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Charles Paton is a Actor British born on 31 july 1874 at London (United-kingdom)
Charles Paton (31 July 1874 – 10 April 1970) was an English film actor. He appeared in 105 films between 1927 and 1951, including Freedom of the Seas. In 1927, he appeared in a short film, made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, singing "If Your Face Wants to Smile, We'll Let It In" from the revue John Citizen's Lament.
He was born in London and died from a heart attack, also in London.
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Birth name Charles Ernest Paton
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 july 1874 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 10 april 1970 (at 95 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 31 july 1874 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 10 april 1970 (at 95 years)
He was born in London and died from a heart attack, also in London.
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Fortune in Diamonds (1951)
, 1h26Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Jack Hawkins, Dennis Price, Peter Hammond, Grégoire Aslan, Charles Paton, Siobhán McKenna
Roles Barman
Rating55%
As the Boer War finalizes a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper.
Night and the City (1950)
, 1h31Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Sports films, Children's films
Actors Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Herbert Lom, Francis L. Sullivan
Roles Watchman (uncredited)
Rating78%
Harry Fabian (Widmark) is an ambitious American hustler and conman operating in London, always looking for a better deal. He maintains a fractured relationship with the honest Mary Bristol (Tierney), nightclub owner and businessman Phil Nosseross (Sullivan), and Helen (Withers), who is Phil's estranged wife. While attempting a con at a wrestling match, Fabian witnesses Gregorius (Zbyszko), a veteran Greek wrestler (and looking for all the world like tough guy actor Lawrence Tierney near the end of Tierney's troubled life) arguing with his son Kristo (Lom), who has organised the fight, and effectively controls all wrestling in London. After denouncing Kristo's event as tasteless exhibitionism that shames the sport's Greco-Roman traditions, Gregorius leaves with Nikolas (Richmond), a fellow wrestler. Fabian catches up with the two and befriends them, having realised that he can host wrestling in London without interference from Kristo if he can persuade his father to support the enterprise.
Once a Sinner (1950)
, 1h18Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Pat Kirkwood, Jack Watling, Joy Shelton, Sydney Tafler, Dame Thora Hird, Gordon McLeod
Roles Mr. Lamb
Rating59%
Portrait of Clare (1950)
, 1h40Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Margaret Johnston, Richard Todd, Robin Bailey, Ronald Howard, Jeremy Spenser, Molly Urquhart
Roles Registrar
Rating64%
As told in flashback to her granddaughter: the three marriages of Clare Hingston. These are: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister.
The Girl Who Couldn't Quite (1950)
Directed by Norman Lee
Genres Drama
Actors Bill Owen, Iris Hoey, Betty Stockfeld, Fred Groves, Charles Paton
Rating57%
For Them That Trespass (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Todd, Patricia Ruth Plunkett, James Hayter, Harry Fowler, Michael Brennan, Joan Dowling
Roles uncredited
Rating65%
Promising writer Christopher Drew conceals his relationship with a murdered woman in order to protect his career, even though this results in an innocent man going to prison for the killing. The upper-class Drew decides he needs some first-hand experience to invigorate his work, so he explores the seedier areas of town in search of inspiration. Much to his dismay, he witnesses a murder but refuses to help an innocent man, Herbert Logan, arrested for the crime, because his presence in such a neighbourhood would cause a scandal. Logan is freed after serving 15 years in jail and he hears his "crime" detailed on a radio drama written by Drew, which enables him to gather enough evidence to finally clear his name.
Man on the Run (1949)
Directed by Lawrence Huntington
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Derek Farr, Edward Chapman, Laurence Harvey, Howard Marion-Crawford, Alfie Bass, John Bailey
Roles Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietor
Rating66%
A deserter from the British Army finds himself mistakenly wanted for murder, and is forced to go on the run while attempting to prove his innocence.
The Spider and the Fly (1949)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Eric Portman, Guy Rolfe, Nadia Gray, George Cole, Edward Chapman, Maurice Denham
Roles Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)
Rating66%
In 1913, Fernand Maubert (Eric Portman), the dedicated chief of police of Paris, is after Philippe Lodocq (Guy Rolfe), a suave bank robber with a series of thefts to his credit, but the criminal always has an alibi. After the latest robbery, Maubert does capture Lodocq's accomplice, Madeleine Saincaise (Nadia Gray).
Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
Directed by Walter Forde
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Jerry Desmonde, Brian Worth, Mary Clare, Anthony Hulme, born Harry Idris Miller, Miles Malleson
Roles Mine Host
Rating62%
Miranda (1948)
, 1h20Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Mermaids in film, Films based on plays
Actors Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Margaret Rutherford, John McCallum, Yvonne Owen
Roles On the Kiosk (uncredited)
Rating67%
With his wife uninterested in fishing, Dr. Paul Martin goes on a holiday on the Cornwall coast alone. There he snags Miranda, a mermaid, and is pulled into the water. She keeps him prisoner in her underwater cavern and only lets him go after he agrees to show her London. He disguises her as an invalid patient in a wheelchair and takes her to his home for a month-long stay.
Love in Waiting (1948)
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors David Tomlinson, Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, George Merritt, Eliot Makeham, John Witty, Linda Gray
Roles Old Man
Rating58%
In a busy restaurant during the food rationing period in the wake of WWII three waitresses fall in love with the manager (Tomlinson), the garbage man (who is the owner's son in disguise) and the downstairs neighbour, while trying to stay in the good books of the ruthless Miss Bell who runs the catering staff and is selling restaurant food supplies to the Black Market.
Uncle Silas (1947)
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Jean Simmons, Katína Paxinoú, Derrick De Marney, Derek Bond, Esmond Knight, Marjorie Rhodes
Roles Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Rating65%
Caroline Ruthyn is the teenage niece of the her elderly uncle Silas, a sickly and at one time unbalanced man who becomes her guardian on the death of her father. The fact that Silas is broke and greedy and young Caroline is the heir to her father's vast fortune is reason enough for Caroline to be wary, but her fears increase when she meets Silas's perverted son and when she discovers that her fearsome former governess, Madame de la Rougierre, is working with her uncle...
London Town (1946)
, 2h6Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Petula Clark, Greta Gynt, Kay Kendall, Sonnie Hale, Tessie O'Shea, Claude Hulbert
Roles Novelty Shopkeeper
Rating58%
The screenplay by Sig Herzig, Val Guest, and Elliot Paul, based on a story by director Wesley Ruggles, revolves around comedian Jerry Sanford (Sid Field), who arrives in London believing he has been hired as the star of a major stage production, when in fact he's merely an understudy. Thanks to his daughter Peggy (Petula Clark, already a screen veteran at age fourteen), who sabotages the revue's star Charlie de Haven (Sonnie Hale), he finally gets his big break. The premise allows for a variety of musical numbers and comedy sketches performed by, among others, Kay Kendall in her film debut and Tessie O'Shea.
Bedelia (1946)
, 1h30Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Crime
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Barry K. Barnes, Anne Crawford, Beatrice Varley, Louise Hampton
Roles Railway Clerk
Rating65%
Bedelia Carrington (Margaret Lockwood) is apparently happily married and living in Monte Carlo with Charlie Carrington (Ian Hunter.) However, a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney (Barry K. Barnes), begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, in reality a detective, suspects that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to dispose of more than one husband for the insurance money.
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
, 2h2Directed by Gabriel Pascal
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger, Flora Robson, Francis L. Sullivan, Cecil Parker
Roles Councillor (uncredited)
Rating61%
In this philosophical coming-of-age film, an aging Julius Caesar takes possession of the Egyptian capital city of Alexandria, and tries to resolve a feud between young Princess Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy. During the resulting sometimes-murderous court intrigues, Caesar develops a special relationship with Cleopatra, and teaches her how to use her royal power.