Hal Osmond

Nacimiento : 1903-05-27, Southwark, London, England, UK

Muerte : 1959-12-01

Películas

La sangre del vampiro
Small Sneak Thief
Callistratus es un un científico que realiza experimentos con los criminales encarcelados en una prisión. Dichos experimentos tienen que ver con la transfusión de sangre. Callistratus es en realidad un vampiro muy particular, ajusticiado hace tiempo pero que ha regresado a la vida gracias a un trasplante de corazón, el cual le ha creado una infección en la sangre, por lo que su supervivencia depende de las mencionadas transfusiones hasta que encuentre las células adecuadas que le permitan curar la infección.
The Big Money
Porter at Victoria Station
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
The Depraved
Barman
Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise. But a nosy copper (Denis Shaw) suspects foul play, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme deteriorates into fear, distrust and betrayal. Paul Dickson directs this vintage noir thriller.
The Vicious Circle
Joe - Golf Caddy
When Dr Howard Latimer finds the German Actress that he has just met at London Airport murdered in his flat, it leads him into the world of murder, blackmail and a fake passport scam.
Stranger in Town
Hotel Barman
A vacationing journalist investigates the mysterious death of a composer and debunks the theory that it was suicide.
The Truth About Women
Baker
Un hombre recuerda sus relaciones con las mujeres que amó, mientras intenta ayudar a otro hombre a tratar de comprenderlas.
No se case en Montecarlo
Liftman (uncredited)
Las consecuencias que sobre una pareja de recién casados caerán por disfrutar de su luna de miel en Montecarlo.
Testigo en peligro
Hospital Doorman
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
Coates
A man is tried for the murder of his neurotic wife by means of a sedative overdose.
Bond of Fear
Hospital Orderly
An escaped killer hides out by forcing a travelling family to take him with them.
Simon and Laura
Effects Man
Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show. Director Muriel Box's 1956 British comedy also stars Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham and Richard Wattis.
Value for Money
Mr. Hall
A wealthy young man (Gregson) from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer (Dors). She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
To Dorothy, a Son
Livingston Potts
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?
Forbidden Cargo
Baggage Room Clerk
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
El millonario
Arthur
Dos hermanos millonarios de avanzada edad deciden hacer una apuesta: uno de ellos afirma que, si le regalan un talón de un millón de libras a un hombre sin recursos, con la única condición de no utilizarlo durante un mes, podrá salir adelante. El otro sostiene lo contrario. Eligen a un abogado americano que está arruinado y se encuentra en Londres solo y sin amigos. Al recibir el dinero su vida dará un vuelco.
Meet Mr. Malcolm
Joe - Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
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?
A Day to Remember
Large Lady's Husband
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
La espada y la rosa
Costermonger
En el año 1514, siendo rey de Inglaterra Enrique VIII, su hermana Mary Tudor se compromete con Luis XII, Rey de Francia, para sellar la unión entre los dos países. Pero la joven conoce a Charles Brandon, un apuesto y humilde abogado del que se enamora perdidamente.
The Steel Key
Taxi Driver
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
The Net
Agent Lawson
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.
Love in Pawn
Burglar
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation. Eventually, the husband arrives back at the houseboat just in time to prevent the wife from leaving him.
The Gambler and the Lady
Fred - Stable Groom
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.
Top Secret
Jersey Waiter
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...
The Big Frame
Garage Attendant
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
Los arqueros del rey
Much the Miller
Para conquistar a Lady Marian el joven Robin Hood competirá en un torneo de arqueros junto a su padre. De regreso a casa, serán atacados, y su apdre será asesinado a manos de los hombres del Príncipe John. Pero el crimen le será atribuido a Robin y se convertirá en un proscrito en el bosque de Sherwood.
Traveller's Joy
Lapp Cameraman (uncredited)
A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married.
No Trace
Taxi Driver
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Puerto
Witness in Street
Un marinero deja a su familia abandonada en las calles de Liverpool. Su hija crece y se convierte en una mujer, pero vive con la esperanza de que su padre regrese.
Las últimas vacaciones
Trade Union Man
Cuando George Bird, un vendedor de maquinaria agrícola, descubre un día que le queda poco tiempo de vida, decide disfrutar al máximo de sus últimos meses. Saca todos sus ahorros del banco y se va a un lujoso hotel, donde no pierde ocasión de hacer negocios, puesto que en su situación nada tiene que perder, de modo que está dispuesto a correr cualquier riesgo.
Double Confession
Shooting Gallery Attendant
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
Your Witness
Taxi Driver
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.
The Spider and the Fly
Swiss Taxi Driver
"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Diamond City
Brandy Bill
Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".
Marry Me
Man in Restaurant
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Mr Bates
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
It's Not Cricket
Stage manager
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at nothing." Radford and Wayne, cashiered from the army when they let a captured Nazi escape, become private detectives who later get involved with the same German and a missing diamond ...
Once Upon a Dream
Bailiff
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.
Vote for Huggett
Fishmonger
A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a lido/community center.
Helter Skelter
Radio Sound-Effects Man
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
Here Come the Huggetts
2nd Engineer
The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.
My Brother's Keeper
Ticket Clerk at Shorebury
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
Miranda
Railway Carman
A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Fireman (uncredited)
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.