Charles Lamb

Рождение : 1900-11-20, London, England, UK

Смерть : 1989-03-19

Фильмы

The Tall Guy
Old Man in Wheelchair
An American actor in England tries to find love and work.
Tumbledown
Elderly Man
The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.
Dog Ends
Grandad
A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding and needs a lot of medical treatment. Then a neighbour suggests a painless way to be rid of him. This black comedy is set in the future, where euthanasia is lawful and increasingly common, but it should still, ideally, be voluntary.
An Englishman Abroad
George
Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
Dial a Deadly Number
A young woman tormented by murderous dreams decides to call a psychiatrist for help but accidentally dials a desperate out -of-work actor.
The Pigeon Fancier
Old Man
When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him.
Южная звезда
Todd
В надежде неплохо заработать молодой геолог Дэн с группой товарищей отправляется на поиски огромного алмаза «Южная Звезда». Кроме того герой влюблен в дочь финансиста, который нанял этот поисковый отряд. Удача улыбается Дэну - он находит алмаз. Но на вечеринке в честь успешного завершения экспедиции алмаз пропадает. Все подозрения падают на Дэна. Теперь ему необходимо сделать все, чтобы доказать свою невиновность и завоевать сердце любимой.
Charlie Bubbles
Mr. Noseworthy
Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.
Куотермасс и колодец
Newsvendor
Работы в лондонском метрополитене приводят к обнаружению космического корабля, прибывшего с Марса пять миллионов лет тому назад. Внутри ученые обнаруживают странные кости и черепа, принадлежащие обезьяноподобным существам. По мнению профессора Куотермасса, именно инопланетяне были источником пробуждения интеллекта на Земле. Тем временем, один рабочий утверждает, что видел некое зеленоватое существо, пересекшее внутренний отсек корабля. Неужели марсиане все еще находятся на нашей планете? Может быть, это они придумали легенду про дьявола, чтобы зло проникло в наше подсознание?
Life at the Top
Wincastle
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.
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Dad
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
Jigsaw
A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.
Проклятие оборотня
Chef
Воспитанный приемными родителями сын немой дочери тюремщика и безумного бродяги оказывается оборотнем. Опекуны сумели окружить ребенка заботой и подавить в нем звериные инстинкты. Но когда парень возмужал, кошмар вернулся.
Меч Шервудского леса
Old Bowyer
История про благородного разбойника Робина Гуда, который не позволил коварному шерифу Ноттингема отобрать поместье у наследников лорда Бортри, погибшего в Крестовом походе.
The Criminal
Mr Able
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
School for Scoundrels
Carpenter
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
История монахини
Pascin (uncredited)
Габриэль ван дер Маль, дочь известного бельгийского врача, мечтает уехать в Конго, чтобы лечить местных жителей. Приняв постриг в монастыре и получив новое имя — сестра Люк — она прибывает в Конго для работы в госпитале.
Model for Murder
Lock-Keeper
An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.
Davy
Henry
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.
Lucky Jim
Contractor
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.
The Tommy Steele Story
This is the story of the early life and rise to fame of Tommy Steele. His manager wanted him to be a tough rock'n'roller and so challenge Elvis Presley but Tommy is too nice.
The Feminine Touch
Jenkins
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
One Jump Ahead
Mr. Lamb
Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated trail.
Delayed Action
Bank clerk
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Impulse
uncredited
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Женевьева
Publican (Uncredited)
Наступает время для традиционного пробега старинных автомобилей из Лондона в Брайтон, а Алан МакКим и Амброуз Клеверхауз, похоже, не остановятся в своих попытках доказать превосходство друг над другом, несмотря на их дружбу.
Come Back Peter
Mr. Hapgood
There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.
Curtain Up
George
In a small town in the 1950's a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Appointment with Venus
Jean - The Cowman
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.