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Rogue's March (film)
''Rogue's March'' is a 1953 American historical adventure film directed by Allan Davis, with special location sequences directed by Geoffrey Barkas, and starring Peter Lawford, Richard Greene, and Janice Rule. It was partly shot on location in the Khyber Pass. Plot In the Victorian era, a British officer is falsely accused of treason and drummed out of his regiment. He re-enlists as a private under an assumed name and tries to prove his innocence. Cast Production MGM made the film in the wake of their success with ''Kim'' (1950). That film was written by Leon Gordon, who wrote and produced this. The film was to have starred Stewart Granger and involve extensive location shooting in the Khyber Pass. Patricia Neal was to co star. However eventually Peter Lawford was cast instead. Directing duties were given to Allan Davis of the Old Vic Company, who was on a tour of American university theatres for the Rockefeller Foundation before being offered an MGM Metro-Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Davis (director)
Allan George Davis (13 August 1913–10 January 2001) was an Anglo-Australian actor, director for film and theatre, and producer for film and television. Biography Davis was born in London to Australian parents of Welsh descent. His father Leslie was on a business visit to London with his new wife Daisy. Six months later they returned to Sydney on the maiden voyage of the ''Orsova'' in 1914. Davis grew up in Sydney's eastern suburbs, studying at Cranbrook School and the University of Sydney where he studied economics. He became interested in drama at school and performed in plays at University. In 1933 Davis made his first professional appearance in a film, ''The Squatter's Daughter''. He also begins appearing in plays at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney.Allan Davis: F EditionThe Times; London (UK) ondon (UK)4 Jan 2001: 19. In 1934, he moved to London, where he furthered his acting career. He was assistant manager for some Cochran shows. In London he sung and ance in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Aherne
Patrick may refer to: * Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People * Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin * Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman * Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker *Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward *Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender * Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender *John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick *Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Patrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Craven (American Actor)
James Craven (born October 2, 1892 – June 29, 1955) was an American actor. He played a wide variety of roles and has a minimum of 98 film and television credits including the TV show ''The Adventures of Kit Carson'', as well as the classic motion picture, '' Johnny Belinda'', and the popular movie serials, '' The Green Archer'', ''Captain Midnight'' and ''King of the Rocket Men''. In his book, ''Serials-ly Speaking: Essays on Cliffhangers'' author William C. Cline described Craven's screen presence and characterisations in this fashion: "Suave, sophisticated and crafty, James Craven worked both sides of the street in cliffhangers. As a distinguished-looking man -- supposedly a gentleman -- he gained the confidence of the good guys while working against them at every turn... Starting with '' The Green Archer'' for Columbia Pictures in 1940, Craven schemed his way through seven serials including '' White Eagle'' (1941), ''Captain Midnight'' (1942) at Columbia, ''The Purp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hughes (actor)
Robin Hughes (7 June 192010 December 1989) was a British film and television actor. Life and career Robin Hughes was born on 7 June 1920 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to English parents, Rosa Violet (Pitt) and Harold William Hughes. His father was head of the British Royal Wheat Commission, and Hughes spent his childhood moving from country to country as his father was transferred in government service; consequently, his early schooling was acquired in South America, Canada, Mozambique, East Africa and other places. At the age of 18, he joined the Royal Navy as a signalman and at the end of the Second World War, he left the service as lieutenant commander. Robin Hughes addressed in an episode of the 1950s' television programme ''One Step Beyond'' that he was supposed to be assigned to on the morning of 24 May 1941, when it sank under enemy attack by the German battleship '' Bismarck''. Robin had received officer's papers, however, the day before ''Hood'' set to sea, and was sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phyllis Stanley
Phyllis Stanley (30 October 1914 – 12 March 1992) was a British actress. Personal life During World War II, she shared a flat in West End of London with the Scottish heiress Jane Corby. Partial filmography * ''Leave It to Blanche'' (1934) - Singer * ''Too Many Millions'' (1934) - Tamara * ''Hello, Sweetheart'' (1935) * ''Side Street Angel'' (1937) - Laura * '' Command Performance'' (1937) - Olga * ''Sidewalks of London'' (1938) - Della * ''There Ain't No Justice'' (1939) - Elsie Mutch * '' Jeannie'' (1941) - Mrs. Whitelaw * ''The Next of Kin'' (1942) - Miss Clare, the dancer * ''We'll Smile Again'' (1942) - Gina Cavendish * ''They Met in the Dark'' (1943) - Lily Bernard * '' One Exciting Night'' (1944) - Lucille * ''Good-Time Girl'' (1948) - Ida (uncredited) * ''Look Before You Love'' (1948) - Bettina Colby * ''That Dangerous Age'' (1949) - Jane * '' The Law and the Lady'' (1951) - Lady Sybil Minden * ''Thunder on the Hill'' (1951) - Nurse Phillips * ''Lovely to Look At'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Waldis
Otto Waldis (born Otto Glucksmann-Blum, May 20, 1901 – March 25, 1974) was an Austrian-American character actor in films and television from the 1930s through the 1960s. He was also billed as Otto Blum. Years in Germany Waldis was born Otto Glucksmann-Blum in 1901 in Vienna. He was a student during World War I and initially studied to be a naval engineer. When Germany had no navy after the war, he shifted his attention to acting in the 1920s. Rudolph Schildkraut saw him perform and encouraged him to pursue a theatrical career. Billed as Otto Valdis, he performed Shakespeare and classic German plays. He also directed plays. Waldis began made his film debut in a small role in director Fritz Lang's classic thriller '' M'' (1931) starring Peter Lorre. After he began acting regularly in films, he had the lead in ''The Broken Pitcher'', which received first prize in an international competition in 1934. Emigration and work in Hollywood The Jewish actor fled from Europe because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean McClory
Séan Joseph McClory (8 March 1924 – 10 December 2003) was an Irish actor whose career spanned six decades and included well over 100 films and television series. He was sometimes billed as Shawn McGlory or Sean McGlory. Early years McClory was born Séan Joseph McClory on 8 March 1924 in Dublin, Ireland, but spent his early life in County Galway. He was the son of Hugh Patrick McClory, an architect and civil engineer, and Mary Margaret (née Ball), a model. He was not related to Kevin McClory. McClory studied at St. Ignatius Jesuit College and at the National University of Ireland Medical School. He served in the Irish Army Medical Corps during World War II. After the War McClory was drawn to acting. When out of work, he turned to other employment, including washing dishes, driving trucks, working at a gold mine on the California-Nevada border and sailing around the world. At one point, he sold his blood to obtain money for food and drinks. Career Stage McClory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelton Knaggs
Skelton Barnaby Knaggs (27 June 1911 – 30 April 1955) was an English stage actor who also appeared in films, especially in horror films. Biography Knaggs was born in the Hillsborough district of Sheffield, England. Knaggs moved to London where he trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and subsequently became a Shakespearean actor. In addition to appearing on stage in Shakespeare's ''Cymbeline'', Knaggs appeared in a few British films, including an uncredited role as a German orderly in Michael Powell's ''The Spy in Black''. At some point he moved to Los Angeles, California and found work as a character actor in Hollywood. Diminutive and distinctive-looking, with a strongly featured pock-marked face and charismatically voiced with an English Midlands provincial accent, he was cast in sinister roles, often in horror films. These ranged from uncredited bit parts to prominent roles in the Sherlock Holmes thriller ''Terror by Night'', the all-star monste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Pate
Michael Pate OAM (born Edward John Pate; 26 February 1920 – 1 September 2008) was an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who also worked in Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Early life Pate was born in Drummoyne, New South Wales, and attended Fort Street High School. Initially interested in becoming a medical missionary, but unable to afford the university fees due to the Depression, he worked in Sydney before 1938, when he became a writer and broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, collaborating with George Ivan Smith on ''Youth Speaks''. For the remainder of the 1930s, he worked primarily in radio drama. He also published theatrical and literary criticism and enjoyed brief success as an author of short stories, publishing works in both Australia and the United States. World War II During World War II, Pate served in the Australian Army in the South West Pacific Area. He was transferred to the 1st Australian Army Amenities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hale
Richard Hale (born James Richards Hale; November 16, 1892 – May 18, 1981) was an American opera and concert singer and later a character actor of film, stage and television. Hale's appearance usually landed him roles as either Middle Eastern or Native American characters. Life and career Born in Rogersville, Tennessee, Hale attended Columbia University on a singing scholarship. Upon graduation in 1914, he turned down an offer to join Columbia's English department, choosing instead to join Minnie Maddern Fiske's theater group. Hale's 1921 debut at Aeolian Hall began a successful career in opera as a baritone; he toured Europe and the United States. The 1927 ''New York Times'' film review of '' The Unknown'' credits "Richard Hale, baritone" as singing "The Pirate's Frolic". During the 1930s, Hale performed at the Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Hale also narrated ''Peter and the Wolf'' for Sergei Prokofiev, at Tanglewood, with Serge Koussevitsky con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Raine
Thomas Foster "Jack" Raine (18 May 1897 – 30 May 1979) was an English stage, television and film actor. He was a leading man of the British cinema in the late twenties and early thirties in such films as ''The Hate Ship'' (1929), '' Raise the Roof'', '' Suspense'', '' Night Birds'' and '' The Middle Watch'' (all 1930), before moving down the cast list and becoming a character actor. Throughout the thirties and forties he appeared in numerous supporting roles, usually as sturdy figures of authority, including '' The Ghoul'' (1933), '' The Clairvoyant'' (1934), ''Holiday Camp'', ''Mine Own Executioner'' (both 1947) and '' Easy Money'' (1948). He also played Sir Graham Forbes in the first two Paul Temple films '' Send for Paul Temple'' (1946) and ''Calling Paul Temple'' (1948). One of his last British films was a rare co-starring role of this era in the 'B' movie '' No Way Back'' (1949), opposite Terence De Marney, in which he played against type as a small time gangster. Like a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Davis (actor)
Charles Davis (31 August 1925 – 12 December 2009) was an Irish character actor, writer and director. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. Career Davis started his acting career at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin and had over 1,000 performances on Broadway. Davis appeared in over 20 movies and over 100 TV shows. Among his movies were ''The Desert Rats'', ''The King's Thief'', ''The Young Stranger'' and ''The Wreck of the Mary Deare''. The TV shows he appeared in included ''Dynasty'', '' Lock-Up'', ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'', ''The Cara Williams Show'', ''Night Gallery'' and ''The Wild Wild West''. Davis was also a writer, director and film producer. He wrote, directed and produced feature films including ''Kennedy’s Ireland'', ''Thunder Run'', ''Happy as the Grass Was Green'' (also released under the title ''Hazel’s People'') and ''The Violent Ones''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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