Meredith Edwards
Nacimiento : 1917-06-10, Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, UK
Muerte : 1999-02-08
Historia
Gwilym Meredith Edwards was a Welsh character actor and writer.
He was born in mining village of Rhosllannerchrugog, near Wrexham, the son of a collier. He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School. He became an actor in 1938, firstly with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse.
His film appearances include "A Run for Your Money" (1949), "The Blue Lamp" (1950), "The Magnet" (1950), "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951), "The Cruel Sea" (1953), "The Great Game" (1953), "The Long Arm" (1956), "Dunkirk" (1958) and "Tiger Bay" (1959). He appeared as the murderous butler in the cult television series "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" in 1969, and as Tom in the cult children's science fiction serial "Sky" in 1975. He also played Richard Lloyd in the 1981 TV series "The Life and Times of David Lloyd George".
(Voice)
A poet's tale of a day in the lives of the villagers of a Welsh fishing town of Llareggub.
Old Bore
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
Sam
Dai Davies (Eric Wyn) is a Welshman running a cash-strapped farm in modern Wales and raising his orphaned granddaughter Gwen (Sian MacLean) with the help of her godmother Nerys (Lynette Davies). When he dies unexpectedly, he leaves Gwen's guardianship to his estranged son Alan (Daniel J. Travanti), who has returned to Wales accompanied by his stepson Cliff Dean (Patrick Loomer). Alan's return pits himself against land developer Howard (Dafydd Hywel) and Cliff against Gwen's would-be suitor Gwilyn (Richard Lynch). As Alan and Gwen try to connect in the background of readying the farm's prize stallion Mabon for a race that could save the farm, Howard resorts to dirty tricks to try and force through the farm's sale.
Richard Lloyd
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title theme, Chi Mai, was by Ennio Morricone
Apparently a British answer to the Boys in the Band
Logan
Respondiendo a los planes de mecanizar los puertos, que amenazan sus puestos de trabajo, los obreros portuarios se declaran en huelga. Como sus familias batallan contra la pobreza, los trabajadores presienten que las posibilidades se vuelven contra ellos. ¿Pero hay otra manera? Un ex líder sindical, Jack Regan, propone que los obreros ocupen los puertos y los gestionen ellos mismos: una decisión que el Estado no puede permitir que tenga éxito... "The Big Flame" fue la segunda obra del escritor Jim Allen en "The Wednesday Play" (después de "The Lump") , y su primera con Ken Loach, quien la consideraría "su guión definitivo". La BBC postergó dos veces su estreno, pero eventualmente fue propalada con una reacción predecible: el "Daily Mail" la catalogó como "una pieza marxista presentada como un sermón", mientras una nueva organización socialista revolucionaria adoptaba su nombre.
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
Steve
A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.
Clergyman on the Committee
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
Harry Mitchell
A finales de los años cincuenta, la sociedad británica experimenta un cierto clima de odio racial, que afecta sobremanera a los trabajadores de color, inmigrantes en su mayoría, que sienten la animadversión de algunos de sus jefes y de sus compañeros. Este no es el caso de Jacko Palmer, un artesano que realiza su oficio en una fábrica londinense, siempre dispuesto a ayudar a la comunidad negra. No obstante, la actitud que adopta Jacko Palmer en relación a este tema, se pone nuevamente a prueba cuando su hija Kathie se enamora de un colega suyo, el maestro de escuela de raza negra, originario de Jamaica, Peter Lincoln. Su convicción personal lleva a Jacko a aceptar la relación, pero encuentra la oposición de su esposa Nell. Tan sólo una revuelta que enfrenta a una banda de hampones con un grupo de jamaicanos indefensos hace recapacitar a Nell y, de esta forma, aceptar el futuro matrimonio entre su hija y el joven antillano.
Father
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
Williams
Gillie, una niña de doce años que vive en un pequeño pueblo británico, presencia casualmente un asesinato: Korchinsky, un marinero polaco, en un arrebato de ira, mata a su amante después de encontrarla con otro hombre. Gillie recoge el arma del crimen e intenta huir; Korchinsky consigue alcanzarla, pero es incapaz de hacerle daño. Entre ambos se crea un extraño vínculo afectivo, que lleva a Gillie a despistar a la policía para salvar a su nuevo amigo.
Sergeant Bolton
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.
Dave Bellman
Durante la II Guerra Mundial en 1940, después de realizar un sabotaje delante de sus líneas, una unidad británica en Francia pierde a su oficial. El cabo se encuentra entonces con la responsabilidad de liderar al grupo y encontrar a su unidad, en plena retirada. Mientras, el cerco sobre Dunkerque se termina de cerrar, y tanto civiles como militares, al otro lado del canal, tratan por todos los medios de socorrer a los soldados cercados. (FILMAFFINITY)
Doctor Maxwell
An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual imagery in the minds of patients, ostensibly to help them relax.
Police Sgt. Rogers
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
Farmer Beasley
A group of circus children and their friends band together to save the show from financial disaster.
Mr. Thomas
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
Sergeant Davies
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Police Constable Durrant
Story of a group of children's successful efforts to bring to book a gang of oil men intent on stealing valuable invention.
Laurence Gibson
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
Police Constable
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
Police Constable (uncredited)
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
Carter
Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesn't have any male heirs on the way, else he gets the cash. She journies from New York to England, and finally tracks him down with his heavily pregnant new wife. Should she try and woo him back or challenge the legality of the new marriage?
George Henry Martin
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took place on the same day in three successive years. The police don't trust their instincts - but as 10th July nears again, a solicitor has started receiving threatening letters...
Ted Fellowes
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey
Bob Edwards
Duncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally shoots Hylton's lover. Convinced that he's a murderer, he heads for the hills as a police hunt begins... Classic British thriller from the creator of Dixon Of Dock Green.
Whistler Grant
Celebrated crime writer Colin Knowles finds himself at the centre of a baffling real-life mystery when his estranged wife Louie asks for his help. Her new boss has gone missing at his grand country home -- and when his body is found, the hunt is on for a devious and twisted murderer. Sinister letters from London refer to a 'double crime'. Who will be the killer's next victim?
Narrator
A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.
Bert Tripp
Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Yeoman Wells
Aventuras de un buque escolta de convoy británico durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Al comienzo de la guerra al Capitán de Corbeta Ericson se le asigna el buque HMS Compass Rose con oficiales sin experiencia y hombres que acaban de salir de la formación militar. Tendrán que enfrentarse al mar invernal y a los temibles submarinos alemanes
Skid Evans
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job.
Dave Davies
A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.
Jones
Basado en una historia real ocurrida durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando un comandante de la Marina británica preparó a sus hombres para enfrentarse a la flota alemana a pesar de estar en clara inferioridad de condiciones. El valor de los militares ingleses quedó para siempre en la memoria del pueblo inglés, al otorgarles una gran victoria moral.
Inspector Dale
El director de una gran librería comete un desliz con una empleada. Cuando ésta traba amistad con un ex presidiario ambos trazarán un plan para chantajearle.
Griffiths the Hearse
The adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her drunken, money-loving husband.
Gwyl
A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them.
P. C. Williams
Hace veinte años que el tímido Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) se encarga de supervisar el traslado de los cargamentos de oro del banco inglés en el que trabaja; pero llega un momento en que, harto de su gris y anodina vida, idea un ingenioso plan para llevar a cabo un espectacular robo en el banco: se trata de trasladar el oro de Inglaterra a Francia en forma de souvenirs de la Torre Eiffel.
Detective Sergeant Bratcher
La historia de un boxeador y motorista que intenta seducir a una hermosa muchacha durante el carnaval.
A panhandler who opens car doors for people in London's theatre district finds himself involved in a deadly mystery when a corpse with a cash-stuffed wallet falls out of a vehicle and he helps himself to some of the money.
Harper
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.
PC Hughes
Dos matones londinenses, que han sido rechazados por el crimen organizado, ejecutan por su cuenta una serie de robos que acaban provocando la muerte de un policía. (FILMAFFINITY)
Thomas 'Twm' Jones
Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!