Donald Wolfit

Donald Wolfit

Nascimento : 1902-04-20,

Morte : 1968-02-17

Perfil

Donald Wolfit

Filmes

Decline and Fall of a Birdwatcher
Dr. Augustus Fagan
A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.
A Carga da Brigada Ligeira
'Macbeth'
1954. O capitão Louis Edward Nolan (David Hemmings) é um oficial do exército que está desapontado com seu comandante, o lorde Cardigan (Trevor Howard). Ele é enviado à Turquia juntamente com o lorde Raglan (John Gielgud), um oficial desastrado que tem problemas de memória. A missão deles é combater a invasão russa ao local, durante a Guerra da Criméia.
Life at the Top
Abe Brown
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
Ninety Degrees in the Shade
Bažant
A woman attempts to cover up the thefts committed by the manager at the shop she works at.
Becket
Bishop Folliot
O Arcebisto de Canterbury (Felix Aylmer), grande opositor do Estado inglês, morre, e o Rei Henrique II nomeia um seu antigo amigo de festas para o cargo tentando evitar qualquer tipo de oposição. Mas o que Henrique II não contava era que Becket, seu antigo amigo, fosse ser mais rígido que qualquer outro antecessor. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Dr. Crippen
R.D. Muir (as Sir Donald Wolfit)
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
Lawrence da Arábia
General Murray
Graças ao seu conhecimento dos beduínos, o oficial britânico T.E. Lawrence é enviado à Arábia para encontrar o príncipe Faisal e servir de ligação entre árabes e ingleses na luta contra os turcos. Com a ajuda do nativo xerife Ali, Lawrence se rebela contra as ordens de seus superiores e enfrenta uma jornada através do deserto para atacar um porto turco bem protegido.
A Marca do Cárcere
Clive
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
The Hands of Orlac
Professor Volchett
Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed. Helpful surgeon Volcheff grafts a pair of new hands on the hapless Orlac. Unfortunately, they're the hands of an executed murderer - useless for a pianist, but quite handy for less delicate work...
The House of the Seven Hawks
Inspector Van Der Stoor
A ship's captain gets mixed up with murder during the hunt for lost Nazi treasure.
The Rough and the Smooth
Lord Drewell
Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.
Colinas da Ira
Dr. Stergion
Nazis chase a U.S. newsman (Robert Mitchum) paid to smuggle names of Greek resistance leaders to London.
Almas em Leilão
Mr. Brown
Final dos anos 1940, Yorkshire, Inglaterra. O jovem ambicioso Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey), que acaba de se mudar da sombria fábrica da cidade de Dufton, chega a Warnley para assumir um cargo seguro, mas mal remunerado, no Departamento do Tesoureiro do Borough. Determinado a ter sucesso, e ignorando as advertências de um colega, Soames (Donald Houston), ele é atraído por Susan Brown (Heather Sears), filha do magnata industrial local, Brown (Donald Wolfit). Ele lida com a ascensão social de Joe enviando Susan para o exterior; Joe procura consolo com Alice Aisgill (Simone Signoret), uma mulher mais velha e infeliz que se apaixona por ele. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Blood of the Vampire
Doctor Callistratus
A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.
I Accuse!
Gen. Mercier
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
The Master Builder
Halvard Solness
Halvard Solness is a middle-aged architect whose ruthlessness in his business makes him a hardened individual. Affected by his ambitions are his wife and his colleagues, until a young woman shows up asking for a promised kingdom.
The Traitor
Colonel Price
One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...
Satellite in the Sky
Prof. Merrity
A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).
Guilty?
Judge
Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.
The Man in the Road
Prof. Cattrell
A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.
A Man on the Beach
This weird short manages to pack in fraud, murder, alcoholism and transvestitism, with two somewhat obvious plot twists but a acertain amount of interest in the characterisation and mise-en-scene. You can see Losey's long-take style in its early stages. If anything, his filming is TOO articulate, tipping his hand and giving away plot turns before they happen.
Ouro Maldito
Alfie Stratton
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Willie, the boy's uncle
Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles. Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes shocked when she attends a carnival.
Svengali
Svengali
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
The Ringer
Dr. Lomond
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
The Pickwick Papers
Sergeant Buzfuz
The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find...
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Executive
"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.
Calling the Tune
Dick Finlay
Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. 'I predict that the gramophone will be the democratic entertainment of the future' states unscrupulous record label boss Mr Gordon (Sam Livesey), who finally gets his comeuppance after one dirty trick too far against his rivals. If the film's love story is perfunctory, the real interest comes with watching performers of the day, from Henry Wood and his orchestra to George Robey and Charles 'the laughing policeman' Penrose laying down their recordings direct to record. And something very like a prototype laser disc makes a crucial appearance too.
Late Extra
Inspector Greville
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.
Checkmate
Jack Barton
A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.
Drake of England
Thomas Doughty
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
The Silent Passenger
Henry Camberley
A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer?
Hyde Park Corner
George Francis Howard
A dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.
Death At Broadcasting House
Sydney Parsons
An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.
Down River
A murderous skipper involved in dope trafficking.