Max Wall

Max Wall

Birth : 1908-03-12, Brixton, London, England

Death : 1990-05-22

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wall (12 March 1908 – 21 May 1990), was an English comedian and actor, whose performing career covered music hall, theatre, films and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Wall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Profile

Max Wall

Movies

Strike It Rich
Bowles
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
We Think the World of You
Tom
An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.
Little Dorrit
Flintwinch
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Mr. Godsall
Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
It's Got to Be Funny, Hasn't It?
Himself
A documentary examining the life and career of comedian, Max Wall.
Hanover Street
Harry Pike
Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
O
A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Barrymore
Director Paul Morrissey applies a hefty dose of humor to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective story in this interpretation of The Hound of the Baskervilles. Comedian Peter Cook takes on the role of brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, who's not so gifted here as he relegates much of the investigation of demonic dogs to his bumbling sidekick, Watson (Dudley Moore), while he spends time with his mother and searches for an assistant.
Jabberwocky
King Bruno the Questionable
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Juggler
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
A Killer in Every Corner
A criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Inventor
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101
Professor Cecil Havelock-Montague, Ph.D., LL.D., B.A.T.
From the study of his rundown English manor, an old British Professor instructs the audience as to the dangers associated with vampires, and exactly how to kill them. Scenes from Roman Polanski's horror/comedy classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers, are interspersed throughout.
Save a Little Sunshine
Walter
Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.