| Biography: US character player, educated in England, who appeared in Hollywood films from the mid-30's through the 60's. He customarily affected a British-style accent in his portrayals of effete, shifty types. |
Thunder on the Hill (1951)Monday, March 2nd, 2009 |
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Convicted murderess Valerie Carns (Ann Blyth) is being transported to Norwich to be executed when a flood strands her and her guards at a convent hospital. Nurse Sister Mary (Claudette Colbert) becomes convinced of her innocence and sets out to find the real killer. |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 |
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Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy’s invisible help. |
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)Friday, May 23rd, 2008 |
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While steaming from Honolulu to Los Angeles the owner of a prize racehorse headed for the Santa Anita Handicap is killed, apparently kicked to death by his stallion. Not so, deduces Charlie. Leter he exposes efforts to fix a race at the famous track. |
House of Fear, The (1945)Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 |
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In a gloomy mansion in the west of Scotland the seven members of the Good Comrades Club are dining. One of them receives a curious death threat, an envelope containing seven orange pips. He dies the next night in a car crash. At his funeral another member receives an envelope with six pips, and ten days later his body is recovered from the sea. Sherlock Holmes is called in. |
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