Richard Fraser
Nacimiento : 1913-03-15, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Muerte : 1972-01-19
Historia
Early life
After graduating from Sedbergh School as Richard Mackie Simpson, Richard's mother Margaret Kyd Mackie divorced and his name was shortened to Richard Mackie. After attending Cambridge University, Richard Mackie studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Having Spent time as a London stage actor, Richard emigrated to the USA and in New York married Louise Christine Sheldon, the couple then moved to Hollywood before the Second World War. Discovering that there was already a Richard Mackie acting in the US he adopted the stage name Richard Fraser. He then signed a contract with 20th Century Fox and appeared in numerous films.
Career
His American film career reached its peak with his performance as James Vane, the vengeful brother of Sibyl Vane in the film The Picture of Dorian Gray. Richard retired from acting in 1949, returning to Britain in 1961 with his then-wife, US actress Ann Gillis, spending his most of his last decade working for the BBC in export sales.
Private life
Richard married Louise Christine Sheldon in 1938 and had a daughter by her (Melinda Mackie 1940-2012), they divorced in 1944. Richard then married actress Ann Gillis in 1952, and had a son by her (Gordon Hamilton Mackie Fraser 1958- ). After retiring from acting in 1949 Richard and Ann lived in Britain in the 1960s, Richard as a businessman in which, among other things, he worked for the BBC in export sales selling Dr. Who around the world, as Ann continued her acting career (2 Episodes of "The Saint" and a small part in 2001 A Space Odyssey). The two divorced in 1970 and Richard married Edna Martin in summer 1971, he died in January 1972 of cancer.
John Armitage
Sherlock Holmes gets the clues he needs to solve a murder, and to prevent another one from occurring, when he finds out that a doctor owns a poisonous snake--the deadly swamp adder. Filmed on the expensive sets leftover from the movie Joan of Arc at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City and produced for the "Your Show Time" series, the short has been released as a solo feature on many DVDs that chronicle classic Sherlock Holmes films..
Operative Farrell
Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer Captain Wright and Operative Dale are assigned to investigate and determine who is behind the spy syndicate for which Rattick worked. They bring in the services of Agent Tom Norman, who bears a strong resemblance to Rattick.
Rycroft
A post World War 2, US Army agent is assigned to join the Foreign Legion in search of high ranking Nazi war criminal who may have also enlisted.
Fields
La película comienza en la carcel del condado, el convicto Joe Sullivan (O’Keefe) se reune por separado con dos mujeres muy diferentes durante las horas de visita, Ann, una delicada y dulce morena asistente del abogado de Joe que le anima a comportarse para ganarse la libertad condicional en un par de años. La otra mujer es su novia Pat, rubia de rasgos pronunciados de mirada fria, su intención de traladarle a Joe un plan de fuga diseñado para esa misma noche, el objetivo de Joe es ajustar cuentas con su antiguo amigo Rick (Raymond Burr). Un tipo despiadado con tendencias pirómanas que le debe 50 de los grandes, y lo que es peor, su traición provocó el ingreso de Joe en la trena.
Michael Kent
A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.
David Woolerton
Michael Lanyard (Gerald Mohr) is suspected of stealing two fabulous diamonds from a vault in Scotland Yard, where they were being held for safekeeping, but the Yard can't prove he did it. Later, Lanyard is summoned by a member of the nobility to help the latter raise money to pay a blackmailer. Lanyard later finds evidence to reveal the diamonds as having been stolen by a famous stage star.
Antoine Le Blanc
A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.
Philippe de Cantel
El escritor Georges Duroy (George Sanders) pasa por un momento difícil cuando se encuentra con su antiguo compañero de regimiento, Charles Forestier, quien le invita a trabajar con él en su periódico. Duroy no tarda en hacerse un lugar con la ayuda de Madeleine Forestier (Ann Dvorak), la esposa de Charles, y pronto tendrá tiempo para dedicarse a enamorar a mujeres bien posicionadas, con lo que se abrirá paso en el éxito que tanto ansía.
Dillingham 'Dilly' Smith
Hugh Beaumont stars as detective "Michael Shayne" in this 1946 B-film.
The Stonemason
Londres, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, un siniestro manicomio, es visitado por gente adinerada que disfruta observando a los pacientes confinados allí como si fueran animales enjaulados. Nell Bowen, una de los visitantes, queda horrorizada al descubrir las deplorables condiciones en que viven los desafortunados habitantes de este lugar olvidado por Dios, más conocido como Bedlam.
Gregory Vixon
Two women private detectives arrive at a dude ranch in time to investigate the murder of their client's philandering husband.
Stephen Mason
Murder mystery programmer from Republic pictures
Geoffrey Bishop
Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a scientist that hopes to find and prove that a fabled white gorilla is a missing link.
Jim, aka Howard Norton
A scientist possessing the formula for making a nuclear bomb finds himself chased by evil gangsters in this thriller that was made just after the A-bomb was dropped upon Hiroshima.
Robert Cartwright
A London curator loses the Mona Lisa to a collector, who discovers it's a fake.
Inspector William 'Bill' Trent
A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.
James Vane
Dorian Gray es un joven aristócrata muy atractivo que vende su alma al Diablo a cambio de la eterna juventud. Gracias a una invocación consigue que sea el retrato que le ha hecho su amigo Basil Hallward el que sufra el proceso natural del envejecimiento.
Douglas Heath
In this wartime musical, a feisty singer working in a London dive swears that she will become a star. She gets a job in an airplane plant when she learns that her fiance, a producer, and his partner are looking for new talent at the war factories. While working there, the woman meets a handsome RAF officer and falls in love. This causes some trouble.
Pastor Aalesen
Dos años después de la invasion de Noruega por los nazis, los habitantes de un pequeño pueblo pesquero esperan la llegada de armas para iniciar la revuelta contra los alemanes. Karen Stensgard, la hija del médico del pueblo, y Gunnar Brogge, un pescador que pensaba combatir a los nazis desde Inglaterra, serán los jefes de la sublevación.
Limey
An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked trucking company exec to bring all drivers under his control. When the trucker's brother dies in an "accident" arranged by the trucking company's henchmen, he takes matters into his own hands
Lieutenant Walter Sibley
A wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
Young Doctor (uncredited)
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.
Dick Remick
Un grupo de espías japoneses planea volar un autobús con destino a San Francisco, a fin de que la explosión guíe a un submarino cercano para volar unas instalaciones petrolíferas.
Lt. Jefferys
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Geoffrey
En el año 1940, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial, una escuadrilla de cinco aviones de la RAF vuelve de Alemania después de llevar a cabo un bombardeo. Cuando están sobrevolando territorio francés con destino a Inglaterra, los aviones son derribados por los alemanes. El jefe de la escuadrilla, Paul Lavallier, logra saltar del avión y llegar a tierra sano y salvo. Lavallier se dirige a París para tratar de pasar inadvertido en medio de la gran ciudad. Allí conoce a una joven llamada Juana, que le ofrece su amor y su vida.
Davy Morgan
En un pequeño pueblo de Gales, un padre y sus cinco hijos trabajan en las minas de carbón y la vida cotidiana fluye pacíficamente. Sin embargo, sus condiciones de trabajo son cada vez más difíciles y los hijos deciden dar un golpe, en contra de la opinión de su padre.
Thorndyke
Tim Baker, joven piloto estadounidense, recala en Londres, durante la II Guerra Mundial. Durante un bombardeo de los nazis, Baker se reencuentra con Carol Brown, una antigua novia. Para impresionarla, se alista en la Real Fuerza Aérea británica (RAF), para combatir a los nazis.
Un cazador inglés que está de vacaciones en Baviera, de pronto, ve en lo alto de una colina la figura de Adolf Hitler. Convencido de que su desapariciión evitaría millones de muertos, dispara su rifle, pero se olvida de introducir una bala en la recámara. A partir de entonces será implacablemente perseguido por agentes de la Gestapo.
Son of McLaggen
La familia de un hombre de negocios lo convence para que compre un antiguo castillo en Escocia, lo desmonte pieza por pieza, lo traslade en barco hasta América y allí lo reconstruya de nuevo. Pero con el castillo viajará también un centenario fantasma que ha aterrorizado durante siglos a sus propietarios.
