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Robert Ayres is a Actor American born on 11 december 1914 at Michigan (USA)
Robert Ayres (11 December 1914 – 5 November 1968) was an American film, stage and television actor.
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 december 1914 at Michigan (USA)
Death 5 november 1968 (at 53 years) at Hemel Hempstead (United-kingdom)
Birth 11 december 1914 at Michigan (USA)
Death 5 november 1968 (at 53 years) at Hemel Hempstead (United-kingdom)
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Isadora (1968)
, 2h48Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, La provence
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser, Bessie Love, Zvonimir Črnko
Roles (uncredited)
Rating68%
In 1927, Isadora Duncan has become a legend as the innovator of modern dance, a temperamental bohemian, and an outspoken advocate of free love. Now past 40, she lives in poverty in a small hotel on the French Riviera with her companion Mary Estelle Dempsey/Mary Desti (named only as Mary in the film) and her secretary Roger, to whom she is dictating her memoirs. As a young girl in California, Isadora first demonstrates her disdain for accepted social standards by burning her parents' marriage certificate and pledging her dedication to the pursuit of art and beauty. In 1896, she performs under the name of Peppy Dora in a rowdy music hall in Chicago and publicly embarrasses the theatre manager into paying her $300 so that she can take her family to England. Modeling her free-form style of dance and costume after Greek classicism, she rapidly acquires international acclaim.
Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
, 1h31Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Peter Arne, Robert Ayres, Al Mulock, Martin Benson, Peter Elliott
Roles Adm. Felix Hillebrand
Rating45%
The plot involves rogue elements of the communist Chinese army who use fantastic burrowing machines in an effort to place atomic bombs under major U.S. cities. The U.S. Navy sends troops underground to combat them. The film has been described as "deliriously paranoid".
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
, 2h11Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, Ulla Jacobsson, Michael Redgrave, Roy Dotrice, John Golightly
Roles General Courts
Rating65%
The Norwegian resistance sabotage the Vemork Norsk Hydro plant in the town of Rjukan in the county of Telemark, Norway, which the Nazis are using to produce heavy water, which could be used in the manufacture of an Atomic bomb.
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
, 1h31Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about Tibet, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Dorothy Lamour
Roles American Official
Rating60%
The story is told in flashback as Diane (Joan Collins) explains to American Intelligence how transmissions from passengers picked up from a missile to the moon are by Americans rather than Russians.
Two and Two Make Six (1962)
, 1h29Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors George Chakiris, Janette Scott, Alfred Lynch, Jocelyn Lane, Athene Seyler, Bernard Braden
Roles Col. Robert Thompson
Rating61%
John Paul Jones (1959)
, 2h6Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Stack, Bette Davis, Marisa Pavan, Peter Cushing, Erin O'Brien, Charles Coburn
Roles John Adams
Rating62%
The film begins with a United States Navy officer, telling sailors the story of John Paul Jones.
First Man into Space (1959)
, 1h18Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Dans l'espace, Aviation films, Space opera
Actors Marshall Thompson, Bill Edwards, Robert Ayres, Carl Jaffe, Roger Delgado
Roles Capt. Ben Richards
Rating53%
U. S. Navy Cmdr. Charles "Chuck" Prescott (Thompson) is not sure if his brother, Lt. Dan Prescott (Edwards), is the right choice for piloting the rocket powered Y-13 to very high altitude. Capt. Ben Richards (Ayres) of the Air Force Space Command insists that Dan is their best pilot, even though when piloting the Y-12 into the ionosphere, he began experiencing flight difficulties. Upon landing, Dan broke flight regulations by going to see his girlfriend (Landi), rather than immediately filing his flight report. Despite these concerns, Capt. Richards insists that Dan pilot the Y-13 after a thorough check-out and briefing by Dr. Paul von Essen ([Jaffe).
Woman's Temptation (1959)
, 1hDirected by Godfrey Grayson
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Patricia Driscoll, Robert Ayres, John Longden, Robert Raglan, Frazer Hines, Howard Lang
A young widow struggling as a single mother is tempted by stolen money she finds, which she hides away to use for her son's education. Unfortunately, the thieves return to find it, and have to be confronted.
A Night to Remember (1958)
, 2h3Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, David McCallum, Robert Ayres, Honor Blackman, Michael Goodliffe
Roles Maj. Arthur Peuchen
Rating78%
The Titanic was the largest vessel afloat, and was widely believed to be unsinkable. Her passengers included the cream of American and British society. The story of her sinking is told from the point of view of her passengers and crew, principally Second Officer Charles Lightoller (Kenneth More).
Time Lock (1957)
, 1h13Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Robert Beatty, Lee Patterson, Vincent Winter, Sean Connery, Robert Ayres, Gordon Tanner
Roles Insp. Andrews
Rating61%
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
, 1h43Directed by David Miller
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears, Lee Patterson, June Clyde, Bessie Love
Roles Mr. Wilson
Rating63%
With her marriage to womaniser Carlo Landi (Rossano Brazzi) in ashes, wealthy and childless Margaret Landi (Joan Crawford) finds an emotional outlet in patronizing a 15-year-old deaf, dumb, and blind Irish girl named Esther Costello (Heather Sears). Esther's disabilities are the result of a childhood trauma and are psychosomatic rather than physical. As Costello makes progress with Braille and sign language, she is seen as an example of triumph over adversity. Carlo gets wind of Margaret's new life and re-enters the scene. He views Esther as a source of cheap financial gain and arranges a series of exploitative tours for her under a mercenary manager Frank Wenzel (Ron Randell). One day when Margaret is absent from the Landi apartment, Carlo seduces and rapes the now 16-year-old Esther. The shock restores the girl's sight and hearing. When Margaret learns of her husband's business duplicities and the rape, she consigns Esther to the care of a priest and a young reporter who loves her (Lee Patterson). Margaret then kills Carlo and herself.
The Depraved (1957)
, 1h10Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Anne Heywood, Robert Arden, Denis Shaw, Basil Dignam, Robert Ayres
Roles Colonel-in-chief
Rating53%
Laura is married to drunken, abusive Tom, and begins an affair with U.S. army officer, Dave. She persuades the Captain to help her murder her husband, contriving his death to look like the result of Tom's drunk driving. However, a nosy policeman, Inspector Flynn, becomes suspicious, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme becomes their own nightmare.
Cat Girl (1957)
, 1h16Directed by Alfred Shaughnessy
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Barbara Shelley, Robert Ayres, Kay Callard, Jack May, John Lee, Martin Boddey
Roles Dr. Brian Marlowe
Rating53%
A woman returns to her ancestral home and is told she will inherit money but also that there is a family curse: being possessed by the spirit of a leopard.
It's Never Too Late (1956)
, 1h36Directed by Michael McCarthy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Patrick Barr, Susan Stephen, Guy Rolfe, Sarah Lawson, Delphi Lawrence
Roles Leroy Crane
Rating60%
Feeling her combative family has long taken her for granted, genteel British housewife Laura Hammond somehow finds time to write a film script amidst the chaos of her home life. Her work catches the attention of a Hollywood producer, and Laura unexpectedly finds herself the author of a hit film. She also finds she can only write when she's surrounded by her dysfunctional family. Eventually, Laura must choose between being a highly paid writer and celebrity, or a housewife.
The Baby and the Battleship (1956)
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Mills, Richard Attenborough, André Morell, Bryan Forbes, Michael Hordern, Ernest Clark
Roles American Captain
Rating53%
When a group of Royal Navy sailors go ashore on shore leave to Naples, they are forced to care for a baby, separated from its mother. During a brawl, Puncher Roberts is knocked unconscious and finds the square empty, except for the baby. Unable to find his friend Knocker, or the child's mother, he smuggles the baby aboard their ship in the midst of a series of joint operations with Allied navies off the coast of Italy.