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Charles Oliver (actor)
Charles Arthur Richardson Oliver (actually registered as "Charles Arthur Sherlock Oliver"; 21 June 1907, in Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland – 29 March 1983, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England) was a British film actor. He married on 4 June 1938 the actress (Margaret) Noel Hood. They had two children: Nina (1943) and William (1947). He appeared in the Will Hay film ''Ask a Policeman'' as the local squire who oversees a smuggling empire. Television Selected filmography * ''Beloved Imposter'' (1936) – Pierre * ''The Avenging Hand'' (1936) – Toni Visetti * ''Wings Over Africa'' (1936) – Collins * '' Second Bureau'' (1936) – Paul Benoit * '' Midnight at Madame Tussaud's'' (1936) – Harry Newton * ''Fifty-Shilling Boxer'' (1937) – Jim Pollett * ''The Green Cockatoo'' (1937) – Terrell – Gang Boss * ''If I Were Boss'' (1938) – Owen Reeves * '' The Drum'' (1938) – Rajab * ''The Lady Vanishes'' (1938) – The Officer * '' Hey! Hey! USA'' (1938) – Curly (uncredite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buttevant
Buttevant ( or ''Ecclesia Tumulorum'' in the Latin) is a medieval market town, incorporated by charter of Edward III of England, Edward III, situated in North County Cork, Ireland. While there may be reason to suggest that the town may occupy the site of an earlier settlement of the Donegans, Carrig Donegan, the origins of the present town are clearly and distinctly Normans, Norman, and closely connected with the settlement of the De Barry Family, Barrys from the 13th century. Here they built their principal stronghold in North Cork. Buttevant is located on the N20 road (Ireland), N20 road between Limerick and Cork (city), Cork and the R522 road (Ireland), R522 Regional road (Ireland), regional road. The Dublin–Cork rail transport in Ireland, railway line passes by the town, but there was a station (now closed) from which at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, newly raised battalions of the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Dubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brefni O'Rorke
Brefni O'Rorke (26 June 1889 – 11 November 1946) was an Irish actor, both on the stage and in movies. Early life O'Rorke was born as William Francis Breffni O'Rorke at 2 Esplande Villas in Dollymount, Clontarf, Dublin on 26 June 1889, and baptised at Clontarf Parish Church on 1 August 1889. His father, Frederick O'Rorke, was a cork merchant, and his mother, Jane Caroline O'Rorke, née Morgan, was an actress. He had an older brother, Frederick, who was twelve years older than him. Career O'Rorke began studying acting with his mother and made his professional début in 1912 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin in a production of Shaw's ''John Bull's Other Island''. While still living in Dublin, he met and married in 1916 Alice Cole, a chorus-girl turned actress, who had divorced her first husband and immigrated from South Africa with her young son. Thus O'Rorke became the stepfather of Cyril Cusack. Other theatre roles included the title role in '' Finn Varra Maa'' (1917), a musical " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexton Blake And The Hooded Terror
''Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror'' is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring George Curzon, Tod Slaughter and Greta Gynt. It was George Curzon's third and final outing as the fictional detective Sexton Blake. Plot summary The film - described as the best in the Blake series of 1930s movies - features the character of Sexton Blake and his efforts to defeat a major crime organisation headed by Michael Larron, a 'sort of Moriarty figure'. Cast * George Curzon as Sexton Blake *Tod Slaughter as Michael Larron *Greta Gynt as Madamoiselle Julie *Tony Sympson as Tinker * Charles Oliver as Max Fleming * Marie Wright as Mrs. Bardell * David Farrar as Granite Grant *Norman Pierce as Inspector Bramley *H.B. Hallam as Monsieur Bertrand *Bradley Watts as Paul Duvall Critical reception Of the film's villain, Leonard Maltin concluded, "Slaughter plays it basically straight in this passable low-budget outing"; while Dennis Schwartz wrote, "Tod Slaughter is a tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey! Hey! USA
''Hey! Hey! USA'' is a 1938 British comedy film starring comedian Will Hay, Edgar Kennedy and Eddie Ryan. Hay appears as Benjamin Twist, a porter who accidentally finds himself on a ship bound for the United States. The film features an early appearance by child actor Roddy McDowall, before he went to live in America. Plot outline Benjamin Twist, a teacher working during school holidays as a ship's porter ends up on a ship bound for America and impersonating a professor, Phineas Tavistock. Along with American gangster and stowaway Bugs Leary (Edgar Kennedy), Twist finds himself entangled in a plot to kidnap the son of a millionaire whom 'Professor' Tavistock is teaching. Things are further complicated by the fact that two sets of gangsters are attempting to get their hands on the ransom money, which Twist is given to hand over. Cast * Will Hay - Benjamin Twist/Professor Phineas Tavistock * Edgar Kennedy - Bugs Leary * David Burns - Tony Ricardo * Eddie Ryan - Ace Marco * Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady Vanishes (1938 Film)
''The Lady Vanishes'' is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, based on the 1936 novel ''The Wheel Spins'' by Ethel Lina White, the film is about a beautiful English tourist travelling by train in continental Europe who discovers that her elderly travelling companion seems to have disappeared from the train. After her fellow passengers deny ever having seen the elderly lady, the young woman is helped by a young musicologist, the two proceeding to search the train for clues to the old lady's disappearance. ''The Lady Vanishes'' was filmed at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington, London. Hitchcock caught Hollywood's attention with the film and moved to Hollywood soon after its release. Although the director's three previous efforts had done poorly at the box office, ''The Lady Vanishes'' was widely successful, and confirmed American producer David O. Selznic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drum (1938 Film)
''The Drum'' (released in the U.S. as ''Drums'') is a 1938 British Technicolor film based on the 1937 novel '' The Drum'' by A. E. W. Mason. The film was directed by Zoltan Korda and produced by Alexander Korda. It stars Sabu Dastagir, Raymond Massey, Roger Livesey and Valerie Hobson. Korda’s company ''London Films'' made three films in the 1930s about the British Empire: ''Sanders of the River'' (1936), ''The Drum'' and ''The Four Feathers'' (1939). Plot During the British Raj, Captain Carruthers (Roger Livesey) works under cover to track smuggled shipments of arms on the restless Northwest Frontier of India, the modern day Afghanistan-Pakistan border (the Durand Line). He fears a full-scale rebellion is brewing. To forestall this, the British governor (Francis L. Sullivan) signs a treaty with the friendly, peace-loving ruler of Tokot, a key kingdom in the region, which is described as four days' march northward from Peshawar. In real life the British held a fort at Abaza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Green Cockatoo
''The Green Cockatoo'' (a.k.a. ''Four Dark Hours'') is a 1937 British drama film directed by William Cameron Menzies from a story by Graham Greene and shot at Denham Studios. Starring John Mills, René Ray, and Robert Newton, it tells the story of an innocent young woman who arrives in London looking for work and, pursued by both criminals and police, is involved in a headlong series of fights and flights. Plot An innocent young woman arrives in London looking for work and walks into an ambush, in which gangsters knife an accomplice who has cheated them. The wounded man staggers with her to a cheap hotel, where he dies after begging her to tell his brother at The Green Cockatoo club. Going there, she is followed by police and hides in an upstairs room. It is that of Jim, the brother, but he does not identify himself to the stranger. When the police leave he escorts her out, but is followed by the gangsters. In another knife fight he gets away and takes her to a safe house. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty-Shilling Boxer
''Fifty-Shilling Boxer'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Bruce Seton, Nancy O'Neil and Moore Marriott. Its plot concerns a young circus boxer who attempts to make a career for himself in the world of professional boxing. Cast * Bruce Seton - Jack Foster * Nancy O'Neil - Moira Regan * Moore Marriott - Tim Regan * Eve Gray - Miriam Steele * Charles Oliver - Jim Pollett * Aubrey Mallalieu Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s. Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a ... - Charles Day References External links * 1937 films British sports comedy films British boxing films Films directed by Maclean Rogers British black-and-white films 1930s sports comedy films 1937 comedy films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{sport-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midnight At Madame Tussaud's
''Midnight at Madame Tussaud's '' is a 1936 British thriller film directed by George Pearson and starring Lucille Lisle, James Carew and Charles Oliver. The screenplay concerns an explorer who bets his friends he can spend a night in Madame Tussaud's chamber of horrors. Plot summary A daring explorer bets his friends he can spend a night in Madame Tussaud's chamber of horrors. Meanwhile, on the outside, his young female ward is in danger from an unscrupulous gang. Cast * Lucille Lisle as Carol Cheyne * James Carew as Sir Clive Cheyne * Charles Oliver as Harry Newton * Kim Peacock as Nick Frome * Patrick Barr as Gerry Melville * William Hartnell as Stubbs * Lydia Sherwood as Brenda * Bernard Miles Bernard James Miles, Baron Miles, CBE (27 September 190714 June 1991) was an English character actor, writer and director. He opened the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959, the first new theatre that opened in the City of London since the 17th ce ... as Kelvin, the Modelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Bureau (1936 Film)
''Second Bureau'' is a 1936 British spy romance film directed by Victor Hanbury and starring Marta Labarr, Charles Oliver and Arthur Wontner. It was made at Shepperton StudiosWood p.92 and based on a novel ''Second Bureau'' by Charles Robert-Dumas. It was a remake of a 1935 French film of the same name. The film's title refers to the French military intelligence outfit Deuxième Bureau. Synopsis A French spy, Captain Paul Benoit, manages to steal some German secrets. The Germans send Erna Fielder, an agent of their own, after him, but the two spies end up falling in love. Cast * Marta Labarr as Erna Fielder * Charles Oliver as Paul Benoit * Arthur Wontner as Col. Gueraud * Meinhart Maur as Gen. von Raugwitz * Fred Groves as Sgt. Colleret * Joan White as Dorothy Muller * Anthony Eustrel as Lt. von Stranmer * G. H. Mulcaster as Yvanne Brosilow * Leo de Pokorny as Dr. Weygelmann * Fewlass Llewellyn as Director of Schaffingen * Bruno Barnabe Bruno Bianco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Over Africa
''Wings Over Africa'' is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew. The film is a quota quickie produced for released by RKO.Chibnall p.292 It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. The film score was created by composer Jack Beaver. Plot Explorer Tony Cooper and homesick trader Norton find a skeleton in the African jungle with a package intended to be delivered to Victor Wilkins in London. Cooper takes it there and it proves to be from Wilkins' brother - the skeleton was his - with a map showing where he left £100,000 in diamonds for Victor. Cooper agrees to accompany him to Africa and they hire pilots John Trevor and Carol Reed, who all agree to a cut of the profits. On arrival in Africa, they're challenged by three men - Redfern, Collins and Quincey - who claim to have the mineral rights to all gems found in the area, and by Norton, who also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenging Hand
''The Avenging Hand'' is a 1936 British crime film directed by Victor Hanbury and Frank Richardson and starring Noah Beery, Louis Borel and Kathleen Kelly.Wood p.93 It was made at Welwyn Studios as a quota quickie. Duncan Sutherland worked on the film's sets. Premise A Chicago gangster staying in a London hotel tries to solve the murder of one of the other guests. Cast *Noah Beery as Lee Barwell *Louis Borel as Pierre Charrell * Kathleen Kelly as Gwen Taylor * Charles Oliver as Toni Visetti *Reginald Long as Charles Mason *Tarva Penna as Conrad Colter *Penelope Parkes as Elizabeth *Billie De la Volta as Muriel *James Harcourt James Harcourt (20 April 187318 February 1951) was an English character actor. Harcourt was born in Headingley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire. He started work as a cabinet maker, and drifted into amateur dramatics. He appeared as a stage act ... as Sam Hupp References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
