Elwyn Brook-Jones

Nacimiento : 1911-12-11, Caerphilly, Gwent, Wales, UK

Muerte : 1962-09-04

Historia

Elwyn Brook-Jones (11 December 1911 – 4 September 1962) was an actor.

Películas

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Emir
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.
The Ugly Duckling
Dandy
Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?
Passport to Shame
Solicitor Heath
Un taxista se enamora de una muchacha francesa y la libera de una red de tráfico de blancas.
The Duke Wore Jeans
Bartolomeo
A cockney lad pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess
Rogue's Yarn
Inspector Walker
An adulterous husband plans to kill his invalid wife. He thinks that he has the perfect alibi, but an alert detective unravels his story.
Assignment Redhead
Digby Mitchel
An American army officer working for British intelligence comes to post-war Berlin to solve a murder. His investigation is compromised when he falls for a nightclub singer, not realising she is an agent of the criminal mastermind he is on the trail of.
The Gilded Cage
Bruno Lucas
Steve and Harry become involved in an art theft. Harry is framed by the crooks, and arrested by the police. Steve has to prove his brother's innocence.
The Harassed Hero
Logan
Poor Mr. Murray Selwyn (Guy Middleton)! He's suffering from 'Acute Apprehension Complex' and his doctors have strongly recommended that he avoid any stress or excitement in his life. Unfortunately -- thanks to a chance encounter in a London taxi cab -- he now finds himself at the very centre of an explosive international criminal caper and his life is filled with suitcases full of hot money, desperate gunmen and vanishing bodies! More dangerous still, he's been cared for by the rather ravishing Nurse Brook (Joan Winmill Brown) -- a girl guaranteed to stimulate any red-blooded English gentleman! How much excitement can one man take?
Three Steps In The Dark
Wilbrahim
A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically that he intends to change his will before he dies. Before he can do this, he is murdered. His niece (Gynt), a detective story writer, has to put her theories into practice by solving a real-life murder mystery.
The Night Won't Talk
When a beautiful young artist's model is strangled in her bed, Scotland Yard find themselves with three suspects -- her sinister ex-husband (Elwyn Brook-Jones), a sexually disturbed artist (Ballard Berkeley) and her violent new boyfriend (John Bailey), who is prone to unexplained blackouts.To catch the killer, the police must set a dangerous trap with the aid of a famous sculptress (Hy Hazell).
Judgment Deferred
Coxon
A group of very strange men, refugees and casualties of the war, rally round when one of their number is framed by a drug racketeer. Co-opting a well-known journalist to their cause, they scheme to bring the racketeer to justice in a home-made "trial" in the crypt of a ruined church.
I'll Get You for This
The Fence
Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist, after she loses all of her money at the casino. Nick flees with Colleen after they are framed for murder and he tries to track down the real killer.
The Wonder Kid
Mr. Gorik
Bobby Henrey, the amazing juvenile star of The Fallen Idol, is here cast as 7-year-old musical genius Sebastian Giro. Mistreated by his avaricious adult manager, Sebastian runs away to a remote Alpine village. He then falls into the hands of a gang of kidnappers, led by the basically sympathetic Jack (Robert Shackleton).
Dear Mr. Prohack
Benny Erivangian
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how to cope with sudden personal wealth.
Su peor enemigo
Sammy Rice es un científico experto en bombas, con graves heridas de guerra, que sólo consigue calmar el dolor gracias a las pastillas y al alcohol; vive encerrado en sí mismo por un comportamiento autodestructivo y con una inestable relación con su novia Susan. Cuando sus superiores le ordenan que investigue sobre un nuevo tipo de bomba trampa creada por los alemanes, los nervios y la resolución de Sammy llegarán a sus límites.
It's Hard to be Good
Budibent
A do-gooder ex-army officer finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Duke of Cumberland
The Pretender lands on Scottish shores and attempts to claim the crown.
Good-Time Girl
Mr. Pottinger
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
The Three Weird Sisters
Thomas
Three older sisters live on their family estate in Wales. This household once proudly reigned over a mining town, but the mines dried up and the estate and the town have fallen on hard times. When the land crumbles and a number of homes in the town are destroyed the sisters promise to rebuild the homes.
Larga es la noche
Tober
Irlanda, principios del siglo XX. Johnny McQueen es uno de los militantes más importantes del Sinn Fein, el brazo político del IRA (1905), cuyo objetivo es la independencia de Irlanda. La necesidad de conseguir fondos para financiar la lucha armada lo lleva a elaborar un plan para atracar un banco.
Rope
Rupert Cadell
Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.
Pimpinela Smith
Bit Part
Europa, 1939. Alemania y Gran Bretaña se encuentran a punto de enfrentarse en una nueva guerra. El profesor Horatio Smith viaja con sus estudiantes a la Europa continental para participar en una excavación arqueológica, pero cuando sus alumnos descubran que lo que busca Smith es construir un camino que facilite la huida a los enemigos del nazismo, lo apoyarán con más ahínco. Sin embargo, el plan se complica cuando un estudiante introduzca en el grupo a una misteriosa mujer que resulta ser una espía de la Gestapo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Aquella noche en Varsovia
En Polonia, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un joven pianista huye de su país para continuar su carrera profesional. Al poco tiempo conoce a Carole Peters, una periodista estadounidense de la que se enamora y con la que viaja a Inglaterra. Pero, al llegar allí, se alista en un escuadrón aéreo polaco y vuelve a su país para rescatar a sus camaradas. Carole no duda en acompañarle.