Roy Emerton

Roy Emerton

Birth : 1893-10-09, Burford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Death : 1944-11-30

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Roy Emerton

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Love Story
Cornish Fisherman
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.
Welcome, Mr Washington
Selby
Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film trells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease their estate as an airbase to US forces in Britain to help the war effort. Both eventually fall for American servicemen.
Time Flies
Capt. John Smith
The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
The Man in Grey
Gamekeeper (uncredited)
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
The Young Mr. Pitt
Dan Mendoza
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
Old Mother Riley's Circus
Santley (circus owner)
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
The Thief of Bagdad
Jailer
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Gilder
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
Busman's Honeymoon
Noakes
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
Q Planes
Viking First Mate
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.
The Drum
Wafadar
Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl's spacious palace. It's up to the loyal young Prince Azim (Sabu) to warn the troops of Guhl's treachery by tapping out a message on his drum.
Convict 99
John Benjamin
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 rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
Doctor Syn
Capt. Howard Collyer, R.N.
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
Big Fella
Spike
Joe, a Marseilles docker, is hired by a wealthy English couple to find their missing son. When Joe finds him, he learns he escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer. They offer him a refuge from his repressed white parents.
The Great Barrier
Moody
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Everything Is Thunder
Kostner
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
Tudor Rose
Squire
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
It Happened in Paris
Gendarme
A British millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris.
Lorna Doone
Carver Doone
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600's. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
The Lash
Steve
One of John Mills' earliest roles as a wastrel playboy.
Java Head
Broadrick
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
That Night in London
Captain Paulson
A young bank clerk steals £500 and plans to go on a spree before shooting himself but a bad girl turned good tries to convince him to return the money and stay alive
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
The Tattooed Man
A young woman turns to Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
Shadows
Captain
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.