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Frederick Leister is a Actor born on 1 december 1885
Frederick Leister (1 December 1885 – 24 August 1970) was an English actor. He began his career in musical comedy, and after serving in the First World War he played character roles in modern West End plays and in classic drama. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1922 and 1961.
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Frederick Leister
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Birth 1 december 1885
Death 24 august 1970 (at 84 years)
Death 24 august 1970 (at 84 years)
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The Naked Edge (1961)
, 1h37Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold, Peter Cushing
Roles Judge
Rating65%
In the aftermath of a theft and murder, Martha Radcliffe (Kerr) increasingly suspects her husband George Radcliffe (Cooper), whose testimony in court convicted the main suspect, of being the real culprit.
Trouble in the Sky (1960)
, 1h28Directed by Charles Frend
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Michael Craig, Peter Cushing, Bernard Lee, Elizabeth Seal, George Sanders, André Morell
Roles Sir Henry
Rating64%
Captain George Gort (Bernard Lee) is a pilot for British Empire Airways, flying their route London - Rome - Cairo - Ranjibad - Calcutta - Singapore. He has been found to be at fault after crashing his Phoenix 1 jetliner on takeoff from Ranjibad airport, killing his co-pilot. He is accused of rotating too early, increasing drag to such an extent that the aircraft cannot achieve flying speed.
Left Right and Centre (1959)
, 1h35Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Ian Carmichael, Richard Wattis, Eric Barker, Patricia Bredin, Alastair Sim, Moyra Fraser
Roles himself
Rating61%
Robert Wilcot, a popular television personality, is selected as the Conservative candidate for the provincial town of Earndale in the upcoming by-election. His selection is mostly due to the influence of his uncle, Lord Wilcot a powerful local figure. His opponent is to be Stella Stoker, a fishmonger's daughter with a degree from the London School of Economics who has been chosen to stand for the Labour Party.
Dangerous Exile (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Michell, Richard O'Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie
Roles Capt. Andrew Ogden
Rating55%
The Duke Philippe de Beauvais smuggles his own son into the prison cell where Louis XVII is kept. Thus Louis XVII can escape unnoticed to England. Unfortunately the aerostat, steered by Duke Philippe de Beauvais, lands accidentally on a remote island. There an American spinster, Virginia Traill, takes care of the strange child. She finds the dauphin profoundly traumatised and not interested in becoming a king. Meanwhile Louis' uncle in Vienna has declared himself the new French king. In order to safeguard his claim on the throne, he sends assassins who shall murder the dauphin. Being unaware of the exchange, he has Richard de Beauvais killed. But now the dauphin's torturers recognise they have been deceived. Informed by a message of an English spy they send a ship to the island where the real dauphin hides. They attack the house of Virginia Traill and stop at nothing to detect the dauphin's hiding-place.
, 2h47Directed by John Farrow, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke
Roles Reform Club Member (uncredited)
Rating66%
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès, explaining that it is based loosely on the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Also included is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
The Dam Busters (1955)
, 2h4Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Documentary, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr, Raymond Huntley
Roles Committee Member
Rating73%
In the early years of the Second World War, aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis is struggling to develop a means of attacking Germany's dams in the hope of crippling German heavy industry. Working for the Ministry of Aircraft Production, as well as doing his own job at Vickers, he works feverishly to make practical his theory of a bouncing bomb which would skip over the water to avoid protective torpedo nets. When it came into contact with the dam, it would sink before exploding, making it much more destructive. Wallis calculates that the aircraft will have to fly extremely low (150 feet (46 m)) to enable the bombs to skip over the water correctly, but when he takes his conclusions to the Ministry, he is told that lack of production capacity means they cannot go ahead with his proposals.
Before I Wake (1955)
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Mona Freeman, Jean Kent, Maxwell Reed, Gretchen Franklin, Frederick Leister, Hugh Miller
Roles Dr. Elder
Rating63%
The End of the Affair (1955)
, 1h45Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills, Peter Cushing, Michael Goodliffe, Charles Goldner
Roles Dr Collingwood
Rating65%
The writer Maurice Bendrix (Van Johnson) recalls his time in London toward the end of World War II, and following its conclusion, when he meets at a sherry party Sarah Miles (Deborah Kerr), the wife of his London acquaintance Henry Miles (Peter Cushing). They become lovers. During their affair his rooms on the square are bombed, she quits their relationship and he suffers from the loss and delayed shock from the bombing. It is after their break-up and the end of the war that Bendrix encounters Henry on the square, who invites him for a drink at his home especially as Sarah will not be there. He admits that he suspects the infidelity of his wife, has looked into a private investigator and approaches Bendrix to act on his behalf--but retracts the idea. Sarah returns home before Bendrix has left and she is curt in her exchange with him. Bendrix follows through with hiring a private detective agency. They come across information that the portrayal of Bendrix's housing situation being bombed did not disclose some facts about what happened to Bendrix and Sarah's wish that he be alive. Sarah had to resolve her infidelity with Bendrix, her prayer for Bendrix to be alive, her relationship with God and her marriage during discussions, sometimes extended, she had at all times of the day with a priest.
The Time of His Life (1955)
, 1h14Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Hearne, Ellen Pollock, Richard Wattis, Frederick Leister, Darcy Conyers, Arthur Hewlett
Roles Sir John
Rating57%
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
, 1h30Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Bill Travers, Belinda Lee, Ronald Squire, Finlay Currie
Roles Dr. Simpson
Rating69%
After poisoning his wife, the master of the house (Stewart Granger) is blackmailed by his Cockney maid Lily Watkins (Jean Simmons), who demands promotion. As she steadily takes the place of his dead wife, he again attempts murder. While attempting to murder Lily, by following someone who looked like her through the fog, he mistakenly kills Constable Burke's wife and gets chased by an angry mob, which he evades. Lily returns home and Stephen learns of his mistake. Some local bar goers saw him murder Mrs Burke and Stephen is put on trial, but their claims are dismissed after it is revealed they drink a lot and Lily lies to provide an alibi.
Delayed Action (1954)
, 58minutesDirected by John Harlow
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Robert Ayres, June Thorburn, Alan Wheatley, Bruce Seton, Michael Balfour, John Horsley
Roles Sir Francis (uncredited)
Rating55%
Two criminals do a deal with a suicidal man, who will confess to crimes they have committed before killing himself. However he subsequently has a change of heart.
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Siodmak, Vernon Sewell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat, Eva Bartok, Torin Thatcher, James Hayter, Margot Grahame
Roles Sebastian
Rating70%
In the Caribbean, late in the 18th century, Captain Vallo (Burt Lancaster), a pirate known as "The Crimson Pirate", and his crew capture a ship of the King's navy. The ship is carrying Baron Gruda (Leslie Bradley), the special envoy to the King, who is on his way to the Island of Cobra to help crush a rebellion by rebels opposed to the King's rule. Vallo proposes to make money by selling the weapons on the ship to El Libre, the leader of the rebels. Baron Gruda then proposes to pay Vallo money if he can capture El Libre and bring him to him. Vallo accepts and Baron Gruda and his crew are released, Vallo keeping their ship and releasing Gruda and his men onto his own. While some of the pirates complain that this is not pirate business, they soon come around when they find out the amount of money to be made.
Top Secret (1952)
Directed by Mario Zampi
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors George Cole, Oskar Homolka, Ernest Jay, Nadia Gray, Frederick Valk, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Prime Minister
Rating62%
George Potts, a plumber in a top secret government research plant, accidentally comes into possession of the plans for a revolutionary atomic weapon. As George leaves for his annual holiday, the research security team embarks on a nationwide search for the hapless 'sanitary engineer.' Meanwhile, the Russians get wind of the incident and intercept George, plying him with liquor and employment promises so that he'll hand over the plans to them. All the while, George never knows what the fuss is about: he thinks that the British and Soviet authorities are interested in his new plans for a modern plumbing system. The Russians offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing, he believes),and while there he falls in love with secret agent Tania, and discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying.
Circumstantial Evidence (1952)
Directed by Daniel Birt
Genres Crime
Actors Rona Anderson, Patrick Holt, John Arnatt, Frederick Leister, Ronald Adam, Peter Swanwick
Roles Sir Edward Carteret
Rating58%
A woman seeks evidence that will give her grounds for divorce from her husband, so she can marry another man.
Green Grow the Rushes (1951)
Directed by Derek N. Twist
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Roger Livesey, Richard Burton, Honor Blackman, Frederick Leister, Arnold Ridley, Colin Gordon
Roles Col. Gill
Rating59%
Three British government bureaucrats arrive in Kent to inquire as to why the coastal Anderida marsh is not being cultivated. The reason is that most of the local people know about or are involved in the liquor smuggling scheme operated by Captain Biddle and his accomplice Robert (Richard Burton), who is posing as a fisherman when he is seen by the newspaper editor and his journalist daughter Meg.