Bill Fraser

Bill Fraser

Nascimento : 1908-06-05, Perth, Scotland, UK

Morte : 1987-09-05

Perfil

Bill Fraser

Filmes

Little Dorrit
Mr. Casby
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
Christmas Present
Sir Percy
A Christmas black comedy based on the tradition in Hammond's Bank that a member of the board should take a turkey and 6 pence to a deserving poor family.
K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend
Commander Bill Pollock
Sarah Jane Smith arrives at the home of her Aunt Lavinia in the cozy village of Moreton Harwood, only to find that Lavinia is nowhere to be found and that the Doctor has left her a parting gift in K·9 Mark III. With the help of K·9 and Lavinia's young ward Brendan Richards, Sarah Jane starts investigating her aunt's disappearance. In the process, they discover that Moreton Harwood is home to a coven worshipping the pagan god Hecate and preparing for a human sacrifice...
O Buraco da Agulha
Mr. Porter
Grã-Bretanha, 1944, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Incansavelmente perseguido por vários agentes do MI5, Henry Faber, um implacável espião alemão em posse de informações vitais sobre o Dia D, refugiou-se na Ilha Storm, uma terra inóspita e pouco habitada ao largo da costa do norte da Escócia.
Rhubarb Rhubarb
During a game of golf between a police inspector and a vicar the inspector cheats by having a constable move his ball into favourable positions and the vicar's into hazardous ones. when the vicar discovers this he prays for divine intervention which turns the tables.
Doctor Who: Meglos
General Grugger
On the lush planet Tigella, two opposing factions are divided over the usage of the Dodecahedron, an ancient and powerful artefact which provides the entire planet's energy. The Doctor is summoned to arbitrate the conflict, but the power-crazed Meglos intercepts the call and impersonates him in order to steal the Dodecahedron.
Comedians
Eddie Waters
Comedians is a TV movie/play by Trevor Griffiths, set in a Manchester evening class for aspiring working-class comedians.
O Milho Está Verde
The Squire
A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Murdoch
TV dramatisation of the trilogy by Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
The Apple Cart
Boanerges
Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?
Moments
Mr. Fleming
A depressed middle-aged man, revisiting the seaside resort he often vacationed at as a child, encounters a highly optimistic and carefree young woman who attempts to reason him out of following through on his suicidal thoughts.
Dead Cert
Uncle George
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and falls hard after an obstacle. Bill dies from his injuries. His friend Alan York suspects the animal was doped by unscrupulous bookies and starts to investigate. He doesn't know how serious his opponents are, and that he's in danger to suffer the exact same fate as his friend.
All Good Men
On the eve of an in-depth television interview, Edward Waite, former Labour cabinet minister, calls his family together for a birthday celebration that results in dramatic revelations.
Love Thy Neighbour
Mr. Granger
Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...
That's Your Funeral
Basil Bulstrode
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
Up the Chastity Belt
Sir Braggart de Bombast
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...
Up the Front
Groping
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to be released from it. So with his yellow streak gone Lurk is down that army office before you can say "titter ye not." Off to war he goes, mingling with sexy spies like Zsa Zsa Gabor and before long, the spellbound recruit is heading hot-foot back to Blighty with the Germans' plan of attack tattooed on his bum, and the Germans are bringing up the rear...! Full of sauce, knowing real-life references and witty remarks to camera, this is a cheeky incorrigible final instalment.
Up Pompeii
Prosperus Maximus
A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.
Wilton's: The Handsomest Hall in Town
Mr John Wilton
An evening at Wilton's Music-Hall, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, London, 1860 starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Keith Michell, Pat Kirkwood, Warren Mitchell, Ronnie Barker, Bill Fraser, Gina Astralita, Eric Robinson. Introduced by Billy Russell. Tonight, 90 years after it closed, this famous Music-Hall opens again to bring you a picture of the stars, the singers, the dancers, and the people who once went there.
All the Way Up
Arnold Makepeace
Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman he must make his family more socially acceptable.
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Barnaby Bath
Survivors of a sinking ship are rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine crew. They are taken to an underwater city where they may spend the rest of their lives.
The Best House in London
Inspector MacPherson
In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
Diamonds for Breakfast
Bookseller
Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.
I've Gotta Horse
Mr. Bartholemew
A fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great love of animals, and it features his own racehorse, Anselmo. Also featured are several of Billy's own dogs.
Oriente Contra Ocidente
Leslie Dunwoody
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Joey Boy
Sergeant Major Dobbs
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...
Não Podes Comprar Meu Amor
Port Commander
Durante a preparação para o Dia D em 1944, os britânicos estavam com sua ilha hospedando muitos milhares de soldados americanos que "ansiavam por garotas, tinham muita grana e estavam por aqui". Assim exatamente é Charlie Madison; ele conhece todas as formas de tornar a vida mais suave para si mesmo e se possível livre de risco. Mas as coisas se complicam quando ele se apaixona por uma Mulher Inglesa e seu comandante têm um colapso nervoso o que leva Charlie a ser enviado em uma missão insensata e perigosa.
A Home of Your Own
The Shop Steward
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the site is first selected, to the day – several years and children later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house. It may well have been inspired by the success of Bernard Cribbins' classic song of the same vein from two years earlier, "Right Said Fred". In this satirical look at British builders, many cups of tea are made, windows are broken and the same section of road is dug up over and over again by the water board, the electricity board and the gas board. Ronnie Barker’s put-upon cement mixer, Peter Butterworth’s short-sighted carpenter and Bernard Cribbins’ hapless stonemason all contribute to the ensuing chaos.
What a Crazy World
J. Mulligan
Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.
Doctor in Love
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
The Man Who Liked Funerals
Jeremy Bentham
A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased, threatening to publish incriminating stories about them. Then he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.
Vítima de uma Paixão
R.E. Sergeant
In England during WWII, an American news correspondent’s affair with a married British correspondent ends tragically when he is killed in action. Fearing a nervous breakdown as a result of his death, she travels to Cornwall to mourn with his family without any intention of revealing her relationship with him.
Davy
Man at Bar (uncredited)
The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios.
A Clean Sweep
Bookmaker
George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.
Second Fiddle
Nixon
Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in love. Deborah is recognised by her employers as the most brilliant TV executive in the country, while Charles is regarded as 'thoroughly reliable'. But there is one hard-and-fast rule at the agency: the board of directors will not allow any married women on their staff; as soon as a girl marries, she must resign!
Charley Moon
Marber
A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, Armytage suggests they team up as stage comics. Things are not easy; jobs are few and far between, and when they can be found they are in the tattiest of theatres, but Charley gains the experience he needs. They then decide to try their luck in London.
Alias John Preston
Joe Newton
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.
Orders Are Orders
Pvt. Slee
An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
A Condessa Descalça
J. Montague Brown
No funeral de Maria Vargas, várias pessoas se lembram de quem ela era e o impacto que ela causou sobre eles. Harry Dawes era um não muito bem sucedido escritor/diretor quando ele e produtor de cinema Kirk Edwards descobriram ela em uma boate de segunda, onde ela trabalhava como dançarina de flamenco. Ele a convenceu a aceitar a chance de atuação e seu primeiro filme foi um enorme sucesso. O Relações Públicas Oscar Muldoon se lembra de quando Maria estava no tribunal apoiando seu pai, que foi acusado de assassinar sua mãe. Foi o testemunho de Maria que o livrou e ela foi uma estrela maior do que nunca. Alberto Bravano, um dos homens mais ricos da América do Sul, lança seu olhar sobre Maria e ela sai com ele - mais para irritar Edwards do que outra coisa - mas ele a trata mal. Quando ela conhece o Conde Vincenzo Torlato-Favrini ficam profundamente apaixonados. Eles se casam, mas eles não têm uma vida feliz.
Duelo na Selva
Smith, Hotel Clerk
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Band Leader
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
As Chaves do Paraíso
Absalom (taxi driver)
Mediterranean ferryboat captain Henry St James has things well organized - a loving and very English wife Maud in Gibraltar, and the loving if rather more hot-blooded Mistress, Nita in Tangiers. A perfect life. As long as neither woman decides to follow him to the other port.
Time Bomb
Constable J. Reed
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has explosive problems of his own.
Meet Me Tonight
Bert Bentley (segment "Red Peppers")
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.
Forbidden
Railway Porter (uncredited)
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling hair tonic at the fair with his ex-army colleague Dan (Ronald Shiner). Following a fight with local hoods over pitch spaces, Jim falls for Jane (Hazel Court), the girl on a nearby candy floss stall. The two begin dating but Jim fails to mention he is already married.
Helter Skelter
Oliver Cromwell
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
The Common Touch
Harris
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
East of Piccadilly
Maxie
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.