Ronald Squire
Nacimiento : 1886-03-25, Tiverton, Devon, England, UK
Muerte : 1958-11-16
Historia
British actor: His birth name was Ronald Squirl. He performed at the Liverpool Repertory Theatre in the 40s and 50s. His father was British Army Colonel. He attended Wellington College and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England. He was marriedto Essyllt A. Williams from August 1947 until his death. He was also married and divorced to Muriel Martin-Harvey.
Sir Conrad Allingham
Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her and lives away from his family out of professional obligation to his government, Grace ends up raising the couple's son, Sigismond, on her own. Grace and Charles are finally reunited after nearly a decade apart, and, while they seem headed for a permanent split, there's still a spark between them.
Sir Francis Jamison
Gladys Aylward, una intrépida misionera británica, creó en China un albergue para acoger a los agotados y hambrientos viajeros que recorrían las montañas. Consiguió, además, ganarse la confianza y la admiración de los hostiles nativos, enamorar a un coronel euro-asiático y convertir al cristianismo a un poderoso mandarín. Pero su mayor hazaña la logró cuando, ante la inminente invasión japonesa, llevó a cien niños sin hogar a través de las montañas a un lugar seguro. (FILMAFFINITY)
Toynbee - His Solicitor
Un sheriff se enfrenta a dos bandas rivales. Como es británico y no conoce el Oeste, decide recibir lecciones de la dueña del salón. Comedia británica en clave de western para lucimiento de la explosiva Jayne Mansfield.
Colonel Masters
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
Clubman
Singapur, 1942. Un submarino japonés lanza un torpedo contra un buque. Cuatro de los pasajeros (dos hombres blancos, un hombre negro y una mujer que decide ocultar el hecho de que es monja) suben a una balsa y quedan a la deriva en alta mar. Después de varios días de sufrimiento, la balsa llega hasta una isla desierta, donde el náufrago negro, al que uno de los blancos trata con desprecio, encuentra un machete muy útil que se niega a dejar a los demás.
Governor Templeton
Adaptación de una novela de Alec Waugh. Personajes muy diversos se cruzan en la caribeña isla de Santa Marta, donde se desarrolla un conflicto político entre un plantador blanco y racista y un candidato negro y progresista. Esta película fue muy polémica en su época por presentar relaciones entre personajes de distintas razas: fue boicoteada por el Ku-Klux-Klan y prohibida en Carolina del Sur.
Reform Club Member
Adaptación de la novela homónima de Julio Verne. Un ladrón ha robado 55.000 libras del banco de Inglaterra. Todos creen que ha sido Philleas Fogg, un auténtico caballero inglés, que ha hecho una apuesta con sus compañeros de club, asegurando que es capaz de dar la vuelta al mundo en 80 días.
Marberry
An accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree.
Waiter
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.
Frederick Luton
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
Alfred Travers
Inglaterra Victoriana, siglo XIX. Una chica bastante ambiciosa (Jean Simmons) trabaja como sirvienta en la sombría mansión de un inquietante aristócrata (Stewart Granger). Cuando la mujer de éste muere, la criada empieza a sospechar del señor y acaba chantajeándolo, a pesar de que con su actitud está corriendo un grave peligro.
Grampy
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.
Wilberforce (uncredited)
Framed in flashback, The Man Who Loved Redheads is an anecdotal comedy about a man (John Justin) whose life is defined by his first romantic experience. That liaison occurred in Justin's youth, when the young man matures and enters the diplomatic world, he spends the rest of his career searching for his first love.
Oliver Montpelier
Dos hermanos millonarios de avanzada edad deciden hacer una apuesta: uno de ellos afirma que, si le regalan un talón de un millón de libras a un hombre sin recursos, con la única condición de no utilizarlo durante un mes, podrá salir adelante. El otro sostiene lo contrario. Eligen a un abogado americano que está arruinado y se encuentra en Londres solo y sin amigos. Al recibir el dinero su vida dará un vuelco.
Victor Hemsley
Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region's swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix]
General Matheson
A starchy parliamentary delegation is sent to a remote Scottish Highlands community, where the residents are protesting the poor condition of their road by withholding their taxes, and spend a few days among the locals.
Nicholas 'Nick' Kendall
Mientras investiga la misteriosa muerte de su primo, Philip empieza a sospechar que quizás la afligida viuda tenga algo que ver con la muerte de su marido.
Mary Jane
A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.
Sir John, Director
Theodore, un ingeniero aeronáutico, debe someter a revisión un avión de su compañía. Después de examinarlo, detecta un cierto desgaste de los materiales que implicaría un riesgo lo bastante alto como para que le parezca oportuno advertir a la tripulación de un aparato que se encuentra en pleno vuelo.
Doctor
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
Oscar Cresswell
A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.
Jameson
Ligera comedia amorosa en la que un playboy que vive en una zona vacacional presume de que no hay mujer que se le pueda resistir. Sin embargo, su ego cae por los suelos cuando conoce a una actriz que está por la zona de incógnito, y que no parece hacerle demasiado caso. Ante tamaña afrenta, el hombre decide seducirla a cualquier precio... incluido el matrimonio.
Mr. Brougham
The story of a romance between the daughter of the Prince Regent and Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg.
Duke of Ayr and Sterling
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
Group Captain on Aircrew Interview Board
Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with a bombing raid on Berlin.
Music Lover at Ball
A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.
Rudolf Spiedler
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
Charles Cinderford
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
Paul
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.
Jim Kent
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Eccles
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Sir Charles Farringdon
Britisher Sir Charles Farrington and a son, Rex Farrington, arrive in a Russian Soviet territory searching for another Farrington son, Michael,who has been thrown into prison. Valarie Perrovna is a singer who is in love with the imprisoned son and she provides the searchers with the information as to where the missing son is being held. They all go there and help Michael escape. But is their escape vehicle---a flat wagon pulled by three horses--- fast enough and sturdy enough through the snow to beat the Commmisar and his troops to the Rumanian border
Count Esterhazy
Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue.
Rollo
This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby.