John Laurie

John Laurie

Рождение : 1897-03-25, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK

Смерть : 1980-06-23

История

John Laurie was a noted Scottish stage, screen, and television actor.

Профиль

John Laurie

Фильмы

Узник Зенды
Archbishop
Трон погибшего короля Руритании должен занять принц Рудольф, живущий в Лондоне. Чтобы обезопасить наследника престола по дороге на родину, для принца находят двойника — извозчика Сида.
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Jock
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
Ужасный доктор Файбс
Darrow
После того, как бригада хирургов неудачно прооперировала его жену, оставив ее умирать, доктор Файбс решил: «Девятеро убили ее, девятеро должны умереть!» Одно за другим Файбс придумывает искусные убийства, основанные на ветхозаветных десяти казнях египетских. Это и нашествие саранчи и атака яростных крыс и летучие мыши — вампиры.
Dad's Army
Pte. James Frazer
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and four and was based upon material from the early episodes of the television series. The film told the story of the Home Guard platoon's formation and their subsequent endeavours at a training exercise.
Mister Ten Per Cent
Scotsman
Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing.When it's finished it arrives on the desk of a London impresario, at a time when he wants to stage a flop.
The Reptile
Mad Peter
Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her life and, as they discover that others in the village have suffered a similar fate, their investigations lead to Anna. What they uncover is a victim of the most terrifying legacy... a destiny of mutilation and murder.
Eagle Rock
The voice of (voice)
A young lad attempts to climb Eagle Rock by himself and learns the hard way that sometimes teamwork is the best way to do things.
Ladies Who Do
Doctor MacGregor
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
Siege of the Saxons
Merlin
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princess is ordered by the great wizard Merlin to remove the sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
Don't Bother to Knock
Taxi Driver
An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a joke. She gives them to him as he leaves for a holiday. He gives the keys to several women he romances across the continent. He gets engaged again by phone and arranges to meet his fiancé at his flat, but the flat isn't empty
Похищенный
Ebenezer Balfour
Молодой человек Дэвид Балфур отправляется с письмом в поместье к своему дяде, младшему брату умершего отца. Юноша должен вступить во владение наследством. Но жестокий и коварный дядя вовсе не спешит расставаться со своими владениями. Он придумывает хитрый план. Племянника похищают пираты, чтобы потом продать на аукционе рабов в Южной Каролине. Но судьба благосклонна к Дэвиду. Она посылает ему спасение в лице лучшего воина Шотландии благородный рыцаря Элана Стюарта, попавшего на тот же корабль
Rockets Galore
Capt. MacKechnie
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
Next to No Time
Abercrombie, Scottish Director
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.
Королевство Кэмпбелла
Mac
Брюс Кэмпбелл наследует территорию «Королевство Кэмпбелла» в канадских Скалистых горах после смерти деда. Доктора поставили ему диагноз «неизлечимая болезнь» и он решает отправиться в Скалистые горы, чтобы выполнить мечту деда - найти нефть и, очистить его имя от несправедливого обвинения. Его дед - владелец компании занимающейся разведкой нефти верил, что в этих горах есть нефть, но компания разорилась, а деда признали виновным в мошенничестве. Оуэн Морган является боссом компании, которая строит дамбу. Когда дамба будет закончена, вода затопит «Королевство», а вместе с ним и надежды на исполнение мечты. Задача Кембелла - это гонка на время, чтобы доказать, что на территории «Королевства» есть нефть, прежде чем дамба будет закончена.
Ричард III
Lovel
Адаптация великого произведения Шекспира о беспринципном восхождении Ричарда III на престол Англии.
The Black Knight
James
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight. In this new role, he is now able to help King Arthur when Saracens and Cornish men—disguised as Vikings -- plot to take over the country.
Devil Girl from Mars
Mr. Jamieson
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth and enslave its men for breeding purposes.
Hobson's Choice
Dr. McFarlane
Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulging in the local Moonraker Public House, he exploits his three daughters as cheap labour. When he declares that there will be ‘no marriages’ to avoid the expense of marriage settlements at £500 each, his eldest daughter Maggie rebels.
The Fake
Henry Mason
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate Gallery for a special exhibition, and Paul Mitchell is assigned to protect it. Upon the painting's arrival, Paul realizes it has been switched. Eager to collect the museum's $50,000 reward, he teams up with Mary Mason, a Tate employee, to recover the original.
Johnny on the Run
Policeman
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encountering trouble through his innocent implication in a robbery.
Love in Pawn
Mr McCutcheon
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation. Eventually, the husband arrives back at the houseboat just in time to prevent the wife from leaving him.
The Great Game
Mac Wells
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job.
Tread Softly
Angus McDonald
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
Saturday Island
Grimshaw
When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during World War II, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe (Linda Darnell) and Marine Michael Dugan (Tab Hunter) find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love — on an idyllic tropical island. But when British pilot William Peck (Donald Gray) crash-lands on their cozy little atoll, Dugan suddenly discovers he has a rival in love.
Rig 20
Narrator
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at how Myron Kinley and his team extinguished an out of control oil installation fire at Naft Safidi in Iran in 1951 that had been burning for 26 days.
Encore
Andrews, Engineer
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
Смех в раю
Gordon Webb
После смерти известного мистификатора Генри Расселла осталось письмо, в котором он завещал своим родственникам каждому по 50,000 фунтов стерлингов. Однако они не сразу могли получить эти деньги. В письме говорилось, что каждый наследник может получить означенную сумму лишь после того, как выполнит определенное условие. Эти условия были настолько необычны, что родственники были озадачены, но никто не хотел лишиться такой суммы, поэтому все как один приступили к выполнению условий.
Пандора и Летучий Голландец
Angus
Эта история любви, смерти и отчаяния, развернувшаяся на песчаном берегу испанского залива. Началась эта история тогда, когда таинственный корабль бросил якорь недалеко от берега и в городке появился загадочный мужчина, который, похоже, знал все, что произойдет с теми, кого он встретит. Возможно он капитан легендарного «Летучего Голландца»...
Trio
Mr. Campbell
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
No Trace
Inspector MacDougall
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
Остров сокровищ
Blind Pew
В поисках сокровищ легендарного пирата Флинта, британцы отправляются на отдалённый островок в Карибском море.В поисках сокровищ легендарного пирата Флинта, британцы отправляются на отдалённый островок в Карибском море.
Madeleine
Scots Divine
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.
Floodtide
Joe Drummond
David Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building
Гамлет
Francisco
Внезапно умирает король Дании. Его вдова, Гертруда, спешно вступает в брак с братом покойного мужа Клавдием, которого провозглашают новым королем. Принцу Гамлету является призрак и сообщает, что он предательски отравлен собственным братом. В поначалу застенчивом и мечтательном юноше зреет жажда мести и ненависть к убийце отца, и жалость к обманутой матери, идущей на поводу у собственных чувств. В свою очередь, Клавдий также хочет смерти пасынка.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Blind Jamie
The Pretender lands on Scottish shores and attempts to claim the crown.
Mine Own Executioner
Dr. James Garsten
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Uncle Silas
Giles
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
Jassy
Tom Woodroofe
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
The Brothers
Dugald
An orphan wrecks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
School for Secrets
Dr. McVitie
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
Gaiety George
McTavish
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.
Цезарь и Клеопатра
1st. Auxiliary Sentinel
Исторические данные свидетельствуют о том, что, прибыв в Египет, Юлий Цезарь сделал шестнадцатилетнюю Клеопатру своей любовницей и единовластной царицей Египта. О том же и картина - о взаимоотношениях стареющего Цезаря и юной Клеопатры.
I Know Where I'm Going!
John Campbell
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
Steel
Narrator (voice)
A colorful British documentary about the manufacturing of steel.
Great Day
Scottish officer in pub
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
Read All About It
John - Ex-Newspaper Editor
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.
The Agitator
Tom Tetley
A socialist inherits the ownership of a major firm and begins wrestling with his beliefs.
Король Генрих V
Jamy - Captain in the English Army
1415 год. 28-летний английский король Генрих вторгся во Францию. Одержав серию побед, английская армия столкнулась с в разы превосходящей ее армией соперника.
Medal for the General
McNab
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Luke
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
Fanny by Gaslight
William Hopwood
Returning to 1870's London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
The Lamp Still Burns
Mr. Hervey
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
The Demi-Paradise
Wounded Sailor
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
Жизнь и смерть полковника Блимпа
Murdoch
О жизни Клайва Кэнди, британского солдата. Она показана в эпизодах, начиная с 1902 года, когда он сделал блестящую карьеру молодого офицера в Бурской войне, до 1943 года, когда он скрипучим, старческим голосом рассказывает о времени бомбежки Лондона, размышляет о потерянной молодости и любви.
The Gentle Sex
Scots Corporal
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.
The New Lot
Harry Fyfe
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
Ships with Wings
Lt.Comdr. Reid
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
Dangerous Moonlight
British Commander
Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in America and meets up again with Carole.
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
McAdam
Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention
The Ghost of St. Michael's
Jamie
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.
Sailors Three
McNab
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.
Convoy
Gates
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
Laugh It Off
Jock
As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep moral up, his commanding officer orders him to perform for the troops.
Четыре пера
The Khalifa
1898 год. Сын бригадного генерала Хэрри Фэвершэм отказывается служить в армии, предпочтя вместо этого женитьбу на Этни Берроуз и спокойную жизнь в счастье и достатке. Свой отказ он подписывает накануне отправки его полка в Суданскую кампанию. Его друзья — Джон Дюррэнс, Питер Берроуз и Том Уиллогби — посылают ему по белому перу, что символизирует трусость. Его возлюбленной Этни также неприятен его выбор, и она дает ему четвертое белое перо. Хэрри, пересмотрев свои взгляды на жизнь, решает доказать свою храбрость, и один отправляется в Египет. Переодевшись туземцем племени Сангали, он появится на поле брани, чтобы спасти жизни тех, кого он любит, и кто считал его трусом!
Q Planes
Newspaper Editor
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.
The Ware Case
Henson - the Gamekeeper
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
A Royal Divorce
Joseph Bonaparte
The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Wilson - the Valet
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in investigating murders at Marsh Manor, home of the wealthy Claydon family. Plenty of suspects to choose from, Kerrigan believes that the murders may be connected to hidden treasure on the estate.
The Face of Scotland
Narrator
The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.
Край света
Peter Manson
Фильм рассказывает трогательную историю об отдаленном острове и его жителях, чьим традициям и образу жизни угрожает ускоряющаяся индустриализация мира. Чтобы решить спор о том, должны ли островитяне отказаться от своих традиций и привычного образа жизни и переселиться на материк, два друга детства, следуя древним обычаям, должны взойти на самую высокую скалу острова. Результат этого восхождения разрушает мирное течение жизни и делит жителей на два клана…
Farewell Again
Pvt. McAllister
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty in India, several British Tommies (among them Robert Newton, Sebastian Shaw and Anthony Bushell) try to unravel their domestic tribulations before having to ship out again. American expatriate Tim Whelan was the directorial hand who kept the various plot threads from entangling, while another Hollywood vet, James Wong Howe, manned the cameras. The film became instantly dated with the advent of World War II, but in its own time Farewell Again was a box-office smash. The film was issued in the US as Troopship.
Jericho
Hassan
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.
As You Like It
Oliver
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
Tudor Rose
John Knox
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
East Meets West
Dr. Fergusson
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
Born That Way
McTavish
A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.
39 ступеней
John the Crofter
Ричард знакомится в Лондонском мюзикхолле с Аннабеллой, которая просит укрыть ее от идущих по ее следу убийц. Ричард не воспринимает это всерьез, но разрешает ей переночевать у него. Той же ночью девушка вваливается в его спальню с ножом в спине… Бегущего в панике Ричарда принимают за убийцу-маньяка и полиция всей Англии начинает охоту. Чтобы доказать свою невиновность, ему придется пройти все круги Ада…
Her Last Affaire
Robb
Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof he needs. But the plan goes awry when he becomes implicated in her sudden death.
Red Ensign
Wages Accountant
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.
Юнона и Павлин
Johnny Boyle
бал безработица и нищета; в одном из ветхих домов проживает семейство Бойл, хозяйка которого — Юнона — единственная, кто имеет работу. Уже не первый год она пробует поставить на путь истинный двух взрослых мужчин — своего мужа пьяницу и тунеядца Капитана Джека Бойла, прозванного так за ношение старой капитанской фуражки, а также сына Джонни, потерявшего руку в ирландской Войне за Независимость. Дочь хозяйки — Мэри — пробует найти себе мужа, посещая танцзал, и не уверена, что ее ждет удача. В общем, картина жизни не из лучших. Неожиданно приходит известие: скончался их двоюродный брат, и доля наследства в размере двух тысяч фунтов по праву принадлежит Джеку Бойлу. С этой минуты начинается нездоровый ажиотаж нищего семейства вокруг еще не полученных денег…