Frank Lawton

Frank Lawton

Nascimento : 1904-09-30, London, England, UK

Morte : 1969-06-11

História

Frank Lawton (30 September 1904 – 10 June 1969) was an English actor.

Perfil

Frank Lawton

Filmes

The Queen's Guards
Captains John Fellows and Henry Wynne-Walton finish their Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy and are sent to the Middle-East. John is to lead a parachute battalion while Henry is put in charge of a platoon of armoured cars of the Household Cavalry. John is constantly being told by his father, an ex-Guards officer that he is not as good as his brother who was killed during the war.
Somente Deus Por Testemunha
Chairman J. Bruce Ismay
Conta a história do navio RMS Titanic, o maior, mais veloz, mais luxuoso e mais seguro transatlântico do mundo, que teria como percurso sair de Southampton, na Inglaterra, e ir para Nova York, nos Estados Unidos. Mas após quatro noites navegando pelo oceano, o navio cruza tragicamente com um gigantesco iceberg, vitimando 1.500 passageiros, sendo que pouco mais de 700 sobreviveram.
Um Crime Por Dia
Det. Sgt. Liggot
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.
The Rising of the Moon
British officer (3rd Episode)
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about an little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece is called "1921" and is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape. Tyrone Power introduces each story.
Silver Wedding
Sir Robert Marlowe
British TV Movie Comedy..
Above Us the Waves
Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
Rough Shoot
Hassingham
An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.
The Winslow Boy
John Watherstone
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
48 Horas!
Tom Sturry
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Dangerous Comment
Gerald Conway
A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
The Four Just Men
James Terry
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
The Mill on the Floss
Philip Wakem
Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
A Boneca do Diabo
Toto
Tudo vai bem na vida de Paul Lavond, um respeitável banqueiro. Mas, acusado de ter matado um vigia noturno é condenado e vai parar na Ilha do Diabo, onde encontra o cientista Marcel, que está criando uma fórmula que reduz as pessoas a um sexto do seu tamanho original, e cuja finalidade é a economia dos recursos da terra, como água e comida. Após alguns anos, Paul foge da ilha, e leva consigo a fórmula, tentando se vingar daqueles que lhe prenderam.
O Poder Invisível
Ronald Drake
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield as a Man
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.
One More River
Tony Croom
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Friday the Thirteenth
Frank Parsons
It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.
Heads We Go
Toby Tyrrell
A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.
Cavalgada
Joe Marryot
A história de uma família inglesa da virada do século 19, desde a Véspera de Ano Novo em 1899 até 1933, passando pela Guerra dos Bôeres, a morte da rainha Victoria, o naufrágio do Titanic e a carnificina da Primeira Grande Guerra. Baseado na peça de Noel Coward.
After Office Hours
Hec
A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.
Michael and Mary
David Rowe
A young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....
The Outsider
Basil Owen
An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.
Jogo Sujo
Rolf Hornblower
Duas famílias que sentem um ódio profundo um pelo outro, não perdem oportunidade para começar uma briga entre eles. No meio dessa briga encontra-se uma jovem casada com um passado turbulento. Quando o outro lado descobre começam uma grande luta de poderes e somente quando a jovem tenta suicidar-se começam a se dar conta que foram longe demais com isso. A obra é uma crítica a hipocrisia da alta sociedade inglesa que visavam apenas seus interesses e disputas de poder.
Birds of Prey
Jimmy Hilton
At a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of danger, with Hilton recalling a case in which he was involved as a Natal police commissioner. In it there were three guilty persons, but only one of them was hanged; the other two were sentenced to long terms, vowing vengeance on Hilton. Unknown to him, the same two men are now among his guests, and are determined to have their revenge.
Young Woodley
Woodley
A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.