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Ralph Truman
Ralph du Vergier Truman (7 May 1900 – 15 October 1977) was an English actor, usually cast as either a villain or an authority figure. He possessed a distinguished speaking voice. He was born in London, England. Truman originally studied at the Royal College of Music and was a regular performer on the radio from 1925, appearing in an estimated 5,000 broadcasts. His best-remembered film roles include Tigellinus in MGM's ''Quo Vadis'' (1951), the French herald Mountjoy in Laurence Olivier's film '' Henry V'' (1944), the evil Monks in David Lean's ''Oliver Twist'' (1948), George Merry in the Walt Disney version of ''Treasure Island'' (1950), and the Police Inspector in Alfred Hitchcock's '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956). He also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including ''Danger Man''. He died 15 October 1977 in Ipswich, Suffolk aged 77. Selected filmography * '' City of Song'' (1931) (uncredited) * '' The Bells'' (1931) as Blacksmith * ''The Shadow'' (1933) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spotlight (Casting Services Company)
Spotlight is the largest casting resource in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1927, it has over 70,000 actors, actresses, presenters, dancers, and stunt performers in its database. It is used by thousands of production companies, broadcasters, advertisement agencies, and casting directors. Clients range from large organisations such as the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 to smaller production companies. It publishes its "Contacts" handbook both in hard copy and as an e-book An ebook (short for electronic book), also known as an e-book or eBook, is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices. Alt .... It includes listings for over 5,000 companies, services, and individuals across all branches of film, television, stage, video games, and voice acting. Spotlight is one of the most successful companies in casting, generating over £10 million per year. Although estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Man
''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. ''Danger Man'' was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment. Series development The idea for ''Danger Man'' originated with Ralph Smart an associate of Lew Grade, head of ITC Entertainment. Grade was looking for formats that could be exported. Ian Fleming was brought in to collaborate on series development, but left before development was complete. Like James Bond, the main character is a globetrotting British spy (although one who works for NATO rather than MI6), who cleverly extricates himself from life-threatening situations and introduces himself as "Drake...John Drake." Fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father O'Flynn
''Father O'Flynn'' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Wilfred Noy and Walter Tennyson and starring Thomas F. Burke, Jean Adrienne and Robert Chisholm. It was made Shepperton Studios.Wood p.85 Cast * Thomas F. Burke as Father O'Flynn * Jean Adrienne as Macushla Westmacott * Robert Chisholm as Nigel Robertson * Henry Oscar as Westmacott * Ralph Truman as Fawcett * Dorothy Vernon as Bridget O'Flynn * Denis O'Neil as Tim Flannagan * Johnnie Schofield as Cassidy * Louis Goodrich as Sir John Robertson * Billy Holland as Muldoon, mob leader * Esma Lewis as Marie, French maid * Clifford Buckton * Robert Hobbs * Stanley Kirby * Ethel Revnell * The Sherman Fisher Girls as Dancers * Gracie West Ethel Revnell (12 July 1896–24 August 1978) and Gracie West (born Grace May Prudden, 12 October 1892–21 June 1989) were a British comedy double act, most popular in the 1930s and 1940s though Revnell continued to perform into the 1960s ... * Ian Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubilee Window
''Jubilee Window'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Sebastian Shaw, Ralph Truman and Olive Melville.Wood p.86 Cast * Sebastian Shaw as Peter Ward * Ralph Truman as Dan Stevens * Olive Melville as Margery Holroyd * Frank Birch as Ambrose Holroyd * Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Holroyd * Michael Shepley as Dacres * Winifred Oughton as Mrs. Tribbets * Robert Horton as Sir Edward Musgrove * Dorothy Hammond as Lady Musgrove * Mark Daly as Dave * Walter Amner * Frank Bertram * Doris Hare Doris Breamer Hare, MBE (1 March 1905 – 30 May 2000) was a British actress, comedian, singer, and dancer best known for portraying Mabel Butler in the British sitcom '' On the Buses'' and its film spin-offs, after replacing the original actr ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silent Passenger
''The Silent Passenger'' is a British black-and-white mystery film produced in 1935 at Ealing Studios, London. It is based on an original story written by Sayers specifically for the screen. Her amateur sleuth was portrayed as a somewhat eccentric comical aristocrat who solved murders in spite of himself. As of 2014, the film is available on DVD. Plot Maurice Windermere, a blackmailer, is absconding to France with Mollie Ryder, one of his victims. While waiting for the train to take them to the cross Channel ferry, he is murdered by the husband of another one of his victims, railway detective Henry Camberley (Donald Wolfit). John Ryder (John Loder), Mollie's husband, jealously searching for her, breaks into Windermere's room just after Camberley has killed Windermere and hidden him in a trunk. Ryder assaults Camberley, who he assumes is Windermere, and demands the tickets Windermere purchased for himself and Mollie, intending to surprise his wife by taking Windermere's place on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Case Of Gabriel Perry
''The Case of Gabriel Perry'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Henry Oscar, Olga Lindo and Margaret Lockwood. Plot An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman. Cast * Henry Oscar as Gabriel Perry * Olga Lindo as Mrs Perry * Margaret Lockwood as Mildred Perry * Franklin Dyall as Prosecution * Raymond Lovell as Defence * John Wood as Godfrey Perry * Martita Hunt as Mrs Read * Rodney Ackland as Tommy Read * Percy Walsh as William Read * Ralph Truman as Inspector White * Alastair Sim as Minor role Critical reception ''Allmovie AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide) is an online database with information about films, television programs, and screen actors. , AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne. History AllMovie was founded by popular-cult ...'' described it as a "rusty-dusty British courtroom drama." References External links *''The Case of Gabriel Perry''at TCMDB Films directed by Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's My Uncle
''That's My Uncle'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Mark Daly, Richard Cooper and Betty Astell. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie for release by Universal Pictures.Wood p.88 Cast * Mark Daly as Walter Frisbee * Richard Cooper as Arthur Twindle * Betty Astell as Maudie * Margaret Yarde as Mrs. Frisbee * Michael Shepley as Chrlie Cookson * Wally Patch as Splinty Woods * David Horne as Col. Marlowe * Hope Davy as Betty Marlowe * Ralph Truman as Monty * Gladys Hamer * Colin Lesslie Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Witnesses (film)
''Three Witnesses'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Henry Kendall, Eve Gray and Sebastian Shaw. It was made at Twickenham Studios as a quota quickie.Low p.88 The screenplay concerns a man who arrested on suspicion of murdering his brother. Premise After one of the partners in a haulage company is murdered, his brother is arrested on suspicion of the crime. A solicitor sets out to prove his innocence. Cast * Henry Kendall as Leslie Trent * Eve Gray as Margaret Truscott * Sebastian Shaw as Roger Truscott * Garry Marsh as Charles Rowton * Gerald Pring as Mark Boddington * Richard Cooper as Claude Pember * Geraldine Fitzgerald as Diane Morton * Noel Dryden as Cyril Truscott * Ralph Truman as Mr Albert Bellman * Gladys Hamer as Mrs. Bellman * Gerald Hamer * Henry Wolston Henry may refer to: People * Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lad
''The Lad'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gordon Harker, Betty Stockfeld and Jane Carr. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. Plot Bill Shane is The Lad, an opportunistic petty criminal mistaken for a private detective. When Shane arrives at a remote country estate, he's offered much money not to delve into the private affairs of the Fandon family. Shane is all for taking the money and duping the family, but on being reunited with ex-girlfriend Pauline, now the Fandon's maid, he decides to turn over a new leaf. Cast * Gordon Harker as Bill Shane aka The Lad * Betty Stockfeld as Lady Fandon * Jane Carr as Pauline Grant * Michael Shepley as Arthur Maddeley * Gerald Barry as Lord Fandon * Geraldine Fitzgerald as Joan Fandon * Sebastian Shaw as Jimmy * John Turnbull as Inspector Martin * Ralph Truman as O'Shea * David Hawthorne as Major Grannitt * Wilfrid Caithness as Tanner * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'Ye Ken John Peel?
''D'Ye Ken John Peel?'' (released in America as ''Captain Moonlight'') is a 1935 British adventure film directed by Henry Edwards and starring John Garrick, Winifred Shotter and Stanley Holloway. It was made at Julius Hagen's Twickenham Studios. It takes its name from the traditional hunting song of the same name. The film's sets were designed by the art director James A. Carter. Major John Peel returns to England from serving in the Napoleonic Wars to discover that his friend Lucy Merrall is now engaged to be married to local villain Sir Charles Hawksley. Film critic David Parkinson, writing in '' The Radio Times'', gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and called the film a "a crusty old melodrama in the Tod Slaughter tradition", with Leslie Perrins "chewing the scenery with a delicious lack of restraint". He summarised: "This is anything but a lost classic, but there is the chance to see Stanley Holloway as Sam Small, the character he adopted for so many of his famous mono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieut
A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations. The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often subdivided into senior (first lieutenant) and junior (second lieutenant and even third lieutenant) ranks. In navies, it is often equivalent to the army rank of captain; it may also indicate a particular post rather than a rank. The rank is also used in fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces. Lieutenant may also appear as part of a title used in various other organisations with a codified command structure. It often designates someone who is "second-in-command", and as such, may precede the name of the rank directly above it. For example, a "lieutenant master" is likely to be second-in-command to the "master" in an organisation using both ranks. Political uses include lieutenant governor in various gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Flaw
''The Perfect Flaw'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Naomi Waters, Ralph Truman and William Hartnell. The screenplay concerns a clerk who is planning to murder a stockbroker but is foiled in the attempt. Cast * Naomi Waters ... Phyllis Kearns * D. A. Clarke-Smith ... Louis Mddox * Ralph Truman ... Richard Drexel * Wally Patch ... Bert * Charles Carson ... Henry Kearns * Romilly Lunge ... Jack Robbins * William Hartnell ... Vickers * Hal Walters Henry Paul "Hal" Walters (29 January 1892 – 7 September 1940) was a British actor. He was best known for his role in ''The Four Feathers'' (1939). He was killed by a bomb in an air raid during the London Blitz. Selected filmography * ''Just ... ... Jennings References External links * 1934 films 1934 crime films Films directed by H. Manning Haynes British black-and-white films British crime films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-crime-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
