Bill Nagy (1921–1973) was a Canadian-born film and television actor who settled and worked in Britain. He began working on the London stage, appearing in the West End production of ''South Pacific.

Selected filmography

Film

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A Tale of Five Cities ''A Tale of Five Cities'' ( it, Passaporto per l'oriente and released as ''A Tale of Five Women'' in the US) is a 1951 British-Italian international co-production drama film directed by Romolo Marcellini and five other directors. The five cities ...

'' (1951) - G.I. at Table (uncredited) * ''

River Beat ''River Beat'' is a 1954 British noir crime film directed by Guy Green and starring John Bentley, Phyllis Kirk and Leonard White. The screenplay concerns a river police inspector who faces a moral dilemma when a woman he knows gets caught u ...

'' (1954) - Eddie * ''Hands of Destiny'' (1954) - Captain Scott * '' The Brain Machine'' (1955) - Charlie * ''

Shadow of a Man ''Shadow of a Man'' is a 1955 British crime film directed by Michael McCarthy and starring Paul Carpenter, Rona Anderson and Jane Griffiths.

'' (1955) - Paul Bryant * ''

Joe MacBeth ''Joe MacBeth'' is a 1955 British–American crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes and starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman and Bonar Colleano. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'', set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The ...

'' (1955) - Marty * ''

The Stolen Airliner ''The Stolen Airliner'' is a 1955 British Children's Film Foundation production, directed by Don Sharp and starring Fella Edmonds, Diana Day, and Michael Maguire. It was based on John Pudney's adventure story for boys, ''Thursday Adventure'' (1 ...

'' (1955) - Luiz * ''

Cloak Without Dagger ''Cloak Without Dagger'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Joseph Sterling and starring Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie and Leslie Dwyer. It was released in the USA as ''Operation Conspiracy'' Plot A fashion reporter is united with a fo ...

'' (1956) - Mario Oromonda * ''

Fire Maidens from Outer Space ''Fire Maidens from Outer Space'' (US: ''Fire Maidens of Outer Space'') is a 1956 British independent black-and-white science fiction feature film. It was written, produced and directed by American filmmaker Cy Roth as a collaboration between ...

'' (1956) - U.S.Officer (uncredited) * ''

Assignment Redhead ''Assignment Redhead'' (released in the US as ''Million Dollar Manhunt'') is a 1956 British crime thriller film written and directed by Maclean Rogers. It is based on the novel ''Requiem for a Redhead'' by Lindsay Hardy. The UK title of this fil ...

'' (1956) - Marzotti * ''The Eternal Question'' (1956) * ''

High Tide at Noon ''High Tide at Noon'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Philip Leacock. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. ''High Tide at Noon'' was based on the first of a series of novels by Elisabeth Ogilvie, set in Maine. Location w ...

'' (1957) - Sandy McNab (uncredited) * ''Confess, Killer'' (1957) - John Digby * '' Across the Bridge'' (1957) - Paul Scarff * ''

A King in New York ''A King in New York'' is a 1957 British comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin in his last leading role, which co-stars, among others, his young son Michael. The film presents a satirical view of the McCarthy communist-hunt era ...

'' (1957) - Television Announcer (uncredited) * ''

The Mark of the Hawk ''The Mark of the Hawk'' (also called ''Accused'') is a 1957 drama film, directed by Michael Audley with a screenplay by Lloyd Young (better known for his sound work on other films) and H. Kenn Carmichael. The film stars Eartha Kitt and Sidney ...

'' (1957) - Fred * '' Man with a Gun'' (1958) - Joe Harris * ''

I Was Monty's Double ''I Was Monty's Double'' (released in the US as ''The Counterfeit General Montgomery''Dial 999 (TV series) ''Dial 999'' is a British television series that ran for one series of 38 episodes from 1958 to 1959. The series was a co-production between ITV (TV channel), ITV contractor ABC Weekend TV, and American television producer Ziv Television Programs ...

'', ('Picture Puzzle', episode) (1959) - West * ''

First Man Into Space ''First Man into Space'' (working title: ''Satellite of Blood'') is a 1959 independently made British-American black-and-white science fiction- horror film. It was produced by John Croydon, Charles F. Vetter, and Richard Gordon for Amalgamat ...

'' (1959) - Police Chief Wilson * ''

The Mouse That Roared ''The Mouse That Roared'' is a 1955 satirical novel by Irish-American writer Leonard Wibberley, which launched a series of satirical books about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Wibberley used the premise to m ...

'' (1959) - U.S. Policeman (uncredited) * ''

Bobbikins ''Bobbikins'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Robert Day (director), Robert Day and starring Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves. It was made in CinemaScope and released by 20th Century Fox. It was produced by the British subsidiary of 20t ...

'' (1959) - Rogers - The Butler * ''

Our Man in Havana ''Our Man in Havana'' (1958) is a novel set in Cuba by the British author Graham Greene. He makes fun of intelligence services, especially the British MI6, and their willingness to believe reports from their local informants. The book predates ...

'' (1959) - Man at Blue Moon Club (uncredited) * ''

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger ''Never Take Sweets from a Stranger'' (US ''Never Take Candy from a Stranger'') is a 1960 British film, directed by Cyril Frankel and released by Hammer Film Productions. The screenplay was developed by John Hunter from the play ''The Pony Trap ...

'' (1960) - Clarence Olderberry Jr * ''

The Boy Who Stole a Million ''The Boy Who Stole a Million'' is a 1960 British comedy thriller film directed by Charles Crichton. The film was shot on location in the Spanish city of Valencia, with an international cast list. With multiple street locations it acts as an ex ...

'' (1960) - Police Chief * '' Surprise Package'' (1960) - Johnny Stettina (uncredited) * ''

Transatlantic Transatlantic, Trans-Atlantic or TransAtlantic may refer to: Film * Transatlantic Pictures, a film production company from 1948 to 1950 * Transatlantic Enterprises, an American production company in the late 1970s * ''Transatlantic'' (1931 film), ...

'' (1960) - Fabroni * '' The Long Shadow'' (1961) - Garity * ''

Crosstrap ''Crosstrap'' is a 1962 British B-movie crime film, starring Laurence Payne, Jill Adams and Gary Cockrell, and marking the directorial debut of Robert Hartford-Davis. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by John Newton Chance. The film was ...

'' (1962) - Gaunt * ''

The Road to Hong Kong ''The Road to Hong Kong'' is a 1962 British semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Panama and starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, as well as Joan Collins, with an extended cameo featuring Dorothy Lamour in the setting of Hong Kong under B ...

'' (1962) - Agent (uncredited) * '' The Longest Day'' (1962) - Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited) * ''

Danger by My Side ''Danger by My Side'' is a 1963 British crime thriller directed by Charles Saunders and starring Anthony Oliver. Plot Lynne Marsden sees her undercover detective brother killed by a speeding car. She goes in search of the murderers, which lead ...

'' (1962) - Sam Warren * ''

Night of the Prowler ''Night of the Prowler'' is a 1962 British crime thriller film directed by Francis Searle and starring Patrick Holt, Colette Wilde and John Horsley.Chibnall and McFarlane, p.154 It was shot at Shepperton Studios. The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1962) - Paul Conrad * '' The Girl Hunters'' (1963) - Georgie * '' Goldfinger'' (1964) - Mr. Midnight * ''Boy with a Flute'' (1964) (Short) * ''

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines ''Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours and 11 Minutes'' is a 1965 British period comedy film that satirizes the early years of aviation. Directed and co-written by Ken Annakin, the film ...

'' (1965) - American Journalist (uncredited) * ''

Where the Spies Are ''Where the Spies Are'' is a 1966 British comedy adventure film directed by Val Guest and starring David Niven, Françoise Dorléac, John Le Mesurier, Cyril Cusack and Richard Marner. It was based on the 1964 James Leasor book '' Passport to Obl ...

'' (1966) - Aeradio * ''

A Countess from Hong Kong ''A Countess from Hong Kong'' is a 1967 British romantic comedy film scored, written, and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and the final film directed, written, produced and scored by him. Based on the life of a former Russian aristocrat as he calls ...

'' (1967) - Crawford * '' You Only Live Twice'' (1967) - USAF General at Pentagon (uncredited) * ''

The Man Outside ''The Man Outside'' (, literally ''Outside, at the door'') is a play by Wolfgang Borchert, written in a few days in the late autumn of 1946. It made its debut on German radio on 13 February 1947. ''The Man Outside'' describes the hopelessness of ...

'' (1967) - Morehouse * ''

Battle Beneath the Earth ''Battle Beneath the Earth'' is a 1967 British sci-fi thriller film starring Kerwin Mathews. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film also features character actor Ed Bishop. Plot Scientist Arnold Kramer believes that rogue elements o ...

'' (1967) - Col. Talbot Wilson * ''

The White Bus ''The White Bus'' is a 1967 British short drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. The screenplay was jointly adapted with Shelagh Delaney from a short story in her collection ''Sweetly Sings the Donkey'' (1963). ''The White Bus'' was also the fi ...

'' (1967) * '' Subterfuge'' (1968) - Embassy Attache * ''

The Adding Machine ''The Adding Machine'' is a 1923 play by Elmer Rice; it has been called "... a landmark of American Expressionism, reflecting the growing interest in this highly subjective and nonrealistic form of modern drama." Plot The author of this play ta ...

'' (1969) - Lawyer * '' The Revolutionary'' (1970) - Gansard * ''

Z.P.G. ''Z.P.G.'' (short for "Zero population growth, Zero Population Growth") is a 1972 Danish-American dystopian science fiction film directed by Michael Campus and starring Oliver Reed and Geraldine Chaplin. It was inspired by the best-selling 1968 ...

'' (1972) - The President * '' Scorpio'' (1973) - The owner of the pet shop (uncredited) (final film role)

Television

* '' Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!'' (1957) - Pierre J. Huss * '' The Adventures of Clint and Mac'' (1957) - Clint's Father * ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. Origi ...

'' (1961-1970) - Gregg Flint / Joe Baumgarten * ''

Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake ( – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer, sea captain, privateer, slave trader, naval officer, and politician. Drake is best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition, from 1577 to 1580 ( ...

'' (1962) - Corsia * ''

The Saint The Saint may refer to: Fiction * Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations: ** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–43), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders an ...

'' (1962-1964) - Tony Unciello / Joe Sholto / David Stern * '' The Avengers'' (1963) - Johnson * '' Crane'' (1964) - Venza * ''

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'' is a British television sitcom first broadcast in 1967 as a single play in the ''Armchair Theatre'' anthology series, later becoming a series of half-hour episodes, which ran until 1971. A total of 40 ...

'' (1969) - Lyndon * ''

Madigan ''Madigan'' is a 1968 American neo-noir crime drama thriller film directed by Don Siegel (as Donald Siegel) and starring Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Inger Stevens The screenplay—originally titled ''Friday, Saturday, Sunday''—wa ...

'' (1972) - Ross

References

Bibliography

* Hare, William. ''Early Film Noir: Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style''. McFarland, 2010.

External links

* 1921 births 1973 deaths Canadian male film actors British male film actors Canadian male television actors British male television actors Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom {{Canada-actor-stub