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Ralph Richardson is a Actor, Director and Associate Producer British born on 19 december 1902 at Cheltenham (United-kingdom)
Sir Ralph David Richardson, Kt (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films.
Richardson first became known for his work on stage in the 1930s. In the 1940s, together with Laurence Olivier, he ran the Old Vic Company. He continued on stage and in films into the early 1980s and was especially praised for his comedic roles. In his later years he was celebrated for his theatre work with his old friend John Gielgud. Among his most famous roles were Peer Gynt, Falstaff, John Gabriel Borkman and Hirst in Pinter's No Man's Land.
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Ralph Richardson
Birth name Ralph David Richardson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 december 1902 at Cheltenham (United-kingdom)
Death 10 october 1983 (at 80 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 december 1902 at Cheltenham (United-kingdom)
Death 10 october 1983 (at 80 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Richardson first became known for his work on stage in the 1930s. In the 1940s, together with Laurence Olivier, he ran the Old Vic Company. He continued on stage and in films into the early 1980s and was especially praised for his comedic roles. In his later years he was celebrated for his theatre work with his old friend John Gielgud. Among his most famous roles were Peer Gynt, Falstaff, John Gabriel Borkman and Hirst in Pinter's No Man's Land.
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, 1h22Directed by Zoltan Korda, Lothar Mendes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Roland Young, Joan Gardner, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Ernest Thesiger, Laurence Hanray
Roles Colonel Winstanley
Rating68%
Thunder in the City (1937)
, 1h27Directed by Marion Gering
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Luli Deste, Nigel Bruce, Constance Collier, Ralph Richardson, Arthur Wontner
Roles Henry V. Manningdale
Rating60%
An American salesman with radically successful methods visits England ostensibly to learn a more dignified manner of salesmanship. He is mistaken for a millionaire by a cash-poor family of noble ancestry with a stately home to sell which he can't afford to buy. But by working with them instead he finds romance and equal success in business with his old marketing techniques.
Things to Come (1936)
, 1h32Directed by William Cameron Menzies
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War
Themes Space adventure films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Sur la Lune, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Sur la Lune, Disaster films
Actors Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Edward Chapman, Cedric Hardwicke, Pearl Argyle, Margaretta Scott
Roles The Boss
Rating65%
In the British city of "Everytown", businessman John Cabal (Raymond Massey) cannot enjoy Christmas Day, 1940, with the news everywhere of possible war. His guest, Harding (Maurice Braddell), shares his worries, while his other friend, the over-optimistic Pippa Passworthy (Edward Chapman), believes it will not come to pass, but if it does, it will accelerate technological progress. An aerial bombing raid on the city that night results in general mobilisation and then global war.
Bulldog Jack (1935)
, 1h12Directed by Walter Forde
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson, Claude Hulbert, Gibb McLaughlin, Atholl Fleming
Roles Morelle
Rating60%
Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming) is injured when his car that has been sabotaged is involved in a crash. When Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) agrees to masquerade as a sleuth, he is enlisted to help Ann Manders (Fay Wray) find her jeweller grandfather who has been kidnapped by a gang of crooks who want him to copy a valuable necklace they want to steal. Their plan backfires in the British Museum and the film climaxes in a chase on a runaway train in the London Underground.
, 1h13Directed by Walter Summers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Claud Allister, Joyce Kennedy, Francis L. Sullivan, Spencer Trevor
Roles Major Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
Rating54%
Java Head (1934)
, 1h25Directed by J. Walter Ruben, Thorold Dickinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Anna May Wong, Elizabeth Allan, Leatrice Joy, Ralph Richardson, John Loder, Herbert Lomas
Roles William Ammidon
Rating64%
The son of a wealthy Bristol shipping magnate marries a Chinese noblewoman, but she soon becomes aware that he is in fact in love with another woman.
The King of Paris (1934)
Genres Drama
Actors Cedric Hardwicke, Marie Glory, Ralph Richardson, Lydia Sherwood, Jeanne Stuart, Joan Maude
Roles Paul Lebrun
Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
, 1h29Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror
Actors Jessie Matthews, Ralph Richardson, Sonnie Hale, Muriel Aked, Cyril Smith, Max Miller
Roles Horace Dawes
Rating65%
Le film dépeint la vie de plusieurs passagers dans les heures précédents l'accident de leur autobus.
The Ghoul (1933)
, 1h17Directed by T. Hayes Hunter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Ghost films, Films based on plays
Actors Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Ralph Richardson, Dorothy Hyson, Anthony Bushell
Roles Nigel Hartley
Rating57%
Gaumont British borrowed just the vaguest outline from the 1928 source novel by Frank King (and subsequent play by King and Leonard J. Hines). King's novel is sub-par Edgar Wallace in which a master criminal popularly referred to as 'The Ghoul' has been responsible for a London crime wave. Betty inherits an estate on the Yorkshire moors from a mysterious benefactor, Edward Morlant, a dabbler in mysticism who years before had been her mother's paramour. But the will requires Betty to take up residence in the old house, where Morlant's corpse soon appears, walking and talking. Morlant tells her that he is an immortal adept and demands the return of his secret diary. The usual suspects and interlopers converge on the house, and upon Morlant's next appearance his resurrected self is killed anew, unquestionably stabbed through the heart. Morlant is soon perambulating again, as people begin turning up dead. All supernatural trappings are dispelled as 'The Ghoul' is penultimately unmasked as Edward Morlant's twin brother, James, a criminal mastermind whose fictive guises included not only his brother, but a bogus police sergeant and his brother's solicitor, Broughton. In a final act of madness, James torches the mansion.
Dreyfus (1931)
Directed by Milton Rosmer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Spy films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Cedric Hardwicke, Abraham Sofaer, George Zucco, Charles Carson, George Merritt, Garry Marsh
Roles Extra
Director
Time Bandits (1981)
, 1h56Directed by Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, David Warner, Sean Connery, Katherine Helmond, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Transport films, Time travel films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Craig Warnock, Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Michael Palin, Katherine Helmond
Rating68%
Eleven-year-old Kevin has a vivid imagination and is fascinated by history, particularly Ancient Greece; his parents ignore his activities, having become more obsessed with buying the latest household gadgets to keep up with their neighbours. One night, as Kevin is sleeping, an armoured knight on a horse bursts out of his wardrobe. Kevin is scared and hides as the knight rides off into a forest setting where once his bedroom wall was; when Kevin looks back out, the room is back to normal and he finds one of his photos on the wall similar to the forest he saw. The next night he prepares a satchel with supplies and a Polaroid camera, but is surprised when six dwarves spill out of the wardrobe. Kevin quickly learns the group has stolen a large, worn map, and are looking for an exit from Kevin's room before they are discovered. They find that Kevin's bedroom wall can be pushed, revealing a long hallway. Kevin is hesitant to join until the visage of a menacing head – the Supreme Being – appears behind them, demanding the return of the map. Kevin and the dwarves fall into an empty void at the end of the hallway.
Home at Seven (1952)
Directed by Ralph Richardson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ralph Richardson, Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Frederick Piper, Michael Shepley, Meriel Forbes
Rating67%
Producer
The Silver Fleet (1943)
, 1h28Directed by Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers, Esmond Knight, Frederick Burtwell, Kathleen Byron, Charles Victor
Roles Associate Producer
Rating67%
In the early years of World War II, the Nazis have overrun the Netherlands and have taken over the shipyard co-owned and run by Jaap van Leyden (Ralph Richardson). The yard was making submarines for the Dutch Navy. The German 'Protector' Von Schiffer (Esmond Knight) demands that they resume making submarines, but for the Nazis. By lowering food rations to starvation point, they induce some of the skilled workers to return to the yard.