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Brian Worth is a Actor born on 30 july 1914
Brian Worth (30 July 1914 – 25 August 1978) was an English actor.
Brian Worth was born in London, England on 30 July 1914. He was an actor, known for Scrooge (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and An Inspector Calls (1954).
He died on 25 August 1978 aged 64.
Educated in Britain and America, he learnt the technical side of commercial advertising films before deciding to turn to acting.
During the Second World War he served in the armed forces (1941-1946) and between 1946-1947 he acted on stage.
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Birth 30 july 1914
Death 25 august 1978 (at 64 years)
Death 25 august 1978 (at 64 years)
Brian Worth was born in London, England on 30 July 1914. He was an actor, known for Scrooge (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and An Inspector Calls (1954).
He died on 25 August 1978 aged 64.
Educated in Britain and America, he learnt the technical side of commercial advertising films before deciding to turn to acting.
During the Second World War he served in the armed forces (1941-1946) and between 1946-1947 he acted on stage.
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Lover Boy (1989)
, 1h28Directed by Geoffrey Wright
Genres Drama
Actors Noah Taylor, Gillian Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Daniel Pollock, Brian Worth
Roles Mick's Father
Rating58%
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
, 55minutesDirected by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Eddison, Brian Worth, Esmond Knight, Patrick McAlinney, Lem Dobbs
Roles Mr Saunders
Rating57%
John (Mark Dightam) is a bit of a day-dreamer, always drifting off during his lessons. He is sent home for not paying attention during a lesson on electricity. But on the tube on the way home suddenly the train and everyone in it turns yellow. The doctor (Esmond Knight) declares that it's harmless and should wear off soon but that evening John hears noises from his television set and meets Nick (short for Electronic) (Robert Eddison). A strange adventure ensues which involves pet mice and John's threatened execution at the Tower of London.
, 2h16Directed by Peter Hunt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Christmas films, Sports films, Films about terrorism
Actors George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lois Maxwell
Rating66%
In Portugal, James Bond – agent 007, sometimes referred to simply as '007' – saves a woman on the beach from committing suicide by drowning, and later meets her again in a casino. The woman, Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo, invites Bond to her hotel room to thank him. The next morning, Bond is kidnapped by several men while leaving the hotel, who take him to meet Marc-Ange Draco, the head of the European crime syndicate Unione Corse. Draco reveals that Tracy is his only daughter and tells Bond of her troubled past, offering Bond a personal dowry of one million pounds if he will marry her. Bond refuses, but agrees to continue romancing Tracy under the agreement that Draco reveals the whereabouts of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE.
The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
, 1h16Directed by Anthony Bushell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Actors Christopher Lee, Geoffrey Toone, Yvonne Monlaur, Harold Goodwin, Brian Worth, Ewen Solon
Roles District Commissioner Harcourt
Rating57%
In the year of 1910, Hong Kong members of the secret Red Dragon Tong crime family protect their identities by murdering Helena Sale, the daughter of Captain Jackson Sale, a British sea officer who vows revenge and defies the spread of fear created by the Tongs. Helped by a mysterious beggar and a young serving girl named Lee, Sale discovers there's an inside traitor who's been giving vital information to the Tongs, thus making them one step ahead of Sale's findings...
Peeping Tom (1960)
, 1h41Directed by Michael Powell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about films, Snuff films in fiction, Films about television, Serial killer films
Actors Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Shirley Anne Field, Pamela Green
Roles Assistant Director (uncredited)
Rating75%
Mark Lewis meets Dora, a prostitute, covertly filming her with a camera hidden under his coat. Shown from the point of view of the camera viewfinder, tension builds as he follows the woman into her home, murders her and later watches the film in his den as the credits roll on the screen.
Dead Lucky (1960)
, 1h4Directed by Montgomery Tully
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Vincent Ball, Alfred Burke, John Le Mesurier, Michael Ripper, Samuel John Kydd, Chili Bouchier
Roles Lucky Lewis
Rating56%
Room at the Top (1959)
, 1h55Directed by Jack Clayton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Hermione Baddeley, Donald Houston
Roles Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Rating74%
In late 1940s Yorkshire, England, Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey), an ambitious young man who has just moved from the dreary factory town of Dufton, arrives in Warnley, to assume a secure, but poorly paid, post in the Borough Treasurer's Department. Determined to succeed, and ignoring the warnings of a colleague, Soames (Donald Houston), he is drawn to Susan Brown (Heather Sears), daughter of the local industrial magnate, Mr. Brown (Donald Wolfit). He deals with Joe's social climbing by sending Susan abroad; Joe turns for solace to Alice Aisgill (Simone Signoret), an unhappily married older woman who falls in love with him.
The Square Peg (1958)
, 1h25Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Honor Blackman, Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques, Brian Worth
Roles Henri Le Blanc
Rating67%
In the early days of World War II, Norman Pitkin, a roadmender with St Godric's Borough Council, falls foul of the soldiers in an army camp, when his handiwork slows down access to the camp. Despite the efforts of Borough Engineer, Mr Grimsdale, the army has both of them called up for army service. They find themselves in the Pioneer Corps, doing much the same sort of work.
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
, 1h44Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley, Cyril Cusack, Laurence Payne, Wolfe Morris
Roles Stratis Saviolkis
Rating64%
During World War II, the Greek Mediterranean island of Crete was occupied by the Nazis. British officers Major Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO (Dirk Bogarde) and Captain Bill Stanley Moss MC (David Oxley) of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) land on the island. With the help of the local Cretan resistance in April 1944, they kidnap General Kreipe (Marius Goring), the commander of the island. They take Kreipe across rough country to a secluded cove on the far side of the island, where they are picked up and taken to Cairo, the Middle East headquarters of British forces.
Breakaway (1956)
, 1h12Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Honor Blackman, Brian Worth, Michael Balfour, Bruce Seton, John Horsley
Roles Johnny Matlock
Rating57%
Assignment Redhead (1956)
, 1h19Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Denning, Ronald Adam, Carole Mathews, Danny Green, Brian Worth, Jan Holden
Roles Capt. Peter Ridgeway
Rating48%
A murderous international master criminal (played by Ronald Adam), who specialises in providing false travel documents, seeks to get his hands on a hoard of counterfeit cash.
, 1h59Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Bernard Lee, Patrick Macnee
Roles Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Rating65%
In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy responds with hunting groups whose mission is to stop them. The group that finds the heavily armed pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee near South America is outgunned: Graf Spee is equipped with long-range 11-inch guns, while the British heavy cruiser Exeter has much lighter 8-inch guns, and the light cruisers Ajax and Achilles have 6-inch guns. Despite this, they go straight to the attack.
Windfall (1955)
Directed by Henry Cass
Actors Lionel Jeffries, Jack Watling, Gordon Jackson, Avice Landone, Brian Worth, Patricia Owens
Roles Michael Collins
An Inspector Calls (1954)
, 1h20Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham, Brian Worth, Olga Lindo, Arthur Young, Bryan Forbes
Roles Gerald Croft
Rating74%
Set in 1912, a dinner party held by the upper class Birling family is interrupted by a man calling himself Inspector Poole, investigating the suicide of a lower class girl Eva Smith whose death is linked to each family member.
Operation Diplomat (1953)
, 1h10Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Guy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Patricia Dainton, Sydney Tafler, Ballard Berkeley, Anton Diffring
Roles Geoffrey Terry
Rating63%
A surgeon operating on an unknown patient discovers he is involved in the kidnapping of a British diplomat. When his personal secretary is murdered for revealing the patient's identity, the police are called in.