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Boyd Irwin is a Actor British born on 12 march 1880 at Brighton (United-kingdom)

Boyd Irwin

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 march 1880 at Brighton (United-kingdom)
Death 22 january 1957 (at 76 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Boyd Irwin (12 March 1880 – 22 January 1957) was an English film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1915 and 1948.

He was born in Brighton, Sussex and died in Los Angeles, California.

Usually with

Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
(1 films)
Lawrence Grant
Lawrence Grant
(3 films)
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
(1 films)
Robert Bolder
Robert Bolder
(2 films)
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Boyd Irwin (21 films)

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The Time of Their Lives
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
, 1h22
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Ghost films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Reynolds, Gale Sondergaard, Binnie Barnes, Ann Gillis
Roles Cranwell, Traitor
Rating75% 3.7936553.7936553.7936553.7936553.793655
The time is 1780, and Horatio Prim (Lou Costello) is a master tinker. He travels to the estate of Tom Danbury (Jess Barker) with a letter of commendation from General George Washington. He plans to present this letter to Danbury, hoping it will persuade the wealthy man to let Horatio marry Nora O'Leary (Anne Gillis), Danbury's housemaid. Unfortunately, Horatio has a romantic rival in Cuthbert Greenway (Bud Abbott), Danbury's butler, who is very fond of Nora and intends to prevent Horatio from presenting his letter, which Nora has taken for safekeeping.
The Major and the Minor
The Major and the Minor (1942)
, 1h40
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn, Edward Fielding
Roles Major Griscom
Rating73% 3.695463.695463.695463.695463.69546
After her client Albert Osborne (Robert Benchley) makes a pass at her, Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) quits her job as a scalp massager for the Revigorous System and decides to leave New York City and return home to Stevenson, Iowa. Upon arriving at the train station, she discovers she has only enough money to cover a child's fare, so she disguises herself as a twelve-year-old girl named Su-Su. When a suspicious conductor catches her smoking, Su-Su takes refuge in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby (Ray Milland) who, believing she is a frightened child, agrees to let her stay with him until they reach his stop.
City of Missing Girls
City of Missing Girls (1941)
, 1h14
Directed by Elmer Clifton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors H. B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn, John Archer, Sarah Padden, Philip Van Zandt, George Rosener
Roles Joseph 'Joe' Thompson
Rating49% 2.4716952.4716952.4716952.4716952.471695
The police led by Captain McVeigh and the Assistant District Attorney James J. Horton are baffled by the disappearances of several young girls with some being found dead. Intrepid female newspaper reporter Nora Page's investigations reveal a link between the girls and the Crescent School of Fine Arts owned by gangster King Peterson, who is using the school as a front for a recruiting center for his nightclub "entertainers". Things become more complex when Nora's father is connected with Peterson and her boyfriend James Horton is photographed in embarrassing circumstances with a woman found murdered after the photo was taken.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1937)
, 2h12
Directed by Frank Capra, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about Tibet, Political films
Actors Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, H. B. Warner, Edward Everett Horton
Rating75% 3.7951053.7951053.7951053.7951053.795105
Before returning to England to become the new Foreign Secretary, writer, soldier and diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) has one last task in 1935 China: to rescue 90 Westerners in the city of Baskul. He flies out with the last few evacuees, just ahead of armed revolutionaries.
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
, 1h41
Directed by John Cromwell, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Politique, L'usurpation d'identité, Political films, Escroquerie, Films about royalty
Actors Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor
Rating75% 3.797273.797273.797273.797273.79727
English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) takes a fishing vacation in a small middle European country (unnamed in the film; Ruritania in the novel). While there, he is puzzled by the odd reactions of the natives to him. Rassendyll discovers why when he meets Colonel Zapt (C. Aubrey Smith) and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven). Zapt introduces him to the soon-to-be-crowned king, Rudolf V (Colman again), who turns out to be not only his distant relative, but also in facial features close enough to be his double. Rudolf is astounded and takes a great liking to the Englishman.
Meet Nero Wolfe
Meet Nero Wolfe (1936)
, 1h13
Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Edward Arnold, Lionel Stander, Rita Hayworth, Nana Bryant, Victor Jory, Dennie Moore
Rating61% 3.0968953.0968953.0968953.0968953.096895
Wolfe: When I swing down to hit the ball so, the end of this homemade gun is pointing just above my waistline.
Give Me Liberty
Give Me Liberty (1936)
, 22minutes
Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors John Litel, George Irving, Robert Warwick, Myrtle Stedman, Boyd Irwin, Wilfred Lucas
Roles British Commissioner
Rating60% 3.048183.048183.048183.048183.04818
Werewolf of London
Werewolf of London (1935)
, 1h15
Directed by Stuart Walker
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson, Spring Byington, Lester Matthews, Lawrence Grant
Rating62% 3.1472253.1472253.1472253.1472253.147225
Wilfred Glendon (Henry Hull) is a wealthy and world-renowned English botanist who journeys to Tibet in search of the elusive mariphasa plant. While there, he is attacked and bitten by a creature later revealed to be a werewolf, although he succeeds in acquiring a specimen of the mariphasa. Once back home in London he is approached by a fellow botanist, Dr. Yogami (Warner Oland), who claims to have met him in Tibet while also seeking the mariphasa. Yogami warns Glendon that the bite of a werewolf would cause him to become a werewolf as well, adding that the mariphasa is a temporary antidote for the disease.
Grumpy
Grumpy (1930)
, 1h14
Directed by George Cukor, Cyril Gardner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Phillips Holmes, Paul Lukas, Halliwell Hobbes, Paul Cavanagh, Robert Bolder, Olaf Hytten
Rating49% 2.4954352.4954352.4954352.4954352.495435
The titular character is a temperamental but lovable retired London barrister now living in the country with his granddaughter Virginia. Ernest Heron, Virginia's beau, returns from South Africa with a valuable diamond, and that night he is attacked and the gem is stolen. The only clue to the perpetrator's identity is a camellia Ernest is found clutching in his hand.
Madam Satan
Madam Satan (1930)
, 1h56
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films
Actors Kay Johnson, Reginald Denny, Lillian Roth, Roland Young, Boyd Irwin, Wilfred Lucas
Roles Zeppelin Captain
Rating62% 3.145853.145853.145853.145853.14585
Socialite Angela Brooks (Kay Johnson) discovers that her husband Bob (Reginald Denny) is cheating on her with Trixie (Lillian Roth).