1945-12-17 4.5

The Echo Murders

Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes. ...
Genre :Thriller

Accident witness

1946-07-25 0

It Might Be You

A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents. ...
Genre :Documentary

(Uncredited)

1953-07-13 7.1

The Square Ring

Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers. ...
Genre :Drama

Factory Watchman (uncredited)

1946-01-08 6.3

Night Boat to Dublin

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

Coxswain

1942-09-17 6.8

In Which We Serve

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains h ...
Genre :Drama, War

Joe (uncredited)

1944-05-08 5.167

Fanny by Gaslight

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

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

Milkman

1943-05-16 7.2

The Bells Go Down

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings o ...
Genre :Drama, War

Ticket Collector

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

Trap Door Stage Hand (uncredited)

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

Jim - Lorry Driver (uncredited)

1952-03-05 6.4

I Believe in You

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges. ...
Genre :Drama

1942-09-21 5.7

The Young Mr. Pitt

This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Maurice's Taxi Driver

1951-01-30 2.667

Blackmailed

A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website) ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Night Porter

1951-01-12 6.6

White Corridors

White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marrin ...
Genre :

1943-04-15 6.4

We Dive at Dawn

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their fami ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

1954-12-09 6

Carrington V.C.

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act in his own ...
Genre :Drama

Waiter

1939-07-01 0

Down Our Alley

Farce. The story of jazz band leader's rise to fame. ...
Genre :Comedy