Sam Kydd
Sam Kydd is known for The Ladykillers (1955), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), Eye of the Needle (1981).
Biography
Samuel John Kydd (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British actor. He appeared in more than 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952.
His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in Crane and its sequel Orlando. He also played a recurring character in Coronation Street. Kydd's first film was The Captive Heart (1946), in which he played a POW.
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Known for
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7.3 The Ladykillers
1955
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6.1 The Mirror Crack'd
1980
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6.6 Treasure Island
1950
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6.8 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959
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6.7 Eye of the Needle
1981
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6.5 The Quatermass Xperiment
1955
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7.0 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951
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7.3 10 Rillington Place
1971
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6.9 The Cruel Sea
1953
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6.8 Sink the Bismarck!
1960
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5.0 Dad's Army
1971
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5.9 Island of Terror
1966
Trivia
- Studied at
- Dunstable Grammar School
- Spouse
- Pinkie Barnes
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
151 films — 128 in the catalogue
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6.7
Eye of the Needle
1981 · Lock Keeper
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6.1
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · Film Technician (uncredited)
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7.5 The Shillingbury Blowers
1980 · Reggie
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6.2 Danger on Dartmoor
1980 · Sam
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7.0 High Rise Donkey
1980 · High Rise Resident
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4.8 Yesterday's Hero
1979 · Sam Turner
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The Bass Player and the Blonde
1977 · Max
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Kipper
1977 · Kipper
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The Great Snail Race
1976 · Grumpy Gardener
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6.5 Sporting Chance
1975 · Dwyer (archive footage)
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2.5 The Amorous Milkman
1975 · Wilf
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5.0 Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1974 · Removal Man
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6.5 Great Expectations
1974 · Scarred Convict
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9.0 The Firefighters
1974 · Stark
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6.8 Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973 · Claude
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Carson Country
1972 · Tom Brannigan
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5.0 The Alf Garnett Saga
1972 · Man (uncredited)
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4.1 Up the Chastity Belt
1972 · 1st Locksmith
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Ireland, Mother Ireland
1971 · Conor Ingram
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6.8 Quest for Love
1971 · Taximan
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5.0
Dad's Army
1971 · Nazi Orderly
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7.3
10 Rillington Place
1971 · Furniture Dealer
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6.4 Too Late the Hero
1970 · C/Sgt.
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4.9 Moon Zero Two
1969 · Len the Barman
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The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape
1969 · Man with Animal Trophies
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7.6 Till Death Us Do Part
1969 · Fred
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6.2 The Killing of Sister George
1968 · Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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7.0 Gold Is Where You Find It
1968 · Pader Murphy
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Look at Life: There Ought to Be a Law
1968 · Mr. Everyman
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6.3 Smashing Time
1967 · Workman in Café
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5.9
Island of Terror
1966 · Constable John Harris
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4.3 The Projected Man
1966 · Harry Slinger
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7.0 The Midas Plague
1965 · Fred
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7.3 Smokescreen
1964 · Hotel Waiter
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6.6 The Iron Maiden
1963 · Fred Trotter
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7.0 Clue of the Silver Key
1961 · Horace Tickler
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4.3 The Secret of Monte Cristo
1961 · Albert
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6.9 Suspect
1960 · Slater
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5.5 The House in Marsh Road
1960 · Morris Lumley
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6.6 There Was a Crooked Man
1960 · Foreman
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6.5 Dead Lucky
1960 · Harry Winston
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6.8
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Civilian Worker - 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
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5.8 Upstairs and Downstairs
1959 · Driver (uncredited)
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6.8 Libel
1959 · Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
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6.6 I'm All Right Jack
1959 · Shop Steward
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6.8 The Scapegoat
1959 · Man (uncredited)
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6.0 The Price of Silence
1959 · Slug
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6.8
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1959 · Perkins
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6.3 The 39 Steps
1959 · Train restaurant staff (uncredited)
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6.2 Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · Signaller
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7.4 Too Many Crooks
1959 · Tramp (uncredited)
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7.7 Make Mine a Million
1959 · Robber (uncredited)
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6.0 The Captain's Table
1959 · Sailor Opening Water Valve (uncredited)
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6.6 Further Up the Creek
1958 · Bates
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6.9 I Was Monty's Double
1958 · Go-Between
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7.2 Orders to Kill
1958 · Flight Sgt. Flint
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6.4 Law and Disorder
1958 · Shorty
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6.0 Up the Creek
1958 · Bates
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6.6 Barnacle Bill
1957 · Frogman
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6.1 Just My Luck
1957 · Mr. Roberts
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6.2 The Scamp
1957 · Shopkeeper
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5.8 The Long Haul
1957 · Taxi Driver
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6.4 Carry On Admiral
1957 · Attendant
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7.3 Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · Able Seaman Walker
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4.4 The Hide-Out
1956 · Tim Bowers
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6.7 Tiger in the Smoke
1956 · Tom Gripper
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1956 · Child's Father
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9.0 Circus Friends
1956 · George
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7.0 Home and Away
1956 · Albert West
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6.9 Reach for the Sky
1956 · Warrant Officer Blake
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6.9 The Long Arm
1956 · Police Constable in Information Room
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6.4 The Baby and the Battleship
1956 · Chief Steward
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6.4 A Town Like Alice
1956 · Australian Driver
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7.5 You Can't Escape
1956 · Ted the Poacher
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6.3 Storm Over the Nile
1955 · Joe (uncredited)
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7.3
The Ladykillers
1955 · Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
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6.2 Portrait of Alison
1955 · Bill, the Telephone Engineer
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6.4 Josephine and Men
1955 · Desk Sergeant
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5.7 A Prize of Gold
1955 · Milkman (uncredited)
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6.5
The Quatermass Xperiment
1955 · Police Sergeant Questioning Rosie
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7.0 One Way Out
1955 · Gang Member (uncredited)
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6.7 A Kid for Two Farthings
1955 · (uncredited)
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6.9 The Constant Husband
1955 · Adelphi Barman
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5.6 The Glass Cage
1955 · George
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5.9 Passage Home
1955 · Sheltia
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5.6 Radio Cab Murder
1954 · Spencer
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6.1 Final Appointment
1954 · Alfred Vickery
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6.1 The Young Lovers
1954 · Driver, Embassy car JAK711 (uncredited)
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7.3 The Embezzler
1954 · Railway Inspector
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6.5 Father Brown
1954 · Scotland Yard sergeant
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7.0 The Rainbow Jacket
1954 · Bruce
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6.0
Devil on Horseback
1954 · Darky
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5.9 They Who Dare
1954 · Marine Boyd
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4.6 Impulse
1954 · uncredited
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6.5 The End of the Road
1954 · First Postal Clerk
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7.2 Love in Pawn
1953 · Uncredited
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5.8 The Saint's Return
1953 · Barkley
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6.3 Malta Story
1953 · Army Airfield Soldier
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6.3 The Steel Key
1953 · Chauffeur
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5.8 Death Goes to School
1953 · Sergeant Harvey (Uncredited)
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6.9
The Cruel Sea
1953 · Carslake
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7.0
Hot Ice
1953 · Adams
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6.5 Appointment in London
1953 · Ackroyd
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6.2 The Runaway Bus
1953 · Airport Security Officer
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5.3 Time Bomb
1953
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6.4 The Voice of Merrill
1952 · Sgt. Baker
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6.1 The Hour of 13
1952 · Reporter (uncredited)
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5.5 Trent's Last Case
1952 · Inspector Murch
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4.5 The Lost Hours
1952 · Fred, mechanic at Bristow & Brown
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6.0 The Brave Don't Cry
1952 · Porter
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6.8 Derby Day
1952 · Harry Bunn
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6.5 Brandy for the Parson
1952 · Lorry Driver
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6.1 Angels One Five
1952 · Mess Waiter
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6.9 Hunted
1952 · Potman
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7.2 Curtain Up
1952 · Ambulance man (uncredited)
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6.4 Secret People
1952 · Irish Police Sergeant
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6.4 Mr. Denning Drives North
1951 · (uncredited)
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5.7 High Treason
1951 · Sam - Printer (uncredited)
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6.0 Hell Is Sold Out
1951
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6.1 The Galloping Major
1951 · Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
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7.0
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951 · Seaman Garvin (uncredited)
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6.7 Assassin for Hire
1951 · Bert
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6.6 Pool of London
1951 · 2nd Engineer (uncredited)
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6.0 Highly Dangerous
1950 · Customs Man (uncredited)
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6.4 The Magnet
1950 · Postman
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7.2 No Trace
1950 · Mechanic
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6.6
Treasure Island
1950 · Cady
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6.6 Chance of a Lifetime
1950 · Worker
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6.6 The Blue Lamp
1950 · Bookmaker's Assistant at White City (Uncredited)
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7.0 The Cure for Love
1949 · Charlie Fox
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6.0 Madness of the Heart
1949 · Soldier at Airport
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6.9 Passport to Pimlico
1949 · Sapper
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7.0 Trottie True
1949 · 'Bedford' Stage Manager (uncredited)
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6.9 The Hasty Heart
1949 · Driver (uncredited)
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6.8 Obsession
1949 · Club steward
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6.2 Vengeance Is Mine
1949 · Stacy
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5.9 Stop Press Girl
1949 · Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
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7.3 Floodtide
1949 · Barman (uncredited)
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7.1 Forbidden
1949 · Joe
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6.7 The Small Back Room
1949 · Crowhurst
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5.8 Once a Jolly Swagman
1949 · Johnny Briggs (uncredited)
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6.3 Portrait from Life
1948 · Army Truck Driver
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7.2 Scott of the Antarctic
1948 · Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N.
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8.0 Trouble in the Air
1948
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7.5 Love in Waiting
1948 · Bit Part (uncredited)
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10.0
Colonel Bogey
1948 · Soldier
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6.2 To the Public Danger
1948 · Police Driver
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6.3 A Song for Tomorrow
1948 · Sergeant
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6.6 They Made Me a Fugitive
1947
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6.4 The Captive Heart
1946 · POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)
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Mr Jones Takes the Air
1946
Series and TV shows
9 titles
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7.1
Minder
1979 · Sid
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6.5
Terry and June
1979 · Louis
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7.0
Return of the Saint
1978 · Charlie Stewart
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6.8
Rainbow
1972 · Himself
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7.7
The Persuaders!
1971 · Dwyer
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6.6
Play for Today
1970 · Tom Brannigan
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7.4
Dad's Army
1968 · The Yokel
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7.2
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · Cast
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6.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · Pick
People data: TMDb.
Cast
