Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

Nacimiento : 1909-10-19, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Muerte : 1992-03-03

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Beatty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Robert Beatty

Películas

Breakthrough at Reykjavik
Ronald Reagan
Political drama about the Gorbachev-Reagan summit at Reykjavik
Superman IV: En busca de la paz
U.S. President
Poco despues de que la cumbre USA-URSS para el desarme nuclear fracase, el mundo se ve al borde de la III guerra mundial. Superman recibe la carta del niño Jeremy, quien le pide que salve el mundo de la inminente guerra atómica. Desafiando al espíritu de los sabios de Krypton, el Hombre de Acero anuncia a la ONU que destruirá todas las armas nucleares, tanto del Este como del Oeste. Sin embargo, esto es aprovechado por el genio criminal Lex Luthor, recién fugado de prisión, quien se alía con los militaristas americanos y soviéticos para crear a Nuclear Man, un supermonstruo que aniquilará al Ultimo Hijo de Krypton.
Dentro del laberinto
Left Door Knocker (voice)
Sarah debe atravesar un laberinto para rescatar a su hermano pequeño, que ha sido secuestrado por los duendes y está en manos del poderoso rey Jareth. La niña descubre que ha llegado a un lugar donde las cosas no son siempre lo que parecen.
Superman III
Tanker Captain
Superman se tiene que enfrentar con una máquina creada por un genio de los ordenadores llamado Gus Gorman, contra un magnate megalómano que pretende transformar la Tierra y lo que es mucho peor contra un desdoblamiento de personalidad. Pero también habrá tiempo para que Clark Kent vuelva a Smallville, donde se encontrará con Lana Lang, su novia de la adolescencia.
Man and Superman
Mr. Malone
An adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play.
Servicios Secretos Paralelos
Ambassador
Charles Heller es un experto analista informático que trabaja para la CIA y que un día ve cómo su mundo se derrumba cuando un grupo de terroristas acaba con la vida de su novia. Heller decide, entonces, tomarse la venganza por su mano y dar caza al asesino.
Un astronauta en la corte del Rey Arturo
Una nave de la NASA demuestra que Einstein tenía razón cuando, viajando a mayor velocidad que la luz, aterriza en Camelot, el reino del Rey Arturo. A bordo van el bondadoso Tom Trimble y el robot Hermes. Tom hace rapidamente amigos, como la bonita Alisandre y enemigos, como el horrible Sir Nordred. Nordred está intentando derrocar a Arturo, mientras tanto, el padre de Alisandre no resulta ser la gallina que ella creía que era..... en ese momento llegan los americanos.
Golden Rendezvous
Dr. Taubman
Action-packed suspense thriller finds innocuous-looking purser Carter (Harris) the unlikely hero when the floating casino on which he works is hijacked by a heavily armed group of mercenaries, led by John Vernon. Complicating matters, a nuclear warhead has been smuggled aboard as collateral for a rendezvous with another ocean liner, loaded with gold bullion. A cast full of supernovas, dazzling set & stunt work, and a catchy theme tune by Jeff Wayne create a pleasing audio-visual experience light on logic but fast paced and entertaining nonetheless.
La pantera rosa ataca de nuevo
Admiral
Mientras el jefe del inspector Clouseau, Paul Dreyfus, se recupera paulatinamente de una crisis nerviosa provocada por su temible subordinado, éste decide acudir al hospital a visitarlo. Al verlo en su habitación, Dreyfus, sufre un arrebato de locura y jura que en lo sucesivo dedicará su vida a la venganza.
Sleepwalker
A young American woman visiting her author father in London discovers that her childhood habit of sleepwalking has recurred. She has a vivid dream of witnessing a murder in a strange house - or is it a dream?
The Gathering Storm
Lord Beaverbrook
Winston Churchill's life in the years leading up to World War II.
La papisa Juana
Dr. Corwin
Esta película se basa en la leyenda medieval del Papa Joan, que fue nombrado alrededor del año 855.
La celada
Gun Dealer
Un violento asesino se escapa de la cárcel. Su mayor obsesión es vengarse de aquellos que le delataron haciéndole pasar años en prisión. Además descubre que su esposa le ha sido infiel y decide matarla.
El desafío de las águilas
Gen. George Carnaby
En plena Segunda Guera Mundial, John Smith es el jefe de un grupo de élite, cuya misión es infiltrarse en las líneas enemigas alemanas para rescatar a un general americano, prisionero de los nazis, para evitar que hable del plan de invasión de Normandía.
2001: Una odisea del espacio
Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
La historia de la humanidad, en diversos estadios del pasado y del futuro, es narrada en la película de ciencia-ficción de culto por excelencia de la historia del cine. Hace millones de años, en los albores del nacimiento del homo sapiens, unos simios descubren un monolito que les lleva a un estadio de inteligencia superior. Otro monolito vuelve a aparecer, millones de años después, enterrado en una luna, lo que provoca el interés de los científicos humanos. Por último, HAL 9000, una máquina de inteligencia artificial, es la encargada de todos los sistemas de una nave espacial tripulada durante una misión de la NASA.
Bikini Paradise
Commissioner
Un par de oficiales de la Marina de los Estados Unidos están aislados en una isla del Pacífico Sur con un grupo de mujeres que quieren usarlos con fines matrimoniales y de apareamiento.
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
General Cutler
The Doctor's TARDIS lands at the Snowcap space tracking station in Antarctica in December 1986. A routine space mission starts going wrong. When the base personnel's suspicions are roused, the Doctor informs them that the space capsule is being affected by the gravitational pull of another planet — a tenth planet in the Solar system.
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
Col. Matson
The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.
The Amorous Prawn
Larry Hoffman
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in order to raise money for their dream retirement cottage.
The Shakedown
Jarvis
Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.
Operation Universe
Narrator
A British documentary that covers the atomic energy developments made in Great Britain since the end of World War II, with a focus towards advancing progress towards space flight.
Time Lock
Pete Dawson
A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
Sangre sobre la tierra
Elizabeth's Husband - Jeff Newton
Peter, un joven terrateniente inglés establecido en Kenia, y Kimani, un orgulloso africano que defiende sus raíces, son amigos desde la infancia, pero entre ellos existen diferencias ideológicas insalvables. Peter está a favor de los granjeros ingleses y de la coexistencia pacífica, mientras que Kimani se opone a la explotación de su país y desea la expulsión de los ingleses.
Tarzán y el safari perdido
Tusker Hawkins
A raíz de una colisión con una bandada de flamencos rosas, un avión cae a la selva, y Tarzán, que ha acudido rápidamente al lugar, consigue rescatar a todos sus tripulantes. Poco después, el grupo es atacado por los nativos de Opar, unos salvajes sanguinarios, que arrojan a Tarzán al río y raptan a una de las mujeres de la expedición con intención de sacrificarla a sus dioses.
The Atlantic Community: Introducing the United Kingdom
Self - Commentator (voice)
One of a series of short documentaries giving an overview of the various members of NATO.
Portrait of Alison
Tim Forrester
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
Out of the Clouds
Nick Millbourne
A day following workers at an airport
All Found
Narrator
From The World of Life film series. A documentary narrated by Robert Beatty, of a working day of Laurie Smith - the Head Keeper of London Zoo.
La manzana de la discordia
Menelao (segment: The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships)
Hedy Winsor recibe una invitación para asistir a un baile de disfraces y se le presenta el dilema de elegir entre tres mujeres: Genoveva de Brabante, Josefina de Beauharnais o Helena de Troya. En su imaginación recrea los episodios más característicos de sus vidas, pero finalmente decide que debe acudir con su propia y exclusiva personalidad.
Albert R.N.
Lt Jim Reed
Historia basada en hechos reales. En 1944, tras el fracaso de varios intentos de fuga en un campo alemán de prisioneros de guerra, un grupo de oficiales empieza a sospechar que entre ellos hay un traidor. El teniente Ainsworth, un artista en la vida civil, hace un maniquí llamado Albert para engañar a los guardias alemanes que pasan lista a los presos cuando vuelven de las duchas que están situadas fuera del campo.
The Square Ring
Jim 'Kid' Curtis
La película sigue las vidas de cinco boxeadores diferentes y sus motivos para dedicarse a esa actividad.
The Oracle
Bob Jefferson
An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.
Fugitivos del terror rojo
Barovic
Con la ayuda de las tropas soviéticas, los comunistas se han hecho con el poder en Checoslovaquia. Una compañía de circo intenta cruzar la frontera con Austria para huir de la represión. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Net
Maj. Sam Seagram
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.
The Broken Horseshoe
Dr. Mark Benton
When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
The Figurehead
A poem of unrequited love: the studio's first puppet production. Based on a poem by Cosbie Garstin, the film tells the story of a carved wooden saint who is painted to look like a soldier and used as a figurehead on a sailing ship. The ship sinks and the figurehead is saved by a beautiful mermaid who falls in love with him. Her love is not returned because despite his dashing looks he has the wooden heart of a saint.
Wings of Danger
Nick Talbot
A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.
The Gentle Gunman
Shinto
The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.
The Magic Box
Lord Beaverbrook
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Arthur Gunns
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
Spotlight at the Fair
Commentator
A look at travelling fairs across the UK.
El hidalgo de los mares
Lt. William Bush
En el siglo XIX, el capitán inglés Horatio Hornblower atraviesa el Atlántico con su barco para ayudar a un enloquecido dictador centroamericano.
Her Favourite Husband
Antonio Pellegrini
While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery
Bob Beacham
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.
Portrait from Life
Campbell Reid
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
La isla soñada
Gulliver Shields
El joven dublinés, Gulliver Sheils, fantasea sobre como escaparía de su vida monótona y se iría a los Mares del Sur, a Tahiti. Careciendo del dinero para tal empresa, empieza a merodear por fuera del Colegio de Trinidad con la esperanza de rescatar a una persona rica de un accidente de tráfico que lo recompensará para su heroísmo.
Against the Wind
Father Philip Elliot
A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information.
Counterblast
Dr. Paul Rankin
An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned germ warfare.
Larga es la noche
Dennis
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.
Green Fingers
Thomas Stone
A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is believed to have a chronic illness. He seems to cure her, and the case draws a lot of attention, some of it negative because he was unlicensed when he treated her. He still does not have a degree when he marries the daughter and begins practising osteopathy.
Appointment with Crime
Det. Insp. Rogers
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
It Happened One Sunday
Tom Stevens
A young woman who comes to Liverpool for domestic employment and finds romance with a young sailor who winds up in hospital after a fight.
San Demetrio London
'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio
British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.
Suspected Person
Franklin
After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of the missing loot. This means bad news for their former accomplice Jim Raynor, who has the money hidden away not least because they're not the only ones on his tail; Scotland Yard is also on the case...
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Sgt. Hopkins
During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of Our Aircraft Is Missing". Behind these sombre words hid tales of death, destruction and derring-do. This is the story of one such bomber crew who were shot down and the brave Dutch patriots who helped them home.
Los invasores
RCMP Mountie in Alberta (voice)
Unos soldados alemanes, cuyo submarino ha sido hundido frente a las costas canadienses, tratan de llegar a los EEUU, todavía territorio neutral. El grupo sufrirá todo tipo de visicitudes en su desesperada huida e irá sembrando el pánico por todas partes.
Aquella noche en Varsovia
Reporter with Carol
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.
After Mein Kampf
Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Perlas que acusan
Jack
La policía investiga por asesinato a un gangster estadounidense, propietario de un club nocturno en Soho.
The Return of Sam McCloud
William Maitland
Ex-Marshal McCloud now is senator of New Mexico, fighting for a new environment law. His enemy is Maitland, unscrupulous owner of Chemtel, the world's most important chemical manufacturer. Shortly after McCloud gives an inspiring speech, he barely escapes an bomb in his car and a shooting in a restaurant. When he learns that his niece, medical researcher for Chemtel, was killed, he begins to suspect that the attempts on his life were not made by Arabian terrorists, but by Maitland. He pays him a visit in Britain and starts to research on his own.