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D. A. Clarke-Smith is a Actor British born on 2 august 1888 at Montrose (United-kingdom)
D. A. Clarke-Smith (2 August 1888 – 12 March 1959) was a British actor.
He was born on 2 August 1888 at Montrose, Scotland. He was educated at the University of Oxford, studying law and voice culture, and while there joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society. His stage career was interrupted by the First World War. After the Armistice, he joined the Birmingham Repertory Company and later came to the London stage.
He died on 12 March 1959, at Withyham in Sussex, England.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 2 august 1888 at Montrose (United-kingdom)
Death 12 march 1959 (at 70 years) at Withyham (United-kingdom)
Birth 2 august 1888 at Montrose (United-kingdom)
Death 12 march 1959 (at 70 years) at Withyham (United-kingdom)
He was born on 2 August 1888 at Montrose, Scotland. He was educated at the University of Oxford, studying law and voice culture, and while there joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society. His stage career was interrupted by the First World War. After the Armistice, he joined the Birmingham Repertory Company and later came to the London stage.
He died on 12 March 1959, at Withyham in Sussex, England.
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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 The Admiral
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.
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice, Richard Todd, Michael Gough, Peter Copley, Anthony Sharp
Roles Cardinal Wolsey
Rating62%
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement. Mary's longtime suitor the Duke of Buckingham takes a dislike to Charles as he is a commoner and the Duke wants Mary for himself. However, troubled by his feelings for the princess, Brandon resigns and decides to sail to the New World. Against the advice of her lady-in-waiting Lady Margaret, Mary dresses up like a boy and follows Brandon to Bristol. Henry's men find them and throw Brandon in the Tower of London. King Henry agrees to spare his life if Mary will marry King Louis and tells her that when Louis dies she is free to marry whomever she wants. Meanwhile, Mary asks the Duke of Buckingham for help but he only pretends to help Brandon escape from the Tower, really planning to have him killed while escaping. The Duke thinks he is drowned in the Thames, but he survives.
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
, 1h55Directed by Noel Langley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors James Hayter, James Donald, Nigel Patrick, Joyce Grenfell, Hermione Gingold, Hermione Baddeley
Roles Dodson
Rating68%
Quo Vadis (1951)
, 2h51Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion
Actors Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Leo Genn, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie
Roles Phaon
Rating70%
The action takes place in ancient Rome from AD 64–68, a period after Emperor Claudius' illustrious and powerful reign, during which the new corrupt and destructive Emperor Nero ascends to power and eventually threatens to destroy Rome's previous peaceful order. The main subject is the conflict between Christianity and the corruption of the Roman Empire, especially in the last period of the Julio-Claudian line. The characters and events depicted are a mixture of actual historical figures and situations and fictionalized ones.
Frieda (1947)
, 1h38Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors David Farrar, Glynis Johns, Mai Zetterling, Flora Robson, Albert Lieven, Barbara Everest
Roles Herriot
Rating71%
Frieda (Mai Zetterling) is a German woman who helps English airman Robert (David Farrar) to escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp as the Second World War nears its end. She loves him; he is only grateful to her. In a church between the Russian-German lines however, Robert marries her, so that she may obtain a British passport. Together they eventually arrive in his Oxfordshire home. Frieda meets his family - his mother, his small stepbrother Tony, Judy (Glynis Johns), the attractive widow of Robert's brother, and Aunt Eleanor (Flora Robson), a figure in local politics and vehemently anti-German.
Flying Fifty-Five (1939)
, 1h12Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring, Peter Gawthorne, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Amy Veness
Roles Jacques Gregory
Rating57%
After being disinherited by his wealthy father, an amateur jockey goes to work under an assumed name at a rural racing stables. Confusion arises when he is mistakenly reported to have been murdered.
Splinters in the Air (1937)
, 1h11Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Ronald Ward
Roles Warrant Officer
An inventor is mistaken for his twin brother, and is forced to take his brother's place in the Royal Air Force.
The Happy Family (1936)
, 1h7Directed by Maclean Rogers
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Williams, Leonora Corbett, Max Adrian, Eve Gray, Ellen Pollock, D. A. Clarke-Smith
Roles Mr. Harrison
Southern Roses (1936)
Directed by Friedrich Zelnik
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors George Robey, Neil Hamilton, Gina Malo, Chili Bouchier, Athene Seyler, Richard Dolman
Rating53%
Murder by Rope (1936)
, 1h4Directed by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Actors D. A. Clarke-Smith, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Hanson
Rating51%
Key to Harmony (1935)
, 1h8Directed by Norman Walker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Romance
Actors Belle Chrystall, Reginald Purdell, Olive Sloane, Ernest Butcher, Muriel George, D. A. Clarke-Smith
Roles Rupert Golder
A woman's love life is threatened by her career success.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
, 1h12Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Films about families
Actors Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Nova Pilbeam, Frank Vosper, Pierre Fresnay
Roles Binstead
Rating66%
Bob and Jill Lawrence (Leslie Banks and Edna Best) are a British couple on vacation in Switzerland, with their daughter Betty (Nova Pilbeam). Jill is participating in a clay pigeon shooting contest. They befriend a foreigner, Louis Bernard (Pierre Fresnay), who is staying in their hotel. One evening, as Jill dances with Louis, she witnesses him being killed. Before dying, Louis passes onto them some vital information to be delivered to the British consul.
A Cup of Kindness (1934)
, 1h21Directed by Tom Walls
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tom Walls, Dorothy Hyson, Claude Hulbert, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Eva Moore, J. Fisher White
Roles Mr. Finch
Rating60%
The son and daughter of two feuding families announce they are getting married to widespread uproar.
When London Sleeps (1934)
, 1h10Directed by Adrian Brunel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Victor Varconi, Joan Maude, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Wilfred Noy
Roles Sir Robert Conway
The Feathered Serpent (1934)
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Enid Stamp Taylor, Tom Helmore, D. A. Clarke-Smith, Moore Marriott, Evelyn Roberts, O. B. Clarence
Roles Joe Farmer