Basil Dignam

Basil Dignam

Nacimiento : 1905-10-24, Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Muerte : 1979-01-31

Historia

Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.

Perfil

Basil Dignam

Películas

Camas blandas, batallas duras
Brigadier
En una lujosa casa de citas de Madame Grenier, en el París ocupado por las tropas alemanas, el mayor Robinson, miembro del servicio secreto británico y ex cliente de la casa, se dedica a liquidar a los oficiales del estado mayor alemán cuando van sin uniforme, lo cual tiene como consecuencia que Grenier y sus chicas ingresen en la resistencia.
Una lagartija con piel de mujer
Commissioner McCloud (uncredited)
Una mujer decide visitar al psiquiatra para explicarle una pesadilla recurrente: mata a su vecina de una puñalada. Cuando ésta aparece asesinada, todas las sospechas recaen sobre ella. Pero, en el curso de la investigación, las circunstancias se complican.
El estrangulador de Rillington Place
Member of Medical Board
En el Londres de la posguerra una joven pareja y su bebé encuentran un hogar en el número 10 de Rillington Place, una preciosa vivienda cuyo inquilino del piso inferior, John Reginald Christie, resulta de lo más inquietante. Lo que desconocen ambos es su violento historial de asesinatos en serie de mujeres mediante gas y sus posteriores actos necrófilos, impulsos criminales que Beryl acabará reavivando en su mente.
The Games
Sir Harold
From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world. They are also the pawns of powerful nations, the victims of dangerous drugs and the object of many men's ambitions. Once every four years they come together... for the Olympic Games.
Laughter in the Dark
Dealer
Swinging London en la década de 1960. Se ocupa del afecto de un hombre de mediana edad por una mujer muy joven, lo que resulta en una relación mutuamente parasitaria.
Nervios rotos
Doctor
Martin es un joven con la mente perturbada que tiene una madre que lo trata como si fuera un niño pequeño, un padrastro que lo desprecia, y un hermano retrasado encerrado en una institución mental. Su única amiga es Susan, con quien le une un vínculo muy especial cuando Martin se refugia en su "otra" personalidad... la de Georgie, un niño de seis años. Pero cuando Susan se distancia de él, Martin entra en cólera y se obsesiona de tal forma con Susan que inicia un oleada de inusitada violencia.
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying good-bye to his wife and mistresses. He finds, however, that it's not so easy to escape the past.
The Cuckoo Patrol
Snodgrass
Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.
Atraco a la inglesa
David's Bank Manager
Los hermanos David y Michael Tremayne elaboran un plan para robar las joyas de la Corona, que se hallan dentro de una cámara blindada de la Torre de Londres. Mientras que David, que es arquitecto, estudia un mapa del edificio, Michael se ocupa de la estrategia, basándose en los conocimientos adquiridos en la escuela militar de la que acaba de ser expulsado. (FILMAFFINITY)
Naked Evil
Jim Benson
Jamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before being killed himself by the manager's vengeful spirit.
Where the Spies Are
Major Harding
A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
Rotten to the Core
The General
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Cielos arriba
Prison Governor
Un error clerical conduce a que un sacedorte de izquierdas de un pequeño pueblo se encuentre en un pueblo de ricos, donde inmediatamente horroriza a sus snobs feligreses por designar a un basurero y a un hombre negro como guardianes de la vicaría y dejarla abierta a la familia Smith, quienes acaban de ser deshauciados de su caravana. Él convierte a la viuda aristócrata en trabajadora de la absurda caridad, pero pronto revolucionará al pueblo y muchos de sus habitantes... (FILMAFFINITY)
Siete mares a Calais
Sir Francis Walsingham
En una expedición al Nuevo Mundo, Sir Francis Drake ataca y saquea los puertos españoles, llevándose un jugoso botín. Después de una audaz huida , regresa a Inglaterra, donde protege a la reina Isabel I Tudor de una red de espías que están conspirando para derrocarla.
Lawrence de Arabia
Cavalry General at Field Briefing (uncredited)
Biografía de T.E. Lawrence. El Cairo, 1917. Un conflictivo y enigmático oficial británico es enviado al desierto árabe durante la Gran Guerra en la campaña de ayuda a Arabia contra Turquía. En el desierto, se hace amigo de Sherif Ali Ben El Kharish y pone todo su empeño en la ayuda a los árabes. Éstos creen que Lawrence es otro amante del desierto que ayuda porque cree que Arabia es débil, mientras que sus superiores británicos creen que se ha vuelto loco. Cuando los planes de Lawrence consiguen llevarse a cabo con éxito, comienza a ganarse enemigos.
Vida para Ruth
Mapleton
Cuando la hija de John Harris es gravemente herida en un accidente de navegación, el hospital le dice que ella va a necesitar una transfusión de sangre urgente. Debido a sus creencias religiosas, Harris se niega a dar el permiso y la niña muere. Cuando la investigación libera a Harris de toda culpa, el médico a cargo del caso intenta llamar a la policía para presentar cargos de homicidio contra Harris.
Fate Takes a Hand
Wheeler
When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees. This solitary incident has profound ramifications on several of the recipients and this film tells the story of how just five of those letters changed peoples lives forever.
La tercera llave
Lyle
Condenado antiguamente por malversación de fondos, John Brent es ahora el director de una compañía de transporte marítimo. Pero el destino parece cebarse en su contra. Su esposa Nicole amenaza con dejarlo, el ex dentista de la prisión, Ralph Beldon, lo chantajea y amenaza con hacerle perder su puesto. De vuelta a casa, Beldon es sorprendido por un hombre enmascarado que lo obliga a participar en el robo de la caja fuerte de la compañía naviera... John deberá aclarar las cosas por sí mismo, si no quiere volver a la cárcel.
Gorgo
Admiral Brooks
En las costas de Irlanda un volcán erupciona y provoca un movimiento de las placas del fondo del mar. Como resultado un monstruo prehistórico de 20 metros de altura despierta de su letargo. La terrible criatura prehistórica es capturada y puesta en un circo londinense como una atracción más. Pero es en realidad una cría, y su madre, mucho más grande y terrible, está por ir al rescate. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Army Officer
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
Sospechosos
Dr Childs
Un grupo de científicos, bajo la supervisión del Profesor Sewell (Peter Cushing), llevan a cabo una investigación para desarrollar una fórmula que permita combatir las plagas del tifus y la peste bubónica. Dado que el compuesto incluye la utilización de un germen particularmente virulento que podría ser utilizado por una potencia enemiga como arma bacteriológica, el Ministro de Defensa prohibe terminantemente al Profesor Sewell publicar sus descubrimientos.
The Spider's Web
Hugo
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.
A Touch of Larceny
Lt. Cmdr. Evans at P.R.O. (uncredited)
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
Sentenced for Life
Ralph Thompson
An engineer is wrongly convicted of selling secrets to enemy agents and is sentenced to life in prison. Convinced it was his former partner who framed him, he enlists his son to investigate.
Crimen al atardecer
Doctor Burgess
Un solitario día de invierno, la policía halla un cadáver en Hampstead Heath. Se trata de una joven y bella muchacha que ha sido apuñalada en el corazón. La única pista es un pañuelo teñido de sangre con la inicial "S". Su vestido, medias de lana y zapatillas planas corresponden al típico atuendo estudiantil. La investigación se pone en manos del superintendente Hazard y del detective inspector Learoyd.
Despiste ministerial
Security Officer
Humorística comedia británica sobre un inepto diplomático que es enviado a una remota isla del Pacífico para establecer buenas relaciones con una colonia que ha sido olvidada durante medio siglo. Pero claro, el lugar es mineralmente muy rico y hay que sacar tajada.
Pasillos de sangre
Hospital Chairman
Un doctor británico en el siglo XIX experimenta con anestesia y se convierte en adicto a los narcóticos, sufriendo una gran humillación cuando un paciente se levanta de la mesa de operaciones y ataca a sus doctores. El buen doctor es luego chantajeado por dos profanadores de tumbas, que lo obligan a firmar falsos certificados de defunción.
Further Up the Creek
Flagship Commander
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Rockets Galore
R.A.F. Officer (uncredited)
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
Innocent Sinners
Dyson
A neglected girl (June Archer) in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
Them Nice Americans
Inspector Adams
American airman loves English girl whose father refuses permission for their marriage out of hatred for all Yankees.
The Depraved
Tom Wilton
Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise. But a nosy copper (Denis Shaw) suspects foul play, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme deteriorates into fear, distrust and betrayal. Paul Dickson directs this vintage noir thriller.
Three Sundays to Live
Davitt
Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed. Frank's innocent of the crime, and singer Ruth Chapman can provide him with an alibi. But Ruth is missing, and records show she died years before. As Frank awaits execution, he enlists the help of his heiress girlfriend and his lawyer to clear his name.
The Counterfeit Plan
Police Commissioner
An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who knew nothing of his past, to counterfeit 5-pound notes for mass distribution around the countryside.
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Brothers in Law
Mr. Justice Emery
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
You Pay Your Money
Currie
Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
The Weapon
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.
Proa al cielo
Air Ministry Doctor
Douglas Bader, uno de los grandes héroes británicos de la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), vio incrementada su popularidad cuando, en 1954, tras publicarse su biografía, apareció una versión abreviada de la misma en la popular revista Reader's Digest. En esa obra se basó el film de Gilbert, el más taquillero de Inglaterra desde el estreno de “Lo que El Viento se Llevó”. A pesar de que a finales de los años 20, a Bader le habían amputado las dos piernas, tras un accidente aéreo, gracias a unas prótesis de aluminio pudo participar en la Batalla de Inglaterra.
Port of Escape
Det. Sgt. Crawford
Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.
The Narrowing Circle
George Pacey
A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.
Touch and Go
Stevens
When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm, that his new furniture designs, are not in keeping with the firms image. he threatens to resign, and decides to uproot his family, and emigrate to Australia. but his problems are only just beginning.
They Can't Hang Me
Wing Commander Riddle
A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.
El experimento del Dr. Quatermass
Sir Lionel Dean (uncredited)
El primer cohete espacial británico ha despegado con éxito y vuelve a la Tierra, pero la comunicación se corta. Sólo uno de los tres astronautas permanece a bordo, y su salud, tanto física como mental está gravemente dañada. Es puesto bajo observación pero su esposa le saca del hospital, liberando de este una gran amenaza para la humanidad, ya que el sobreviviente está siendo consumido por una fuerza alienígena.
Hammer the Toff
Superintendent
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
His Excellency
Security Officer
A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony
Cita con Venus
R.A.M.C. Captain
El 10 de Julio de 1940 los nazis invaden Amorel, una estrátegica isla británica. La ocupación causa gran consternación al ministro de agricultura, ya que en la pequeña isla se encuentra ”Venus”, una vaca de extraordinario pedigree y de gran valor energético. El ministro presiona a la oficina de guerra para que intervenga en la recuperación del preciado animal.
The Lady with a Lamp
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
Two on the Tiles
Ship’s Captain
A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attractive female fellow traveler in Paris while the wife accidentally spends a night aboard a Royal Navy ship with a male friend after she is stranded following a party. Despite knowing the essential innocence of both husband and wife, their sinister new butler uses information about their discretions to demand blackmail payments.
Smart Alec
Defense Attorney
A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.
Maytime in Mayfair
Commissionaire (uncredited)
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as quickly as possible, but on meeting Ellen, chief designer and manager, he quickly changes his mind and turns his attention to courting her.