Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

Nacimiento : 1908-06-05, Perth, Scotland, UK

Muerte : 1987-09-05

Perfil

Bill Fraser

Películas

La pequeña Dorrit
Mr. Casby
Narra la historia de Arthur Clennam, un joven amable pero al que la suerte suele dar la espalda. Cuando aún era un niño se vio forzado a salir de casa, desde el cálido cobijo de su madre pasó al frío mundo exterior.
Christmas Present
Sir Percy
A Christmas black comedy based on the tradition in Hammond's Bank that a member of the board should take a turkey and 6 pence to a deserving poor family.
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Commander Bill Pollock
Sarah Jane Smith arrives at the home of her Aunt Lavinia in the cozy village of Moreton Harwood, only to find that Lavinia is nowhere to be found and that the Doctor has left her a parting gift in K·9 Mark III. With the help of K·9 and Lavinia's young ward Brendan Richards, Sarah Jane starts investigating her aunt's disappearance. In the process, they discover that Moreton Harwood is home to a coven worshipping the pagan god Hecate and preparing for a human sacrifice...
El ojo de la aguja
Mr. Porter
Gran Bretaña, 1944, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Perseguido implacablemente por varios agentes del MI5, Henry Faber la Aguja, un despiadado espía alemán que posee información vital sobre el Día D, se refugia en la isla de las Tormentas, una inhóspita tierra apenas habitada situada cerca de las costas del norte de Escocia.
Rhubarb Rhubarb
During a game of golf between a police inspector and a vicar the inspector cheats by having a constable move his ball into favourable positions and the vicar's into hazardous ones. when the vicar discovers this he prays for divine intervention which turns the tables.
Doctor Who: Meglos
General Grugger
On the lush planet Tigella, two opposing factions are divided over the usage of the Dodecahedron, an ancient and powerful artefact which provides the entire planet's energy. The Doctor is summoned to arbitrate the conflict, but the power-crazed Meglos intercepts the call and impersonates him in order to steal the Dodecahedron.
Comedians
Eddie Waters
Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.
El trigo está verde
The Squire
Miss Moffat (Katharine Hepburn), una inglesa que se va a vivir a un publo minero de Gales, se queda completamente horrorizada cuando comprueba que también los niños trabajan en las minas. Se plantea entonces la necesidad de hacer algo por ellos y decide escolarizarlos. Nueva adaptación de la obra de Emlyn Williams, que ya en 1945 conoció una versión protagonizada por Bette Davis
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Murdoch
TV dramatisation of the trilogy by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
The Apple Cart
Boanerges
Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?
Moments
Mr. Fleming
A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encounters a highly optimistic and carefree young woman who attempts to reason him out of following through on his suicidal thoughts.
Certificado de defunción
Uncle George
Laura Davidson y su marido Bill crían y entrenan caballos de carreras en la campiña inglesa. El orgullo de sus cuadras es Admiral, un especialista en carreras de obstáculos entrenado por Alan, amigo de la familia y jinete amateur. Un día, Bill es asesinado después de una extraña carrera en la que Admiral sufre continuos tropiezos y caídas. Alan empieza a investigar y sus sospechas recaen sobre Clifford Tudor, un corredor de apuestas de mala reputación. (FILMAFFINITY)
All Good Men
On the eve of an in-depth television interview, Edward Waite, former Labour cabinet minister, calls his family together for a birthday celebration that results in dramatic revelations.
Love Thy Neighbour
Mr. Granger
Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...
That's Your Funeral
Basil Bulstrode
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
Up the Chastity Belt
Sir Braggart de Bombast
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...
Up the Front
Groping
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say "titter ye not." Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans' plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear...! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.
Up Pompeii
Prosperus Maximus
Un esclavo romano se convierte sin darse cuenta en poseedor de un escrito que contiene los nombres de los asesinos de Nerón propuestos.
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
Mr John Wilton
An evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Keith Michell, Pat Kirkwood, Warren Mitchell, Ronnie Barker, Bill Fraser, Gina Astralita, Eric Robinson. Introduced by Billy Russell. Tonight, 90 years after it closed, this famous Music-Hall opens again to bring you a picture of the stars, the singers, the dancers, and the people who once went there.
All the Way Up
Arnold Makepeace
Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman he must make his family more socially acceptable.
La ciudad de oro del capitán Nemo
Barnaby Bath
Seis náufragos son rescatados durante una tempestad por el capitán Nemo que les conduce en una fantástica nave submarina, la "Ciudad de Oro", bajo las aguas del océano Atlántico. Allí conocen a extraños personajes con los que viven emocionantes aventuras.
The Best House in London
Inspector MacPherson
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
Diamonds for Breakfast
Bookseller
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.
I've Gotta Horse
Mr. Bartholemew
A fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great love of animals, and it features his own racehorse, Anselmo. Also featured are several of Billy's own dogs.
Agentes dobles
Leslie Dunwoody
Diplomáticos británicos están a pocas semanas de concluir un acuerdo con un país del Oriente Medio para un nuevo contrato del petróleo favorable para sus intereses. Sólo hay un problema, el hombre con el que debían cerrar el trato, el Príncipe Jamil, heredero al trono de este rico país, aún no ha llegado a la edad mínima necesaria para gobernar. El gobierno británico tiene miedo a que, durante las semanas que faltan antes de su cumpleaños, el joven sea asesinado. Para evitar que esto ocurra, la Oficina Británica en el Exterior echa mano del Coronel Drexel, un veterano héroe de guerra, y de David Frazer, un soldado americano. (FILMAFFINITY)
Joey Boy
Sergeant Major Dobbs
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...
La americanización de Emily
Port Commander
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un rico y cobarde oficial de la Marina, que se mantiene alejado de la guerra en una base militar norteamericana, se enamora de una viuda inglesa. Esta historia de amor se ve amenazada cuando el oficial debe cumplir una peligrosa misión, previa al desembarco de Normandía.
A Home of Your Own
The Shop Steward
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the site is first selected, to the day – several years and children later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house. It may well have been inspired by the success of Bernard Cribbins' classic song of the same vein from two years earlier, "Right Said Fred". In this satirical look at British builders, many cups of tea are made, windows are broken and the same section of road is dug up over and over again by the water board, the electricity board and the gas board. Ronnie Barker’s put-upon cement mixer, Peter Butterworth’s short-sighted carpenter and Bernard Cribbins’ hapless stonemason all contribute to the ensuing chaos.
What a Crazy World
J. Mulligan
Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.
Doctor in Love
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
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.
The Man Who Liked Funerals
Jeremy Bentham
A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased, threatening to publish incriminating stories about them. Then he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.
Brumas de inquietud
R.E. Sergeant
Mark Trevor es un periodista que durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial trabaja para la BBC. Está casado con Kay, pero cuando conoce a Sara Scott, una periodista norteamericana en Inglaterra, se enamora de ella y ambos inician un tumultuoso romance de imprevisibles consecuencias...
Davy
Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios.
A Clean Sweep
Bookmaker
George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.
Second Fiddle
Nixon
Deborah y Charles se aman locamente. Trabajan en una agencia de publicidad, una de cuyas normas más estrictas es prohibir que una mujer casada trabaje para la empresa...
Charley Moon
Marber
A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, Armytage suggests they team up as stage comics. Things are not easy; jobs are few and far between, and when they can be found they are in the tattiest of theatres, but Charley gains the experience he needs. They then decide to try their luck in London.
Alias John Preston
Joe Newton
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of the local hospital. Everything seems to be going well for him until a newly appointed consultant psychiatrist shows up and starts asking some probing questions.
Orders Are Orders
Pvt. Slee
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
La condesa descalza
J. Montague Brown
Tres cineastas estadounidenses descubren a una extraordinaria bailarina llamada María Vargas. Sin perder ni un minuto, se trasladan a Hollywood y lanzan a la desconocida al estrellato. Kirk, el productor de sus películas, corteja en vano a María. Ella, para humillarle, accede a acompañar al multimillonario Bravano en un crucero por la Riviera.
Duelo en la jungla
Smith, Hotel Clerk
Un investigador de seguros estadounidense es enviado a Rhodesia para averiguar las causas de la misteriosa muerte de un comerciante de diamantes que se ahogó mientras buceaba cerca de la costa. Como su seguro de vida era de un millón de dólares, su muerte despertó las sospechas de la aseguradora.
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Band Leader
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
El paraíso del capitán
Absalom (taxi driver)
Henry St. James, capitán de un ferry transmediterráneo, tiene su vida sentimental perfectamente organizada. Tiene una esposa inglesa en Gibraltar y otra más exótica en Tánger. Pero, cuando ambas deciden, cada una por su cuenta, ir a esperarlo al puerto de destino del barco, su idílica vida correrá un grave peligro.
Terror en el tren
Constable J. Reed
La trama cuenta cómo un ex militar experto en explosivos es solicitado por la policía para desactivar una bomba colocada por un terrorista en un tren de municiones.
Meet Me Tonight
Bert Bentley (segment "Red Peppers")
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.
Forbidden
Railway Porter (uncredited)
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Helter Skelter
Oliver Cromwell
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
The Common Touch
Harris
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
East of Piccadilly
Maxie
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.