John Welsh

John Welsh

Рождение : 1904-11-07, Wexford, Ireland

Смерть : 1985-04-21

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John Welsh

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Campus Man
Professor Jarman
Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He's got what it takes, but what he doesn't have is enough money to stay in college. So he cooks up a plan to make the first ever all male sports calendar. He eventually convinces Cactus Jack, a very shadowy and tough loan shark, to give him enough money to make the deal. Todd makes enough to pay for his education, but what about the money he owes Cactus Jack?
Abducted
Search Party
A mixed-up mountain boy kidnaps a pretty college student.
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Salesman
A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his wife's career really takes off. The husband, unable to cope with the pressures of his failed business, his failing marriage and the adjustments necessary to live in a completely different society, begins to take out his frustrations on his wife.
Крулл
Seer
Самая красивая из невест, украденная из-под венца, отважный принц на руинах королевства, всемогущий Зверь, наводящий ужас на всю Галактику, таинственные оборотни, способные принимать облик союзника, обреченные циклопы, знающие точное время собственной смерти — добро пожаловать в фантастический и захватывающий мир планеты Крулл. Чтобы вернуть похищенную принцессу и сразиться со Зверем, благородному принцу понадобится нечто большее, чем смелость. Но никто не знает, когда должно произойти чудо…
Мой лучший год
Cubby Brown
Бенджи Стоун молодой писатель комедийного шоу. Беднягу назначают сопровождать гостя недели - Алана Суонна, угасшего актёра, знаменитого любителя женщин и пьяницу. Обязанностью Бенджи является не давать Суонну напиваться и делать всякие глупости.
From a Far Country
Priest
This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha recognizes the very special, moving qualities Karol possesses and encourages him to consider the priesthood. Although determined to study Polish literature, Karol turns to the church; he is ordained and studies in Italy, France, and Belgium. Torn by fear and repression in post-Stalin Eastern Europe, Karol becomes a poisonous thorn in the communists' side. His deer reverence and commitment return him to Poland as Pope John Paul II.
Timon of Athens
Flavius
Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit.
The Winter's Tale
Archidamus
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.
Katie: The Year of a Child
Committee chairman
Katie, the 14-year-old daughter of a travelling family, is left in charge of an ailing mother and her nine brothers and sisters in Dublin whilst her father is in England seeking his fortune.
Тридцать девять ступеней
Lord Belthane
Молодой канадец Ричард Ханней, путешествуя по Англии, оказывается ложно обвиненным в убийстве. За ним начинают охотиться Скотленд Ярд и шпионская организация.
Maneaters Are Loose!
George Leppard
Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer is forced to abandon his tigers and let them fend for themselves in the nearby wilderness.
Rabbit Test
Army Aide
Lionel's life turns around after a one-night stand on top of a pinball table... he becomes the world's first pregnant man!
Do as I Say
Pops
A quietly unhappy housewife finds a stranger in her house and is raped at knife-point by him. But when she turns to friends, neighbours and her parents-in-law for sympathy, they all seem preoccupied by other matters.
Brassneck
Through the story of a single family, Brassneck traces a history that parallels the Labour Party's advent to power in 1945 through to the property speculation of the 1960s and the disillusionment with the Labour government in the early 1970s. Like most of the early work of the writers, David Hare and Howard Brenton, committed radical (if not revolutionary) socialists throughout the 1970s, it is a satirical attack on capitalist greed and corruption, full of savage, and often disturbing, humour.
The Saturday Party
Philip Hucknell
Richard and Jane Elkinson are having their annual Christmas party. Only trouble is stockbroker Richard's been made redundant and, as the night wears on, the guests are becoming less tactful
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.
The Pied Piper
Chancellor
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.
Horatio Bottomley
Mr. Justice Hawkins
Alan Clarke's standalone film first appeared as an episode of the BBC series "The Edwardians" and concerns notorious bon vivant, swindler, MP, public speaker, founder of the Financial Times and publisher of John Bull magazine, Horatio Bottomley.
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Sir Charles Freeman
Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.
Кромвель
Bishop Juxon
Достоверное историческое повествование о гражданской войне XVII века, разделившей Англию на два противоборствующих лагеря, об английской буржуазной революции. Основное внимание в картине уделяется конфронтации Оливера Кромвеля и короля Карла I. Кромвель — идеалист, преданный своему делу, с холодными, измученными глазами, хриплым голосом и несгибаемым духом. Он настроен любой ценой спасти свою любимую Англию от коррупции слабого, жадного двора и установить власть парламента, который был бы по-настоящему демократическим, выражал интересы народа, не являлся бы игрушкой короля…
Распутин: Сумасшедший монах
The Abbot
Нетрадиционное прочтение истории «злого гения» последних Романовых интересно стремлением режиссера перенести на экран миф об экстрасенсорных способностях Распутина.
Dead End Creek
Paddy
Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.
All at Sea
Paddy
Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.
Highway Robbery
Paddy
Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.
Mystery at the Forge
Paddy
Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.
The Night Prowler
Paddy
Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.
The Mysterious Stranger
Paddy
Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.
Catch As Catch Can
Paddy
Children's film serial in 6 parts. Jane witnesses a bullion robbery but does not realise at first that one of the robbers is an old friend of hers whom she likes and trusts. 1. Highway robbery. 2. Mystery at the forge. 3. Night prowler. 4. Mysterious stranger. 5. All at sea. 6. Catch as catch can.
Ночной кошмар
Doctor
Пять лет назад Дженет стала свидетелем того, как её мать убила отца. Женщину определили в дом сумасшедших, а девочка пережила нервный срыв и заработала страх унаследовать от матери психическое заболевание. Сейчас 17-летняя Дженет учится в частной школе и страдает от кошмаров, в которых её тоже запирают в психушке. Руководство учебного заведения решает отправить девушку домой, но в родных стенах призраки прошлого сразу же начинают напоминать о себе.
The Quare Fellow
Carroll
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
Life for Ruth
Marshall
John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for a blood transfusion that would have saved her life. Doctor Brown is determined to seek justice for what he sees as the needless death of a young girl.
Go to Blazes
Chief Fire Officer
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.
Johnny Nobody
Judge
When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody...
Francis of Assisi
Canon Cattanei
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
The Mark
1st Plain Clothes Officer
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.
Circle of Deception
Maj. Taylor
Unbeknownst to him, a soldier is sent on a doomed mission because of the high likelihood of him divulging secrets if captured and tortured.
Beyond the Curtain
Turner
A British flight officer plans to rescue an airline stewardess who is trapped in East Germany.
Snowball
Ted Wylie
A boy tells his parents that a bus conductor turned him off the bus home for not having a ticket. The story gets out of control and the conductor, a war veteran with memory problems, is harassed until events take a tragic turn.
The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Squadron Leader Grant
The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double for him and thereby draw attention to North Africa . An unlikely airman is found and tutored in the ways of an English officer.
The Rough and the Smooth
Dr. Thompson
Young blonde woman seems to destroy everyone she comes in contact with.
Operation Bullshine
Brigadier
During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as him paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.
Nowhere to Go
A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.
Behind the Mask
Colonel Langley
A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patient through neglect.
She Didn't Say No!
The School Inspector
Bridget Monaghan, a single mother who has had six children by different fathers, shocks the conservative inhabitants of an Irish village.
Next to No Time
Steve, Bar Steward
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his depth, at least until he finds his personality changes every day during the hour the ship's clocks stop to make allowance for their westward passage.
Месть Франкенштейна
Bergman
1860 год. Барона Франкенштейна ведут к гильотине. Но ему удается избежать смерти, войдя в сговор с палачом и охранником тюрьмы. Франкенштейн переезжает в Карлсбрук, где становится видным и уважаемым врачом, хотя отказывается состоять в Ассоциации медиков города. Доктор практикует на богатой клиентуре, но в то же время открывает больничное отделение для бедных, в котором работает бесплатно, что вызывает к нему уважение общества. На самом деле эта работа позволяет брать человеческие органы и части тела, необходимые ему для экспериментов…
Дюнкерк
Staff Colonel
Две истории в одной: беззаботный британский капрал, находящийся во Франции, узнаёт, что он оказался ответственным за жизни своих людей после гибели их офицера. И он должен найти способ вернуть их в Англию. Тем временем британские гражданские лица оказываются втянутыми в войну при помощи операции «Динамо», целью которой было вернуть французские и британские войска на побережье Дюнкерка. Есть и те, кто готов прийти на помощь, и те, кто действует не столь охотно.
The Safecracker
Inspector Owing
Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
George Fraser (uncredited)
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
The Birthday Present
Chief Customs Officer
Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sentence. It is only the beginning of his woes; his employer, Colonel Wilson, is understanding, but he is ultimately forced to sack Simon, who discovers that finding another job under such circumstances is extremely difficult. But Colonel Wilson is determined to help his former employee find a solution.
Нож хирурга
Inspector Austen
Когда его пациент умирает во время операции, хирург прибегает к убийству, чтобы скрыть свою халатность.
Lucky Jim
The Principal (as John Welch)
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the Professor's. All-in-all, the pub is the only friendly place to be. His misery is completed at a dreadful weekend gathering of the Welch clan by the arrival of son Bertrand. Not so much that Betrand is loud-mouthed and boorish - which he is - but that he has as companion Christine Callaghan, the sort of marvellous and unattainable woman Jim can only dream about.
Man in the Shadow
Inspector Hunt
The wife of a condemned man tries to save him in England by finding the real killer.
The Long Haul
Doctor
An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by a conniving criminal.
The Counterfeit Plan
Police Inspector Grant
An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who knew nothing of his past, to counterfeit 5-pound notes for mass distribution around the countryside.
Brothers in Law
Mr. Justice Fanshawe
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
The Secret Place
Mr. Christian (uncredited)
British Melodrama and crime thriller that follows a group of jewel robbers after a major heist. The film makes extensive use of bombed out areas of London.
The Long Arm
House Agent at Shepperton
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
Человек, которого никогда не было
Bank Manager
Это подлинная история об одной из операций Британской разведки. 1943. Союзники готовят вторжение в Сицилию и пытаются создать дезинформацию, что целью вторжения является Греция. Решение просто, но изобретательно: тело человека, умершего естественной смертью, оставляют на побережье Испании, переодев в форму летчика британских ВВС, с необходимым пакетом «секретных» документов о высадке Союзников в Греции. Поверит ли в это немецкое командование?
The Man in the Road
George White - the Gamekeeper
A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.
Lost
Police Scientist (Uncredited)
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
The Deadliest Sin
Father Neil
A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.
The Dark Avenger
Gurd
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
Contraband Spain
Senior Customs Officer (uncredited)
An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.
Isn't Life Wonderful!
Uncle James
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.
The Divided Heart
Chief Marshall
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
Визит инспектора
Shop Walker - Mr. Timmon
В дом богатого промышленника Артура Берлинга приходит инспектор полиции Пул и обвиняет семейство Берлингов в убийстве молодой женщины Евы Смит.
The Clue of the Missing Ape
Army Intelligence Officer
Story of how two youngsters round up crooks planning to blow up the British fleet off Gibraltar.