Gordon McLeod

Gordon McLeod

Nacimiento : 1890-12-27, Market Giffard, Ivybridge, Devonshire, England

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Gordon McLeod

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The House Across the Lake
Doctor Emery
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.
Tale of Three Women
Counsel (segment "Final Twist' story)
A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling Scotland Yard"
Four Days
Mr. Keylin
A melodrama adapted from a play concerning the neglected wife of a financially embarrassed business man. Attempted suicide, forgery, fights and blackmail all in four days!
A Case For P.C. 49
Inspector Wilson
A model’s scheme to murder a millionaire with the intention of inheriting his fortune is uncovered by a police constable.
Once a Sinner
Mr. Ross
Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart...
Chance of a Lifetime
Garrett
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
Record News editor
The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the program to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.
Corridor of Mirrors
Public Prosecutor (Uncredited)
A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
Easy Money
Mr. Cameron
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Night Boat to Dublin
Inspector Longhurst
British intelligence officers (Robert Newton, Guy Middleton) head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Meet Sexton Blake
Inspector Venner
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
I Didn't Do It
Supt. Belstock
El aspirante a animador George Trotter (George Formby) llega a Londres en busca de fama y fortuna, pero pronto tiene que intentar limpiar su nombre después de ser acusado de un asesinato en su alojamiento.
He Snoops to Conquer
Angus McGluee
El extraño trabajador George Gribble (George Formby) causa problemas al consejo local para el que trabaja cuando, sin darse cuenta, ayuda a dos periodistas a exponer la corrupción entre los líderes del consejo.
Tawny Pipit
Phillipson (uncredited)
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
We’ll Smile Again
McNaughton
Nazi spies infiltrate a British film studio with the intention of sending coded messages in the films they produce.
The Balloon Goes Up
The Doctor
Balloon unit WAAFs catch German spies.
El gran Mitchell
Major Buchan
A finales de 1920, el diseñador de aviones R.J. Mitchell considera que ha llegado a la cima del éxito con su revolucionario mono-avión. Pero, un día en Alemania, poco después de que Hitler asumiera el poder (1933), se da cuenta de que es vital diseñar un nuevo avión de combate para garantizar la supervivencia de Gran Bretaña.
El Santo contra el tigre
Insp. Claud Teal
Un hombre es asesinado a la puerta de la casa de Simon Templar, El Santo, pero consigue decirle unas palabras antes de morir. Ellas le llevarán hasta el pueblo de Baycome, donde se tendrá que enfrentar con una peligrosa banda de gánsters.
The Patient Vanishes
Insepctor Cardby
Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.
Las vacaciones del Santo
Inspector Teal
El Santo, tratando de alejarse de todo viaja a Suiza de vacaciones, pero será sólo un espejismo ya que Templar encuentra una pequeña caja de música que contiene un secreto muy valioso. El problema para Simon aún está por llegar, detrás de la caja anda una peligrosa organización de espías.
Crook's Tour
Rossenger
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.
Girl in the News
Chief Inspector (Uncredited)
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
Hoots Mon
McDonald
An English comedian is infuriated by a Scottish comedienne's impersonation of him
Lucky to Me
Doherty
Lucky to Me is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show So This is Love which he had co-written with Arthur Rigby. The film was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. It was the last film of Lupino who had made a string of successful musical comedies during the Thirties.
El Santo en Londres
Inspector Claud Teal
Con la misión de capturar a una banda de falsificadores, el Santo viaja a Inglaterra. Una vez allí contará con la ayuda de un alocado hombre.
Q Planes
The Baron
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.
Sixty Glorious Years
John Brown
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
I See Ice
Lord Felstead
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue....
The Squeaker
Mr. Field
London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).
The Rat
Caillard
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.
Victoria the Great
John Brown
The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.
Talk of the Devil
A ruthless businessman tries to steal his brother's successful shipping company. He hires a gifted mimic to date one of his brother's daughters to get some inside information about the business. The mimic succeeds only too well, with tragic results.
The Crimson Circle
Brabazon
Based on the novel by Edgar Wallace, detectives at Scotland Yard try and track down The Crimson Circle, a secret society of blackmailers
Foreign Affaires
Jarvis (uncredited)
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means - fair or foul!
The Silent Passenger
Commissioner
A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer?
Death At Broadcasting House
Chief Commissioner
An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.
There Goes the Bride
M. Duchaine (uncredited)
A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...
Que pague el diablo
Club Member (uncredited)
Ronald Colman interpreta a un apuesto galán que lleva una vida alborotada. Ahora tiene puestas sus armas de seducción en dos atractivas señoritas, interpretadas por Loretta Young y Myrna Loy. Colman regresa de un ocioso viaje por Sudamérica y se encuentra con su padre enfurecido, que le echa en cara el despilfarro que hace del dinero, además de su ligera forma de vida. Pero a Colman sólo le interesan sus amoríos, y ahora está envuelto en una complicada relación a dos bandas. No sabe por qué señorita decidirse. Por un lado siente una gran atracción hacia la temperamental actriz interpretada por Myrna Loy, pero a la vez no puede negar sus sentimientos hacia una amiga de su hermana, Loretta Young. La honestidad de Colman se pone a prueba cuando se ve obligado a decidir, y logra demostrar que no es un simple y vanidoso seductor.
The Virtuous Sin
Nikitin
Victor Sablin es un científico ruso muy importante cuya vida está en manos de un cínico y rastrero militar ruso. Con tal de que su marido siga vivo, su esposa Marya Ivanova, se entrega al militar, seduciéndole.