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Ian Wilson

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Birth name Ian Macrae Hamish Wilson
Birth 2 july 1901
Death 1 december 1987 (at 86 years)

Ian Macrae Hamish Wilson (2 July 1901, Hampstead, London - December 1987, Exeter, Devon) was an English small role actor who appeared in over 145 films during his career. Most were small uncredited roles often playing meek public servants, professional men or busy bodies. Film appearances included The Plank 1967, The Day of the Triffids 1962, Carry On Jack 1963, Two Way Stretch 1962, Hell Drivers 1957, The Ugly Duckling 1959 and Rotten to the Core 1965. His last film appearance was in The Wicker Man 1973. Most of his films were made by the Boulting brothers.
Wilson died in December 1987 in Devon.

Usually with

Roy Boulting
Roy Boulting
(7 films)
Walter Forde
Walter Forde
(6 films)
John Boulting
John Boulting
(7 films)
Brian Oulton
Brian Oulton
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ian Wilson (79 films)

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The Boys
The Boys (1991)
, 2h3
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors James Woods, Richard Todd, John Lithgow, Robert Morley, Joanna Gleason, Dudley Sutton
Rating71% 3.5912953.5912953.5912953.5912953.591295
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
The Wicker Man, 1h39
Directed by Robin Hardy, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Edward Woodward, Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt, Christopher Lee, Lindsay Kemp
Roles Communicant (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.7489753.7489753.7489753.7489753.748975
Sergeant Howie journeys to the remote Hebridean island, Summerisle, to investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison. Howie, a devout Christian, is disturbed to find the islanders paying homage to the pagan Celtic gods of their ancestors. They copulate openly in the fields, include children as part of the May Day celebrations, teach children of the phallic association of the maypole, and place toads in their mouths to cure sore throats. The Islanders, including Rowan's mother, attempt to thwart his investigation by claiming that Rowan never existed.
The Plank
The Plank (1967)
, 45minutes
Directed by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Tommy Cooper, Eric Sykes, Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Lowe, Roy Castle, Graham Stark
Roles Friend of Van Owner
Rating66% 3.3437753.3437753.3437753.3437753.343775
After one of the characters uses the last floorboard for heating, the two hapless carpenters have to buy a replacement. They return to the house with the plank on top of a Morris Eight Series E, but the journey is fraught with unexpected difficulties.
Carry On Jack, 1h31
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey, Donald Houston, Cecil Parker
Roles Ancient Carrier
Rating58% 2.902712.902712.902712.902712.90271
Carry On Jack starts with the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson (Jimmy Thompson) whose last words are that Britain needs a bigger navy with more men, followed by his famous request for a kiss to Hardy (Anton Rodgers), upon which he meets his demise. In the main story, Albert Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) has taken 8⁄2 years and still not qualified as midshipman, but is promoted by the First Sea Lord (Cecil Parker) as England needs officers. He is to join the frigate Venus at Plymouth. Arriving to find the crew all celebrating as they are sailing tomorrow, he takes a sedan chair with no bottom (so he has to run), carried by a young man and his father (Jim Dale and Ian Wilson, respectively) to Dirty Dick's Tavern.
Carry On Cleo, 1h32
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey
Roles Small Messenger
Rating66% 3.3473553.3473553.3473553.3473553.347355
The film opens during Caesar's invasions of Britain, with Mark Antony (Sid James) struggling to lead his armies through miserable weather. At a nearby village, cavemen Horsa (Jim Dale) and Hengist Pod (Kenneth Connor) attempt to alert Boadicea of the invasion, but are captured by the Romans.
The Day of the Triffids, 1h33
Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey, Mervyn Johns, Carole Ann Ford
Roles Greenhouse Watchman
Rating61% 3.050323.050323.050323.050323.05032
Triffids are tall plants capable of aggressive and seemingly intelligent behaviour. They are able to move about by "walking" on their roots, appear to communicate with each other, and possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting that enables them to kill their victims and feed on their rotting carcasses. Their appearance is vaguely similar to gigantic asparagus shoots topped with a flower-like 'head' that somewhat resemble a Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid and houses their deadly stinger.
The Iron Maiden, 1h38
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Michael Craig, Anne Helm, Jeff Donnell, Alan Hale Jr., Noel Purcell, Cecil Parker
Roles Sidney Webb
Rating62% 3.1477053.1477053.1477053.1477053.147705
The film follows Jack Hopkins (played by Michael Craig), an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss (played by Cecil Parker) is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that Jack has designed to American millionaire Paul Fisher (Alan Hale, Jr.). The first encounter between Fisher and Jack goes badly, and tensions only heighten after Fisher's daughter Kathy (Anne Helm) damages Jack's prize traction engine "The Iron Maiden", rendering it impossible to drive solo. Jack is desperate to enter the annual Woburn Abbey steam rally with the machine, but his fireman is injured and unable to participate. When all seems lost the millionaire himself is won over by Jack's plight and joins him in driving the engine; the two soon become firm friends.
Heavens Above!, 1h58
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Ian Carmichael, Brock Peters
Rating66% 3.344953.344953.344953.344953.34495
The plot features Sellers as a naive but caring prison chaplain accidentally assigned as vicar to a small and prosperous country town of Orbiston Parva, in place of Ian Carmichael's upper class cleric, with whom he shares a name. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the locals, whose assertions that they are good, Christian people are in Smallwood's view belied by their behaviour and ideas. He creates social ructions by appointing a black dustman (Brock Peters) as his churchwarden, taking in a gypsy family, and persuading local landowner Lady Despard (Isabel Jeans) to provide free food for the church to distribute free to the people of the town. However, all his good works lead to trouble.
The Phantom of the Opera, 1h24
Directed by Freddie Francis, Terence Fisher, Peter Medak, John Peverall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Herbert Lom, Heather Sears, Edward de Souza, Michael Gough, Harold Goodwin, Thorley Walters
Roles The Dwarf
Rating63% 3.198693.198693.198693.198693.19869
The film opens in Victorian London on a December night in 1900. The first night of the season at the London Opera House finds the opening of a new opera by Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough), a wealthy and pompous man, who is annoyed and scornful when the opera manager Lattimer (Thorley Walters) informs him the theatre has not been completely sold out. No one will sit in a certain box because it is haunted. Backstage, despite the soothing efforts of the opera's producer, Harry Hunter (Edward de Souza), everyone, including the show's star, Maria, is nervous and upset as if a sinister force was at work. The climax comes during Maria's first aria, when a side of the scenery rips apart to reveal the body of a hanged stage hand. In a panic, the curtain is rung down, and Maria refuses to sing again.
Two Way Stretch, 1h26
Directed by Robert Day
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Lionel Jeffries, Bernard Cribbins, David Lodge, Irene Handl
Roles Milkman
Rating67% 3.395173.395173.395173.395173.39517
Alors qu'il séjournent dans une prison aux méthodes basées sur la douceur et l'apprentissage des métiers, trois détenus projettent de commettre des vols, tout en s'évadant et réintégrant leurs cellules, afin que, une fois sortis, ils soient riches et insoupçonnables. Ils réussissent plusieurs fois l'exploit mais, très vite, perdent leur magot...
I'm All Right Jack, 1h45
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas
Roles Evangelist
Rating70% 3.5452753.5452753.5452753.5452753.545275
After leaving the army and returning to university, newly graduated upper-class Stanley Windrush