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Campbell Singer
Campbell Singer (born Jacob Kobel Singer; 16 March 1909 – 16 February 1976) was a British character actor who featured in a number of stage, film and television roles during his long career. He was also a playwright and dramatist. Life He was born in London in 1909 Singer was a regular in British post-war comedy films, often playing policemen. He first appeared on television in 1946, making regular appearances in the following three decades including several episodes of 'Hancock's Half Hour', and played the lead, John Unthank, in the BBC drama series 'Private Investigator' in 1958/59. From the early 1960s he appeared more consistently on television. He played several roles in the 1966 Doctor Who story ''The Celestial Toymaker'', and made two appearances in different roles in the popular television series ''Dad's Army'', including as corrupt politician Sir Charles McAllister. He also featured as Mr Finney in a ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' Christmas Special, and played a lodger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Barton At Bay
''Dick Barton at Bay'' is a 1950 British spy film about special agent Dick Barton. It was the second of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the British agent, although it was the last released, following '' Dick Barton: Special Agent'' and ''Dick Barton Strikes Back''. Plot Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his wartime college 'Snowey' White, are quickly assigned to recover a kidnapped scientist and de-activate a death ray before national catastrophe triggers World War III with Britain at the heart of Hell. Cast Main cast * Don Stannard as Dick Barton * Tamara Desni as Anna * George Ford as Snowey White * Meinhart Maur as Serge Volkoff * Joyce Linden as Mary Mitchell * Percy Walsh as Professor Mitchell * Campbell Singer as Sir George Cavendish * John Arnatt as Jackson * Richard George as Inspector Slade * Beatrice Kane as Betsy Horrock Supporting cast * Patrick Macnee as Phillips (Credited as Patrick McNee) * George Crawford as Boris * Paddy Ryan as Fingers * Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appointment In London
''Appointment in London'' (known as ''Raiders in the Sky'' in the U.S.) is a 1953 British war film set during the Second World War and starring Dirk Bogarde. The film was directed by Philip Leacock and based on a story by John Wooldridge, who as an RAF bomber pilot flew 108 operational sorties over Europe.Coldstream 2005, p. 181. Wooldridge, who after the war established himself as a successful film composer before his untimely death in a car accident, also wrote the film score and participated in writing the screenplay for 'Appointment in London'. ''Appointment in London'' is set in an RAF Bomber Command squadron during 1943 and tells of a wing commander's attempt to finish his third and final tour of 30 operations. A sub-plot involves his relationship with a widowed Wren in whom an American observer attached to his airfield is also interested. Plot Wing Commander Tim Mason (Dirk Bogarde) commands a squadron of Avro Lancasters based in England. He is nearing the end of his t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yellow Balloon (film)
''The Yellow Balloon'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Andrew Ray, William Sylvester, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More and Hy Hazell. It was Thompson's second feature as director. It was distributed by Associated British and produced by the company's Marble Arch Productions. It was made at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Robert Jones. Location shooting took place around Bayswater and Chelsea. Plot The film is set in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, in London's East End, amongst the bomb sites. 12-year-old Frankie Palmer (Andrew Ray) loses the sixpence his father has given him to buy a large yellow balloon from a street seller which the boy has set his heart on. He sees that a friend of his, young Ronnie Williams (Stephen Fenemore), has already bought one and Frankie snatches it off him and runs off with it, with Ronnie in hot pursuit. Ronnie chases Frankie into a large, bombed-out house and they are r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Bomb (1953 Film)
''Time Bomb'' is a 1953 British film noir thriller film directed by Ted Tetzlaff and starring Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon and Maurice Denham. It was produced by MGM at the company's Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Alfred Junge. In the United States it was released under the title ''Terror on a Train''. Plot In Birmingham, Railway Police Constable Charles Baron (John Horsley) is involved in a confrontation with a man believed to be a local vagrant. The man gets away, but he is soon found out to have been a saboteur, who has left a suitcase full of detonators and bomb-making components at the railway yard. Police realize that the man was attempting to sabotage a trainload of sea mines, destined for the Royal Navy Yard at Portsmouth. The train is stopped as soon as possible in case an explosion is imminent, but a residential area is nearby and the police have to evacuate local residents. The local authorities get in contact with former World War Two Royal Canadia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ringer (1952 Film)
''The Ringer'' is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt, William Hartnell, and Denholm Elliott. It was Hamilton's directorial debut and the third English-language sound version of Edgar Wallace's 1929 play. It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Hutchinson. Premise An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes from a mysterious killer who's also a master of disguise, and the police are called in to protect him. Cast * Herbert Lom as Maurice Meister * Donald Wolfit as Dr. Lomond * Mai Zetterling as Lisa * Greta Gynt as Cora Ann Milton * William Hartnell as Sam Hackett * Denholm Elliott as John Lemley * Norman Wooland as Inspector Bliss * Dora Bryan as Mrs. Hackett * Charles Victor as Inspector Wembury * Walter Fitzgerald as Commissioner * John Stuart as Gardener * John Slater as Bell * Edward Chapman as Stranger * Campbell S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady In The Fog
''Lady in the Fog'' is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Cesar Romero, Lois Maxwell and Bernadette O'Farrell. It is based on a BBC serial by Lester Powell as scripted by Orville H. Hampton, . It was made by Lippert Productions and Hammer Films at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was released in the United States by Lippert under the alternative title ''Scotland Yard Inspector''. Plot An English woman asks for help from a visiting American detective to London to find out who has killed her brother. Cast * Cesar Romero as Philip 'Phil' O'Dell * Lois Maxwell as Margaret 'Peggy' Maybrick * Bernadette O'Farrell as Heather McMara * Geoffrey Keen as Christopher Hampden * Campbell Singer as Inspector Rigby * Alastair Hunter as Det. Sgt. Reilly * Mary Mackenzie as Marilyn Durant * Lloyd Lamble as Martin Sorrowby * Frank Birch as Boswell, the airport manager * Wensl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency Call (1952 Film)
''Emergency Call'' is a 1952 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and stars Jack Warner in a familiar role playing a policeman, Anthony Steel, Joy Shelton and Sid James as a dubious boxing promoter. It was shot at Nettlefold Studios and distributed by Butcher's Film Service. The sets were designed by the art director Bernard Robinson. The film was a noted success compared to its small budget and helped establish Gilbert as a director. It was remade in 1962 as ''Emergency'' starring Glyn Houston. Synopsis The film centres around a race against the clock to locate three blood donors each able to donate one pint of a rare type of blood to save the life of a young girl suffering from leukaemia. The doctor in charge of treating the girl enlists the assistance of police officer Inspector Lane in order to assist in the search for suitable donors. The three donors are each from very different backgrounds, a white boxer, a black sailor, and finally a murderer who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home At Seven (film)
''Home at Seven'' is a 1952 British mystery drama film directed by and starring Ralph Richardson. It also features Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Campbell Singer and Michael Shepley. It is based on the 1950 play '' Home at Seven'' by R. C. Sherriff. It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art directors Vincent Korda and Frederick Pusey. The film is Richardson's only work as director. Guy Hamilton was assistant director. It was released on DVD in the UK on 30 June 2014 by Network Distributing. Plot Preston, a City of London banker, returns at 7 pm to his suburban home in Kent one Tuesday evening to discover that he has been missing for 24 hours, yet he does not remember the lost day. He discovers that he was seen at the social club which he is the treasurer of on Monday evening taking 515 pounds from the safe. The man who saw this, Robinson, is found murdered in an allotment the evening he comes home. When questioned by the police he lies that he spent the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Family (1952 Film)
''The Happy Family'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Stanley Holloway, Kathleen Harrison and Naunton Wayne. The plot of the film centres on resistance by a family to the disruption caused by the construction of the Festival of Britain. It is also known in the U.S. by the alternative title ''Mr. Lord Says No''. It was an adaptation of a play ''The Happy Family'' by Michael Clayton Hutton. Plot In 1951, the House of Lords is a grocery shop that sits on the South Bank of the river Thames close to the site of Festival Hall, which is noisily under construction. It is owned by the Lord family, a husband and wife with several children. Lillian Lord runs the shop, while Henry is a British Railways train driver who has worked on the railways for over 30 years and who is just about to retire. He is looking forward to enjoying a quiet retirement at the family shop, looking after his pet hare, Winston, though his spiritualist sister-in-law Ada has had super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Case For PC 49
''A Case for PC 49'' is a 1951 British mystery film directed by Francis Searle and starring Brian Reece, Joy Shelton and Christine Norden.Chibnall & MacFarlane p.79 It was made by Hammer Films at Bray Studios. The film was based on a popular radio series, which already been adapted into the 1949 production ''The Adventures of PC 49''. It was released as a second feature. Cast * Brian Reece as Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby * Joy Shelton as Joan Carr * Christine Norden as Della Dainton * Leslie Bradley as Victor Palantine * George McLeod as Inspector Wilson * Campbell Singer as Sgt. Wright * Jack Stewart as Cutler * Michael Balfour as Chubby Price * Michael Ripper Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 – 28 June 2000) was an English character actor. He began his film career in quota quickies in the 1930s and until the late 1950s was virtually unknown; he was seldom credited. Along with Michael Gough ... as George Steele * Joan Seton as Elsie * Edna Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pool Of London (film)
''Pool of London'' is a 1951 British noir crime film directed by Basil Dearden. It stars Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron and Susan Shaw. Plot The character-driven story of ''Pool of London'' centres around the crew of the merchant ship ''Dunbar'', which docks in the Pool of London. The crew members are given shore leave, with some practising petty smuggling and other various dodges. Set in post-war London, the film is of note for portraying the first interracial relationship in a British film. Black crew member Johnny (Earl Cameron), an all-round nice guy, meets a pretty blonde, Pat (Susan Shaw), who offers to show him the sights of London. In a visually-rich montage, they visit the National Maritime Museum and the Greenwich Observatory. Also shown briefly are views from the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, and some of the bombed areas around the cathedral before the rebuilding of Paternoster Square. Another seaman, Dan (Bonar Colleano), inadvertently becomes involved with a jewel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
