Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Edgar Driver is a Actor British born on 1 november 1885

Edgar Driver

Edgar Driver
  • Infos
  • Photos
  • Best films
  • Family
  • Characters
  • Awards
If you like this person, let us know!
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 november 1885
Death 15 september 1964 (at 78 years)

Edgar Driver (1885–1964) was a British actor.

Usually with

John Baxter
John Baxter
(12 films)
John Turnbull
John Turnbull
(5 films)
Syd Crossley
Syd Crossley
(4 films)
Gordon McLeod
Gordon McLeod
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Edgar Driver (28 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

The Grand Escapade
Directed by John Baxter
Actors Patric Curwen, Peter C. Bull, Edgar Driver, Ernest Sefton, Ivor Barnard
Roles Night Watchman

Three boys join an old traveller on his journey through Southern England, eventually helping to expose and capture some smugglers.
Old Mother Riley's Circus, 1h20
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors John Longden, Edgar Driver, Roy Emerton, O. B. Clarence, Syd Crossley, Hector Abbas
Roles Bobo the Clown
Rating49% 2.4643052.4643052.4643052.4643052.464305
Old Mother Riley is the ringmaster after taking over a big top with flagging fortunes. Although the circus is plagued by the disappearance of its owner, and the bailiffs are at the door, the show somehow manages to go on. Money starts to pour in, financial disaster is avoided, and Mother Riley discovers her long-lost daughter is in fact the star of the show.
The Common Touch, 1h44
Directed by John Baxter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Greta Gynt, Joyce Howard, Edward Rigby, Eliot Makeham, George Carney, Raymond Lovell
Roles 'Oily'
Rating64% 3.2344153.2344153.2344153.2344153.234415
An eccentric, wealthy young man disguises himself as a tramp in order to save a dosshouse, which is due to be condemned.
Old Mother Riley in Business
Directed by John Baxter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Cyril Chamberlain, Ernest Butcher, O. B. Clarence, Edgar Driver, Roddy Hughes, Edie Martin
Rating53% 2.6964452.6964452.6964452.6964452.696445
Old Mother Riley comes to the rescue of local shopkeepers after a ruthless chain, "Golden Stores" makes its aggressive presence felt. The boisterous Irish washerwoman gives the chain stores boss a push into the river and soon finds herself a wanted woman, donning a nurse's outfit to escape from the hospital in which she is hiding.
I See Ice
I See Ice (1938)
, 1h24
Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors George Formby, Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfeld, Cyril Ritchard, Garry Marsh, Frederick Burtwell
Roles Cloakroom Attendant (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.965392.965392.965392.965392.96539
The farcical adventures of a prop man (George Formby) with a touring ice ballet. Inventing a new sort of candid camera in his spare time, and concealing it in a bow-tie, our hero gets into a mess of trouble when he takes an incriminating photo of an important man; pulls a communication cord; winds up in jail; referees a hockey match; finds himself in a stage show dressed as a cosack; woos an attractive young ice skater (Kay Walsh); and eventually wins a job on a newspaper.
They Drive by Night, 1h24
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam, William Hartnell, Allan Jeayes, Anthoney Holles
Roles Customer at Charlie's (Uncredited)
Rating69% 3.466073.466073.466073.466073.46607
“Shorty” Matthews (Emlyn Williams) having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community.
Keep Fit
Keep Fit (1937)
, 1h22
Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors George Formby, Guy Middleton, Kay Walsh, Evelyn Roberts, George Benson, Gus McNaughton
Roles Boat Hire Owner
Rating58% 2.908552.908552.908552.908552.90855
George Formby again plays his working class underdog, gormless, gullible, indefatigable and triumphant hero.
Song of the Road, 1h11
Directed by John Baxter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Ernest Butcher, Muriel George, Davy Burnaby, Tod Slaughter, John Turnbull, Edgar Driver
Roles Titch
Rating64% 3.2105853.2105853.2105853.2105853.210585
After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.