D.J. Williams

Nascimento : 1868-03-25, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Morte : 1949-07-26

História

British actor and director. Born on March 25, 1868 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales as David John Williams.

Filmes

Much Too Shy
Judge
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.
Unpublished Story
Mr. Robinson
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Hard Steel
Jimpson
A steelworker rises through the ranks to become manager of three steel mills, but ruthless ambition overwhelms him.
Back-Room Boy
McIntyre
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...
Penn of Pennsylvania
Lord Arlington
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 Ghost Train
Ben Isaacs
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
O Mártir
Este filme é baseado na história real do pastor Martin Neimuller, que foi enviado para o campo de concentração de Dachau por criticar o partido nazista. A pequena vila alemã de Altdorf, nos anos 1930, tem que chegar a um acordo com o novo chanceler Hitler. Alguns aldeões se juntam ao partido nazista com avidez, alguns apenas aceitam as coisas, esperando por uma vida tranquila, mas o pastor não se intimida e leva suas convicções ao púlpito.
The Stars Look Down
Union Committee Chairman
The Stars Look Down is based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novel of the same name, about injustices in a mining community in North East England. While the novel follows the development of three young men in the small mining town, the film focuses on just one of them; the smart David Fenwick who gets a scholarship to university, meets a girl who only marries him because her former boyfriend has abandoned her, and eventually returns to the mine town as a teacher and takes part in a futile rescue effort when the mine is flooded, trapping both his father and his younger brother.
The Citadel
Old Thomas (uncredited)
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
The Challenge
Villager
Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.
John Halifax
Abel Fletcher
Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s.
Mr. Reeder in Room 13
Emmanuel Legge
Capt. Johnnie Gray is enlisted by Mr. J.G. Reeder to infiltrate a gang of forgers in Dartmoor jail on behalf of the Bank of England.
Wanted!
Captain McTurk
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves are captured.
Keep Fit
Editor of The Gazette
A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Cotton Queen
Thompson
The daughter of a mill-owner is sent undercover to the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romantic antics.
For Valour
Hiccuping Judge
In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor). Unfortunately the well-meaning major's actions cause the soldier to be extradited back to England where he must stand trial for a series of crimes he committed before he joined the military. Later the major scours the British jails in search of the heroic lad. He finally finds him recruiting soldiers for WW I.
Wings of the Morning
Marik
A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
It's Never Too Late to Mend
Farmer Merton
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
O Menino e o Elefante
Hunter
Robert Flaherty and Zoltán Korda shared best director honors at the Venice Film Festival for collaborating on this charming translation of Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Book” story “Toomai of the Elephants.” A harmonious mix of the two filmmakers’ styles, Flaherty's adeptness at ethnographic documentary meeting Korda's taste for grand adventure, ELEPHANT BOY also served as the breakthrough showcase for the thirteen-year-old Sabu, whose beaming performance as a young mahout leading the British on an expedition made him a major international star.
O Homem Que Mudou de Alma
Landlord
Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming... a Mad Scientist, almost unstoppable...
The Beloved Vagabond
Undertaker
Flying from one charming lady---eluding another---and almost losing both!
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Farmer Thomas Marten
In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad is blamed.
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
Joshua Trimble
The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of his famous melodramas about a wicked moneylender etc.
O Diabólico Barbeiro de Londres
Stephen Oakley
It is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street barber, awaits the arrival of men whose first port of call is for a good, close shave. For most it will be the last time they are seen alive. Using a specially designed barber's chair, Sweeney Todd despatches his victims to the cellar below, where he robs them of their new found fortunes and chops their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile, Mrs Lovett is enjoying a roaring trade for her popular penny meat pies.
Boys Will Be Girls
George Luff
Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members awaits the reading of the will. Ready to celebrate their fortunes the family gathers the evening before with a big party. A great assortment of characters, comic ones, are all expecting to get their share of the inheritance.
Scrooge
Undertaker
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.
Captain Bill
Cheerful
A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals.
Look Up and Laugh
Malpas
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
The Clairvoyant
Juror (uncredited)
A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)
Road House
Stage Manager
Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine, Gordon Harker and Aileen Marson.
Doctor's Orders
Napoleon
Leslie Fuller stars as a quack whose son qualifies as a doctor in total ignorance of his father's occupation!
The Lash
Mr. Charles
One of John Mills' earliest roles as a wastrel playboy.
Anything Might Happen
Brown
British crime film directed by George A. Cooper.
My Song for You
Opera House Secretary
In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.
Music Hall
A rare film put out by Twickenham Film Studios which includes many original music hall acts.
The Admiral's Secret
Questa
A retired Admiral steals jewels and is pursued by Spanish bandits.
The Pointing Finger
Grimes
A man plots to murder his half-brother so he claim his earldom and an inheritance.
The Roof
Fritz Klein
Inspector Darrow investigates the death of a wealthy man.
The Shuttle of Life
Director
An actress poses as an heiress who died, and dies fighting blackmailing detectives in a burning house.