Tony Wager
Nacimiento : 1932-06-24, Willesden, London, England, UK
Muerte : 1990-12-23
Historia
Wager is best known for portraying the role of the young "Pip" in David Lean's 1946 film of Great Expectations.
Wager was born in Willesden, London and grew up in Mill Hill, Hendon. Wager’s father was a plumber and decorator. He studied at Christ's College. In 1945, Wager auditioned call for the role of ’Pip’ in the film Great Expectations. Wager won the role and was praised by critics for his performance. He won a Film Daily Critics Award for Best Performance For a Juvenile for his role in the film.
After appearing in Great Expectations, Wager continued working in films and television in England. In the late 1950s, Wager moved to Sydney, Australia where he continued his career in both film and television but occasionally returned to England for acting jobs. He made his final onscreen appearance in the 1988 Australian television movie The Boardroom.
Cuthbert
Daisy, a gun-toting grumpy old battle-axe, eeking out her life in a tumbledown shack in the middle of nowhere. Into her life stumbles Simon, a mild-mannered accountant. Together, they form an uneasy alliance that is hilarious to watch. Gradually he helps her rediscover her zestful youth in return for stability in his troubled life.
Inspector Bigelow
A former Nazi living in Hong Kong has developed a nerve gas that he's hidden in a sewer attached to a time bomb. Police race against time to find the stash before it's unleashed on the city.
Pvt. Higgins (as Anthony Wager)
Un alienígena secuestra seres humanos de raza femenina para poder llevarlas a Ganímedes y que su raza no se vea condenada a la extinción.
Artie
A couple inherit a hotel with no guests until their son's pop group turns things around.
A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.
Det. Sgt. Baker
An avaricious, ambitious fellow, desiring to hold the reins for a major auto company, must frame someone for murder before he can get what he wants. He chooses a reformed embezzler who works for the company.
Moss
Birmania 1942; Segunda Guerra Mundial. Michael Quinn (Dirk Bogarde) es un valiente piloto de la RAF. Después de una fallida ofensiva en Birmania, al teniente Quinn le encargan una nueva misión. Esta consiste en viajar a Delhi con el fin de recibir un curso de japonés. Sus superiores confían en que Quinn se convierta en poco tiempo en un eficaz traductor, para interrogar a los prisioneros de guerra japoneses. La escuela a la que está destinado Quinn se encuentra en Red Fort, en Vieja Delhi. El primer escollo con el que se encuentra Quinn es un alumno receloso llamado Fenwick, que pronto le hará la vida imposible.
Lookout, HMS Ajax
En los primeros años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la Royal Navy libra una batalla desesperada para mantener abiertas las rutas de convoyes en el Atlántico y poder abastecer a las islas británicas, enfrentándose así al gran peligro que suponen los numerosos buques de guerra alemanes que, como el Admiral Graf Spee, recorren el océano en busca de cargueros que hundir.
George
II Guerra Mundial. La marina de guerra británica se encuentra amenazada por el acorazado alemán Tirpitz. Con una gran potencia de fuego, sobretodo sus ochos cañones de 381 milímetros con alcance de hasta 34 kilómetros, este acorazado podría acabar fácilmente con sus líneas de suministros marítimos, siendo este un riesgo que Inglaterra no puede consentir. Resguardado en el fiordo de Trondheim, Noruega, es imposible atacarlo con una oportunidad de éxito. Pero el Comandante Fraser (John Mills) propone un ingenioso y arriesgado plan. Su idea consiste en llegar a Trondheim camuflados con un pesquero noruego y una vez próximos al objetivo usar tres submarinos de bolsillo experimentales que deberán depositar bajo su casco varias cargas explosivas subacuáticas.
Fezziwig's Lad (uncredited)
Ebeneezer Scrooge (Alastair Sim) es un cruel avaro hasta una Nochebuena fatídica cuando es visitado por tres fantasmas. Los espíritus le muestran cómo su comportamiento durante los años le ha hecho un hombre solitario, amargo. Utilizan eventos del pasado idealista de Scrooge, su tristre presente y su lúgubre futuro, las apariciones harán todo lo posible para derretir su alma steely. Cicatero Ebeneezer Scrooge aprende de sus errores justo a tiempo para las vacaciones de Navidad y consigue que la vida de todos sea un poco mejor.
Ted
A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
Roger Henderson
Storyline Roger Henderson, the young son of a wealthy British gentleman, lives in one of those grand British country estates surrounded by huge gardens. When a Rembrandt painting is stolen from the vault in the basement of the mansion, Roger and John Wilson (young son of the butler) discover a secret tunnel leading from the vault to another building on the estate. They then set out on a dangerous mission to bring the smugglers to justice.
Bert
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
The Boy Hamer
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.
Young Wild Johnnie
Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
Young Pip
Adaptación de la novela "Grandes esperanzas" de Charles Dickens. El hijo de un humilde herrero es enviado a educarse a Londres gracias al dinero de un benefactor cuya identidad desconoce.
