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Reginald Beckwith
William Reginald Beckwith (2 November 190826 June 1965) was an English film and television actor, who made over one hundred film and television appearances in his career. He died of a heart attack aged 56. Beckwith was also a film critic and playwright before the war, and from 1941–45, was a BBC war correspondent. His play '' Boys in Brown'' was filmed in 1949, and he co-wrote the film ''You're Only Young Twice'' in 1952, based on James Bridie's play. Selected filmography * ''Freedom Radio'' (1941) as Emil Fenner * '' My Brother's Keeper'' (1948) as 1st Barber (uncredited) * ''Scott of the Antarctic'' (1948) as Bowers / Lt. H.R. Bowers R.I.M. * '' Miss Pilgrim's Progress'' (1949) as Mr. Jenkins * ''The Body Said No!'' (1950) as Benton * ''Mister Drake's Duck'' (1951) as Mr. Boothby * ''Circle of Danger'' (1951) as Oliver * ''Another Man's Poison'' (1951) as Mr. Bigley * ''Whispering Smith Hits London'' (1952) as Manson * ''Brandy for the Parson'' (1952) as Scout Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Bunk
''Double Bunk'' is a British black-and-white comedy film set on a houseboat. It was released in 1961, and stars Ian Carmichael and Sid James. The musical score was composed by Stanley Black, and the title song, sung by Sid James and Liz Fraser, was by Stanley Black, Jack Fishman and Michael Pratt (later better known as the actor Mike Pratt). Plot Facing eviction from their London flat, newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat by its current owner Alfred Harper (Reginald Beckwith) and his put-upon wife (Irene Handl). Mr Watson (Dennis Price), who owns Jack and Peggy’s mooring, soon makes their acquaintance by introducing them to his mooring tariffs and associated surcharges. Jack's used-car-salesman friend Sid (Sid James) helps him rebuild the engine, and the newlyweds take the boat down the River Thames to Ramsgate with Sid and his girlfriend Sandra (Liz Fraser) as passengers. On the way they have trouble with an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Body Said No!
''The Body Said No!'' is a 1950 British crime comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, and Hy Hazell. It was shot at Walton Studios near London and distributed by Eros Films. Premise In a British TV studio, Michael Rennie (as himself) is performing live in a dramatic broadcast. On a neighbouring set, cabaret singer Mikki Brent thinks she sees a coded plot being discussed to murder Rennie. Her friends are sceptical, but she warns Rennie, and various adventures and investigations ensue. Cast * Michael Rennie as The Body * Yolande Donlan as Mikki Brent * Hy Hazell as Sue * Jon Pertwee as Watchman * Valentine Dyall as John Sutherland * Reginald Beckwith as Benton * Arthur Hill as Robin King * Cyril Smith as Sergeant * Jack Billings as Eddie * Peter Butterworth as Driver * Maggie Rennie as Mrs Rennie * Joyce Heron as Journalist * Winifred Shotter as TV Announcer * Eddie Vitch as Diner * Ivan Craig as Derek * Barry O'Neill as Constable * Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runaway Bus
''The Runaway Bus'' is a 1954 British comedy film produced, written, and directed by Val Guest. It stars Frankie Howerd, Margaret Rutherford and Petula Clark and an ensemble cast of character actors in a story about a bus caught in fog while a gang of crooks tries to carry off a heist. The film was shot at Southall Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. It was the film debut of Belinda Lee. The film is referenced in an episode of Frankie Howerd's 1970s radio series. Plot When heavy fog wreaks havoc among air travellers throughout southern England, outspoken Cynthia Beeston (Margaret Rutherford), a forceful proponent of "Positive Thought", insists on being taken from London Airport to Blackbushe Airport, where she might be able to fly to Dublin. Harassed airline employees find emergency relief coach 13, and reserve driver Percy Lamb (Frankie Howerd) to transport her. Lamb is a man so hapless he cannot find his way around the airport, much ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast And Loose (1954 Film)
''Fast and Loose'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall and Brian Reece. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios near London with sets designed by the art director John Howell. It was based on the play ''A Cuckoo in the Nest'' by Ben Travers, the first of his Aldwych farces, which had previously been adapted as a 1933 film of the same title. Plot An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room. Cast * Stanley Holloway as Major George Crabb * Kay Kendall as Carol Hankin * Brian Reece as Peter Wickham * Charles Victor as Lumper * June Thorburn as Barbara 'Babsie' Wickham * Reginald Beckwith as Reverend Tripp-Johnson * Vida Hope as Gladys * Joan Young as Mrs. Gullett, Inn Manageress * Fabia Drake as Mrs Crabb * Dora Bryan as Mary Rawlings, the maid * Aubrey Mather as Noony * Toke Townley as Alfred * Alexander Gauge as Hankin * Eliot Makeham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Blame The Stork
''Don't Blame the Stork'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ákos Ráthonyi and starring Veronica Hurst, Ian Hunter, Reginald Beckwith, and Patricia Laffan. The movie was adapted from an earlier German comedy film. It was shot at Walton Studios with sets designed by the art director Ivan King. Plot A famous actor publicly declares that he loves babies, and soon a baby is left on his doorstep. As he is forced to take care of it, Katie O’Connor, an unsuccessful but stage-struck actress, pretends to be the child’s mother in order to live in the actor's house and to prove that she is a competent performer. Cast *Veronica Hurst as Katie O'Connor * Ian Hunter as Sir George Redway * Reginald Beckwith as Jonathan *Patricia Laffan as Lilian Angel * Brenda de Banzie as Evelyn Steele *Harry Fowler as Harry Fenn *Thora Hird as Agnes O'Connor * Mark Daly as Michael O'Connor * Howard Marion-Crawford as Fluffy Faversham *Avril Angers as Renee O'Connor Reception Hal Erickson of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Million Pound Note
''The Million Pound Note'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Jane Griffiths. It is based on the 1893 Mark Twain short story ''The Million Pound Bank Note'', and is a precursor to the 1983 film ''Trading Places''. It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location around London. The film's sets were designed by the art directors John Box and Jack Maxsted. It was released by Rank's General Film Distributors. The American release was handled by United Artists under the alternative tile ''Man with a Million''. Plot In 1903, American seaman Henry Adams is stranded penniless in Britain and gets caught up in an unusual wager between two wealthy, eccentric brothers, Oliver and Roderick Montpelier. They persuade the Bank of England to issue a one million pound banknote, which they present to Adams in an envelope, only telling him that it contains some money. Oliver asserts that the mere existence of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocents In Paris
''Innocents in Paris'' is a 1953 British-French international co-production comedy film produced by Romulus Films, directed by Gordon Parry and starring Alastair Sim, Ronald Shiner, Claire Bloom, Margaret Rutherford, Claude Dauphin, and Jimmy Edwards, and also featuring James Copeland. Popular French comedy actor Louis de Funès appears as a taxi driver, and there are cameo appearances by Christopher Lee, Laurence Harvey and Kenneth Williams. The writer and producer was Anatole de Grunwald, born in Russia in 1910, who fled to Britain with his parents in 1917. He had a long career there as a writer and producer, including the films ''The Way to the Stars'', ''The Winslow Boy'', ''Doctor's Dilemma'', ''Libel'', and ''The Yellow Rolls-Royce''. Plot The film is a romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying out from The London Airport for a weekend in Paris in 1953 in a British European Airways Airspeed Ambassador. An English diplomat (Sim) is on a working trip to obtain an ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genevieve (film)
''Genevieve'' is a 1953 British comedy film produced and directed by Henry Cornelius and written by William Rose. It stars John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More and Kay Kendall as two couples comedically involved in a veteran automobile rally. Plot Two veteran cars and their crews are participating in the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. Alan McKim (John Gregson), a young barrister, and his wife, Wendy (Dinah Sheridan), drive ''Genevieve'', a 1904 Darracq. Their friend Ambrose Claverhouse (Kenneth More), a brash advertising salesman, his latest girlfriend, fashion model Rosalind Peters (Kay Kendall), and her pet St. Bernard ride in a 1905 Spyker. The journey to Brighton goes well for Claverhouse, but the McKims' trip is complicated by several breakdowns, and they arrive very late. As Alan cancelled their accommodation in their usual plush hotel during a fit of pique, they are forced to spend the night in a dingy run-down hotel (with a cameo performance by Joyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Titfield Thunderbolt
''The Titfield Thunderbolt'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, George Relph and John Gregson. The screenplay concerns a group of villagers trying to keep their branch line operating after British Railways decided to close it. The film was written by T. E. B. Clarke and was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales, the world's first heritage railway run by volunteers. "Titfield" is an amalgamation of the names Titsey and Limpsfield, two villages in Surrey near Clarke's home at Oxted. Michael Truman was the producer. The film was produced by Ealing Studios and was the first of its comedies shot in Technicolor. There was considerable inspiration from the book ''Railway Adventure'' by established railway book author L. T. C. Rolt, published in 1953. Rolt had acted as honorary manager for the volunteer enthusiasts running the Talyllyn Railway for the two years 1951–52. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Princess
''Penny Princess'' is a 1952 British Technicolor comedy film written and directed by Val Guest and starring Yolande Donlan, Dirk Bogarde and A. E. Matthews. It was made by Guest for his own production company, Conquest Productions. The film stars his future wife Donlan, who was Guest's production company partner, and features Reginald Beckwith, the other partner in Conquest Productions. It was released by General Film Distributors. It was distributed in America the following year by Universal Pictures. It was made at Pinewood Studios near London. Location shooting took place in Montseny, Catalonia, the first British production to be filmed in Spain. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Carter. Plot The fictional European microstate of Lampidorra has "no taxes, no quotas, no tariffs, no forms to fill in". Its two thousand residents make their money from the national (and legal) profession of smuggling to and from its neighbors: France, Italy, and Switzerlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandy For The Parson
''Brandy for the Parson'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Eldridge and starring Kenneth More, Charles Hawtrey, James Donald and Jean Lodge. It was based on a short story by Geoffrey Household from ''Tales of Adventurers'' (1952). The title is a reference to the refrain of the poem "A Smuggler's Song" by Rudyard Kipling. Plot Bill and Petronilla are a young couple on a yachting holiday. They agree to give a lift to friendly Tony and his cargo, who unbeknownst to them is a brandy smuggler. Before they know it, the couple are fleeing cross-country, chased by customs men. Main cast * James Donald as Bill Harper * Kenneth More as Tony Rackham * Jean Lodge as Petronilla Brand * Frederick Piper as Customs inspector * Charles Hawtrey as George Crumb * Michael Trubshawe as Redworth * Alfie Bass as Dallyn * Wilfrid Caithness as Mr. Minch * Lionel Harris as Mr. Frost * Richard Molinas as Massaud * Reginald Beckwith as Scoutmaster * Stanley Lemin as Customs officer * Arth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whispering Smith Hits London
''Whispering Smith Hits London'' is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Francis Searle and starring Richard Carlson, Greta Gynt and Herbert Lom. It was made at Bray Studios with some location shooting in London. It was released in the United States by RKO Pictures as ''Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard''. Synopsis The screenplay concerns an American detective who is summoned to London to investigate a death in suspicious circumstances. Cast * Richard Carlson as Whispering Smith * Greta Gynt as Louise * Herbert Lom as Roger Ford * Rona Anderson as Anne * Alan Wheatley as Hector Reith * Dora Bryan as Miss La Fosse * Reginald Beckwith as Manson * Daniel Wherry as Dr. Taren * Michael Ward as Photographer * Danny Green as Cecil Fleming * James Raglan as Supt. Meaker * Stuart Nichol as Martin * Laurence Naismith as Parker * Christine Silver Christine Silver (17 December 1883 – 23 November 1960) was a British stage, film and television actress, and a playwright. Early li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
