Claude Bailey

Movies

Elizabeth of Ladymead
Maj. Wrigley in 1854
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
The Calendar
Lord Inspond
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
The Years Between
Selection Committee Member (uncredited)
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
Bedelia
Capt. McKelvey
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
He Snoops to Conquer
Councillor Oxbold
George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then cooking the results of a government sponsored housing survey.
Don't Take It to Heart
Magistrate
A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.
Yellow Canary
Major Fothergill
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
The Gentle Sex
Staff Officer (uncredited)
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.
It's That Man Again
C.B. Cato
Lunatic British comedy about a small town mayor who finds himself the owner of a broken-down London theatre and acting school. Insanity run amok.
Unpublished Story
George Roddington
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Little Waitress
John Farrell
A romance occurs between an impoverished tourist and a surprisingly wealthy Germany waitress.