John Stuart (actor)
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John Stuart, born John Alfred Louden Croall (18 July 1898 – 17 October 1979), was a Scottish
Scottish people
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 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...

.

He was born in Edinburgh
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, Scotland
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.

His first talkie Kitty
Kitty (1929 film)
Kitty is a 1929 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film was adapted from the 1927 novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping and marked the third co-star billing of Brody and Stuart, who had previously proved a very popular screen pairing...

(1929) was a successful production. His last role in the movie Superman (1978).

He is buried in Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl's Court in South West London, England . It is managed by The Royal Parks and is one of the Magnificent Seven...

, London.

Filmography

  • The Lights of Home (1920)
  • Her Son (1920)
  • The Great Gay Road
    The Great Gay Road (1920 film)
    The Great Gay Road is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Norman MacDonald and starring Stewart Rome, Pauline Johnson and John Stuart...

    (1920)
  • Land of My Fathers (1921)
  • Sinister Street
    Sinister Street (film)
    Sinister Street is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by George Beranger and starring John Stuart, Amy Verity and Maudie Dunham. It was adapted from the novel Sinister Street by Compton MacKenzie.-Cast:* John Stuart as Michael Fane...

    (1922)
  • A Sporting Double (1922)
  • The Little Mother (1922)
  • If Four Walls Told
    If Four Walls Told
    If Four Walls Told is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Fred Paul and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Fred Paul and Campbell Gullan...

    (1922)
  • Constant Hot Water (1923)
  • The School for Scandal
    The School for Scandal (1923 film)
    The School for Scandal is a 1923 British silent comedy film directed by Bertram Phillips and starring Queenie Thomas, Frank Stanmore and Basil Rathbone...

    (1923)
  • Little Miss Nobody (1923)
  • The Reverse of the Medal
    The Reverse of the Medal (film)
    The Reverse of the Medal is a 1923 British silent war film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Clive Brook, John Stuart and Olaf Hytten.-Partial cast:* Clive Brook - General* John Stuart - Pilot* Olaf Hytten - Strategist* Bertram Terry...

    (1923)
  • This Freedom (1923)
  • The Mistletoe Bough (1923)
  • The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923)
  • Her Redemption (1924)
  • The Alley of Golden Hearts (1924)
  • His Grace Gives Notice
    His Grace Gives Notice (1924 film)
    His Grace Gives Notice is a 1924 British silent comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino and starring Nora Swinburne, Henry Victor and John Stuart. It is an adaptation of the novel His Grace Gives Notice by Laura Troubridge...

    (1924)
  • A Daughter of Love (1925)
  • Parted (1925)
  • We Women (1925)
  • Venetian Lovers (1925)
  • The Pleasure Garden
    The Pleasure Garden (film)
    The Pleasure Garden is a 1925 British silent film, and the debut feature of Alfred Hitchcock.-Production:Michael Balcon allowed Hitchcock to direct the film when Graham Cutts, a jealous executive at Gainsborough Pictures, would not allow him to work on The Rat. The story concerns two chorus girls...

    (1925)
  • Mademoiselle from Armentieres
    Mademoiselle from Armentieres (film)
    Mademoiselle from Armentieres is a 1926 British World War I silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film was Elvey's first collaboration with producer Victor Saville.-Plot:...

    (1926)
  • London Love
    London Love
    London Love is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Fay Compton, John Stuart and Miles Mander. Ir was an adaptation of the novel Whirlpool by Arthur Applin...

    (1926)
  • Roses of Picardy
    Roses of Picardy (film)
    Roses of Picardy is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, John Stuart and Humberston Wright. The title is a reference to the popular First World War song Roses of Picardy. It was based on the novels The Spanish Farm Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four by R.H...

    (1927)
  • The Flight Commander (1927)
  • Hindle Wakes
    Hindle Wakes (1927 film)
    Hindle Wakes is a 1927 British silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film is adapted from Stanley Houghton's 1912 stage play of the same name, and reunites Brody and Stuart following their hugely popular pairing in the previous year's...

    (1927)
  • A Woman in Pawn (1927)
  • Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
  • Smashing Through (1929)
  • The Glad Eye
    The Glad Eye (1929 film)
    The Glad Eye is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody, Mabel Poulton and Jeanne De Casalis...

    (1929)
  • High Seas
    High Seas (film)
    High Seas is an early 1929 British adventure film directed by Denison Clift and starring Lillian Rich, James Carew, John Stuart, Randle Ayrton and Winter Hall...

    (1929)
  • Sailor's Don't Care (1929)
  • Kitty
    Kitty (1929 film)
    Kitty is a 1929 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film was adapted from the 1927 novel of the same name by Warwick Deeping and marked the third co-star billing of Brody and Stuart, who had previously proved a very popular screen pairing...

    (1929)
  • Taxi for Two
    Taxi for Two
    Taxi for Two is a 1929 British romantic comedy film drama, directed by Denison Clift for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Mabel Poulton and John Stuart. It was the first full sound film made by Gainsborough, and also marked Poulton's first speaking role...

    (1929)
  • Atlantic (1929)
  • Elstree Calling
    Elstree Calling
    Elstree Calling is a film directed by Andre Charlot, Jack Hulbert, Paul Murray, and Alfred Hitchcock at Elstree Studios. The film, referred to as "A Cine-Radio Revue" in its original publicity, is a lavish musical film revue and was Britain's answer to the Hollywood revues which had been produced...

    (1930)
  • No Exit (1930)
  • The Nipper
    The Nipper
    The Nipper is a 1930 British musical film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Betty Balfour, John Stuart and Anne Grey. It is also known by the alternative title The Brat.-Cast:* Betty Balfour - The Nipper* John Stuart - Max Nicholson...

    (1930)
  • Kissing Cup's Race (1930)
  • Children of Chance
    Children of Chance (1930 film)
    Children of Chance is a 1930 British crime film directed by Alexander Esway and starring Elissa Landi, Mabel Poulton, John Stuart and John Longden.-Cast:* Elissa Landi - Binniel Lia Monta* Mabel Poulton - Molly* John Stuart - Gordon...

    (1930)
  • Hindle Wakes
    Hindle Wakes (1931 film)
    Hindle Wakes is a 1931 British film drama, directed by Victor Saville for Gainsborough Pictures and starring Belle Chrystall and John Stuart. The film is adapted from Stanley Houghton's controversial 1912 stage play of the same name, which had previously been filmed twice as a silent in 1918 and...

    (1931)
  • Verdict of the Sea (1932)
  • In a Monastery Garden (1932)
  • Number Seventeen (1932)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932 film)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1932 British mystery film directed by Gareth Gundrey and starring John Stuart, Robert Rendel and Frederick Lloyd. It is based on the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate a suspicious death on...

    (1932)
  • The Mistress of Atlantis (1932)
  • Men of Steel
    Men of Steel (film)
    Men of Steel is a British drama film, directed by George King and starring John Stuart and Benita Hume. The screenplay was adapted by Edward Knoblock and Billie Bristow from a novel by Douglas Newton.-Production background:...

    (1932)
  • Love's Old Sweet Song (1933)
  • Naughty Cinderella
    Naughty Cinderella
    Naughty Cinderella is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jean Daumery and starring John Stuart, Winna Winifried and Betty Huntley-Wright.-Cast:* John Stuart - Michael Wynard* Winna Winifried - Brita Rasmusson* Betty Huntley-Wright - Elinore...

    (1933)
  • Home, Sweet Home (1933)
  • Mr. Quincey of Monte Carlo (1933)
  • Little Fella (1933)
  • The Lost Chord
    The Lost Chord (film)
    The Lost Chord is a 1933 British drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring John Stuart, Elizabeth Allan and Jack Hawkins. A musician becomes embroiled in the domestic rows of an aristocratic family.-Cast:* John Stuart ... David Graham...

    (1933)
  • Head of the Family (1933)
  • Mayfair Girl (1933)
  • Enemy of the Police (1933)
  • The Wandering Jew (1933)
  • This Week of Grace
    This Week of Grace
    This Week of Grace is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, Henry Kendall and John Stuart. A poor, unemployed woman is made housekeeper at the estate of a wealthy duchess. It was promoted with the tagline "Cinderella in modern dress"...

    (1933)
  • The House of Trent
    The House of Trent
    The House of Trent is a 1933 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Anne Grey, Wendy Barrie, Moore Marriott and Peter Gawthorne. A doctor 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. It was also...

    (1933)
  • The Black Abbot (1934)
  • Bella Donna (1934)
  • The Four Masked Men
    The Four Masked Men
    The Four Masked Men is a 1934 British crime film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Judy Kelly and Richard Cooper. A man hunts down the criminal gang responsible for several robberies and the murder of his brother.-Cast:...

    (1934)
  • The Pointing Finger
    The Pointing Finger (1933 film)
    The Pointing Finger is a 1933 British drama film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Viola Keats and Leslie Perrins. A man plots to murder his half-brother so he claim his earldom and an inheritance...

    (1934)
  • Blind Justice
    Blind Justice (1934 film)
    Blind Justice is a 1934 British thriller film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Eva Moore, Frank Vosper, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Roger Livesey and John Mills. A woman is blackmailed by a criminal, who has discovered that her brother was shot as a coward during the First World War...

    (1934)
  • Grand Prix
    Grand Prix (1934 film)
    Grand Prix is a 1934 British sports drama film written and directed by St. John Legh Clowes and starring John Stuart, Gillian Sande, Milton Rosmer and Peter Gawthorne. A racing car driver accidentally kills his fiancee's father.-Cast:...

    (1934)
  • The Blue Squadron
    The Blue Squadron (1934 film)
    The Blue Squadron is a 1934 Anglo-Italian aviation drama film directed by George King and starring Esmond Knight and John Stuart. The film was a co-production between Britain's Twickenham Studios and Italy's Pittaluga studios...

    (1934)
  • The Green Pack
    The Green Pack
    The Green Pack is a 1934 British drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring John Stuart, Aileen Marson and Hugh Miller. It was based on a play by Edgar Wallace...

    (1934)
  • Lend Me Your Husband (1935)
  • D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)
  • Royal Cavalcade
    Royal Cavalcade
    Royal Cavalcade is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley , Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, Will Kellino and Marcel Varnel. The film features Marie Lohr, Hermione Baddeley, Owen Nares, Robert Hale, Austin Trevor, James Carew,...

    (1935)
  • Once a Thief
    Once a Thief (1935 film)
    Once a Thief is a 1935 British, black-and-white, crime film directed by George Pearson and starring Ronald Shiner as the Man. It was produced by British and Dominions Film Corporation and Paramount British Productions.-Cast:* John Stuart as Roger Drummond...

    (1935)
  • Abdul the Damned
    Abdul the Damned
    Abdul the Damned is a 1935 British drama film directed by Karl Grune and starring Fritz Kortner, Nils Asther and John Stuart. It was made by British International Pictures. It set in the Ottoman Empire in the years before the First World War where the Sultan and the Young Turks battle for power...

    (1935)
  • Reasonable Doubt
    Reasonable Doubt (1936 film)
    Reasonable Doubt is a 1936 British black-and-white comedy film produced by Gabriel Pascal, starring John Stuart and Nancy Burne.The story follows a lawyer whose love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his...

    (1936)
  • The Secret Voice
    The Secret Voice
    The Secret Voice is a 1936 British thriller film directed by George Pearson and starring John Stuart, Diana Beaumont and John Kevan. A young scientist tries to protect his earth-shattering new invention from being discovered by enemy spies.-Cast:...

    (1936)
  • Talking Feet (1937)
  • The Elder Brother (1937)
  • Pearls Bring Tears
    Pearls Bring Tears
    Pearls Bring Tears is a 1937 British comedy drama film starring John Stuart, Dorothy Boyd and Googie Withers....

    (1937)
  • The Show Goes On
    The Show Goes On
    The Show Goes On is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart.-Plot summary:...

    (1937)
  • The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938)
  • Old Mother Riley in Society (1940)
  • The Seventh Survivor
    The Seventh Survivor
    The Seventh Survivor is a 1941 British, black-and-white, spy, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Felix Aylmer, Jane Carr, Wally Patch, Linden Travers, Austin Trevor, Frank Pettingell, Ronald Shiner as Ernie and Martita Hunt...

    (1941)
  • Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
    Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
    Old Mother Riley's Ghosts is a 1941 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and John Stuart. It was part of the long-running Old Mother Riley series. Old Mother Riley inherits a castle in Scotland, but it appears to be haunted.-Cast:* Arthur Lucan ... ...

    (1941)
  • Ships with Wings
    Ships with Wings
    Ships with Wings is a 1941 British war film directed by Sergei Nolbandov and starring John Clements, Leslie Banks and Jane Baxter. During the Second World War the British fleet air arm fight the Germans in Greece.-Release:...

    (1941)
  • Penn of Pennsylvania
    Penn of Pennsylvania
    Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn...

    (1941)
  • The Big Blockade
    The Big Blockade
    The Big Blockade is a 1942 British, black-and-white, comedy-drama, propaganda film, war film, directed by Charles Frend and starring Will Hay, Ronald Shiner as the Shipping Clerk and John Mills. It was produced by Ealing Studios...

    (1942)
  • The Missing Million
    The Missing Million
    The Missing Million is a 1942 British crime film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Linden Travers, John Warwick and Patricia Hilliard. It is adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace...

    (1942)
  • Banana Ridge
    Banana Ridge
    Banana Ridge is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton and Isabel Jeans. The film is based on a 1938 stage play of the same name by Ben Travers...

    (1942)
  • Hard Steel (1942)
  • Flying Fortress (1942)
  • Women Aren't Angels
    Women Aren't Angels
    Women Aren't Angels is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, Polly Ward and Joyce Heron.-Cast:* Robertson Hare - Wilmer Popday* Alfred Drayton - Alfred Bandle* Polly Ward - Frankie Delane...

    (1943)
  • Candles at Nine
    Candles at Nine
    Candles at Nine is a 1944 British mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Beatrix Lehmann, Joss Ambler and Jessie Matthews. A wealthy man jokes about being murdered for his inheritance, but is then found dead...

    (1944)
  • Headline
    Headline (film)
    Headline is a 1944 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Anne Crawford, William Hartnell and John Stuart. It was based on the novel The Reporter by Ken Attiwall. A crime reporter searches for a mystery woman who has witnessed a murder.-Cast:* David Farrar ... ...

    (1944)
  • Madonna of the Seven Moons
    Madonna of the Seven Moons
    Madonna of the Seven Moons is a 1945 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger and Patricia Roc. The film was one of the Gainsborough melodramas. It was based on a novel by Margery Lawrence.-Plot:...

    (1945)
  • The Phantom Shot (1947)
  • Mine Own Executioner
    Mine Own Executioner
    Mine Own Executioner is a 1947 British drama film directed by Anthony Kimmins. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Burgess Meredith - Felix Milne* Dulcie Gray - Patricia Milne* Michael Shepley - Peter Edge...

    (1947)
  • Mrs. Fitzherbert
    Mrs. Fitzherbert
    Mrs. Fitzherbert is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Peter Graves, Joyce Howard and Leslie Banks...

    (1947)
  • Escape from Broadmoor
    Escape from Broadmoor
    Escape from Broadmoor is a 1948 British short film starring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicot, a man escaped from an asylum, who police are hunting down. The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire...

    (1948, short)
  • House of Darkness (1948)
  • Third Time Lucky
    Third Time Lucky
    There are two films with the title Third Time Lucky:* Third Time Lucky , a British comedy* Third Time Lucky , a British drama...

    (1949)
  • The Temptress
    The Temptress
    The Temptress is an American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore and Roy D'Arcy it premiered on October 10, 1926...

    (1949)
  • Man on the Run
    Man on the Run
    Man on the Run is a 1949 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey.-Synopsis:...

    (1949)
  • The Man from Yesterday
    The Man from Yesterday
    The Man from Yesterday is a 1932 American romantic war drama film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Berthold Viertel, and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett, bases on story by Neil Blackwell and Rowland G. Edwards.-Plot:...

    (1949)
  • The Magic Box
    The Magic Box
    The Magic Box is a fictional magic shop in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon. It is located in Sunnydale and was last owned and operated by Rupert Giles, and served as the primary headquarters of the Scooby Gang for seasons five and six.-Ownership history:The shop went...

    (1951)
  • Mr. Denning Drives North
    Mr. Denning Drives North
    Mr. Denning Drives North is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring John Mills, Phyllis Calvert and Eileen Moore. The plot concerns an aircraft manufacturer who accidentally kills the boyfriend of his daughter and tries to dispose the body...

    (1952)
  • The Ringer
    The Ringer (1952 film)
    The Ringer is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Herbert Lom, Denholm Elliot, William Hartnell and Mai Zetterling.-Synopsis:An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him....

    (1952)
  • Mantrap
    Mantrap (1953 film)
    Mantrap is a 1953 drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Paul Henreid and Lois Maxwell.-Cast:*Paul Henreid as Hugo Bishop*Lois Maxwell as Thelma Speight*Kieron Moore as Speight*Hugh Sinclair as Maurice Jerrard...

    (1953)
  • Street Corner
    Street Corner (1953 film)
    Street Corner is a 1953 British drama film. It was written by Muriel and Sydney Box and directed by Muriel. It was marketed as Both Sides of the Law in the United States. While not quite a documentary, the film depicts the daily routine of women in the police force from three different angles...

    (1953)
  • Four Sided Triangle
    Four Sided Triangle
    Four Sided Triangle is a 1953 British science-fiction film directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions.The film dealt with the moral and scientific themes that were soon to put Hammer Films on the map with the same director's The Curse of Frankenstein...

    (1953)
  • Front Page Story
    Front Page Story
    Front Page Story is a 1954 British drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan and Eva Bartok.-Cast:* Jack Hawkins as Grant* Elizabeth Allan as Susan Grant* Eva Bartok as Mrs. Thorpe* Derek Farr as Teale...

    (1954)
  • The Men of Sherwood Forest
    The Men of Sherwood Forest
    The Men of Sherwood Forest is a 1954 British adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring Don Taylor, Reginald Beckwith, Eileen Moore and David King-Wood. The film follows the exploits of Robin Hood and his followers...

    (1954)
  • It's a Great Day
    It's a Great Day
    It's a Great Day is a 1955 British comedy film directed by John Warrington. A spin-off of the popular soap The Grove Family, the film stars Ruth Dunning as Gladys Grove, Edward Evans as Bob Grove, and Sid James as Harry Mason. A builder has problems with his local council in getting supplies vital...

    (1955)
  • The Gilded Cage
    The Gilded Cage (film)
    The Gilded Cage is a 1955 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Alex Nicol, Veronica Hurst and Clifford Evans. Two brothers become involved with criminals planning a major art heist only to be framed by them for the theft.-Cast:...

    (1955)
  • Alias John Preston
    Alias John Preston
    Alias John Preston is a 1955 British horror film directed by David MacDonald and starring Betta St. John, Alexander Knox and Christopher Lee. A mysterious and wealthy man moves to a small village where he outwardly appears to be a friendly figure but nurses a dangerous secret.-Cast:* Betta St...

    (1955)
  • Johnny, You're Wanted
    Johnny, You're Wanted
    Johnny, You're Wanted is a 1956 British crime B-movie, directed by Vernon Sewell and starring John Slater. The film features famous strongwoman Joan Rhodes performing her stage act.-Plot:...

    (1956)
  • Tons of Trouble
    Tons of Trouble
    Tons of Trouble is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Richard Hearne, William Hartnell and Austin Trevor.-Cast:* Richard Hearne as Mr...

    (1956)
  • Raiders of the River (1956)
  • Eyewitness
    Eyewitness (1956 film)
    Eyewitness is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Muriel Box and starring Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Nigel Stock and Richard Wattis. It was made by the Rank Organisation.-Plot:...

    (1956)
  • The Last Man to Hang?
    The Last Man to Hang?
    The Last Man to Hang? is a 1956 crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Tom Conway and Elizabeth Sellars.-Cast:*Tom Conway as Sir Rodrick Strood*Elizabeth Sellars as Daphne Strood*Eunice Gayson as Elizabeth*Freda Jackson as Mrs. Tucker...

    (1956)
  • Quatermass 2
    Quatermass 2
    Quatermass 2 is a 1957 British science fiction horror film. Made by Hammer Film Productions, it is a sequel to an earlier Hammer film The Quatermass Xperiment. Like its predecessor, it is based on a BBC Television serial – Quatermass II – written by Nigel Kneale...

    (1957)
  • The Naked Truth
    The Naked Truth (1957 film)
    The Naked Truth is a 1957 British film comedy starring Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas and Dennis Price. Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton and Joan Sims also appear...

    (1957)
  • The Revenge of Frankenstein
    The Revenge of Frankenstein
    The Revenge of Frankenstein is a 1958 British horror film made by Hammer Film Productions. Directed by Terence Fisher, the film stars Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn and Eunice Gayson....

    (1958)
  • Blood of the Vampire
    Blood of the Vampire
    -Plot:A young couple are terrorized by Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant...

    (1958)
  • Chain of Events
    Chain of Events
    Chain of Events is a 1958 British film directed by Gerald Thomas from a play by Leo McKern. It starred Susan Shaw, Dermot Walsh, Jack Watling, Freddie Mills and Joan Hickson....

    (1958)
  • Further Up the Creek
    Further Up the Creek
    Further Up the Creek is a 1958 British comedy film written and directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, Thora Hird, Desmond Llewelyn and Lionel Jeffries...

    (1958)
  • The Secret Man (1958)
  • Too Many Crooks
    Too Many Crooks
    Too Many Crooks is a 1959 British comedy film about a bunch of inept crooks who kidnap the wrong woman. It stars George Cole as the leader of the gang, Brenda De Banzie as the victim, and Terry-Thomas as her husband...

    (1959)
  • The Mummy
    The Mummy (1959 film)
    The Mummy is a 1959 Technicolor British Hammer Horror film starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing.Though the title suggests Universal Pictures' 1932 film of the same name, the film actually derives its plot and characters entirely from two later Universal films, The Mummy's Hand and The Mummy's...

    (1959)
  • Sink the Bismarck!
    Sink the Bismarck!
    Sink the Bismarck! is a 1960 black-and-white British war film based on the book, the "Last Nine Days of the Bismarck" by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. To date, it is the only movie made that deals directly with the operations, chase, and...

    (1960)
  • Bottoms Up
    Bottoms Up (1960 film)
    Bottoms Up is a 1960 British comedy film.It stars Jimmy Edwards in a spin-off of his TV comedy series Whack-O!, playing a seedy headmaster.The plot involves Melvyn Hayes playing a Cockney youth who tries to impersonate an Indian prince.-Cast list:...

    (1960)
  • Village of the Damned
    Village of the Damned (1960 film)
    Village of the Damned is a 1960 British science fiction film by German director Wolf Rilla. The film is a fairly faithful adaptation of the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. The lead role of Professor Gordon Zellaby was played by George Sanders. This film was #92 on Bravo's 100 Scariest...

    (1960)
  • Compelled (1960)
  • Pit of Darkness
    Pit of Darkness
    Pit of Darkness is a 1961 British thriller film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring William Franklyn and Moira Redmond. The film is an amnesia thriller dealing with a man's attempts to piece together a sequence of strange events in which he seems to have been involved during the time of which...

    (1961)
  • Danger by My Side (1962)
  • Paranoiac
    Paranoiac (1963 film)
    Paranoiac is a 1963 suspense film from Hammer Films directed by Freddie Francis and starring Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, and Alexander Davion...

    (1963)
  • The Scarlet Blade
    The Scarlet Blade
    The Scarlet Blade is a 1963 British adventure film directed by John Gilling for Hammer Film Productions.It is a period drama set during the English Civil War. It stars Oliver Reed and Lionel Jeffries....

    (1964)
  • Young Winston
    Young Winston
    Young Winston is a 1972 British film based on the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.The film was based on the book My Early Life: A Roving Commission by Winston Churchill. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father...

    (1972)
  • Royal Flash
    Royal Flash (film)
    Royal Flash is a 1975 film based on George MacDonald Fraser's second Flashman novel, Royal Flash. It starred Malcolm McDowell as Flashman. Oliver Reed appeared in the role of Otto von Bismarck, Alan Bates as Rudi von Sternberg, and Florinda Bolkan played Lola Montez...

    (1975)
  • Superman
    Superman (1978 film)
    Superman is a 1978 British-American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Richard Donner directed the film, which stars Christopher Reeve as Superman, as well as Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure,...

    (1978)

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