Peter Gawthorne

AKA:
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1884-08-31

Queen's County, Ireland

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {75}

Mr. Paraday

1934-10-01 0

My Old Dutch

Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - with time for some laughs - portrays the life and ha ...
Genre :Drama

Bowman

1954-06-25 5.8

Paid to Kill

A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Conray

1939-02-01 4

Dead Men Are Dangerous

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corpse. However, he soon finds himself accused of the murder of a maid at a near-by boarding house. ...
Genre :Crime

Sir James Alroyd

1936-07-28 6.9

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss

A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, Comedy

A.D. Newall

1935-08-01 5.8

Crime Unlimited

A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves. ...
Genre :Crime

Chief Constable

1939-04-29 7.4

Ask a Policeman

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves i ...
Genre :Comedy

Sir Cyril

1938-09-26 6.8

Convict 99

A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rathe ...
Genre :Comedy

Col. Willougby-Gore

1937-05-27 6.8

Good Morning, Boys!

Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay’s seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast including Charles Hawtrey and Lilli Palmer. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Fire Chief

1939-06-29 7

Where's That Fire

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

Sir Frederick (segment "Thief of London' story)

1954-01-01 0

Tale of Three Women

A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling Scotland Yard" ...
Genre :Crime

Sir Graham Forbes

1952-11-24 5.6

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

Mr. Barton

1935-09-01 5

Man of the Moment

Love blossoms after a young man rescues a pretty girl who attempted to drown herself. ...
Genre :Comedy

Butler

1933-01-15 6.1

Perfect Understanding

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Colonel

1941-05-17 6.9

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard ...
Genre :Crime

Major Shiptonthorpe

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

Jonas Urquhart

1939-05-01 7.6

Flying Fifty-Five

Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good at. His name and position work against him, however, so he adopts ...
Genre :Drama

Inspector Barlow

1934-12-07 0

Dirty Work

Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief. ...
Genre :Comedy

General Ettingen

1929-09-28 0

His Glorious Night

Being engaged against her will with a wealthy man, Princess Orsolini (Catherine Dale Owen) is in love with Captain Kovacs (John Gilbert), a cavalry officer she is secretly meeting. Her mother Eugenie ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Crossley's Guest

1945-10-21 6.5

Murder in Reverse?

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer. ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama

Joshua Gibson

1937-10-01 5.5

The Ticket of Leave Man

A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer. ...
Genre :Horror

Staff Colonel

1935-07-22 4.5

Me and Marlborough

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

General Bullington

1940-09-07 5.2

Three Silent Men

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Lake the Butler

1929-12-25 7.3

Sunny Side Up

Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since hi ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Chairman of Steel Company

1937-07-31 6.8

Brief Ecstasy

A remarkable story of love lost and found, as a young couple are separated by circumstance, and plunged into emotional turmoil by a reunion... ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Assistant Commissioner Sir Brian Moore

1937-08-19 7

Gangway

Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster. ...
Genre :Music

Col. Fairley

1934-10-08 0

The Camels Are Coming

A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang. ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy

Army General (uncredited)

1939-07-28 7.388

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mr. Brown

1932-06-11 3

Jack's the Boy

With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detect ...
Genre :Comedy

Chancellor

1939-03-07 7.3

Inspector Hornleigh

When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from t ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Inspector Duff

1931-04-11 6.5

Charlie Chan Carries On

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The firs ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Lord Carhampton

1939-08-13 0

Sword of Honour

A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National. ...
Genre :Drama

Businessman

1946-09-12 0

This Man Is Mine

One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results. ...
Genre :War, Comedy

Court Martial President

1937-08-23 5.8

Jericho

An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

1936-04-01 0

Pot Luck

A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Claude Pilkington

1940-03-23 5

Band Waggon

A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Lord Slade

1936-08-23 4.8

The Man Behind the Mask

A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker. ...
Genre :Drama

Marrhews

1930-04-12 0

Temple Tower

The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer and is based on the novel Temple Tower by Herman Cyril McNeile. Bulldog Drummond goes up against a group of jewel thieves led b ...
Genre :Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Father Shaney

1950-10-01 3.5

Soho Conspiracy

The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants to take over a restaurant, but the situation is saved by local co-operation. ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Lord Fairdown

1933-12-01 0

The House of Trent

It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies while he is making love to a press magnate's daughter. ...
Genre :Drama

First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)

1949-06-21 7.655

Kind Hearts and Coronets

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mo ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Parker

1930-10-10 4

Those Three French Girls

An addled Englishman's efforts to save three young women from eviction land them all in jail and leads to other adventures and mischief. ...
Genre :Comedy

Griggs

1931-01-11 3.5

The Man Who Came Back

A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable man of himself. ...
Genre :Drama

Kadir Pasha

1935-08-29 0

The Crouching Beast

In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist. ...
Genre :War, Action, Drama

Sir Herbert Tompkin

1937-10-04 5.5

Return of a Stranger

James Martin and Carol Wall have plans to elope, but a fight with her father's solicitor ends in murder committed by an unknown third-party, and Martin is hunted for the crime, knowing the solicitor w ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Duke of Richmond

1934-11-30 0

The Iron Duke

The life and times of the Duke of Wellington ...
Genre :Drama

Rolls

1933-09-13 0

Leave It to Smith

A pair of con men in Monte Carlo attach themselves to a nouveau rich American snob with a weakness for titles... ...
Genre :Comedy

Sidimir Koslowski

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

Stacey Lang

1938-03-30 0

Easy Riches

A quota quickie directed by Maclean Rogers in 1938, "Easy Riches" featured character players George Carney & Gus McNaughton as a couple of rival builders competing for the award of a big contract. ...
Genre :Comedy

Commanding Officer

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

Dr. Pope

1941-10-20 7.4

I Thank You

Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded when financial aid, given by the former famous music- ...
Genre :Comedy

Bit Role (uncredited)

1940-09-03 5.7

Crook's Tour

Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Police Supt

1941-06-28 5.7

Love on the Dole

Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotto ...
Genre :Drama

Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)

1941-09-06 6.675

Cottage to Let

Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight. ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Comedy

Mr. Fitzwilliam

1937-12-13 5

Father Steps Out

The film features 17 year old Dinah Sheridan as the daughter of the owner of a cheese factory (veteran actor Goerge Carney), who helps save her father from the action of a couple of swindlers. ...
Genre :Comedy

Commissionaire

1940-03-07 5

They Came by Night

A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Adm. Sir William Coltham

1944-02-07 6

Bell-Bottom George

George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in order to go to a party, George finds himself mistakenly pressed into the navy, where he gets involv ...
Genre :War, Comedy

Mr. Bixby

1929-10-05 5

One Hysterical Night

The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are actually having him committed to an insane asylum. Si ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Detective

1932-03-17 0

C.O.D.

A man assists a woman to dispose of the body of her stepfather.... ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Maj. Thesiger

1932-10-16 0

The Flag Lieutenant

A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice ...
Genre :Drama, War

Ferguson, the Butler

1932-06-02 7

His Lordship

The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for g ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

Lord Southcliff

1932-09-08 5.2

The Lodger

An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings. ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Romance, Crime

Sir Edmond Jessyl

1937-08-01 5

Under a Cloud

Jimmy Forbes returns to England after being on the run in Australia for 20 years. He finds that his wife has gone up in the world and become wealthy. Their children know little about him but as he obs ...
Genre :Crime

1936-10-21 6

Crime Over London

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store. ...
Genre :Adventure, Romance, Crime

Sir John

1939-12-01 4

Traitor Spy

A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints. ...
Genre :Mystery

Counsel

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

Mr. Cartwright

1941-06-08 6.5

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts

Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention ...
Genre :Comedy, Horror

Mr. Higgins

1935-10-28 6.5

No Limit

George Shuttleworth is convinced that he has the talent to win the Isle of Man TT races, despite what his neighbours back home in Wigan may think. During the trials, the brakes go on George's bike, 'T ...
Genre :Comedy

Bit Role (uncredited)

1936-12-01 7.7

Windbag the Sailor

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an u ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Hatch

1934-12-10 6

Something Always Happens

Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When the man rejec ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mortimer Harvey

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

Jenkins

1949-12-01 0

High Jinks in Society

After foiling a robbery, Ben, a window cleaner is hired by Lady Barr-Nunn to guard her valuables. A comedy based on class divisions and snobbery. ...
Genre :Comedy

Police Inspector

1935-08-01 0

Stormy Weather

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appoint ...
Genre :Comedy

RAF Officer

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

Mr. Justice Lopes

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

Admiral

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