John Stuart

John Stuart

Nacimiento : 1898-07-18, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Muerte : 1979-10-17

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John Stuart

Películas

The Emperor's New Clothes
Music
When Emperor Louis offers a reward to the tailor who designs the finest outfit for him to wear for his upcoming celebration, two swindlers convince the Emperor to wear a special design made of a fabric they claim is only visible to the wise.
Sherlock Holmes: Estudio en escarlata
Music
Holmes & Watson have one baffling clue to help them track down the crime of an American visitor in London.
David Copperfield
Music
The classic tale of David Copperfield's life is brought to the screen in this faithful and entertaining animated feature for your kids and family.
Superman
10th Elder (uncredited)
Desde una galaxia remota, un recién nacido es enviado por sus padres al espacio debido a la inminente destrucción del planeta donde viven. La nave aterriza en la Tierra, y el niño es adoptado por unos granjeros que le inculcan los mejores valores humanos. Con los años el joven se irá a Metrópolis y allí usará sus poderes sobrenaturales para luchar contra el mal...
El cobarde heróico
English General
Otto von Bismarck contrata los servicios de Flashman para que realice una peligrosa misión: se trata de suplantar a un príncipe germano con el que Flashman tiene un extraordinario parecido. Una vez conseguido su objetivo, Bismarck intentará asesinar a Flashman y al príncipe para conseguir la unificación de los estados alemanes.
The Scarlet Blade
Beverley
A 1964 British action adventure film from Hammer studios. The Scarlet Blade is set during the english civil war. A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathisers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double crossing and derring do.
El alucinante mundo de los Ashby
Williams
Los Ashby son una familia marcada por la tragedia y un cierto grado de inestabilidad mental. Todo empezó con la muerte de sus padres once años antes, en un accidente de coche, y el posterior suicidio de su hermano pequeño. De repente, la aparición de un joven que afirma ser el hermano muerto desata una crisis en el inestable Simon y la depresiva Eleanor. (FILMAFFINITY)
El pueblo de los malditos
Professor Smith
Inexplicablemente, los habitantes de un apacible pueblo pierden el conocimiento durante unas horas. Poco después se produce otro extraño e inquietante fenómeno que parece estar relacionado con aquel desmayo: muchas mujeres del pueblo descubren que están encintas. Agentes del gobierno supervisan estos embarazos para investigar si existe o no tal relación. Cuando las madres dan a luz, resulta que curiosamente todos los recién nacidos son albinos y tienen unos intensos ojos azules, además de una increíble inteligencia; pero a medida que crecen muestran una conducta tan sobrenatural como inhumana.
Bottoms Up!
Police Officer
An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.
¡Hundid el Bismarck!
Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
Basada en una historia real, reLata una de las más famosas batallas navales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En la primavera de 1941, el Bismarck, el acorazado más temible de la armada alemana, considerado el azote de la flota del Atlántico, permanece anclado en la costa noruega. Buscando el camino hacia la libertad y seguridad proporcionada por la Luftwaffe, el acorazado es perseguido por la Marina Real Británica.
La momia
Coroner
Dos arqueólogos, padre e hijo, dirigen una expedición que está estudiando en Egipto la tumba de la reina Anaka. El padre comete el inmenso error de leer en voz alta un conjuro que devuelve la vida a Kharis, el guardián de la reina, el cual, a partir de ese momento, no tiene más objetivo que eliminar a quienes han turbado el reposo de Anaka.
Too Many Crooks
Inspector Jensen
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
The Secret Man
Dr. Warren
A physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station.
Further Up the Creek
Admiral
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Chain of Events
Bank Manager
Cuando un empleado intenta dejar de pagar el billete del autobús desata toda una serie de complicaciones.
La venganza de Frankenstein
Inspector
El doctor Frankenstein escapa a la muerte en la guillotina y se dedica a ejercer como médico de cabecera bajo el nombre de doctor Stein; pero no ha olvidado su proyecto de crear un ser humano.
La verdad al desnudo
Police Inspector
A causa de las graves presiones que recibe, un periodista ha intentado suicidarse en varias ocasiones. Pero ahora ha decidido fundar una publicación para contar la verdad, sin miedo a represalias. Para financiarla, recurre al chantaje de varias personalidades. Los problemas aparecerán cuando un presentador de televisión se le resista. (FILMAFFINITY)
Quatermass 2
The Police Commissioner
El profesor Quatermass descubre por casualidad, investigando un área de mucha actividad de meteoritos, una instalación gubernamental secreta rodeada de fuertes medidas de seguridad. Aparentemente el misterioso complejo se dedica a la fabricación de comida sintética, pero Quatermass llega a la terrible conclusión de que los extraterrestres están invadiendo la Tierra usando esta instalación como tapadera. Para salvar al país y al mundo entero de los invasores, Quatermass deberá enfrentarse a peligros terribles con un final incierto.
Testigo en peligro
Chief Constable
Tras una discusión con su marido, Lucy abandona su casa y se va al cine. Allí mientras se dirige a los servicios es testigo del asesinato del gerente por dos delincuentes, Ward y Barney, que intentan forzar la caja fuerte a continuación. Es descubierta y en la persecución Lucy es atropellada por un autobús y llevada al hospital. Wade decide vigilarla y asesinarla para evitar que los identifique y, en consecuencia, ser ahorcados, en contra de la opinión de Barney. Intenta colarse en el hospital para estrangularla, pero una anciana paciente lo descubre. Decide disfrazarse de enfermero y se dirige a la sala de operaciones, donde Lucy está a punto de ser intervenida…
The Last Man to Hang
Magistrate
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
Tons of Trouble
Doctor
An apartment handyman is unusually attached to a pair of boilers he names "Mavis" and "Ethel."
Alias John Preston
Dr. Underwood
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.
The Gilded Cage
Harding
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.
It's a Great Day
Detective Inspector
Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
Los hombres del bosque de Sherwood
Moraine
Inglaterra. 1194. El rey Ricardo Corazón de León está prisionero en Alemania después de luchar en las Cruzadas. Su hermano, el príncipe John, toma el trono en su ausencia. Un hombre aparece asesinado en el bosque de Sherwood y se culpa a Robin Hood. Robin no sólo es inocente sino que la víctima formaba parte de una misión para liberar al rey Ricardo y asegurar su vuelta a Inglaterra. Robin Hood tendrá que luchar por la liberación del rey Ricardo y por demostrar su inocencia.
Street Corner
Magistrate
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
The Ringer
Gardener
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
To the Rescue
Owner of Kennels
Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.
The Magic Box
2nd Platform Man at Connaught
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.
Mr. Denning Drives North
Wilson
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
Man on the Run
Det. Inspector Jim McBane
Un desertor del ejército se mezcla en un robo y le acusan de asesinato. Conoce a una viuda de guerra que le ayuda, mientras él busca a los verdaderos criminales.
The Man from Yesterday
Gerald Amersley
A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up murdered! Soon the psychic points the finger at her jealous husband.
Third Time Lucky
Inspector
A gambler falls in love with a naive young girl. He thinks she is bringing him good luck. Then his main gambling rival arrives and he desires the girl as well.
Escape from Broadmoor
Inspector Thornton
A maniac killer returns to the scene of a ten-year-old crime, only to find the ghost of a murdered servant girl waiting to exact her revenge.
House of Darkness
Crabtree
In this psychological thriller, an avaricious man covets his stepbrother's home. The greedy fellow knows that his stepbrother has a heart condition and so sets off a fatal attack by smashing a beloved violin. However, his actions do not come without a terrible price.
R.U.R.
Alquist
A story of robots leading a revolution against their human creators. It explored dehumanization through technology and the failure of a technologically driven utopia.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Duke of Bedford
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
Mine Own Executioner
Dr. John Hayling
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
The Phantom Shot
Inspector Webb
Un odiado caballero rural es asesinado, y el inspector del caso analiza los pensamientos y motivos del asesino, mientras cuestiona a todos los involucrados.
La Madonna de las siete lunas
Guiseppe
Una mujer vive marcada por un trauma de su infancia, en la que fue salvajemente atacada y violada. Esto la trastornará hasta el punto de llevar una doble vida en la que unas veces es una dama de la alta sociedad y otras una harapienta gitana. La película obtuvo un gran éxito entre el público inglés de la época, aunque su estreno en España fue muy posterior.
Candles at Nine
William Gardener, Turf Commission
A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he has left his estate to a beautiful young actress whom the other relatives didn't know was related to him. Several attempts on her life are thwarted by a detective, who sets out to discover who's behind the scheme to kill her.
Headline
L.B. Ellington
A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.
Women Aren't Angels
Major Gaunt
Alfred Bandle and Wilmer Popday are partners in business and, somewhat timorously on Popday's part, in pleasure. When their wives join the A.T.S., the men are left unattended and dangerously bored. The trouble starts when Bandle is late for an end-of-leave party after giving a girlfriend a lift; Popday promises the wives he ll restrain his wayward friend when they return to duty, but Bandle evidently thinks otherwise.
Hard Steel
Alan Saunders
A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.
Banana Ridge
Chief Police Officer Staples
When Susie Long appears, together with her 20 year old son, Pink and Pound are thrown into confusion that one of them could be his father.
The Missing Million
Inspector Dicker
Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after an attempt at blackmail by infamous criminal The Panda. His plucky sister Joan aids the police in their investigations, but Rex’s disappearance sets in motion a chain of violent and incomprehensible events when blackmail turns to murder...
Penn of Pennsylvania
Bindle
Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.
The Seventh Survivor
Robert Cooper
During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by a torpedo. The spy winds up on a lifeboat with other survivors, one of whom is a counterintelligence agent who reveals the German spy's true identity.
Ships with Wings
Commdr. Hood
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
John Cartwright
Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention
Old Mother Riley in Society
Tony Morgan
Old Mother Riley does the laundry for the dancers in the pantomime "Aladdin", where her daughter Kitty works as a chorus girl. Sneaking a peek at the show one day, Mother Riley accidentally pops up through a trap door onto the stage. Accosted by the angry star, Mother Riley’s belligerent responses have the audience in stitches. Outraged, the star walks out, leaving Kitty to take over the leading role, to great success.
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Peter Kerrigan
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in investigating murders at Marsh Manor, home of the wealthy Claydon family. Plenty of suspects to choose from, Kerrigan believes that the murders may be connected to hidden treasure on the estate.
Talking Feet
Dr. Roger Hood
An east London fishmonger's young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident that she persuades her dad and various friends to help stage a concert at the local Hippodrome to raise money to save the local hospital.
The Show Goes On
Mack McDonald
A singer tries to find success
Pearls Bring Tears
Harry Willshire
About a businessman (H.F.Maltby) who borrows his wife's pearls to cover a business loan, only for the pearls to then go missing.
Reasonable Doubt
Noel Hampton
A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own son.
Abdul the Damned
Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army
In 1908, Sultan Abdul Hamid rules the Turkish Empire, but he is faced with the threat of revolt by the Young Turk party. He allows Hilmi Pasha, the leader of the Young Turks, to return from exile and form the country's first constitutional government. With tensions still growing, chief of police Kadar Pasha assassinates Hassan Bey, the leader of the Old Turk party, and makes it look as if a Young Turk committed the crime, in order to give Abdul an excuse for arresting the Young Turk leaders. Meanwhile, Abdul becomes infatuated with a visiting Austrian singer. When she rejects his advances, she endangers both herself and her fiancé, a Turkish officer who also knows who really shot Hassan Bey.
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman
Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintance with Lucy Merrall, but she tells him she is engaged to be married. He later learns that, Cravens, the man she is to marry already has a wife. He also learns that Craven cleaned out Lucy's father in a crooked gambling game, and Lucy is paying the price to hold the family home together.
Once a Thief
Roger Drummond
Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing.
Blind Justice
John Summers
Una mujer es chantajeada por un criminal que descubrió que su hermano fue asesinado a tiros durante la Primera Guerra Mundial.
Lend Me Your Husband
Jeff Green
A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.
Bella Donna
Nigel Armine
That old theatrical war-horse Bella Donna (previously filmed in America by Alla Nazimova) was resurrected by Britain's Twickenham Studios in 1934. Conrad Veidt stars as sinister Egyptian Mahmoud Baroundi, who even before the film gets under way has left a long trail of ruined women behind him. His latest victim is American girl Mona Chepstow (Mary Ellis), whom Baroundi treats like dirt and makes her like it. The plot centers around a murder by poison, as evidenced by the film's deliberately exotic title. Critics in 1934 praised newcomer Mary Ellis for underplaying her role, but many film fans preferred Nazimova's arm-waving histrionics in the earlier version.
The Green Pack
Larry Dean
A wealthy investor in a South African mine is murdered.
The Black Abbot
Frank Brooks
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
The Pointing Finger
Lord Rollestone
A man plots to murder his half-brother so he claim his earldom and an inheritance.
The House of Trent
John Trent
It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies while he is making love to a press magnate's daughter.
The Wandering Jew
Pietro Morelli (Phase III)
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvary, and is cursed to live endlessly until His return. The Crusades, 1150: Matathias, now an anonymous knight, competes for glory in combat and for the wife of a soldier. Palermo, 1290: Matteos Battadios witnesses the death of his young son, leading to conflict with his wife over whether to take comfort in Christianity. Seville, 1560: Dr Matteos Battadios dedicates himself to the treatment and comfort of the poor, but his life and work are endangered by the arrival of the Spanish Inquisition.
Mayfair Girl
Robert Blair
An American girl is framed for killing a cad while drunk.
Love's Old Sweet Song
Paul Kingslake
'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)
This Week of Grace
Henry Baring
Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinford Castle the home of the eccentric Duchess of Swinford.
The Lost Chord
David Graham
'Musician kills count in duel for wife, and later falls in love with daughter.' (British Film Catalogue)
La Atlántida
Lt. Saint-Avit
Antinea, la reina de la Atlántida, gobierna su reino secreto oculta detrás del desierto del Sahara. Un día dos exploradores perdidos dan con su reino.
Verdict of the Sea
Gentleman Burton
When 'Gentleman' Burton boards the Capri his aura of mystery makes the crew curious about his origins and makes him especially attractive to the Captain's daughter. But he little realises the danger that is to unfold when the Captain conceals diamonds on board as a favour...
Men of Steel
James 'Iron' Harg
James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attention being paid to worker safety. In his own time, Harg works on ideas for a revolutionary new manufacturing process for hard steel. When his father is badly injured in a workplace accident resulting from employer negligence, Harg uses some of the compensation payment to develop his invention to a stage where it can be tested in practice. It is a huge success and Harg patents his process. He rises to a position on the board of the company, before staging a coup to oust his former employer and take over the business himself.
El número 17
Barton
Una joven ladrona de joyas se enamora del detective que persigue a sus socios. Cuando está a punto de ser asesinado, ella no duda en salvarle. La banda, entonces, decide vengarse. La muchacha y el detective se ven obligados a huir y se refugian en el número 17 de una calle de los suburbios de Londres.
In a Monastery Garden
Michael Ferrier
An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.
The Wrong Mr. Perkins
Larry Byrne
An impoverished man Jimmy Perkins is mistaken by a banker for a wealthy man with a similar name...
Hindle Wakes
Alan Jeffcote
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Henry Baskerville
On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound.
Children of Chance
Gordon
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!
Kissing Cup's Race
Lord Jimmy Hilhoxton
A drama film directed by Castleton Knight .
No Exit
Bill Alden
A romantic comedy directed by Charles Saunders.
The Nipper
Max Nicholson
A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.
High Seas
Tony Bracklethorpe
'Press lord ruins sailor father of son's fiancée.' (British Film Catalogue)
Elstree calling
Hitchcock filmó algunas de las secuencias de esta película compuesta por sketches y números de music-hall. En ella se parodia el cine policíaco, la versión de "La fierecilla domada" (Shakespeare) llevada al cine por Douglas Fairbanks y Mary Pickford e incluso la televisión.
Eve's Fall
Jack Tremaine
A girl with amnesia believes she is a bachelor's wife.
Taxi for Two
Jack Devenish
'Lady's son poses as chauffeur to woo girl who buys taxi.' (British Film Catalogue)
Atlantic
Lawrence
A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.
Kitty
Alex St. George
A shopgirl loves a paralysed amnesiac and kidnaps him from his interfering mother.
Smashing Through
Richard Bristol
Yacht of the Seven Sins
Kilian Gurlitt
The ship-owner Herr Reeder Roberts organizes a world trip on his luxury liner "Yoshiwara". Aboard are millionaires and famous artists, but also criminals. The manager of the ship-owner, Stefan Martini, has been murdered shortly before the departure in a mysterious way. Several persons are suspected and these are, precisely, the passengers of the "Yoshiwara".
Hindle Wakes
Allan Jeffcote
A young working-class girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic getaway with the wealthy heir of the mill where she works.
Roses of Picardy
In France, and ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son.
El jardín de la alegría
Hugh Fielding
Patsy Brand es una corista en el salón de música Pleasure Garden. Conoce a Jill Cheyne, que está de capa caída, y le consigue un trabajo como bailarina. Jill conoce al aventurero Hugh Fielding y se comprometen, pero cuando Hugh viaja fuera del país, ella comienza a jugar.
Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler
Part of a series known as “Haunted Castles”.
The Alley of Golden Hearts
Jack
A lonely squire throws a New Year's party for villagers and discloses that he is a poor girl's uncle.
His Grace Gives Notice
Joseph Longley
A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
George Douglas
The Dauphin's widow weds a lord and is executed for plotting against the queen.
The School for Scandal
Charles Surface
An uncle poses as a usurer to learn which nephew deserves his fortune.
We Women
Michael Rivven
A sacked skater falls into the clutches of an actor who abandoned a girl and her baby.