Seymour Hicks

Seymour Hicks

출생 : 1871-01-30, St. Hélier, Isle of Jersey, England, UK

사망 : 1949-04-06

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Seymour Hicks
Seymour Hicks

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Silent Dust
Lord Clandon
A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.
Fame Is the Spur
Old Buck
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.
Kisses for Breakfast
Theatre Play
A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.
Busman's Honeymoon
Mervyn Bunter (as Sir Seymour Hicks)
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the old house where Harriet grew up, but when they try to move in the previous owner is nowhere to be found, until they start to clean the house and find his body in the cellar...
Pastor Hall
General von Grotjahn
This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers (preceded by a flock of sheep). The Stormtrooper go about teaching and enforcing 'The New Order' but Pastor Hall is a kind and gentle man who won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.
Young Man's Fancy
Duke of Beaumont
An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
The Lambeth Walk
Sir John Tremayne
Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.
Eliza Comes to Stay
Sandy Verrall
A British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards
Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
Vintage Wine
Adaptation
The members of the Popinot family of French champagne tycoons suspect that the widowed head of the family Charles Popinot is keeping a mistress in Rome and generally living a wild life. Unbeknownst to them he has happily re-married and had a son with a much younger woman. She believes he is twenty years younger than he really is and is shocked when his relatives including his mother, grown-up sons and granddaughter arrive in Italy.
Vintage Wine
Charles Popinot
The members of the Popinot family of French champagne tycoons suspect that the widowed head of the family Charles Popinot is keeping a mistress in Rome and generally living a wild life. Unbeknownst to them he has happily re-married and had a son with a much younger woman. She believes he is twenty years younger than he really is and is shocked when his relatives including his mother, grown-up sons and granddaughter arrive in Italy.
The Secret of the Loch
Professor Heggie
A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young reporter attempts to get a scoop on the story.
Money for Nothing
Jeff Cheddar
As he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay Cheddar, eventually leading to Joan's stockbroker father, Sir Henry Blossom, investing heavily in a supposedly worthless gold mine. Financial chaos ensues in a farcical comedy of confused identities, romantic entanglements, and a fortune hiding in a hat.
Money for Nothing
Story
As he pursues Joan Blossom, ruined gambler Jeff Cheddar is mistaken for two-faced financier Jay Cheddar, eventually leading to Joan's stockbroker father, Sir Henry Blossom, investing heavily in a supposedly worthless gold mine. Financial chaos ensues in a farcical comedy of confused identities, romantic entanglements, and a fortune hiding in a hat.
Glamour
Henry Garthome
A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor.
Glamour
Director
A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor.
The Love Habit
Screenplay
'Paris. Roué poses as secretary to flirt with employer's wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Love Habit
Justin Abelard
'Paris. Roué poses as secretary to flirt with employer's wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Matrimonial Bed
Adaptation
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarried and with children.
Sleeping Partners
He
A neglected wife spends the night with a roué after drinking a sleeping draught.
Sleeping Partners
Writer
A neglected wife spends the night with a roué after drinking a sleeping draught.
Sleeping Partners
Director
A neglected wife spends the night with a roué after drinking a sleeping draught.
Tell Tales
Writer
The popular raconteur Seymour Hicks tells some of his stories.
Tell Tales
The popular raconteur Seymour Hicks tells some of his stories.
The Sporting Lover
Theatre Play
Captain Terrance Connaughton loses his stable of horses in a card game with Algernon Cravens.
Sporting Life
Theatre Play
A young British nobleman, impoverished and desperate, clings to the hope that either a prizefighter or a racehorse in which he holds interests can save his fortunes.
Always Tell Your Wife
Director
A comedic short filmed directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock about an affair.
Always Tell Your Wife
The Husband - Jim Chesson
A comedic short filmed directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock about an affair.
Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge
A 1913 British black and white silent film based on the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It starred Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge. In the United States it was released in 1926 as Old Scrooge.