John Boxer (25 April 1909 – 22 August 1982) was a British film and television actor.
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television appearances included ''Emergency – Ward 10
''Emergency Ward 10'' is a British medical soap opera series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like ''The Grove Family'', a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, ''Emergency Ward 10'' is considered to be one of British television's fi ...
'', ''Dixon of Dock Green
''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...
'', ''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 ...
'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' is a British private detective television series, starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope respectively as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. The series was created by Dennis Spooner and p ...
'', ''The Onedin Line
''The Onedin Line'' is a BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham.
The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and covers the rise of a fictional shipping company, the Onedin Line, nam ...
'' and ''The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
''The Life and Times of David Lloyd George'' is a BBC Wales drama serial first broadcast in 1981 on BBC Two. It stars Philip Madoc as David Lloyd George, the final Liberal prime minister of the UK. The cast also includes Lisabeth Miles, Kik ...
''.
Selected filmography
* '' Escape Me Never'' (1935) - Undetermined Role (uncredited)
* ''There Ain't No Justice
''There Ain't No Justice'' is a 1939 British sports drama film directed by Pen Tennyson and starring Jimmy Hanley, Edward Chapman and Edward Rigby. The film is based on the 1937 novel of the same name by James Curtis.
Plot summary
Tommy Mut ...
'' (1939) - Mr. Short (uncredited)
* ''Convoy
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'' (1940) - German Captain (uncredited)
* ''George and Margaret
''George and Margaret'' is a comedy play by British writer Gerald Savory, which was first staged in 1937. It had a very successful run in the West End, beginning at Wyndham's Theatre before transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre, lasting for ove ...
'' (1940) - Claude
* ''The Black Sheep of Whitehall
''The Black Sheep of Whitehall'' (the opening credits read ''Black Sheep of Whitehall'') is a 1942 British black-and-white comedy war film, directed by Will Hay and Basil Dearden, starring Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney and Thora Hird in h ...
'' (1942) - Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
* ''The Big Blockade
''The Big Blockade'' is a 1942 British black-and-white war propaganda film in the style of dramatised documentary. It is directed by Charles Frend and stars Will Hay, Leslie Banks, Michael Redgrave and John Mills. It was produced by Michael Bal ...
'' (1942) - Press
* ''The Day Will Dawn
''The Day Will Dawn'', released in the US as ''The Avengers'', is a 1942 British war film set in Norway during World War II. It stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams and Griffith Jones, and was directed by Harold French from a s ...
'' (1942) - U-Boat Commander
* ''Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...
'' (1942) - Meteorologist (uncredited)
* ''The Foreman Went to France
''The Foreman Went to France'' (released in the USA as ''Somewhere in France'' ) is a 1942 British Second World War war film starring Clifford Evans, Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings and Gordon Jackson. It was based on the real-life wartime ex ...
'' (1942) - Official (uncredited)
* ''The Goose Steps Out
''The Goose Steps Out'' is a British film released in 1942, starring Will Hay, who also co-directed with Basil Dearden. It is a comedy of mistaken identity, with Hay acting as a German spy and also an Englishman who is his double. It was the fil ...
'' (1942) - British Pilot (uncredited)
* ''In Which We Serve
''In Which We Serve'' is a 1942 British patriotic war film directed by Noël Coward and David Lean. It was made during the Second World War with the assistance of the Ministry of Information (United Kingdom), Ministry of Information.
The scree ...
'' (1942) - Hollet
* ''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
''The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'' is a 1943 British romantic drama war film written, produced and directed by the British film making team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It stars Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. ...
'' (1943) - Soldier (uncredited)
* ''The Flemish Farm
''The Flemish Farm'' is a 1943 British war film, based on an actual wartime incident. Released during the war and used as a propaganda tool to support the Allied war effort, the film begins with the caption:
:The following story is based on an ...
'' (1943) - Cyclist (uncredited)
* ''Millions Like Us
''Millions Like Us'' is a 1943 British propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail. It starred Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford, Eric Portman and Megs Jenkins. It was co-written and co-directed ...
'' (1943) - Tom
* ''The Demi-Paradise
''The Demi-Paradise'' (also known as ''Adventure for Two'') is a 1943 British comedy film made by Two Cities Films. It stars Laurence Olivier as a Soviet Russian inventor who travels to England to have his revolutionary propeller manufactured, an ...
'' (1943) - British sailor
* ''San Demetrio London
''San Demetrio London'' is a 1943 British World War II docudrama based on the true story of the 1940 salvage of the tanker MV ''San Demetrio'' by some of her own crew, who reboarded her after she had been set on fire by the German heavy cruiser ...
'' (1943) - Naval Officer (uncredited)
* ''The Halfway House
''The Halfway House'' is a 1944 British drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Mervyn Johns, his daughter Glynis Johns, Tom Walls and Françoise Rosay. The film tells the story of ten people who are drawn to stay in an old Welsh cou ...
'' (1944) - The Doctor
* ''Tawny Pipit
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'' (1944) - Soldier On Manoeuvre (uncredited)
* ''The Way Ahead
''The Way Ahead'' (also known as ''Immortal Battalion'') (1944) is a British Second World War drama film directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov. The film stars David Niven, Stanley Holloway and Willi ...
'' (1944) - Soldier in Pub Talking to the Chelsea Pensioners (uncredited)
* '' Waterloo Road'' (1945) - Policeman in Fight in Arcade (uncredited)
* '' The October Man'' (1947) - Det. Sgt. Troth
* ''The White Unicorn
''The White Unicorn'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood, Ian Hunter and Dennis Price. Kyra Vayne appeared as the singer. It was made at Walton Studios by the independent p ...
'' (1947) - Bill (uncredited)
* '' Take My Life'' (1947) - Policeman Making Charge Statement (uncredited)
* '' My Brother's Keeper'' (1948) - Police Sgt. Bert Foreman
* ''London Belongs to Me
''London Belongs to Me'' (also known as ''Dulcimer Street'') is a British film released in 1948, directed by Sidney Gilliat, and starring Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim. It was based on the novel ''London Belongs to Me'' by Norman Collins, ...
'' (1948) - Prison Officer (uncredited)
* ''Feature Story'' (1949)
* '' The Blue Lagoon'' (1949) - Nick Cobbert
* '' It's Not Cricket'' (1949) - MP #1
* ''Man on the Run
''Man on the Run'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Derek Farr, Joan Hopkins, Edward Chapman, Kenneth More and Laurence Harvey.
Plot
An army deserter, still a fugitive in post-war Britain, wanders ...
'' (1949) - Radio Control Officer
* ''Stop Press Girl
''Stop Press Girl'' is a 1949 British fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Barry and starring Sally Ann Howes, Gordon Jackson, Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne; the latter two appearing in several different roles in the film.
The film was ...
'' (1949) - Pub Landlord (uncredited)
* '' Marry Me!'' (1949) - Policeman (uncredited)
* ''Don't Ever Leave Me
''Don't Ever Leave Me'' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Petula Clark, Jimmy Hanley, Hugh Sinclair, Edward Rigby, and Anthony Newley. Produced by Betty Box during her stint at Gainsborough Pictures, it wa ...
'' (1949) - Policeman at Pillar Box (uncredited)
* '' Madeleine'' (1950) - Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
* '' Waterfront'' (1950) - Policeman (uncredited)
* ''The Woman in Question
''The Woman in Question'' (released in the United States as ''Five Angles on Murder'') is a 1950 British Murder-mystery film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde and John McCallum. After a woman is murdered, the comp ...
'' (1950) - Detective Lucas (uncredited)
* ''The Clouded Yellow
''The Clouded Yellow'' is a 1950 British mystery film directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Betty E. Box for Carillon Films. A dismissed secret service agent falls in love with a disturbed young woman who is wrongly accused of murder and t ...
'' (1950) - Keswick Police Sgt (uncredited)
* ''Highly Dangerous
''Highly Dangerous'' is a 1950 British spy film starring Margaret Lockwood. The screenplay was written by Eric Ambler.
It was released in the US by Lippert Pictures as ''Time Running Out''.
Plot
Frances Gray is as a British entomologist trying t ...
'' (1950) - Police Sergeant at Customs Cafe (uncredited)
* ''Mister Drake's Duck
''Misterr Drake's Duck'' is a 1951 British science fiction film, science-fiction comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Reginald Beckwith. The screenplay concerns ...
'' (1951) - Sergeant
* '' Pool of London'' (1951) - Detective in Pub (uncredited)
* ''Laughter in Paradise
''Laughter in Paradise'' is a 1951 British comedy film, starring Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, and Guy Middleton. The film was remade as ''Some Will, Some Won't'' (1970).
Plot
In his will, notorious practical joker Henry Russell leave ...
'' (1951) - Const. Charles Baker (uncredited)
* ''High Treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...
'' (1951) - Ships Radio Operator (uncredited)
* ''One Stop Shop'' (1953) - Bob Selby
* '' Street Corner'' (1953) - Policeman Outside Jewellers (uncredited)
* ''The Red Beret
''The Red Beret'' (aka ''The Red Devils'', ''The Big Jump'' and retitled ''Paratrooper'' for the US release) is a 1953 British-American war film directed by Terence Young and starring Alan Ladd, Leo Genn and Susan Stephen.
''The Red Beret'' is ...
'' (1953) - Flight Sgt. Box
* ''Meet Mr. Lucifer
''Meet Mr. Lucifer'' is a black-and-white British comedy satire film released in 1953 starring Stanley Holloway. It was filmed at Ealing Studios, London, and is one of the Ealing comedies. The film is based on the play ''Beggar My Neighbour'' by ...
'' (1953) - Accountant in Office (uncredited)
* ''Diplomatic Passport
A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that contains a person's identity. A person with a passport can travel to and from foreign countries more easily and access consular assistance. A passport certifies the personal ...
'' (1954) - Policeman (uncredited)
* ''The Ship That Died of Shame
''The Ship That Died of Shame'', released in the United States as ''PT Raiders'', is a black-and-white 1955 Ealing Studios crime film directed by Basil Dearden and starring George Baker, Richard Attenborough, Roland Culver and Bill Owen.
The ...
'' (1955) - Customes Man (uncredited)
* ''Secret Venture
''Secret Venture'' is a 1955 British B-movie thriller film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Kent Taylor, Jane Hylton and Kathleen Byron.
Plot
Renowned scientist Professor Henrik (Hugo Schuster) returns to England from a working trip ...
'' (1955) - Inspector Dalton
* '' Brothers in Law'' (1957) - Mr. Johnson
* ''The Tommy Steele Story
''The Tommy Steele Story'' is a 1957 British film directed by Gerard Bryant and starring Tommy Steele, dramatising Steele's rise to fame as a teen idol. Along with ''Rock You Sinners'', it was one of the first British films to feature rock and ro ...
'' (1957) - Paul Lincoln
* ''The Bridge on the River Kwai
''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, th ...
'' (1957) - Major Hughes
* ''Undercover Girl
''Undercover Girl'' is a 1950 American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alexis Smith and Scott Brady. This was the second movie for Joseph Pevney as a director.
Plot
A young woman joins the police, and tries to track ...
'' (1958) - Ken Farrell, the Editor
* ''Heart of a Child
''Heart of a Child'' is a 1958 British drama (film and television), drama film adapted from the 1940 Heart of a Child (novel), novel of the same title by Phyllis Bottome, directed by Clive Donner. It stars Jean Anderson and Donald Pleasence.
Plo ...
'' (1958) - Breuer
* ''Violent Moment
''Violent Moment'' is a 1959 British drama film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Lyndon Brook, Jane Hylton and Jill Browne. It was made as a B film for release on the lower-half of a double bill. It was the film editor Hayers' first film ...
'' (1959) - Det. Sgt. Jarman (uncredited)
* ''Victim
Victim(s) or The Victim may refer to:
People
* Crime victim
* Victim, in psychotherapy, a posited role in the Karpman drama triangle model of transactional analysis
Films and television
* ''The Victim'' (1916 film), an American silent film by ...
'' (1961) - Policeman in Cell (uncredited)
* ''Emergency
An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening ...
'' (1962) - Prison Governor
* ''Hide and Seek
Hide-and-seek (sometimes known as hide-and-go-seek) is a popular children's game in which at least two players (usually at least three) conceal themselves in a set environment, to be found by one or more seekers. The game is played by one chose ...
'' (1964) - Secretary at Ministry
* ''For the Love of Ada
''For the Love of Ada'' is an ITV sitcom that ran between 1970 and 1971. Although not seen on British TV for over 30 years, the complete series began airing again in late 2018 on Talking Pictures TV, albeit edited with certain offensive words ...
'' (1972) - Vicar
* ''Frenzy
''Frenzy'' is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer was based on the 1966 novel ''Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Squar ...
'' (1972) - Sir George
* ''Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
'' (1982) - Court Reporter #2 (final film role)
References
External links
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1909 births
1982 deaths
English male film actors
English male television actors
People from Hackney Central
Male actors from London
20th-century English male actors
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