Henry Oscar

Henry Oscar

Nascimento : 1891-07-14, London, England, UK

Morte : 1969-12-28

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Henry Oscar

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Monstros da Cidade Submarina
Mumford
Engenheiro encontra o corpo do advogado de uma amiga na praia e vai até à casa dela para avisá-la do óbito. A moça desaparece misteriosamente e este, com a ajuda de um pintor, parte em busca dela, por meio de uma passagem secreta na casa, que os leva a um mundo submarino habitado por criaturas metade humana, metade peixe e com um homem louco que as governa.
O Regresso da Velha Curiosa
Lord Rudkin
Depois que Miss Jane Marple (Dame Margaret Rutherford) é nomeada curadora de uma embarcação de treinamento da marinha mercante, uma curadora é envenenada e os oficiais do navio são assassinados depois que ela embarca.
Os Legendários Vikings
Auctioneer
Rolfe, um astuto e perigoso líder de um grupo de vikings marinheiros, parte em busca de um gigantesco sino feito de ouro depois de espalhar uma série de pistas falsas para seus colegas. Mas logo ele terá em seu encalço o destemido Aly, comandante de um grupo de mouros aventureiros.
Lawrence da Arábia
Silliam (uncredited)
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.
As Noivas do Vampiro
Otto Lang
Marianne Danielle está viajando pelo Leste Europeu a fim de assumir o cargo de professora de francês em uma escola para moças na Transilvânia, agora livre da ameaça do Conde Drácula. Ela não é muito bem recebida pelos locais e acaba sendo acomodada no castelo da Baronesa Meinster, onde conhece o filho da nobre, que vive acorrentado à parede. Com pena do jovem, Marianne decide libertá-lo sem desconfiar que ele é um vampiro. Para sorte dela, o Doutor Van Helsing está por perto e promete por fim à vida de mais esse ser das trevas.
Oscar Wilde
Justice Wills
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
Emboscada no Cairo
Col. Zeltinger
A German spy in Cairo must report back to Rommel with information on British positions.
Algemas Quebradas
Alderman Sharpe
A World War II evacuee (Van Johnson) returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder.
The Secret Man
John Manning
A physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station.
The Spaniard's Curse
Mr. Fredericks
A convicted murderer uses an ancient curse to take his revenge on those responsible for sending him to prison.
Dois Amores e uma Cabana
Mr. Trollope
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.
Private's Progress
Art Expert
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.
Carta a um Assassinato
John Smith
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
It's a Great Day
Borough Surveyor
Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
Diplomatic Passport
The Chief
An American diplomat and his wife arrive in London, and are soon involved in a series of confusing and sometimes frightening events
Martinho Lutero
História do esforços de Martinho Lutero de reformar a Igreja Católica, sua excomunhão, e os acontecimentos que levaram à Reforma Protestante. O padre do século XVI, que liderou uma revolução na Igreja Cristã. A tensão acelera quando Lutero pendurou suas 95 teses na porta da igreja local em Wittenberg, desafiando assim as licenças de indulgência que muitos dos grandes nomes da igreja, estavam vendendo para a construção da Basílica São Pedro, no Vaticano. Lutero foi levado a Conferência Imperial de Worms. Depois na presença do imperador Carlos V na Dieta de Worms, Lutero é acusado de heresia, excomungado e punido, tanto pelo imperador como pelo papa Leão X. Ameaçado de morte, e vivendo como um bandido traduziu o Novo Testamento do latim para o alemão, para que todos tivessem acesso a Bíblia. Devido a essa falta de obediência a Igreja de Cristo a Sua batalha espiritual se torna sangrenta e os agricultores começam a queimar igrejas e matar padres.
The Promise
Thomas
50s quota thriller.
A Rosa Negra
Friar Roger Bacon
Na Inglaterra do século XIII, o nobre Walter de Gurnie e o exímio arqueiro Tristram decidem seguir em uma caravana para a distante China. No caminho, Walter conhece e ajuda a bela mestiça Maryam, que tenta fugir do impiedoso general mongol Bayan.
Prelúdio à Fama
Mario Bondini
Prelude to Fame is a 1950 British drama film directed by Fergus McDonell from a story by Aldous Huxley. While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell (Robin Dowell), son of John Morell (Guy Rolfe), a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine (Kathleen Ryan), becomes friendly with young Guido (Jeremy Spenser), and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini (Henry Oscar and Kathleen Byron) become aware of the boy's talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically. Torn by their love for their son and, they feel,the duty to let the world hear his talent, they consent.
The Man from Yesterday
Julius Rickman
A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up murdered! Soon the psychic points the finger at her jealous husband.
The Bad Lord Byron
Count Gamba
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
James II
The Pretender lands on Scottish shores and attempts to claim the crown.
It Happened in Soho
Inspector Carp
Murder drama set in Soho involving a police inspector, a newspaper reporter and a country girl.
House of Darkness
Bob
In this psychological thriller, an avaricious man covets his stepbrother's home. The greedy fellow knows that his stepbrother has a heart condition and so sets off a fatal attack by smashing a beloved violin. However, his actions do not come without a terrible price.
Idol of Paris
Lachman
The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19th century, the film traces the rags-to-riches story of a girl named Theresa. Sleeping her way to the top, she becomes a highly sought-after Parisian courtesan, one worthy of the attentions of the Emperor Napoleon. But Theresa has no time for the Emperor, not with such virile lovers as Hertz around and about.
The Greed of William Hart
Mr. Moore
Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still great, the two decide to create their own supply, a plan that proves profitable when they stick to vagrants, prostitutes and drunkards. But when they poison likable Jamie, the townsfolk retaliate. NB: This film was originally written to be about Burke and Hare, but after it was completed, the British censors refused to allow its release on the grounds those names themselves were offensive; thus the entire soundtrack was recut so that new names - Hart and Moore - recorded by the film's actors, were cut into the previously recorded lines, replacing the offending "Burke" or "Hare", sentence by sentence.
Mrs. Fitzherbert
William Pitt
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
A Taça da Amargura
Coroner
A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
Squadron Leader X
Dr. Schultz
Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?
The Day Will Dawn
Newspaper Editor
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
Hatter's Castle
Grierson
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embraced with thick stone walls. The townsfolk nickname the fortress "Hatter's Castle", for James Brodie, the man who built it. Brodie is a hatter who keeps the members of the family in fear and submission; he is brutal, arrogant, selfish and cruel. His wife, who has long been ailing, and his daughter Mary, are in awe of him. His son Angus, aged 15, alone dear to his heart, suffers under his love as the others suffer under his sternness.
Penn of Pennsylvania
Samuel Pepys
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.
Atlantic Ferry
Josiah Eagles
The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.
The Flying Squad
Sir Edward - Police Commissioner
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
After Mein Kampf
Allied propaganda in the form of cartoons and newsreels shows the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
Dead Man's Shoes
President of the Court
An amnesia victim is a well liked and respected member of his community--until one day someone from his past shows up with evidence that in "the old days" he had been a notorious criminal, and threatens to expose him unless he pays off.
On the Night of the Fire
Andrew Pilleger
A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.
The Saint in London
Bruno Lang
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
As Quatro Penas Brancas
Dr. Harraz
Um tímido oficial do exército britânico renuncia à seu posto na véspera de seu destacamento ser enviado contra rebeldes egípcios. Chamando-o de covarde, sua namorada e três amigos oficiais lhe dão 4 penas brancas como símbolo de seu ato. Então o oficial britânico procura resgatar sua honra, ajudando secretamente seus antigos camaradas. Quando sua unidade é vencida e capturada pelos rebeldes, nosso herói, disfarçado de árabe, encontra uma oportunidade de tentar libertar cada um deles e assim poder devolver as 'penas' da covardia recebidas de seus antigos camaradas.
Spies of the Air
Porter
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released in 1940, war had been declared.
Luck of the Navy
Cmdr. Perrin
With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
Black Limelight
Inspector Tanner
This gripping, atmospheric crime thriller from Austrian-born director Paul Stein stars Oscar nominee Raymond Massey as a man at the centre of a multiple murder investigation – a case that sparks a sensationalist press frenzy when it becomes clear that the killer only strikes when there is a full moon.
The Terror
Joe Conner
For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor prison without their share of the bullion stolen in a daring raid.
Jornada Sinistra
Swedish Magistrate
Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I. This tale of espionage blends high adventure and romance making perfect order from wartime chaos and growing in faith from despair.
Fogo Sobre a Inglaterra
Spanish Ambassador
Durante o reino da Rainha Elizabeth I, na Inglaterra, as tensões militares com a Espanha são evidentes. Em meio a um ambiente de amor e guerra, um espião é enviado à Península Ibérica para investigar possíveis suspeitos e futuros ataques ao seu país.
Sensation
Superintendant Stainer
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
Love in Exile
Dictator
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.
No Exit
Cyril Anstey
A crime novelist stages an imaginative prank to prove that the perfect murder is possible but finds it has catastrophic consequences.
Dishonour Bright
Blenkinsop
A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.
The Man Behind the Mask
Interpol Detective
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.
Seven Sinners
Axel Hoyt
Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at an hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.
The Tunnel
Grellier
An engineer leads the building of a trans-Atlantic tunnel linking Britain and the United States.
Me and Marlborough
Goultier
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
The Case of Gabriel Perry
Gabriel Perry
An unstable Victorian doctor murders a woman.
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
Dr. Gibbs
In this mystery, ace detective Sexton Blake returns to solve the puzzling murder of a prominent violinist.
O Homem que Sabia Demais
Dentist George Barbor (uncredited)
Casal de ingleses tem sua filha sequestrada após um agente secreto lhes contar, instantes antes de morrer, sobre um plano contra um importante diplomata inglês. Em Londres, os dois tentam resgatar sua filha, ao mesmo tempo em que devem dizer o que sabem as autoridades. Foi refilmado em 1956 pelo próprio Alfred Hitchcock.
Red Ensign
Raglan
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new ship that will save them all. Can he get the ship built in spite of the opposition from his own bankers as well as the rival shipbuilders and their infiltrated militants.
Love, Life and Laughter
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, becomes romantically involved with a King(John Loder).
After Dark
Higgins
If it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN MONSTER) has some valuable jewels stolen. They're hidden in the back of an old clock in an antique shop. When the thieves return for them, the clock has been sold! They trace it to a creepy country estate. When Hugh and the niece of one of the crooks also show up, things get hairy.