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Robert Morley is a Actor and Scriptwriter British born on 26 may 1908
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, [...] particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." More politely, Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, Substantial Gentleman, Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his appearance for playing "substantial gentleman" roles — as a doctor, lawyer, accountant or other professional member of society.
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Robert Morley
Birth name Robert Adolph Wilton Morley
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 may 1908
Death 3 june 1992 (at 84 years) at Reading (United-kingdom)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 may 1908
Death 3 june 1992 (at 84 years) at Reading (United-kingdom)
Awards Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE (26 May 1908 – 3 June 1992) was an English actor who was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment, often in supporting roles. In Movie Encyclopedia, film critic Leonard Maltin describes Morley as "recognisable by his ungainly bulk, bushy eyebrows, thick lips and double chin, [...] particularly effective when cast as a pompous windbag." More politely, Ephraim Katz in his International Film Encyclopaedia describes Morley as "a rotund, triple-chinned, delightful character player of the British and American stage and screen." In his autobiography, Substantial Gentleman, Morley said his stage career started with managements valuing his appearance for playing "substantial gentleman" roles — as a doctor, lawyer, accountant or other professional member of society.
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Ladies Who Do (1963)
, 1h25Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peggy Mount, Robert Morley, Harry H. Corbett, Dandy Nichols, Miriam Karlin, Avril Elgar
Roles The Colonel
Rating67%
Mrs. Cragg (Peggy Mount) works as a charwoman (part-time domestic servant) for retired Colonel Whitforth (Robert Morley) and as a cleaner at an office block in London. It is whilst doing her office cleaning that she retrieves a unsmoked cigar as a gift for the Colonel and unwittingly wraps it in a scrap of paper discarded by a property financier named James Ryder (Harry H. Corbett).
The Old Dark House (1963)
, 1h26Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Fenella Fielding
Roles Roderick Femm
Rating54%
Tom Penderel, un américain, installé en Angleterre où il est vendeur de voitures, livre une voiture à un vieux milliardaire excentrique, Jasper Femm, qui vit dans une étrange résidence avec de nombreux membres de sa famille. Or, quand il arrive, on lui annonce que Jasper Femm vient de mourir. Face à la tempête qui se lève, il se voit proposer de passer la nuit dans la résidence des Femm…
Go to Blazes (1962)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Morley, Daniel Massey, Dennis Price, Coral Browne, Norman Rossington, Maggie Smith
Roles Arson Eddie
Rating59%
Three incompetent criminals steal a fire engine as a getaway vehicle. Recently released from prison, Bernard, Harry and Alfie have planned the perfect bank robbery, for which they need the perfect getaway. This is the part that let them down last time, hence their prolonged stay at ‘Her Majesty’s Pleasure…’
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 Leader of the 3rd Echelon
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.
Joseph and His Brethren (1961)
, 1h43Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Peplum
Themes Films about slavery
Actors Geoffrey Horne, Robert Morley, Robert Rietti, Belinda Lee, Terence Hill, Finlay Currie
Roles Potiphar
Rating54%
Joseph, son of Israel (Jacob) and Rachel, lived in the land of Canaan with eleven brothers and one sister. He was Rachel's firstborn and Israel's eleventh son. Of all the sons, Joseph was loved by his father the most. Israel even arrayed Joseph with a "long coat of many colors". Israel's favoritism toward Joseph caused his half brothers to hate him, and when Joseph was seventeen years old he had two dreams that made his brothers plot his demise. In the first dream, Joseph and his brothers gathered bundles of grain. Then, all of the grain bundles that had been prepared by the brothers gathered around Joseph's bundle and bowed down to it. In the second dream, the sun (father), the moon (mother) and eleven stars (brothers) bowed down to Joseph himself. When he told these two dreams to his brothers, they despised him for the implications that the family would be bowing down to Joseph. They became jealous that their father would even ponder over Joseph's words concerning these dreams.
The Young Ones (1961)
, 1h48Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Melvyn Hayes, Richard O'Sullivan, Teddy Green, Rita Webb
Roles Hamilton Black
Rating58%
The story is about the youth club member and aspiring singer Nicky and his friends, who try to save their club in western London from the unscrupulous millionaire property developer Hamilton Black, who plans to tear it down to make room for a large office block.
Oscar Wilde (1960)
, 1h38Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, John Neville, Dennis Price
Roles Oscar Wilde
Rating67%
Film biographique sur Oscar Wilde. Au soir de la première de sa pièce L'Éventail de Lady Windermere, Oscar Wilde rencontre le jeune Lord Alfred.
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
, 1h24Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Donald Pleasence, Jameson Clark, Michael Goodliffe
Roles Robert Macpherson
Rating65%
A timid accountant in a Scottish Tweed weaving company (Sellers) cleverly bests the brash modern American efficiency expert (Cummings) whose ideas threaten his way of life. The film opens with Martin (Sellers) in Edinburgh buying whisky and cigarettes on the Royal Mile. We then see him at work as a head accountant in a very old-fashioned firm in the New Town. The Justerini & Brooks premises on George Street serves as their shop in the film.
The Journey (1959)
, 2h7Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Robert Morley, E. G. Marshall, Ron Howard
Roles Hugh Deverill
Rating67%
Major Surov (Yul Brynner) is the Russian commander at the Hungarian-Austrian border crossing. With the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Budapest's airport is shut down and Diana (Deborah Kerr), along with other international travellers from U.S., Britain, Israel, and France, is forced to reach Vienna by bus. Along with them is a Hungarian dissident hunted by the police, Paul (Jason Robards).
The Doctor's Dilemma (1959)
, 1h39Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Leslie Caron, Dirk Bogarde, Alastair Sim, Robert Morley, Alec McCowen, Terence Alexander
Roles Sir Ralph Bloomfield-Bonington
Rating59%
À la fin de l'époque victorienne à Londres, l'artiste-peintre Louis Dubedat est atteint de la tuberculose. Sa femme Jennifer, follement amoureuse d'un mari qu'elle idéalise, ne peut se résoudre à le voir disparaître. Elle va demander à l'éminent spécialiste Sir Colenso Ridgeon de tenter le tout pour le tout afin de le sauver. Le docteur a tellement de patients qu'il ne peut traiter en priorité que certains cas extrêmes et Jennifer le convainc (en même temps qu'il est séduit par son charme) en lui présentant des œuvres de son mari en qui le docteur reconnaît un grand artiste. Mais en prenant Louis en charge, le docteur et son équipe découvrent que l'artiste est doublé d'un escroc qui est, de surcroît, bigame, marié à une autre femme qu'il a abandonnée. Le docteur est confronté à un dilemme, entravé, en plus, par les sentiments qu'il éprouve pour Jennifer : soit laisser l'artiste s'éteindre en préservant les illusions de Jennifer, soit tenter de le sauver en dévoilant à celle-ci la bigamie et les autres travers de son mari.
Libel (1959)
, 1h40Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Olivia de Havilland, Robert Morley, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Robert Shaw, Anthony Dawson
Roles Sir Wilfred
Rating70%
While traveling in London, Jeffrey Buckenham (Massie), a Canadian Second World War veteran, sees Sir Mark Sebastian Loddon (Bogarde) on television leading a tour of his grand family home. Buckenham was held in a German POW camp with Loddon, and while watching him, becomes convinced that he is in fact another former POW, Frank Wellney, an actor (also played by Bogarde). Buckenham publicly announces his suspicion that Wellney murdered Loddon during an escape from the POW camp, and has taken the young baronet's place. Loddon sues Buckenham for libel, but his mind is still battered by some terrible incident that occurred during his escape fifteen years before, and in time even his loyal wife (de Havilland) begins to doubt him.
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
, 1h43Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Steampunk films, Children's films
Actors Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield, Henry Hull, Bruce Cabot, Ronald Squire, William Campbell
Roles Uncle Lucius
Rating60%
Jonathon Tibbs (Kenneth More), son of a family of English gunsmiths, has no interest in the business and prefers inventing gadgets, in particular a steam-powered horseless carriage. Threatened with disinheritance if he does not report for work, he discovers that the company is not doing very well, and concludes that someone must expand their sales.
Law and Disorder (1958)
, 1h16Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Redgrave, Robert Morley, Ronald Squire, Elizabeth Sellars, Joan Hickson, Lionel Jeffries
Roles Judge Sir Edward Crichton
Rating63%
Percy Brand is a crook and a veteran of various cons and schemes. His success is tempered by the fact that he is regularly sent away
, 2h47Directed by John Farrow, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke
Roles Ralph
Rating66%
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès, explaining that it is based loosely on the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Also included is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
Loser Takes All (1956)
, 1h28Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Glynis Johns, Rossano Brazzi, Robert Morley, Tony Britton, Felix Aylmer, Joyce Carey
Roles Dreuther
Rating50%
Un couple de jeunes mariés va se trouver pris par la fièvre du jeu à Monte-Carlo.